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The Shadow's Beginning

Author : Michael G. Dunkley, Jr.

Publisher : Dorrance Publishing

Page : 98 pages

File Size : 15,14 MB

Release : 2012-09-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1434985903

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The Shadow's Beginning is the first volume of many to come. The story is based off a comic designed, written, and illustrated by Michael Dunkley.A scientist accidentally creates the first artificial super human. It was an abandoned project code named Silver. The unknown life form ends up evolving into much more. The main character is a new hero with untold possibilities. He is the first of a new race called Shadows.Follow his story filled with love, loss, and determination to survive. Join the hero's quest, and in the end you will understand why it's called the beginning.



A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One)

Author : Jessica Cluess

Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 17,12 MB

Release : 2016-09-20

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0553535927

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"Vivid characters, terrifying monsters, and world building as deep and dark as the ocean." --Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen I am Henrietta Howel. The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years. The prophesied one. Or am I? Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's shocked when instead of being executed, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers. Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her. But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one. As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city—and the one she loves? Exhilarating and gripping, Jessica Cluess's spellbinding fantasy introduces a powerful, unforgettably heroine, and a world filled with magic, romance, and betrayal. Hand to fans of Libba Bray, Sarah J. Maas, and Cassandra Clare. "The magic! The intrigue! The guys! We were sucked into this monster-ridden, alternative England from page one. Henrietta is literally a 'girl on fire' and this team of sorcerers training for battle had a pinch of Potter blended with a drop of [Cassandra Clare's] Infernal Devices." --Justine Magazine "Cluess gamely turns the chosen-one trope upside down in this smashing dark fantasy." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Unputdownable. I loved the monsters, the magic, and the teen warriors who are their world's best hope! Jessica Cluess is an awesome storyteller!" --Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A fun, inventive fantasy. I totally have a book crush on Rook." --Sarah Rees Brennan, New York Times bestselling author "Pure enchantment. I love how Cluess turned the 'chosen one' archetype on its head. With the emotional intensity of my favorite fantasy books, this is the kind of story that makes you forget yourself." --Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen "A glorious, fast-paced romp of an adventure. Jessica Cluess has built her story out of my favorite ingredients: sorcery, demons, romance, and danger." --Kelly Link, author of Pretty Monsters



Secrets of the Ancients

Author : David J. Boseke

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 334 pages

File Size : 46,96 MB

Release : 2010-11-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1450263240

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In the Young Kingdoms, shadow attacks have become more frequent, and murder is committed in Mystivia for the first time in five hundred years. The Veil has been lifted, and a horde of Shadowbeasts has been unleashed upon the land, submerging its citizens in a new Dark Age. Only the wickedness of the Shadowmaster could be capable of such carnage. In this thrilling sequel to The Keep of Shadows, heroes Sinjin Storm and Valera team up to fight the forceful power of the Shadowmaster. They unite their powers to save the land, but their alliance is much more than a quest on behalf of the peopleit is a quest to find their own destinies, as their true purposes unfold in a hidden plan set in motion two thousand years before their birth. With the assistance of an unexpected company of outsiders, Storm and Valera must lead an assault on Dao Mines. Within the mines exists a secret plan of darkness, wrought by the Shadowmaster and his Shadow Realm, to extend the boundaries of their world, crushing goodness and light. The only hope for survival lies in the secrets of the Ancients, as Storm and Valera set forth on a journey that may prove more dangerous than either could have foreseen.



Fated Brothers

Author : Mitchell Childers

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 744 pages

File Size : 45,58 MB

Release : 2013-06-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1483660389

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It was a dark and stormy night, and the elfin army was massed, standing at attention in the middle of a clearing of the forest. At the head of this army of about two hundred archers and three hundred swordsman were two figures with armor alike yet unalike the other soldiers. One was a tall-standing, young-looking elf woman holding a broadsword to her front with both hands casually on the handle, the blade in the ground. She was wearing a shiny crown of silver and gold on her head, and her long white hair was done in one thick braid at her back that reached down to the base of her spine. Her armor was somewhat heavy, finely made, and was of good shiny steel lined with gold that covered most of her body. What didnt cover her body revealed a dress underneath that was made of either silk or something like it. Standing next to her was a slightly shorter and younger woman who had features like the other. Her armor was a little skimpier, but of the same material. Steel bracers around her forearms as well as somewhat long steel boots gave her limbs some protection. The rest was a chest plate and an Averis chain skirt that went down to her knees, Averis being a special metal made entirely by elves. The skirt has individual scaled plates of its own, and both the chest plate and skirt together exposed her midsection. On her head was a tiara. All of the armor was fit perfectly to her small but muscular, tone frame. Her hair was blond and short, barely reaching her elegant shoulders and was combed back. She stood there beside the older woman with two elegantly curved shortswords held backward in each hand. The army stood in wait on top of a hill overlooking a dark fort a half a mile away surrounded by numerous monsters of many types and configurations but all an ugly, twisted human form. The two women in front stood there for the longest time saying nothing and not moving an inch. All that could be heard was the sound of thunder and the rain hitting their armor. Just then, the silence was broken by the eldest woman in front. She said, Neiren. The younger woman turned to her in response. I want you to do something for me. The younger woman looked at her with deep concern.



Shadow of Sohvan

Author : Shane C. Callow

Publisher : AuthorHouse

Page : 136 pages

File Size : 37,29 MB

Release : 2012-03

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ISBN : 1456739905

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"She stared about in confusion before noticing something. The crystal rose was twinkling in the snow. She huddled down next to it. Her fingers stretched toward it, brushing the snow off from the pile it lay in. Intently, her hazel eyes lingered upon the rose. The red surface of the petals reflected her stare. She closed her eyes and clutching the rose closer to her chest. Her eyes opened. Golden light swam across her face and in an instant, she was gone only leaving a flash of light behind her." -passage from Shadow of Sohvan Shadow of Sohvan is a tale of heroics in an epic fantasy world filled with magic, monsters and the sword. The story follows the quest of a young girl to be reunited with her lost love. Her journey takes her from distant shores of the wizard isles to the Tomb of the Ancient Kings in the tall Iterian Mountains.



Thomas Kindercook and the Pink Pyjamas

Author : Gerald Feather

Publisher : N/A

Page : 364 pages

File Size : 15,69 MB

Release : 2013-09-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1482546868

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Thomas Kindercook should have known better. Everyone makes mistakes. But not Thomas. He's your regular, everyday, normal fourteen year old boy. The stories of how his great uncle mysteriously vanished sixty years ago were true! He knew that he shouldn't have played around with 'that book', and now it seems Thomas had repeated history. An ancient spell has whisked Thomas away to a world where dragons and wizards are an everyday part of life, and his best chance of hope, is an overly talkative dragon. But Mythological monsters are the least of Thomas' worries as a dark entity seems to be stalking Thomas, and he must try find help to escape before he gets shackled to a prophecy, thousands of years old. Thomas Kindercook and the Pink Pyjamas is the first book in a new fantasy trilogy by Gerald Feather.



Lakela : The Gift Part 1

Author : Larson Neely

Publisher : Writers Republic LLC

Page : 348 pages

File Size : 17,74 MB

Release : 2022-10-21

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Lakela Garga lives with his father Leonard Garga in an extremely small village in Africa, Lakela finally reaches the point and age where he has to learn the fundamentals of his family tree and things he didn't know existed in the world of the unknown, meaning coming out of the small village his father had him staying in and go out learn the fundamentals, by entering Del'koa, The Demon Kingdom of Stynx. However...things come with a price with huge drastic change. While Lakela did the normal things he did in life, something came over him...



Blood and Shadows

Author : Michael Main

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 474 pages

File Size : 23,27 MB

Release : 2002-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0595251927

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Eric Baine is pretty lively for a dead guy. With determination and deadpan wit, he faces down a variety of villains—including vampires, werecats and ninjas—in Blood and Shadows, Michael E. E. Main's debut novel. The action is fast-paced, the characters individual, interesting and fun. I look forward to many sequels! —Marion Moore Hill, author of Bookmarked for Murder "That's the beauty of my position, Doctor Grimes. I can make a theory go a long way. See, I'm not a cop. The whole 'theory and fact and evidence leading to proof' thing is just one big grey area for me. If I can get a theory to hold together pretty well, then that's really all I need." I cracked my knuckles. "And, if the guy behind all this is a vampire—well, then he's not really alive, is he? So I don't have to worry about the 'legality' of putting a stake through his heart, and then running him through a tree shredder." Grimes stuck his nose in the air again. "How droll." Hard-boiled detective, Eric Baine, and his vampire/assassin sidekick, Azrael, battle ninjas, a vampire High Lord, and shadow demons in this dark, fast-paced fantasy. When Baine's sarcastic client disappears and he meets a mysterious Chinese woman with psychic powers, the story really heats up.



The Start Conan the Barbarian Super Pack

Author : Robert E. Howard

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 1130 pages

File Size : 42,31 MB

Release : 2015-08-24

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1681463962

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The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present the Conan Super Pack: twenty-three short stories and poems and a full length novel. Conan the Barbarian was the greatest hero of the Hyborian Age. Orphaned at a young age he was forced to live by his wits, brawn, and the skill of his sword arm. This mighty warrior rises from obscurity to one day become the King of Aquilonia. Included are twelve wonderful original illustrations. The Hyborian Age The Phoenix on the Sword The Scarlet Citadel The Tower of the Elephant Black Colossus The Slithering Shadow The Pool of the Black One Gods of the North Shadows in Zamboula Shadows in the Moonlight Queen of the Black Coast The Devil in Iron The People of the Black Circle A Witch Shall Be Born Rogues in the House Jewels of Gwahlur Beyond the Black River The Hour of the Dragon Red Nails; Adventurer At The Bazaar Dreams Of Nineveh The Gates of Nineveh Empire's Destiny



The Boy Who Captured The Moon

Author : Nick Thornton

Publisher : Nick Thornton

Page : 101 pages

File Size : 15,98 MB

Release : 2024-09-17

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ISBN :

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Liam had always been a dreamer, but even in his dreams, he knew the difference between imagination and reality. The problem was, for Liam, the lines between the two were never fully drawn. In the village where he grew up, nestled between the endless fields of grain and the low, forested hills, people were practical. Their lives were built around the steady rhythm of farming, trade, and family. Every day was like the one before, and the days ahead promised the same—predictable, secure, and simple. But Liam was different