Cast into the great ice prisons of Norderakk and Kalnerakk in the remote regions of the north and south, two immortals from ancient times are becoming free at last as their bonds of ice begin to melt. Long ago corrupted by power, they were locked away deep in the icy and remote regions of the world by the Twelve, and now they seek their revenge–or justice as they see it.Meanwhile, in the quiet coastal town of Cornburn, an obscure circle of stones—the Twelve—stands overlooking the s...

This is an in-depth study of a vital and fascinating aspect of ancient Egyptian religion as preserved in the Pyramid Texts of the Fifth Dynasty. The creative and life-giving powers of the waters that sustain this world are also present in the Egyptian underworld and enable the dead king who has lived in Truth (Maat) to live again in the endless cycles of nature: the journeys of the sun and the stars and the birth and growth of vegetation. Concepts such as the Winding Waterway, the Great La...

This tale of adventure begins in the Middle East in 1920 and ends in 1990 in a mountain top monastery in Soviet Armenia. Tripp Shepard is grandson of a Middle Eastern scholar and former O.S.S. agent who leaves him three antiquities of enormous historical and spiritual importance. Among the three is a book telling the provenance of the sword and its role in history from the time of Caesar to the present. Among the episodes described is the sword's brief tenure in the hands of Ambrosius Aure...

"All is dark in cold arms lieGaze to you an empty eyeFingers laced for our descendingBeckon you come share my endingNo, the heat comes not from shameYou must, my love, take faith in flames"The graveyard awaits in rising mists while swirling leaves whisper secrets to the dark. Eyes, unblink...

This story is a daddy/daughter collaboration. It’s a story of friendship and nostalgia. My daughter has a funny way of expressing herself through words and art. With the help of the characters in the story, her words and art comes to life. With a bit of nostalgia from my childhood and the expressions and views of her childhood, the blend of old and new combines effortlessly in this story of friendship.

This book provides an overview of the design and development of learning games using examples from those created by the authors over last decade. It provides lessons learned about processes, successful approaches, and pitfalls that befall developers of learning games and educational transmedia experiences. The book includes stories from the authors’ lives that give context to why and how they built these products to help the reader understand whether or not building a learning game is righ...

The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning series of swords and sorcery, featuring two unorthodox heroes, from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.Many decades before George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones, Grand Master Fritz Leiber ruled the sword-and-sorcery universe. These three short story collections chronicle the unconventional adventures of Leiber's endearing antiheroes: barbarian Fafhrd and former wizard's apprentice, the Gray Mouser.Sw...

A mysterious Templar code has eluded scholars for centuries.Does the key to unlocking its explosive message lie buried with Columbus?Rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane was never much good at puzzles.But now, assigned to investigate the ritual murder of an American missionary in Ethiopia, she must solve the world's oldest palindrome—the infamous SATOR Square—to thw...

“Khaw’s poetic prose and stylish approach to gore make it a blood-soaked, unforgettable gem.” —The New York TimesFrom Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.A Best Horror Book of 2023 (The N...

What if the magic that could save your loved ones condemns you to death?Rakish royal spy, Rustam Chalice, loves his life the way it is, so when the kingdom he serves is threatened from within, he leaps into action. To his dismay the spymaster prince teams him up with an untouchable aristocratic assassin. To make matters worse, she's the most beautiful woman in the Five Kingdoms.Plunged into a desperate journey over the mountains, the mismatched pair struggl...

The award-winning sword and sorcery classic that introduced Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.First in the influential fan-favorite series, Swords and Deviltry collects four fantastical adventure stories from Fritz Leiber, the author who coined the phrase "sword and sorcery" and helped birth an entire genre.In "Induction," in the realm of Nehwon, fate brings young prince Fafhrd and apprentice magician th...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about ROTTEN RULERS, including who gave the job of high priest to a donkey, who choked to death while eating a crow and who celebrated victory by eating his enemy's head.