Download or read book Makra Choria A Novel of High Fantasy written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hereditary rulers of Sherath have psychic powers that can bring great good or evil to their people. When the Makra Theora murders her father and seizes his throne, her sister, the Makra Choria, raises an army, captures her sibling, and removes the "Gift" from both of them. Then Choria tries to undo the damage that her sister has done to Sherath and the surrounding states--and to fix Theora herself, if that's possible. "A fantasy world of great beauty, beautifully realized by a master writer"--Robert Reginald.
Download or read book People of the Mesa written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uhtatse becomes the "One Who Smells the Wind" for his Anasazi clan, and sends his mind searching outward for enemy tribes in the Great Plains. When he finally senses peril, he fails to convince his Elders to seek shelter. The attack, when it comes, decimates the Anasazi, forcing them finally to build their cliffside cave dwellings at Mesa Verde. "Ardath Mayhar is superb at creating an alien world from another time and place"--Robert Reginald.
Download or read book Lone Runner A Novel of the Old West written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Katharine's father dies in 1864, leaving her destitute, her cousin "sells" her to the beastly One-Eye Murray. She then flees west into the wilderness, but One-Eye hires Sun-Shot O'Neill to track the girl across the wasteland to "save" his investment. "A classic tale of survival against all odds, Lone Runner is a superb cat-and-mouse western suspense tale filled with tension, poignancy, and gritty realism"--Robert Reginald.
Download or read book Two Moons and the Black Tower written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-Moons-in-the-Sky, an Iroquoian warrior woman and Dreamer, is transported into the strange world of medieval Britain by a dark sorcerer, Lallius, who lives in a black tower. Lallius wants to enslave his captive, whom he regards as primitive, but little does he realize that Two-Moons has magic of her own! "A highly original fantasy with a strong and capable female protagonist"--Robert Reginald
Download or read book Monkey Station The Macaque Cycle Book One written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plague is devasting mankind. Deep within the Amazon jungle, scientists have altered the genetic makeup of macaque monkeys, making them self-aware and giving them the power of speech. Only by working together can the two races--man and monkey--find some common road to a future earth.
Download or read book Hunters of the Plains A Novel of Prehistoric America written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when volcanoes were being born in what is now New Mexico, clans of hunter-gatherers were already living in the Great Plains. Primordial beasts roamed the land: creatures like the giant sloth, the flat-faced bear, the woolly mammoth, and the dire wolf hunted there, often coming into conflict with their two-legged prey. When Do-na-ti reaches adulthood, he slays the badger for his ceremonial cloak. By wedding E-lo-ni, he unites their clans. Together they must face battle with dire wolves, a stampede of mammoths that destroys their lodge, and the birth of a new volcano, fulfilling an old woman's prophecy and Do-na-ti's conviction that his son must become brother to the mountain. "Mayhar has a way of drawing the reader seamlessly into her historical narratives. You can smell the breath of the dire wolf as it closes in for the kill!" -- Robert Reginald
Download or read book How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Tyrant seizes power in the city of Lirith, capital of Kyrannon, his ambition for conquest and his need for the great horses of Fallowden create a vortex of conflict and powers. Into this the Raithes of Fallowden -- Tisha the Wise and her daughter Cara, Lengalyon the hermit of the heights, and even the infant Ashraf, son of Shanah ni Raithe do Raithe -- are drawn. Five Raithes survive the battle with the Tyrant's troopers. Each flees in a different direction and performs a different vital task. These combine to weave a complex pattern aimed at bringing down the Tyrant and freeing the people of Kyrannon. In the end, even Those Who Wait, the spirits of the Raithes who have died in defending their home, play their part in this intricate web. "Mayhar's first published book shows all the hallmarks of her later work: believable characters, the grand themes of life and death, and the backdrop of a strange new world that actually seems to live and breathe before our eyes. A great read " -- Robert Reginald. Watch for the other books in this series: Lords of the Triple Moons, The Seekers of Shar-Nuhn, and Warlock's Gift.
Download or read book Lone Runner written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Katharine's father dies in 1864, leaving her destitute, her cousin "sells" her to the beastly One-Eye Murray. She then flees west into the wilderness, but One-Eye hires Sun-Shot O'Neill to track the girl across the wasteland to "save" his investment. "A classic tale of survival against all odds, Lone Runner is a superb cat-and-mouse western suspense tale filled with tension, poignancy, and gritty realism"--Robert Reginald.
Download or read book The Methodist Bobcat and Other Tales written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-seven scintillating stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, all but two of which are published here for the first time. Robert Reginald says: "Ardath Mayhar is able to evoke eerie, otherworldy settings and creatures with just a few strokes of her subtle pen. Great stuff "
Download or read book Runes of the Lyre written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Created by the powerful Hasyisi, yet missing for centuries from its home world, the Lyre just hangs in a willow tree, waiting.. Hasyih, the Heart of the Worlds, links contiguous dimensions, many worlds invisible to each other, yet accessible through doors on Hasyih, one of the keys to which is the Lyre. Now danger threatens both Hasyih and Ranuit, the only inhabited worlds in the group, and when a young girl takes the Lyre from the willow tree, a set of interlinked activities is set into motion. Moving from world to world, going into the hands of the one who needs it most at the time, the Lyre reveals its nature as not only a Key, but also as a Weapon, an Enigma, an Answer, and a resolution, affecting both Hasyih and Ranuit. And the girl Queen Yisri is the center of it all."
Download or read book The Tulpa written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Araminta Palomer, the oversheltered child of a wealthy family, enlivens her life by imagining a near-invisible animal playmate-Willbe. But "Minta" possesses an unsuspected psychic talent, and so she unwittingly creates a tulpa, an envisioned being that gradually becomes tangible, first to herself and then to others. Willbe seems a loving companion at first, but as Minta matures, he changes into an increasingly perilous and unreliable friend. Learning to un-create Willbe becomes Araminta's lifelong ambition, as he threatens her governess, her family -- and even herself! "Mayhar is a master at creating fantastical situations and strange creatures embedded within the everyday lives of attractive, recognizable characters. Her fans will love this new fantasy!" --Robert Reginald. First Publication in Book Form!
Download or read book A Planet Called Heaven written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranded on a Hell planet ironically named Heaven, the Thomas family must flee their protective biodome in order to have any chance of survival on this strange new alien world.
Download or read book A World of Weirdities written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection of 29 scintillating tales of horror and fantasy, many of them never before published.
Download or read book Medicine Dream Being the Further Adventures of Burr Henderson written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Burr Henderson, who survived an airplane crash in the Arizona desert in Medicine Walk, returns to fight for the ranch that he inherited from his father, and must survive another encounter with death in the unforgiving wasteland.
Download or read book Strange Doin s in the Pine Hills written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping tales of fantasy, mystery, and horror set in the piney woods of East Texas.
Download or read book The Dropouts A Tale of Growing Up in East Texas written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When their parents are killed, Nick and Nita find themselves destitute. Only an uncle they've never known offers them a refuge on his East Texas farm. The culture shock is intense for Nita, but Nick takes to farming, learning how to plow with a mule, bale hale, milk cows, and tend gardens. "Mayhar's roots in East Texas are never more evident than in this lovely tale of teenagers forced to re-evaluate their lives. Poignant and moving."--Robert Reginald.
Download or read book Carrots and Miggle written by Ardath Mayhar and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Ramsdens lose their father, Charlotte ("Carrots"), her brother, her young sister, and her mother continue to operate their East Texas dairy farm. Then their cousin from Eastern Europe, Emiglia ("Miggle") is orphaned, and is forced to come live with them. When she arrives, she's shocked to find her relatives engaging in manual labor, which her late parents considered fit only for peasants. But as the two girls begin to find some common ground, they discover that they're becoming a real family after all. "Filled with well-drawn, sympathetic characters facing real-life tragedy."--Robert Reginald.
