Showing results for title "The Dragon" in Genre Fiction

On behalf of the British Museum Holmes and Watson travel to Wales. A dinosaur skull that was found in a coal mine was stolen before its transport to London. Finding the thief, however, turns out to be a challenge. It seems that the Celtic natives have other plans with the fossil.

A legendary dragon, a sorceress queen who plays by her own rules, and a blood feud spanning generations. Havenglade's borders have been breached, and foreign enemies march for Gradur Castle. The sorceress queen Loli will stop at nothing to destroy Havenglade, unifying a realm torn apart for millennia. The young enchantress Laurena Blackwood is on a secret quest - one that could turn the tides of battle.

After defeating the mysterious wizard, Lesmarglor, and saving Gradur Castle, Laurena had hoped for a better future. One where she could learn the secrets of her magical crystal and live in peace. But after a failed mission, paranoia spreads through the castle and alliances begin to shatter. Mysterious assassins threaten the Crown Prince, and images of black dragons surface in impossible places. Rumors of a dangerous cult hint that the recent problems are only the beginning of an ancient, unthinkable evil.

Born in Japan of a French father and White Russian mother, Alex Faure greeted news of war in the Pacific with schoolboy enthusiasm. That is until the hardships of being a gaijin and neutral foreigner in Japan during World War II became a stark reality for the Faure family. Award-winning author and screenwriter, Peter Yeldham masterfully tells Alex Faure’s own true story against the backdrop of real events in wartime Japan. Laced with excerpts from Alex’s diary, Dragons in the Forest is a riveting tale of life as a foreigner in a strange land at a very dangerous time.

Princess Wren is distressed. King Belodawn blames his daughter for the mysterious disappearance of his wife. He avoids his daughter at all costs. The king favors conquests requiring his person far away from the kingdom. Things are about to change; the princess has matured. When Wren discovers a friend, a horse, some muscle, and swords, she inherits a new crucible, Indentured service to another king, she is his kingdom's dragon slayer. What is the mysterious key to unlock her grief, the secrets of her family, and her own survival? While Wren's greatest strength turns into a nightmarish ...

No sane airshipman will fly near a storm, but the cover of storm edge offers effective concealment for airship pirates who can strike quickly from above before anyone knows a ship is near. With the protection of Aide, the goddess of air travel, one airship defies the elements to seek fortune for the rag tag aerialists who make up the pirate crew.

Ten long years after the mysterious murder of their parents, two brothers have just been freed from incarceration in a prison-like orphanage. Against their wills they are torn apart and launched into separate quests against conflicting and dangerous forces. Independently they struggle to learn the truth and to resolve the unanswered cries for vengeance that have long consumed their lives with the poisoned thorns of unresolved bitterness.

Buck Johnson: The Dragon Drive? is the second short story in the Buck Johnson series. This time Buck and Skeeter and Snort are trailing a herd of dragons to Skrintax. If everything goes as planned, they'll sell the dragons for a good price and finally be able to get off Terul. But things seldom go as planned, especially when dragons are involved.

Il drago imperiale è un romanzo storico che realizza felicemente la fusione della fantasia e della realtà in pagine affascinanti, da cui sgorgano lo strano e l’imprevisto. Judith Gautier (1845-1917) fu una scrittrice francese, figlia dello scrivano Theofile Gautier, e compagna del poeta Pierre Loti. Fu un’orientalista e membro dell’Accademia Goncourt.

A menace from generations past and an all-too modern antagonist threaten to attract the attention of a new kaiju with unprecedented catastrophic power… unless Reggie and Ben can team up with a celebrity psychic and two mysterious, improbable harbingers at the literal middle of nowhere to save the day, their sanity, and the world!

The Empire struggles for its survival against the dark elven hordes, and a new ally might mean victory or destruction. When the umbral elves offer to side with the Empire, Sir Tyrcamber Rigamond is sent to the Imperial Free City of Falconberg to help guard the Emperor's ambassador. But in the corrupt city of Falconberg, the treacherous politics of the merchant-lords might be more dangerous than the umbral elves themselves. And an ancient enemy might rise from the dust of the past.

Long before the coming of the Blood of the Land, a time of hopeful uncertainty has fallen on the icy world of Staranana. The cruel Emperor Seth has mysteriously vanished, but the people begin their celebrations perhaps a bit prematurely. A sinister plot to destroy the Starananians’ last and greatest stronghold, Stony City, quickly unfolds as 100,000 mongrel dragons rain destruction down on the city, and Lizard Face, Seth’s treacherous second-in-command, prepares to usurp the abandoned throne. However, hope comes in the form of three young and powerful dragons loyal to the cause of the ...

Although this fact is well known among historians, what is not known is what else happened that day - when a deranged, dimension-hopping descendant of a Confederate general attempted to assassinate Lincoln long before he became the 16th President of the United States.

WHEN WARNER OLAND (STARRING AS CHARLIE CHAN) FINDS HIS LIFE IN DANGER - HE TURNS TO THE HOLLYWOOD COWBOY DETECTIVES TO SOLVE THE CASE! "A good time. Recommend it to all who like old western movies and serials too." -The Adventure Continues Blog When PR man Curly Woods and cowboy Hoot Gibson arrive at an Arizona dude ranch they find themselves up against a supervillain with a deadly weapon. Sent by the studio to teach Warner Oland, Keye Luke, and the rest of the cast of the new movie, "Charlie Chan Goes West," how to ride, Woods and Gibson find themselves in the midst of a situation that ...

Hunt and Kim Armistead have a happy marriage, successful careers, a fancy home, and a full bank account. They are missing only one thing – a child. Although Kim feels moved to adopt a baby from China, she is disappointed that Hunt doesn’t share her enthusiasm. Instead, her husband is focused on becoming the next district attorney in their Southern town. But after a notorious trial spins his plans out of control, Hunt unexpectedly finds healing as he unwillingly follows his wife's lead into international adoption. When the Armisteads journey to China to meet their new baby, Hunt learns ...

When Tsar Alexander II decided to drag Russia into the industrial age, he began by inviting Welsh businessman John Hughes to build an ironworks. A charismatic visionary, John persuades influential people to invest in his venture while concealing his greatest secret: he couldn't even write his own name. John recruited adventurers prepared to sacrifice everything to ensure the success of Hughesovka (Donetsk, Ukraine).

Follow Buck Johnson, Skeeter Evans, and Snort Jones as they attempt to earn enough money to get off Terul, and get to some place where the money comes easier. But, as you'll soon see, breaking, roping, herding, and rounding up dragons - especially when there are more than a few green-broke korths and churlish native Terullians involved - doesn't always turn out quite as expected. This audiobook is a new twist on the space western and a rollicking ride across the vagaries and lives of a dragon wrangler and his sidekicks on Planet Terul.

Принцу Дитриху предстоит пройти свой путь заново. Юный принц растёт очень быстро, отличаясь от многих своих сверстников. Но прошлое не желает так просто отпускать, и раз за разом оно подбрасывает новые нити. Но хотя становление нового члена драконьего клана происходит очень быстро, даже этого недостаточно.

On behalf of the British Museum Holmes and Watson travel to Wales. A dinosaur skull that was found in a coal mine was stolen before its transport to London. Finding the thief, however, turns out to be a challenge. It seems that the Celtic natives have other plans with the fossil.

World War III is a few months month old. After attacking and sinking the Destroyer USS Stacy Heath, the Chinese seize control of Nepal and Bhutan and push into India where the Allies manage to stop them. But for how long? Pakistan is attacking from the north - and China is preparing for the 'big push' from the east. Worse yet, China’s Ministry of State Security has orders to assassinate the Dalai Lama, rather than run the risk that he will inspire a Buddhist rebellion in Tibet.