Download or read book The Pendragon Protocol written by Philip Purser-Hallard and published by Snowbooks Ltd. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Circle are the modern-day successors of the Knights of the Round Table. Armed with the latest military hardware and operating from a hidden fortress on the South Bank, they protect 21st-century Britain from certain very specific threats – criminals who, like the Circle’s own Knights, have characters from Arthurian legend living inside their heads. Jory Taylor, the Knight bearing the device of Sir Gawain, has grappled on the Circle’s behalf with mercenaries, serial killers and far-right terrorist cells. However, when he is captured by Gawain’s traditional enemy the Green Knight, he discovers a new side to the myths he lives by – one which, as he learns more about this clandestine world, becomes both threateningly personal and terrifyingly political. The legends of King Arthur are not the only stories with influence on the British psyche – and some of the others have their own, very different agendas. A smart, contemporary political thriller and a new kind of urban fantasy, The Pendragon Protocol is the first volume in The Devices Trilogy. Read more at http://devicestrilogy.wordpress.com A violently erudite genre mash-up by a very clever man indeed – Paul Magrs (Never the Bride, Enter Wildthyme) Philip Purser-Hallard is a master craftsman. His stories are both cleverly constructed and wrought in the sharpest prose, and he's always a joy to read. Not to be missed. -- George Mann Purser-Hallard takes urban fantasy back from fey vampires and rugged werewolves and puts it firmly back where it belongs, rooted deep in the myths and legends of old Britain. He combines a startlingly original premise with some bloody good story-telling. I'm in for the long run, and you should be too. -- Simon Morden (Philip K Dick Award winner, The Samuil Petrovich trilogy)

Download or read book Straw Hammer Pendragon Protocol written by John J. Scavella and published by John Scavella. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis: A viscous cycle of events finds world renown, African American Biophysicist Dr. Tyson Cedar, the subject of a heart pounding tapestry of disaster as his life and good name is dragged from the peaks of society to the unforgiving cold of the concrete jungle when he is named the prime suspect in the high profile murder of his Foundation's C.E.O. Submerged in a cesspool of fabricated evidence and dirty cops he narrowly escapes the clutches of the world's most dangerous international criminal, with the set agenda of stealing his new humanity changing invention, with the help of a familiar stranger. Now on the run the best soldiers of fortune money can buy has his scent, law enforcement has his description, and his wife has the taste of his blood on her fangs of betrayal. The good doctor, thrown against actions futile in resistance, is forced to rely on a new friend and an old love interest with a infamous profession. With saving his captured son and defeating an untouchable mad man on the itinerary, his only hope to clear his name is a detective with an eye for truth and justice on the heels of their carnage. Unfaltering believe in Dr. Cedar's life's work tips the scale of insurmountable odds in the good doctor's favor when the preemptive chess moves of a dead man, the Foundation's CEO, ushers in an opportunity for triumph.

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Vanishing Man written by Philip Purser-Hallard and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A baffling disappearance sends a reluctant Holmes and Watson into the world of the occult—a historical mystery that “ranks among the top novel-length Sherlock Holmes pastiches” (Publishers Weekly) It is 1896, and Sherlock Holmes is investigating a self-proclaimed psychic who disappeared from a locked room, in front of several witnesses. While attempting to prove the existence of telekinesis to a scientific society, an alleged psychic, Kellway, vanished before their eyes during the experiment. With a large reward at stake, Holmes is convinced Kellway is a charlatan—or he would be, if he had returned to claim his prize. As Holmes and Watson investigate, the case only grows stranger, and they must contend with an interfering “occult detective” and an increasingly deranged cult. But when one of the society members is found dead, events take a far more sinister turn . . .

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Spider s Web written by Philip Purser-Hallard and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes meets Oscar Wilde in this brand-new mystery inspired by The Importance of Being Earnest. It is 1897, and Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate a mysterious death at a society ball, hosted by a family with a remarkable past. After an unidentified man pitches to his death from a balcony during a party hosted by the famed Ernest Moncrieff, Viscount Goring asks Holmes and Watson to prove the innocence of his wife, who is suspected of the crime. But members of this elite circle, including the indomitable Lady Bracknell, are just as concerned with their interference as they are the identity of the murderer. For though the history of Ernest Moncrieff, alias Jack Worthing, is well known, there may be more to the story of his discovery as a baby in a handbag at Victoria Station. And why did the dead man give his name as 'Mr Bunbury'? Soon Holmes and Watson are on the trail of a mysterious blackmailer who trades in the shameful secrets of an elite circle.

Download or read book The Locksley Exploit written by Philip Purser-Hallard and published by Snowbooks Ltd. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 2015, and Camelot and Sherwood are at war. The Circle, the UK paramilitary agency whose Knights carry the devices of the members of King Arthur’s Round Table, is hunting the Green Chapel, eco-activists allied to Robin Hood’s Merry Men. For the Knights, this quest is personal as well as political: the Chapel’s leader, Jory Taylor, is himself an errant Knight – and he has stolen the Holy Grail from the British Museum. But this war is fought with modern weapons, and nowhere – from the Circle’s Thameside fortress to a Bristol squat, from the oldest pub in England to a music festival in Cheshire – will remain untouched. Before long, the enmity between its greatest heroes will tear Britain apart. Philip Purser-Hallard is a master craftsman. His stories are both cleverly constructed and wrought in the sharpest prose, and he's always a joy to read. Not to be missed. -- George Mann Purser-Hallard takes urban fantasy back from fey vampires and rugged werewolves and puts it firmly back where it belongs, rooted deep in the myths and legends of old Britain. He combines a startlingly original premise with some bloody good story-telling. I'm in for the long run, and you should be too. -- Simon Morden (Philip K Dick Award winner, The Samuil Petrovich trilogy)

Download or read book Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes written by George Mann and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new collection of Sherlock Holmes stories from a variety of exciting voices in modern horror and steampunk, edited by respected anthologist George Mann.

Download or read book Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes written by George Mann and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again, famous associates of the Great Detective – clients, colleagues and, of course, villains – tell their own stories in this collection of brand-new adventures. Meet Lucy Hebron years after Holmes’s only ever failed deduction; follow your nose down the streets of London with Toby the Dog; join Mrs Hudson on her first ever case; greet an ambassador from Mars alongside Lord Holdhurst; and confess your sins to your cellmate, Professor James Moriarty…

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Monster of the Mere written by Philip Purser-Hallard and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Watson's holiday in the Lake District takes a sinister twist, he and Holmes must uncover the truth hidden by superstitious locals, folklore and rumours of prehistorical monsters far away from the familiar streets of London... A serene walking holiday in the Lake District becomes a far more sinister excursion for Dr Watson when disappearances and murders start occurring in the small town of Wermeholt. Local legends, rumours of large slithering reptiles and spooked palaeontologists have the denizens paranoid and terrified, so it is up to Watson and his inbound companion Sherlock Holmes to uncover the truth and discover what is really lurking in the lake…

Download or read book The Pendragon Murders written by J.M.C. Blair and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merlin investigates a royal mystery at Stonehenge. A baron and his sons are found dead at Stonehenge. King Arthur's potential heirs start to mysteriously die. And only Merlin can prove that the murders are not the work of the plague, but something much more sinister.

Download or read book The Pendragon Flame written by FD Everly and published by FD Everly. This book was released on 2024-02-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Weavers of Fate prophesied the coming of a great darkness. One that will blanket the earth in shadow and ash. Only an alliance forged between Fae and humans, dragon and phoenix, can burn away the eternal night. I’ve been dragged through the perils of time to forge this alliance. A Phoenix searching for a Dragon. I never expected to find my dragon was the Once and Future King whose ghost lingers over my Kingdom. But the realm of humanity isn’t the only one that is threatened. And I’m not the only Phoenix.

Download or read book Pendragon Variety In Memory of Dragons written by and published by Michelle A Ristuccia. This book was released on with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes Masters of Lies written by Philip Purser-Hallard and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new, brilliantly twisty Sherlock Holmes mystery from 'best kept secret of British genre writing' - British Fantasy Society When investigating what seems to be a suicide, Holmes and Watson uncover a murderous forgery ring with ties to the British government. As the web of blackmail, threats and violence draws around them, they are forced to consider who they can really trust…

Download or read book The Return of Merlin Emrys written by Richard Bernard and published by Richard Bernard. This book was released on 2020 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merlin was heartbroken after the death of King Arthur Pendragon. This is because he felt he had failed in his quest to protect the King. He stayed in the wooden cottage for months, away from everyone, as self-punishment until Kilgharrah (the old dragon) visited him. The dragon told him about new events at Camelot. According to legend, King Arthur's spirit could not enter the spirit world because Diamair had to pay a debt owed to King Arthur. Diamair uses magical power to return Arthur as a baby. Dochraid got angry as a result of Arthur's reborn. She brought Morgana Pendragon back to life in human form like she did to Sir Lancelot. Morgana Pendragon wages endless battles after discovering that King Arthur was reborn into the Pendragon family as the baby King. Could Merlin remain the undefeated force preventing Morgana Pendragon from achieving her desires this time? Even though Morgana Pendragon failed the last time, she cannot die again this time. This is because she remains the only sorceress that has resurrected from the dead in human form. Find out what happened in many series that eventually took place.

Download or read book Social Interaction in Animals Linking Experimental Approach and Social Network Analysis written by Cédric Sueur and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the link between individual behaviour and population organization and functioning has long been central to ecology and evolutionary biology. Behaviour is a response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors including individual state, ecological factors or social interactions. Within a group, each individual can be seen as part of a network of social interactions varying in strength, type and dynamic. The structure of this network can deeply impact the ecology and evolution of individuals, populations and species. Within a group social interactions can take many forms and may significantly affect an individual’s fitness. These interactions may result in complex systems at the group-level, such as in the case of collective decisions (to migrate, to build nest or to forage). Among them, social transmission of information has been studied mostly in vertebrates: fish, birds and mammals including humans. In insects, social learning has been unambiguously demonstrated in social Hymenoptera but this probably reflects limited research effort and recent evidence show that even non-eusocial insects such as Drosophila, cockroaches and crickets can copy the behaviour of others. Compared to individual learning, which requires a trial and error period every generation, social learning can potentially result in the stable transmission of behaviours across generations, leading to cultural traditions in some species. The study of the processes which may facilitate or prevent this transmission and the analyses of the relationship between social network structure and efficiency of social transmission became these recent years an emerging and promising field of research. The goal of this research topic is to present the genetic and socio-environmental factors affecting social interaction and information or pathogen transmission with the integration of experimental approaches, social network analyses and modelling. Importantly, we aim to understand whether a relationship between social network structures and dynamics can reflect the efficiency of social transmission, i.e. can we use social network analysis to predict the social transmission of information or of pathogen, collective decision-making and ultimately the evolutionary trajectory of a group?

Download or read book ONSET To Serve and Protect written by Glynn Stewart and published by Faolan's Pen Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small town cop with an unexpected gift A shadowy government agency on the side of justice A call no good man could turn away When vampires attack David White’s small town, only luck, firepower, and the intervention of an elite government task force save his life. The aftermath of the attack leaves him in the middle of the world’s biggest secret: the existence of government agencies that regulate the supernatural. They insist that David’s “luck” is actually a supernatural gift, and he’s immediately recruited into ONSET, the most shadowy part of America’s thin blue line of police protectors. Questioning both his gifts and the agency he now serves, David is drawn into an escalating battle that threatens all of humanity. If he isn’t what ONSET thinks he is, the entire world may pay the price.

Download or read book GERMS FURY written by Bill Gourgey and published by Jacked Arts. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From silicon germs to digitized souls, the future is here… Read the final book of the Beverly Hills Book Award Winning Glide Trilogy, a mesmerizing tale of love, loss, and second chances. Set in a future filled with dazzling and perilous inventions, the trilogy has been read more than 6,000,000 times on Wattpad, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly (book 2), and has been queried for a future motion picture. In Germs & Fury, as an unstoppable global virus threatens humanity, evolution is hijacked by a spiteful geneticist determined to advance his new species inspired by biblical giants. With the fall of humankind all but assured, the future’s salvation lies in secrets from its past…

Download or read book Guardian of the Promise written by Irene Radford and published by Bookview Cafe. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deirdre Kirkwood, the bastard child of Griffin, a Catholic priest, and demon-infested Roanna Douglas, has been raised with her cousins Betsy and Hal, the children of Griffin’s twin, Donovan. Each of them has inherited a powerful magical talent and a wolfhound familiar. Any of them could become the next Merlin of Britain. Deirdre’s quest to know something, anything, about her father leads to a confrontation with El Lobison the Master of all Werewolves. No one is safe from him, as the cousins learn to their terror In and out of royal courts, the three cousins build a network of spies who are the only ones who can counter the weather, the werewolves, and the Spanish as England faces the relentless Spanish Armada.