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Mary had only one friend in her life, Nicolas, the man married to her mother. He was young, handsome, and just as abused by her mother as she was. Together they find a love that is fragile and heartbreaking. After one ruinous event, Mary is sent off to wed another and as the years pass, Mary and Nicolas...

All men must die. But Nomad doesn't want to die just yet. The date is somewhere in the thousands. The world is dead, rivers dry, and the only people left alive scrape the world's ruins for anything of value. Forget the promise of technology, for how things truly work has been forgotten and the only...

Fleeing an arranged marriage, the young prince of Silveneir, Montesinos DeSilva, leaves a life of luxury for exile in neighbouring Daricia. But Daricia is not a land at peace, and DeSilva finds far greater danger there than the unwanted wedding he sought to evade. Worse, DeSilva's jilted...

Even as civil war is quelled in Daricia, the barbarian Kraag sweep across neighbouring Kellia with fire and sword. The Darian Warmaster Naidr rides north to meet the Kraag at Narillion, where he hopes also to be reunited with his queen. Returning victorious from her long quest, Queen...

The great hero Kam Daishen lies dead; taking his name and armour, a young woman sets out to complete the slain knight's quest. For twenty years, civil war has wracked the Darician Plateau; now the armies of the Empress Kaesa stand poised to seize victory. From the smoke of war comes a rebel champion,...

The nightmarish assault of Red Shakasha's undead horde has been thrown back from the walls of New Adathen, but the war against the witch goes on. The good knight Sir Denebar, now Lord Protector of Kellia and Silveneir, inspires a quest to meet the Red Witch Shakasha in her demesne at the ruined Necropolis of Silveneir...

In the year 9995 AG (After Gagarin) the galaxy is ruled by the Galactic Council, which meets on old Earth every five years. Lord Axel, former C-i-C of the Star Fleet, is Second Lord, with ambitions beyond mere Lordship. Axel meets Lalia, an Earth Guardian, when she slaps his face, believing he had...

With civil war raging in Daricia, Queen Rathe Saban and her bodyguards set out to find the one man they believe can save the realm: the infamous swordsman Montesinos DeKellia. But DeKellia has not been seen in over seventeen years, long believed killed in a tidal wave. His brother Kalidor believes...

The evil Empress is defeated, but her inhuman allies remain. Far across the world, the city of Karak Nam Psarrion stands beside a lake of fire. There the Automaton serve the demonic Process, plotting the conquest of the world. With six of her knights, Sabra sets out for distant Psarrion to bring war to the enemy.

Montesinos DeSilva returns at last to Silveneir, but the city is not as he left it. Revolution brews in the Foreign Quarter, while the armies of neighbouring Daricia march upon the city. Worse, DeSilva's father DeKellia is a leader of the revolutionaries, and plots an atrocity greater than any yet comitted in the long wars that have wracked the nations.

Sabra Daishen, the Red Knight of the Rebellion, has gone north to secure the borders against the allies of the defeated Empress. Behind her, the Daishen leaves a land devastated by war and one trusted knight to rebuild the fallen nations. Sir Taran Denebar, wise in the ways of knighthood and...

The Athaan in the Bull City: Building Durham’s Islamic Community tells the little-known story of the growth of the Islamic community in Durham, North Carolina. Drawing upon his own knowledge of the founding and development of Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman, Inc., Nazeeh Z. Abdul-Hakeem, the organization’s...

Jeder hat sein Bild von Berlin. Wie aber sehen die anderen die Stadt? Sehen sie dieselbe Stadt - oder eine völlig andere? Assaf Alassaf, Jane Flett, Lucy Fricke, Maren Kames, Tilman Rammstedt und Érica Zíngano verabredeten sich im Herbst 2017 jeweils zu zweit zu Spaziergängen durch Berlin. Begleitet...

Digital Transformations in Turkey analyzes the genesis, dynamics, and operations of different communication contexts in relation to digital transformations in Turkey. The contributors tackle such topics as the impact of social networking channels like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter and the changing...