Author : Anson Montgomery
Publisher : Choose Your Own Adventure Drag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781933390567
The reader takes up the role of a young dragonlark that sets out in search of the missing Dragon Queen.
Author : Alice Borchardt
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 2002-02-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345449509
Arthur turned and strode toward us. He was magnificent, and I will never forget that, in that moment, I first loved him. And I believe--had I known what the future held for us: all the trouble, torment, battle, and grief of our lives--I still believe that I would have yielded my heart into his keeping as I did then . . . In a sweeping epic of the imagination, Alice Borchardt enters the wondrous realm of Arthurian legend and makes it her own. The Dragon Queen is the first volume in a trilogy of novels that boldly re-imagines Camelot--and casts Guinevere as a shrewd, strong-willed, magical warrior queen. Born into a world of terrible strife, where war is constant and weapons are never far from the hands of men or women, Guinevere, daughter of a mighty pagan queen, is a threat to her people and a prize to the dreaded sorcerer Merlin. Sent into hiding, she grows up under the protection of a shapeshifting man-wolf and an ornery Druid. But even on the remote coast of Scotland, where dragons feed and watch over her, she is not safe from the all-seeing High Druid Merlin. He knows the young beauty's destiny, and he will stop at nothing to prevent what has been foretold. For if Guinevere becomes Queen and Arthur, King, they will bring a peace to the land that will leave the power-hungry Merlin a shriveled magician in a weary cloak. Yet Guinevere possesses power of her own--dazzling power to rival even that of Merlin. Summoned from her home by forces she cannot fathom, she travels from the Underworld to an Otherworld of the Past, at each step calling on ancient powers to aid her way. When young Guinevere proves her mettle to an embarrassed Merlin, even her faithful dragon protectors cannot prevent the evil that the sorcerer rains down. Seeking revenge, Merlin banishes Arthur to a world from which the only escape is death. Now Guinevere must face Merlin's wrath without him--and prove that she is worthy of being Arthur's Queen. From the glass-roofed Great Hall at Tintigal to the lush garden forts of Wales, Alice Borchardt details the travels of Guinevere in a rich fabric of prose. The Dragon Queen is a novel of great emotional depth, timeless romance, and soul-stirring adventure.
Author : Zdeněk V. David
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 28,48 MB
Release : 2003-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0801873827
Can an orthodox Christian creed and ritual be combined with a liberal church administration and a tolerant civic acceptance of not-so-orthodox views and practices? This question—perennial among Catholics for the past two centuries and the goal of the Anglican quest for a via media—finds an affirmative answer in Zdenek V. David's history of the Utraquist church of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Bohemia. This church declared its autonomy from the Roman church in 1415 after the Bohemian preacher Jan Hus, who had decried clerical abuses and opposed the pope's doctrinal and juridical authority, was condemned by a Roman church council and executed. Sometimes called "Hussitist" (a usage David attacks for exaggerating Hus's role; "Utraquist" is the Latinized form of the Czech name it adherents used) this Bohemian church administered its institutions and educated and managed its clergy independently of Rome for the next two hundred years. David's book focuses on the middle course steered by the Utraquists after the onset of the Protestant Reformation. It rejected core Protestant beliefs, such as salvation by faith alone, and practices, going so far in emphasizing apostolic succession as to have its new priests ordained by Latin-rite or, in a few cases, Eastern-rite Uniate bishops. At the same time, the Utraquists pursued their orthodoxy by disputation rather than hurling anathemas and lived alongside Lutherans, the Unity of Brethren, and others. Ultimately the Utraquist church was reabsorbed into Roman Catholicism and its special features repressed in the Counter-Reformation.
Author : John Ricks
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,80 MB
Release : 2020-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1532095074
In the days of Dragons and Magic, Demons and Undead, Elves and Pixies there were times when man was not the best of creatures. Sometimes the good did not outnumber the bad and nothing was as it seemed. Then again, is this not true of every age on every planet? Book two describes some of the issues with living in a world of magic. In most stories, there is good and evil. Only you can determine which is which. It depends on which way your tendencies lean.
Author : Tracey West
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,57 MB
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338776932
Drake and the other Dragon Masters must help save a nest of baby Invisible Dragons in the latest action-packed installment of this New York Times bestselling series! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! A nest of baby Invisible Dragons has been discovered in Aragon and the babies' parents are nowhere to be found! The baby dragons need to eat the fruit from the magical Dragon Tree to keep their invisible powers. But the tree grows on the dangerous Dove Island... Drake, Worm, and Carlos' cousin Val must travel there to find the baby dragons’ parents and the fruit before the baby dragons lose their powers forever! Also, one of the baby dragons forms a close bond with Val. Could Val be a Dragon Master? With engaging black-and-white artwork on every page, kids won't be able to put down this action-packed adventure!
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Page : 274 pages
File Size : 14,25 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Library catalogs
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Author : Los Angeles Public Library
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,77 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Library catalogs
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Author : Mercedes Lackey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0756412404
Married life for Mags and Amily is smooth sailing. Professional life is something else entirely. Genteel blackmail amongst the highborn and wealthy is a way of life, even in the relatively staid and well-behaved Court at Haven, but someone is breaking the unspoken rules.
Author : Mercedes Lackey
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0756417392
The long-awaited story of the founding of Valdemar comes to life in this 3rd book of a trilogy from a New York Times bestselling author and beloved fantasist. The refugees from the Empire have established a thriving city called Haven with the help of the Tayledras and their allies. But the Tayledras have begun a slow withdrawal to the dangerous lands known as the Pelagirs, leaving the humans of Haven to find their own way. But even with Haven settled, the lands around Haven are not without danger. Most of the danger comes in the form of magicians: magicians taking advantage of the abundant magical energy in the lands the Tayledras have cleansed; magicians who have no compunction about allying themselves with dark powers and enslaving magical beasts and the Elementals themselves. Kordas, his family, and his people will need all the help they can get. But when a prayer to every god he has ever heard of brings Kordas a very specific and unexpected form of help, the new kingdom of Valdemar is set on a path like nothing else the world has ever seen. Perfect for longtime fans of Valdemar or readers diving into the world for the first time, the Founding of Valdemar trilogy will delight and enchant readers with the origin story of this beloved fantasy realm.
Author : Gracen Miller
Publisher : Celtic Hearts Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 23,54 MB
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1949575616
What happens when the Nightshade Guild loses their magick? Chaos. Self-discoveries. And illumination of sinister plots. Marik senses the dark and nefarious blight lingering on the edges of the magickal world. Something wicked stalks them while his loyalties are torn between Nic and the Elven Kingdom. But he has faith in the Nightshade Guild. Nicoletta Dean wasn’t prepared for the day her magick failed. And it doesn’t help that an unexpected attack ends in disaster. A friend is wounded and her familiar is critically injured. But don’t count her out yet. An enemy from Stetson’s past poses a threat to everything he loves. With time out of sorts, and his memory muddled, he remains loyal to Nic, revealing a secret that could end in catastrophe. The stakes are dangerous, lives are in the balance, but what else is new? It’s just another adventure as a Nightshade Guild mage.
