Midnight Falcon

Author: David Gemmell
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307797627
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451

Book Description
Bane the Bastard is the illegitimate son of the Rigante king who men called Demonblade. Born of treachery, Bane grew up an outcast in his own land, feared by his fellow highlanders, and denied by the father whose unmistakable mark he bore–the eyes of Connavar, one tawny brown, the other emerald green. Hounded from the country of his birth, Bane found acceptance across the seas–only to have it stripped away in an instant by a cruel and deadly swordsman. Now fighting as a gladiator in the blood-soaked arenas of the Empire, Bane lives for one thing: revenge. And he pursues his goal with the same single-minded determination that won his father a crown. But more is at stake than a young warrior’s quest for vengeance. The armies of the Stone are preparing to march on the lands of the Rigante. The fate of human and Seidh alike will be decided by the clash of swords–and by the bonds of twisted love and bitterness between a father and a son . . .

Wild Destiny (The Hearts of Liberty Series, Book 4)

Author: Phoebe Conn
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
ISBN: 161417475X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
Falcon Hunter is a half-Seneca, half-white sniper with sights set on proving himself as a warrior by helping to free America from British rule. Belle wants love, and the care-free Falcon she once knew. When Falcon leaves with the Colonial army, Belle's sister convinces her to follow him, and tend the American wounded. Along the way, she's captured by the British. Pretending to be politically aligned with her captors, Belle sees first-hand what war does to men and her heart longs to care for the soul-weary man Falcon has become. All she needs now is for him to find her. Previously Titled: Wild Legacy REVIEWS: "Phoebe Conn weaves family life and high passion... 4 stars!" RT Magazine THE HEARTS OF LIBERTY, in series order Savage Destiny Defiant Destiny Forbidden Destiny Wild Destiny Scarlet Destiny

The Governing-Evaluation-Knowledge Nexus

Author: Christina Segerholm
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030211436
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
This Open Access book analyses the interplay between governing, evaluation and knowledge with an empirical focus on Swedish higher education. It investigates the origins, logics, and mechanisms of evaluation and quality assurance reforms and their dynamic interactions with institutional, national and European policy contexts. The chapters report findings from extensive empirical studies that offer detailed insight into the work of governing in higher education, by giving voice to actors at various levels and positions including the ministry, national agency and University employees. Central themes include the influence of European policy, changing system designs, media relations and quality assurance enactments in University institutions. The book also explores the ways in which an emerging professional cadre, labelled qualocrats, enacts and mediates evaluation and quality assurance policy and practice. Taken together, the expanding evaluation machinery in Swedish higher education highlights the pivotal role of knowledge as a governing resource, and points to special features of evaluation as a particular form of practice that makes knowledge work for governing.

Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy

Author: Dimitra Fimi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135035001X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
Focusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates how the historical, the mythological and the folkloric have served as inspiration for the fantastic in modern and popular culture of the western world. Bringing together both highly-acclaimed works with those that have received less critical attention, including French and Gaelic fantasy literature, Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy explores such texts as Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Alan Garner's Weirdstone trilogy, the Irish fantasies of Jodi McIsaac, David Gemmell's Rigante novels, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison Keltiad books, as well as An Sgoil Dhubh by Iain F. MacLeòid and the Vertigen and Frontier series by Léa Silhol. Lively and covering new ground, the collection examines topics such as fairy magic, Celtic-inspired worldbuilding, heroic patterns, classical ethnography and genre tropes alongside analyses of the Celtic Tarot in speculative fiction and Celtic appropriation in fan culture. Introducing a nuanced understanding of the Celtic past, as it has been informed by recent debates in Celtic studies, this wide-ranging and provocative book shows how modern fantasy is indebted to medieval Celtic-language texts, folkloric traditions, as well as classical sources.

Time Away From the Heart:The Bloom

Author: Brianna Barnes
Publisher: Brianna Barnes
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Being a woman is not easy. There is a time when a woman has to do what she has to do. Life as a single parent is rough. Callene Gaines is a single mother who is raising an adult boy named Coitan in modern day society. Pain consumed with anger takes over her life as she realizes she is dealing with unresolved issues between herself and the father, her son, has never known. Will she be able to forgive and push back past hurts and have a complete family that she always dreamed of? Or will her anger consume her and everyone connected with her?

The Hearts of Liberty (Four Complete Historical Romance Novels in One)

Author: Phoebe Conn
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
ISBN: 161417699X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1300

Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Phoebe Conn comes four highly-acclaimed novels in one boxset. Embark upon an extraordinary journey to Colonial America and experience the diversity, sacrifices and sensual fires that birthed a nation. Book 1 - Savage Destiny: Hunter is a Seneca brave and a renown scout for the Virginia Militia. Alanna lost her family in an Indian raid. When Alann's cousin gives birth to a half-breed baby, then dies, Alanna faces a choice: turn her back on the motherless child or face her fears, find Hunter and convince him to claim his son. Book 2 - Defiant Destiny: When King George II orders the Acadians, descendants of 17th-century French colonists, expelled from their Nova Scotian land, Arielle Douville, an Acadian healer, reluctantly agrees to translate for the captain of the Virginia Militia. But soon Arielle must choose: side with her people or fight for the inevitable new way of Acadian life and discover if the growing passions between her and the captain is love. Book 3 – Forbidden Destiny: Half-Seneca and half-white, Christian Hunter has never been able to resist challenging Liana Scott's high British opinions, and when his taunts lure her into an affair, she loses everything. Now Christian faces a new challenge: proving to Liana how much he has always loved her. Book 4 – Wild Destiny: Falcon Hunter is a half-Seneca, half-white sniper with sights set on proving himself a warrior by helping free America from British rule. Belle wants love, and the care-free Falcon she once knew. Then she's captured by the British. All she wants now is for Falcon to find her. "...little known historical facts [and] engaging characters will surely entertain." ~RT Magazine "...a love story that blossoms in the most unlikely place." ~Rendezvous "...filled with every nuance of growing love and trust." ~RT Magazine, TOP PICK THE HEARTS OF LIBERTY, in series order Savage Destiny Defiant Destiny Forbidden Destiny Wild Destiny Scarlet Destiny HEARTS OF CALIFORNIA, in series order Hearts of Gold No Sweeter Ecstasy Tempt Me With Kisses

Ravenheart

Author: David Gemmell
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 9780345432285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
Eight hundred years have passed since King Connavar of the Rigante and his bastard son, Bane, defeated the invading army of Stone. Now the Rigante have lost the freedom and culture so many gave their lives to preserve. Only one woman remains who follows the ancient ways–the Wyrd of Wishing Tree Wood–and she alone knows the nature of the evil soon to be unleashed. But the Wyrd pins her hope on two men: a giant Rigante fighter, a man haunted by his failure to save his best friend from betrayal; and a youth whose deadly talents will earn him the rancor of the brutal Varlish. One will become the Ravenheart, an outlaw leader whose daring exploits will inspire the Rigante. The other will forge a legend–and light the fires of revolution. . . . From the Paperback edition.

How to Marry a Warlock in 10 Days

Author: Saranna DeWylde
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758285167
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Got Warlock? Middy Cherrywood does. She's got more warlock than she can hex with Dred Shadowins. He isn't just a billionaire playboy and Weekly Warlock centerfold. He's a spy for the High Chancellor, and he convinces Middy to pose as his fiancée for his latest mission. Too bad no one told his mother before she slipped Middy a potion that will make their sham engagement all too real in just ten days. Dred Shadowins already has his hands full with cursed objects, possessed nuns, and dreams where Merlin makes him pay for taking his name in vain by relating his sexcapades with Nimue. But by the end of the mission, he's convinced his most difficult challenge is the hero's cape Middy's draped over his shoulders. Because he wants nothing more than to give her the one thing he may not be capable of providing: Happily Ever After. Praise for How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days "Funny, sexy, and wild!" --Cynthia Eden "Grace + Caspian = LOL demonic lovin' fun!" --Dakota Cassidy, author of The Accidental Series "Brash, sexy and funny as hell." --New York Times bestselling author Angie Fox

The Novels of Samuel R. Delany Volume One

Author: Samuel R. Delany
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504048288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1171

Book Description
Three groundbreaking novels from the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Famer and SFWA Grand Master. Babel-17: Rydra Wong is the most popular poet in the five settled galaxies, capturing the mood of mankind after two decades of war. Now, a new weapon has been unleashed against humanity. Random attacks strike without warning, tied together by broadcast strings of sound. In that gibberish, Rydra recognizes a coherent language. To save her people, she must master this strange tongue, but the more she learns, the more she is tempted to join the other side, in this Nebula Award–winning novel. Nova: The year is 3172. Two political families—the Earth-based galactic conglomerate Draco and the Pleiades Federation of the Von Ray Clan—vie for ultimate power. Both want to control the market for Illyrion, the element that makes interstellar travel possible. When a star implodes, tons of the priceless fuel is discovered floating in the wreckage. Now, in a race to claim it, Lorq Von Ray leads a crew of ragtag misfits into the heart of a dangerous nova . . . Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand: Subjected to the Radical Anxiety Termination procedure, Korga is transformed into a dim-witted slave. Now known as Rat, Korga serves many masters—until the Cultural Fugue, a critical mass of shared knowledge, destroys his homeworld. Marq Dyeth is an “industrial diplomat,” who travels between worlds solving problems that come with the spread of “General Information.” Brought together by the organization known as the Web, Rat and Marq find themselves manipulated by an entity determined to control the flow of information.

Bloodtraitor (Book 3)

Author: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0307980774
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
In this unforgettable finale to the Maeve’ra trilogy, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes has crafted a heart-pounding story about destiny, loyalty, and the many shades of betrayal. Malachi Obsidian has been his guild’s prophet ever since he was a child. Years ago, he envisioned a future in which his sister, Misha, ruled and the vampires’ empire was destroyed. His people have made many questionable decisions to keep their dream alive, and now Misha is finally on the verge of becoming queen of the serpiente, just as Malachi predicted. When a mercenary from the vampires’ inner circle proposes a daring plan to bring down the empire of Midnight once and for all, Malachi knows the shameful truth about Misha, but he must feign support for his unstable sister so his prophecy can be fulfilled. He must do it for his family, for his people—and for their freedom. Praise for Bloodtraitor: "An intense cap on an already engrossing adventure. Atwater-Rhodes excels at multipart epics with complicated characters and histories, and fans will be sad to see this story end."--Booklist Praise for the Maeve’ra trilogy: “Atwater-Rhodes made a splash with her first novel. . . . Since then she has continued writing lush fantasies of fully realized, well-conceived worlds, and the first volume in the new Maeve’ra series is no exception.” —Booklist “Edgy world building, with cultures and societies based loosely on real history, is compelling. This book is highly recommended for Atwater-Rhodes fans and urban fantasy or alternate reality readers.” —VOYA “A satisfying read.” —SLJ “Plenty of fun ahead for the author’s many fans.” —Kirkus Reviews