Queen Peydra ascends to the throne, but has a mere 12 years until Ruling Council will murder her.Can she escape the "Curse of Royalty"?Peydra must decide what she will do as she nears her coronation in a kingdom whose ruling body has used something they call the Protection Dictum to justify murdering the royal family for more than two centuries. Instead of being the warning against tyranny it was intended to be, the practice has become commonplace and threatens not only her...

"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy" by Sir J. A. Fleming is a pioneering work that explores the principles and applications of wireless telegraphy, a revolutionary technology that transformed communication in the early 20th century. Fleming, a prominent physicist and electrical engineer, delves into the theoretical foundations of electromagnetic waves and their practical uses in transmitting information without wires. His insights laid the groundwork for future advancements in radio techno...

Queen Peydra has refused to submit to the curse's inevitability for nine years, but...Still struggling against the darkness of the ever-nearing curse and growing affections for her mysterious attendant, Peydra has occupied the throne of Drayden for nine years. During that time, she has spent untold hours crafting a proposal to remove the Protection Dictum from the Law Books, but her hope flounders after a meeting during which Ruling Council ignores the main tenants of it, even in c...

Time is growing short. Merely two years remain before the curse will claim Queen Peydra's life and desperation steals some of her common sense.Despite advice to the contrary, Peydra returns to the palace after a disastrous visit to Old Towne and a six-week absence. She finds Speaker Erik cozy on her throne as regent. Determined to clarify whether he is friend or foe, the queen stubbornly puts herself at risk while Anthony and her allies fight to keep her safe.More of Anthon...

Desperation has consequences.Queen Peydra is in the hole, an unpleasant dark space in a Saiurian dungeon, thinking she may escape the Curse of Royalty only to end her days on foreign execution grounds.Reeling after Anthony reveals his true identity, Queen Peydra's recklessness initiates a string of events she quickly loses control of. And following a candid conversation with Anthony after their surprising liberation, she finds herself decidedly uncomfortable as she further ...

One of the most important questions of our previous common volumes about affective, schizoaffective, and schizophrenic disorders was the question of what connects and what separates psychotic disorders (Marneros and Tsuang, Schizo affective Psychoses, Springer-Verlag, 1986; Marneros and Tsuang Affective and Schizoaffective Disorders, Springer-Verlag, 1990; Marneros, Andreasen, and Tsuang, Negative and Positive Schizophrenia, Springer-Verlag 1993). The boundaries between various psychotic d...

Award-winning author Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom with a thrilling prequel complete with dark magic, royalty, dangerous action, a strong heroine, and flawless world building. This epic fantasy adventure is destined to be a classic and is perfect for fans of Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen and, most important, to the King. Sh...

From the author of The Merlin Prophecy, a trilogy that Kirkus Reviews proclaimed, will “appeal to those who thrill to Game of Thrones,” the first installment in the action-packed trilogy of battles, romance, and bravery during the Dark Ages is the tale of the boy destined to become King Arthur.The Dark Ages: a time of chaos and bloodshed. The Roman legions have long deserted the isles and the despotic Uther Pendragon, High King of Celtic ...

The world of Twilight turns in the darkness, illuminated by the ethereal glow of the god-planet, Kerberos. This is a world of heroes and monsters, in which four unique individuals stand against the end of everything.One such man is Lucius Kane, a rogue born into thievery when his family is destroyed by war. On the hard streets of Turnitia, ruled over by a fearsome army and a corrupt priesthood, Lucius learns of his terrifying legacy. Lucius is a Shadowmage, a power...

Strapping warriors sail through the seas of a Counter Earth—where the powerful have every fantasy fulfilled—in this cult classic sci-fi adventure series.Former Earthman Tarl Cabot finds himself in the most depraved city on Gor. Port Kar is a city of robbers, brigands, and men without allegiance to any cause or kingdom where the weak are quickly consumed by the strong. However, Tarl is able to flourish in the cutthroat environment of the city, for he is a powerful Ta...

HE WHO LIVES BY THE SWORD . . .The races which ruled the Galactic Federation knew they were vastly superior to the inferior species restricted to the narrow confines of their own star systems by the crudity of their technology . . . and they had every intention of keeping things that way.It was a neat little scam, a rigged game in which only the House could win, which the Federation had played for over a hundred thousand years, and no one had ever managed to challenge it.

RIDMARK ARBAN is eighteen years old, a new-made Swordbearer wielding a soulblade, a mighty weapon of magical power. Ridmark is sworn to defend the High King's realm from creatures and wielders of dark magic.Yet the dark secret waiting in the village of Victrix might doom him, or send him upon a quest to dangerous lands...