Beyond Astura

Beyond Astura

Author: R.V. Johnson

Publisher: Lost In New World Publishing

Published: 2021-01-30

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 0986165549

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One touch kills. But not at first. Even so, you may wish it had. Beyond Astura is a grand science fiction-epic fantasy reminiscent of The Wheel of Time, The Belgariad, and The Lord of the Rings series all rolled into one. In the third novel of the series, “The Flow of Power”, all sentient beings face a mind afflicting evil, a deadly foe no one could prepare for. The existence and power of the insidious, and alien, One Mind can no longer be denied as it closes in on Crystalyn Creek. She is the only being—a mere human—that has ever thwarted its raw hunger to feed on the emotions and memories stemming from brain neurons throughout its long lifespan. With her sister Jade as the unwilling host, the parasitic creature is far stronger than it ever has been. Defeating such evil without harming her sibling becomes a desperate trial of instinct and survival. With the power of the great river of magic dwindling, Crystalyn’s symbol magic is crucial against the alien’s aggression, with its horde of controlled people and a black dragon. Meanwhile, a young and untrained User of magic makes his way across the land unknowingly tied to Crystalyn’s fate. Even with their collective strength, it may not be enough for anyone to survive what came from the cold darkness of space. Whether of Dark or Light affinity, human or nonhuman, all must stand against it or succumb to a state of mind worse than death…


Beyond The Silver River

Beyond The Silver River

Author: Jimmy Burns

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1448207134

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During the five years Jimmy Burns was based in Buenos Aires, which resulted in his award-winning study of the Falklands War and its aftermath, The Land That Lost Its Heroes, he also embarked on further-flung journeys in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile. 'Each South American country is idiosyncratic - it brings out our individual fantasies and forces us to interpret anew,' writes Burns. Certainly to travel with him is to trace the footprints of history - conquest and subjugation, defiance and hope - yet to encounter at each turn a fresh observation, the unexpected. He conducts us by steam train up the Andes and down to the treacherous depths of a Bolivian tin mine. We find a hotbed of Argentine loyalties in Tierra del Fuego, beaches of bodies beautiful in Brazil and Peruvian streets where fanatical Sendero Luminoso guerrillas wage a permanent power struggle with the military. Burns introduces us to Sixto Vazquez, Indian intellectual with an unshakeable faith in legend and animism; to Tina, White Russian Duchess of Platinov, who now presides over an eerie domain of enormous moths in the Ecuadorian rain forest; to Father Renato Hevia, the editor of a Jesuit magazine in Chile who is harassed and detained if he fails to mention Pinochet in even one edition. To this journey of discovery Jimmy Burns brings all the clarity of vision and eloquence of expression for which he was awarded the 1988 Somerset Maugham Award for Non-fiction.


On Style in Victorian Fiction

On Style in Victorian Fiction

Author: Daniel Tyler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-01-06

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1108583490

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Suited to students and scholars alike, On Style in Victorian Fiction provides a timely and passionate argument for attending to the style of Victorian fiction as inseparable from meaning. Including a broad scope of major novelists from this period, the volume is indispensable for anyone working on Victorian literature.


Promised to the Beta (Book Two)

Promised to the Beta (Book Two)

Author: Bella Lore

Publisher: Bella Lore

Published: 2024-08-09

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1094386561

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As autumn leaves fall around the urban wolfpack, Lucy emerges from Mia's shadow only to find herself in a tumultuous love triangle. Celebrating Mia's victory, a chance encounter leads her to Damian, a seductive rogue Alpha with dark intentions. Caught between the steadfast Beta Max and her forbidden attraction to Damian, Lucy must navigate a path filled with shocking twists and sensual encounters. But when Damian pulls her into his dangerous world, Lucy's rare ability to connect minds becomes key to survival. With hearts and fates on the line, will Lucy's choice lead to love or war?