The Swordhand Omnibus

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444012552

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The Swordhand Omnibus (2-in-1) by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

In the bitter cold of an unrelenting winter Tomas and his son, Peter, arrive in the inhospitable village of Chust and settle there as woodcutters. When a band of gypsies comes to the village Peter's drab existence is turned upside down. He is infatuated by the beautiful gypsy princess, Sofia, intoxicated by their love of life and drawn into their deadly quest. For these travellers are Vampire Slayers and Chust is a dying community - where the dead come back to wreak revenge on the living. Years on from My Swordhand is Singing and Peter is still on the trail of the Shadow Queen. His search leads him to Venice, a city whose beauty disguises many ugly secrets. The Shadow Queen is there, gathering strength, recruiting a new army of the Undead for a final confrontation. Hers is the kiss of death.

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375890840

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My Swordhand Is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

WHEN TOMAS AND HIS SON, Peter, settle in Chust as woodcutters, Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut, so they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesn't understand why his father has done this, nor why his father carries a long, battered box, whose mysterious contents he is forbidden to know.But Tomas is a man with a past: a past that is tracking him with deadly intent, and when the dead of Chust begin to rise from their graves, both father and son must face a soulless enemy and a terrifying destiny.

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fathers and sons
ISBN : 1444002767

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The Swordhand Omnibus by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

In the bitter cold of an unrelenting winter Tomas and his son, Peter, arrive in the inhospitable village of Chust and settle there as woodcutters. When a band of gypsies comes to the village Peter's drab existence is turned upside down. He is infatuated by the beautiful gypsy princess, Sofia, intoxicated by their love of life and drawn into their deadly quest. For these travellers are Vampire Slayers and Chust is a dying community - where the dead come back to wreak revenge on the living. Years on from My Swordhand is Singing and Peter is still on the trail of the Shadow Queen. His search leads him to Venice, a city whose beauty disguises many ugly secrets. The Shadow Queen is there, gathering strength, recruiting a new army of the Undead for a final confrontation. Hers is the kiss of death.

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444001730

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Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

Set at the time of the Russian Revolution, the end of a centuries old dynasty, the rise of the Bolsheviks sent shockwaves around the world. This is the story of one man who was there. It's real history - about the riches and excesses, the glory of the Russian nobility, Nicholas and Alexandra, their haemophiliac son, Alexei, notorious Rasputin, Lenin and Trotsky who ruled from palaces where the Czars had once danced till dawn. The man was real too, his name was Arthur Ransome. He was a writer, accused of being a spy, perhaps even a double agent, and he left his wife and beloved daughter and fell in love with Russia and a Russian woman, Evgenia. Fictionalising history and blending it with real life, part i is told as a fairy tale. Wise and foolish kings, princesses, enchantresses (characters more suited to fairy tale than reality), wishes and magic, Russia with its vast cold plains and mighty cities, its riches and poverty, all play a part in the downfall of the Czars and rise of the new order. Part ii is about betrayal - Ransome the spy, bleak and threatening. Part iii is a love story, a fairy tale, ending - of Ransome's love for his daughter, Tabitha, and for Evgenia.

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307433831

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The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

THE DAYS BETWEEN Christmas and New Year’s Eve are dead days, when spirits roam and magic shifts restlessly just beneath the surface of our lives. A magician called Valerian must save his own life within those few days or pay the price for the pact he made with evil so many years ago. But alchemy and sorcery are no match against the demonic power pursuing him. Helping him is his servant, Boy, a child with no name and no past. The quick-witted orphan girl, Willow, is with them as they dig in death fields at midnight, and as they are swept into the sprawling blackness of a subterranean city on a journey from which there is no escape. Praise for The Book of Dead Days: “Beautifully paced and sometimes blood-soaked. . . . A very tangible sense of evil.”—The Guardian “Subtle menace and power.”—The Independent “Packed with drama, mystery, and intrigue.”—The Bookseller

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444005585

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Monster Mountains by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

Saving the world isn't going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy. They've left Fright Forest and crossed a huge plain to the worryingly named Monster Mountains, where they find a sign telling them to Turn Back. They really shouldn't have ignored it! It's not the strange wailing noises they hear in the dark, or the gigantic yeti who wants to eat them for breakfast that they find alarming, so much as the crazy wizard, Jeremy, who seems intent on adding Elf Girl and Raven Boy, not to mention Rat, to his collection of all too life-like stone statues.

Author : Bill McCurry
Publisher : Infinite Monkeys Publishing LLC
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798987890707

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Death's Collector by Bill McCurry Pdf

A wizard compelled to kill. A slaughter he vowed to prevent. A murderer who pissed off the wrong guy… Bib the sorcerer hates how much he loves his job. Cursed by the God of Death to collect lives, he focuses their thirst on snuffing out only lowlife losers and contemptible ass-clowns. But when innocents under his protection are brutally murdered, Bib flips the switch on the ultimate revenge spree. Bent on obliterating the bum responsible, Bib is more than a little miffed when he discovers the shocking truth about his own degenerate nature. But knowing the type of killer he is inside, the reluctant hero won’t be stopped until he mows down every evil dude in his path. Can Bib fight his way to redemption before he loses his soul to bloodlust? Death’s Collector is the first book in the darkly humorous The Death-Cursed Wizard fantasy series. If you like snarky heroes, top-notch magic systems, and epic sword and sorcery, then you’ll love Bill McCurry’s addictive tale. Buy Death’s Collector to flirt with darkness today!

Author : Oren Jason Margolis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198769323

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The Politics of Culture in Quattrocento Europe by Oren Jason Margolis Pdf

A study of Rene of Anjou, a French prince and exiled king of Naples, and how he engaged his Italian network in a programme of cultural politics conducted with an eye towards a return to power in the peninsula, this volume seeks to understand the politics of culture in early Renaissance Europe through the lens of Italian humanism and art.

Author : Percival Christopher Wren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UGA:32108002664699

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Percival Christopher Wren's Foreign Legion Omnibus: Beau Geste, Beau Sabreur, Beau Ideal by Percival Christopher Wren Pdf

Follows the adventures of Beau Geste and his brothers, Englishmen who flee their country and join up with the French Legion after they are suspected for a crime they didn't commit.

Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : English fiction
ISBN : UCAL:B4102844

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Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood by Charlotte Mary Yonge Pdf

Author : Tobias Smollett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026620354

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The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett Pdf

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444002058

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The Dark Flight Down by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

Sweeping, mesmerising gothic fantasy full of magic and intrigue, from award-winning author, Marcus Sedgwick. The action-packed and enthralling conclusion to THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS. Welcome to a world of dark magic, lurking evil and beguiling mystery. Following their thrilling journey in THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS, Boy and Willow are plunged into a world of gilded finery and splendour as they are held captive in the palace of the Emperor Frederick. But beneath its golden veneer lies cruelty, madness and desperation. They must face terrible danger as they confront the whirlwind furies of the Emperor and the calculating ambitions of his confidante, Maxim. What's more, they must follow a deadly trail which will lead them to the Phantom . . . The truth about Boy's identity is one among many shattering secrets as THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS is opened for the final time.

Author : James Swallow
Publisher : Games Workshop
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1785721100

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Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus by James Swallow Pdf

A classic Warhammer 40,000 villain attacks! Fabius Bile plots to bring the Blood Angels low using their most precious artefact – the blood of the primarch Sanguinius himself. The Blood Angels stand apart from the other Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, descending from the skies on wings of flame. While they are renowned for their ten-thousand-year history of glorious battle and honourable deeds, these secretive Space Marines seek to hide the dark flaws at the core of their being – the Red Thirst and the Black Rage – from the rest of the Imperium. Do they fight any longer for the protection of mankind, or merely for their own salvation?

Author : Andrew M. McClellan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108482622

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Abused Bodies in Roman Epic by Andrew M. McClellan Pdf

The first full study of corpse mistreatment and funeral violation in Greco-Roman epic poetry, illuminating many major texts.

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Children's stories, English
ISBN : 1842556002

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The Dead Days Omnibus by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

The days between 27 December and New Year's Eve are dead days, when spirits roam and magic shifts restlessly just beneath the surface of our everyday lives. There is a man, Valerian, whose time is running out, who must pay the price for the pact he made with evil so many years ago. His servant is Boy, a child with no name and no past; a child he treats with contempt, but who serves his master well and finds solace in the company of his only friend, Willow. Unknown to any of them it is Boy who holds the key to their destiny. But before that is revealed, Boy and Willow are held captive in the palace of the Emperor Frederick. Here they are plunged into a world of gilded finery and splendour. Beneath the golden veneer lies cruelty and madness. They are in terrible danger as they confront the whirlwind furies of the Emperor, the calculating ambitions of his confidante, Maxim, and follow a trail which will lead them to the murderous Phantom. THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS and THE DARK FLIGHT DOWN are mesmerising stories of sorcery and desperate magic spanning dark cities, deadly courtrooms, and the threatening, frozen countryside. The truth about Valerian¿s past, Boy's identity and many other shattering secrets are laid bare as the Book of Dead Days is opened for the final time¿