Download or read book The Chaos Portal written by Paul Vanhoutteghem and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chaos Portal is a source of strange, dark power that sits deep within a cave on the edge of a remote town. It is guarded by an elite group of stalwart protectors who have been tasked with preventing the portal’s power from spilling over into the outside world. Cordelia, a young woman from the town, whose parents mysteriously disappeared into the portal while providing supplies to the guardians one day, befriends the youngest of the guardians, a man named Dormholt. Over time, he becomes a mentor to her, training her in combat and teaching her the ways of the world. However, one day she goes to visit Dormholt, only to find him and other guardians missing and the portal growing in size and power. Not only that, but the people in her town also seem to have completely forgotten that the portal ever existed. With time running out, she sets off on a journey to find Dormholt and the other guardians before the malevolent powers within the portal engulf her town and the rest of the world . . . forever.

Download or read book Chaos Rising written by Chris Vines and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-11-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's been six months since I died on Earth and was brought to the Kingdom of Craesti. In that time, I've made friends, gained a family, and begun learning how to gather and channel Aether, a.k.a. magic. I started attending Azyl Academy, the premier magic school of the city, after it was discovered that my talent was exceptionally high. I am learning Alchemy, Inscription, and how to fight, all with the goal of expanding the Kingdom and keeping the populace safe. It hasn't all been smooth sailing, though. I made an enemy of one of the local noble Clans, and just survived an assassination attempt thanks to one of the guardian Beasts of the Academy I have a budding friendship with. Now I have to recover from my injuries and continue to advance. Coming soon will be our ranking tournament, where we will compete within our tiers to see who is the strongest. After the tournament, we will be divided into teams and go on an expedition into the Great Western Forest to cull Beasts and harvest rare plants. Throughout all of this, though, my focus is on getting stronger; to be ready for the calamity I was warned about by Darkness, the deity that brought me here. I just hope I have enough time.

Download or read book Portal of Chaos Island of Fog Book 13 written by Keith Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of thirteen-year-old shapeshifters are sent on a rescue mission to the thirteenth floor of a highrise building where something terrible lurks. The people of Old Earth are busy rebuilding their towns and cities, putting industries back to work, and forging new communities, all the while getting to know their newfound neighbors-a parallel world full of mythical creatures, magic, and wonder! But magic isn't always good. Sometimes it's downright evil. In a newly restored city, something disturbing has happened in an office building. People have vanished without trace, and rescue teams can't get past a pack of deadly hellhounds. The situation is well beyond Old Earth's capabilities, and the authorities request the help of Miss Simone and her team of shapeshifters. With Friday 13th coming up in a few days, is it too much to hope that luck will be their side?

Download or read book The Portal written by Tom Cronin and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calm your mind. Unlock your power. Save the planet. Our world is suffering from a number of growing crises: wars, climate change, the threat of economic collapse. We're at a tipping point, but there is another way. Revealing an ancient road map that has helped guide people to transformation for centuries, this inspirational book and documentary film take us to the very core of what's needed for humanity today: meditation. The Portal explores how meditation and mindfulness will unlock your power, grow your compassion for those around you and awaken your thirst for change. Sharing personal stories from six people who healed their lives through meditation as well as compelling insights from some of today's most innovative thinkers, The Portal shares a vision for humanity transformed. Weaving a vibrant tapestry of technology, love, the future, existentialism, human potential, brain hacking and inner peace, it will rekindle your excitement for the future.

Download or read book Priestdaddy written by Patricia Lockwood and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED ONE OF THE 50 BEST MEMOIRS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: The Washington Post * Elle * NPR * New York Magazine * Boston Globe * Nylon * Slate * The Cut * The New Yorker * Chicago Tribune WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR “Affectionate and very funny . . . wonderfully grounded and authentic. This book proves Lockwood to be a formidably gifted writer who can do pretty much anything she pleases.” – The New York Times Book Review From Booker Prize finalist Patricia Lockwood, author of the novel No One Is Talking About This, a vivid, heartbreakingly funny memoir about balancing identity with family and tradition. Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met—a man who lounges in boxer shorts, loves action movies, and whose constant jamming on the guitar reverberates “like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972.” His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the Church’s country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents’ rectory, their two worlds collide. In Priestdaddy, Lockwood interweaves emblematic moments from her childhood and adolescence—from an ill-fated family hunting trip and an abortion clinic sit-in where her father was arrested to her involvement in a cultlike Catholic youth group—with scenes that chronicle the eight-month adventure she and her husband had in her parents’ household after a decade of living on their own. Lockwood details her education of a seminarian who is also living at the rectory, tries to explain Catholicism to her husband, who is mystified by its bloodthirstiness and arcane laws, and encounters a mysterious substance on a hotel bed with her mother. Lockwood pivots from the raunchy to the sublime, from the comic to the deeply serious, exploring issues of belief, belonging, and personhood. Priestdaddy is an entertaining, unforgettable portrait of a deeply odd religious upbringing, and how one balances a hard-won identity with the weight of family and tradition.

Download or read book Paranorthern written by Stephanie Cooke and published by Etch/Hmh Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this middle-grade graphic novel, a witch named Abby and her three friends-a wolf-girl, a ghost, and a pumpkinhead-band together to try and save their supernatural town from an invasion of rabid (but adorable) chaos bunnies"--

Download or read book Portal to Hell written by Reynaldo Reyes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus Christ is not a human man, Jesus Christ is a deity. He can transform himself into anything. Jesus Christ and his angels can make human beings experience ectoplasm and can possess you in broad daylight and at night. Any spirit or deity that can shift-shape himself into anything like a fog, smoke, fire, clouds, insects, people or animals is considered not human, suspicious, unknown, scary, sneaky, secretive, and evil.

Download or read book Professional Portal Development with Open Source Tools written by W. Clay Richardson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is this book about? Open source technology enables you to build customizedenterprise portal frameworks with more flexibility and fewerlimitations. This book explains the fundamentals of a powerful setof open source tools and shows you how to use them. An outstanding team of authors provides a complete tutorial andreference guide to Java Portlet API, Lucene, James, and Slide,taking you step-by-step through constructing and deploying portalapplications. You trace the anatomy of a search engine andunderstand the Lucene query syntax, set up Apache Jamesconfiguration for a variety of servers, explore object torelational mapping concepts with Jakarta OJB, and acquire manyother skills necessary to create J2EE portals uniquely suited tothe needs of your organization. Loaded with code-intensive examples of portal applications, thisbook offers you the know-how to free your development process fromthe restrictions of pre-packaged solutions. What does this book cover? Here's what you will learn in this book: How to evaluate business requirements and plan the portal How to develop an effective browser environment How to provide a search engine, messaging, database inquiry,and content management services in an integrated portalapplication How to develop Web services for the portal How to monitor, test, and administer the portal How to create portlet applications compliant with the JavaPortlet API How to reduce the possibility of errors while managing theportal to accommodate change How to plan for the next generation application portal Who is this book for? This book is for professional Java developers who have someexperience in portal development and want to take advantage of theoptions offered by open source tools.

Download or read book Jack Gregson the Forgotten Portal written by Peter Wilson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MOONBEAM AWARD WINNER! Something has changed at the Gregson Manor. An evil force from the family's past has returned to upheave their lives. Jack and his cousins explore the family secrets as they are pulled through a portal into a universe of endless worlds and possibilities. Together, they race to escape and destroy the evil Theorden and his followers who strive to unlock the power of the Forgotten Portal and wreak havoc on Gregson Manor and the World. ******** Peter Wilson's supernatural saga is sure to please...The author ... has artfully created a smart, bold boy hero who must battle not only the dark mist and its brutal leader, but inner burdens: the loss of a loving mother and the specter of an enigmatic father who may have joined forces with the enemy. ... There's enough action here to thoroughly engage young readers and make for an enjoyable read-aloud. The totality has a cinematic feel, and readers will eagerly anticipate sequels two and three. ---Blue Ink Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

Download or read book Web Portals written by Arthur Tatnall and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Web portal is a special web site designed to act as a gateway giving convenient access to other related sites. This book investigates the various types of portals and describes how they can be used in business applications. After considering the nature of portals, the book describes the first general portals like Yahoo, and how they came into being. Portals are used in businesses of all types and sizes and this book discusses how portals can be used in large business corporations as well as small to medium enterprises. Web portals have increasing importance to marketers as, by their nature, they retain their users who must return to them frequently. They also provide a useful means of making information and knowledge readily available in a convenient form to authorised users. This book covers a wide range of issues relating to the use of portals in business.

Download or read book Portal Combat written by Bryan Cohen and published by Bryan Cohen. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the barriers between worlds start to crumble… …superhero Ted Finley must battle his greatest enemy yet. After a summer spent protecting the vulnerable from natural disasters, Ted couldn't be more excited to return home for his senior year of high school. While he dreams of training with and dating his protector, Erica LaPlante, life as a teenage superhero continues to get harder. A cunning presidential candidate, a disgruntled gatekeeper between realms, and two familiar villains threaten to end Ted and Erica's mission, as well as the world. When a new and powerful enemy emerges, Ted and Erica must choose their allies wisely to keep a deadly army at bay. If they fail, the people they know and love will find themselves on a planet-wide battlefield. Portal Combat is the third novel in a YA sci-fi/fantasy series that features action-packed fight scenes, terrifying villains, witty banter, and a pinch of heart. Author Bryan Cohen's Ted Saves the World Series continues to grow in scope and excitement in his third installment. Buy the third book in the series today! Young Adult Sci-Fi and Fantasy Superhero - Suitable Age Range: 12 - 18+ yrs. Portal Combat is a novel of approximately 75,000 words. Books available by Bryan Cohen: Ted Saves the World (Free!) Mind Over Easy (Ted Saves the World #2) Portal Combat (Ted Saves the World #3) Keywords: young adult, superheroes, science fiction, fantasy, series, second book, book 2, comedy, fantasy fiction, adventure, american literature, american fiction, fantasy series, modern fantasy, urban fantasy, stories, 21st century literature, genre fiction, highly recommended, series fiction, young adult fiction, superhero, villains, supernatural, paranormal, teen, teen fiction, romance, sci-fi, coming of age, first love, supernatural powers, super powers, superhuman, teen & young adult fantasy coming of age, contemporary fantasy, action & adventure, telekinetic powers, telekinesis, young adult comedy, young adult fantasy fiction, young adult adventure, young adult american literature, young adult american fiction, young adult fantasy series, young adult modern fantasy, young adult urban fantasy, young adult stories, young adult 21st century literature, young adult genre fiction, highly recommended young adult, young adult series fiction, young adult superhero, young adult supernatural, young adult paranormal, teen & young adult, young adult romance, young adult sci-fi, young adult coming of age, young adult first love, young adult contemporary fantasy, young adult action & adventure

Download or read book Craesti City written by Chris Vines and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beast waves, Chaos cultists, new Primordials rising. The world has gone crazy. A tournament has been called to find new champions. Aiden and his team must compete in Craesti City, the capital of their kingdom, to earn the right to journey to Monster Island for a multinational competition. Can Aiden rise to become the true chosen one, or will he fall into obscurity and failure?

Download or read book Heavenly Portals written by Candice Smithyman and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can you accomplish God’s plan if you aren’t actively entering into His heavenly realm? This book will open your eyes to a new realm of spirituality. You will learn to access heavenly portals and supernaturally rise above circumstances to a place of rest and peace, trusting God as He brings you into your assignment. Do you hunger for more of God and supernatural encounters? Do you yearn for the abundant life Jesus talked about? In your heart you know God has an assignment for you, but you need more of Him to accomplish it. Candice Smithyman provides keys to opening heavenly portals–or gateways–so you can enter the realm of eternity, be an overcomer in every area of your life, and help others do the same. Discover how to: Develop a deeper trust relationship with God. Learn the difference between the spirit and soulish realms and how to operate in both. Enlarge your faith for revelation from heaven. Open heavenly portals and bring "as it is in heaven" into the earth realm. The moment you were born-again, this heavenly access was given to you, but you have to know how to use it. It’s time to discover heavenly portals so you can live in a realm of breakthrough, dominion, and peace. Foreword by Ché Ahn

Download or read book The Chaos Nexus written by T.M. Baumgartner and published by Speculative Turtle Press. This book was released on 2022-03-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When chaos and logic collide… A tiny colony at the edge of the universe — high clan looking to escape, low clan trying to get by, and bickering AIs with nowhere else to go. Also in the mix: competing gods, newly created flitterkin, and homicidal sheep. Who wouldn’t want to live on Jackpot Drift? With threats of annihilation coming from the civilized world, Sil and the other colonists race to make the planet self-sufficient. But not all danger comes through the wormhole… Starvation may be the least of their worries. For a space western with a different brand of hero, grab The Chaos Nexus. Welcome back to Jackpot Drift!

Download or read book The Chaos Connection written by T.M. Baumgartner and published by Speculative Turtle Press. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your best weapons are chaos and a grudge… As the only nanobot technician on Jackpot Drift, Sil repairs everything from games to oxygen sensors. If she could just keep the goats out of the house, life would be perfect… well, almost perfect. Sil can handle the older god of chaos hiding inside her. Most days nothing falls down or blows up. But the One God wakes up — to warn the colony about Sil? Or to sound the alarm about the AIs changing the fabric of the cosmos? Getting caught with the older god means prison. But rogue AIs on the loose could destroy everything. Chaos complicates things — maybe that complication will save the universe again. Return to Jackpot Drift in the breakneck science fiction adventure of The Chaos Connection.

Download or read book The Chaos Job written by T.M. Baumgartner and published by Speculative Turtle Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you hide a chaos god on a partially terraformed world? Sil stays on her hilltop farm, the payout from 20 years fighting the border wars. But the farm's damaged AI herds sheep into symbols visible from orbit. Not knowing how to channel the chaos elsewhere, Sil enlists the help of a former enemy soldier. Sparks fly when chaos and luck collide. Ride along on this extraordinary space western full of gods, AIs, nanobots, and hope. Welcome to Jackpot Drift! *** KEYWORDS: science fantasy, space opera, space western, sheep opera, nanotech, snarky AIs, chaos, luck, guile, clarity, love story, strong female protagonist, science fiction, no cliffhangers, mature characters, colony, goats, attack chicken, heist

Download or read book Portal of a Thousand Worlds written by Dave Duncan and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The looming threat of a once-in-a-millennium magical event sends nineteenth-century China into violent chaos in this epic alternate-history fantasy. Author of the Seventh Sword series Dave Duncan transports us to Imperial China in an alternate nineteenth century—an Asian epoch not unlike the Boxer Rebellion era—with a spellbinding tale of rebellion, political intrigue, larceny, seduction, shape-shifting, dark magic, and murder. These are troubled years in the Good Land. Ten centuries have passed since the last time the Portal of a Thousand Worlds opened, bringing chaos, upheaval, and radical change to the then-ruling dynasty, and now the mystical gateway is rumored to be on the verge of opening once more. Only the Firstborn—he who has been reincarnated through countless generations and remembers all he has ever learned—knows what the future holds, but he has been imprisoned for refusing to comply with a repressive imperial government’s wishes. Now, those hoping to seize the opportunity for wealth and position are hatching sinister plots. And as the cold-hearted dowager empress closely guards a fateful secret, and a rebel army led by a fanatical zealot gathers strength under the Bamboo Banner, the cataclysm approaches. . . . The recipient of two Aurora Awards and numerous Locus and Endeavour Award nominations, Dave Duncan is an acknowledged master of sword-and-sorcery adventure on par with George R. R. Martin of Game of Thrones fame. A sprawling epic with a colorful cast of royals, thieves, prostitutes, gods, warriors, dragons, assassins, merchants, and mages set against the backdrop of a volatile alternate Asia, Portal of a Thousand Worlds is a magnificent work of invention from one of the premier fantasists of our day.