The fate of Wessex lies in the hands of Merlin, the current manifestation of the 10,000-year-old Avebury Stones dynasty of Wessex venefici. But time races against him. He has only seven years left to live; seven scant years in which he must train his successor in the enchantments. To be veneficus is to be wizard, sorcerer, alchemist, hermit and wax-pale ghost. Twilight, formerly the village boy Will Timms, is imbued with the aura of the one chosen to be taught by the mighty Merlin and eventually take his place. However, Wessex has fallen into peril, consumed by conflict and death. The Northern King, Penda, and his wolf woman veneficus, Elelendise, have invaded the land in pursuit of conquest and power. Elelendise covets Merlin's title above all else and she will stop at nothing to obtain it... But Penda and Elelendise are not the only threats. Forces even darker still are gathering against Merlin and Twilight as the god of the Cowering Dead strives for dominion in an immortal struggle entwined with the fate of Wessex. Author Chris Page lives in Wiltshire (Wessex), England with his wife and two children. The Dark Ages history of the region known as Wessex, steeped in the life and culture of the poetic Celtic tribes, form a foundation of facts, people and sites on which Chris constructs his world of magic and fantasy. Veneficus - Stones of the Chosen is the first book of The Wessex Progressions. The story continues in Gemini Thunder.

Meet Christine, an orphaned teenager misunderstood by her godparents and society with an urge to be who she is. One night, she steps into an imaginary utopia called Delarte. Delarte is a place where everything is possible and everything or everyone is accepted. It is there, she meets a witch called Bella and her puppet called Vera. Along the way, Bella and Vera show Christine a great deal of kindness and hospitality. Christine witnesses a show in Delarte's theatre, where she sees creatures such as flying mermaids, immortal clowns, singing butterflies and many other creatures. Stepping through the mirror again, Christine blurs life between reality and Delarte. Spiral down on Christine's journey and meet intriguing creatures from dancing corpses to singing werewolves and find out what it feels like to finally be understood, or is not everything as it seems?

The Alliance sits on the edge of Jarrat. The Dark Knight Ra'naroz is in control of Queen Oriana inside the castle. One wrong move would see her death and the death of many others. Alaric has returned to join the army and his first priority is to rescue Alena and Eldred from the clutches of the Evil One. If he is going to succeed in his quest he knows that both must survive. The prophecy sits on a knife edge and Alaric must travel to Castalia if he is going to succeed, whilst the Alliance must free Jarrat from the enemy.

Experience the pulse-pounding conclusion to the Fall of the Gods: sea battles, hidden libraries, warring deities, old enemies, and one woman's need for liberation and revenge. When her quest to destroy the Gods began, Buc was a child of the streets. Now she is a woman of steel, shaped by power lost and gained, honed to a fine edge by grief and a thirst for vengeance. When a perilous mission uncovers intel key to the destruction of the Dead Gods and the sleeping Goddess Ciris, Buc knows this might be her last chance to put a stop to this divine war...for good this time. With a part of Ciris still living inside her, tempting Buc with power, things are about to get a lot more complicated. Sure, she could wake Ciris and help her annihilate the Dead Gods–but it would mean the betrayal of everything and everyone she has fought for–and nothing can bring back man she loved. If Buc has to destroy every last God, eat the rich, and break the world in order to save it, she will. Even if it costs her everything. The Fall of the Gods series The Sin in the Steel The Justice in Revenge The Memory in the Blood At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The essays selected here for translation derive largely from Thomasius's work on Staatskirchenrecht, or the political jurisprudence of church law. These works, originating as disputations, theses, and pamphlets, were direct interventions in the unresolved issue of the political role of religion in Brandenburg-Prussia, a state in which a Calvinist dynasty ruled over a largely Lutheran population and nobility as well as a significant Catholic minority. In mandating limited religious toleration within the German states, the provisions of the Peace of Westphalia (1648) also provided the rulers of Brandenburg-Prussia with a way of keeping the powerful Lutheran church in check by guaranteeing a degree of religious freedom to non-Lutherans and thereby detaching the state from the most powerful territorial church. Thomasius's writings on church-state relations, many of them critical of the civil claims made by Lutheran theologians, are a direct response to this state of affairs. At the same time, owing to the depth of intellectual resources at his disposal, these works constitute a major contribution to the broader discussion of the relation between the religious and political spheres.

Jake and Laura Adams just had their lives turned completely upside down. After they discover that they were the chosen ones of Artemis and Apollo with powers to control fire and water, these siblings no longer know the meaning of normal. After fighting against the leader of the Filii Tenebrarum, Jake and Laura now find themselves living on Delos Island, home of the guardians. Their new life now focuses on controlling their powers, learning the daily life of a Guardian, and finding out what happened to their parents. Daily threats and taunts from the Filii Tenebrarum plague the twins as tension grows between Jake and Laura. Can they overcome their own differences to save the ones they love, or will they be consumed by the darkness in the end?

Although written mostly as a fictional work, this piece of literature uses many real world examples of the occult to make its fictional points. Written in a series of ten letters, the book gives a very personal perspective on one person's view of the occult. Although Walter Scott was failing in health while writing this work, a unique charm is given to the text in the midst of his illness near the end of his life.