Every legend hides a truth as dangerous as a double-edged sword. On the far island of Sarpedon, a snake-haired she-monster known to inhabitants as the Soul of Stone turns people into statues. For decades, heroes from all over Greece have been trying to put an end to her evil, and for decades her collection of statues has grown, soul by soul. When Panacea, a young Amazon warrior with a talent for potions, learns her brother has been killed by the monster, she sails to Sarpedon to seek revenge. But in the killer’s cave, Panacea makes a stunning discovery that leaves her questioning everything she believes to be true. Torn between bravery and fear, between loyalty and treachery, Panacea must reconcile herself to the knowledge that ending a life is easy, while preserving one is hard. Vengeance is an art—but is she willing to bathe her soul in Hellfire in order to master it?
This Muse needs no lyre to inspire. Her song is in her sword. When Muse Calliope and her sisters flee from burning Greece, the Titan Mnemosyne tells them it is north they need to go: to a barbarian land the natives call Britain. There the Greek goddesses can find shelter and spread their culture for the benefit of the land’s inhabitants. But Britain proves to be a hostile land, filled with fire-breathing demons and snake-shaped gods, where the strong prey on the weak and men believe the only way to deal with life is by the sharp edge of a sword. Calliope realizes that to help Britain prosper she needs to embrace a culture where the sword is a symbol of justice and power. Can the sword in the stone help her find the pure-hearted leader who will give Britain its much-needed peace, or will she fail in her mission and see it succumb to blood and anarchy?
Sometimes the truths we choose to ignore cast the longest shadows … In the distant Caucasus Mountains, an ancient demon is chained to a rock. People say the gods put him there as punishment for an unspeakable crime, for which the penalty is perennial damnation. When Zid, an explorer with a faulty leg and an inquisitive mind, learns the legend of the demon, he sets out to find the truth. But after a heartbreaking discovery on a bleak mountainside, the tale begins to crumble. Zid is left questioning the truth behind the origins of humankind and the biggest threat to human liberty. Will Zid risk his own life to fight the gods’ treachery? He must choose between friendship and freedom as his actions set him against the most powerful of the Olympian gods: Zeus himself.
Can a heart beat inside stone? Young Pygmalion is haunted by a dark past. Fatherless, betrayed by his mother, and forced to run away from home, he vowed to never rely on other people to survive. After a childhood plagued by hardship, Pygmalion finds solace in practicing the noble art of sculpting. His inventive mind makes him the most successful artist in Greece, but his proud stance against love earns him the hate of the goddess Aphrodite. When his greatest artistic achievement forces him to reevaluate everything he believed in, it begins a journey to rediscover life’s meaning. Will Pygmalion be able to dispel the ghosts of the past, or will he succumb to his inability to relate to other people and never find the true meaning of love?
Whichever god wins the game… we lose. King Cecrops is haunted by a nightmare: his city, Cecropia, falling to rubble and his subjects dying at the hands of a treacherous god. Troubling news has reached him. Countless cities across the Greek world are facing insurmountable odds: pestilences, floods, wars, and cataclysms of epic proportions on a scale never seen before. The Olympians have started a bloody contest to see which one among them will name each city—with catastrophic consequences for the mortals who inhabit them. And the gods are coming for Cecropia next. Now Cecrops faces a choice: either he finds a way to rig the god’s game or witnesses his worst nightmare becoming reality. With the future of his homeland at stake, the king must deal with a threat capable of destroying not only Cecropia, but the entire Greek world.
Not all gifts are meant to be opened. In the workshop of the blacksmith god Hephaestus, the first woman comes to life. The Olympians name her Pandora, ‘All-Gifted,’ since each of them has endowed her with a gift: beauty, poise, self-possession and cunning, among others. Zeus gives her two gifts: a burning desire to learn—and a jar she is ordered never to open. Pandora is fostered by gods but raised to live among men. When she marries the Titan Epimetheus—brother of the gods’ worst enemy, Prometheus—her fate appears to be sealed. Although her life with Epimetheus is full of happiness, Pandora is besieged by nightmares carrying omens of dark things to come: destruction, famine, death and the end of the young race of mankind. With the fate of humanity at stake, will Pandora surrender to the destiny that haunts her, or challenge her nature and become what no god ever imagined she could be?
The most shocking discovery in history. A burning secret about to be revealed. A crisis that cannot be stopped. The year is 2039. A mysterious disease spreads throughout cyberspace; the first technological pandemic strikes without warning the people who are connected to the ether. A new generation of androids renders millions of jobs obsolete, causing soaring worldwide unemployment and a new form of terrorism. And in the futuristic Saemangeum City—the most advanced city on Earth—a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives will explode in an all-out war for the control of humanity. Three focal centers of instability. Two warring factions. Only one hope for survival. The race to save the world has begun, but the cure for these crises may be worse than the disease…
Would you sacrifice millions of lives to save billions? The world is burning. A deadly virus has spread throughout cyberspace. Every day, thousands of people succumb to its devastating effects, and finding a cure seems as unlikely as stopping its creator. The fabric of society is in shambles. Extremists foment hatred and rebellion as political institutions collapse and destruction spreads across the globe. In this time of chaos and conspiracy, Saemangeum City is under attack. Cybernetically enhanced soldiers walk the city streets; their goal—bring the resistance to its knees. Leading the soldiers is a powerful and mysterious figure the Omnilogos himself feared, someone capable of destroying the secret project for which he gave his life. The war predicted by the Omnilogos has started. And history will acknowledge only one victor…
Daughter. Wife. Queen. Rebel. When Persephone, queen of the Underworld and ruler of the dead, finds her mother Demeter amid the ruins of a forest, she knows the goddess’s mind is broken. With the world withering and mortals dying by the thousands with every turn of the sun, Persephone has little time to stop the rapid decay of nature before doom befalls the world of gods and men. But rescuing her mother from insanity proves both difficult and dangerous, and demands a painful remembering of Persephone’s past—filled with beauty and bitterness, rage and thwarted love. And the powerful Olympians do not stay idle. They threaten and scheme, pushing Persephone to fulfil her destiny in a way that would force her to write history with her family’s blood. Will Persephone save her mother and thus stop the collapse of the world, or will she be forced to pay her due by committing the ultimate crime?
The path to the divine is one of sorrow... In the ancient world of Greece, a crippled girl named Arete seeks refuge in the mystical city of Delphi. Fate weaves a tapestry leading her to the doorstep of the sacred Temple of Apollo, where she learns to survive through the kindness of strangers. In the shadow of the Temple, Arete encounters the wise Priestess of Apollo, who becomes her guide and mentor. Through ancient rituals and mystical teachings, the Priestess unveils the latent strength within Arete, urging her to rise above the limitations of her past. As Arete learns to navigate the balance between the mortal and the divine, she discovers that the key to her destiny lies in self-trust and the willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice for the people she has come to love.
Defying the gods comes at a hefty cost. King Sisyphus is a man hated by the gods, a trickster and a rogue who outwitted the Olympians and cheated death not once, but twice. He is forever forced to pay for his defiance by pushing a boulder up a hill in the depths of Tartarus. When an unusual traveler approaches Sisyphus, the king reveals the untold story behind the myth. Sisyphus grew up appalled by his father’s blind worship for the gods. He decided to create his own kingdom, one that would not pay tribute to any deity, where humans would forge their own destiny. But prophecies spoken by an ancient being said his life would always be a struggle for survival, and resilience would be his best ally. When a clever action meant to save his kingdom brought Sisyphus against the most powerful of the Olympians, the battle for his soul began. After giving up his own freedom to build a place where humans could forge their own destiny, will King Sisyphus spend eternity paying the price—or will he outwit the gods one last time?
Some secrets must remain buried. In an unknown location north of the Barents Sea, a research center as tall as the Eiffel Tower hides the greatest scientific discoveries of the 21st century. The few who know of its existence call it Valhalla, but none suspect why it was built. When Dr. Selene Sato accepts a job at Valhalla for eccentric billionaire Wei Wang, she discovers more about human ingenuity than she ever thought possible. But there is a secret buried in this outpost of progress hiding a catastrophic scenario: destruction on a planetary scale never before seen in human history. Wei prepares for war as Valhalla holds the only defense capable of repelling the coming apocalypse. Project Valhalla is a novella set in the techno-thriller series The Omnilogos Singularity. It should be read after the first book, Rise of Polaris.
Tales of the ancient Greek world—populated by monsters, gods and mortals—have been with us for millennia. But you’ve never heard these mythological tales told quite like this. In this box set you will find the familiar woven into the unexpected as the myths of Pandora, Medusa, Prometheus and the Muse Calliope are retold in fresh, bold ways. In Woman of Destiny, Pandora—the first woman created by the gods—must choose between surrendering to destiny, or becoming what no god ever imagined she could be. In Soul of Stone, Panacea—a young Amazon warrior with a talent for potions—pits herself against a she-monster known as the Soul of Stone who has been turning people into statues for centuries. Panacea wants revenge for her brother … but what is she willing to sacrifice to get it? In Bringer of Fire we get to know Zid as he risks his own life to find a way to fight the gods’ treachery and overcome his fear of the ancient demon who is chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains. He must choose between friendship and freedom as his actions set him against the most powerful of the Olympian gods: Zeus himself. And in Muse of Avalon we meet Calliope as she flees from burning Greece, heading north to a barbarian land the natives call Britain. We join her as she struggles to help the inhabitants prosper by giving them a symbol of strength and justice. Can a sword in the stone help her find the pure-hearted leader who will give Britain its much-needed peace, or will she fail in her mission and see the country succumb to blood and anarchy? This collection captures the soul of these famous myths, while its darkly complex mashup of myth and reality leaves us reflecting on what it really means to be human.
Can a catastrophe ensure humankind’s survival? At an orphanage in Los Angeles, an astrophysicist meets a young savant who will forever change the fate of humanity. In Florida, the Space Shuttle Atlantis departure marks the end of the 30-year space program. In Pasadena, a journalist makes an incredible discovery that will revolutionize how we consume content online. But these seemingly unconnected episodes aren’t what they seem. They will ignite an all-out war fought on two different fronts—one for the control of planetary resources, and the other for the dominance of cyberspace. One man. One mission. Failure is not an option. The future of humankind rests on the most audacious project in history, one capable of ensuring the survival of our civilization—or beginning the downward spiral of its extinction.
Even gods can bleed… In this collection the myths of three of the most defiant characters in Greek mythology—Persephone, Sisyphus and Orpheus—are retold like never before. In Scion of Gaia, Persephone finds her mother’s mind broken by madness. With the world withering and mortals dying by the thousands with every turn of the Sun, will the Queen of the Underworld stop the collapse of the world and save her mother from certain death, or will she be forced to pay her due to destiny by committing the ultimate crime? In King of Defiance Sisyphus is a man sentenced by the Olympians to pay for his disobedience by pushing a boulder up a mountain in the depths of Tartarus until the end of time. But prophecies and omens say he must face the gods and that resilience will be his best ally against them. When an action meant to save his kingdom brings Sisyphus against the most powerful of the Olympians, the battle for his soul truly begins. And in Song of Forever, we meet young Princess Macaria, who turns to stories of love and loss among mortals to seek solace in a world without happy endings. After the queen assigns Macaria more responsibility in the ruling of the Netherworld, the young goddess learns that justice is swift but seldom fair. When the mortal Orpheus breaches the Underworld to retrieve his wife, he threatens the very balance of life and death. With Orpheus’ destiny in her hands, will she choose what history and duty say is necessary—or follow her heart? How far are our heroes willing to go to break the status quo and claim their freedom?
What would you be willing to sacrifice to cheat death? In the House of Hades, young Princess Macaria struggles to belong. Not stern like her father, King of the Underworld and ruler of the dead, nor power-hungry like her mother Persephone, she turns to stories of love and loss among the mortals to seek solace in a world without happy endings. After the queen assigns Macaria more responsibilities in the ruling of the Netherworld, the young goddess learns that justice is swift but seldom fair, especially when it means preserving the division between the worlds of the dead and of the living. When the mortal Orpheus, who plays the lyre with heavenly grace, breaches the Underworld to retrieve his wife, he threatens the very balance of life and death. With Orpheus’ destiny in her hands, Macaria is torn between her admiration for humans and her duty as the princess of the Underworld. Will she choose what history and duty say is necessary—or follow her heart?
Tales of the ancient Greek world-populated by monsters, gods and mortals-have been with us for millennia. But you've never heard these mythological tales told quite like this. In this collection you will find the familiar woven into the unexpected as the myths of Medusa, Prometheus and the Muse Calliope are retold in fresh, bold and unexpected ways. In Soul of Stone, Panacea-a young Amazon warrior with a talent for potions-pits herself against a she-monster known as the Soul of Stone who has been turning people into statues for centuries. Panacea wants revenge for her brother ... but what is she willing to sacrifice to get it? In Bringer of Fire we get to know Zid as he risks his own life to find a way to fight the gods' treachery and overcome his fear of the ancient demon who is chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains. He must choose between friendship and freedom as his actions set him against the most powerful of the Olympian gods: Zeus himself. And in Muse of Avalon we meet Calliope as she flees from burning Greece, heading north to a barbarian land the natives call Britain. We join her as she struggles to help the inhabitants prosper by giving them a symbol of strength and justice. Can a sword in the stone help her find the pure-hearted leader who will give Britain its much-needed peace, or will she fail in her mission and see the country succumb to blood and anarchy? This collection captures the soul of these famous myths, while its darkly complex mashup of myth and reality leaves us reflecting on what it really means to be human.
Would you sacrifice millions of lives to save billions? The world is burning. A deadly virus has spread throughout cyberspace. Every day, thousands of people succumb to its devastating effects, and finding a cure seems as unlikely as stopping its creator. The fabric of society is in shambles. Extremists foment hatred and rebellion as political institutions collapse and destruction spreads across the globe. In this time of chaos and conspiracy, Saemangeum City is under attack. Cybernetically enhanced soldiers walk the city streets; their goal—bring the resistance to its knees. Leading the soldiers is a powerful and mysterious figure the Omnilogos himself feared, someone capable of destroying the secret project for which he gave his life. The war predicted by the Omnilogos has started. And history will acknowledge only one victor…
Whichever god wins the game… we lose. King Cecrops is haunted by a nightmare: his city, Cecropia, falling to rubble and his subjects dying at the hands of a treacherous god. Troubling news has reached him. Countless cities across the Greek world are facing insurmountable odds: pestilences, floods, wars, and cataclysms of epic proportions on a scale never seen before. The Olympians have started a bloody contest to see which one among them will name each city—with catastrophic consequences for the mortals who inhabit them. And the gods are coming for Cecropia next. Now Cecrops faces a choice: either he finds a way to rig the god’s game or witnesses his worst nightmare becoming reality. With the future of his homeland at stake, the king must deal with a threat capable of destroying not only Cecropia, but the entire Greek world.
The most shocking discovery in history. A burning secret about to be revealed. A crisis that cannot be stopped. The year is 2039. A mysterious disease spreads throughout cyberspace; the first technological pandemic strikes without warning the people who are connected to the ether. A new generation of androids renders millions of jobs obsolete, causing soaring worldwide unemployment and a new form of terrorism. And in the futuristic Saemangeum City—the most advanced city on Earth—a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives will explode in an all-out war for the control of humanity. Three focal centers of instability. Two warring factions. Only one hope for survival. The race to save the world has begun, but the cure for these crises may be worse than the disease…
Tales of the ancient Greek world—populated by monsters, gods and mortals—have been with us for millennia. But you’ve never heard these mythological tales told quite like this. In this box set you will find the familiar woven into the unexpected as the myths of Pandora, Medusa, Prometheus and the Muse Calliope are retold in fresh, bold ways. In Woman of Destiny, Pandora—the first woman created by the gods—must choose between surrendering to destiny, or becoming what no god ever imagined she could be. In Soul of Stone, Panacea—a young Amazon warrior with a talent for potions—pits herself against a she-monster known as the Soul of Stone who has been turning people into statues for centuries. Panacea wants revenge for her brother … but what is she willing to sacrifice to get it? In Bringer of Fire we get to know Zid as he risks his own life to find a way to fight the gods’ treachery and overcome his fear of the ancient demon who is chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains. He must choose between friendship and freedom as his actions set him against the most powerful of the Olympian gods: Zeus himself. And in Muse of Avalon we meet Calliope as she flees from burning Greece, heading north to a barbarian land the natives call Britain. We join her as she struggles to help the inhabitants prosper by giving them a symbol of strength and justice. Can a sword in the stone help her find the pure-hearted leader who will give Britain its much-needed peace, or will she fail in her mission and see the country succumb to blood and anarchy? This collection captures the soul of these famous myths, while its darkly complex mashup of myth and reality leaves us reflecting on what it really means to be human.
Every legend hides a truth as dangerous as a double-edged sword. On the far island of Sarpedon, a snake-haired she-monster known to inhabitants as the Soul of Stone turns people into statues. For decades, heroes from all over Greece have been trying to put an end to her evil, and for decades her collection of statues has grown, soul by soul. When Panacea, a young Amazon warrior with a talent for potions, learns her brother has been killed by the monster, she sails to Sarpedon to seek revenge. But in the killer’s cave, Panacea makes a stunning discovery that leaves her questioning everything she believes to be true. Torn between bravery and fear, between loyalty and treachery, Panacea must reconcile herself to the knowledge that ending a life is easy, while preserving one is hard. Vengeance is an art—but is she willing to bathe her soul in Hellfire in order to master it?
Can a catastrophe ensure humankind’s survival? At an orphanage in Los Angeles, an astrophysicist meets a young savant who will forever change the fate of humanity. In Florida, the Space Shuttle Atlantis departure marks the end of the 30-year space program. In Pasadena, a journalist makes an incredible discovery that will revolutionize how we consume content online. But these seemingly unconnected episodes aren’t what they seem. They will ignite an all-out war fought on two different fronts—one for the control of planetary resources, and the other for the dominance of cyberspace. One man. One mission. Failure is not an option. The future of humankind rests on the most audacious project in history, one capable of ensuring the survival of our civilization—or beginning the downward spiral of its extinction.
Some secrets must remain buried. In an unknown location north of the Barents Sea, a research center as tall as the Eiffel Tower hides the greatest scientific discoveries of the 21st century. The few who know of its existence call it Valhalla, but none suspect why it was built. When Dr. Selene Sato accepts a job at Valhalla for eccentric billionaire Wei Wang, she discovers more about human ingenuity than she ever thought possible. But there is a secret buried in this outpost of progress hiding a catastrophic scenario: destruction on a planetary scale never before seen in human history. Wei prepares for war as Valhalla holds the only defense capable of repelling the coming apocalypse. Project Valhalla is a novella set in the techno-thriller series The Omnilogos Singularity. It should be read after the first book, Rise of Polaris.
This book provides inspiration for social workers to explore the possibilities of using Photovoice to engage with communities. Built on strong theoretical foundations and grounded in ethical principles, Jarldorn assesses Photovoice as an arts-based approach that provides a valuable mechanism for social workers to engage people in participatory action research, with the potential to influence policy and public opinion. Positioning Photovoice as a method aligned with feminist and radical social work perspectives, the author draws upon her research project which used Photovoice with former prisoners to demonstrate the transformative potential of participatory methods. Photovoice Handbook for Social Workers is intended to be a useful, hands-on resource, combining the importance of theory and the practicalities of doing action research.
Not all gifts are meant to be opened. In the workshop of the blacksmith god Hephaestus, the first woman comes to life. The Olympians name her Pandora, ‘All-Gifted,’ since each of them has endowed her with a gift: beauty, poise, self-possession and cunning, among others. Zeus gives her two gifts: a burning desire to learn—and a jar she is ordered never to open. Pandora is fostered by gods but raised to live among men. When she marries the Titan Epimetheus—brother of the gods’ worst enemy, Prometheus—her fate appears to be sealed. Although her life with Epimetheus is full of happiness, Pandora is besieged by nightmares carrying omens of dark things to come: destruction, famine, death and the end of the young race of mankind. With the fate of humanity at stake, will Pandora surrender to the destiny that haunts her, or challenge her nature and become what no god ever imagined she could be?
This Muse needs no lyre to inspire. Her song is in her sword. When Muse Calliope and her sisters flee from burning Greece, the Titan Mnemosyne tells them it is north they need to go: to a barbarian land the natives call Britain. There the Greek goddesses can find shelter and spread their culture for the benefit of the land’s inhabitants. But Britain proves to be a hostile land, filled with fire-breathing demons and snake-shaped gods, where the strong prey on the weak and men believe the only way to deal with life is by the sharp edge of a sword. Calliope realizes that to help Britain prosper she needs to embrace a culture where the sword is a symbol of justice and power. Can the sword in the stone help her find the pure-hearted leader who will give Britain its much-needed peace, or will she fail in her mission and see it succumb to blood and anarchy?
Even gods can bleed… In this collection the myths of three of the most defiant characters in Greek mythology—Persephone, Sisyphus and Orpheus—are retold like never before. In Scion of Gaia, Persephone finds her mother’s mind broken by madness. With the world withering and mortals dying by the thousands with every turn of the Sun, will the Queen of the Underworld stop the collapse of the world and save her mother from certain death, or will she be forced to pay her due to destiny by committing the ultimate crime? In King of Defiance Sisyphus is a man sentenced by the Olympians to pay for his disobedience by pushing a boulder up a mountain in the depths of Tartarus until the end of time. But prophecies and omens say he must face the gods and that resilience will be his best ally against them. When an action meant to save his kingdom brings Sisyphus against the most powerful of the Olympians, the battle for his soul truly begins. And in Song of Forever, we meet young Princess Macaria, who turns to stories of love and loss among mortals to seek solace in a world without happy endings. After the queen assigns Macaria more responsibility in the ruling of the Netherworld, the young goddess learns that justice is swift but seldom fair. When the mortal Orpheus breaches the Underworld to retrieve his wife, he threatens the very balance of life and death. With Orpheus’ destiny in her hands, will she choose what history and duty say is necessary—or follow her heart? How far are our heroes willing to go to break the status quo and claim their freedom?
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