Collected for the first time in an omnibus edition, the internationally acclaimed Wolfhound Century trilogy is a perfect blend of fantasy, myth, science fiction and political thriller. Higgins's visionary fantasy trilogy describes a city gripped by fear, controlled by a totalitarian state reminiscent of Stalinist Russia. Worn down by an endless war, the city of Mirgorod is a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret clubs and doomed artists -- as well as golems, giants, and a vast, menacing Angel. Read the complete story of investigator Vissarion Lom in this omnibus edition containing all three books in the trilogy: Wolfhound Century, Truth and Fear, and Radiant State.
Collected for the first time in an omnibus edition, the internationally acclaimed Wolfhound Century trilogy is a perfect blend of fantasy, myth, science fiction and political thriller. Higgins's visionary fantasy trilogy describes a city gripped by fear, controlled by a totalitarian state reminiscent of Stalinist Russia. Worn down by an endless war, the city of Mirgorod is a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret clubs and doomed artists - as well as golems, giants, and a vast, menacing Angel. Read the complete story of investigator Vissarion Lom in this omnibus edition containing all three books in the trilogy: Wolfhound Century, Truth and Fear, and Radiant State.
It is 1800 amid the Hawkesbury and Nepean wars as Andrew Lord and his friend, Aaron Hound, walk the Australian desert in search of a mysterious pyramid. As they battle the extreme elements, the two men soon realise that they are being followed by glowing dirt that eventually transforms into a blue humanoid. After the alien creature announces he is Ziii Caalsar, he asks the men to come with him. When a door appears in the middle of nowhere, the men descend into the earth where Andrew and Aaron learn that Ziii is an ally of the Patrolman race. Their Chief asks Andrew to become a guardian of the Multiverse, a set of finite and infinite universes, and to found an organization with the focus of protecting and safeguarding the entirety of the Multiverse from threats on an Interdimensional scale. As Andrew heads to the centre of the Multiverse with Aaron to recruit new members into the WOLFHOUND organisation, he has no idea what lies ahead, and when the pair pass away a few decades after its left with their one of their most loyal followers House Rangers to continue Andrew’s vision and legacy in order to ensure the protection of Multiverse and to uncover Andrew’s vision of an individual with the initials “JS” with an uncertain journey for their life. it is through this family the Stratocratic Republic Nation of WOLFHOUND evolved into a prominent Empire. In this science fiction adventure, two men create a Nation-like organisation comprised of many residents of the Multiverse with intent on safeguarding and protecting the Multiverse from Interdimensional threats. The adventures true beginning begins when an individual that calls himself Jaden Sinister was sought out by the current heads of state of the now Empire where he meets the likes of Felicity Toothpick and Anton Weber. Embark on this “Story of WOLFHOUND” with Jaden and Felicity; sharing their individual adventures and occasional shared adventures.
A spectre is haunting the empire--the specter of war. Huge stone creatures have fallen from the sky, their bodies littering the countryside. Blood-hungry golems are used to fight a never-ending war for political power. Secret police crush insurgency wherever it's found. Investigator Vissarion Lom has been summoned to Mirrored to quell a new rebellion within the city limits. He's been called because he's an outsider. Because he isn't enmeshed in the city's politics. And because of the piece of stone embedded in his forehead.
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Inspector Vissarion Lom is summoned to the great capital city of Mirgorod to catch the terrorist Josef Kantor. He's been chosen because he's an outsider, impartial to the capital's cruel politics - though not for long. His investigation opens his eyes to a city teeming with corruption: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, and a conspiracy that extends to the upper echelons of the government. But Lom soon has other concerns. Nature is turning against the city, and the horrors of war threaten everyone within its walls.
In 1924, Professor Ueno Eizaburo of Tokyo Imperial University adopted an Akita puppy he named Hachiko. Each evening Hachiko greeted Ueno on his return to Shibuya Station. In May 1925 Ueno died while giving a lecture. Every day for over nine years the Akita waited at Shibuya Station, eventually becoming nationally and even internationally famous for his purported loyalty. A year before his death in 1935, the city of Tokyo erected a statue of Hachiko outside the station. The story of Hachiko reveals much about the place of dogs in Japan's cultural imagination. In the groundbreaking Empire of Dogs, Aaron Herald Skabelund examines the history and cultural significance of dogs in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Japan, beginning with the arrival of Western dog breeds and new modes of dog keeping, which spread throughout the world with Western imperialism. He highlights how dogs joined with humans to create the modern imperial world and how, in turn, imperialism shaped dogs' bodies and their relationship with humans through its impact on dog-breeding and dog-keeping practices that pervade much of the world today. In a book that is both enlightening and entertaining, Skabelund focuses on actual and metaphorical dogs in a variety of contexts: the rhetorical pairing of the Western "colonial dog" with native canines; subsequent campaigns against indigenous canines in the imperial realm; the creation, maintenance, and in some cases restoration of Japanese dog breeds, including the Shiba Inu; the mobilization of military dogs, both real and fictional; and the emergence of Japan as a "pet superpower" in the second half of the twentieth century. Through this provocative account, Skabelund demonstrates how animals generally and canines specifically have contributed to the creation of our shared history, and how certain dogs have subtly influenced how that history is told. Generously illustrated with both color and black-and-white images, Empire of Dogs shows that human-canine relations often expose how people—especially those with power and wealth—use animals to define, regulate, and enforce political and social boundaries between themselves and other humans, especially in imperial contexts.
Empires are forged in fire and quenched by blood. Avery Shetty joined the Marines to pay for his engineering degree. It meant leaving behind the woman of his dreams. Now it might mean losing his life. When an ancient alien threat rises, Avery finds himself on the front line of a war he can’t understand, facing a relentless and merciless enemy. What had been an attempt to create a peaceful galactic union becomes a desperate gambit for survival. This struggle could destroy more than his dreams—it could be the end of the human race. If you’re a fan of epic tales of action, intrigue, and war, then you’ll love Forge of Empire, the first book in The Chronicle of the Final Light series.
