It's amazing what you can do when you have no heart. Things haven't exactly been going Lieutenant Lucius "Luce" Bollhams way. Sure he beat back the Gythraul Legions, the forces he's trained are chasing them across the Twilit Kingdom. But Luce can't even celebrate the victory since the Queen decided to bury a soul-sucking artifact in his chest. With the Gormstone enslaving his will and eating his emotions, Luce discovers there really is no rest for wicked. Growing more ruthless and poisoning everything around him, Luce is desperate to break free, but how do you fight back when your own body has become a prison? And what do you do when part of you, that thing that wears your skin in your worst moments, starts liking the new arrangement? Alienating his allies and forced to serve a Queen who's sanity is questionable, Luce will be lucky to survive the next phase of his campaign. Trust flew out the window with the Gormstone, but new alliances are forming and everyone is forced to take sides in a conflict that may reach much further than the invading Gythraul. And in the midst of it all this remains a man who only wants a cause worth fighting for. He might be looking for a while, if he lives...
Two-thousand years of war just met its match. For Lieutenant Lucius "Luce" Bollham, things have been going from bad to worse since the caves of Afghanistan. First, ostracized by his brothers in arms, now the possibility of being tried as a war criminal. You'd think getting away from it all would be a relief, but where you escape to matters. Luce's "escape" takes him to the magical Twilit Kingdom of Other-Realm where he finds himself thrust into the midst of a war nearly two thousand years old. And he thought Afghanistan was tough... Caught between mind-bending sorcery, ancient grudges, and intrigues among aeon-old beings, Luce must gather the forces of the kingdom and revolutionize their idea of combat before enemy legions march across the land. Witchery and swordplay pair with assault rifles and asymmetrical warfare to stop an adversary who seeks nothing less than utter conquest. Oh, and there is a woman--when is there not? Except she's a centuries-old warrior-sorceress with blood under her nails and fire on her lips. Bryth is just the kind of gal you want around in a world where curses can kill and dark things stir. In the midst of all the madness, Luce has to decide what it is he is actually fighting for. Out of the frying pan and into the inferno, as they say. "Aaron's writing reminds us that we read for the journey, not the destination. Shades of Tolkien can be glimpsed in this beautifully written, beautifully imagined epic war-story. It's Call of Duty meets Lord of the Rings. If you love military fantasy, don't miss this trilogy." -USA Today Bestselling Author, AL Knorr.
Broken people with sharp edges can carve their own destiny. Luce isn't just hurt, he's broken and he's not alone. The Twilit Kingdom is in flames as the Gythraul Legions play out their death throes across the vulnerable countryside, while Queen Meabh turns her attentions to dissidents at Mount Falchrreg. An ancient and long-absent power returns--shaken and confused--while an elder evil seeks to realize an apocalyptic vision. Luce still hasn't picked up all the pieces, but Armageddon waits for no man, so its [sic] back into the meatgrinder with his ragtag crew. They've got gambits to dare, prophecies to fulfill, and sacrifices to make, with nothing but blood and fire ahead. The fate of more than just the Twilit Kingdom hangs in the the [sic] balance, and Lieutenant Bollham is still grasping at the veil that hides the most terrible truths which underpin the erupting conflict. The truth, so long hidden, is about to ignite a fire that could burn all of Other-Realm to cinders and holocaust shadows. Times are desperate like never before and Luce is going to have to make some unlikely friends and even that might not be enough to save a world that isn't even his own. But you know what they say: what doesn't kill you, only delays the inevitable."-- Page [4] of cover.
At what cost victory? Milo Volkohne, orphan, criminal, conscript, and unwilling warlock could tell you but you might not like the answer. It is 1936 and the Great War still rages on, with no armistice in 1918 when the Russian Empire crumbled in the fire and blood of stillborn revolution. The hellish no man's land has spread like a blight over Europe as grim, unyielding leaders promise a resolve of iron and no mercy, no peace, no hope. It would take a miracle to save humanity, but as Milo would tell you: be careful what you wish for. Plunging into a world of sorcery, treachery, and madness the world's first wizard will bargain with monsters, human or otherwise, fight for his life, and dare to hope that he's selling his soul for something worthwhile. But is any price too high to end the War to end all Wars? Go up and Click 'Buy Now' or 'Read for Free' and enter the darkened world where so far, no one has won World War I and now dark monsters are choosing sides.
Every family has history, but hers might be the end of the world as we know it... Ibukun "Ibby" Bashir is Inconquo, an inheritor of ancient power and with it an unending duty to stand against the darkness. She can bend and shape metal to her will, but she is still only human, she feels and bleeds. A fragile guardian, still she stands. Uncovered after thousands of years, the dark foundations that make her who and what she is begin to rise again. The progenitor, the very first of her bloodline, stirs fitfully--Ninurta, Founder of Kalhu, Hunter before the Gods, Warrior without Match. If he has his way, he will reshape the world with iron, fire, and blood. Her mentor stolen away and her friends falling around her, Ibby knows too well what she faces. Merciless conspiracies, ancient horrors, treacheries old and new, all are arraigned against a young woman who only wants to see her broken family safe. But with grit, pluck, and a will of iron she is going to save the world, or die trying. It's not the path she might have chosen, but what can she do? It is the family business."--Amazon.com.
This supplementary reader is composed of both classic and contemporary articles that demonstrate the significant contributions that cultural anthropologists make; the emphasis is on the applicability of cultural anthropology to understanding and improving the present day human condition.
McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
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0072566043
ISBN 13
9780072566048
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