Can a Necromancer save a dying world?The Viiminian Empire rots from within, its dominion mere walking corpses and fading memory. Everyone knows its glory is gone. Everyone except Rhea Phuul.Confronted with the painful decay of the once-mighty Empire, Rhea has taken up the mantle of the Eternals: the restoration of her society and its ancient faith. Only when long-forgotten duties are carried out might the Empire again find renewal.But Rhea must conv...

Rising like a limestone fortress from the deep blue Tyrrhenian Sea, the island of Capri has captivated travellers for millennia. Once the seat of Roman imperial power — where Emperor Tiberius ruled the known world from his cliff-top palace — Capri is far more than a destination for chic boutiques and luxury yachts. It is a living museum of ancient engineering, medieval history, and timeless natural wonder.Capri: Big Adventures on a Little Island is a pocket guide designed for visit...

The remote Scottish Islands. Beautiful wild bleak friendly isles cloaked in mist and ancient history. And the little people. Beautiful islands of bizarre brutal murders, a promiscuous academic on St Kilda, tourists executed by ancient barbaric rituals in the Orkneys, British soldiers castrated and murdered in the Shetlands, all in the ruins of an ancient civilisation. A fascination for historic ruins may be a dangerous occupation.

Dr. William Hobbys is a riveting medical romp through the War of the Roses, filled with lusty romance, intrigue, and the answer to a centuries old mystery. Written with historical and scientific accuracy, Dr. William Hobbys chronicles the lascivious adventures of a pioneer in medicine as he stumbles through one of the most dynamic times in western history.

Learning to Be Human is a multidisciplinary educational series that explores the skills, perspectives, and experiences that shape human growth and well-being. Combining personal development, psychology, community engagement, systems thinking, and reflective practice, the series helps readers understand themselves, their relationships, and their role within society.Written for youth, educators, families, and lifelong learners, each volume examines a different aspect...

Wilfred, an Anglo-Saxon youth of the old Druid faith. Survives a Viking massacre and prolonged depression.. Becomes an expert herbalist and protects the natural environment.. Seeks a cure for cancer among the old Anglo-Saxon nine herbs charm ..He becomes an expert but reluctant swordsman cures King Alfred's bowel disease and fights in his shield wall to conquer the Danes....Finds unexpected romance...

Here, between the realms of the Sky Father and Earth Mother, hellhounds race, ghosts drift aimless, and the taniwha stalks. Home fires drive them back, at the same time sparking stories and poems that traverse seconds, eons, and parsecs. Tales of gatekeepers, cloak wearers, and secret keepers. Of pigs with AK-47s or ruby-hued eyes, of love-struck moa, and unruly reflections. Stark truths, and beautiful possibilities…* WINNER * Sir Julius Vogel Award 2019 (SFFANZ) for Best C...

Learning to Be Human is a multidisciplinary educational series that explores the skills, perspectives, and experiences that shape human growth and well-being. Combining personal development, psychology, community engagement, systems thinking, and reflective practice, the series helps readers understand themselves, their relationships, and their role within society.Community Comeback is the third book in the series and explores the role of relationships, belonging, cooperation, and ...

Learning to Be Human is a multidisciplinary educational series that explores the skills, perspectives, and experiences that shape human growth and well-being. Combining personal development, psychology, community engagement, systems thinking, and reflective practice, the series helps readers understand themselves, their relationships, and their role within society.Written for youth, educators, families, and lifelong learners, each volume examines a different aspect of the human exp...

Welcome to the End of the World...and more importantly, what comes after.Disasters have occurred around the country and the world, but we're "getting through it", as Kiwi are apt to do. She'll be right. Life moves on, in some form.Things were bad here in Aotearoa, but in our isolation down under, we've escaped most of the chaos around the world. In fact, we might be the last bastion of humanity on the planet - anybody else home out there? R...

The remote Scottish Islands. Beautiful wild bleak friendly isles cloaked in mist and ancient history. And the little people. Beautiful islands of bizarre brutal murders, a promiscuous academic on St Kilda, tourists executed by ancient barbaric rituals in the Orkneys, British soldiers castrated and murdered in the Shetlands, all in the ruins of an ancient civilisation. A fascination for historic ruins may be a dangerous occupation.

Walking corpses and black-market liquor: the quiet life.Teltö Phuul, Necromancer and Library Clerk, likes his days safe and predictable. Not for him the intrigues of the Viiminian Empire, a gothic monstrosity held together by sheer force of will.Until the Empire's dreaded secret police come knocking. Caught in a web of schemes in the diseased heart of Kuolinako, the underground Imperial capital, Teltö can trust no-one. Not the Northern theocrats who abhor Necromancy, and ce...