Conclusion to The Keepers trilogy. Nell and her recently discovered twin brother, Owen, vie to be named the next Imperial Wizard. 8 yrs+

Two rival kings must unite to defeat a malevolent god in the “wise and humorous” conclusion to the Hugo Award–winning author’s Scepter of Mercy trilogy (Publishers Weekly). When Avornis falls, the Banished One will reign supreme. Rival kings Lanius and Grus each covet solitary power, but realize that a kingdom divided cannot stand against the evil god who enslaves the minds of men through their nightmares. Once, Avornis was safe from his dark influence, protected by a powerful talisman supplied by the pantheon of deities who expunged the immortal called Milvago from their ranks. But that was centuries earlier, before the Scepter of Mercy was lost, and only through its recovery can Avornis survive. Now, Lanius has a daring—most likely impossible—plan, but it requires the cooperation of his fellow ruler, the warrior and usurper king Grus. If they fail to work together they will die together nevertheless, along with everything that is good and right in their world. Hugo Award winner Harry Turtledove brings his Scepter of Mercy trilogy to a spectacular end with a story of courage, conflict, and selfless sacrifice. In The Scepter’s Return, as in the previous books of the series, the acclaimed world-builder reimagines epic fantasy, leaving his own special imprint on the popular genre much as he has done with the alternate history for which he is so justifiably renowned.

A Forgotten Realms adventure for 2nd-level characters. Scepter Tower of Spellgard is the first full-length Forgotten Realms adventure published for 4th Edition D&D. When paired with the adventure that appears in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, this adventure provides the Dungeon Master with all he needs to get his campaign started.

For ten thousand years the seven wizards of the Wizard Council of Eonor had governed and protected the Elven folk of Eonor. As their time was passing and no apprentice was born to pass on their knowledge, the council put all their knowledge and magic into the “White Book of Magic”. It was established that only a true wizard could read from the book. A true wizard was defined as one who is born when a comet is visible during a total eclipse and can read from the book. Gindon, a member of the council could not accept his demise. He sought to increase his power and extend his life. He wrote the “Black Book of Magic” which, advised him to kill the other wizards and take their power as the only solution to becoming immortal. He killed one of the wizards and with a terrible war looming, the Elven folk and the youngest of the Wizard Council left for new land to call home or “Urot”. Gindon was able to kill another wizard and became more powerful. He gave the “Black Book of Magic” to his daughter, Gelda, and sent her with the others, to the new land. Massive fires and explosions were seen as the ship sailed off to their new home. Gelda knew her father had been killed and sought revenge against the Elven-folk. The ships landed on the shore of Urot, the sight of their first city, Windor. Gelda, seeking revenge for her father’s death, conjured a troll that killed several Elves before being slain. Gelda was accused of practicing Black Magic and was banished to the Black Mountains since Elven do not kill Elven. She swore her revenge and cursed them as she left. Gelda learned the ways of Black Magic and conjured more slave creatures to build her fortress castle. As the Elven folk expanded their realm, they discovered humans living in the prairies, forests, and mountains. They were primitive but saw that they were intelligent and gentle. They taught the humans woodworking, metallurgy, reading, and writing. After a time, humans built their own cities and villages. They kept good relations with the Elven folk, and it was not uncommon for humans and Elves to marry. And so, it was with King Marcus Drakorne who married the Elven Princess Errisa and soon their son Ferryman was born when a comet was visible during a total eclipse. The people of Urot wait patiently for a wizard’s apprentice to be declared as Gelda plots their demise.

In the second installment of the Keepers trilogy, Nell, a promising young witch, continues her difficult quest to become Apprentice Keeper.

An apprentice of the mage they had destroyed earlier, now threatens Inherian once again. But when Mexia arrives at Langdon to become school trained, she learns the school will not permit a woman to attend. But she must destroy the mage’s apprentice, and she cannot do so without the training. She must use the magic she has learned to discover a way to defeat the apprentice before it is too late. Mexia has already done much more than most school- trained mages when she and her companions had gone in search of the scepter of salvation. But now one of the apprentices of the evil wizard they had destroyed, has stolen his spell book and plans to take up where he had left off, and she has to try and stop him. Mexia believes the only way for her to defeat the mage is to become school trained like he was with the eventual goal of becoming a high wizard–the first of her kind in Inherian. But the current headmaster denies her entrance because she’s a woman. Though if she can get the former headmaster’s recommendation, she may attend. And that’s the beginning of the trouble. First, there’s the wizard. Then, the immovable headmaster. And then, the circle of misfortunes. It all goes downhill from there…

Are You Really Alone After Midnight? by Robert Meyer [--------------------------------------------]

If you are thinking that you are bored of the things that are happening around you that cause you to feel uneasy, gloomy, in a bad mood, try to concentrate and separate yourself. Come out of those things to relieve stress in each day Reading various books, in addition to helping you to concentrate Also helps to pull you out of various stress locations so you can focus on what you are reading Although it was not a long time But I hope to help everyone Separate yourself from today's world and enter the world of fiction. Another hypothetical world to relentlessly relax the various things that flow into the present. Like famous Sir One of the characters in the story you are about to read below. He does not need much in life. He just needs peace of day. Eating like food and comfort in life. But those things do not exist continuously. He must undergo training in order to gain the power he has received. By coincidence Makes that power stronger to compete with oneself in order to live in peace After practicing, he was still not in peace. He must face a big journey in life. In order to protect the loved ones in his heart How would his five-thousand-year journey be? Will he be at peace again? Please everyone to be encouraged. And stay together until the end I hope that traveling to this fictional world will help reduce the stress, many problems in today's world that we must encounter. Hopefully the world in this fictional story will be peaceful soon.

A slave boy named Darik falls in with a pair of spies as the great city of Balsalom comes under siege by the armies of a dark wizard. They flee west to enlist the aid of griffin riders, an order of wizards, and a band of ascetic knights to come to the city's defense. Meanwhile, a young queen named Kallia leads a heroic struggle to keep both her city and body free from the dark wizard's cruel embrace. Keywords: dragons, griffins, wizards, epic fantasy, sword and sorcery.

The Dark Citadel: When a dark wizard takes control of Balsalom and forces young queen Kallia into marriage, slave boy Darik bands with griffin riders and knights to defend their city. The Free Kingdoms: The Dark Wizard marches against the Free Kingdoms while a wizard, warrior prince, and a freed slave boy mount a heroic defense. A young queen struggles behind enemy lines to keep her city free from the enemy's grasp. The Golden Griffin: The dark wizard's dragons attack the griffin riders in their aeries. With her father dead, the young leader of the griffin riders must venture into the northern wilds to tame the powerful and elusive golden griffin. If she fails, her people will be scattered and destroyed. The first three volumes of The Dark Citadel fantasy series by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Michael Wallace. Key words: sword, fantasy, epic fantasy, wizard, magic, griffins, dragon.