The worst choice is sometimes the best choice. Such was the case of Sir Christian de Galis, for thirty-plus years the absolute worst choice to do anything in his particular kingdom. Jesters told jokes about him. Heroes avoided him. Bullies humiliated him. The king got real tired of having him around. What suddenly made him the best choice to go on a quest with the kingdoms scariest lady who looked harmless? As Sir Christian rode to the rescue of the ladys grandson with her equally scary-ye...

Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine the lessons that novelists, philosophers, and political theorists have for democratic societies as they progress towards postmodern skepticism or even disbelief in the absolute principl...

The worst choice continues to be the best choice as the zaniest crew ever collected to save a kingdom, are looking for a few good raiders. Hordes are recruited, but the only ones included in the hilarious rescue of Britta’s grandson (from whom pirates and monsters may need to be rescued) are a pacifistic squire with the world’s most dangerous laundry soap, an unknown bard with a voice that would make the Monster-of-Unheard-of-Savageness run for its life, and a trio of bears that can pulver...

New York Times Bestselling AuthorGive the gift of STARDUST!Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing not even a fallen star, is what he imagined.From the #1 New York Ti...

When a mercenary and his company are charged with putting down a local rebellion, the consequences will be larger than they ever imagined in this action-packed sequel to The Red Knight.Loyalty costs money. Betrayal, on the other hand, is free.When the Emperor is taken hostage, the Red Knight and his men find their services in high demand -- and themselves surrounded by enemies. The country is in revolt, the capital city is besieged and any victory ...

AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW - BANE OF BERNICIA, THE GRIPPING NEW HISTORICAL ADVENTURE IN THE BERNICIA CHRONICLES FROM MATTHEW HARFFY!A gripping, action-packed historical tale set in the world of Matthew Harffy's Bernicia Chronicles.AD 630, Anglo-Saxon Britain. Winter grips the land in its icy fist. Terror stalks the hills, moors and marshes of Bernicia. Livestock and men have been found ripped asunder, their bones gnawed, flesh gorge...

Vividly drawn characters that leap off the page. I loved this novel!"… NYT Best-selling Author Lara Adrian.EVVY Award winner (Colorado Indep. Publisher Assn.) This fast-paced romantic adventure by an Amazon best-selling author is set in autumn, 1448 at England's famed Applewood horse fair. The midnight peace is shattered when monastic knights invade the camp to reclaim a treasured chalice stolen by a Gypsy. The attack sets in motion a string of deadly pursuits, a mystery murd...

A warrior princess must defend her throne is this haunting and romantic YA duology packed with action and romance from critically acclaimed author of the Defy trilogy, Sara B. Larson.On her eighteenth birthday, Princess Evelayn of Eadrolan, the Light Kingdom, can finally access the full range of her magical powers. The light looks brighter, the air is sharper, and the energy she can draw when fighting feels almost limitless. But while her mother, the queen, remains busy at the war ...

Set in an alternate Europe where bloody conflicts rage, the fourth book of the Crown of Stars epic fantasy series continues the world-shaking conflict for the survival of humanityFar beyond the borders of Wendar and Varre, Alain, Liath, Sanglant, and King Henry must make their separate journeys, following twisting roads which will nevertheless lead them all to one fated moment in time….Lost and alone in an unknown country, Alain is caught in a desperate str...

A tale of timeless love, heroic courage ... and a race to change the course of destiny itself. I couldn't put it down. -Anna Elliott, author of the Twilight of Avalon trilogy.Love. Magic. Faith. By the autumn of 537 AD, all who are loyal to King Arthur have retreated to a small parcel of land in north Wales. They are surrounded on all sides, heavily outnumbered, and facing near certain defeat.But Myrddin and Nell, two of the king's companions, have a secre...

Before queenship and Camelot, Guinevere was a priestess of Avalon. She loved another before Arthur, a warrior who would one day betray her.In the war-torn world of late fifth century Britain, young Guinevere faces a choice: stay with her family to defend her home at Northgallis from the Irish, or go to Avalon to seek help for the horrific visions that haunt her. The Sight calls her to Avalon, where she meets Morgan, a woman of questionable parentage who is...

Set in an alternate Europe where bloody conflicts rage, the fifth book of the Crown of Stars epic fantasy series continues the world-shaking conflict for the survival of humanityThe long-dreaded cataclysm is about to descend on the world as the lost land of the Aoi returns to the Earth from which it was cast forth millennia ago. And though Liath has at last found her way back to Earth, she knows disaster will soon follow her. Yet just how little time remains to ave...