Fantasy og science fiction

When it comes to moving around in time, a great deal of the fun and delight is that there are so many different variations on the theme. Sometimes a machine - be it a glorified sleigh or a souped-up DeLorean - delivers us to some point in the past or the future. Sometimes it's a weird, hazy phenomenon that descends up on us and scoops us up; sometimes we just get hit on the head and wake up somewhen else. And I've always been thrilled by that wonderful range. I've done some time travel tales myself at this point, enough to fill a book. I hope I've managed to make each one different, each deploying some new take on time travel and what it does and what it means: - a team of time-traveling researchers crash-lands 77,000 years in the past, and become gods to the natives they encounter;- the apartment atop the Eiffel Tower become a way station for travelers from future centuries;- an archaeological team unearths a Cro-Magnon skeleton, 30,000 years old, with a cybernetic brain implant and a bionic arm;- a Manhattan antiques dealer's centuries-old shop was once a tavern, and after midnight he can hear voices emanating from the 1770s;- a pizza delivery boy discovers that he can return to a point in recent past, allowing him to get rich quick;- a quirky middle-aged retiree finds a hole to the past in Mammoth Cave, and finds he prefers cavorting with dinosaurs to being around his wife;- a time-hopping wraith is condemned to roam an eternal stream of nights, jumping from one to the next, forced to take a life of his choosing in each... ...and more. Three of these - "Skeleton 17", "Delivery Boy", and "Sisters" - are new, written for this collection.The others appeared in previous collections, including Shadows of Shadows, Quantum Chroniclesand The Madman's Almanac. I hope the Gentle Reader enjoys them all!

Asa is lost. He's a half continent away from home, and doesn't know how he got there or even who he is.But he has a guide, and if he can make it through the wild lands filled with strange plants and even stranger creatures in one piece, he has a chance to be home again....And remember who he really is. (The print addition includes extra pages so you can make your own fantastical creaturepedia!)

Sanctuary is ruled through violence and fear by a government of malevolent factions. A horrific death shatters a fragile truce as an unknown force begins to assassinate those responsible for such abhorrent atrocities. Golems, an amalgamation of machinery and stone, are meant to protect the innocent lives of the community. When they show signs of abandoning such duties, this leaves the benevolent forces attempting to maintain order vulnerable to execution. Meanwhile, a pair of detectives must discover the truth about the mysterious origins of the city before a threat that will bring about the end of the world is unleashed.

"Wie die Tautropfen, die auf dem Netz einer Spinne ruhen, kann man in jedem Tropfen die Reflexion der anderen Tropfen sehen; und in jedem Tropfen, der reflektiert wird, kann man die Reflexion der anderen sehen, bis ins Unendliche. Das ist die buddhistische Auffassung von Interdependenz" (Alan Watts)Stellen Sie sich eine Situation in Ihrem Leben vor, in der Sie sich für eine Option von mehreren entscheiden müssen, und jede Option projiziert eine alternative Realität für jede projizierte Zukunft. Ein und derselbe Geist, gespalten wie Spiegel in verschiedene Zeitlinien, in wechselnde Zukünfte.Der Spiegel von Indra konzentriert sich auf die Geschichte von David und Luis, zwei jungen Chilenen, zwei alternativen Realitäten, ein und demselben Geist. Zwei unabhängige, aber miteinander verbundene Geschichten, die sich in parallelen Zeitlinien abspielen, zeigen die harte Realität einer Mission zum Mars im Gegensatz zur rauen Realität in einem sozialen Umfeld, in dem ein junger Mann nach dem Tod seines Vaters zum Selbstjustizler wird, um die Wahrheit zu finden. Realitäten, die an unerwarteten Punkten und Bedingungen zusammenlaufen.Der Spiegel von Indra, eine Dimension, deren Grundlage die Regeln der Interdependenz jenseits von Zeit und Raum sind, besteht aus durch einen Faden, den Geist, miteinander vebundenen Erzählungen. Erste Ausgabe einer faszinierenden Science-Fiction-Trilogie aus buddhistischer Perspektive.

Imaran y Shuang, lidiando con la pérdida de su hermano Egon; los hermanos Meléndez, Axel y Saúl, atormentados por el asesinato de Waldron a manos de Rabb; y el resto del grupo, Halima, Birkitt y Fredrick, llegan a Palaemon, donde esperan encontrar a Alastor, el último de los hermanos Kumi, quien debería darles la bienvenida. Sin embargo, se encuentran en una encrucijada que amenaza con descarrilar los planes meticulosamente trazados. Palaemon, un planeta inmenso cubierto en su mayoría por agua, con un clima impredecible y desafiante, presenta una amenaza adicional: la presencia de sentees acuáticos que podrían obstaculizar aún más el avance de los Kumi. Mientras tanto, Rabb, en su propia misión trás descubrir al cerebro detrás del accidente que desencadenó todo, aprovecha la oportunidad para reunir los ejércitos de planetas que aún le son leales. Todo se convierte en una carrera contra el tiempo para determinar quién llegará primero a Grahish. La cuarta entrega de la serie Ubárani no solo cautiva con su suspenso y emoción, sino que también invita a los lectores a reflexionar sobre la naturaleza de la realidad y la fantasía.

The City of Sandglass is a city unlike any other. Future Earth, the Creator decided to make Four cities spread far apart. The Cities are run by 13 elected council members representing each hour and they all have 60 Timekeepers who represent the minutes in an hour police the streets within the city and keep the peace and report back to their respective councils. Within the city limits everyone is given a random amount of "extra time to live after they have died on Earth. The big difference between Earth in the future and this city is, you know when you are going to die to the exact second. You can choose to show others or keep it hidden. You can gain time by being kind, and helpful to others and by working, or getting it as gifts from others, but you can also lose time through crime, and from the council for being evil and killing others and taking time by stealing from others as well. You can still get sick in this city make no mistake, but you wont die until your time runs out. Time is also a currency in this city. You can make time by selling goods and services to others as well by the second. The Creator after three days may allow them to be brought here. This Realm is not connected to the Earth in that any one cannot just come into the City of Sandglasses. You are either born or brought into this city to live a life that you never had a chance to live fully on Earth.Bellatrix Kai is not your typical 15-year-old girl, she has been through some true horrors. Horrors that not even a typical 15-year-old goes through. She is faced so much against all odds. Her parents oversee the Village of Paska just outside one of the City of Sandglass Called Time. This is a riveting and inspiring story of her life to show you that even she came overcome any and all obstacles that are placed before her and in some cases making her own path to finding her own happiness through her own adventures!

Part III of Lies, Lust, and Larceny: How to Retire in Scandinavia, Out of This World is a sojourn into the fourth dimension with Laylah Larceny and her alien friend Alfina Bang, and you'll find Dyngus there too. You'll be surprised about how aliens got to Earth in the third dimension and where they live.Meanwhile, her sister Lilah wants to find her sister to keep her out of trouble with the Warden who was not happy about Laylah's disappearing act at Dulles International Airport on her way back from Sweden. *Note: This book was written by a human writer. Support human authors!

Four friends come together and become witches forming a sisterhood from a book that taught them. The book made by a witch within the light. Their tenth year being strong in the supernatural they make a spell to make man not to sin over time, the only harden proof that it works: a visitation comes from the beast in the garden, the four friends as sisterhood comes up with a move to prevail their craft.

Bombay Sapphire has been tasked by Agni, the Hindu god of storms, along with her friends from The Times of India to investigate strange smells coming from an insecticide factory in Bhopal. One of these smells kills Bombay Sapphire as well as her two friends, and she winds up on Mount Meru, the home of the gods. While Agni and Shiva debate the fate of Bombay Sapphire, she encounters an apsara, who feeds her. Returned to life, Bombay Sapphire and her friends find themselves in the future, and still in Bhopal. But can they save the city from a leak in the factory that will kill tens of thousands?

One hot mess... For all of Blackwater's darkness, it never should have happened. On the last day of school, a young man opens fire on his classmates, ruining the lives of dozens of young people and changing the course of the town's future forever. Nick Englebrecht, the newly ascended Lucifer, believes there is a sinister force at play--one that is not of this world. Or any other. But when you gaze into the abyss, it most certainly gazes back. Now, a voracious otherworldly force is hunting Nick, and it will do everything in its power--and use every person at its disposal--to destroy him. The Devil has finally met his match.

The Living Edition contains part 1 and 2. It is condensed to fit into an easy to carry set. Jamie is a young girl who's parents are killed by the NYPD. Upon the horrific set of events, she now needs to fight her way through life. One horrible thing after another happens until she meets her best friends. The story will keep you on your toes from start to finish. For mature readers only.

Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs! Lady Anna Rutherford, scholar and intrepid archaeologist, has crossed the Atlantic to launch an expedition into the Sonora Desert to find her missing twin brother, Edmond. But the unforgiving Sonora is only the beginning of their troubles, because soon enough, the search party encounters an ancient, forgotten valley full of primeval creatures with the power to rend men in half. Before long, their hunt for Edmond becomes a tooth-and-nail fight for survival when the ancient, man-eating creatures of this forgotten land begin hunting them. It will take their combined knowledge, courage, and survival skills if they are ever to escape Dinosaur Valley.

When Queen Ivy is driven to leave her husband, she escapes across the sea to her homeland of Iosnos with her lover and bodyguard Luc, but all is not how she expects. The untouched island shores are now home to her father's insatiable greed, Asmye's industry of war, and a haunting priestess leading a new church of Adievasinis.A forlorn King Rian sets off on a journey for both church & crown as instability in the Asmyian territories threatens his father's empire. His priest and trusted advisor Trevarthan tasks Rian with a holy quest and he soon discovers destiny comes with a lofty price. The arrival of Adeshbu and Asmyian Knights alongside the Queen seeks to bring a new order to the Iosnos through militant force and keen eyes. The Adeshbu reveal more about their secretive culture as they cut through the dark underbelly of Iosnos' organized crime. As Ivy struggles to find her place and voice under the weight of powerful men, her fears and anxieties about keeping the secret of Rian's affair are to preserve their alliance, but hiding her own tryst is to save her skin. The longer Ivy lies to those around her, she wonders how long she can lie to herself.The second installment of the Run From Me series blends fantasy, romance, erotica, and blood magick into a haunting tale you can't put down.

In Lights, Camera, Orc-tion!With medical debt looming over her head, Avicia Thorn can't rely on her cam career to make ends meet. So, she applies for a slightly-better-than-minimum-wage job at a movie production company.On her first day, she stumbles into the illustrious director, Kahdreg Vidaroc, looming over the HR Recruiter, making demands. By the time she stumbles out of the office, she is Vidaroc's new personal assistant. Whether she likes it or not.Her pay gets even better when she becomes Vidaroc's "girlfriend," a ploy meant to stave off unwanted attention from a highly influential siren investor.However, farce doesn't keep feelings at bay as they play pretend.In Strike the SetFrom working together to keep an obsessive siren admirer at bay to meeting each other's family, Avicia Thorn and Kahdreg Vidaroc are coming to terms with their "fake dating" scheme is becoming something more.Now slated to spend a weekend on a cruise, Avicia is ready to cave a little and have some fun with Kahdreg. However, Kallinaera Virlee, the aforementioned obsessive admirer, is proving to be an ocean of an obstacle.Even if they clear that seafoam green hurdle, there's still two more to go: Kahdreg learning about Avicia's cam career and Avicia learning whatever secret Kahdreg has kept close to their chest.Will these two be a Follywood Fairy Tale?Or are they destined to be a flop?Boss x EmployeeMonster RomanceFake DatingSpicy ScenesLGBTQ+ Main CharactersSomewhat a Slow Burn

This Special Edition of Prey and Predator has a condensed version of the book so its easier to carry. Best of all, Part 1 and Part 2 are added together for the first time ever. Rachel Dawson is a young girl who was saved by a man from a bus accident. The accident send her down a path of infatuation over the man you saved her. This led to years wondering about the man who saved. The more she discovers about the man, the more she wants to be like him. This leads her to be a solo serial killer. The book is a fantasy book based on a character from the prior two books. It is for mature audiences only.

Maya's back with her final adventure. Rouge refugees have entered the fortified Fortress and have brought havoc and chaos to the growing population. Maya must do whatever is necessary to protect herself and her people from extinction, even if that means accepting Niju's help and possibly causing harm to her future lineage. Meanwhile, the Hunters are plotting against the Nagules and will do anything to ensure they wipe out the Nagule population. This is the final tale upon Maya's island in the White Wolf Saga. There are trials and desparate moves needed to keep their people alive. Does Maya have what it takes to keep her reign alive?

The sins of the past take new form in the next entry in the series. Yaphet Orinse has wanted nothing more than to join the Mystic Order his entire life. Few wield magic in the land of Sebel, and the few who do stand above all the rest. Yaphet's dream, however, has become a nightmare. His Holiness the Asum has gone missing. All that was found in his wake were mangled bodies and pools of blood. A manhunt has begun, and Yaphet finds himself as suspect number one.With the holy leader still missing, the mages are willing to do whatever it takes to get answers. Leading the investigation is Master Abazon, hero from the war days and champion of his people. The only one left on Yaphet's side is the huntress Dahan. Even so, the odds are stacked against her. The Mystic Order wields deadly magic, commands a vast army, and their fortress, known as The Tendril, is impregnable. Her only way forward is through deception and unexpected allies. Dahan isn't quite sure who she can trust, but saving an innocent man pushes her into the fire. Fates collide in the sequel novel Pantheon: The Contact. Previously published as Pantheon: Genesis Arc [Season 1] on Kindle Vella. This collected edition includes extras for readers, including: Detailed maps of the world!Character illustrations!Multiple previews!and MORE!Fans of adventure, fantasy, and horror will rejoice. Enter a breathtaking world full of spectacle, action, and heart.

The queen has been dethroned. The witches have returned to Tradbeldam as failures. But for Cullen, it's not the lack of title or power he struggles with. His heart is torn in two. Being in love with two sisters is bad enough, but one carries his baby, the other carries secrets. Reality is bound to turn ugly, and life altering decisions must be made. Amidst the heartbreak, the witches are called upon to repay old debts when their allies are attacked by vampire-like creatures, the Transilvainland Babohian Siths, and their male counterparts, the Abhartach. Some Tradbeldam witches will strive to save them while others stay behind to fight their former enemy, the Druids, who never stay gone for long. Megaira must get her throne back, but her reputation is in shreds and the trust from the church is lost. Now she will be forced to live as a figurehead with the power to rule held by her future husband. But who will that husband be?To dethrone the king a coup may be the only option, but it will be dangerous, with the king's right hand being the witcher Algor, inhabited by the dark gods. Another god's power is needed to remove the dark gods from Algor but how can they find god powers? Where there is magik, there is a way.

I dodici rintocchi dell'orologio dell'Apocalisse che indicano la fine del mondo sembrano non essere mai stati così vicini! Minaccia nucleare? Climatico? Epidemico? Il mondo ha già conosciuto diverse estinzioni e l'umanità potrebbe probabilmente riprendersi dalla sesta! Nuova estinzione che, peraltro, essa stessa ha generato durante l'Anthropocene. L'età degli esseri umani che porta al più grande disordine geologico di tutti i tempi. Questa nevrosi apocalittica incarnata da questo orologio teorico nasconde perfettamente la leggerezza, l'avidità, l'ipocrisia, la negazione umana di fronte alle immense responsabilità che Homo Sapiens ha sul fragile pianeta che lo accoglie. I dodici rintocchi stanno per suonare. Estinzione ci sarà quindi per la sesta volta ma senza altre! Perché questa volta sarà fatale per tutte le specie! E soprattutto definitiva per tutta la vita sulla Terra! Un pericolo così grande fa uscire dalle loro riserve due delle più potenti entità psichiche primordiali: Gli Dei gemelli nominati, fin dall'antichità, Hypnos, dio del sonno, e Thanatos, dio della morte. Da quando il vaso di Pandora è ricomparso in Scozia, qualche anno fa, gli dei gemelli reclutano tra gli uomini, nei loro sogni, dei "supercoscienti". Umani passati maestri nel sogno lucido e capaci di praticare OBE: Out of Body o ancora chiamate uscite astrali.Hypnos e Thanatos Capitolo 1: Thanatose è il primo capitolo di una favolosa saga esoterica che ti porta attraverso lo spazio e il tempo in molte epoche, attraverso diverse civiltà che erano collegate ai mondi invisibili!

Arturius hat Atlantis erfolgreich hinter sich gelassen und sieht sich nun einer Welt ausgesetzt, die weit größer ist, als er sich vorstellen konnte. Wird er der Aufgabe als Hüter gewachsen sein. Und was sollte geschehen, wenn der Olymp auf ihn aufmerksam wird. Wenn Zeus ihn konfrontiert.

Die zwölf Mitternachtsschläge der Apokalypse-Uhr, die das Ende der Welt anzeigen, scheinen noch nie so nah gewesen zu sein!Nukleare Bedrohung? Klima? Epidemie? Die Welt hat bereits verschiedene Aussterben erlebt und die Menschheit könnte sich wahrscheinlich vom sechsten erholen!! Neues Aussterben, das sie übrigens selbst während des Anthropozäns verursacht hat.Das Alter der Menschen, das die größte geologische Störung aller Zeiten verursacht. Diese apokalyptische Neurose, die von dieser theoretischen Uhr verkörpert wird, verbirgt perfekt die Leichtigkeit, die Gier, die Heuchelei, die menschliche Leugnung angesichts der immensen Verantwortung, die Homo Sapiens auf dem fragilen Planeten trägt, der ihn aufnimmt. Die zwölf Schläge der Mitternacht werden bald schlagen. Aussterben wird es also zum sechsten Mal geben, aber ohne eine andere Art! Denn dieses Mal wird es für alle Arten tödlich sein! Und vor allem für das gesamte Leben auf der Erde endgültig! Eine solche große Gefahr bringt zwei der mächtigsten ursprünglichen psychischen Wesenheiten aus ihren Vorräten: Die Zwillingsgötter, die seit der Antike Hypnos, Gott des Schlafes, und Thanatos, Gott des Todes genannt wurden. Seit dem Erscheinen der Büchse der Pandora in Schottland vor einigen Jahren rekrutieren die Zwillingsgötter unter den Menschen in ihren Träumen "Überbewusstsein". Frühere Menschen, die Meister im klaren Traum sind und OBE üben können: Out of Body oder auch astrale Ausgänge genannt.Hypnos und Thanatos Kapitel 1: Thanatose ist der erste Teil einer fabelhaften esoterischen Saga, die Sie durch Raum und Zeit in vielen Epochen durch verschiedene Zivilisationen führt, die mit den unsichtbaren Welten verbunden waren!

Follow Rudy, Julianne, and Adi, as they head off on a quest to find The Hidden World to cure the mysterious illness that's shaken Rudy to the core. Starting in a small town called Haystack, the three, Dachau, Snowflake, Floof, Maple, and their new Blue Heeler friend set off on a perilous journey. As Rudy becomes worse by the day, his dreams haunt him at night, taking him to a place far away that no one from any realm has ever dared to go.

A scifi book to give you a future and a hope. There are so many science fiction books that portray a bleak future, but how many sci-fi books paint a bright future that we can all look forward to? This is one such book, using positive thoughts as a way to save the Earth. As Mahatma Gandhi reportedly said, be the change you want to see in the world. This story focuses on the power of positive thought to effect change in our world. It is an action-adventure with an environment theme, mixing science-fiction with actual historic events. It is written from the viewpoint of an extraterrestrial civilization, a union of star groups that are concerned about humankind's misuse of planet Earth. Zakeera, an Astar starship commander, is chosen to assume a succession of human identities, of major world political influence. He is instructed to do whatever it takes to encourage the people of Earth to make a conscious effort to change their thought patterns. He can, however, only encourage and not force the people of Earth - free will must prevail. Is the future pre-ordained? .... Or can we create our own reality through the projection of our own positive thoughts? The Astar Union wants to help us, but we must want their help. Every one of us must make that choice ... to love or to destroy.

Eulalia, una joven doctora, es trasladada al ambulatorio de El Figaró, un pueblecito de Barcelona. Allí entabla amistad con Quim, anciano que vive en el centro geriátrico del pueblo. Este le confiesa su preocupación y sospecha por el extraño aumento de muertes de compañeros de la residencia. Eulalia comienza a indagar ayudada por Pepa, su amiga naturópata. Las pesquisas la llevan sobre la pista de un extraordinario medicamento llamado IF-1, el cual forma parte de un secreto plan: Operación Inuit.Eulalia nunca pudo imaginar el asombroso mundo que iba a abrirse ante ella.Lo único eterno es la muerte: Se cobija allí, en el tornasol de las alas de las moscas, como ellas es negra y no tiene párpados. A la vigía del equilibrio le escuecen las órbitas por siglos de acecho a los mortales.

Che strani gli uomini. Faccio questo mestiere ormai da tanti anni e nella mia vita posso dire di averne viste di cose incredibili. Ma gli uomini, garantisco, sono e resteranno il mio mistero più irrisolto. Entrano ogni giorno nel mio negozio, non si sa davvero il perché, con lo sguardo spaesato, incerto. Suonano il campanello ed io penso: "Ecco, ne è arrivato un altro! Ti stavo aspettando". Una nuova storia, ognuno diversa da quella precedente. C'è chi entra con il cuore infranto, cercando un conforto, chiedendomi un cappello con un colore, una forma particolare, insomma qualcosa in più che gli risollevi il morale. Chi alle volte, invece, vuole comprare un'enormità di cappelli tutti uguali fra loro. Dieci, quindici, venti, come se avesse paura di rimanerne senza, o forse nel vano tentativo di colmare il vuoto che ha dentro di sé. Qualche donna varca la porta del mio negozio con la speranza di diventare madre e vuole indossare uno dei miei bei cappelli per buon auspicio, giungendo le mani in una preghiera. Infine, c'è persino chi entra solo per semplice curiosità, con un desiderio acceso negli occhi. Loro non lo sanno ma corrono il rischio di conoscersi realmente, di andare fino in fondo. Un azzardo troppo grande che, come spesso accade, porterà a non scegliere nessun cappello, magari per paura d'identificarsi con un colore ben preciso, uno solo. Sono il cappellaio di questa città da un'infinità di tempo e vi assicuro di aver ascoltato tante storie, sia belle che brutte. Cerco sempre di aiutare un'anima impaurita, riportandola sul suo giusto cammino. Ma non sempre mi è permesso farlo. Dipende da quanto forte è il desiderio di riprendere in mano le redini della propria vita. Non ci si deve abbattere, altrimenti non funziona. Si lavora in due. Qualcuno ritorna subito a sorridere, più fiducioso in sé stesso. Qualcun altro, ahimè, ha bisogno di più tempo. Se per caso un giorno vi trovaste a passare da queste parti, non limitatevi a sbirciare dalle vetrine. Accomodatevi, non abbiate paura. Ci sarà sicuramente un cappello fatto apposta per voi. I cappelli... quanta magia c'è intorno a loro! Ma in fin dei conti, quanto può essere importante avere quello giusto? Penserete che, in fondo, si tratta solo di un semplice cappello! Eppure, date retta ad un vecchio sognatore, quando arriverete alla fine di questa storia non se sarete più tanto convinti...

The Smallest of Sparks is a collection of very short stories and poems. They invite you to another place, another time, every page a chance to explore someone else's bubble for a brief moment.'Come in, ' they say, 'look around. Watch from your place of safety, if you must. Just don't stay too long.'Each story began life as a single tweet, created from a word or image prompt. The constraints of Twitter see to it that such microfictions are concentrated down to their very essence, (no room for sprawling epics when you have a mere 280 characters to play with).So whether you're in the market for a quick dip or a deep dive, read this book in whatever way suits your mood.Just know: a story may be only a handful of sentences, but worlds can be built and destroyed in less.

What's left of humanity has withdrawn behind massive walls. Behind those walls, Kane's luck is running out. His son grows closer to rampancy every day and he is almost out of time to save him. He is a single mishap away from losing it all in a city full of half humans. Which is exactly when fate decides it would be a great time to stab him in the back. With nothing but his skills, Kane will have to discover why someone is trying to kill him, but that discovery could leave him little more than a bloody stain in some back room. Beyond the cities walls, life is cheap and you are just a moment away from becoming some mutant's lunch.

Arved & HamarRachedurst ist ein mitreißender Fantasy-Roman, der von starken Emotionen, gnadenlosen Kämpfen und der Kraft des Überlebenswillens durchdrungen ist. Durch die Verwebung der altnordischen Mythologie mit einer spannenden Rachegeschichte entsteht ein fesselndes Leseerlebnis, das die Leser in den Bann zieht und bis zur letzten Seite in Atem hält.Was den Leser erwartet: 12 spannende Kapitel79 SeitenBilder die zur Geschichte passenNachdem ihr friedliches Dorf geplündert und zerstört wurde und sie einen schmerzlichen Verlust erlitten haben, ist nichts mehr so, wie es einst war. Getrieben von tiefer Trauer und dem Verlangen nach Vergeltung, schwören sich Arved und Hamar, ihre Feinde zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Auf ihrer gefährlichen Reise durchqueren sie düstere Wälder und eisige Gebirge. In einer Welt, in der die Grenzen zwischen Mensch und Mythos verschwimmen, müssen die Brüder Mut und Entschlossenheit beweisen, um die Geheimnisse ihrer Vergangenheit zu enthüllen und ihre dunkelsten Ängste zu überwinden. Doch in einer Welt, in der die Götter ihre eigenen Pläne schmieden und die Grenzen zwischen Gut und Böse verschwimmen, stellt sich die brennende Frage: Werden die Brüder für Gerechtigkeit sorgen können? Werden sie ihre inneren Dämonen bezwingen und das Dunkle besiegen, das ihre Seelen umhüllt?

On a quiet summer's day, I will remember the strange mumbo jumbo I've muttered into paisley tea-cups and hat-boxes, into pearly, desperado rooms of anonymous paint and wallpaper, places strewn with highlander words and floral confetti of the most incarnate sort; nonsensical nursery rhymes quacking left and right in the intervals of the fulcrum night, where the silver face of the yellow moon hangs blithely on a string from my doppelgänger ceiling. Nights of peering into the cold-cream mirror stand on the shelf, and flipping through au-tomaton books of ergy; those consonants of watery ilk now rising on the duck tongue like bits of candy, and the daffodil perfume haze in the air making my alien eyes seek the truth of the matter on a Sunday in June--that instantaneous bling in my eyelids which was purple heather now leav-ing a smidgen of awkward destiny within me. Some foolish hours spent dreaming of the iridescence of a gigantic token pearl stolen from the surface of a Manchurian paper crown made me cry for the old dynasties, the chit words missing from my square pillow. Willoughby willow, and rosy wooze? Where were the beautiful, twisted women of the old days, reeling from a sunset distortion of the actual colors--wild onyx, and adamantine ruby, the rhythms of the slow beat outside the drape of my curtain revealed the petering traffic run amok on the planet of no-return; disturbed eyes run hither and slither on the margins of blarney pages of creased, dowdy manuscripts, seeking truth and weathered light. Like the blue funk thumb-prints of paper-cuts, and grief, melting into past and present tokens of my kind; a shitzu runs out of the noire night into the next street, and I am left with absolutely nothing but my gym shoes stinging with acronyms of love. Theatrical heaven could be only taken in doses, with a hint of sassafras candy stolen from out of the snuff box on my desk; that was grim reality, the orphaned cry of grey-haired children, starved for affection in the indefatigable sun, opaline wrists bedizened with Capernaum gems of a keen variety, like betting for horse-races on a Sunday afternoon was this thing called a sylvan iden-tity, full of salacious vim, and quelque chose passions, the stiff circle of flowers hanging above my head.

The exciting conclusion to the Tri-Empire Saga!Into the darkness of an unknown region of space, travels the Prophet. Fleeing once again from devastation and almost certain death, Billy and his friends follow Off-World Captain to an unknown destination and are flung headlong into a daunting future.The storm no longer threatens, but is now blowing full force. As the Wind of Time blossoms from prophecy to revelation, the Tri-Empire civilization begins to crumble from internal insurrections and inter-Empire conflict.Chaos and despair pursue the W*Trikan Royal House and the Terrans, united against a common foe. Their only security is a mysterious, nearly incomprehensible, people who might be a greater threat than that which lies behind them.The tides of Galactic Prophecy surge and swirl, hurricane winds batter and toss as the Prophet now must follow his heart and grasp one remaining hope, and Ride the Wild Wind.