Download or read book The Candle and the Flame written by Nafiza Azad and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Azad's debut YA fantasy is set in a city along the Silk Road that is a refuge for those of all faiths, where a young woman is threatened by the war between two clans of powerful djinn. Fatima lives in the city of Noor, a thriving stop along the Silk Road. There the music of myriad languages fills the air, and people of all faiths weave their lives together. However, the city bears scars of its recent past, when the chaotic tribe of Shayateen djinn slaughtered its entire population -- except for Fatima and two other humans. Now ruled by a new maharajah, Noor is protected from the Shayateen by the Ifrit, djinn of order and reason, and by their commander, Zulfikar.But when one of the most potent of the Ifrit dies, Fatima is changed in ways she cannot fathom, ways that scare even those who love her. Oud in hand, Fatima is drawn into the intrigues of the maharajah and his sister, the affairs of Zulfikar and the djinn, and the dangers of a magical battlefield.In this William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalist novel, Nafiza Azad weaves an immersive tale of magic and the importance of names; fiercely independent women; and, perhaps most importantly, the work for harmony within a city of a thousand cultures and cadences.

Download or read book To Light a Candle written by Mercedes Lackey and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Outstretched Shadow, which was named by VOYA as Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror book for 2003, Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory introduced readers to The Obsidian Trilogy and a complex new fantasy world populated by humans, centaurs, elves, talking unicorns, and demons. The Golden City of the Bells, where only humans live, is ruled by the Mage Council, practitioners of High Magic---a powerful magic that is stable and reliable, though rigidly controlled and performed only by men. Outside the City's walls, humans and magical beings mix freely and call upon Wild Magic---a system sometimes erratic, always driven by desire and need, and performed by both men and women. Now, in To Light a Candle, the Demon Queen sends her forces against her human and elven enemies, sowing distraction and death. In the human City, the Queen's agents work to divide the Council and foment rebellion among the City's citizens. In the countryside, they target the most vulnerable and valuable---the young Elf Prince and the Wild Mages who might be the Demons' most dangerous enemies. To his own surprise, young Kellen, once the disappointing son of the great Mage who leads the City's Mage Council, has become a powerful Knight-Mage. Valued for his bravery and his skills as both wizard and warrior, Kellen joins the Elves' war councils. Yet he cannot convince the City of his birth that it is in terrible danger. Kellen's sister Idalia, a Wild Mage with great healing ability, has pledged her heart to Jermayan, a proud Elven warrior. Someday Idalia will pay a tragic Price for a world-saving work of Wild Magic, but until then, she will claim any joy life can offer her. Jermayan, who has learned much while fighting at Kellen's side and loving the human Idalia, finds that everything changes when he Bonds with a dragon while rescuing the Elf Prince and becomes the first Elven Mage in a thousand years. Furious at her enemies' success with the dragon, the Demon Queen attacks in force. Light struggles against Dark, like flickering candle flames buried deep in the shadow of Obsidian Mountain. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Knight Sorcerers written by Annette C. Alder and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-04-19 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaylen and Arris are Knights for the monarch and the country, but even in that elite force, they are also magicians - "magickers" is the crude slang for them, but the sorcerers are ready to serve the greatest good. But they'll do that fine fighting only after they stop fighting each other. When Master Knight Gaylen finds a gutter brat with magical talent and recruits her to train as a Knight Sorcerer, he doesn't realize he has not only given her her young life's dream, but found himself the best friend he could ever hope for. And young Arris, the tavern server's brat, has not only made a friend, but will learn more than she ever realized she could. Enough, even, to stop a death...

Download or read book The Greatest Works of Selma Lagerl f written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-11 with total page 2338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents this meticulously edited and formatted Selma Lagerlöf collection. Selma Lagerlöf was a Swedish author and teacher. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Through her studies in Stockholm, Lagerlöf reacted against the realism of contemporary Swedish-language writers such as August Strindberg. She began her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, while working as a teacher in Landskrona in 1887. A visit in 1900 to the American Colony in Jerusalem became the inspiration for Lagerlöf's book by that name. The royal family and the Swedish Academy gave her substantial financial support to continue her passion. Jerusalem was also acclaimed by critics, who began comparing her to Homer and Shakespeare, so that she became a popular figure both in Sweden and abroad. By 1895, she gave up her teaching to devote herself to her writing. In 1902, Lagerlöf was asked by the National Teacher's Association to write a geography book for children. She wrote The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, a novel about a boy from the southernmost part of Sweden, who had been shrunk to the size of a thumb and who travelled on the back of a goose across the country. Lagerlöf mixed historical and geographical facts about the provinces of Sweden with the tale of the boy's adventures until he managed to return home and was restored to his normal size. The novel is one of Lagerlöf's most well-known books, and it has been translated into more than 30 languages. Content: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Christ Legends Charlotte Löwensköld The Emperor of Portugallia Invisible Links The Girl from the Marsh Croft The Treasure Jerusalem The Miracles of Antichrist Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness The Story of Gösta Berling

Download or read book The Knight s Pledge written by Heather Grothaus and published by Lyrical. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of medieval historical romance, Heather Grothaus’s Scotland-set, series features the illegitimate grown sons—and in this case, one daughter—of a notorious criminal, and their quests to claim their birthrights—while finding love along the way. Filled with adventure, suspense, and passion, the Sons of Scotland series will appeal to readers of Hannah Howell, Michele Sinclair, Karen Ranney, and Amanda Scott. The destiny of three proud sons—and one courageous daughter—of a notorious criminal is revealed at last in medieval Scotland. The evil legacy of a cursed Northumberland manor ensnares Effie Annesley when her young son is kidnapped from ravaged Darlyrede House. To save him, Effie must fulfill a King’s decree: bring in her fugitive father, Thomas Annesley, to face execution for his alleged crimes. It’s a search fraught with emotion as Effie races to Scotland, homeland of her warrior half-brothers, accompanied by a colorful band of thieves—and one determined knight . . . Sir Lucan Montague has never been closer to delivering Annesley and reclaiming his inheritance. But his victory turns hollow as he comes to see strong, resilient Effie for who she truly is—and as distrust turns to healing passion. Returning to court to make the ultimate sacrifice, will love and loyalty conquer a maze of lies and treachery that threatens to destroy them all?

Download or read book The Knight s Tale written by M J Trow and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer as a memorable new amateur sleuth in the first of an ingeniously-conceived medieval mystery series. April, 1380. About to set off on his annual pilgrimage, Comptroller of the King’s Woollens and court poet Geoffrey Chaucer is forced to abandon his plans following an appeal for help from an old friend. The Duke of Clarence, Chaucer’s former guardian, has been found dead in his bed at his Suffolk castle, his bedroom door locked and bolted from the inside. The man who found him, Sir Richard Glanville, suspects foul play and has asked Chaucer to investigate. On arrival at Clare Castle, Chaucer finds his childhood home rife with bitter rivalries, ill-advised love affairs and dangerous secrets. As he questions the castle’s inhabitants, it becomes clear that more than one member of the Duke’s household had reason to wish him ill. But who among them is a cold-hearted killer? It’s up to Chaucer, with his sharp wits and eye for detail, to root out the evil within.

Download or read book The Princess the Knight and the Knave written by R D Ferguson and published by AyoKite Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: —What kid armed only with a paper sack of stage-magic tricks wouldn't like to believe that he could fight a powerful wizard . . . and win? When fourteen-year-old budding stage illusionist, Matt Collins, vanishes in a vortex of purple smoke, the live audience is astonished. So is Matt. The purple vortex is not his magic trick gone astray; it is the wicked wizard Crius swapping bodies with Matt. Trapped in the wizard's aged body and marooned in a medieval world of real magic, Matt seeks to return home to his own body before Crius's enemies kill him. But Matt cannot do real magic. His only weapons in his quest to stay alive are the magic tricks and illusions he practiced for the stage. Perhaps if he masters his presentation, these will be enough for him to survive. The Princess, the Knight, & the Knave is Book 1 of the Possible Magic Trilogy​​​​​​​, a backwards coming-of-age story. Cover design by Pat R. Steiner.

Download or read book Candle Flame written by Paul Doherty and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing medieval mystery featuring Brother Athelstan February, 1381. London lies frozen in the grip of one of the bitterest winters on record. The ever-rising taxes demanded by the Regent, John of Gaunt, are causing increasing resentment among the city’s poor. When the seething unrest boils over into a bloody massacre at a splendid Southwark tavern, The Candle Flame, in which nine people, including Gaunt’s tax collectors, their military escort and the prostitutes entertaining them, are brutally murdered, the furious Regent orders Brother Athelstan to get to the bottom of the matter. For not only has Gaunt’s treasure trove been stolen, he has reason to believe a French spy is active along the Thames, carefully recording for his masters in the Louvre the state of English war cogs. And a professional assassin, Beowulf, who has sworn vengeance against Gaunt and his minions, also stalks the shadows. Once again, Athelstan must enter the murky world of murder, where the darkness constantly shifts and no one is who or what they seem.

Download or read book A Knight of Spain written by Marjorie Bowen and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Protected by the Knight s Proposal written by Meriel Fuller and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His ring will protect her… And expose his guarded heartWidowed Lady Cecily has a dangerous plan to secure her family’s future and their safety. A plan that is perfect, right until Lachlan of Drummuir discovers it! Cecily’s sure the honest and brooding warrior will expose her, despite their unexpected and powerful chemistry. But when she’s sent to the king for judgment, Lachlan shocks her by offering the ultimate protection—his hand in name only…

Download or read book The Silent Woman written by Monika Zgustova and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “exhilarating novel” of love, longing, and exile “captures the passion of a century in turmoil” (Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, author of Hiroshima in the Morning). From the “outstanding” Czech writer Monika Zgustova, The Silent Woman depicts a twentieth-century woman’s life against a backdrop of war and political turmoil (Vaclav Havel). Sylva, half Czech and half German, is born into an aristocratic family and lives in a castle outside Prague. She marries a man she doesn’t love and is seduced by the joyful madness of Paris in the 1920s as an ambassador’s wife. When the Nazis force her to state her loyalty, she capitulates, not realizing how this decision will inform and haunt the rest of her life. Sylva’s story is interwoven with that of her son Jan, a world-renowned mathematician and Russian emigre living in the United States, who exudes the restlessness of a man without a country. With insight and candor, Zgustova weaves a multigenerational narrative of the consequences of moral choices and how individuals come to terms with their own forms of exile.

Download or read book Templar Silks written by Elizabeth Chadwick and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author of medieval fiction, Elizabeth Chadwick, comes a gripping and romantic novel about William Marshal and the Knights Templar. To save his soul, William Marshal, medieval England's greatest knight, begins a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with his brother—a perilous experience that will impact him for the rest of his life. The brothers are quickly enveloped by the turmoil in Jerusalem, the devious scheming and lusts of the powerful men and women who rule the kingdom. Soon, William becomes entangled with the mercurial Pascia de Riveri, concubine of the highest churchman in the land, treading a path so dangerous that there seems no way back for him. He and his brother will pay a terrible price in the Holy Land, and their only chance to see home again after the experience depends upon the Knights Templar and two silk shrouds. In this glorious adventure perfect for fans of Ken Follett and Philippa Gregory, bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick sweeps the reader to the dramatic courts and crusades of medieval Jerusalem. More Novels of Elizabeth Chadwick's William Marshal: The Greatest Knight The Scarlet Lion For the King's Favor Templar Silks To Defy a King

Download or read book Templar s Fire a Gothic Vampire Novel written by Larry Schliessmann and published by Larry Schliessmann. This book was released on 2010-02-21 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned in the Egyptian desert to die an infidel's death, mortally wounded Templar Knight Edwin Blutleer is rescued by an inhuman succubus.When his Templar comrades return to collect his corpse, they are stunned to find Blutleer alive, healed, and enraged. They betrayed the Templar Code: never leave a wounded brother behind. And he slaughters them to a man -- except one, who escapes. He is Blutleer's own cousin Pierre DeVeze.For 600 years, the immortal vampire Edwin Blutleer hunts and destroys the survivor's offspring and their heirs. Several generations change surnames and delay Blutleer, but he cannot be stopped.

Download or read book For This Knight Only written by Barbara Bettis and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Roark will do anything to gain land, even beguile an unwilling lady into marriage. He knows she's much better off with a man to take control of her besieged castle, to say nothing of her desirable person. But it isn't long before he discovers that, although her eyes sparkle like sunlight on sea waves, her stubbornness alone could have defeated Saladin. Lady Alyss is determined to hold her family's castle, protect her people, and preserve her freedom— until her brother's dying wish binds her to a stranger. Still, she'll allow no rugged, over-confident, appealing knight to usurp her authority, even if she must wed him. Especially since he thinks a lady's duties begin and end with directing servants. Alyss has a few surprises for her new all-too-tempting lord. But when a common enemy threatens everything, Roark and Alyss face a startling revelation: Without love, neither land nor freedom matters.

Download or read book My Book of Sleepy Time Tales written by Zenaida Cubbinz and published by Stergiou Limited. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 exciting tales for children by Zenaida Cubbinz. Contents: 1. The hare and the tortoise; a tale with a twist, 2. How Princess Arabella became a witch, 3. The most amazing animal, 4. Frosty; the boy who never smiled, 5. Danni’s wish, 6. How the people of Iceland got fire, 7. Mr. Wolf and the three little Pigs, 8. Suzy helps Jumbo, 9. The civilization of Man, 10. The White Knight and the witches, 11. Cindy goes to the beach.

Download or read book Wolf Parchment New Theory Spice Wolf Vol 7 light novel written by Isuna Hasekura and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having unraveled the mystery of the ghost ships that visit Raponel, Col and Myuri head back to Rausbourne. The young hopeful priest redoubles his efforts to avoid war breaking out between the Winfiel Kingdom and the Church while Myuri is busy penning her own tale of gallant knighthood. In hopes of further spreading the vernacular translation of the scriptures, they begin looking into the art of printing, which has been banned by the church. Their search for a skilled craftsman soon leads them to a certain fugitive who agrees to help only if they can offer a tale that will make hearts tremble in exchange!

Download or read book Christ Legends written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by New York : H. Holt. This book was released on 1908 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: