English Forest

“The arrow swift to wound is already drawn from the quiver ; soon will the blow be struck ...” Robin of Locksley joins the annual village games, signifying the ancient battle between the ‘Lord of the Hood,’ and The Dark. A night of good cheer turns to terror as soldiers arrive to arrest Robin’s foster father, accused of poaching and witchcraft. During a struggle between Robin and a Norman master, the lord is killed and Robin made “wolfshead” – a term for a hunted man with a price on his head. Joining with his cousin Scarlet, John Little and Much the Miller's Son, they must ...

The Parliamentry troops believe he will hide in the home of Colonel Beverly, a famous Cavalier - they surround the house believeing they will smoke him out. No King is found and they are told that they have killed the four children who were in the house - but they escape with the old forester, Jacob Armitage, who must now teach them to lose their lace, and velvet manners and behave and look like Puritans

Now that his sister knows of the dragons, Jason doesn't feel as isolated in their small village. The connection to the dragons lets him protect his people along with the existence of the dragons. An attack on his home village forces Jason to go to Lachen and stop Therin for good. To do so, he'll need the help of all the dragon misfits, but can the forest dragon help him master the art of illusion in time for him to save his people?

Fans of Fablehaven and City of Ember will devour Michelle Paver’s bestselling fantasy series about one boy’s epic fight against evil and the wolf who guides him.

They wanted a weekend escape. The forest wanted something else. Jenna sought a quiet retreat in the dense woods of a remote state park, a break from the noise of the city. Her partner, Mark, saw it as another objective to conquer—a master of logistics in a world he believed he understood. But the ancient forest has its own rules. And it has a keeper. It begins with a strange orb of light on a photo, an anomaly Mark dismisses as a technical glitch. Then comes the sharp crack of a branch in the dead of night, followed by the soft thud of a pebble against their tent. Mark’s relentless ...

No matter where you live in the state, you can transform a patch of grass or woods into a magical edible Eden in just a few years. Discover the permaculture breakthrough that may one day feed the world. Learn how to build soil, get plants for free, and grow more food with less work in this book with expert Florida gardener David The Good.

In Canopy of Titans, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource, and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world's great forests.

Eva, eighteen, and Nell, seventeen, are sisters, adolescents on the threshold of womanhood - and for them anything should be possible. But even as Eva prepares for an audition with the San Francisco Ballet and Nell dreams of her first semester at Harvard, their lives are turned upside down and their dreams are pushed into the shadows. In a nation suddenly without electricity or communication, Eva is compelled to dance alone to the music of memory, and Nell's education consists of reading the encyclopedia, devouring knowledge as if it were her last meal.

A dragon's heart, shattered by betrayal. A child of prophecy, hidden in shadows. A world on the brink of destruction. Elira’s return ignites a fire I thought long extinguished. Her touch still electrifies me, even as her secrets cut deep. For seven years, I’ve lived with the pain of her betrayal. But she didn’t just leave me—she hid our daughter from me. One look at my child, and I’m undone. From the moment I meet her, I know I’ll fight for her until my last breath. The Shadowlord is hunting them, and the fate of the realms is at stake. Elira and I must work together to protect ...

His beast's desire is focused on his ward. But he can never show her the darkness inside him. Chloe I've been attending university in France since my parents were killed in an alpha coup six years ago. My father's billionaire best friend became my guardian, providing for all my needs. When I return home after completing graduate school, Ethan picks me up at the airport. My inner wolf can no longer resist my attraction to my guardian, and I have my feral awakening right in front of everyone. But I have to stuff down my desire for Ethan. If a broken bond destroyed our relationship, it would ...

The 2nd moon of Jupiter has been turned into a prison planet, where for several generations robot drone ships have been dumping the scum of the universe, and are patrolled by a ring of security satellites. After a century of research, old core samples for the ice moon reveal that the frozen oceans of Europa hold the base element for an immortality drug that can extend the human lifespan several-fold. Now greedy military corporations race to exploit this new fountain of youth, only to discover they can't disable the orbiting sentry that was programmed to guard the inmates at all costs. It ...

“I fear not the dark ... but what may lurk within it” From the author of the bestselling series, Encounters in the Woods and What Lurks Beyond, comes a new series focused exclusively on the creepy, scary, and dangerous things that lurk in the deep forests. Ethan Hayes has been collecting firsthand encounters from people all over the world for years and in Fear in the Forest, he has saved some of his best stories for the pages ahead. From terrifying face to face encounters with Bigfoot and Sasquatch, to horrifying instances of being stalked by a Wendigo and Black Eyed Children; Ethan ...

While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric types who spent five-month summers alone, climbing 100-foot high towers and watching for signs of fire in the surrounding boreal forest. How could you isolate yourself for that long? she wondered. "I could never do it," she told herself.

Colleen and Rich Gundersen are raising their young son, Chub, on the rugged California coast. It’s 1977, and life in this Pacific Northwest logging town isn’t what it used to be. For generations, the community has lived and breathed timber; now that way of life is threatened. Colleen is an amateur midwife. Rich is a tree-topper. It’s a dangerous job that requires him to scale trees hundreds of feet tall - a job that both his father and grandfather died doing. Colleen and Rich want a better life for their son - and they take steps to assure their future.

As climate disasters wreak havoc, a sister and brother take opposing sides on the fate of the human race. Syrah Carthan wants to save it. A tour guide for the Sequoia National Park, Syrah has an affinity for the millennia-old giants that extends to Rhiza, a subterranean world as ancient as Earth itself. Syrah is the reluctant heir apparent as its Keeper. Her duty is to maintain a balance between nature and humans. But Syrah’s greatest adversary has his duty as well.

Expansion into the dense forests of a northwestern America town has intruded on something that has remained hidden for thousands of years. It is attacking campers and stealing babies from homes. While most dismiss the sightings, some believe it is the elusive Sasquatch. A makeshift team is constructed of an anthropologist, a crypto-zoologist, and a construction worker to investigate. They hope to finally discover the Bigfoot before others can exploit it or exterminate it. During the expedition into the forest, one of the team members is abducted by the Bigfoot. While others have died in ...

The greenwood has been quiet, and the outlaws have become complacent, but the harsh reality of life is about to hit the companions with brutal, deadly force, thanks to their old foe, Prior John de Monte Martini. From a meeting with King Edward II himself to the sheriff's tournament with its glittering prize, the final, fatal, showdown fast approaches for the legendary Wolf's Head.

Gwendolyn Lache, better knows as Goldilocks, is all grown up and working for the Forest Service. The newest member of the agency, she spends her days patrolling the Divide, guarding the bridgepoints that separate our world from The Land and the magical tribesmen who reside there. When a daughter of the Thunder Song Tribe turns up dead, Gwen sets out to learn the truth. The chiefs want answers, as well as her boss, and she means to find them, preferably before the tribesman declare the Cabot Accords void and cross The Divide themselves. When the evidence names her oldest friend as the killer...

There is a part of the Forest where it is always night, where the tall trees bow together to shut out the light. Men call it the Darkwood. The border fort on the edge of the Darkwood had been built to keep the peace. So far it had, but after delivery of a large consignment of gold it falls silent, answering neither natural nor supernatural communication. When the Forest King sends a small force, combining sorcerous and military skills, they find a deserted fortress soaked in blood.

Our world is built upon mysteries, so when somebody tells you nothing is impossible, you best believe them. Unexplainable Happenings is a thoughtfully-curated anthology series of occurrences most would deem impossible. Bone-chilling beholdings, unwilled encounters, and the unthinkable all come together to create an unusual and genuine series.