When Darkness Falls, A Heroine Will RiseAmazon Top 100 Bestseller in Fantasy. Start this soulful, epic fantasy series today!Issa knew nothing of the darkness in the world, until Dread Dragons came and destroyed everything she loved. Her family murdered and her village razed, she must flee for her life from those hunting the one of prophecy. Haunted by a mysterious warrior woman with her face, she discovers her past has been a lie, her destiny is entwined with ancient prophecy, and she has magical powers beyond her wildest imaginations... or worst nightmares.Asaph, exiled prince of a lost realm and last of the mighty shapeshifter Dragon Lords, has dreamed of Issa his whole life. When the goddess comes to him, he realises that the woman in his dreams is real, and he must do all he can to save her before it's too late.The fate of the world hangs between the darkness and light but only faith can save it. Does Issa dare to believe in the goddess who speaks to her? Does she have the... Views: 63
Luke and Anna, thirty-something and restless, decide on a sea change. Worn down by city life and wounded by a loss neither can talk about, they flee to a sleepy village by the coast. There, surrounded by nature, they begin to feel rejuvenated. But when bushfire threatens their new home, they must confront what they have tried to put behind them.Vertigo is a fable of love and awakening by one of Australia's finest writers, about the unexpected way emotions can return and life can change."A carefully crafted little gem of a book" – The Advertiser"Lohrey achieves a kind of perfection" – The Sydney Morning Herald"Extraordinarily vivid and compelling ... A stunning and memorable novella" – The Age"Vertigo will keep you up much too late but it's worth a one-sitting read." – The West AustralianAmanda Lohrey is the author of the novella Vertigo (2008) and of the short story... Views: 63
Championed by the likes of Madonna, Donna Karan, and Deepak Chopra, Rumi has won such a following in this country that a few years ago he was proclaimed our bestselling poet. But translations that have popularized the work of this thirteenth-century Sufi mystic have also strayed from its essence. In this new translation, Farrukh Dhondy seeks to recover both the lyrical beauty and the spiritual essence of the original verse. In poems of love and devotion, rapture and suffering, loss and yearning for oneness, Dhondy has rediscovered the Islamic mystic of spiritual awakening whose quest is the key to his universal appeal. Here is at once a great poet of love, both human and divine, and the authentic voice of a moderate Islam—a voice that can resonate in today's turbulent, fundamentalist times. Views: 62
An engrossing history of the science of one of the four fundamental physical forces in the universe, electromagnetism, right up to the latest indications that the poles are soon to reverse and destroy the world's power grids and electronic communicationsA cataclysmic planetary phenomenon is gathering force deep within the Earth. The magnetic North Pole will eventually trade places with the South Pole. Satellite evidence suggests to some scientists that the move has already begun, but most still think it won't happen for many decades. All agree that it has happened many times before and will happen again. But this time it will be different. It will be a very bad day for modern civilization.Award-winning science journalist Alanna Mitchell tells in The Spinning Magnet the fascinating history of one of the four fundamental physical forces in the universe, electromagnetism. From investigations into magnetism in thirteenth-century feudal France and the realization... Views: 60
A retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice set in a mostly-real modern-day London.
Behind the corners of our world, there is magic.
As the Lord of Ysthar, Raphael is responsible for it.
An honest man, his lies are legion. An infamous recluse, his social circle includes Scheherezade, Shakespeare, and the Crown Prince of Faerie. He is a great mage to his enemies, a movie star to strangers, and a hundred pseudonymous half-lives to history. He is dutifully trying to prevent the end of the world when his long-lost twin brother Kasian gate-crashes his life.
Raphael is prepared to sacrifice his soul, his reputation, and his crown to save his beloved Ysthar. Saving himself is another matter entirely.
There is magic. It’s not enough. Views: 60
Swedish engineer Viktor Sorensen is a brilliant man who has a knack of inventing ways to solve problems. Still, his job is not devoid of stress. Traveling to remote places and making a difference is what renews him. Now with his son, Frederik, attending university, Viktor decides to return with his wife, Freja, to volunteer in a familiar Sudanese village. Unfortunately, Viktor has no idea that fate is about to dictate what happens next. In this international thriller, a billionaire on a quest for revenge after his parents are murdered takes drastic steps that enrage the Catholic Church and force society to adjust to a new normal. Views: 59
Magic is out of fashion.Outlaws make their own.Jemis Greenwing has slain a dragon, been acknowledged as the Viscount St-Noire, and not incidentally also been given a raise. After a chaotic first month back in Ragnor Bella, he’s finally feeling confident that he can make it to the Winterturn Assizes and the reading of his stepfather’s will without falling headlong into any more disaster. Then he’s arrested on suspicion of murder.By magic.Of one of the greatest folk heroes of legend. Trained to be a politically radical gentleman-of-leisure, Jemis thought he was doing fairly well as a bookstore clerk. That, of course, is before he ends up on the run in the Arguty Forest confronting highwaymen, illegal distillers, the odd relation, and the Wild Saint—not to mention the secrets a town truly committed to being infamously dull can hold. Book Three of Greenwing & Dart, fantasies of manners—and mischief. Views: 58
A snatched child, a cryptic message and a secret that will tear two lives apart. Twenty years ago, one-year-old Lauren disappeared.
Now, ex-policeman Tom Lomax gets a mysterious offer from an heiress,
Sara. She wants him to fly to her private island, all expenses paid. He
cannot help but be intrigued. But Sara has received a troubling message
and, despite all the privileges in her life, she now has no one to turn
to and doesn't know whom she can trust. In a matter of
hours, both will be thrown headfirst into a race against time that will
challenge everything they've believed in and change both their lives for
ever. Views: 56
This is the story of two men, and the two decisions, that transformed world history in a single tumultuous year, 1917: Wilson's entry into World War One and Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution. In April 1917 Woodrow Wilson, champion of American democracy but also segregation; advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice; thrust the United States into World War One in order to make the "world safe for democracy"—only to see his dreams for a liberal international system dissolve into chaos, bloodshed, and betrayal. That October Vladimir Lenin, communist revolutionary and advocate for class war and "dictatorship of the proletariat," would overthrow Russia's earlier democratic revolution that had toppled the all-power Czar, all in the name of liberating humanity—and instead would set up the most repressive totalitarian regime in history, the Soviet Union. In this... Views: 56
An 11 year old girl suffers a great loss, but in her backyard are fairies that transport her to a fantasy world where she learns how to heal. Views: 56
