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"To survive, they must kill the last of her kind.
The Lapis Moon is gone. Magic is dying. The world has moved on.
Mages, however, are an endangered species. Sander Bree is scraping a living as a mage for hire, Rosheen Katell is in hiding with her brother Oskar. All mages are outlawed, exiled, dodging assassins and the wrath of Archbishop Yorath Pasco who would gladly have them skewered in public.
Then a dragon attacks a small fishing village on the Parthalan coast. Dragons aren't supposed to exist in these enlightened times, and so the Archbishop suggests a deal: if Sander and Rosheen use their magic to slay the dragon without fuss, then their slates will be wiped clean. Of course, they encounter personal betrayals, political backstabbing, criminal shenanigans, and a bloody great dragon in a rollicking adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat."
"Rosheen Katell and Sander Bree are two very different mages living in a world where magic is everything.
Embark on a thrilling journey with Rosheen Katell, a wandering mage known for her unwavering honesty, and Sander Bree, a royal mage living a life of privilege.
Rosheen has built her reputation on honesty and her refusal to kill. Sander, a royal mage, lives a life of ease, advising the king on matters of state. But when a cataclysmic event brings an end to magic, their worlds are thrown into chaos.
Sander is forced to fulfil a promise that may be impossible to keep without magic, while Rosheen must align herself with a murderous warlord, putting her principles to the test. In a war unlike any other, they are set against each other in a battle for survival.
The End of Magic is a gripping fantasy tale that deftly reimagines high fantasy tropes, delivering an original and intricately plotted story. Perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie and Scott Lynch, this dark and confident narrative will keep you on the edge of your seat."
"Accidental Marriage + Bodyguard Romance + Grumpy/Sunshine + Forced Proximity + Off-Limits Heat with humor, danger, devotion, and serious spice.
Wolf Black: I was supposed to be the muscle. Get in. Get her out. Job done. Instead, I ended up married. As a former SAS soldier turned Agile Security operative, I thought I'd left chaos behind.
But then a green-eyed force of nature shows up with a dangerous secret and a pink golf cart full of trouble, and I get roped into the mission of a lifetime.
Marry Kate to break her free from her father's rule and protect the runaway princess from a mysterious threat. Kate's smart. Gorgeous. And royally off-limits. But fate and a grandmother with a questionable marriage license have other plans. With ancient relics, sabotage, and someone trying to take her out, it's up to me to keep her alive.
Even if it costs me everything. Including crossing the line I swore to never cross. One island. One plane. One fake marriage. And a bloody hurricane of trouble.
Contains mature themes."
"All good things . . .
War comes to the Nine Kingdoms, and an ancient magic returns.
Sander Bree and Rosheen Katell, once respected mages, now offer their services converting lapis stones to lazulium skygas for the highest bidders. Caught up in the invasion of the Nine Kingdoms, they find themselves conscripted into a war with an elf mage and his undead army.
Gudrun Falk, former assassin turned reluctant hero, answers a cry for help and is drawn into a plot with a dragon with a thirst for vengeance. And Malachy Nye seeks redemption and falls in love. Yes. Malachy. In love.
As new enemies rise and old gods fade, the last of the mages must choose: cling to survival, or risk everything to save a world that no longer needs them.
The epic conclusion to The End of Magic trilogy is here—complete with skyborne battles, conspiracies, murderous twins, heartbreak, the shattering of empires, a golden dragon, two surly giants, and a war elephant called Robin."
"Jimi Hendrix's road manager and confidant Eric Barrett breaks fifty-five years of silence
As Jimi Hendrix's road manager, Eric Barrett was there when the amps blew in Milan, when Hendrix set Woodstock ablaze, when paranoia crackled through the Toronto airport, when his music electrified a sea of 600,000 at the Isle of Wight, and in the quiet hours backstage when Hendrix revealed the insecurities behind his genius. Hendrix confided in few people. Barrett was one of them.
No one was closer to Hendrix's supernatural talent—or his demons.
Experienced is Barrett's long-awaited, unflinching memoir: the definitive inside account of Hendrix as friend, bandleader, and phenomenon. It strips away the mythology to reveal the man in all his musical wizardry and human contradictions. It reveals Hendrix as volatile, generous, insecure, incandescently creative, and always in pursuit of the next sound.
While his journey with Hendrix provides the book's spine, Barrett's decades on tour with David Bowie, Madonna, George Michael, and others add depth, parallels, and a sweeping sense of how Hendrix's short life set the template for rock 'n' roll excess—and survival—through the decades. The result is not just another rock memoir but a once-in-a-lifetime backstage history of music's most transformative years, told through the prism of Barrett's ride on Hendrix's feedback-fueled rise and tragic fall."
"At a cafe in Budapest, Oswald, a British ambassador in his thirties, meets the young, handsome Imre, a Hungarian military officer. The two develop a strong friendship through their shared interest in art, but as their relationship grows more serious, they begin spending hours upon hours sharing their innermost secrets.
Eventually, their friendship turns to romance, a partnership between equals who respect and cherish one another despite the obstacles of an intensely homophobic society.
Published in a time when homosexuality was largely criminalized, Imre: A Memorandum offered a hopeful narrative immersed in gay history that would prove both inspiring and instructional for generations to come.
Imre is a novel by Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson. Originally published in 1906 and written while Prime-Stevenson was living as an expatriate in Europe, the novel is a groundbreaking, positive story of romance between two men.
Throughout his career, Prime-Stevenson sought to dispel falsehoods surrounding the history of homosexuality. Writing under the pseudonym Xavier Mayne, Prime-Stevenson took great care to insulate himself from the reprisal common to the period in which he worked."
"Too often, fear and suspicion have characterized churches' response to LGTBQ+ people. As we remain committed to the historic Christian teachings about marriage and sexuality, American evangelical churches have also harmed a community we have not understood. Our default has been to keep LGBTQ+ people at arm's length.
But there is another way, one that resists both culture wars and the pressure to revise scriptural teaching; one that embraces people and clings to historic witness.
In Love All Our Neighbors, Tony Scarcello shows how holding a traditional sexual ethic does not have to lead toward the exclusion of LGBTQ+ people from church. Drawing from biblical theology, cultural data, and the author's personal experience as a same-sex-attracted pastor, this book teaches traditional Christians and churches how to truly care for LGBTQ+ people.
In Love All Our Neighbors, you'll learn
- how Jesus loves LGBTQ+ people and desires to know them,
- how churches have built unbiblical barriers between LGBTQ+ people and Jesus, and
- how to dismantle these barriers and minister with care, without compromising orthodox theology."
"Of all the towns on Argyle Mim's trading routes, he's always enjoyed visiting Merseton best. The residents understand the unusual, and he can't deny he's far from usual. So when he learns of a cavalry troop bent on destroying his favorite town, Argyle races to warn them and becomes more involved in the town's defense than he'd anticipated.
Fen Pepper never wanted to be a cavalry soldier, but when his brother is forcibly conscripted, he volunteers. He's always protected Cor from people who don't understand him, and he's not about to stop now. A monster-killing obsessed captain leads the cavalry troop, and their target is the little town of Merseton, which might or might not exist. When Cor is injured during a skirmish, Fen stays with him while the rest of the troop flees—abandoning them to a town of monsters.
But all is not what it seems, and Fen finds his prejudices and fears challenged at every turn. Trader Argyle takes Fen under his wing and helps him navigate this odd new world. The cavalry will return—Fen knows their captain well enough for that—endangering the people who rescued him and his brother. While Fen reconsiders the bad information he's been fed all his life and tries not to consider his growing feelings for Argyle, he knows he'll have to choose between questionable loyalty and the truth right in front of him."
"Vazkor, who assumed the name of the warrior father he had never known, seeks his mother, a survivor of the hated Old Race known as the White Witch. He has sworn to kill her, to avenge his father and all the humans who had suffered at the hands of the Old Race. But as he searches, his own powers—his fearful heritage—grow. Can Vazkor rid the world once and for all of his own creator?
Hunting the White Witch is the concluding volume of the Birthgrave Trilogy. Rediscover this realm of brilliant cruel beauty and seductive immortal ruins, of savage war and grand conquest, of falling stars and silver gods."
"Turek was raised as an orphan nomad, until one grim night when he learns of his heritage. He discovers he is the son of the last woman of a superior race long thought dead—a woman who once dishonored his warrior king father. Intent on revenge, Turek takes his father's name, Vazkor, and embarks on a journey to find his mother—and murder her.
Rediscover this realm of brilliant cruel beauty and seductive immortal ruins, of savage war and grand conquest, of falling stars and silver gods."
"In this hilarious gay fantasy romance, a reclusive sorcerer is forced to protect a cowardly knight after a prophecy ties their fates together. Funny, touching and inventive, this brilliant debut is perfect for fans of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying and Dreadful.
In Which Many Dangerous and Homosexual Things Happen.
All his life, Sir Cameron has stayed as far away from danger as possible. He is quite frankly too handsome to die a pointless death in battle. But then the Church hands down a prophecy to his fellow knights: the only way to defeat their nemesis, the mad sorcerer Merulo, is to kill Sir Cameron. Short of ideas, Cameron throws himself on the mercy of the one person who now actually wants him to survive: the mad sorcerer.
Merulo isn’t thrilled to be babysitting a spoilt, attention–seeking knight, but transmogrifying him into a vulture is at least entertaining. Cameron, meanwhile, is on a voyage of self–discovery. It turns out he’s really, really into surly sorcerers who lock him up and tell him what to do. Who knew?
As a legion of knights surround their stronghold, the sorcerer’s poisonous ambitions draw ever closer to fruition. Cameron is quite invested in not dying, but he finds he’s also invested in Merulo. And sometimes, supporting the sorcerer you care about means taking an interest in their hobbies. Even if that hobby is trying to kill God.
Even if it might get you killed, too."
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