A wizard must be found!In a world of might and magic, King Tell has almost conquered the lands in which he has already banished wizards. The simple edict to banish wizards turns into a nightmare for the king.Sir Mordrak has loyally served the king on his campaigns but is now haunted by those he’s killed. Similarly affected, Tell has now commissioned him to find a wizard willing to help. ... Everything depends upon him and an apprentice wizard who would rather see him dead.

Complement Selenium with useful additions that fit seamlessly into the rich and well-crafted API that Selenium offersKey FeaturesUnderstand the power, simplicity, and limitations of the core Selenium frameworkWrite clear, readable, and reliable tests that perform complex test automation tasksWork with ChromeDriver and GeckoDriver in headless modeBook DescriptionThe second edition of Mastering Selenium 3.0 WebDriver starts by ...

9 Practical Ways to Support International MissionsMany new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each booklet...

Mark Jenkins's engrossing history draws on the latest science, anthropological and archaeological research to explore the origins of vampire stories, providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of immortal beings who defy death by feeding on the lifeblood of others. From the earliest whispers of eternal evil in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, vampire tales flourished through the centuries and around the globe, fueled by superstition, sexual mystery, fear of dis...

What real-life character inspired Bram Stoker's classic Dracula? Did a blood-sucking demon haunt ancient Mespotamia? Did 16th-century Venetians drive a stake through the heart of a true vampire, or was something more sinister at work? For thousands of years vampires have both terrified and titillated our imaginations. Today vampires pervade our popular culture in books, films, and TV shows, and recent discoveries are shedding new light on the origins of vampire myth and legend. This fascin...

Jack Wright is a veteran detective with a tragic past, an uncertain future, and a passion for solving puzzles. As a member of the Toronto Police Service Hold-Up Squad, Jack is tired of always having to clean up after the fact. When the blueprints of a robbery that has yet to take place land on his desk, there's only one problem...he can't read a word of them. The details of the heist are contained on a computer hard drive, protected by an unbreakable security code, seized in an explosive p...

Get ahead in HTML5, including markup, styling, and scripting, with many practical examples and best practice insights. You’ll quickly understand HTML5 markup elements and when to use them, and then apply the latest CSS3 features to create amazing web pages.Pro HTML5 with CSS, JavaScript, and Multimedia teaches the fundamentals of client-side scripting and covers the immense functionality available with HTML5. Learn to use JavaScript to create web applications that are dyna...

The wizard Herloff has been commissioned to bring justice to his his late master who has been murdered by a renegade witch. With him is his errant apprentice, a freshly appointed wizard and then Blackblade - someone who knows how to use a sword. Along the way they attract a gathering of unlikely heroes, each with reasons of their own for wanting the success or failure of the mission. As the company endure many confrontations and terrors, little does Herloff realise the future of the kingdo...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Vesperos knew he was in for a hard life, and that it would begin before he was ready. In slavery to piracy and all that he endures, he is determined to maintain his integrity - whatever the cost. Meanwhile his best friend is in tow with a wizard desperately trying to track him down and unbeknown to them all another party seeks his life. A friend in need is a friend indeed, but does Vesperos actually need his friends?

Vesperos had been fully content shepherding his sheep daily in his quiet village. Never in his wildest dreams would he have had any inkling of travelling foreign lands having been sold into slavery, and even less, making powerful enemies along the way. Had he given more consideration to the oracle given him years earlier rather than continue to push it carelessly to the back of his mind, he might have been better prepared for his ominous fate.This is another tale in the series of t...

Narrated by Silvane, an apprentice to the wizard Herloff, this tale of heroics and foolishness relates a mission to eliminate a renegade witch, Rhavinia. On their way as they gather an unlikely company of heroes, they realise the degree of the complexity of their task. Essentially the future of the kingdom rests on their success or failure and Rhavinia is tougher than anyone dared to dream. As Silvane narrates, we have insights about the world of wizards that is aloof from the ordinary wor...

A wizard must be found!In a world where might and magic are like two opposing magnets, King Tell has banished wizards. The simple edict turns into a nightmare for him.The king is cursed, the land is cursed, as is the knight Mordrak who is commissioned to find a wizard. Everything depends upon an apprentice wizard who would rather see him dead.Then there's Mordrak's sister for whom he has great plans, but she has ideas of her own destiny, although the world is nothin...