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Valrin and his companions narrowly escaped their deaths and flee east. By chance, they have learned of a gaseous poison in the hands of the dwarves capable of slaughtering thousands. How will the Stormborn, with the power of the ancients at his command, find a way to stop them? Now, he must trust his shadow elf friend in seeking out the mysterious daughter of the Ice Mage. With her power of elemental magic and sorcery unlike any before her, she could prove a powerful ally. But will her own dark secret hinder his own task as Stormborn?

It's been five frustrating years. Kealin had begun to doubt she was still alive. But now, by chance, he has discovered rumor of a powerful seer dwelling far to the south. Someone that could actually help him reach his sister. To reach this enigmatic entity, Kealin must trace a path of blood down an entire region. Dogged by a dark curse on his own soul, he must run the gauntlet of the Grand Proetectorate's legions and their anti-elven zealotry. Kealin's only aid comes from a duo of fugitive of treasure hunters and a mysterious woman of magic unlike any he has ever met.

His parents are dead. His brother is trapped. His sister is missing. If Kealin is going to help either of them, he must find Risdannia. But he is alone in a strange land with few allies. War encroaches. Kealin is torn between helping his friends and uncovering a way to save his siblings. Finding Risdannia is only a part of his journey. A powerful wizard has emerged and in his path are thousands of innocent people. With his resurrected orc hordes, he seeks to exterminate all who threaten him.

Grant and Lucy have been together since their teenage years, and now are starting their lives as a newly married couple. They have overcome the odds to maintain their love for one another despite obstacles that they have faced. After the rings are on their finger and the vows have been said, you would think they would be living happily ever after. However, the newlywed couple gets a rude awakening of the ups and downs of married life.

Under the Blackmoon, elf fire rises to meet a growing shadow but no one expects what is coming. Fadis, Ranger of the North, had thought he had seen it all when he was with the Stormborn... then one sudden explosion later and thousands of fanged thralls of a lost Vampire-God erupted from the grounds all across his homeland. Rallying fellow rangers, elves, and dwarves to his side— the living fight for their lives. But worse whispers come from the dark places of the world: a veil descends across Taria isolating it from the rest of the lands as an ancient Rusis temple comes alive... when two ...

Breaking away from the historically dominant narrative that White females make the best teachers, this book contends that effective teachers can be both "windows" and "mirrors" for students. Teachers should reflect the student population in racial and cultural terms while also serving as windows for students to see opportunities that lie outside of their immediate circumstances.

Valrin was born of the sea, or so he was always told. Orphaned on a desolate island, he knows nothing of his true past and wonders of his future...until the unexpected arrival of a mysterious ship changes everything. For a fleeting moment, he feels like he might have an answer to everything and then his life is suddenly ripped apart. The one person that loved him is killed protecting him and a wanted sea-captain and his misfit crew become the only hope Valrin has. If he is to survive the coming darkness, he must learn who he truly is.

Magic is awakening in the north and the Grand Protectorate retreats after its bloody defeat at Srun. Sviska stands with the Island Nation against the evils of The Order and the Itsu Priest as the allies of magic make plans for their push against the capital city of their enemy. But all is not as it seems. The Itsu Priest is tightening his grip on the legions of the north changing them from men to unholy beasts. The Saints of Wura must move quickly to save Garoa's daughter from his evil clutches but some fear she could already be dead.

"I taught them to fight and never to back down. Now, they're all dead. Curse me, by Etha, curse me. Can I ever be forgiven?" Master Rukes taught to empower the future of the Urlas High elves but cataclysm after cataclysm has left few alive. Now, with rumors that the ancient ethereal Void Gates are opening, the last of Urlas set sail to secure the realms from the ethereal demonic forces. The Blademaster blames himself for all the fallen elves he taught. Will he defeat the inner demons long enough to destroy the real ones invading the Far North? Full of brutal fights and a dark final showdown...

The western lands tremble. The city of Eh-Rin is under siege and with the nearing eclipse of the moon, the powerful spells protecting the ancient city will fail. The legions of the Grand Protectorate ready their forces to smite the very place that stands as the last beacon of hope in a darkening world. In a desperate assault to save Eh-Rin, Kealin and his companions draw upon the power of death magic and unleash a horde of their own in a final attempt to defeat the enemy that has already claimed two elven kingdoms.

Kealin Half-Elf has only been like this for a few weeks. He feels a hunger he never had before. Before this, he had mastered the power of his ancient Dwemhar heritage and fought an ascended being, but he, too, was mortally injured. In an act of desperation, vampirism was used to preserve his life and now he must hurry to reverse the effect before he is forever trapped in a state of maniacal blood lust.

It's never good to have elf hunters on your trail... but when it comes to pointy-eared creatures of magic there is something worse... Turgon has never been fond of elves. For obvious reasons and for not-so-obvious reasons that most others in Ikinidor don't know. Now with a ranger and his apprentice needing their help, he'll have to reveal such truths from his own past. This is also ignoring the truth that the rangers stole something from the elves and now the apprentice appears to have some strange dark curse. A curse that could signal something worse at work in the world. One thing is for ...

Tricked by the fae or just one that stole something from them? Following the events in Illurnia, Turgon and the others have no choice but to go to Finar and seek out a wizard... allegedly. Their company is now made up of a ranger and his apprentice, a scarecrow, a gypsy tradesman, and a somewhat dead orc and elf? The details Turgon has are fuzzy at best. But what isn't a question is an ancient mask of the astral plane. If only it was going to get easier for the Dwarf-King... scroll up and pre-order now!

The Dwarf-King is soon to face a great evil of the sands but there is another problem at hand. Turgon now commands a dwarven hold and has found within it a most powerful object: a Star Forge. A device capable of enchantments beyond any other forge across the known realms... the only issue is that they can't seem to light it. When Silra thinks he knows a solution, The Dwarf-King, the Priest, and the Hammersong depart once again across the dunes to find a hidden realm and an ancient dwarven city. Seeking a rare ore in a fabled mine that just might be what is needed to relight the ancient ...

The Great Seer makes her move. As Evurn moves to retake Eliadel, a greater enemy reveals itself. Aeveam is learning the secret to her own lineage and hidden power that was suppressed. A twisted zeal grows within her. Now, Kealin and Trugno work with the paladin Elwynn and the Order of Iruda to attempt to cut off the Great Seer's ties to demonic energies and blood magic. But Kealin has been drifting into the repository of knowledge known as the Book of Urakel, an ancient tome with a personality of its own . . . who is this unseen hand that scribes such dark revelations?

A mysterious old map leads to a treasure like none other... but what secrets await them hidden in the depths? Turgon has gone many places and found quite a few trinkets... but it was deep in an ancient city where he and his not-so-holy priest found an etching dating back before the great floods of the world. With an eye for adventure, they head to the Jewel of the Dashrin Coast, Eh-Rin, to seek a sea captain willing to take them North and explore what might be hidden there... But when a chance crossing with a Vinda Sea Slave Captain bent on building up his own form of power changes the ...

A Storm is brewing. The sea churns and the world quakes while Turgon and his companions seek to figure out what turmoil is hidden in the Western Oceans. Aside from all of the rumors of Elder Storms, the King of Ikinidor knows all too well that there is more to all of this. The Book of Shrii is in the hands of a vile slaver. That has to end, one way or another... but what else will be revealed and what horror is ahead?

At last, the Dwarf-King will learn why he was saved from certain death. But for some, death is truly a new beginning. The Rusis are a mysterious race capable of innate elemental magic. Trusting few and caring about even fewer, when Turgon realizes that one of his kind has been raiding Rusis graves in a land to the Far North he doesn't see how it concerns him. But the Rusis tells him of many more things: Necromancy, the joining of the shadow beings of the deserts with undead orc, and a long thought clan of dead elves gathering as a unified threat. This could not be ignored. Embarking on a ...

Beatrice Kingdom (Bee to her friends) wakes up in hospital in Tuscany. After an accident on a film set leaves her burned and scarred, she feels her whole life has been turned upside down. Bee is offered the chance of recuperating in a stunning Tuscan villa in the company of a world-famous film star, the irascible Mimi Robertson. Here amid the vines and olive groves, Bee quickly finds there’s more to the place than meets the eye, not least a certain Luca (and Romeo the dog).

Kealin rushes to Aeveam's aid. Though he has had a victory with Eschal and defeated one of the demonic realms, there is much more at work than mere spiders and dwarves. He is confident in his control of his vampiric side but a new enemy hunts him.