Sorram and Taurwin are the only ones of their bloodlines the mage Krotus brought to his plane of existence. After their magical modifications and enhancements, they are lost in a medieval world where there are dangers all around them. Their young age and innocence sometimes create humorous situations and encounters. However, their cruel and violent creation and upbringing causes them to be brutal and violent when the need arises. This allows them to inadvertently fulfill the purpose in which they were created as they mature.
Kevin and Lauren are more than the witnesses to a terrible massacre - they are the key! When their family is killed for no apparent reason, they find themselves trapped in an unending nightmare - hounded, betrayed, on the run for their very lives, and in search of the truth.
The Sword of Goliath focuses itself primarily on a man named Jacob (or Jake) Stanton, who is spending his days in San Quentin Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit. Jake was wrongly accused, unfairly tried, and unreasonably sentenced for the murder of his wife, and he's just lost his final appeal. As Jake begins to mentally prepare for life inside the walls of San Quentin, he's assigned a new cell-mate, Stephen Stross. Stross befriends Jake and, in earning Jake's trust, convinces him that he is a member of the Shaddai. The Shaddai, descendants of the Biblical Nephilim through the bloodline of Seth, are on the hunt for twelve artifacts that will help them to win the final battle over the demonic Grigori; they believe the key to finding one of these powerful artifacts, the sword of Goliath, rests inside the mind of Jake Stanton. After engineering a successful escape from San Quentin, Jake and Stephen begin the quest for the legendary lost sword, but it will not be an easy effort. As escaped convicts, they are on the run from the law; as Shaddai, they are the targets of the Grigori and its evilunderlord Zoltar. Jake is going to need every resource imaginable, from skeptical law enforcement agent Sam Jericho; to prophets of the Old Testament; to the hand of God Himself. The Final Battle has begun, not only in this world, but in other unseen dimensions; and Jake Stanton may be the catalyst for victory or the harbinger of doom.For those who enjoy stories spun out of Biblical speculation, there is much to love about The Sword of Goliath. Foremost is the fact that the cornerstone of this novel is based around a true mystery of the Bible, the fate of the Nephilim. Whereas Brown's The Da Vinci Code and Knox's The Genesis Secret rely on heavily debunked assertions to support fallacious premises, Anthony Jones contrives this tale around a piece of scripture that, across millennia, has yet to be fully explained or understood. However improbable, the nature of this book still lies within the realm of "possible," and that alone lends a huge amount of credibility to the author. Also to Mr. Jones's credit is his ability to extrapolate the ideas of angels and demons, as well as Divine Intervention, through the use of interdimensional worlds. One such world is The Crossing, a Purgatory-like land eerily similar to Dekker's Other Earth in the Circle series. It is in The Crossing that the Shaddai can communicate with deceased loved ones, Shaddai ancestry (including the prophet Samuel), and even Jesus of Nazareth; The Crossing, as well as other dimensions, serve to both simplify and enhance such Christian ideals as human suffering, unconditional love, and the nature of sin, using both imagery and appropriate narrative. Regarding appropriate narrative, Mr. Jones does the reader a third and final favor: He writes for the appeal of a wide audience. A glaring problem in the Christian Fiction genre is that the characters are often too faithful to be flawed; conversely, secular fiction finds characters so flawed that even a dynamic revelation or redemptive event can't bring them closer to God. The Sword of Goliath makes no assumptions about the religious background of the reader and instead seeks to tell a good story steeped in the Christian faith while allowing its characters to struggle under the weight of their own humanity. As soon as I read the final page, I immediately scoured the internet in an attempt to find information on the next installment of The Bloodline Chronicles (alas, I came away empty-handed). The story is fresh, the writing is smooth on the whole, and the main characters are likeable and sympathetic heroes. Anthony Jones has included in this novel everything essential to beginning a traditional high-fantasy saga, albeit with a contemporary, faith-based twist. Adult fans of Frank Peretti's Darkness duology, Ted Dekker's Circle series, and Lewis's Narnia Chronicles will enjoy what Mr. Jones has brought to the table.
The ninth volume in the New York Times best-selling Cradle series! It's time to go back home. In the years since Lindon left Sacred Valley he has attained power beyond anything his family thought possible. Now he'll have to put those powers to the test because a Dreadgod is on its way. Lindon and his allies set out to evacuate the valley before the arrival of the Wandering Titan but their sacred arts are weakened by an ancient curse. They'll have to persuade the squabbling inhabitants of Sacred Valley to leave behind their home and set off into the outside world. But it has been a long time since Lindon left and more has changed than he realized. He has always sought power to save his family...but now he might be too late.
This is a compilation of five short novellas of fan favorite characters from the novel 'Stanley Swanson'. The love between two creatures of the night 'Uncommon Lust' which stars Gravakus and Natalie. The fearless daughter of Stanley and Julie and perhaps the most powerful lycan ever in 'Jade Swanson'. The longest known Drackulis and the hate he evolves toward the breed of werewolves with the story of 'Sirtimi. Bringing light for perhaps the most beloved character is the story of the wife of Stanley and her life before with 'Julie Swanson-Untold'. Finally, the readers can see what the journalist endured as you read about Kain Edward and his determination to find out the truth about the creatures of the night.
Remnants of Ages Past The Blood isn't stagnant. It changes with the times, even if the Kindred that carry it don't. Every epoch leads to new permutations of the five clans. Some of them die out when they are no longer useful, but others carry on, even to the modern nights. Some have been forgotten. Some are ready to reclaim what they have lost. All retain pieces of the cultures and events that created them. Weapons for the Present o Twenty new bloodlines, based on the historical flashpoints presented in Ancient Mysteries o New Disciplines, Devotions, factions, antagonists, mysterious places and a variety of other options of Vampire chronicles o Two new forms of blood magic - Haitian Kindred Vodoun and Sumerian Mrges Sorcery
**Read the book and watch the original TV series, now streaming on Peacock!** Join the legion of fans who skyrocketed this six-book series to the top of the charts. Start here, with the first book that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series. Love and loyalty run deeper than blood. St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger. . . . Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever. **cover image may vary** “We’re suckers for it.” — Entertainment Weekly
When an enormous meteor strikes Earth’s moon, the collision results in huge chunks of debris raining down on the planet, killing thousands and changing humanity’s existence forever. The environmental destruction drives the survivors underground, only emerging three thousand years later, once the tumult on the surface has subsided. But when humans emerge, they encounter a force known as the Domino, a brutal group of beings intent on conquering the planet and humankind. But evolution has intervened in some members of the human species; they have four extra pairs of chromosomes, called the bloodline gene, that gives them the ability to transform themselves—and allows a second personality to inhabit their minds. Isaac Brothis, a Domino soldier, experiences a change of heart and goes on the run with his wife and fellow soldier, Gwendolyn, and their five-year-old son. The couple must do everything they can to keep their boy safe on the road to freedom. In this novel, set in a dark and dangerous future, two people inhabited by the spirits of wolves must flee a corrupt and tyrannical organization in order to protect their son.
