An aging assassin and his apprentice are given orders that drag them into a deadly conflict in this steampunk adventure series debut."Completely absorbing. Once I was into it, I just couldn't put it down." —Glen Cook, author of the Black Company novelsThe Heart of the World is a land in strife. For fifty years the Holy Empire of Mann, an empire and religion born from a nihilistic urban cult, has been conquering nation after nation. Their le...

As the empire of Mann threatens the world with enslavement, only a single island nation continues to stand in its way - the Free Ports of the democras. For ten years they have held their own, but now the empire draws its noose even tighter over them.Rallying to its defence are those from the secretive network known as the Few, including the cripple and troubleshooter Coya Zeziké. Coya has hopes of enlisting the forest contrarè in the aid of the besieged city of Bar-Khos. Wi...

A time of reckoning has begun.For ten years the Free Ports held their own against the despotic empire of Mann - but the empire is now poised to destroy them. The crucial fortress city of Bar-Khos is under attack and its freedom depends on a few unsteady hands.Betrayal could come from any side, at any moment. While chaos reigns, Nico will search for his captive mother and attempt to defend his people. And Shard the Dreamer will hunt for legendary charts, which could yet save...

After a thousand years of secret conflict, the Neverwar - the war that never was - is finally over. The Star King and his forces have fallen. The New Order reigns supreme.Loyal to the bitter end, a defeated House Brightmorning is forced into exile on the remote moon of Gale, where the winds never stop howling.You play the role of Rooster Quinn, bored blademaster to the House Brightmorning in their exile. As blademaster and House Guard, your job is to prote...

After a thousand years of secret conflict, the Neverwar - the war that never was - is finally over. The Star King and his forces have fallen. The New Order reigns supreme.Loyal to the bitter end, a defeated House Brightmorning is forced into exile on the remote moon of Gale, where the winds never stop howling.You play the role of Rooster Quinn, bored blademaster to the House Brightmorning in their exile. As blademaster and House Guard, your job is to protect the Lord Bright...

After a thousand years of secret conflict, the Neverwar - the war that never was - is finally over. The Star King and his forces have fallen. The New Order reigns supreme.Loyal to the bitter end, a defeated House Brightmorning is forced into exile on the remote moon of Gale, where the winds never stop howling.You play the role of Rooster Quinn, bored blademaster to the House Brightmorning in their exile. As blademaster and House Guard, your job is to protect the Lord Bright...

The Heart of the World series is an epic adventure that, through the lens of its vibrant and unique world and engaging characters, asks intriguing questions and illuminates the humanity at the core of both hero and villain. Stands a Shadow is the second book in the series.In Farlander, the first book of the Heart of the World series, readers met Ash, an aging master assassin of the famed order of Roshun, and his apprentice Nico, a boy who always ma...

Encounters with crocodiles, tussles with criminals, losing ships in cyclones ... these marvellous stories were originally published in the North Australian Fishing and Outdoors Magazine.These are true stories told by law enforcers, fishermen, scientists, historians and others.This book was compiled by Matt Flynn, a former Northern Territory of Australia journalist who now publishes outdoors magazines from his farm in southern Tasmania.

"There's a little town thirty miles from here called Scottsville," Major Jones told him. "Your first job as a Texas Ranger will be to stop a war there."Even before Major Jones finished giving him his orders, Buchanan knew he would find Scottsville to be hostile territory. Two cattle barons, who happened to be quick-drawing women, had torn the town apart in a duel that had already cost several lives.Now Buchanan was expected to stop the war, and he knew that he couldn't do t...

Arup Ratan Basu's first posting as a young surgeon in the Indian Army Medical Corps was at a field hospital in the Kashmir valley. He was frustrated at being sent to a place that was not even equipped with a functional operation theatre while his classmates were taking up postings at established hospitals in major cities.Little does the rookie surgeon know that he will soon be deputed to a small town that was turning into a dangerous theatre of war. Between 19 May 1999 and 24 July ...

Colonel Patterson describes his adventures and trials dealing with man-eating lions and during his big game hunting expeditions in East Africa during the era prior to safaris and the tourist trade. African exploration was clearly not for the faint of heart in these early rugged days.

Six feet four inches tall, with sandy hair and greenish eyes. He had been on the frontier since he was fourteen and bore the scars of a hundred battles. But in his heart, Buchanan was a peaceable man.It's just that trouble and danger seemed to stalk him.An escaped convict named Farnum, a killer with ice in his blood, had shot down a friend. Now Buchanan had to track him down—and the innocent young girl he had taken hostage. It was not going to be easy. Farnum was a very cleve...