All that Illyon Corvis wants is to get drunk. The problem? Tonight, ale gets him a direct line to the gods. And they haven't talked to anyone in a very long time…A caravaneer's life is dull, exhausting, and everything that Ily has. Now, he's about to lose it thanks to a mysterious stranger in the tavern. Chased by the Knights of Iron, forced to learn magic, and haunted by his past, Ily has no idea that the worst is yet to come. He has to break into the inner sanctum of the...

A man plagued by gods...Illyon Corvis just killed a god's physical avatar, and now the memory is killing him. In search of a cure for his nightmares and an end to the compulsion curse of Gar, God of Fire, Ily gets indebted to yet another deity. By a twist of fate, and with the help of an overeager acolyte, he now bears the mark of the Hero. It entitles him to endless adventure and deadly challenges. It also makes him officially responsible for all the problems in the world...

After recovering the mother-pearl, Ily faces an exhausting and boring trek north, in search of the nameless curse-breaker. But boredom cannot last in the presence of magical artifacts coveted by the gods. Soon, the journey turns into a frantic flight from an enemy that no man can defeat. Bound by a magical promise, the Mark of the Hero, and Galardia's System for Professional Improvement, Ily has only one way to go.The Long Walk of the Seeker awaits!

A product's design is based on what customers want and how much they are willing to pay for it determines its quality. The production process is supposed to achieve the required quality. Due to the natural process variation the quality of a product or service varies. Thus, quality can be defined as fitness for intended use or, in other words, how well the product performs its intended function. It is a written or unwritten commitment to a known or unknown consumer in the market. Quality ma...

The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to 3D CAD/CAM modelling using Creo™ Parametric (Creo) software. This concise textbook consists of ten lessons covering the basics in Part and Assembly Modelling, Mould Design, NC Simulation, and Engineering Drawings. Each lesson provides essential knowledge and guides the user through the process of performing a practical exercise or task. The modelling philosophy, implementation of corresponding features, and commands behind each exercis...

There is nothing wrong with checking your email while riding the subway on the way to work. Nothing at all. But it turns out that in a few short stations a simple and innocent activity can turn out to be something much deeper and important. On such a subway ride each keystroke will echo with the quiet sobs of your soul.

When young Dianozzis chooses her adult name and starts her life as a fully-fledged member of the colony, she has no idea that her first day as a driller will also be her last. What she finds in the bowels of the moon will change everyone's life forever!

Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, the defender of the realm of Andomhaim from dark magic.But when dark magic stirs in the mountains of Taliand, not even the power of the Shield Knight might be enough to save Andomhaim...

Learn the tragic origins of the wicked Arch-Illager in this official Minecraft novel, a prequel to Minecraft Dungeons!Brave heroes have banded together to take a perilous journey through the war-torn Overworld to defeat the Arch-Illager and his formidable army. But how did that army come to be? And just where did the Arch-Illager come from?The terrible truth behind the Arch-Illager is that he never asked for ultimate power. Known as Archie, this little Illa...

Thirty years ago, the Iron Wolves held back mud-orc hordes at the Pass of Splintered Bones, and led a brutal charge that saw the sorcerer Morkagoth slain. This ended the War of Zakora, and made the Iron Wolves heroes.Now, a new terror stalks the realm. In hushed whispers, it is claimed the Horse Lady, Orlana the Changer, has escaped from the Chaos Halls and is building an army, twisting horses, lions and bears into terrible, bloody hunters, summoning mud-orcs from then slime and he...

Gardner F. Fox (1911-1986) enjoyed a long and successful career writing in many genres. He wrote adventure novels, spy novels, romances, historical novels, fantasy and science fiction, comic books (more than 4,000 of them!) -- everything imaginable, in fact, and with a skill and surety that won him a legion of fans and readers worldwide.In the 1960s, at the peak of the sword and sorcery craze, when Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian (and many similar creations) reached the pinn...

Salvation lies beyond dreams...Newlywed Helga wants nothing more than a life of peace and bliss; instead she finds herself with a husband dying of an unknown illness and no way to save him. When a mysterious old volva comes to town offering a cure, Helga is forced to travel beyond all she knows to the boundaries of the prim, the border of reality, to barter with fay beings for a substance known only as the water of awakening.Helga soon finds that the journey is more perilou...