Truth of a Betrayer
Truth of a Betrayer

Author: Nathalie M.L. Römer

Publisher: Emerentsia Publications

Published: 2021-08-24

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 9188459152

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The coastal city of Achellon is one of the last strongholds of Keldarra. It is protected by Magi, who seemingly keep it safe from attack by Wolf Riders. When they arrive at the city they are greeted with suspicion, doubt, fear. Marrida already knows what fate awaits her in the city. When her predictions come true it is up to Alagur to gain the trust of the citizens. The South Spires is the bastion of Magi. What Alagur discovers quickly is that it does not serve as a haven but as an instrument of fear. He has tried to put aside his old life as a Wolf Rider. This city forces him to confront this past...

Tainted Truth
Tainted Truth

Author: Nathalie M.L. Römer

Publisher: Emerentsia Publications

Published: 2019-03-19

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 9188459802

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When truth and lies have been used as a weapon. When you fight an enemy from the past using lies, and truth becomes the weapon with which you fight that enemy. The story takes you to an ancient land under siege. The history of Keldarra is long but forgotten. A distant past when someone knew the Wolf Riders would rise. They also knew they would come to an end. The Truth: Words spoken. Still spoken to speak a lie. Marrida. Alagur. Each individual has a reason for wanting change. But can the reasons co-exist without clashing? Can truth prevail when each of them exists because of lies? When they discover similarity it reveals a hidden past, a past that means so much more than either knew.

Revelations of Truth
Revelations of Truth

Author: Nathalie M.L. Römer

Publisher: Emerentsia Publications

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 1019

ISBN-13: 9188459217

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Elsana is a city with a past shrouded by mystery and secrets. It is where Marrida and Alagur have to travel to unravel other secrets. For centuries, they have used Elsana as a weapon... A Seer begins Marrida's journey towards an ancient hidden truth. The revelations come from unexpected sources. But the city also teaches its scholars that truth is often the hardest lesson they must deal with. To most, the Caves of Elgorra are mythical in nature. But the truth that they were hiding from the world is the beginning of a prophesied future...

Stolen Truth
Stolen Truth

Author: Nathalie M.L. Römer

Publisher: Emerentsia Publications

Published: 2021-10-16

Total Pages: 938

ISBN-13: 9188459845

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Far in the north there is a city untouched by the Wolf Riders. But it has its own battles to fight, its own history to unravel. Alagur only knows it as the North City. Marrida has never heard of it. Centuries ago, it was a magnificent city, rich in history and wealth. It was the bastion of power for the Callers. But something happened that the Keepers cannot even see in their visions. The city is not just closed physically, but in the visions as well. It is rumoured to be where the corruption of the Wolf Riders started. How or why. That is a mystery. Marrida and Alagur visit the city for answers. They find mysteries instead. They must unravel the past to know what goes on in the city now...

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Author: Jared Genser

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-09-26

Total Pages: 655

ISBN-13: 1107034450

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This book is a practical guide to freeing political prisoners and provides a comprehensive review of this UN body's 1,200 jurisprudence cases.

Patronage as Politics in South Asia
Patronage as Politics in South Asia

Author: Anastasia Piliavsky

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-10-16

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 110705608X

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Western policymakers, political activists and academics alike see patronage as the chief enemy of open, democratic societies. Patronage, for them, is a corrupting force, a hallmark of failed and failing states, and the obverse of everything that good, modern governance ought to be. South Asia poses a frontal challenge for this consensus. Here the world's most populous, pluralist and animated democracy is also a hotbed of corruption with persistently startling levels of inequality. Patronage as Politics in South Asia confronts this paradox with calm erudition: sixteen essays by anthropologists, historians and political scientists show, from a wide range of cultural and historical angles, that in South Asia patronage is no feudal residue or retrograde political pressure, but a political form vital in its own right. This volume suggests that patronage is no foe to South Asia's burgeoning democratic cultures, but may in fact be their main driving force.

The Queen of Jasmine Country
The Queen of Jasmine Country

Author: Sharanya Manivannan

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-10-25

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 9353023858

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Myths, dreams, desires, the timeless reality of the body and soul - in the midst of nature's bounty - that is the essence of The Queen of Jasmine Country. It is an astounding work of fiction. - Volga Tonight, under this arena of starlight, I take up my stylus and press it by the glow of a clay lantern into dry palmyra leaves. It is on this night that I dedicate myself - to my self, to who I truly am, to what is invincible and without bondage of time, that predates me, that will outlive me. Ninth century. In Puduvai, a small town in what we now know as Tamil Nadu, young Kodhai is taught to read and to write by her adoptive father, a garland-weaving poet. As she discovers the power of words, she also realizes that the undying longing for a great love that she has been nursing within her - one that does not suppress her desire for freedom - is likely to remain unfulfilled. Then, she hears of a vow that she can undertake that might summon it to her. In deepest winter, the sixteen-year-old begins praying for a divinely sensual love - not knowing that her words will themselves become prayers, and echo through the centuries to come. Rich with the echoes of classical poetry, in The Queen of Jasmine Country, Sharanya Manivannan imagines the life of the devotional poet Andal, whose sublime and erotic verses remain beloved and controversial to this day.

The Ex
The Ex

Author: Alafair Burke

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2016-02-02

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0571328172

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'Highly addictive.' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'A major talent.' HARLAN COBEN 'Packed with plot, The Ex rocks.' New York Journal of Books 'Keeps you guessing right to the very end. I loved it.' BECKY MASTERMAN, author of Fear the Darkness DID HE, OR DIDN'T HE? Olivia Randall is one of New York City's best criminal defence lawyers. When she gets a phone call informing her that her former fiancée has been arrested for a triple homicide there is no doubt in her mind as to his innocence. The only question is who would go to such great lengths to frame him - and why? For Olivia, representing Jack is a way to make up for past regrets, and the hurt she caused him, but as the evidence against him mounts, she is forced to confront her doubts.