Download or read book The Well Between the Worlds written by Sam Llewellyn and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This epic tale leads readers on an extraordinary journey into a world of magic and monsters -- a journey fraught with peril at every turn. Can one boy and girl stand in the way of a colossal evil with its roots sunk deep in ages of wickedness?
Download or read book Shadows of Lyonesse written by Ravek Hunter and published by Dvergr Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom of Lyonesse, symbol of power and strength in the Western Kingdoms, ancient home of the mysterious druids and Temple Knights who serve in the light of Sunna. A beautiful land of rolling green hills and azure waters where people live in grace and harmony, wanting for nothing except to show kindness to their fellow countrymen. Yet beneath the fabled trusses of this happy land of plenty, a dark malevolence lurks hidden and waiting in the shadows. The beautiful dream is shattered when suddenly Lyonesse teeters on the brink of civil war, endangering the reign of the heirless royal family, and threatening the stability of the Western Kingdoms. A vile evil, born of the Infernal Planes and imprisoned for centuries, prepares to release its rage framed in violence and cruelty none have experienced since the early days of the Kingdom. It creeps behind the smiling visage of one trusted and powerful, corrupting everything that it touches, growing stronger, spreading its wicked depravity silently, unnoticed. Will chaos and evil bring boundless ruin upon the realm? Will hopeless despair, a ravaged country, and tyranny prevail? Enter Perault, a young man barely a Knight, who may unwittingly hold the key to the answers. A key that may open doors leading him to a fight for his very soul, the soul of a kingdom, the soul of a woman he loves more than life itself, and the destiny of a bloodline fated to change the course of history. Nothing is certain in this timeless battle. Except death.
Download or read book Half Sick of Shadows written by Laura Sebastian and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Laura Sebastian is the next Madeline Miller. . . . a fierce, fresh, lyrical tale that will enthrall until the last page."--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Huntress A Popsugar Best Summer Read of 2021 A Bibliolifestyle Most Anticipated Summer 2021 Sci-fi and Fantasy Book "Magical, haunting, unique--I haven't been so excited about an Arthur book since I read The Once and Future King ."--Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author The Lady of Shalott reclaims her story in this bold feminist reimagining of the Arthurian myth from the New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess. Everyone knows the legend. Of Arthur, destined to be a king. Of the beautiful Guinevere, who will betray him with his most loyal knight, Lancelot. Of the bitter sorceress, Morgana, who will turn against them all. But Elaine alone carries the burden of knowing what is to come--for Elaine of Shalott is cursed to see the future. On the mystical isle of Avalon, Elaine runs free and learns of the ancient prophecies surrounding her and her friends--countless possibilities, almost all of them tragic. When their future comes to claim them, Elaine, Guinevere, Lancelot, and Morgana accompany Arthur to take his throne in stifling Camelot, where magic is outlawed, the rules of society chain them, and enemies are everywhere. Yet the most dangerous threats may come from within their own circle. As visions are fulfilled and an inevitable fate closes in, Elaine must decide how far she will go to change destiny--and what she is willing to sacrifice along the way.
Download or read book Worlds in Shadow written by Patrick Nunn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover ancient civilizations that have disappeared beneath the ocean's surface and explore how the science of submergence adds to our knowledge of human history. The traces of much of human history – and that which preceded it – lie beneath the ocean surface; broken up, dispersed, often buried and always mysterious. This is fertile ground for speculation, even myth-making, but also a topic on which geologists and climatologists have increasingly focused in recent decades. We now know enough to tell the true story of some of the continents and islands that have disappeared throughout Earth's history, to explain how and why such things happened, and to unravel the effects of submergence on the rise and fall of human civilizations. In Worlds in Shadow Patrick Nunn sifts the facts from the fiction, using the most up-to-date research to work out which submerged places may have actually existed versus those that probably only exist in myth. He looks at the descriptions of recently drowned lands that have been well documented, those that are plausible, and those that almost certainly didn't exist. Going even further back, Patrick examines the presence of more ancient lands, submerged beneath the waves in a time that even the longest-reaching folk memory can't touch. Such places may have played important roles in human evolution, but can only be reconstructed through careful geological detective work. Exploring how lands become submerged, whether from sea-level changes, tectonic changes, gravity collapse, giant waves or volcanoes, helps us determine why, when and where land may disappear in the future, and what might be done to prevent it.
Download or read book Shadow Sites written by Kitty Hauser and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At certain times of the day - at sunrise, and sunset - the outlines of prehistoric fields, barrows and hill-forts in the British landscape may be thrown into relief. Such 'shadow sites', best seen from above, and captured by an airborne camera, are both examples of, and metaphors for, a particular way of seeing the landscape. At a time of rapid modernisation and urbanisation in mid-twentieth-century Britain, an archaeological vision of the British landscape reassured and enchanteda number of writers, artists, photographers, and film-makers. From John Piper, Eric Ravilious and Shell guide books, to photographs of bomb damage, aerial archaeology, and The Wizard of Oz, Kitty Hauser delves into evocative interpretations of the landscape and looks at the affinities betweenphotography as a medium to capture traces of the past as well as their absence.
Download or read book The Lyonesse Stone written by Craig Weatherhill and published by Tabb House (UK). This book was released on 1991 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years after the legend of the Lost Land, the descendents of Lord Trevelyan find themselves transported to the hidden realms of West Cornwall.
Download or read book Madouc written by Jack Vance and published by . This book was released on 1991-08-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dog and His Shadow written by Robert Edward Francillon and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In London s Shadow written by Marie Brennan and published by Book View Cafe. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries a faerie court has hidden itself beneath London: a place of shadows and intrigue, where the city’s immortal inhabitants can watch and manipulate the mortals above. Through two royal dynasties, through rebellions and plots, through war and plague and fire, the Onyx Court endures. Now the court’s first two centuries are collected in a single book. This omnibus contains the novels Midnight Never Come and In Ashes Lie, as well as the novella Deeds of Men, the novelette “And Blow Them at the Moon,” and the short story “Two Pretenders.”
Download or read book The Green Pearl written by Jack Vance and published by Spatterlight Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second volume of the Lyonesse trilogy, new threads are woven into the epic tapestry begun in Suldrun's Garden. While war rages across the Elder Isles, King Aillas's true love, Glyneth, is carried off to a parallel world by an amoral magician in the pay of the wicked King Casmir. Meanwhile, a sorceress's malice, condensed into a green pearl, passes from hand to hand bringing poignant misery to whomever it touches. Jack Vance conjures up a tale of war and politics, magic and derring-do, presented in the inimitable style that has made him one of fantasy's acknowledged grandmasters. - Matt Hughes "The Green Pearl" is Book II of the Lyonesse series, and Volume 53 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. - John Vance II
Download or read book Legends of Avalon Season 1 written by Estarosa Evans and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legends of Avalon: Atlantis is the first season of the Legends of Avalon series of short novels. It consists of the first three short novels in the Legends of Avalon series: Ice Palace, Labyrinth of Daedalus and Gardens of Atlantis. Legends of Avalon is a series of short novels that follows the adventures of ‘Ray’ Raiton Etheria and his friends as they travel through the land of Avalon in their quest to stop the threat of the Demon Clan.
Download or read book Falcon s Desire written by Denise Lynn and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EMBOLDENED BY GRIEF, LYONESSE OF RYONNE HAD DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE by ensnaring the infamous Rhys of Faucon, the blackguard who had shattered her dreams. But now imprisoned in her castle's tower, the Mighty Falcon posed an even greater threat, for his slightest touch made her heart take wing and sent her soaring…straight into his powerful arms! The Devil Faucon, they called him, yet Rhys was pleased, for it kept his enemies at bay. Unfortunately the lovely Lyonesse counted herself among them, despite the desire that flared between them. And their uneasy truce would soon be destroyed when she learned a newfound alliance bound her to him as his bride.
Download or read book The Shadow of Hilton Fernbrook written by Atha Westbury and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Searching in Shadow written by James Haydock and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1831, the beginning of a cruel decade in iron times for England, Thomas Carlyle observed: Man has walked by the light of conflagrations and amid the sound of falling cities, and now there is darkness and long watching till it be morning. Thirty years later Matthew Arnold counseled a faltering friend who had lost his way: Roam on! The light we sought is shining still. When the nineteenth century ended, having generated more questions than answers, more problems than solutions, a journalist writing for a London newspaper summed up the struggle in one short sentence: They searched in shadows, seeking light. In tumultuous and uncertain times the authors under scrutiny in this volume, masters of English prose, wrote and lectured to lead the nation out of shadow and confusion, or as one put it: out of the wilderness. They are in order of appearance Macaulay, Carlyle, Newman, Mill, Ruskin, Arnold, Darwin, Huxley, Morris, Pater, and Stevenson. Others of lesser note are Spencer, Stephen, and Butler.
Download or read book Arthur Shadow of a God written by Richard Denham and published by BLKDOG Publishing. This book was released on with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Arthur has fascinated the Western world for over a thousand years and yet we still know nothing more about him now than we did then. Layer upon layer of heroics and exploits has been piled upon him to the point where history, legend and myth have become hopelessly entangled. In recent years, there has been a sort of scholarly consensus that 'the once and future king' was clearly some sort of Romano-British warlord, heroically stemming the tide of wave after wave of Saxon invaders after the end of Roman rule. But surprisingly, and no matter how much we enjoy this narrative, there is actually next-to-nothing solid to support this theory except the wishful thinking of understandably bitter contemporaries. The sources and scholarship used to support the 'real Arthur' are as much tentative guesswork and pushing 'evidence' to the extreme to fit in with this version as anything involving magic swords, wizards and dragons. Even Archaeology refuses to speak out. Arthur is, and always has been, the square peg that refuses to fit neatly into the historians round hole. Arthur: Shadow of a God gives a fascinating overview of Britain's lost hero and casts a light over an often-overlooked and somewhat inconvenient truth; Arthur was almost certainly not a man at all, but a god. He is linked inextricably to the world of Celtic folklore and Druidic traditions. Whereas tyrants like Nero and Caligula were men who fancied themselves gods; is it not possible that Arthur was a god we have turned into a man? Perhaps then there is a truth here. Arthur, 'The King under the Mountain'; sleeping until his return will never return, after all, because he doesn't need to. Arthur the god never left in the first place and remains as popular today as he ever was. His legend echoes in stories, films and games that are every bit as imaginative and fanciful as that which the minds of talented bards such as Taliesin and Aneirin came up with when the mists of the 'dark ages' still swirled over Britain – and perhaps that is a good thing after all, most at home in the imaginations of children and adults alike – being the Arthur his believers want him to be.
Download or read book Forged written by Benedict Jacka and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Verus faces his dark side in this return to the bestselling urban fantasy series about a London-based mage. To protect his friends, Mage Alex Verus has had to change--and embrace his dark side. But the life mage Anne has changed too, and made a bond with a dangerous power. She's going after everyone she's got a grudge against--and it's a long list. In the meantime, Alex has to deal with his arch-enemy, Levistus. The Council's death squads are hunting Alex as well as Anne, and the only way for Alex to stop them is to end his long war with Levistus and the Council, by whatever means necessary. It will take everything Alex has to stay a step ahead of the Council and stop Anne from letting the world burn.
Download or read book Illuminator Witch written by Ashley McLeo and published by Meraki Press. This book was released on 2021-12-26 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kingdom seized. An ousted king. A looming war. King Oberon is sure to seek revenge on my siblings and me, and he won’t confine his fury to Faerie. The human world, my world, is in grave danger too. I can’t let that happen, but there are obstacles to overcome first. The most worrying being that the fae of Lyonesse are enchanted to follow their old king their death. Only a select few believe we have their best interest at heart. And then there’s the matter of King Oberon possessing a dragon. The deck is stacked against me and my allies, but we must get the fae of Lyonesse on our side before my father retaliates. For if we don’t, two realms will burn.
