Troll Mountain: Episode I

Fiction / By /
Troll Mountain: Episode I

Author: Matthew Reilly

Publisher: Momentum

ISBN: 9781760080624

Category: Fiction

Page: 65

View: 481

From Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel The One Impossible Labyrinth out now. A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... In an isolated valley, a small tribe of humans is dying from a terrible illness. There are rumors, however, that the trolls of Troll Mountain, the valley's fearsome overlords, have found a cure for the illness: a fabulous elixir. When his sister is struck down by the disease and his tribal leaders refuse to help him, an intrepid youth named Raf decides to defy his tribe and do the unthinkable: he will journey alone to Troll Mountain and steal the elixir from the dreaded trolls. But to get to Troll Mountain, Raf will have to pass through dangerous swamps and haunting forests filled with wolves, hobgoblins and, worst of all, the ever-present danger of rogue trolls ... The journey to the mountain has begun. IN THIS, THE FIRST OF THREE SERIALIZED EPISODES, MATTHEW REILLY TAKES YOU ON HIS WILDEST RIDE YET: A HEADLONG QUEST TO THE DARK HEART OF THE KINGDOM OF THE TROLLS.

Troll Mountain: Episode III

Fiction / By /
Troll Mountain: Episode III

Author: Matthew Reilly

Publisher: Momentum

ISBN: 9781760080969

Category: Fiction

Page: 65

View: 460

From Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel The One Impossible Labyrinth out now. A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... Raf's mission to Troll Mountain is in ruins. Having penetrated the mountain, only to be caught in the act of stealing the fabled elixir, Raf must now face the trolls' champion in a fight to the death. As the trolls gather to watch the fight, Raf watches them closely. If he can somehow survive this fight, his mission may not be over. The final battle for Troll Mountain is about to begin. IN THIS, THE LAST OF THREE SERIALIZED EPISODES, MATTHEW REILLY TAKES YOU ON HIS WILDEST RIDE YET: A HEADLONG QUEST TO THE DARK HEART OF THE KINGDOM OF THE TROLLS.

Troll Mountain: Episode II

Fiction / By /
Troll Mountain: Episode II

Author: Matthew Reilly

Publisher: Momentum

ISBN: 9781760080945

Category: Fiction

Page: 65

View: 294

From Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel The One Impossible Labyrinth out now. A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... The only unguarded entrance to Troll Mountain is the abandoned kingdom of the hobgoblins. With no other route available to them, Raf and his newfound friends, Ko and Düm, enter the dark, dank world of the hobgoblins. But is it truly abandoned? IN THIS, THE SECOND OF THREE SERIALIZED EPISODES, MATTHEW REILLY TAKES YOU ON HIS WILDEST RIDE YET: A HEADLONG QUEST TO THE DARK HEART OF THE KINGDOM OF THE TROLLS.

Darkwind Chronicles

Fiction / By /
Darkwind Chronicles

Author: Christopher Cifelli

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

ISBN: 9781479721207

Category: Fiction

Page: 151

View: 932

The first act tells of Magnetin Darkwinds adventures though the world of Hearth, undergoing a trial to become a Dragon Knight and face new dangers, foes and himself as he gains allies along the way.

The Troll Circle

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The Troll Circle

Author: Sigurd Hoel

Publisher:

ISBN: UOM:39015022289311

Category: Fiction

Page: 313

View: 969

Trollringen is at once a historical saga, murder mystery, and domestic tragedy. Sigurd Hoel's last novel is set in the early nineteenth century, following Norway's independence from Denmark and during the country's struggle to escape Danish domination. It was inspired by his discovery in childhood of an executioner's block used in the beheading of a murderer in 1833. From that image grew the story of a utopian, a young farmer named Havard Viland, whose struggle in his time against religious bigotry, mindless conformity, and political and intellectual stagnation has implications for whatever or whoever can be branded as radical in our own time. This English translation by Sverre Lyngstad introduces the work of a major Scandinavian writer to a wider audience. As Lyngstad points out in his afterword, Hoel throws the light of modern psychoanalysis on the ancient legends, myths, and superstitions surrounding the quest of Havard Viland. The farmer wants to bring hope and dignity into the lives of everybody, even the lowliest cotter, but he is an outsider in his backward rural community. Tricked into marriage, gradually cut off, pushed into the position of scapegoat, and deliberately misunderstood, Havard becomes the personification of stifled goodwill and strangulated progress. It is shocking that he becomes the victim of a circle of aggressive neighbors and officials intent on maintaining the status quo by sticking to the old, accustomed ways and business-as-usual politics.

Giants and Trolls

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Giants and Trolls

Author: Alice Peebles

Publisher: Hungry Tomato ®

ISBN: 9781467790895

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction

Page: 32

View: 591

They're big, mean, and shudderingly horrible—and that's about all that the giants and trolls of mythology have in common. Some have several heads. Some have only one eye—or lots of eyes! You wouldn't want to cross paths with any of them. But what if they crossed paths with each other? Who would win in a battle? Which one is the strongest of all? Meet the ten most ferocious and gruesome of these mythical beasts, including: ● the three-headed warrior ● colossal cannibals ● the frost giant ● human-eating trolls Find out about each giant or troll's features and skills, where in the world they come from, how they rank compared to one another, and how you might defeat them if you ever strayed into their remote realms.

EYE for an EYE

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EYE for an EYE

Author: William Gorski

Publisher: Gatekeeper Press

ISBN: 9781662906411

Category: Fiction

Page: 418

View: 294

An Ancient Scroll reveals the cryptic and apocalyptic words articulated by Queen Leahanna’s late husband K’Thilladorn as seen in a vision moments before his untimely death. His words contain an ominous ring. A prophetical warning predicting future events. For it is the time of the full Blood Moon. It would be a time long anticipated by Evil. A time when a Key would unlock the pathway to wickedness, torture, demon possession and destruction. Upon a pyramid sat the gateway, an Illuminated Eye beaming brighter as the coveted Key, the Sword of Leahanna, approached. All-the-while from within the portal of the Eye-Gate, an evil influence is being felt, an emerging New World Order set in place by Kalamon. It would further embolden the Muzoule, Gnomes and Trolls to ratchet-up their attack upon the Realm and make way for the Shinning One, the purveyor of Evil. However, all was not lost. Hope lay deep within the Elfin forest of I’Thillianne. Queen Leahanna and the Wizards of the High-Tower had activated the Tablet of Destinies that lay within the Ark alongside the revived Holy Book of Promise, sending a Heavenly light, a celestial signal for the Roluks to attack, turning their arrows Northward. And so it begins. The temporal and spiritual battle for control of the hearts and minds of good men, women and all the inhabitants of the Realm, culminating in a lethal confrontation of evil, orchestrated by malignant powers beyond the portal, deep within the confines of the Second Heaven. It will be Total War or Total Defeat!

Mountain Environments

Science / By /
Mountain Environments

Author: John Gerrard

Publisher: MIT Press

ISBN: 0262071282

Category: Science

Page: 340

View: 513

Using examples chosen from a variety of geographical settings and scales, A. J. Gerrard presents a novel approach to the study of mountain environments. He provides a framework in which mountains as special environments can be studied and shows how, no matter what their location or origin all mountain regions share common characteristics and undergo similar shaping processes. Gerrard's integrated approach combines ecological, climatological, hydrological, volcanic, and environmental management concerns in a systematic treatment of mountain geomorphology. He begins by examining the special nature of mountains, including a new classification of mountain types. He discusses mountain ecosystems, stressing the interaction between biota, soil, climate, relief, and geology, examines the high-energy systems of weathering and mass movement, and analyzes the role of rivers and hydrology and the processes of slope evolution. Two chapters are devoted to the particular characteristics of glaciation and vulcanism in mountain formation. The book concludes with a discussion of the special problems that human use of mountain regions create, including engineering, natural hazards, soil erosion, and the concept of integrated development. A. J. Gerrard is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Birmingham, England

Coyote's Song

Literary Criticism / By /
Coyote's Song

Author: Richard D. Erlich

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

ISBN: 9781434457752

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 658

View: 609

A major study of the major and minor fiction, poetry, and children's books of SF and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin. As Le Guin herself writes, "It is written in English, not academese, and will be of interest to a wide spectrum of students, scholars, and interested readers."

Changing Tunes

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Changing Tunes

Author: Phil Powrie

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

ISBN: 0754651371

Category: Music

Page: 236

View: 775

The study of pre-existing film music is a well-established part of Film Studies, covering 'classical' music and popular music. Generally, these broad musical types are studied in isolation. This anthology brings them together in twelve focused case studies. The first section explores art music; it revolves around the debate on the relation between the aural and visual tracks, and whether pre-existing music has an integrative function or not. The second section is devoted to popular music in film, and shows how very similar the functions of popular music in film are to the supposedly more 'elite' classical music and opera.