When he returns home after fighting in the English Civil War, Fenlander Tom Swainson is full of hope for a New Age of equality where the rights of commoners will be protected, as promised by his old commander, Oliver Cromwell. But although the hamlet where he lives was untouched by the fighting, he finds that much has changed during his absence. His wife is with child by his friend, Matthew Hobday, and his livelihood is threatened by the 'Venturers', who wish to enclose and drain the Fens....

In "Life and Bloody Career of the Executed Criminal, James Copeland, the Great Southern Land Pirate," J. R. S. Pitts meticulously chronicles the notorious exploits of one of the South's most infamous figures. This gripping narrative intertwines elements of true crime and historical biography, reflecting the intricate tapestry of 19th-century American society. Pitts employs a vivid and engaging prose style that immerses readers in the perilous world of piracy, lawlessness, and moral ambigui...

There is, perhaps, nothing within the sphere of human operations which more affect the present and future generations, either for good or evil, than a faithful narration of history and biography. But the effects, either for better or worse, depend pretty much on the comments and conclusions of the historian and biographer themselves. He may have an unprejudiced mind, he may chronicle the events of a nation faithfully and correctly, and he may be capable of delineating the mighty strokes an...

When Tark discovers salt crystals on the edge of the lake that is the centre of his people's lives, it presages disaster. Forced to flee alone after fire and flood ravage his home, he comes to a land of plenty across the desert but it is already occupied by the xenophobic Valley People. He learns to assimilate into their culture but when the survivors of his own clan arrive he is faced with an irresolvable dilemma. Whichever side he chooses, he will betray people he loves.Shrortlis...

‘Out of field, out of fen, out of forest we roseputting fear behind us. Foe fled before us:hard-handed death-dealers, wolf-howling warriors,fierce in fealty; our swords glittered in the sunlight . . . .’Edward the Confessor is dead, England is at peace and Hereward, son of Eorl Leofric, returns from exile to his ancestral lands. But peace is short-lived and when Norman invaders murder his foster-brother,...

When ten-year-old Ellie is taken from her parents' farm, the consequences endanger a society unknown to the modern world. Her abductor belongs to a relict population of indigenous Tasmanians who live deep in the South West Wilderness as they and their ancestors have done for millennia, avoiding all contact with the modern world, and while Ellie learns to assimilate into his culture, her presence threatens to destroy him and all his people.

To its first people, Trouwerner was the world. They lived there according to the seasons and ancient traditions, as their ancestors had done for countless generations. Then the island was discovered by Europeans. It became 'Van Diemen's Land', and everything changed.Through the life of one man and his kin, this series of short stories chronicles the fate of the aboriginal Tasmanians from the first sighting of a sail in 1792 to their internment on Flinder's Island in 1835.

Set in the Fens during the Civil War of the 1640's, Four Wonders is a novella that explores the nature of magic. When the narrator's abusive father sells her to a mysterious stranger, a new exciting world opens to her. Her new master, Reynauld Sely, is a man of many talents: alchemist, historian, possessor of arcane secrets, and member of a Guild whose quest is the pursuit of Truth, and he is eager to share his knowledge. Yet this is a time in which the boundaries between ...

Ion Channels in Health and Disease provides key insight to allow researchers to generate discoveries across disease states. A single resource that integrates disparate areas of biology and disease ion channel biology, this publication includes cross-referencing for disease, channels, and tissues. Offers a broad view of research of interest to early and experienced researchers across biological and biomedical research. - Provides an overview of fundamental concepts in ion channels research ...

Author's Note - The following story takes place in the same world as my novel Blood Song, the first volume in the Raven’s Shadow trilogy. I wrote it because I wanted to more fully explore characters who appear in Blood Song and the sequels Tower Lord and Queen of Fire. Readers familiar with my work are sure to recognise a certain pale-eyed, raspy voiced Sword Master of the Sixth Order and those curious as to the origins of the Tower Lord...

The first four volumes of The Fireblade Array.Artemi, Morghiad and Silar fight fate, nature and themselves to stay alive, to stay together and to keep the world from burning.The bundle includes the books City of Blaze, Nation of Blaze, Anomaly of Blaze and Blazed Union.

An empress seeks her lost son as rival factions prepare for war in the long-awaited third novel of this acclaimed fantasy epic.As Fanim war-drums beat just outside the city, the Empress Anasurimbor Esmenet searches frantically throughout the palace for her missing son Kelmomas.Many miles away, Esmenet's husband's Great Ordeal continues its epic march further north. But in light of dwindling supplies, the Aspect-Emperor's decision to allow his men to consume t...