Author : Chris D'Lacey
Publisher : Scholastic Australia
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,61 MB
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 176027187X
Michael has completed two missions for UNICORNE, but still hasn?t found his missing father. When asked to investigate a scale of a dragon ? the very same artefact his father was researching before he disappeared ? Michael realizes he?s closer than ever to unlocking the truth. Soon, he learns that his father is lost in an alternative reality, and Michael is the only one with the power to save him ?
Author : C. J. Cherryh
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,71 MB
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625795386
"Does it seem reasonable to you that a Regency continues—into an Emperor's thirtieth year " "No, m'lord," Shoka said. "Not to us, either. Not to many of us. We were ready to make that objection—when lord Gitu overran Yijang and Hua.... Assassinations, elsewhere. Hired killers. Bands of mercenaries traveling under imperial orders. The Emperor'sseal, and the Regent's orders. How do we stop such a thing How do we prevent it—when every lord able to lead is apprehended, assassinated, when they strip us of men, even boys out of the fields—go to Saukendar, some said. Go to Saukendar. They urged me to send to you. This time he has to listen, they said. But if I had sent—and Ghita had known—you understand—" Reidi gave an uncomfortable twitch of the shoulders. His horse shifted again. "I had no true hope that you'd come. You'd indicated to the villagers—that you had no wish to hear from anyone. That you would refuse any such petitions—" "You were watching me." "It's my village, m'lord—as the Regent pointed out to me again and again, and threatened my life should you leave that mountain. Of course the word came to me. I tried to get a messenger down the road to you when I knew you'd left Mon.... We believed you'd come back to deal with Ghita and his partisans." Shoka felt cold, cold all the way to the bones. "There are men ready to follow you, lord Saukendar. There are men who've committed their lives to this— We didn't know the hour. We only believed. Now you've come back ..." "It's gripping drama, tightly focussed and inexorable as Taizu herself. Read The Paladin and you'll never settle for another ordinary sword-wielding female." —Faren Miller LOCUS At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management)
Author : Nina Walker
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781950093045
The normal world is an illusion. Separated from other realms by a thin layer of powerful magic, humans are protected from the fae and dragons, the ghosts and warlocks, and an unfurling evil. Khali Elliot is a princess --of sorts. She wasn't born royal and yet she's destined to become queen. As a Dragon Blessed with four elements running through her blood, her future lineage has already been claimed by the Brightcaster' throne. She will marry one of the princes. She won't get to choose which one. She will be obedient. Until she's not. Hazel Forrester sees dead people. Her life is pretty much a bad made-for-tv special where being the haunted girl isn't a gift, but a curse. Going away to college in a small town where nobody knows her seems to be a solid plan. That is until she meets Dean Ashton, the infuriating boy with fire in his eyes and far too many questions. She will ignore him. She will act normal. Until she can't. Two vastly different realms. Two vastly different girls. But the realms are bleeding together and the girls are linked. Bound. Spelled. And little do they know, one can't survive without the other. From the USA Today Bestselling and Amazon Top 100 author, comes Crown of Dragons, the first novel in the Dragon Blessed trilogy and look into the Bleeding Realms world, where high fantasy and urban fantasy are layered with forbidden romance, deadly magic, and nefarious designs. For ages 14+, Crown of Dragons is a full-length 85 thousand word novel. One click today!
Author : Chris d'Lacey
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,17 MB
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545608848
From the NYT bestselling author Chris d'Lacey comes the final installment in this action-packed paranormal adventure series full of mystery, alternate realities, thrills and chills. Although Michael Malone has completed two missions for the secretive UNICORNE agency, he is still far from finding his missing father. But when he is asked to investigate a scale of a dragon -- the very same artifact his father researched before he disappeared -- Michael realizes he's closer than ever to unlocking the truth. Soon, he learns that his father is lost in an alternate reality, and Michael is the only one with the power to save him.The deeper Michael ventures into his father's past, however, the harder it becomes to distinguish ally from enemy. Now, Michael must embark on his most dangerous mission yet. What deadly trials will he face in his attempt to rescue his father? And worse, does his father even want to be found?
Author : Donita K. Paul
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 21,14 MB
Release : 2011-11-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0307813614
Before DragonSpell, on a different continent and a different time, a young emerlindian’s desperate decision threatens to disrupt the foundation of the world. Tipper has been caring for her family’s estate for years now, ever since her father disappeared, making a living by selling off his famous artwork. Then she learns that three statues she sold were carved from an ancient foundation stone, and the fabric of her reality is crumbling. She must free her father and save the world. But she can’t do it alone. Her ragtag band of adventurers includes Beccaroon, a giant parrot; Bealomondore, an aristocratic young artist; a handsome dragonkeeper prince; the Wizard Fenworth; and the tumanhofer librarian Librettowit. Together they travel through valleys and kingdoms and consort with purveyors of good and agents of evil to find and reunite the missing statues. Will they learn to rely on Wulder’s grace and guidance along the way? Previously released as The Vanishing Sculptor
Author : E. Nesbit
Publisher : WordFire +ORM
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 28,34 MB
Release : 2024-04-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1680576429
From silly to scary, shocking to absurd, dragons abound in this collection of eight children’s stories from beloved author E. Nesbit. Originally published in the serial magazine The Strand, this anthology was reprinted as a single volume in 1901 and has served as a classic of both children’s and dragon’s literature ever since. Within, you’ll find stories of a silly king, a stalwart princess, a pair of mischievous children on the hunt for adventure, and many more tales of children besting the terrible beasts of their worlds. This fine new edition of The Book of Dragons comes complete with a foreword from Eleanor Fitzsimmons, author of The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit.
Author : Scott G. Bruce
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 014313504X
Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of Thrones A Penguin Classic The most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear and fascination for their lethal venom and crushing coils, and as avatars of the Antichrist, servants of Satan, couriers of the damned to Hell, portents of disaster, and harbingers of the last days. Here are accounts spanning millennia and continents of these monsters that mark the boundary between the known and the unknown, including: their origins in the deserts of Africa; their struggles with their mortal enemies, elephants, in the jungles of South Asia; their fear of lightning; the world’s first dragon slayer, in an ancient collection of Sanskrit hymns; the colossal sea monster Leviathan; the seven-headed “great red dragon” of the Book of Revelation; the Loch Ness monster; the dragon in Beowulf, who inspired Smaug in Tolkien’s The Hobbit; the dragons in the prophecies of the wizard Merlin; a dragon saved from a centipede in Japan who gifts his human savior a magical bag of rice; the supernatural feathered serpent of ancient Mesoamerica; and a flatulent dragon the size of the Trojan Horse. From the dark halls of the Lonely Mountain to the blue skies of Westeros, we expect dragons to be gigantic, reptilian predators with massive, bat-like wings, who wreak havoc defending the gold they have hoarded in the deep places of the earth. But dragons are full of surprises, as is this book. For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : Sara Kuehn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9004209727
This book is a pioneering work on a key iconographic motif, that of the dragon. It examines the perception of this complex, multifaceted motif within the overall intellectual and visual universe of the medieval Irano-Turkish world. Using a broadly comparative approach, the author explores the ever-shifting semantics of the dragon motif as it emerges in neighbouring Muslim and non-Muslim cultures. The book will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the pre-Islamic, Islamic and Eastern Christian (especially Armenian) world. The study is fully illustrated, with 209 (b/w and full colour) plates, many of previously unpublished material. Illustrations include photographs of architectural structures visited by the author, as well as a vast collection of artefacts, all of which are described and discussed in detail with inscription readings, historical data and textual sources.
Author : G L Steuart-Muirhead
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 17,51 MB
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1483673162
All is not what is seems...Who are the heroes? Who is your enemy? Is everything you are told the truth or are they just convenient lies? These are the questions that two heroe have to answer as Marnie and Ants seek to save their country from evil and the lies. They go on a perilous journey to poisonous mountains, cross the paths of dragons and fight battles against insurmountable odds. This is an adventure where Marnie and Ants discover some truths about themselves, and their world. All is not what it seems in Clanmeister...
Author : Mike Reynolds
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2005-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1463498861
On Ouloos, a planet very similar to our own, there lives a young lad who has been trained as a warrior since he was big enough to lift a sword. The lad is Maelich and he is the star of a prophecy that he doesnt understand. On his twelfth birthday, he and his mentor, Ymitoth, are attacked by a pack of amatilazo and his life is changed forever. He is abandoned and must find his path on his own. Maelich embarks on a journey to find truth. What he discovers is that his training is not complete and he must journey on to one greater than the man he called father. He learns that his natural father was not a man but a lake, the Lake of Dragons, the origin of all evil. He learns of the prophecy and his role. He is taught the art of controlling dragons fire and sent on his path to kill the last dragon and fulfill the prophecy. Along the way however, he encounters many that would challenge his beliefs and the true nature of his role on Ouloos. Maelich battles his way to the dragon. By the time he reaches his destination, he is completely unsure of his path. What is truth? Everyone he has encountered has told him to trust his heart but there is too much in his head for his heart to be heard. Still he must choose. One path leads to salvation for Ouloos, the other oblivion. Lake of Dragons is a fast paced adventure fantasy packed with thrills and surprises that will keep you guessing until the end. Fasten your seat belt before you open this book.
