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Dresden tries to exorcise Lydia, but discovers that the Nightmare is not a demon but actually the ghost of Leonid Kravos, who (Dresden presumes) committed ritual suicide in order to empower his ghost and break down the barriers between the living and the dead. Dresden, Thomas and Michael head toward Bianca's stronghold through the Nevernever.
As Rohan and Pol retreat across the Desert, they discover the enemy's fear of dragons. For a while the Desert forces are able to outsmart the enemy, but at the Battle of Stronghold the High Warlord arrives with his elite forces. The defenders of the Desert lose the battle, and High Prince Rohan dies as his beloved Stronghold burns.
The Lantern Bearers is a historical novel for children by Rosemary Sutcliff, first published by Oxford in 1959 with illustrations by Charles Keeping.Set in Roman Britain during the 5th century, it is the story of a British Roman's life after the final withdrawal of Roman troops (around 410).
Henry Pulling: A man in his mid-50s who worked his entire life as a banker. When the bank was bought, he took early retirement and took up gardening and tending his Dahlias. Over the course of his travels with Aunt Augusta, Henry is transformed from a character who longs for the safety and predictability of a quiet life to one who seeks adventure.
While on this patrol Clodius was seized by the pirates he had been sent to hunt down. Hoping to win his release, Clodius promised his captors a substantial reward, and they solicited a ransom from Ptolemy of Cyprus, an ally of the Romans. The amount offered was so paltry (two talents) that it was clear that Clodius had greatly overestimated his ...
To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of nautical novels—Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author William Golding.Set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century, the novels explore themes of class and man's reversion to savagery when isolated, in this case, the closed society of the ship's ...
Publishers Weekly called Baldacci "a first-rate storyteller who grabs readers by their lapels right away and won't let go until they've finished his enthralling yarn." [3] Kirkus Reviews gave it a poor review, writing: "For all its arresting premise, an overblown and tedious tale of capital sins."
Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds was successfully Kickstarted in August 2014, with a total funding total of US$55,001 from 1,216 backers. [16] It is a realization of a two-player light strategy game played on a wooden grid board with eight mouse pawns, and a deck of three types of cards.