Download or read book The King s Blood written by Daniel Abraham and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War and madness cast shadows over the lands dragons once ruled. Geder Palliako's star is rising. He is a hero of Antea, protector to the crown prince, and darling of the court. But storms from his past are gathering, and with them, a war that will change everything. Cithrin bel Sarcour founded a powerful bank on stolen wealth, forged papers, and ready blades. Now every move she makes is observed, recorded, and controlled. Unless Cithrin can free herself from her gilded cage, the life she made will be for naught; war may provide just the opportunity she needs. An apostate priest sees the hidden hand behind all: a long-buried secret of the dragon empire threatens everything humanity has built. An age of madness and death approaches, with only a few doomed heroes to stand in its way. For more from Daniel Abraham, check out: The Dagger and the Coin The Dragon's Path The King's Blood The Tyrant's Law The Widow's House The Spider's War
Download or read book The King written by J.R. Ward and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.R. Ward's # 1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood continues as a royal bloodline is compromised by a grave threat to the throne. Long live the King… After turning his back on the throne for centuries, Wrath, son of Wrath, finally assumed his father’s mantle--with the help of his beloved mate. But the crown sets heavily on his head. As the war with the Lessening Society rages on, and the threat from the Band of Bastards truly hits home, he is forced to make choices that put everything--and everyone--at risk. Beth Randall thought she knew what she was getting into when she mated the last pure blooded vampire on the planet: An easy ride was not it. But when she decides she wants a child, she’s unprepared for Wrath’s response--or the distance it creates between them. The question is, will true love win out... or tortured legacy take over?
Download or read book The Dragon s Path written by Daniel Abraham and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everything I look for in a fantasy." -- George R. R. Martin All paths lead to war. . . Marcus' hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody's death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army, staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps. Cithrin is an orphan, ward of a banking house. Her job is to smuggle a nation's wealth across a war zone, hiding the gold from both sides. She knows the secret life of commerce like a second language, but the strategies of trade will not defend her from swords. Geder, sole scion of a noble house, has more interest in philosophy than in swordplay. A poor excuse for a soldier, he is a pawn in these games. No one can predict what he will become. Falling pebbles can start a landslide. A spat between the Free Cities and the Severed Throne is spiraling out of control. A new player rises from the depths of history, fanning the flames that will sweep the entire region onto The Dragon's Path -- the path to war. The Dagger and the Coin The Dragon's Path The King's Blood The Tyrant's Law The Widow's House The Spider's War
Download or read book The Widow s House written by Daniel Abraham and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of the dragon and fall of kings. Lord Regent Geder Palliako's war has led his nation and the priests of the spider goddess to victory after victory. No power has withstood him, except for the heart of the one woman he desires. As the violence builds and the cracks in his rule begin to show, he will risk everything to gain her love or else her destruction. Clara Kalliam, the loyal traitor, is torn between the woman she once was and the woman she has become. With her sons on all sides of the conflict, her house cannot stand, but there is a power in choosing when and how to fall. And in Porte Oliva, banker Cithrin bel Sarcour and Captain Marcus Wester learn the terrible truth that links this war to the fall of the dragons millennia before, and that to save the world, Cithrin must conquer it. For more from Daniel Abraham, check out: The Dagger and the Coin The Dragon's Path The King's Blood The Tyrant's Law The Widow's House The Spider's War
Download or read book The Three Headed Dagger and the King s Son Book Two written by Henry Regnault and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s been five years since Cadence Mage’s death, when his mother placed him inside the three-headed dagger until she could figure out how to release him. While waiting for Cadence’s return his niece Little Jenny learns how to use her new powers, her lover Graves Hassin will teach her how to use the sword and gun, and Meadow the witch will help her unlock the powers of lightning given to her and show her how to use them. When Cadence is released from the hold of the dagger along with his brother and Tidus Brack he will discover he has a half sister who is half angel and the better part demon. He will make unlikely friends that will help him fight the demons coming for him and meet his father, the king, for the first time. With his old and new friends Cadence must battle the most powerful evil he has ever faced and witness Little Jenny embrace her dark destiny. This fun and exciting dark fantasy will keep the pages turning until the end.
Download or read book Sir Stalwart written by Dave Duncan and published by HarperTeen. This book was released on 1999-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before They Could be Blades... They Were the King's Daggers Young Stalwart, known as Wart to his fellow students, is expelled from the academy fo King's Blades, only to be plunged into a current of breathless intrigue and danger. Together with Emerald, a former White Sister, Wart must survive corcery, swordplay, ambush, a chimera, a quagmarsh, and more, and uncover a devious plot to assassinate their king...and prove himself worthy of a place among the King's Blades. Before They Could be BladesThey Were the King's Daggers Young Stalwart, known as Wart to his fellow students, is expelled from the academy for King's Blades, only to be plunged into a current of breathless intrigue and danger. Together with Emerald, a former White Sister, Wart must survive sorcery, swordplay, ambush, a chimera, a quagmarsh, and more, and uncover a devious plot to assassinate their kingand prove himself worthy of a place among the King's Blades.
Download or read book King s Dagger written by William S. Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kingdom of Israel is young, and its king is untested. Having arrived late on the scene in Canaan, Israel has forced its way into the Promised Land, taking much of it by force and carving out a difficult, tenuous existence at best. Now the kingdom is completely surrounded by brutal enemies, all of whom have larger armies, more defensible cities, and more advanced armories. As their enemies close in around them, Israel's first king, Saul, sinks into a dark, festering depression, and he begins to turn a paranoid eye on members of his own household. At a time when an iron embargo has relegated the Israelites to the Bronze Age while catapulting their enemies into a new military frontier, their most ruthless and hated foe, the Philistines, launch an all-out assault on Saul's capital city in a final bid to crush the Israelites. Saul must find a way to even the odds. He dispatches a merciless assassin, known throughout the region only as the King's Dagger, to terminate those tipping the scales against them. The Dagger can bring Israel's enemies to their knees . . . but only if he can first escape his own doom.
Download or read book A Storm of Swords written by George R. R. Martin and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2003-03-04 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. A STORM OF SWORDS Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. . . . But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. . . .
Download or read book The Bourbon Kings written by J.R. Ward and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood delivers the first novel in an enthralling new series set amid the shifting dynamics of a Southern family defined by wealth and privilege—and compromised by secrets, deceit, and scandal. . . . Upstairs on the sprawling estate of Easterly, the kings of the bourbon capital of the world—the Bradford family—appear to play by the rules of good fortune and taste. Downstairs, the staff works tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet. For Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing she intended—and their breakup proved her instincts right. Now, after two years, Tulane is coming home. And no one will be left unmarked. . . .
Download or read book The King s Dagger written by Michael Gulven and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Spider s War written by Daniel Abraham and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic conclusion to The Dagger and The Coin series, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin. Lord Regent Geder Palliako's great war has spilled across the world, nation after nation falling before the ancient priesthood and weapon of dragons. But even as conquest follows conquest, the final victory retreats before him like a mirage. Schism and revolt begin to erode the foundations of the empire, and the great conquest threatens to collapse into a permanent conflict of all against all. In Carse, with armies on all borders, Cithrin bel Sarcour, Marcus Wester, and Clara Kalliam are faced with the impossible task of bringing a lasting peace to the world. Their tools: traitors high in the imperial army, the last survivor of the dragon empire, and a financial scheme that is either a revolution or the greatest fraud in the history of the world. For more from Daniel Abraham, check out: The Dagger and the Coin The Dragon's Path The King's Blood The Tyrant's Law The Widow's House The Spider's War
Download or read book The Crooked House written by Dave Duncan and published by New York : Avon Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Stalwart and Emerald set off for an ancient lord's house known as Smealey Hall where they believe lies the source of evil--in the form of murder. Stalwart invites Badger, a surly Blade-in-training, to join them, and they must survive harsh terrain, sorcery and the company of a traitor.
Download or read book Silvercloak written by Dave Duncan and published by New York : Avon. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rounding out the "King's Daggers" trilogy, this story offers breathless action and riveting intrigue.
Download or read book The Tyrant s Law written by Daniel Abraham and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great war cannot be stopped. The tyrant Geder Palliako had led his nation to war, but every victory has called forth another conflict. Now the greater war spreads out before him, and he is bent on bringing peace. No matter how many people he has to kill to do it. Cithrin bel Sarcour, rogue banker of the Medean Bank, has returned to the fold. Her apprenticeship has placed her in the path of war, but the greater dangers are the ones in her past and in her soul. Widowed and disgraced at the heart of the Empire, Clara Kalliam has become a loyal traitor, defending her nation against itself. And in the shadows of the world, Captain Marcus Wester tracks an ancient secret that will change the war in ways not even he can forsee. Return to the critically acclaimed epic by master storyteller Daniel Abraham, The Dagger and the Coin. For more from Daniel Abraham, check out: The Dagger and the Coin The Dragon's Path The King's Blood The Tyrant's Law The Widow's House The Spider's War
Download or read book The King s Daggers written by Dave Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sword and the Shield written by Peniel E. Joseph and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King upends longstanding preconceptions to transform our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil rights, the sword vs. the shield. The struggle for black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts. While nonviolent direct action is remembered as an unassailable part of American democracy, the movement's militancy is either vilified or erased outright. In The Sword and the Shield, Peniel E. Joseph upends these misconceptions and reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era they came to define.
Download or read book The Ruin of Kings written by Jenn Lyons and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy pick for 2019! A Library Journal Best Book of 2019! An NPR Favorite Book of 2019! "Everything epic fantasy should be: rich, cruel, gorgeous, brilliant, enthralling and deeply, deeply satisfying. I loved it."—Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians When destiny calls, there's no fighting back. Kihrin grew up in the slums of Quur, a thief and a minstrel's son raised on tales of long-lost princes and magnificent quests. When he is claimed against his will as the missing son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds himself at the mercy of his new family's ruthless power plays and political ambitions. Practically a prisoner, Kihrin discovers that being a long-lost prince is nothing like what the storybooks promised. The storybooks have lied about a lot of other things, too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, and how the hero always wins. Then again, maybe he isn't the hero after all. For Kihrin is not destined to save the world. He's destined to destroy it. Jenn Lyons begins the Chorus of Dragons series with The Ruin of Kings, an epic fantasy novel about a man who discovers his fate is tied to the future of an empire. "It's impossible not to be impressed with the ambition of it all . . . a larger-than-life adventure story about thieves, wizards, assassins and kings to dwell in for a good long while."—The New York Times A Chorus of Dragons 1: The Ruin of Kings 2: The Name of All Things 3: The Memory of Souls
