Download or read book Theron s Tale A dark historical fantasy novella written by Thea Atkinson and published by Thea Atkinson. This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into this back story fantasy novella from the Witches of Etlantium series and find a wounded hero doing his best to protect the ones he loves. From urban fantasy author Thea Atkinson, this dark tale has plenty of strong characters. He knows the spoils of war well...now he's one of them. Theron's days of peace are over when a legion of female warriors demand his village's best men as pillage. His good looks and keen intellect catch the eye of the commander. In return for his beloved witch's safety, he volunteers to be taken, and only discovers too late that the warriors have only one use for men. And now it's not just his life at stake, because if he can't give the women what they want, his entire village will suffer. Theron's Tale is a novella in the Witches of Etlantium series. It's not light and fluffy, but if you love dark lil ditties, you'll enjoy this expansion on a favorite character. ***WARNING*** Some scenes may prove a bit too dark for some readers.
Download or read book Sons of Alkaia an epic historical fantasy novella written by Thea Atkinson and published by Thea Atkinson. This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's alone in the dark wilderness, but she's not afraid. Alkaia brought her warriors back from near extinction when she enslaved the foreign shaman known as Theron. Now that they have what they need, the warriors plan to rid themselves of male influence. But Alkaia finds something unique in the shaman and decides to rescue him from certain death, going against her tribe's laws. When she gives birth to twins, her tribe is free to punish her for her sins. She is exiled with the son she bore and nothing to help them survive the wilderness. They think her death is inevitable. The wolves who close in on her think her death is inevitable. But in the darkness, it's that shaman's voice that sings to her and gives her strength. If she's to survive, she'll have to use the newborn she bore him to turn the odds in her favor. If she ends up dead, it won't be because she didn't go down fighting. If you enjoyed the Witches of Etlantium, you'll enjoy this spin off tale of warrior women. Scroll up to download it today and slip back into a primitive world of strong women
Download or read book The Novels of Gillian Flynn written by Gillian Flynn and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre." —Stephen King This collection, available exclusively as an ebook, brings together the first two novels of Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl. In Sharp Objects, Flynn’s debut novel, a young journalist returns home to cover a dark assignment—and to face her own damaged family history. With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive, haunting, and unforgettable. Flynn’s second novel, Dark Places, is an intricately orchestrated thriller that ravages a family's past to unearth the truth behind a horrifying crime. A New York Times bestseller and Weekend Today Top Summer Read, Dark Places solidified Flynn’s status as one of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time.
Download or read book Oracles of Delphi written by Marie Savage and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Lindsey Davis, Ruth Downie, and Gary Corby, will enjoy Marie Savage's ORACLES OF DELPHI as she transports them back to ancient Greece where a strong-willed young woman from Athens finds herself in the middle of an age-old struggle for control of the most powerful oracles in the world. With a colorful cast of characters including corrupt priests and drugged priestesses, handsome smugglers, and mercenary philosophers, ORACLES will entertain readers of historical mystery and romance.
Download or read book The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms written by N. K. Jemisin and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be when love and hate -- and gods and mortals -- are bound inseparably together.
Download or read book Return to Etlantium dark urban fantasy written by Thea Atkinson and published by Thea Atkinson. This book was released on with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into this binge-worthy series of action-packed drama and magic by urban fantasy author Thea Atkinson. She gave her power to a dead god. Now, she must reclaim it before he destroys the world. Somewhere a vengeful god sleeps, bound by ancient magic to prevent him from wreaking havoc. Alaysha is the witch ordered to watch for the moment he wakes. She hopes he'll rouse peaceful so she can usher him quietly to his realm and finish her sacred duty. But Alaysha has lived centuries already. The never-ending wait has atrophied her powers and wearied her soul. Then news of a dormant volcano's eruption rocks the world. As the fire spreads and the death toll rises, Alaysha begins to suspect what the rest of the world can't possibly know. The god has finally roused… Readers who enjoy Auburn Tempest, Stacia Stark, or Carissa Broadbent stories will find this a spellbinding final installment to the epic dark fantasy. Dive back into Alaysha's world with Return to Etlantium by New York Times bestselling author Thea Atkinson and root for a vulnerable witch on her epic journey of love and transformation.
Download or read book The Road written by Cormac McCarthy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle). • From the bestselling author of The Passenger A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Download or read book The Damnation of Theron Ware or Illumination written by Harold Frederic and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dust written by Hugh Howey and published by John Joseph Adams. This book was released on 2016 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wool introduced the world of the silo. Shift told the story of its creation. Dust will describe its downfall.
Download or read book Dark Places written by Gillian Flynn and published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libby Day was just seven years old when her brother massacred her family while she hid in a cupboard. Ever since then she has been drifting, but now the money is running out. When she is offered $500 to do a guest appearance, she feels she has to accept, unaware that the infamous Kill Club's members believe her brother was innocent.
Download or read book The Pull of the Stars written by Emma Donoghue and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews). In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders—Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds.
Download or read book Warlord of the Titans written by J. K. Jones and published by Titans. This book was released on 2022-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lust. Greed. Savagery. As an Omega Kristján Black is no stranger to wicked men. However, when his cousin owes a debt too great to pay back, he's sold like cattle to the highest bidder. Captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve as a slave to a brutal warlord, Kristján can't help but feel this is a fate worse than death. Theron Decimus is a brute. A warlord with a vicious hatred for all skrælingjar. Too bad that's just what Kristján is. Half-human and half-wolf, he doesn't have a place in this world, much less as a slave. As a trusted advisor to Lucious Rex, the King of the Titans, Theron is dangerous. Deadly. And most of all, devastating. A man that ruthlessly only wants to crush him. Kristján must resist the temptation to let him.
Download or read book The Witch of Willow Hall written by Hester Fox and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Steeped in Gothic eeriness."--Nicola Cornick, USA Today bestselling author In Salem, they burned. Now, they will rise. New Oldbury, 1821 The house holds its breath, trying to outlast me… Something has awakened in Willow Hall. Eighteen-year-old Lydia Montrose can feel it. But she has no idea what it is. Rocked by rumor and scandal, Lydia, her parents, and her sisters, Catherine and Emeline, fled their sparkling life in Boston for the sleepy country estate. But bone-chilling noises in the night have Lydia convinced their idyllic new home wasn’t exactly vacant when they arrived. The Salem witch trials cast a long shadow over the Montrose family as the cloying heat of summer in Massachusetts mingles with something sinister in the air. The sprawling history of Willow Hall is no stranger to secrets, and its dark past soon calls to Lydia, igniting ancient magic she never knew she possessed. But with menacing forces unwilling to rest, threatening to tear her family apart, Lydia must learn to harness her newly discovered power or risk losing everyone she holds dear. Don't miss Hester Fox's next novel, THE BOOK OF THORNS, where two sisters who never knew the other existed meet on opposite sides during the Napoleonic Wars and must use the magic of flowers to solve the mystery of their mother’s death—while surviving the war raging around them... Look for these other gothic mysteries from Hester Fox: The Last Heir to Blackwood Library The Widow of Pale Harbor The Orphan of Cemetery Hill A Lullaby for Witches
Download or read book Triumph written by Heather Graham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heather Graham’s Old Florida series comes to a close with a star-crossed affair between a Northern soldier and a Southern belle Bravery in war can take many forms. There is the bravery of sacrifice for your country, and of attacking in the face of an opposing army, but there is also the bravery of risking your life to help others. And that is just what Tia McKenzie does for the rebel cause. She sneaks into the North and escorts rebel soldiers back to safety, using a trick borrowed from Lady Godiva. Fortunately, Tia’s passionate and brave defense doesn’t go unnoticed. Union soldier Taylor Douglas is immediately taken with her beauty and her strength. But standing between them are the chasm of war, the hostilities of their families, and a forced marriage to the wrong man. Bringing the entire McKenzie family back into the fold, Triumph is the explosive and satisfying ending the Old Florida series so richly deserves. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
Download or read book Fool on the Hill written by Matt Ruff and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Lovecraft Country: Myth and reality collide on a college campus “in a comic fantasy of wonderful energy, invention, and generosity of spirit” (Alison Lurie). Stephen Titus George is a young writer-in-residence at Cornell University in upstate New York. A bestselling author in search of a new story, he sees his life as a modern-day fairy tale starring himself as a would-be knight trying to woo a lovely maiden—or, actually, two: the bewitching Calliope and his guiding light, Aurora Borealis Smith. But he’s not quite in control of the narrative. There’s another writer with even greater influence on campus. The unseen Mr. Sunshine is an eternal, semi-retired deity who’s been fashioning his own story for centuries. He has all his characters in place: dragons, sprites, gnomes, and villains. And now, finally, his hero. As Mr. Sunshine’s world comes to fabulous and violent life, how can Stephen decide his own fate if it’s already being plotted by a god? An epic of life and death, good and evil, love and sorcery, Fool on the Hill lands Matt Ruff happily on the shelf between Tom Robbins and J. R. R. Tolkien for every lover of the “funky and fantastical” (New York magazine). “Inspired . . . rich in flavorful language . . . [a] dazzling tour de force.” —San Francisco Chronicle “The plot comes together like a brilliant clockwork toy.” —Locus
Download or read book Shift written by Hugh Howey and published by John Joseph Adams. This book was released on 2016 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity's broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened. This is the sequel to the New York Times best-selling Wool series.
Download or read book Dragon Rose written by Christine Pope and published by Dark Valentine Press. This book was released on with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shadow of the cursed Dragon Lord has hung over the town of Lirinsholme for centuries, and no one ever knows when the Dragon will claim his next doomed Bride. Rhianne Menyon has dreams of being a painter, but her world changes forever when a single moment of sacrifice brings her to Black's Keep as the Dragon's latest Bride. As she attempts to adjust to her new life...and to know something of the monster who is now her husband...Rhianne begins to see that the curse is far crueler than she first believed, and unraveling the mystery of what happened to the Dragon's Brides is only the beginning. A retelling of Beauty and the Beast, set in the world of the Latter Kingdoms. Author’s Note: All Tales of the Latter Kingdoms novels are written as standalone romances and can be read in any order.
