Swords Saga

The Four Swords: A Parable of Leadership, Video Games, and Dead Dragons is replete with extraordinary personal suffering and the clash of expectations and personalities. The Four Swords gives a unique and entertaining "in the trenches" take on how teams succeed or fail as the friends navigate their quest to achieve video game development greatness.

After watching her brother, Artka, march off to war against Ecclessa, Jeda is unexpectedly forced from her family home. Sentenced to a life of service, she is sent to the courts of the Emperor. Jeda fears she will be forced to a life of drudgery-or worse.

Meet Branimir Baran, the slave destined to save the world. Bran is a Kras, a race enslaved by the Highborn for generations. He witnesses the forging of the forbidden dagger, kaelandur, created to execute Nedezhda, a Highborn found guilty of practicing death magic. But Nedezhda rises again with a horde of demons, leaving Branimir and his companions to seek out the Tree of Life with hopes of stopping them from destroying it. Over a thousand years, the looming threat grows to extend across all lands.

The last thing brooding antihero, Lincoln Wolfe, expected was an engagement to the princess. When she is kidnapped by the Kayorian slaver and the infamous pirate Rahilius, he sets out on a perilous journey to rescue his bride. Clandestine warrior princess, Braii, has other plans. After years of monotony, she is kidnapped. Misfortune yields surprising benefits though, as she gets her first taste of freedom on Kayora—freedom from rules, from propriety, and most importantly, from the vow to keep her combat training a secret.

Los estudiantes del Otro Mundo acuden a la Escuela Internacional Alfea para formarse, aprender magia y descubrir cómo controlar sus poderes. Dentro del castillo del colegio, cinco alumnas que no se conocen de nada deberán compartir habitación.

Heaven has fallen. The legions of Chaos have overrun the world. Uërth is in ruins. With the Heavenly Host’s fall, Angel Swords rained from the heavens, littering the world in what was. Only the most honorable and purest of heart are able to take up the Angel Swords and wield them against the throngs of Chaos. These mighty Empyrean Knights are all that stands between Uërth and annihilation. Maeraeth is neither a hero nor a great warrior. Nor does he wish to become an Empyrean Knight. He just wants to be left alone with his studies. And not be killed by demons. But, with the destruction ...

In the kingdom of the House of Mordasini, a future king is waiting for the day to come when his father will die. While there's nothing to suggest that King Maynard will be leaving this world anytime soon, his oldest son, Aldin, increasingly desires to be the one on the throne. With the darkness that has been residing in his soul since he was a child, ideas begin to flow inside of Aldin's mind. All around him, there are things happening that go against his idea of how the realm should be run. In particular, the realization that his father has granted permission to his brother, Prince Iztal, ...

In the second saga, "The Eye of Erik," darkness weaves its thread through the fabric of the cosmos, and Sonja Hrafndottir, a warrior etched with the runes of destiny, is called once again to the fore. Amidst the trembling of the celestial spheres, she crosses fates with Erik Uglason, a Druid whose wisdom is as ancient as the stones of the earth and whose secrets hold the key to realms untold. Together, they stand as the bulwark against the creeping cold of Fráfall, the cosmic specter whose shadow threatens to snuff out the light of every star. From the hallowed depths of Valhalla's silence...

Love, Power, and Destiny intertwine in a world where every choice shapes the future. As Grace and Lila uncover long-awaited answers, each revelation spawns new mysteries—chief among them: the haunting question of why? Facing her former love as an adversary, Shalandra stands at a crossroads of betrayal and loyalty. Will she sacrifice love for power, or will love become her undoing as she struggles to maintain her grip on the crumbling empire? Lord Otto, locked in a relentless battle against his impending demise, teeters on the edge of fate. Will he defy destiny once more, or succumb to the...

The Twisted Sword is the 11th in Winston Graham's sweeping series of Cornwall, Poldark. Cornwall, 1815. Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons - and travel to Paris with his family as an 'observer' of the French armed forces.

Being Godchosen isn’t easy. The woman he wants doesn’t want him, the man who should be his best friend thinks him laughable, and everyone ridicules his youth, to say nothing of his glyndweller accent. Slaying a dragon and defending the country from invaders changes their minds, and things are going nicely, but then the gods interfere...Tragedy strikes, sending Trygare to a foreign land where his true destiny lies...to become the ancestor of a dynasty that will rule his planet for three thousand years.

Haunted by his past. Hunted in the present. Buffeted like an arrow in the wind. The hunt for the Bow of Hart continues for Athson and his companions. They have escaped the clutches of Magdronu and Corgren, the mage, but they are still pursued. In need of answers to deep mysteries revealed in Chokkra, Athson must gain possession of the mythic bow to face both his enemies and his tragic past. But Magdronu's reach stretches among Athson's companions, endangering Limbreth and even Hastra in schemes to entrap them all.

Accepting that they may be stuck on Aetheria for good, Zander and company take to the roads, honing their skills, clearing dungeons, and adding familiars to their growing repertoire. They choose to embrace a life of adventure, living by the blade and enjoying all of the wonders that this strange new realm has to offer. But a new threat looms in the shadows, and a fated encounter awaits that may shake Zander to his core...

The doors to the Temple of Amara are sealed shut, leaving citizens of Thenai to wonder what lies inside. Abroad, the war effort flags and in the city itself, unrest has begun to spread. In the middle of it all, the amazon Khloe attempts desperately to find a missing child and begins to suspect it has something to do with the temple's transformation. Far away, the hero Geon has almost completed his angelic metamorphosis. As his power grows, he swears an oath to restore Amara's priesthood. He ventures far from home to find the last surviving priestess, unaware that something is hunting him. ...

A WARRIOR’S EPIC QUEST FOR ADVENTURE, GLORY, AND THE SPOILS OF WAR Trained to the warrior’s path, Rosteval yearns for glory and craves adventure in unknown lands. Leading the war-band he created, he sets off on a quest to brave a formidable desert and the swords and arrows of a growing number of enemy tribes. He expected the mounting dangers… but he didn’t expect Ghaitta, the beautiful slave-girl with a secret… and the power and peril of an ancient altar, an artifact of the vanished Shaper race. As his enemies multiply, Rosteval is forced to confront an immortal adversary and the ...

Per il regno di Elverath, Keera è la Spada del Re, la sua spia e assassina più temuta e fidata. Ma in segreto trama insieme al principe Killian e alla sua Ombra, l'oscuro e cupo Riven che notte dopo notte le ha tolto il sonno. Insieme complottano per uccidere Aemon, il re tiranno. A Myrelinth, la lussureggiante città segreta degli alberi, fate, elfi e mezzosangue vivono in armonia. Ma Keera non può sfuggire al suo passato: i crimini che è stata obbligata a commettere contro la sua stessa gente l'hanno seguita fino alle Terre Fatate.

Keera Delre è un'assassina. La più talentuosa del Regno di Elverath, la favorita della Corona, la Spada del Re. Elfa mezzosangue, orfana di entrambi i genitori, Keera sa che non può sfuggire al suo destino: è proprietà del re, e non può sottrarsi ai suoi ordini. Quando un'Ombra misteriosa cospira contro la Corona minacciando la stabilità del regno, Keera viene assoldata dal re Aemon per uccidere quell'uomo che nasconde il suo volto sotto un cappuccio e che, notte dopo notte, le ha tolto il sonno. Inizia così una caccia senza esclusione di colpi attraverso le Terre Fatate.

This is a book of short stories and poetry of medieval themes, especially the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons. There is a delightful story called "The Owl, the Witch, and the Wizard" featuring the wizard Merlin. There is also a major new Arthurian poem concerning Excalibur, with a very surprising new twist upon the old story that brings Guinevere into the forefront as an equal of King Arthur. There are poems of heroes and knights, warriors and kings in the heroic age, a lot of it based upon the viking sagas, as well as new poems about King Alfred the Great.

In the stunning climax to the Frostblood Saga, the fate of the kingdoms rests on the shoulders of one young woman. Frost and fire have joined forces. Now they must wage a war against darkness.... Ruby and Arcus face a more dangerous enemy than they could ever have imagined. Once Eurus opens the Gate of Light, darkness will be unleashed upon the world for all eternity. The Frostbloods and Firebloods have formed a tentative alliance and are now preparing for war - but Ruby is the only one who can prevent the catastrophe which is coming.

Heaven has fallen. The legions of Chaos have overrun the world. Uërth is in ruins. With the Heavenly Host’s fall, Angel Swords rained from the heavens, littering the world in what was. Only the most honorable and purest of heart are able to take up the Angel Swords and wield them against the throngs of Chaos. These mighty Empyrean Knights are all that stands between Uërth and annihilation. Born in a secret enclave safe from demonic depredations, Ilya has Chosen. She has Chosen to leave her life of security for one on Uërth, despite all its risks. Armed only with her Voice, a runic ...