Author: Freda Warrington
Publisher: Immanion Press/Magalithica Books
ISBN: 9780954503697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Three warriors. An epic Quest. They are the world's last hope... All-powerful and terrifying, the Serpent M'gulfn is poised to lay waste to the Earth and its mysterious Planes. Only three have the courage to challenge it: Ashurek, the fell prince of Gorethria, Estarinel from the gentle island of Forluin, and the silent, sinister Medrian. Aided by the denizens of the fabulous Blue Plane, they are sent aboard the mystical ship The Star of Filmoriel back to Earth to seek the Silver Staff - a strange weapon that may prove more dangerous than the Serpent itself. Caught between the machinations of the heartless Grey Ones and the sorcerer-priestess Arlenmia, they cross fantastical landscapes and battle demons. As they forge into the frozen desolate wastes of the Arctic, their Quest to defeat the Serpent becomes ever more perilous and desperate. But the greatest danger of all lies in their midst. A Blackbird in Darkness concludes the breathtaking journey begun in A Blackbird in Silver.

Author: Freda Warrington
Publisher: Immanion Press/Magalithica Books
ISBN: 9780954503680
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Only three can save the Earth. From Forluin, green, half-fabled land of beauty and peace, has journeyed the gentle Estarinel, bearing tragic news. From the terrible Empire of Gorethria rides Ashurek; a lean and deadly warrior, once High Commander of its Armies, scourge of the Earth, hated and feared across continents. The third is known only as Medrian. Coldly wrapped in her cloak of sorrow, her eyes deep-shadowed with suffering long-endured, she will explain nothing of her reasons. Theirs is the Quest. They must slay the great Serpent before it lays waste and utterly destroys the Earth. Together they must seek its lair in the far frozen north, battling peril and nightmare until they face the ultimate, indestructible foe. Three warriors. An epic Quest. They are the world's last hope...

Author: Michel Basilieres
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307368475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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With comic brilliance and a delight in the macabre, Michel Basilières holds a fun-house mirror up to a defining moment in Canadian history and reveals, among other things, a family having a very bad year. Holed up in a shambling house at the base of Mount Royal is the family Desouche: three generations of English- and French-Canadians caught in the gears of a national emergency. Their world is dark and hard, but alive with hope and expectation. When one of the eldest, an Anglo Montrealer, dies at the hand of one of the youngest, a militant separatist, so begins a year of turmoil and change that culminates in the October Crisis. Grave-robbing Grandfather consorts with prostitutes and mad scientists, loses an eye and gains a new vision. His disenchanted wife bonds with his canny pet crow. Mother sleeps her grief away through the seasons, while Father ineffectively schemes to get rich quick. Meanwhile, their twin children, Marie and Jean-Baptiste, find their personal ambitions clashing with their public actions as they derail each other at every turn. In this wholly original novel alive with misfortune and magic, Michel Basilières uncovers a Montreal not seen in any other English-Canadian novel: a forgotten blue-collar neighbourhood in between the two solitudes. Gothic, outrageous, yet tender and wise, Black Bird is as liberating as the dreams of its wayward characters, and as gripping as the insurgencies that split its heart.

Author: Keri Arthur
Publisher: KA Publishing PTY LTD
ISBN: 064849733X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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A modern fantasy novel inspired by the King Arthur legend… For hundreds of years, the Witch King’s sword has been buried in stone awaiting the next hand to draw it. Many have tried. None have succeeded. Gwen is the last in a long line of De Montfort witches whose duty it is to protect the sword of all power. But when she returns to King Island to perform the blessing, a mysterious pulse of blue light tells her that someone has attempted to draw the sword. Before she can investigate any further, demons attack. She only survives with the help of a mysterious stranger who disappears as quickly as he appears. Gwen and her grandmother, Moscelyne, soon discover that minor gateways into Darkside—the traditional home of both demons and dark elves—are being forced open by magic. Even worse, someone is now sending demons after the Witch King’s heirs. As vital artifacts are stolen by Darkside and the deaths draw altogether too close to home, Gwen and Mo—with the help of old gods and an ancient order of knights once thought dead—scramble to unravel the clues and stop the murderous would-be king from claiming the crown. If they fail and the wrong hand draws the sword of power, he can unlock the main gateway into Darkside and unleash utter hell onto an unsuspecting and unprepared England…. What people are saying about Keri Arthur’s Novels: Blackbird Rising was an intense and richly detailed novel. One that I still haven’t been able to get out of my head, and it’s been almost a week. I loved this novel and Arthur’s take on Arthurian legend, and the long term impact that lore would have. Quirky Cats Fat Stacks (of Books) OMG. This was one hell of a final showdown that had me on the edge of my seat!!! I love this series, it is absolutely amazing and the characters are so addictive! Rhonda, Goodreads, for Deadly Vows. BLACKBIRD BROKEN will have your heart in your throat from the beginning to the end. And when you come to the last word I guarantee you will want more! Annetta Sweetko, Fresh Fiction The Witch King’s Crown Series: -Witches -Magic -Shapeshifters -Demons -Urban Fantasy Romance -Fantasy Romance -Sword in the Stone -Knights of the Round Table -Action and Adventure -Lady in the Lake -Strong Female Lead

Author: Quinn Blackbird
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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A dark fae warrior took me captive;I am an unwilling slave, hell-bent on destroying him;But in the end, it could be me destroyed - heart and soul. Fans of CN CRAWFORD, LAURA THALASSA and JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT will love this deliciously dark fae series.The world was plunged into eternal darkness, riddled by famine and plague. Then when most of humanity had fallen, they came to finish us off.The dark fae, cruel warriors of myth, came to kill the last of us. I'm Coralie - and I won't go down without a fight. A brutal, lone fae warrior, a lost and wounded human - and desires so forbidden they must be fought.This box set is the first two books in the collection of the Dark Fae: Extinction series. Box set 2 will contain the rest in the series. See Inside for content warnings.

Author: Chuck Wendig
Publisher: S&S/Saga Press
ISBN: 148144865X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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The first book in the Miriam Black series: “A sassy, hard-boiled thriller with a paranormal slant” (The Guardian) about a young woman who can see the darkest corners of the future. Miriam Black knows how you’re going to die. This makes her daily life a living hell, especially when you can’t do anything about it, or stop trying to. She’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides. She merely needs to touch you—skin to skin contact—and she knows how and when your final moments will occur. Miriam has given up trying to save people; that only makes their deaths happen. But when she hitches a ride with Louis Darling and shakes his hand, she sees in thirty days that Louis will be murdered while he calls her name— Louis will die because he met her, and Miriam will be the next victim. No matter what she does she can’t save Louis. But if she wants to stay alive, she’ll have to try. “Think Six Feet Under co-written by Stephen King and Chuck Palahniuk” (SFX), and you have Blackbirds: a visceral, exciting novel about life on the edge.

Author: Quinn Blackbird
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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I made a deal with a dark fae.He's dragging me back to his realm, where darkness rules.And now, I'm paying the price of the bargain.The end of the world is supposed to be simpler. No more day jobs, no more loans to pay or cars to keep running or family to please.So why is it that Vale's life in the apocalypse just got all the more complicated?Vale struggles to keep her only friend alive in the face of the dark fae army.She trades her body in a deal with the devil to spare Adrianna, and it awakens something inside of her. Darkness.As Vale tries to fight the monster within, she must also fight the monster who is stealing her heart.Nothing good can ever come with falling for a dark fae.Especially not when that fae wants only your body, and not your twisted soul.Box Set 2 in The Dark Fae series. Books 4 -5. Beware of dark themes.

Author: Freda Warrington
Publisher: Immanion Press/Magalithica Books
ISBN: 9781904853015
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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The terrible Serpent M'gulfn has been destroyed, but Earth's future is in peril. Its death has unleashed a chaotic power that may prove more dangerous than the Serpent itself. Journeying to Gorethria comes Melkavesh, daughter of Ashurek and Silvren, determined to harness the new power of sorcery for good. But can she resist the temptation to claim her birthright - the dark throne renounced by Ashurek? A ruthless usurper, Xaedrek, has already seized Gorethria's throne and is working his own warped form of sorcery to restore the evil empire. To save the Earth, Melkavesh must defeat him. but she has reckoned without Xaedrek's seductive charm. 'Fantasy doesn't come much better than this!' - Starlog

Author: Nancy Martin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 045141862X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Not much is going right these days for once rich, now impoverished Nora Blackbird—what with her lover under house arrest and her best friend in the slammer. Then Nora and her sisters receive word of a million-dollar inheritance.... Great-aunt Madeleine Blackbird has died in a volcanic eruption on an Indonesian island and left her fabulous Bucks County estate to the three Blackbird sisters. But when Nora and her scandal-ridden sisters, Libby and Emma, go to claim their windfall, they find the house in decay and all of their aunt’s to-die-for treasures gone. They also find a woman’s body.... Nora feels compelled to seek out the truth, but even with help from her mobster boyfriend, Mick Abruzzo, who provides distractions both dark and delightful, solving this case proves challenging. Relatives are circling to claim a share of Madeleine’s property, the suspect list is growing, and Nora’s wild and wacky sisters are adding one surprise after another. It’s enough to put Nora’s couture undies in a serious twist!

Author: Freda Warrington
Publisher: Immanion Press/Magalithica Books
ISBN: 9781904853022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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The fourth book of the Blackbird quartet finds the Serpent M'gulfn is dead, yet the Earth of Three Planes faces new dangers. Melkavesh, powerful sorceress and daughter of Ashurek, has come to claim her birthright in a clash against the ruthless Emperor of Gorethria.