An epic sword and sorcery fantasy, this novel continues the history of the people and gods of Midguard. Following 300 years after the tumultuous events of CHILD OF THUNDER it tells of a new threat to Midguard's hard won peace. The old king of Bearn is dying and his heirs are falling prey to disease and murder, those not killed outright are failing the traditional test of kingship. With their failure comes the threat of chaos-without a tried and tested ruler Bearn will fall and the balnce between good and evil won by the legendary Renshai,Colbey Calistinsson, will be lost. A new Renshai of equal talents to Colbey's is the only hope for Midguard...

An epic sword and sorcery fantasy, this novel continues the history of the people and gods of Midguard. Following 300 years after the tumultuous events of CHILD OF THUNDER it tells of a new threat to Midguard's hard won peace. The old king of Bearn is dying and his heirs are falling prey to disease and murder, those not killed outright are failing the traditional test of kingship. With their failure comes the threat of chaos-without a tried and tested ruler Bearn will fall and the balnce between good and evil won by the legendary Renshai,Colbey Calistinsson, will be lost. A new Renshai of equal talents to Colbey's is the only hope for Midguard...

Keeping track of prolific authors who write fiction series was quite challenging for even the most ardent fan until To Be Continueddebuted in 1995. Noew, readers will be happy that the soon-to-be-released second edition has added 1,600 new books and 400 new series. To Be Continued, Second Edition, maintians the first volume's successful formula that featured concise A-to-Z entries packed with useful information, including titles, publishers, publication dates, genre categories, annotations, and subject terms. Among the genre categories that can be found in To Be Continued are romance, science fiction, crime novel, horror, adventure, fantasy, humor, western, war, Christian fiction, and others.

As the bombs rain down in the Second World War, one young girl is evacuated to the English countryside. Struggling to make sense of her new wartime life, she is given a copy of a book of ancient Norse myths and her inner and outer worlds are transformed. Linguistically stunning and imaginatively abundant, Byatt’s mesmerising tale - inspired by the myth of Ragnarok - is a landmark piece of storytelling from one of the world's truly great writers.

2028AD is a real life inspired sci-fi universe stretching across several books and stand alone short stories depicting life on Earth and beyond as our wasteful life take the human species and planet Earth beyond the gates of man-made Ragnarok. While the Universe is large and the stories go far beyond Earth and the mundane, the first book tells a small and fairly short "everyday" life story about a few individual people and their contemporary life a decade or so from now as we follow their tiny little footprints of thoughts and love, fear, despair, melancholy, laughter and needs in that whirlwind of life in the Anthropocene which we too inhabit. "They had departed, drifting through the high seas. Ragnarok 5 was their designation, but the wolfpack of ships was scattered and silence was all that remained from the outside world."

When the nations of the world learns of its possible demise, how will they react and what must be done to preserve life on our planet. A Norwegian marine scientist named Jens at the Kristiansund Institute, Norway, many years ago had made a breakthrough in communications with a dolphin named Kong that has never been revealed to other researchers or to the general public. Because of the need to keep this breakthrough secret and a growing military threat to the free world primarily from Russia and China, Jens decides to share his research with NATO and the US Navy. This is when Jens first learns from Kong that aliens have been visiting the earth for thousands of years and during part of this this period have made contacts with dolphins, but not with humans. Now, for the first time, the aliens want to make contact with humans to warn them of an impending disaster to our planet. One of the aliens named Jargon initially meets Jens, who arranges for him to speak to the world at the UN, where we learn what the threat to our planets survival is and how it can be avoided.

Embark on an epic and heartfelt journey as Kratos and Atreus struggle with holding on and letting go. A couple of years have passed since Fimbulwinter began; the cold continues to bite, throughout the realm of Midgard. The guide for God of War Ragnarok features everything you need to know to survive Fimbulwinter and hope to prevent Ragnarok. Learn how to defeat the toughest bosses, complete Favors, and track down even the most hidden collectible. - Coverage of the game's toughest Bosses - Deep dive into what Gear you should use for Kratos - Master the challenging trials of Muspelheim - A breakdown of the various Favors - Where to find every Collectible for all of the realms - Builds to make your life easier

Ash is a beautifully illustrated account of the botanical and cultural faces of the ash tree. The book maps the tree’s evolution and geographical spread across the entire Northern Hemisphere over the last 44 million years, and describes the 43 species that grace the planet today. Edward Parker also explores the botany, cultural history, and medicinal uses of the tree, from its significance in ancient Indo-European cultures, to its remarkable properties in treating Alzheimer’s disease. In addition he looks at topical issues, such as the devastating effects that the spread of the emerald ash borer beetle and the ash dieback fungal infection are having on Northern Hemisphere forests.

This book deals with legends and images of the apocalypse and post-apocalypse in film and graphic arts, literature and lore from early to modern times and from peoples and cultures around the world. It reflects an increasingly popular leitmotif in literature and visual arts of the 21st century: humanity’s fear of extinction and its quest for survival -- in revenant, supernatural, or living human form. It is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) and Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) focused on the vampire legend. The third, The Supernatural Revamped: From Timeworn Legends to Twenty-First-Century Chic (2016), focused on a range of supernatural beings in literature, film, and other forms of popular culture.

Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction provides comprehensive coverage of the major authors and works in these popular genres. Each entry includes a brief discussion of the author's life and work and includes a full bibliography. Each entry on