Download or read book The Assassin s Song written by M.G. Vassanji and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the brutal violence that gripped western India in 2002, Karsan Dargawalla, heir to Pirbaag – the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi – begins to tell the story of his family. His tale opens in the 1960s: young Karsan is next in line after his father to assume lordship of the shrine, but he longs to be “just ordinary.” Despite his father's pleas, Karsan leaves home behind for Harvard, and, eventually, marriage and a career. Not until tragedy strikes, both in Karsan's adopted home in Canada and in Pirbaag, is he drawn back across thirty years of separation and silence to discover what, if anything, is left for him in India.
Download or read book Assassin s Creed Valhalla Song of Glory written by Cavan Scott and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fearless Vikings confront their destiny in this glory-seeking prequel to Ubisoft's next hit video game, Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Tensions escalate when a village caught between two rival kingdoms is brutally raided. Eivor, warrior and daughter of wise King Styrbjorn, dispatches the raiders, rescues the villagers, and claims the settlement for her father. She also seizes a prisoner--a woman, Gull, left behind by the rivals--who declares she possesses the secrets of Asgard itself. But there is more to Gull than meets the eye, and her capture will bring death and destruction to Eivor's family. In disgrace and lured by the promise of treasures and glory, Eivor undergoes a dangerous quest to regain her honor, but what terror awaits in the forgotten temple of a powerful god? All the time, her brother Sigurd forges his own legend while searching for fortune in the lands of the East. Far from home, he finds new weapons and fresh plunder, making a discovery that will change his destiny forever . . . The Assassin's Creed universe expands with a Viking epic brought to you by writer Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Doctor Who, Shadow Service) with art by Martin Tunica (Crossed Plus One Hundred), and colors by Michael Atiyeh (Star Wars, The Division, Dragon Age)! Collects Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory #1- #3.
Download or read book Assassins written by Stephen Sondheim and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evokes a fraternity of Presidential assassins across a hundred years of history. Examines success, failure, and the questionable drive for power and celebrity in American society. | Original cast recording; booklet includes lyrics.
Download or read book Assassins written by Nicholas Mosley and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the characters in "Assassins" says, "Tolstoy was right, you can't beat the Gods. It's the small things - the warp and woof - that make up the pattern. And how much influence do we have over the small? Now that's a theme for a modern writer." And Nicholas Mosley is this writer. Part political thriller and part love story, "Assassins" explores the "small things" that give shape and meaning to the "big events."
Download or read book The Valkyrie Song written by Craig Russell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling all fans of Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin - this blood-curdling and hypnotically tense thriller from the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell with its devilishly cunning plot and mind-blowing maze of twists and turns is perfect for you. 'This splendid thriller...The story races along with pace and verve' -- Daily Express 'Very well written and a page-turner!........Craig Russell never lets his many fans down' -- ***** Reader review 'One of the most disturbing but addictive reads I had for a long time' -- ***** Reader review 'Really gripping yarn with twists and turns along the way' -- ***** Reader review 'Fabel is in fine form and the plot is wonderfully twisted. A must for lovers of good crime novels' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************* ONE ASSASSIN. ONE SERIAL KILLER. TWO ANGELS OF DEATH. After a gap of ten years, a female serial killer - the Angel of St Pauli - again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburg's red-light district, dying of the most savage knife wounds. Jan Fabel is called in to investigate. Links emerge with a series of apparently unrelated events. A journalist murdered in Norway. The death of a Serbian gangster. And a long-forgotten project by East Germany's Stasi conceived at the height of the Cold War, involving a highly-trained group of female assassins, known by the codename Valkyrie. Fabel's hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer. The ultimate avenging angel.
Download or read book Assassin s Creed Valhalla Song of Glory 1 written by Cavan Scott and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blades clash in this prequel to Ubisoft's next hit video game, Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Norway. Mid-9th century CE. Eivor, a Viking warrior, observes a village raided by a neighboring kingdom. Bloodshed and mayhem erupt as she seizes the attack in her own favor—but will her victory be a blessing to her clan or a terrible curse? Elsewhere, another Viking searches for a different kind of prize, one of crucible steel . . . Prequel to Ubisoft's next Assassin's Creed. Ubisoft's video game Assassin's Creed Valhalla releases Holiday 2020!
Download or read book The Assassin s Song written by Shaylin Gandhi and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an assassin sworn to protect the world's last free human city, Cinder has one mission: to destroy the memory eaters. Not only have they conquered the outside world, they've even breached Haven's protective walls, masquerading as human-except no human can drain a person's memories and leave a vacant mind behind. The memory eaters' worst crime, though? Destroying Cinder's beloved brother, who lost his last memory years ago. Now, bereft at the emptiness behind his eyes, she seeks comfort in vengeance.Then one night, Cinder finds a lost soul in the city's heart, a man unlike any other. Rivet is as mad as he is beautiful, but more importantly, he's managed to resist the hollowed-out fate of those who've lost their memories. For the first time in years, Cinder sees a ray of hope-if Rivet can defy the memory eaters' destructive power, might she find a way to save her brother?To unravel the mystery of Rivet's past, she delves into the memory eaters' world, a place both dazzling and cruel. The more she learns, the more she comes to respect Rivet's strength, even as he teaches her the value of hope over revenge. Yet when she uncovers a truth that might save her brother, the price may mean sacrificing her own future-just when she's learned to live again.
Download or read book The Assassins of Rome written by Caroline Lawrence and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan goes on a secret quest to Rome, and Flavia, Nubia and Lupus set out to find him. Their dangerous mission takes them to the Golden House of Nero where a deadly assassin is rumoured to be at work - and they learn what happened to Jonathan's family during the terrible destruction of Jerusalem nine years earlier.
Download or read book The Making of Assassin s Creed 15th Anniversary written by Alex Calvin and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An oversized full-color hardcover that celebrates fifteen years of the iconic Assassin’s Creed video game saga! Discover the genesis of each Assassin’s Creed game and get an insider's look at the efforts that went into creating one the biggest franchises in the video game industry. In observance of Assassin’s Creed’s fifteen-year anniversary, Ubisoft and Dark Horse Books have teamed up to create an extensive examination into the creation of the award-winning Assassin’s Creed franchise. Featuring gorgeous art from over a decade-and-a-half of development, and detailed interviews with the games’ past and present creators, this is the perfect companion piece for any aspiring Assassin.
Download or read book The Irish Assassins written by Julie Kavanagh and published by Grove Atlantic. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant true crime account of the assassinations that altered the course of Irish history from the “compulsively readable” writer (The Guardian). One sunlit evening, May 6, 1882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were ambushed and stabbed to death while strolling through Phoenix Park in Dublin. The murders were funded by American supporters of Irish independence and carried out by the Invincibles, a militant faction of republicans armed with specially made surgeon’s blades. They put an end to the new spirit of goodwill that had been burgeoning between British Prime Minister William Gladstone and Ireland’s leader Charles Stewart Parnell as the men forged a secret pact to achieve peace and independence in Ireland—with the newly appointed Cavendish, Gladstone’s protégé, to play an instrumental role in helping to do so. In a story that spans Donegal, Dublin, London, Paris, New York, Cannes, and Cape Town, Julie Kavanagh thrillingly traces the crucial events that came before and after the murders. From the adulterous affair that caused Parnell’s downfall; to Queen Victoria’s prurient obsession with the assassinations; to the investigation spearheaded by Superintendent John Mallon, also known as the “Irish Sherlock Holmes,” culminating in the eventual betrayal and clandestine escape of leading Invincible James Carey and his murder on the high seas, The Irish Assassins brings us intimately into this fascinating story that shaped Irish politics and engulfed an Empire. Praise for Julie Kavanagh’s Nureyev: The Life “Easily the best biography of the year.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “The definitive biography of ballet’s greatest star whose ego was as supersized as his talent.” —Tina Brown, award-winning journalist and author
Download or read book The Assassin and the Underworld written by Sarah J. Maas and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at Celaena Sardothien's life before the events of Throne of Glass. When the King of the Assassins gives Celaena Sardothien a special assignment that will help fight slavery in the kingdom, she jumps at the chance to strike a blow against an evil practice. The misson is a dark and deadly affair that takes Celaena from the rooftops of the city to the bottom of the sewer-and she doesn't like what she finds there.
Download or read book Three Assassins written by Kotaro Isaka and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick By the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train, the high-octane new thriller, set in Tokyo’s criminal underworld, pits an ordinary man against a group of talented and very unusual assassins Three Assassins is the high-stakes, high-style, and utterly propulsive follow-up to Kotaro Isaka’s international bestseller, Bullet Train, a Crime Reads "Most Anticipated Book of 2021." Suzuki is an ordinary man until his wife is murdered. To get answers and his revenge, Suzuki abandons his law-abiding lifestyle and takes a low-level job with a front company operated by the crime gang Maiden, who are responsible for his wife’s death. Before long, Suzuki finds himself caught up in a network of quirky and highly effective assassins: The Cicada is a knife expert. The Pusher nudges people into oncoming traffic. The Whale whispers bleak aphorisms to his victims until they take their own lives. Intense and electrifying, Three Assassins delivers a wild ride through the criminal underworld of Tokyo, populated by contract killers who are almost superhumanly good at their jobs.
Download or read book Aloadin Prince of the Assassins and other poems written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Just Assassins written by Anthony Anemone and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just Assassins examines terrorism as it's manifested in Russian culture past and present, with essays devoted to Russian literature, film, and theater; historical narrative; and even amateur memoir, songs, and poetry posted on the Internet. Along with editor Anthony Anemone's introduction, these essays chart the evolution of modern political terrorism in Russia, from the Decembrist uprising to the horrific school siege in Beslan in 2004, showing how Russia's cultural engagement with its legacy of terrorism speaks to the wider world.
Download or read book The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia written by Rick Pender and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise from Jesse Green, New York Times Chief Theater Critic, Arts, in the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: “From A (the director George Abbott) to Y ('You Could Drive a Person Crazy'), The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, by Rick Pender, offers an astonishingly comprehensive look, in more than 130 entries, at the late master’s colleagues, songs, shows and methods." The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is a wonderfully detailed and comprehensive reference devoted to musical theater’s most prolific and admired composer and lyricist. Entries cover Sondheim’s numerous collaborators, from composers and directors to designers and orchestras; key songs, such as his Academy Award winner “Sooner or Later” (Dick Tracy); and major works, including Assassins, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story. The encyclopedia also profiles the actors who originated roles and sang Sondheim’s songs for the first time, including Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Mandy Patinkin, and Bernadette Peters. Featuring a detailed biographical entry for Sondheim, a chronology of his career, a listing of his many awards, and discussions of his opinions on movies, opera, and more, this wide-ranging resource will attract musical theater enthusiasts again and again.
Download or read book Song s Prophet written by P.E. Padilla and published by Oliver-Heber books. This book was released on with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man behind the prophecy Tsosin Ruus had only ever wanted to pursue his studies and to make his family proud of him. Sometimes life defeats the best of intentions. Caught up in the turmoil of the most turbulent time in the world’s history, the studious mage was forced to engage in warfare on behalf of the Souveni Empire, using magic in defiance of his conscience and beliefs. Causing untold death and destruction. In the midst of the battles and the killing, Tsosin received what would become known as the greatest prophecy in the history of Dizhelim. At an unspecified time, the very existence of the world would be at stake, with dark creatures from another world attempting to end all life, with only one way to survive it. Tsosin Ruus, prophet, archmage, and hero of the War of Magic would need to turn his back on everything that had ever been important to him and dedicate his entire life to preparing for the Days of Darkness, a time he knew would come long after he was dead and gone. This is a companion story to the Song of Prophecy and Hero Academy series. Pick it up today and see where it all started.
Download or read book Alamut The Assassins Nest written by M. Shokouhi N. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
