Christianity Today 2024 Book Award Finalist (Culture and the Arts)Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press.In The Evangelical Imagination, acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior analyzes the literature, art, and popular culture that has surrounded evangelicalism and unpacks some of the movement's most deeply held concepts, ideas, values, and practices....

The Nameless Dwarf is condemned to always wear a great helm forged from ocras, the mythical ore of the underworld. Without it, he would fall prey to the power of the Black Axe and once more become the Ravine Butcher.After a year of fighting in other people's wars, Nameless receives a visit from a faen, one of the underworld tricksters, who tells him the day he has long waited for has arrived. The philosopher Aristodeus has devised a plan to destroy the Black Axe and free Nameless f...

"Shader is a triumph of fantasy!" (Journal of Always)"Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes." (Mitchell Hogan)When a powerful artifact is stolen from the Abbey of Pardes, the holy knight Deacon Shader is sent to retrieve it.But events have already spiraled out of control: plague spreads across the land, the dead rise from ...

A hundred years ago, the world was gripped by a pandemic. Today the world is again in the grips of an uncaring and unrelenting pandemic. When will the next one come, will we be ready?This book seeks to compare Covid-19 with the Spanish Flu, with a view to extracting and documenting the lessons we have learned, and should have learned. Armed with this information, we can be better prepared for when the next pandemic strikes.

**Don't miss Granny McCreedy's brand-new adventure in Gone with the Penguins - out now!**A Richard & Judy Book Club and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.A truly feel-good book club read - a #1 bestseller in ebook and audio!'This year's Eleanor Oliphant . . . Funny, bittersweet and wholly original.' Daily ExpressVeronica McCreedy is about to have the journey of a lifetime . . ....

The Nameless Dwarf is sentenced to death by the survivors of Arx Gravis. It is a fate he willingly accepts.The assassin Ilesa has abandoned him, and so it falls to the rogue Nils and the wizard Silas to stage a rescue.But with the Lich Lord’s grimoire obsessing him more and more, Silas may no longer be in control of his destiny. Sick and close to death, he is haunted by visions of an ebon staff in a forest of tar.As a chilling doom closes in on the ...

The Nameless Dwarf hires the rogue Nils Fargin to track the survivors of Arx Gravis, so he can tell the dwarves the curse of the Black Axe has been lifted and they are safe to return home.The trail leads to the brigand town of Malfen, the gateway to Cerreth, the Land of Nightmare.Nameless and Nils join forces with a shapeshifting assassin and a sorcerer under the sway of a dubious magical grimoire for the hazardous journey ahead.Time is running out ...

The Nameless Dwarf awakens from a year-long slumber, tortured by memories of slaughter. He has become an outcast, a butcher, the most reviled of dwarven kind.Meanwhile, forces of unimaginable destruction coalesce around the mountain fortress of a mad sorcerer, and the philosopher Aristodeus assembles a team of four unlikely heroes for a last desperate attempt to avert the destruction of all things:A pious knight with a wavering faith;An assassin wit...

The Devil has stepped into play. The armies have united, the battle has begun … and the losses are mounting up as the Devil unleashes a torrent of evil onto the allies.With the loss of two of her closest allies, Jasmine turns to the darkness inside her as she comes face to face with the final horseman.But hope is not lost.Her heritage might be angelic … but her nature demands annihilation.The eighth and final book in the Falling series.

Grug loves looking at the pictures in books, but one day he decides to teach himself how to read the words. Soon he can enjoy his favourite book of all - Grug!

The post apocalyptic world has been taken over by paranormal games and the competition for who reigns, is on.In one corner of the globe, Belle and the valkyrie are competing for honor ad prestige, destroying hell beasts to restore peace in the new world.While oblivious to the supernatural competition, Nate, a bounty hunter without equal is on a quest to capture the cold-hearted beauty.While the world around them rages with war and intrigue, the bond between Belle and...

One day, on his way home from shopping, Grug finds his path blocked by a fallen tree.Grug walks around the tree, but then he can’t see the path. He keeps walking, but he’s never been into this part of the forest before.The forest is very dark. And the trees begin to look like faces. Then a wallaby rushes past. Grug is frightened!Although he is very scared, he is also very tired. He closes his eyes and soon he is asleep.When he wakes up, he can see some light com...