The seas are wicked and dangerous at the best of times. The ancient gods of old still lay claim to the ocean realm man cannot hope to conquer. Very few still make offerings to those unforgiving deities in faith for clemency; fewer still have learned the secrets to coexist with such vengeful beings......and only one among those was ever favored with the title, Queen of the Seas.In a world ruled by men and gold, Callisto was no fool. If she wanted something, she had to take i...

A collection of three fantasy novels by Aaron M. Fleming, B.R. Stateham & James Fuller, now available in one volume!Kingmaker: Hunter, a former soldier turned monk, and his partner Chekwe embark on a daring quest to steal Kingmaker, an enchanted sword of immense power, from the clutches of the oppressive Kistrill Empire. Along the way, they must navigate treacherous jungles and evade relentless enemies, including Hunter's determined sister Tennea and the resilient ...

I watched her from afar ever since she was born. I knew from the moment my eyes spied her that she was the one: the one I needed, the one I had searched for so very long. My careful planning and sacrifices would all be worth it when she was finally mine. She would not disappoint me like the others, for she is Precious.Betrayed, confused and utterly alone, six-year-old Amber Rose struggles against her kidnapper. A man she once called a friend is now her deranged keeper. Stripped of ...

As children, we are led to believe there are monsters in the darkness. It has ill-prepared us for the monsters that walk among us in the light.For years, the sickness grew inside him. Stronger. Needful of its want. He knew what it was, and knew that it was wrong. But he was weak. Desire, lust, perversion - this was his sickness.Alfred was a normal man to any who might see him walking by; no one would ever believe the darkness that lingered just below the surface. An evil li...

Rising from the ashes of his home in Ever-Dale, Jamus Willms carves a brutal path of vengeance through the land's powerful nobility.Hatred fueling his journey, Jamus's quest for justice seems to defy even death. With the fires of that fateful night still burning in his mind, each step takes him closer to reclaiming his daughter from the clutches of the Lord: a psychopath who blurs the line between man and monster.Sofia is forced to watch as her father battles to keep them a...

No period of United States history is more important and still less understood than Reconstruction. Now, at the sesquicentennial of the Reconstruction era, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris bring together the best new scholarship on the critical years after the Civil War and before the onset of Jim Crow, synthesizing social, political, economic, and cultural approaches to understanding this crucial period.Reconstruction was the most progressive period in United States history. Althoug...

This book will appeal to aviation engineers, air traffic controllers and all pilots who have taken a U.K. commercial pilots license. It explains how the U.K. Civil Aviation Flying Unit (CAFU) was formed during WWII and the work for which it was intended. How Flight Inspection methods were evolved to meet increasing challenges of improving navigational and landing aids and to ensure suitable flying standards were set for the issue of newly created licence requirements. It details the aircra...

Slavery and the University is the first edited collection of scholarly essays devoted solely to the histories and legacies of this subject on North American campuses and in their Atlantic contexts. Gathering together contributions from scholars, activists, and administrators, the volume combines two broad bodies of work: (1) historically based interdisciplinary research on the presence of slavery at higher education institutions in terms of the development of proslavery and antisl...

Written by leading historians and political scientists, this collection of essays offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the role of war in American history.Addressing the role of the armed force, and attitudes towards it, in shaping and defining the United States, the first four chapters reflect the perspectives of historians on this central question, from the time of the American Revolution to the US wars in Vietnam and Iraq. Chapters five and six offer the views of politic...

Game of Thrones meets the industrial revolution in this revenge-filled epic where secret societies pull the hidden threads of power, ravenous spirits haunt the skies, and magic comes at a heavy cost.To find her father's killers, she must join their shadowy order... then shatter it from within.An upstart noblewoman from a fallen house, Kasia Niezik has sworn to destroy the elusive Crimson Court who assassinated her father. She is a Reacher o...

HE AWOKE CENTURIES IN THE FUTURE.NOW HUMANITY'S SURVIVAL MAY DEPEND ON WHAT HE REMEMBERS.Jason Alexander Xavis should have died centuries ago.Instead, he awakens alone aboard a drifting spacecraft, the sole survivor of a forgotten expedition launched from Earth. Rescued by the crew of the colony ship Orion's Belt, Jason finds himself stranded in a future he doesn't recognize—with no memory of how he survived or what happened to the rest of his crew....

The first three books in Malcolm Archibald's 'The Swordswoman', a series of historical fantasy novels, now in one volume!The Swordswoman: Melcorka is an ordinary young woman from the Isles. But when her homeland of Alba is attacked by the Viking horde, Melcorka abandons her life of luxury and chooses the path of a warrior. With a ragtag band of companions, she heads south to unite the clans and free the land from the Norsemen's scourge, and claim her destiny.