Download or read book Veneficus Stones of the Chosen written by Chris Page and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fate of Wessex lies in the hands of Merlin, the current manifestation of the 10,000-year-old Avebury Stones dynasty of Wessex venefici. But time races against him. He has only seven years left to live; seven scant years in which he must train his successor in the enchantments. To be veneficus is to be wizard, sorcerer, alchemist, hermit and wax-pale ghost. Twilight, formerly the village boy Will Timms, is imbued with the aura of the one chosen to be taught by the mighty Merlin and eventually take his place. However, Wessex has fallen into peril, consumed by conflict and death. The Northern King, Penda, and his wolf woman veneficus, Elelendise, have invaded the land in pursuit of conquest and power. Elelendise covets Merlin's title above all else and she will stop at nothing to obtain it... But Penda and Elelendise are not the only threats. Forces even darker still are gathering against Merlin and Twilight as the god of the Cowering Dead strives for dominion in an immortal struggle entwined with the fate of Wessex. Author Chris Page lives in Wiltshire (Wessex), England with his wife and two children. The Dark Ages history of the region known as Wessex, steeped in the life and culture of the poetic Celtic tribes, form a foundation of facts, people and sites on which Chris constructs his world of magic and fantasy. Veneficus - Stones of the Chosen is the first book of The Wessex Progressions. The story continues in Gemini Thunder.
Download or read book Another Side to the Mirror written by Alain-Joël Breugelmans and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Christine, an orphaned teenager misunderstood by her godparents and society with an urge to be who she is. One night, she steps into an imaginary utopia called Delarte. Delarte is a place where everything is possible and everything or everyone is accepted. It is there, she meets a witch called Bella and her puppet called Vera. Along the way, Bella and Vera show Christine a great deal of kindness and hospitality. Christine witnesses a show in Delarte's theatre, where she sees creatures such as flying mermaids, immortal clowns, singing butterflies and many other creatures. Stepping through the mirror again, Christine blurs life between reality and Delarte. Spiral down on Christine's journey and meet intriguing creatures from dancing corpses to singing werewolves and find out what it feels like to finally be understood, or is not everything as it seems?
Download or read book Veneficus written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the beginning of an epic saga of books featuring the savage and brutal realism of Dark Ages conflict with domineering rulers and stardust legends. A veneficus is a Dark Ages hybrid of sorcerer, magician, hermit, alchemist, oracle, wizard and wax-pale ghost. Savage death stalks the venefical gift, those who oppose it and those who support it. The fate of Wessex lies in the enchanted hands of Merlin, the current manifestation of the 10,000 - year - old Avebury Stones dynasty of Wessex venefici. But time races against him. He has only seven years left to live; seven short years in which he must train his successor in the enchantments. Twilight, formerly the village boy Will Timms, has the aura of the one chosen to be taught by the mighty Merlin and eventually take his place. Meanwhile, Wessex has fallen into peril, consumed by conflict and death as the Northern King, Penda, and his wolf woman veneficus, Elelendise, invade the land in search of conquest and power. Elelendise also covets Merlin's title and will stop at nothing to obtain it. Penda and Elelendise are not the only threats. Forces even darker still are gathering as the God of the Cowering Dead strives for domination in an immortal struggle entwined with the fate of Wessex.
Download or read book The Topaz Sceptre Book Four of the Seven Stones of Power written by Andy Stone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-23 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alliance sits on the edge of Jarrat. The Dark Knight Ra'naroz is in control of Queen Oriana inside the castle. One wrong move would see her death and the death of many others. Alaric has returned to join the army and his first priority is to rescue Alena and Eldred from the clutches of the Evil One. If he is going to succeed in his quest he knows that both must survive. The prophecy sits on a knife edge and Alaric must travel to Castalia if he is going to succeed, whilst the Alliance must free Jarrat from the enemy.
Download or read book The Memory in the Blood written by Ryan Van Loan and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the pulse-pounding conclusion to the Fall of the Gods: sea battles, hidden libraries, warring deities, old enemies, and one woman's need for liberation and revenge. When her quest to destroy the Gods began, Buc was a child of the streets. Now she is a woman of steel, shaped by power lost and gained, honed to a fine edge by grief and a thirst for vengeance. When a perilous mission uncovers intel key to the destruction of the Dead Gods and the sleeping Goddess Ciris, Buc knows this might be her last chance to put a stop to this divine war...for good this time. With a part of Ciris still living inside her, tempting Buc with power, things are about to get a lot more complicated. Sure, she could wake Ciris and help her annihilate the Dead Gods–but it would mean the betrayal of everything and everyone she has fought for–and nothing can bring back man she loved. If Buc has to destroy every last God, eat the rich, and break the world in order to save it, she will. Even if it costs her everything. The Fall of the Gods series The Sin in the Steel The Justice in Revenge The Memory in the Blood At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Magic Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds written by Daniel Ogden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity.
Download or read book Essays on Church State and Politics written by Christian Thomasius and published by Natural Law and Enlightenment. This book was released on 2007 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays selected here for translation derive largely from Thomasius's work on Staatskirchenrecht, or the political jurisprudence of church law. These works, originating as disputations, theses, and pamphlets, were direct interventions in the unresolved issue of the political role of religion in Brandenburg-Prussia, a state in which a Calvinist dynasty ruled over a largely Lutheran population and nobility as well as a significant Catholic minority. In mandating limited religious toleration within the German states, the provisions of the Peace of Westphalia (1648) also provided the rulers of Brandenburg-Prussia with a way of keeping the powerful Lutheran church in check by guaranteeing a degree of religious freedom to non-Lutherans and thereby detaching the state from the most powerful territorial church. Thomasius's writings on church-state relations, many of them critical of the civil claims made by Lutheran theologians, are a direct response to this state of affairs. At the same time, owing to the depth of intellectual resources at his disposal, these works constitute a major contribution to the broader discussion of the relation between the religious and political spheres.
Download or read book The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complete Works written by Sir Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Waverley Novels written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ascension written by Ashlee Harry and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake and Laura Adams just had their lives turned completely upside down. After they discover that they were the chosen ones of Artemis and Apollo with powers to control fire and water, these siblings no longer know the meaning of normal. After fighting against the leader of the Filii Tenebrarum, Jake and Laura now find themselves living on Delos Island, home of the guardians. Their new life now focuses on controlling their powers, learning the daily life of a Guardian, and finding out what happened to their parents. Daily threats and taunts from the Filii Tenebrarum plague the twins as tension grows between Jake and Laura. Can they overcome their own differences to save the ones they love, or will they be consumed by the darkness in the end?
Download or read book Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft written by Sir Walter Scott and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although written mostly as a fictional work, this piece of literature uses many real world examples of the occult to make its fictional points. Written in a series of ten letters, the book gives a very personal perspective on one person's view of the occult. Although Walter Scott was failing in health while writing this work, a unique charm is given to the text in the midst of his illness near the end of his life.
Download or read book Call of the Kings Book Three of the Venefical Progressions written by Chris Page and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French and English kings are at war, the Viking invaders are still causing mayhem in Wessex, and local warlords battle to gain a foothold in any way they can. Twilight, the now old veneficus of Wessex, finds his replacement in Tara, a curly red-haired little girl from Ireland with special powers. As Twilight trains Tara in the enchantments amidst the conflict and strife, he must also maintain the crucial venefical presence at Stonehenge and Avebury. But while the old veneficus and his young novice attempt to deal with weak monarchs, a flesh-eating sorceress and three deviate and particularly evil Francian venefici, the Duke of Normandy makes his move and invades England. As the flames of conflict engulf the land, the immortal Tara unexpectedly finds romance with a powerful Francian veneficus named Virgile. Together they try and bring peace while Twilight visits Rome, Constantinople and Baghdad in his investigation of the other great Holy War brewing in the East between Saracens and Christians. The epic saga continues as the battle rages on in book three of the Venefical Progressions series.
Download or read book The Works of Sir Walter Scott Bart written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Worldwound written by Jonathan Keith and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rift is known as the Worldwound, and through it, the demon horde has infested an entire region. While the demon armies have been held in check by barbarians and crusaders alike, the region within that was once Sarkoris is now ruled by fiends. Worse, the Worldwound itself is slowly growing -- if something isn't done to halt this blight, it and the demons it spawns may one day swallow all of Golarion! This Pathfinder sourcebook explores the demon-blighted land of the Worldwound (site of the new Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path) in great detail. Ruined cities (such as the shattered capital city of Iz, the frozen city of Dyinglight, and the river city of Undarin), key historical sites (like the Circle of the Hierophants -- birthplace of the druidic sect known as the Green Faith), and more are presented, along with an exhaustive examination of the strange and otherworldly hazards of the region. The book also includes several adventure sites ready for exploration, along with a few locations like the holdout town of Gundrun, which can serve heroes as (relatively) safe harbor in a deadly land. Finally, an extensive bestiary presents more than a dozen new monsters and demons and enemy NPCs along with two new monster templates, ensuring your PCs will never lack for foes in this devastated realm.
Download or read book Magic and Magicians in the Greco Roman World written by Matthew W Dickie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and social origins. The resulting investigation takes us to the underside of Greek and Roman society, into a world of wandering holy men and women, conjurors and wonder-workers, and into the lives of prostitutes, procuresses, charioteers and theatrical performers. This fascinating reconstruction of the careers of witches and sorcerors allows us to see into previously inaccessible areas of Greco-Roman life. Compelling for both its detail and clarity, and with an extraordinarily revealing breadth of evidence employed, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying ancient magic.
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West written by David J. Collins, S. J. and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 897 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the West. Its chronological scope extends from the Ancient Near East to twenty-first-century North America; its objects of analysis range from Persian curse tablets to US neo-paganism. For comparative purposes, the volume includes chapters on developments in the Jewish and Muslim worlds, evaluated not simply for what they contributed at various points to European notions of magic, but also as models of alternative development in ancient Mediterranean legacy. Similarly, the volume highlights the transformative and challenging encounters of Europeans with non-Europeans, regarding the practice of magic in both early modern colonization and more recent decolonization.
