Vassal
Vassal

Author: Alice Shieh

Publisher: Alice Shieh

Published: 2023-08-17

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13:

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Elite vampire hunter Maggie Fox hears voices that aren't hers. This means she’s becoming a vassal--an occupational hazard for an operative in the Agency of Preternatural Defense, where being mind-melded with a vampire is tantamount to treason. Worse, her would-be liege is a vampire from her past who also happens to be the world’s foremost elder--the powerful Darius Khan. Following a botched mission that had involved Darius, Maggie knows that she is on a tight leash with the agency and must tread carefully when it comes to the elder. However, a new threat emerges that forces her to reconcile and join forces with Darius. The vassal bond grows stronger with her every exposure to him, however, and a vassal with Maggie’s knowledge of agency workings would be a huge coup for any vampire. Can she trust Darius? Can she even trust herself? Protecting the world from vampires is all that Maggie knows. But with time running out, she must now decide if her protecting the world is worth the autonomy of her soul. In story that's Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Jane Austen's Persuasion, Vassal is the first installment in The Vampire Titan Series.

Fiefs and Vassals
Fiefs and Vassals

Author: Susan Reynolds

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 0198206488

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Fiefs and Vassals has changed our view of the medieval world. It offers a fundamental challenge to orthodox conceptions of feudalism. Susan Reynolds argues that the concepts of the fief and of vassalage, as understood by historians of medieval Europe, were constructed by post-medieval scholarsfrom the works of medieval academic lawyers and tha they provide a bad guide to the realities of medieval society.This is a radical new examination of relations between rulers, nobles, and free men, the distillation of wide-ranging research by a leading medieval historian. It has revolutionized the way we think of the Middle Ages.

Vassal State
Vassal State

Author: Angus Hanton

Publisher: Swift Press

Published: 2024-04-11

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1800753896

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British politicians love to vaunt the benefits of the UK's supposed 'special relationship' with the US. But are we really America's economic partner – or its colony? Vassal State lays bare the extent to which US corporations own and control Britain's economy: how American business chiefs decide what we're paid, what we buy, and how we buy it. US companies have carved up Britain between them, siphoning off enormous profits, buying up our most lucrative firms and assets, and extracting huge rents from UK PLC – all while paying little or no tax. Meanwhile, policymakers, from Whitehall mandarins to NHS chiefs, shape their decisions to suit the whims of our American corporate overlords. Based on his 40 years of business experience, devastating new research, and interviews with the major players, Angus Hanton exposes why Britain has become the poor transatlantic relation – and what we can do to change it.

Vassal of El
Vassal of El

Author: Gloria Oliver

Publisher: Zumaya Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1934135992

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At sixteen, Torren was violently torn from his family and his people and left for dead, a cripple in more ways than one. For the next few years, he traveled alone, making few friends. Then, one night, a terrified young woman fleeing for her life stumbles into his camp, and his life once again takes new direction. As he reluctantly takes responsibility for getting her to safety, his past comes back to haunt him in a way that is painfully ironic. Against both his will and his better judgment, he must return to the place he had thought lost to him forever if he is to make good on his promise to keep his charge safe from harm.

Vassal
Vassal

Author: Liv Savell

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-29

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13:

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"The empty classroom Etienne had chosen for their incantation no longer resembled a quiet place of learning. He had shoved the desks against the walls, their legs standing rigid in the damp air like things newly dead and haphazardly piled out of his way. The floor was all but covered in a vast, perfectly circular rune chalked in intricate, swirling patterns. Candles in different stages of melting decay stood at regular intervals, casting flickering light onto stone walls... "Let's just get this over with," Alphonse murmured, holding her free hand out for the incantation." One Goddess. One mortal woman. An entire world at stake. Allee and Etienne have been friends since they first came to the Moxous school of Magics, but when they unwittingly release a terrible, ancient power, their bond will be tested in the journey toward fixing their mistakes. Delyth was raised to faithfully serve the Goddess Enyo at the temple where she was abandoned as a babe, so when the sword, Calamity, is thrust into her keeping, she faces the task of protecting the Goddess's Vassal with equanimity. Only, no amount of training could have prepared Delyth for the strain on her loyalties caused by the beautiful Vassal herself; under enough pressure, even the beliefs of a lifetime will bend. Love, friendship, and betrayal will all blossom on the path to Thlonandras in this first book of The Call of Calamity Series. What readers are saying: "I would definitely recommend this to a friend. This book was a must-read for any LGBT+ fantasy lover. The characters are complex, root-able, and at times infuriating (in the best way). The book dives into themes of religion, sexuality, and inner strength. If you are looking for a tender story between two women, in a world that allows you to escape our own, this book contains an epic journey and one hell of a love story!" -Lauren L. "I would describe it as an old world where Gods once walked the earth. Gods with personality, Gods with flaws just like the humans they rule over. A world where magic coexists with the people in it. A world where everything has a price." -Joseph S. "The conversations, thoughts, and emotions of the characters are the greatest strengths of this book. It never fails to meet expectations, nor does it ever fail to make sense. There is humor, wit, sorrow, angst, and so much else to enjoy." -Franz K.