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Ancient sorcery has produced a glorious new world that hides a terrible secret... Henri left his career and fled to the frontier to protect his son. Out here he thought his greatest worry would be keeping the old forge hot enough to make piles of nails and horseshoes for the locals. He was wrong. Goliath knight Mia does not belong. She's a loner who never questions where the power of her weapons comes from or where her orders lead her. All of that is about to change. When the armies of Baron Halett and the Holy Ganex Empire clash, Henri's greatest fears will be realized when his boy is infected by nineteen twisted souls. A mysterious figure offers a solution but only if Henri does exactly as instructed, should this person be trusted? Henri has no choice but to set out with Mia on a desperate quest through a world at war to save the child... before he is consumed. Set during an age of exploitation and plunder where ancient magic is harnessed to power Renaissance-era technology, Path of Ruin is the beginning of an epic fantasy adventure. Swords & sorcery, gunpowder, cannons, and magnificent granite golems known as goliaths, await the reader in this grand series.
'My most anticipated book of the year' - Peter F. Hamilton, Britain's no.1 science fiction writer Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and a thrilling narrative. It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . . Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life – but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity’s great empire fell, and the program’s decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it’s been waiting for them. 'Books like this are why we read science fiction' - Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series All underpinned by great ideas. And it is crisply modern - but with the sensibility of classic science fiction' Stephen Baxter, author of the Long Earth series (with Terry Pratchett)
A Rhetoric of Ruins contributes to an interdisciplinary conversation about the role of wrecked and abandoned places in modern life. Topics in this book stretch from retro- and post-human futures to a Jeremiadic analysis of the role of ruins in American presidential discourse. From that foundation, A Rhetoric of Ruins employs hauntology to visit a California ghost-town, psychogeography to confront Detroit ruins, heterochrony to survey Pennsylvania’s once (and future) Graffiti Highway, an expanded articulation of heterotopia to explore the pleasurable contamination of Chernobyl, and an evening in Turkmenistan’s Doorway to Hell that stretches across time from Homer’s Iliad to Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally.” Written to engage scholars and students of communication studies, cultural geography, anthropology, landscape studies, performance studies, public memory, urban studies, and tourism studies, A Rhetoric of Ruins is a conceptually rich and vividly written account of how broken and derelict places help us manage our fears in the modern era.
New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole continues The New Jedi Order epic with Dark Tide II: Ruin, a thrilling Star Wars adventure in which the Jedi Knights must fight their most treacherous battle—against an unrelenting evil intent on devouring the galaxy. . . . The alien Yuuzhan Vong have launched an attack on the worlds of the Outer Rim. They are merciless, without regard for life—and they stand utterly outside the Force. Their ever-changing tactics stump the New Republic military. Even the Jedi, once the greatest guardians of peace in the galaxy, are rendered helpless by this impervious foe—and their solidarity has begun to unravel. While Luke struggles to keep the Jedi together, Knights Jacen Solo and Corran Horn set off on a reconnaissance mission to the planet Garqi, an occupied world. There, at last, they uncover a secret that might be used to undermine the enemy—if only they can stay alive long enough to use it! Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
Introduction: Black classicism in the American empire -- Phillis Wheatley and the affairs of state -- In plain sight: slavery and the architecture of democracy -- Ancient history, American time: Charles Chesnutt and the sites of memory -- Crumbling into dust: conjure and the ruins of empire -- National monuments and the residue of history
In a world teetering between darkness and light, Tara, a young woman driven by a quest for answers and justice for her mentor's mysterious death, finds an unlikely ally in a retired Priest Knight, Antoff, an enigmatic figure with secrets of his own. Together, they embark on a perilous journey from the gothic city of RavenHof through the treacherous landscapes of the Twisted Lands and beyond. They uncover a world ensnared in a shadow war waged by gods, where arcane powers surge unchecked, and the very balance of existence teeters on a knife's edge. Their journey's rich tapestry unfolds within the Grey Area—a purgatory caught in the crossfire of divine conflict. Here, Tara and Antoff navigate a labyrinth of alliances and ancient feuds that threaten to engulf them. Along the way, they encounter Edward, the handsome disowned son of the Lord of Haven, and Ivan, the Half-Dead—a mysterious figure shrouded in darkness. He propels them on a quest that plunges them into the heart of the world's lore, brimming with magic, diverse races, and factions ensnared in an eternal struggle. With each step, Tara's and Antoff's destinies become further intertwined with the forces vying to unravel the world. "Between the Darkness and The Light" heralds the start of an enthralling series, beckoning readers into a saga filled with adventure, mystique, and a relentless quest for justice. Promising intricate world-building, dynamic character arcs, and lore as deep as it is dark, this novel captures the hearts of fantasy enthusiasts.
Have you ever asked yourself, ""Is this all there is to being saved? Isn't there something more to this?"" Most of us are only being taught half a salvation. Jesus' views on salvation are quite at odds with the way many of us experience it in our day-to day-lives. Life in the Kingdom is a devotional commentary on living the Christian life as Jesus anticipated it. Covering Matthew chapters 1-14 in this volume, we begin to see how the many elements of the Christian life are actually building materials for the Kingdom of God. We Christians seldom use the phrase, ""Kingdom of God,"" choosing rather to use ""saved."" But seeing our salvation in the context of the Kingdom clarifies why we do what we do, our position in God's plan of the ages, and imparts meaning to us who surrender to it.