The Henderson family's plan for an island retreat takes an unusual turn when they discover the island they have just purchased in the St. Lawrence River is an independent country.

This story is about a man called Rhymes Ramose and the way he tried to destroy the world after a man called King Hovercraft killed his sister Hanneck Ramose. It also tells the story about how people tried to stop him from destroying the world for Rhymes Ramose holds the rest of us responsible for his sisters death. The story begins when a plane crashes in a desert. The pilot asks a man called Captain John Coiners why a ship is left in the desert. The pilots name is Keith Black. John tells him that he was the captain of the ship and that the ship is called the Red Dragon. He also tells him the history about how they found the Fiddle of Doom and that his son Michael burnt a Golden Eagle and that Michael was put into prison. He tells Keith that he would do anything for his son. He also tells Keith Black about a man called Treeon Littlewood and the story that he told him and the crew of the Red Dragon.

Darrell is an average guy who has, so far, lived a normal life. He has been down on his luck lately: he lost his best friend and girlfriend and several years have passed since his grandmother’s death. Despite the fact Darrell believe things cannot get any worse, he begins having dreams which seem more like nightmares. In these nightmares Darrell is brought to his grandmother’s grave where he is welcomed by a stranger in dark clothes. The stranger explains to Darrell that he will be given the opportunity to be immortal in order to save human existence from vicious vampires. As Darrell struggles with his newly bestowed power of immortality, he is told about the myth of the BLACK wolf that is stronger than any werewolf or vampire. Darrell’s grandmother senses the power and strength of the BLACK wolf in Darrell’s bloodline. The bloodline of the BLACK wolf is what holds the key to stopping the vampires’ victory over the human race. Darrell agrees to help save the human race as he struggles through a great blood battle to stop the vampires.

The once peaceful land of Azard is being torn apart by a vicious and cruel insurrection led by the evil Prince Cian whose only aspiration is to be King. Those who stand in his way are ruthlessly destroyed, for he is a man with no pity or feelings. Only the slain King’s son, Prince Aedan stands in his way, but he is slowly but surely being forced back and can see nothing but defeat looming for him and his country. A hero is needed to save the country. A young mother from the Forest of Dean suddenly fi nds herself resurrected as the hero that is desperately needed, but as she battles the forces of evil, she discovers that all is not as it seems… Does she possess the powers to outwit her sworn enemy Cian and bring the bloody conflict to a close?

The author, Deirdre Anne Jonker wrote Nocturnal Ascendency. The second book will continue with the fate of various covens in the trilogy. The Ambrose family, along with other shape shifter allies, is plunged deeper into peril! The tension between Gabriel and Larry escalates, hurting them towards an inevitable showdown. Meanwhile, Arabella’s tumultuous relationship with Caleb and Katrina intensifies. But the most pressing challenge? Amy’s impeding childbirth. Will she endure and thrive, or will she suffer the same fate as her mother, doomed to roam as a spirit? What began as a mere oversight now threatens the very fabric of the Ambrose family.

As he walked through the castle to search for his daughter, he came upon a room whose door had a name written on it; the name was Mirabelle. His heart started to beat fast as he pushed the door open. His eyes saw the coffin sitting in the room, and he began to realize that he was in his dream that he had been having for so long. He began to pray outside of the room and then entered and closed his eyes. He stepped to the coffin slowly and laid his hand on it; he wept with pain and agony in his heart. He then opened the coffin and grabbed Mirabelle with his eyes still closed. When he got her over his shoulder, he began to rub her on her back and pray for her because he knew that’s what she would want. A few minutes later, he heard a small voice say, “Hi, Daddy.” He had everything a king could have ever wanted, but his task was far greater than he expected. Running a kingdom blind is what King Hector had to do. Keeping his spiritual life balanced with a wife and child, not knowing whom to trust and who were backstabbers—all while trying to regain his eyesight, but behind everything, he’s going through, there’s a reason.

The last thing Salvi had expected was for his retirement to come to an end. The last of the great dragon slayers, Salvi believed that he had killed his last dragon. The ex-dragon slayer had settled into a boring, though much safer life running his wife’s pub called The Dragon Inn. Now his days were filled with telling tall tales of how he had saved Owain, his beloved Robyn and Cymru fromthe horrible dragon Darg. It had been many years since this last adventure and ten years since last seeing his young friend Owain, who had returned, once again, to seek Salvi's help. But this time it wasn't dragons that threatened the kingdom of Cymru, but the vicious ogres of the forest.

In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa's life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called The Ocean Was Watching. Kurosawa remains unchallenged as one of the century's greatest film directors. Through his long and distinguished career he managed, like very few others in the teeth of a huge and relentless industry, to elevate each of his films to a distinctive level of art. His Rashomon—one of the best-remembered and most talked-of films in any language—was a revelation when it appeared in 1950 and did much to bring Japanese cinema to the world's attention. Kurosawa's films display an extraordinary breadth and an astonishing strength, from the philosophic and sexual complexity of Rashomon to the moral dedication of Ikiru, from the naked violence of Seven Samurai to the savage comedy of Yojimbo, from the terror-filled feudalism of Throne of Blood to the piercing wit of Sanjuro.