Author : Clark Ashton Smith
Publisher : eStar Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 11,36 MB
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1612107435
Nathaire a thrice infamous alchemist, astrologer and necromancer has unleashed upon the world horrors from Abaddon. Can Gaspard du Nord fight this evil? Or will the world be overrun by the horrors of Abaddon…
Author : Jonathan Green
Publisher : Wizard Books
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 23,48 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781848311183
Death is not the end...You are a knightly warrior, returning to your ancestral castle having been away for a number of years fighting a crusade against the forces of darkness in the Mauristatian principality of Bathoria. You are just within sight of home when you are struck down by a band of murderers. Driven by the need to know why you have been killed, and on whose orders, you rise again as a ghost. This is where your adventure begins, as you set out to solve the mystery of your own murder. All that follows occurs during the course of one night.
Author : Benjamin Towe
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 11,91 MB
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1434376958
The Dawn of Magick is the first story of Donothor. The tragic fantasy chronicles the lives and deeds of many ilks of the world Sagain. Threads of fate and Magick intertwine the doomed world of sorcery with three other worlds. When the story begins, Sagain is a pastoral mundane world dominated by preternatural beings called Old Ones. Nature's most powerful forces foment a cataclysm and kindle the flicker of Magick. The flicker grows into a blaze and creates great artifacts. The power of Magick descends along family lines. As sorcerers live longer and grow more powerful, greed and competition lead to conflict. Orders of Light and Dark Sorcery choose leaders and allies, create citadels and seven fantastic wonders, and rip Sagain and its people through their ageless conflict. Spells cast by avaricious sorcerers bring forces of evil to Sagain. This begins a conflict that stretches across space and time. Powerful spells enable the imprisonment of consummate evil and facilitate the escape of a fortunate few from the doomed world. What is the source of Magick? What are the powers of the thirteen and two staves? What roles have the mysterious Old Ones, the old wanderer Confusious, Iyaca Vassi, and the Orders of Light and Dark Sorcery in the story? Does only evil lurk behind the dark walls of Koorlost, the citadel of Dark Sorcery? Does only good reside within the alabaster walls of the Laurels and its Tower of Radiance, the citadel of Light Sorcery? Are dragons, the great wyrms of the skies, good or evil? What threads connect four worlds? Ripples that began long ago in a doomed world create great waves in Donothor, Parallan, and...a blue world. The story continues in Deathquest to Parallan, the Orb of Chalar, the Death of Magick, and the Chalice of Mystery.
Author : Lish McBride
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0805097368
With the defeat of the evil Douglas behind him, Sam LaCroix is getting used to his new life. Okay, so he hadn't exactly planned on being a powerful necromancer with a seat on the local magical council and a capricious werewolf sort-of-girlfriend, but things are going fine, right? Well . . . not really. He's pretty tired of getting beat up by everyone and their mother, for one thing, and he can't help but feel that his new house hates him. His best friend is a werebear, someone is threatening his sister, and while Sam realizes that he himself has a lot of power at his fingertips, he's not exactly sure how to use it. Which, he has to admit, is a bit disconcerting. But when everything starts falling apart, he decides it's time to step up and take control. His attempts to do so just bring up more questions, though, the most important of which is more than a little alarming: Is Douglas really dead?
Author : Clark Ashton Smith
Publisher : Pickman's Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,29 MB
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0998938955
ENTER THE HAUNTED LAND OF AVEROIGNE Collected into one volume are all of Clark Ashton Smith's short stories of Averoigne, the sinister, monster-haunted province of medieval France. Werewolves and satyrs stalk the dark forests, witches and necromancers lurk in the swamps, and gargoyles and giants terrorize the cathedral city of Vyônes in the heart of Averoigne. Even the holy Abbey of Périgon is defiled by cursed statues and demons from the stars. Come, explore the mysteries of Averoigne... if you dare. Includes these stories by Clark Ashton Smith: Mother of Toads The Maker of Gargoyles The Holiness of Azédarac A Night in Malnéant The Colossus of Ylourgne The Enchantress of Sylaire The Beast of Averoigne The Mandrakes A Rendezvous in Averoigne The Disinterment of Venus The Satyr The End of the Story Averoigne (poem) ...and a map of Averoigne by Tim Kirk!
Author : Gord Elliston
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 34,72 MB
Release : 2014-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1312497599
The character named Byron in this story thought he was a dying man so he used The Necromancer stick's power to visit the other side, and then he came up with a scheme to raise money. His life had changed but he had no way of knowing that his good fortune would lead him on an odyssey running for his life and trying to reunite with his beautiful wife.
Author : Maria Cristina Fumagalli
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,48 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789042014763
In this book, Dante, Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott engage in an eloquent and meaningful conversation. Dante's capacity for being faithful to the collective historical experience and true to the recognitions of the emerging self, the permanent immediacy of his poetry, the healthy state of his language, which is so close to the object that the two are identified, and his adamant refusal to get lost in the wide and open sea of abstraction - all these are shown to have affected, and to continue to affect, Heaney's and Walcott's work. The Flight of the Vemacular, however, is not only a record of what Dante means to the two contemporary poets but also a cogent study of Heaney's and Walcott's attitude towards language and of their views on the function of poetry in our time. Heaney's programmatic endeavour to be adept at dialect and Walcott's idiosyncratic redefinition of the vernacular in poetry as tone rather than as dialect - apart from having Dantean overtones - are presented as being associated with the belief that poetry is a social reality and that langauge is a living alphabet bound to the opened ground of the world.
Author : Clark Ashton Smith
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 2469 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1801700443
One of the West Coast Romantic poets, Clark Ashton Smith was also an accomplished master of Weird fantasy fiction. Recognised as one of the “big three of Weird Tales”, along with Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft, his work is characterised for its extraordinarily ornate vocabulary, inventive and cosmic perspective and a vein of sardonic, ribald humour. This comprehensive eBook presents Smith’s complete published works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Smith’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major books * All of the short stories published during and shortly after the author’s life * Special hyperlinked contents tables for the popular Averoigne, Hyperborean, Poseidonis, Zothique, Mars and Xiccarph short stories * Features rare tales appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories * Easily locate the poems or stories you want to read * Rare poetry collections * Includes essays – spend hours exploring the author’s varied works * Smith’s brief autobiography * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres * UPDATED with 6 themed story contents tables, 6 rare tales to 'Miscellaneous Short Stories' section and improved texts Please note: some posthumous tales and poems cannot appear due to remaining copyrights. When new works become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Averoigne Series The Hyperborean Cycle The Poseidonis Stories The Zothique Tales The Mars Cycle The Xiccarph Chronicles The Short Story Collections The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies (1933) Out of Space and Time (1942) Lost Worlds (1944) Genius Loci and Other Tales (1948) The Abominations of Yondo (1960) Tales of Science and Sorcery (1964) Other Dimensions (1970) Hyperborea (1971) Poseidonis (1973) Miscellaneous Short Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Poetry Collections The Star-Treader and Other Poems (1912) Odes and Sonnets (1918) Ebony and Crystal (1922) Sandalwood (1925) The Dark Chateau and Other Poems (1951) Spells and Philtres (1958) The Hill of Dionysus (1962) Poems in Prose (1965) Selected Poems (1971) The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction Miscellaneous Essays
Author : Clark Ashton Smith
Publisher : Start Publishing LLC
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1597803642
Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S. Hilger excavated the still-existing manuscripts, letters and various published versions of the stories, creating a definitive “preferred text” for Smith's entire body of work. This third volume of the series brings together 21 of his fantasy stories.
Author : Mike Ezekiel
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 34,82 MB
Release : 2024-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1456647687
Step Into a World Where Magic Breathes and Dragons Roam Embark on an unforgettable journey through a land embroiled in shadow and light, where the fate of realms rests on the shoulders of a rogue and a necromancer. Rogue and the Necromancer: Farah's Forbidden Magic, and Dreams about Dragons unveils an epic tale of desire, destiny, and dragons that will ensnare your heart and ignite your imagination. Imagine a world where the morning light glistens over farmlands, signaling not just a new day but the dawn of adventures for an unlikely hero. Farah, marked by magic, finds herself in the crucible of her destiny, wrestling with powers that threaten to consume her and desires that could unravel the fabric of her world. Beneath the veil of night, whispers of a forbidden love and the haunting dreams of dragons begin to carve out a path that could lead to salvation or destruction. With every page turn, traverse through echoes of tragedy and vows in the moonlight, where rogues rise and heroes are forged in the fires of trial and loss. The tale of Farah unfolds through enchanted forests, ancient ruins, and the very skies themselves, entwined with the enigmatic allure of necromantic magic and the indomitable spirit of dragons. This saga will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions and adventures, featuring a cast of characters as diverse and dynamic as the magical realms they inhabit. As alliances are tested and secrets come to light, Farah's quest for power and purpose draws her ever closer to her destiny. From the bright glades where elf magic thrives to the deep dungeons where darkness whispers, her journey is one of self-discovery, fraught with choices that will define the era to come. Will Farah embrace the forbidden magic that beckons her, or will the dreams of dragons remain just out of reach? Don't miss your chance to experience this mesmerizing tale of adventure, magic, and dragons. Rogue and the Necromancer: Farah's Forbidden Magic, and Dreams about Dragons beckons you to lose yourself in a world where the line between hero and villain blurs, and where every choice could lead to glory or despair. Take your first step into a saga that promises to captivate your senses and challenge everything you thought you knew about magic and might.
