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Download or read book Desert Blade written by Ella Drake and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the post-apocalyptic Midwest, now a ravaged dust bowl, former guardsman Derek Covington must find help for a sick boy. With nothing but memories of all he lost, Derek crosses the desert alone in search of the doctor who saved his own life ten years ago. Drifter gangs who loot and pillage don't dare come near, for Derek has a formidable weapon: a prosthetic arm with a deadly blade. For a decade, Dr. Lidia Sullivan has fantasized about the handsome guardsman who'd been in her care. And now she can't deny his dangerous request. But as they make the treacherous journey back to Old St. Louis, they must contend with much more than fierce desert winds and their unthinkable attraction. A fearless gang has spotted Lidia—a rare woman—and will fight Derek to the death to get her. And though he risks his life to save her for the sake of the child who needs her, she fears there's one thing Derek will never risk: his heart. 27,000 words
Book Synopsis The Desert and the Blade by : S. M. Stirling
Download or read book The Desert and the Blade written by S. M. Stirling and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Novels of the Change, New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling presents “a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF.”* Continuing their quest that began in The Golden Princess, two future rulers of a world without technology risk their lives seeking a fabled blade… Reiko, Empress of Japan, has allied herself with Princess Órlaith, heir to the High Kingdom of Montival, to find the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, a legendary treasure of an ancient dynasty that confers valor and victory to its bearer. Órlaith understands all too well the power it signifies. Her own inherited blade, the Sword of the Lady, was both a burden and a danger to her father, Rudi Mackenzie, as it failed to save the king from being assassinated. But the fabled sword lies deep with the Valley of Death, and the search will be far from easy. And war is building, in Montival and far beyond. As Órlaith and Reiko encounter danger and wonder, Órlaith’s mother, Queen Matildha, believes her daughter’s alliance and quest has endangered the entire realm. There are factions both within and without Montival whose loyalty died with the king, and whispers of treachery and war grow ever louder. And the Malevolence that underlies the enemy will bend all its forces to destroy them. *Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Book Synopsis The Assassin and the Desert by : Sarah J. Maas
Download or read book The Assassin and the Desert written by Sarah J. Maas and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most feared assassin hones her craft...and her blade. The Silent Assassins of the Red Desert aren't much for conversation, and Celeana Sardothien wouldn't have it any other way. She's not there to chatter, she's there to learn their ways. Quiet suits her just fine-until she begins to suspect there's a traitor in the fortress, and she must determine which of the mute and mysterious assassins is her deadly adversary.
Book Synopsis The Desert of Souls by : Howard Andrew Jones
Download or read book The Desert of Souls written by Howard Andrew Jones and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The glittering tradition of sword-and-sorcery sweeps into the sands of ancient Arabia with the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish in this thrilling debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones In 8th century Baghdad, a stranger pleads with the vizier to safeguard the bejeweled tablet he carries, but he is murdered before he can explain. Charged with solving the puzzle, the scholar Dabir soon realizes that the tablet may unlock secrets hidden within the lost city of Ubar, the Atlantis of the sands. When the tablet is stolen from his care, Dabir and Captain Asim are sent after it, and into a life and death chase through the ancient Middle East. Stopping the thieves—a cunning Greek spy and a fire wizard of the Magi—requires a desperate journey into the desert, but first Dabir and Asim must find the lost ruins of Ubar and contend with a mythic, sorcerous being that has traded wisdom for the souls of men since the dawn of time. But against all these hazards there is one more that may be too great even for Dabir to overcome... Advance Praise for THE DESERT OF SOULS: "The Desert of Souls is filled with adventure, magic, compelling characters and twists that are twisty. This is seriously cool stuff." -- Steven Brust, New York Times bestselling author of the Vlad Taltos series "A grand and wonderful adventure filled with exotic magic and colorful places — like a cross between Sinbad and Indiana Jones." -- Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of The Map of All Things "Like the genie of the lamp, Howard Jones has granted this reader's wish for a fresh, exciting take on the venerable genre of sword-and-sorcery!" -- Richard A. Knaak, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Legends of the Dragonrealm "Howard Andrew Jones spins an exciting and suspenseful tale in his historical fantasy debut. A rich, detailed tapestry -- part Arthur Conan Doyle, part Robert E. Howard, and part Omar Khayyam, woven in the magical thread of One Thousand And One Nights." -- E.E. Knight, Author of the bestselling Vampire Earth "An entertaining and enjoyable journey into a world of djinns and magic far darker than expected, yet one that ends with hope, both for the characters... and that there will be yet another book." -- L. E. Modesitt, Jr, author of the Recluse Saga, the Imager Portfolio, and the Corean Chronicles "A modern iteration of old school storytelling. Highly recommended to anyone in search of a fun run through strange lands and times." -- Glen Cook, author of The Black Company Series "Howard Jones wields magic like a subtle blade and action like a mighty cleaver in his scimitars and sorcery tale, weaving together Arabian myth, history, and some honest-to-gosh surprises to create a unique story that you'll not soon forget." -- Monte Cook, author of The Dungeon Masters Guide, 3rd Edition "A rousing tale of swords against sorcery. Howard Jones writes with wit and flair. His world is involving, authentic and skilfully evoked. The best fantasy novel I have read all year." -- William King, Author of the Space Wolf trilogy and creator of Gotrek and Felix "A whirlwind tale of deserts, djinn and doors to other worlds, told in a voice perfectly pitched for the style and setting." -- Nathan Long, author of Bloodborn and Shamanslayer "An Arabian Nights adventure as written by Robert E Howard. It is exciting, inventive, and most of all fun." -- Dave Drake, author of The Legion of Fire
Book Synopsis The Desert and the Blade by : S. M. Stirling
Download or read book The Desert and the Blade written by S. M. Stirling and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Novels of the Change, New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling presents "a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF."* Continuing their quest that began in The Golden Princess, two future rulers of a world without technology risk their lives seeking a fabled blade... Reiko, Empress of Japan, has allied herself with Princess Órlaith, heir to the High Kingdom of Montival, to find the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, a legendary treasure of an ancient dynasty that confers valor and victory to its bearer. Órlaith understands all too well the power it signifies. Her own inherited blade, the Sword of the Lady, was both a burden and a danger to her father, Rudi Mackenzie, as it failed to save the king from being assassinated. But the fabled sword lies deep with the Valley of Death, and the search will be far from easy. And war is building, in Montival and far beyond. As Órlaith and Reiko encounter danger and wonder, Órlaith's mother, Queen Matildha, believes her daughter's alliance and quest has endangered the entire realm. There are factions both within and without Montival whose loyalty died with the king, and whispers of treachery and war grow ever louder. And the Malevolence that underlies the enemy will bend all its forces to destroy them. *Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Book Synopsis A Desert Torn Asunder by : Bradley P. Beaulieu
Download or read book A Desert Torn Asunder written by Bradley P. Beaulieu and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final book in The Song of the Shattered Sands series closes the epic fantasy saga in a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and pulse-pounding action. The plans of the desert gods are coming to fruition. Meryam, the deposed queen of Qaimir, hopes to raise the buried elder god, Ashael, an event that would bring ruin to the desert. Çeda and Emre sail for their ancestral home to bring the traitor, Hamid, to justice. To their horror, they discover that the desert tribes have united under Hamid's banner. Their plan? A holy crusade to annihilate Sharakhai, a thing long sought by many in the tribes. In Sharakhai, meanwhile, the blood mage, Davud, examines the strange gateway between worlds, hoping to find a way to close it. And King Ihsan hunts for Meryam, but always finds himself two steps behind. When Meryam raises Ashael, all know the end is near. Ashael means to journey to the land that was denied to him an age ago, no matter the cost to the desert. It now falls to Çeda and her unlikely assortment of allies to find a way to unite not only the desert tribes and the people of Sharakhai, but the city's invaders as well. Even if they do, stopping Ashael will cost them dearly, perhaps more than all are willing to pay.
Book Synopsis Desert Shield and Desert Storm by : Howard K. Butler
Download or read book Desert Shield and Desert Storm written by Howard K. Butler and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August the 2nd, 1990, and the resultant decision by the President to deploy land, air, and naval forces to protect Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led, since August the 8th, 1990, to a steady, measured commitment of soldiers, sailors, airmen and supporting equipment to Southwest Asia. That commitment, which began approaching its apparent apex by early November, suddenly broadened on the 8th of that month when the President expanded the original defensive objective to entail the liberation of Kuwait. His policy addendum called for doubling the 200,000 men in Southwest Asia to about 400,000, and he gave Iraq a January the 15th, 1991 deadline to quit Kuwait or face massive military force. Overall American policy in this matter could, therefore, be considered roughly three-phased: one, the original defensive deployment of 200,000 strong, August 8-November 8, 1990; two, the reinforcement to attack strength of about 400,000, November 8, 1990, to January 15, 1991; and three, January 16, 1991, to February 27, 1991- war.
Book Synopsis Surviving the Desert by : Gregory J. Davenport
Download or read book Surviving the Desert written by Gregory J. Davenport and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Travel safely through extreme environments • Find water, dress for the environment, create a campsite, signal, and navigate in the desert • Series author Greg Davenport has appeared on ABC's Primetime Thursday and CBS's 48 Hours The techniques and equipment necessary for surviving in the desert are made more challenging by the intense sunlight, wide temperature range, sparse vegetation, and sandstorms, but Greg Davenport shares how to deal with the toughest conditions. Learn how to avoid insects and snakes. Photos and drawings illustrate gear and techniques necessary for survival in the rough and dangerous terrain.
Book Synopsis The Jepson Desert Manual by : Jepson Herbarium
Download or read book The Jepson Desert Manual written by Jepson Herbarium and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-03-28 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This impressive, streamlined new field guide to plants of California deserts is based on The Jepson Manual and is truly a handbook to be carried in the field. It offers new introductory discussions, many new illustrations, revised user-friendly keys, updated distribution information, flowering times. . . and handsome color photos of many species. This marvelous book demonstrates that our deserts are not barren wastes but treasure houses filled with an abundance of floristic riches."—Robert Ornduff, author of Introduction to California Plant Life "This is a marvelously useful guide to the plants of California’s deserts, clearly-written and well-organized. An invaluable companion to those who delight in the unusual and beautiful plants of these scenic areas."—Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden "This much-needed volume incorporates new information about the status and range of many California desert plants. This book will facilitate access to information about our deserts, and will lead to increased respect and attention to them. We warmly welcome it."—Jake Sigg, President, California Native Plant Society
Book Synopsis Beautiful Star And I On Desert Island by : Feng Feiyang
Download or read book Beautiful Star And I On Desert Island written by Feng Feiyang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 1335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I went to Rio to watch the Olympics, but unexpectedly, I met with a plane crash and landed on a deserted island. At the same time, I landed on a desert island with a few beautiful celebrities ...
Book Synopsis Desert Sundays by : William T. Goodman
Download or read book Desert Sundays written by William T. Goodman and published by Oak Lee Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William T. Goodman's debut novel takes us on a mesmerizing journey of linked narratives that speak to the richness and rawness of the human experience. Through unusual circumstances, three unlikely and uniquely different people come together in the small desert community of Lunden, Arizona. All three are products of their turbulent pasts, possessing deep flaws as well as remarkable qualities. The bond they form is of the intensity most people are lucky to experience once in a lifetime, if ever. Tom is a forty-one-year-old college professor from Kingston, New York. He teaches English Literature as does his wife. With their marriage crumbling, Tom takes a sabbatical to reevaluate his life. He is brilliant, but often socially awkward. Seeking a completely new environment in which to sort himself out, he finds Lunden, Arizona. Tom's immense intellect and personal evolution drive the novel forward. Mae is a thirty-nine-year-old accountant and part time singer from Tennessee. She married her high school sweetheart soon after graduation. The marriage ends tragically, but Mae puts herself through college and then leaves Tennessee behind. Some years later, after quitting an accounting job in Tucson, Mae's car overheats on a back road leading to the Grand Canyon. Without cell phone service, she is stranded until a Native American in an open yellow Jeep happens by, arranges for a tow and brings her to Lunden, Arizona. Joseph is a twenty-nine-year-old part-Crow Indian from Montana. Soon after his birth Joseph's single, teenage mother abandons him and leaves the state. Her older sister and white husband raise Joseph on their ranch. He is educated away from the reservation, and after college graduation, the young and idealistic Joseph returns to the reservation of his birth to teach high school. His optimism quickly changes to disillusionment and then disappears altogether when a violent altercation in the classroom ends his teaching career. Joseph leaves Montana for a warmer climate where he intends to lead a solitary, primal existence. He rents a simple house in the desert outside Lunden, Arizona. As the small desert town of Lunden gradually reveals its darker underbelly of sex, violence and racism, the novel's realism intimately captivates us. With diverse characters brought to life through a mixture of sometimes emotional, humorous, moving, shocking and heartbreakingly tragic developments as well as flashback revelations, Desert Sundays unfolds like an ingenious jigsaw puzzle. Propelled toward an explosive finale, the novel compels us to reexamine concepts of legal versus moral justice, loyalty, degrees of personal loss, prejudice and even the possibility of metaphysical predetermination. Desert Sundays strikingly showcases the complexities of contemporary America, and with masterful insight, the novel vividly captures life's intensity, touching our hearts, our hopes and our fears. "My mother used to tell me that we are all born pulling a cart. As life progresses we fill the cart with our experiences - some good, some bad. This becomes our baggage cart. Certain people use it to build fortunes and empires, while others are crushed under the weight of their own baggage and never create anything.” - Joseph Curly of Desert Sundays -
Download or read book Blade's Edge written by Val Roberts and published by Wylde Hare Press. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Assassin's Blade by : Sarah J. Maas
Download or read book The Assassin's Blade written by Sarah J. Maas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twist of a knife. The birth of a legend. Step into the world of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas with this collection of prequel novellas. Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom's most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful Assassin's Guild and its scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, she yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. But when Arobynn dispatches her on missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, Celaena finds herself acting independently of his wishes and questioning her own allegiance. If she hopes to escape Arobynn's clutches, Celaena will have to put her faith in her wits and her blade . . . knowing that if she fails, she'll lose not just a chance at freedom but her life. A prequel to the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass, this collection of five novellas explores the history of this cunning assassin and her enthralling-and deadly-world. Included in this volume: The Assassin and the Pirate Lord The Assassin and the Healer The Assassin and the Desert The Assassin and the Underworld The Assassin and the Empire
Book Synopsis The Official Overstreet Identification and Price Guide to Indian Arrowheads by : Robert M. Overstreet
Download or read book The Official Overstreet Identification and Price Guide to Indian Arrowheads written by Robert M. Overstreet and published by House of Collectibles. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Price guide to Indian arrowheads. Offers the actual-size, pictures, giving collectors an enormous advantage in identifying and valuing their arrowheads.
Book Synopsis An Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism by : Steven A. Rosen
Download or read book An Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism written by Steven A. Rosen and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Negev focuses on two primary purposes, one theoretical/methodological and the second substantive. Briefly stated, the book comprises a case study of excavations at an early (ca. 2800 B.C.) pastoral site in the Negev, providing detailed analyses and a synthetic overview of a seasonal encampment from this early period in the evolution of desert pastoral societies. It thus both demonstrates the feasibility of an archaeology of early mobile pastoralism and grapples with the basic anthropological and methodological issues surrounding the subject. Substantively, both the architectural and material culture assemblages uncovered constitute the first detailed analysis of this early desert culture and include materials previously unreported for the region and period. Historically, the Camel Site is placed in a larger perspective of the beginnings of multiresource nomadism in relation to the rise of complex societies.
Book Synopsis Desert Survival Skills by : David Alloway
Download or read book Desert Survival Skills written by David Alloway and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “authoritative, comprehensive, well written, and entertaining” guide to staying alive in the desert from a Texas Parks and Wildlife veteran (Library Journal). Remote desert locations, including the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, draw adventurers of all kinds, from the highly skilled and well prepared to urban cowboys who couldn’t lead themselves, much less a horse, to water. David Alloway’s goal in this book is to help all of them survive when circumstances beyond their control strand them in the desert environment. In simple, friendly language, enlivened with humor and stories from his own extensive experience, Alloway—a naturalist and search-and-rescue veteran who’s worked with the US Air Force on survival skills—here offers a practical, comprehensive handbook for both short-term and long-term survival in the Chihuahuan and other North American deserts.
Book Synopsis The Sword of the Lady by : S. M. Stirling
Download or read book The Sword of the Lady written by S. M. Stirling and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This new novel of the Change is quite probably the finest by an author who has been growing in skill and imagination for more than twenty-five years.” – Booklist (Starred Review) Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed long and far across the land that was once the United States of America, seeking the shore where the sun rises, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as the Change. His quest ends in Nantucket, an island overrun with forest, inhabited by a mere two hundred people, who claim to have been transported there from out of time. Only one odd stone house remains standing. Within it, Rudi finds a beautifully made sword seemingly waiting for him. And once he takes it up, nothing for Rudi—or for the world that he knows—will ever be the same…
