Dragons multiply within the shadows of the forest. Only the Castle and the Scroll stand against them. But when Caleb decides to join the forces of the Great King, he discovers that the schemes of the enemy run far deeper than anyone could have imagined. Faced with the hard realities of the Scroll, Caleb is faced with a difficult choice. The path he chooses will take him into a realm of the Kingdom that he never expected to find.
Young Hunter knew very little about his family’s history. After experiencing a very embarrassing moment at school, Hunter knew he must discover who his ancestors are. By simply asking his grandpa where his ancestors came from, it opened the door to the most outrageous adventure of his life. He learned all about his namesake, Sir Hunter, who was the leader of the Royalmen who served the Queen of the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter led the Royalmen in all battles to safeguard the land of the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter encountered numerous challenges that were extremely dangerous and frightening, while returning from battle to the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter knew he must fulfill his obligations to the Queen. The most powerful of all queens. This Queen wrote everything in scrolls, the same scrolls that young Hunter found. Young Hunter soon understood why he was named Hunter and was given a mission by the Queen. This was a very important mission that will change the way of the world. With young Hunter’s new founded friend Galaxy, the leader of all the Queen’s fairies, Hunter and Izzy made their assigned mission their own life endeavor. Their new endeavor will be a crucial element to the human race.
“A page-turner of a fantasy with elements of humor as well as intrigue, swordplay, and librarian-versus-hostile-book combat.” —Booklist “A fast-paced, engaging adventure.” —Publishers Weekly “One for the books.” —Kirkus Reviews From Sarah Prineas, author of the acclaimed Magic Thief series, comes a stunning new tween fantasy where books literally come to life! The powerful Lost Books at the palace library are infecting the rest with an evil magic, and two unlikely friends must figure out who, or what, is controlling the books and their power. If they can’t, the entire kingdom could be at risk. Sarah Prineas returns to her classic middle grade roots with this imaginative, fast-paced adventure for book lovers everywhere.
The Shadow Scrolls is a new novel series by PD Lorenz. Book One, The Vale of Blood, follows the coming of age adventures of young Jonathan of Scharp and the girl, quite literally, of his dreams. Swept away from the relative safe haven that is Irenay and the land of his birthright, Jonathan finds himself wrapped up into the mysterious City of Gish and the plight of its people. Upon arrival, he becomes enfolded into an insurgent assassin's sect called, The Shade. However, just beyond his meteoric rise through the ranks of power lies a snake in waiting... A serpent called betrayal whose venomous strike condemns our hero to a horrifying existence, leaving one question to linger on the edge of eternity... Can hope and the light of redemption rise out of the ashes of a life poorly chosen...?
Three-dimensional -- and collapsible -- castles can be made with a scroll saw with the help of these innovative patterns and techniques. The designs are cut flat and then layered to create depth. Instruction is given on choosing the best wood, as well as how to best cut the various parts of the projects, such as roads, drawbridges, spires, and heart-shaped windows.
An epic novel that takes you deeper into the world and history of Basilisk! To resolve a clash over succession, the shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa has devised the ultimate contest. Two rival ninja clans, the Kouga and the Iga, will meet in a battle to the death. The victor will rule Japan for the next thousand years. But in the midst of this bloody war, an unlikely romance blooms between Gennosuke of the Kouga clan and Oboro of the Iga clan. Gennosuke and Oboro are the next leaders of their clans and their fates are inextricably bound with that of their families. In the colossal fight, the star-crossed lovers are faced with a fatal choice between true love and destiny. Can romance conquer a four-hundred-year-old rivalry? Or is their love fated to end in death?
These short, practical, life-changing studies and activities are packed with wisdom from God's Word, truths that young men need to know as they navigate the paths that lead to an adult life of integrity and honor. An optional Squires of the Lantern Ceremony is also included as an exciting and memorable way to formally celebrate a son's growth.
An unexpected knock at the door of his cottage will forever change the life of young Rennis. With an unsettling warning of impending danger and a compelling invitation, he escapes from the Tresed Valley, traverses the Plains of Eil, and finds himself standing before the gate of the Castle of Ekklesia. Follow his journey as it takes him through the Cross-Gate into a palace fi lled with mystery and intrigue. Graced with a new identity (now called "Nevigrof ") and a new life purpose, "Nev" will spend a lifetime unlocking and exploring the castle's innumerable rooms. Discover with him the secrets of passage that will lead him to the castle's upper levels and consequently to a higher understanding of the castle's Master. Be warned: the way is difficult, riddled with unforeseen dangers, as the Master's enemies stop at nothing to frustrate Nev's progress. Even the Great Dragon, Reficul himself, openly defies him. Will Nev survive the onslaught? And can he overcome the greatest challenge to his resolve his own flawed humanity? A gripping allegorical tale of life and death, defeat and victory, as well as love and loss, you will be enriched as you identify with the similarities in your own life journey and are challenged with life-altering choices of your own.
As the visual representation of an essentially oral text, Sylvia Huot points out, the medieval illuminated manuscript has a theatrical, performative quality. She perceives the tension between implied oral performance and real visual artifact as a fundamental aspect of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century poetics. In this generously illustrated volume, Huot examines manuscript texts both from the performance-oriented lyric tradition of chanson courtoise, or courtly love lyric, and from the self-consciously literary tradition of Old French narrative poetry. She demonstrates that the evolution of the lyrical romance and dit, narrative poems which incorporate thematic and rhetorical elements of the lyric, was responsible for a progressive redefinition of lyric poetry as a written medium and the emergence of an explicitly written literary tradition uniting lyric and narrative poetics. Huot first investigates the nature of the vernacular book in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, analyzing organization, page layout, rubrication, and illumination in a series of manuscripts. She then describes the relationship between poetics and manuscript format in specific texts, including works by widely read medieval authors such as Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun, and Guillaume de Machaut, as well as by lesser-known writers including Nicole de Margival and Watriquet de Couvin. Huot focuses on the writers' characteristic modifications of lyric poetics; their use of writing and performance as theme; their treatment of the poet as singer or writer; and of the lady as implied reader or listener; and the ways in which these features of the text were elaborated by scribes and illuminators. Her readings reveal how medieval poets and book-makers conceived their common project, and how they distinguished their respective roles.
