Book Description
This mesmerizing fantasy features two narrators--an outcast princess and a rebellious storyteller---set in a convincing and beautifully realized world featuring elements of Celtic folklore.
Author : Laura Williams McCaffrey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 25,68 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780618614899
This mesmerizing fantasy features two narrators--an outcast princess and a rebellious storyteller---set in a convincing and beautifully realized world featuring elements of Celtic folklore.
Author : D. L. Jennings
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 22,74 MB
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1948080540
In this epic fantasy series opener, humans and other beings must halt the release of an imprisoned god who could destroy the world. For thousands of years, the Breaker of the Dawn has been locked away in the ethereal plane of the Otherworld. Now, a young blacksmith’s apprentice finds himself trapped in a war between the noble Athrani, a subset of humanity gifted with the ability to transmute matter, and the malevolent and powerful Khyth, who seek to free the ancient god from his prison. Gift of the Shaper chronicles the epic struggle between the existing forces of good and evil, with both sides vying for control of the key that unlocks the Otherworld. The very powers of creation and destruction hang in the balance, and only a heroic effort can possibly stop the Khyth from unleashing ruin upon their world. Praise for Gift of the Shaper: “An exceptional series opener with memorable characters and simple but enticing worldbuilding.” —Kirkus Reviews “A rollicking good read that is for the fantasy fiction lover in all of us. . . . Packed full of adventure, action, suspense, and horror. . . . Akin to the classics of fantasy fiction from Tolkien and modern-day George RR Martin.” —Seattle Book Review “Jennings uses seamless world-building like [Robert] Jordan and [Brandon] Sanderson. The language elements are beautiful and consistent and the Otherworld is much greater and larger than the slice that we are treated to.” —Christopher D. Schmitz, author
Author : James Lovegrove
Publisher : Solaris
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 49,31 MB
Release : 2004-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1849971986
Author : D. K. Holmberg
Publisher :
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 10,36 MB
Release : 2017-08-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781549534072
Water can heal... or destroy.Abandoned by water and washed ashore in a village, Elle is determined to return to the university to resume her studies, wanting nothing more than to escape her homeland. She has never felt a part of Doma and her time away has only confirmed that she was meant for more than she could have by staying.An attack on the village leads Elle to discover a greater connection to water and a bond she never believed possible. She must first understand and then strengthen her bond to the water elemental to survive and learns that bond might be all that prevents Doma from falling.Shape of Water consists of three novellas previously published separately and follows the events of Bound by Fire in The Cloud Warrior Saga, but can be read and enjoyed separately.
Author : John H. Timmerman
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 17,81 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9780310603917
Somewhere in the desert pulses a great evil, making animals of men and twisting all creation into a hideous enemy. Soon it will spread, swallowing all of life in its howling mouth. Shaper and his animal companion, the terret, strike a path through the maze of sand and deception to challenge the gathering darkness and its terrifying master!
Author : Guillermo del Toro
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250165342
In Cold War-era Baltimore, a government research facility receives an amphibious man captured in the Amazon, and a stirring romance unfolds between him and a mute janitor who uses sign language to communicate.
Author : Sheila Finch
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,42 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1434401596
THE SHAPER EXILE, VOLUME II Exiled from Earth for their radical experiments in the biogenetics, the Venn scientists took their illegal craft to a new world they called Llia. Here the immortal Venn redesigned mankind into races unlike anything their accusers could have imagined, then watched and manipulated as their inventions began fashioning societies fit for themselves. Nearly six hundred years later, the shape-shifting Llanis and the ingenious Ganus have forged a truce. Together, despite the Venn's meddling, they are becoming one people, becoming Llian. But Rhodaru warriors -- men rumored to possess the truth-sense and to be able to see in the dark -- have camped in the hills on Ganu land. Superstitious and ignorant of their origins, Rhodarus know only one way to unite Llia ... war.
Author : William Bryant Logan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,59 MB
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 039306798X
Examines the science of the air we breathe and how the smallest molecular changes in composition can make the difference between life and death.
Author : David Weber
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1625798652
There’s the new treecat adoptee who needs to be kept from becoming a risk to the carefully guarded secret of just how smart the arboreal inhabitants of Sphinx really are. There’s the overeager journalist whose campaign to protect the treecats from exploitation as the newest, coolest pet on any planet could threaten the very creatures he seeks to defend. And there’s the mysterious rash of weird accidents that are plaguing Sphinx’s younger inhabitants—including some of those nearest and dearest to Stephanie. In trying to get enough proof to get the understaffed authorities of her pioneer planet to act, Stephanie will be called upon to attempt things she never imaged doing—including going undercover into the wilds of the late-night club scene, a realm where her faithful treecat guardian, Lionheart, cannot follow. . . . At the publisher’s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Fire Season: “I loved it. A thrilling, edge-of-the-seat read—I couldn't put it down!” Tamora Pierce, author of New York Times best-selling Beka Cooper series About series debut novel A Beautiful Friendship: “[A] stellar introduction to a new YA science-fiction series set in the Honorverse of Weber’s popular adult novels. It’s rare to find teen science fiction that strays beyond popular dystopian fare. The environmental messages, human-animal friendship, humor, action, and inventive technology will make this series starter an easy hit with teen sf readers.” –Booklist About David Weber and the Honor Harrington series: “. . . Everything you could want in a heroine . . . plenty of action.”—Science Fiction Age “Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!”—Anne McCaffrey “Compelling combat combined with engaging characters for a great space opera adventure.”—Locus “Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection. Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice.”—Publishers Weekly Comprehensive Teacher's Guide available.
Author : George E. Totten
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 31,51 MB
Release : 2004-05-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203970928
Reviewing an extensive array of procedures in hot and cold forming, casting, heat treatment, machining, and surface engineering of steel and aluminum, this comprehensive reference explores a vast range of processes relating to metallurgical component design-enhancing the production and the properties of engineered components while reducing manufacturing costs. It surveys the role of computer simulation in alloy design and its impact on material structure and mechanical properties such as fatigue and wear. It also discusses alloy design for various materials, including steel, iron, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, super alloy compositions and copper.