In the last years of the 9th century, King Alfred is in failing health and his heir an untested youth.
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 9780007219766
Category: Fiction
Page: 402
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In the last years of the 9th century, King Alfred is in failing health and his heir an untested youth. The Danes who have failed to conquer Wessex smell an opportunity and Harald Bloodhair leading a Viking horde is led into a trap by the warlord Uhtred inflicting the greatest defeat ever suffered by the Vikings thus saving Alfred's Wessex.
More—they claimed that because he had brought the Blood out of the Burning Land, as Ârata's Promise says the Next Messenger will do, he had come to believe himself the Messenger, embracing the same blasphemy as the people of Refuge, ...
Author: Victoria Strauss
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 9781497697560
Category: Fiction
Page: 567
View: 374
In a hidden desert sanctuary, the sorcerer-priest of a reborn faith uncovers dark truths about his world and its masters in the first book of Victoria Strauss’s fantasy masterwork, the Way of Ârata A realm long held in the iron grasp of godless tyrants, Arsace is finally free to worship its beloved, once-outlawed deity, Ârata. But decades of cruelty and oppression have left their mark—evidenced not only by the desecrated Âratist temples throughout the holy city of Baushpar but by the widespread mistrust and suspicion that has lately fallen on the Shapers, the powerful mages whose magic is beholden to no religious or government institution. Both a Shaper and a deeply devout priest, Gyalo Amdo Samchen has embarked on a great mission into the sacred Burning Land to rescue the renegades who, years before, fled into the desert to escape the city’s madness—among them the Dreamer Axane, who dares not reveal her forbidden visions of a world beyond. But shocking truths await Gyalo in the hidden sanctuary of Refuge—and what he learns there of his quest, his land, its leaders, and its faith will cause him to question everything he fervently believes while providing the terrible spark that could ignite the war to end all wars. In a magnificent feat of world building, Victoria Strauss has created a unique, vividly imagined land, society, and religious culture while spinning a riveting tale of duty, revelation, destiny, and magic that places her in the top ranks of contemporary fantasists.
That land out there has been burning me as long as I can remember. All these years I've been getting ready for this moment. I'm going out there to take hold of it... Raised by struggling Scottish immigrants in the sparsely inhabited ...
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: Momentum
ISBN: 9781743342589
Category: Fiction
Page: 654
View: 625
That land out there has been burning me as long as I can remember. All these years I've been getting ready for this moment. I'm going out there to take hold of it ... Raised by struggling Scottish immigrants in the sparsely inhabited mountains of the Port Phillip District, Matthew Curtis dreams of the vast unexplored spaces of inland Australia. Defying his stern foster-father, he leaves home — and the warm, grey eyes of Catriona Simmons — at sixteen. His journey takes him first to the brawling life of the goldfields with the beautiful Janice Honeyman, then north into the burning wilderness of the unexplored outback. An engrossing historical saga in the tradition of Evan Green and Wilbur Smith, The Burning Land bursts with life and the passion and daring of Australia's pioneers.
George Alagiah. ' Pacy and stylish ' Jeremy Vine GEORGE ALAGIAH ' Gripping ' Guardian South Africa is ablaze , but who started the fire ? THE BURNING LAND George Alagiah is presenter of BBC News at Six, Britain's. Front Cover.
Author: George Alagiah
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781786897954
Category: Fiction
Page: 261
View: 745
'Gripping' Guardian 'Pacy and stylish' Jeremy Vine 'It was never meant to be like this. Sabotage, yes. Propaganda, yes. All of that and more - but not this. Not murder.' South Africa has become a powder keg. Its precious land is being sold off to the highest bidders while the country's corrupt elite pocket the profits. As the dreams and hopes of its people are threatened, frustration turns to violence. With the shocking murder of one of the country's bright young hopes, the fuse is well and truly lit. Conflict mediator Lindi and her childhood friend Kagiso find themselves in the heart of the chaos, fighting to save themselves and their country as events are set in motion that no one - least of all they - can control.
But his journey across the Burning Land promises dangers and temptations possibly too terrible to bear.
Author: Victoria Strauss
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780061846960
Category: Fiction
Page: 792
View: 629
In the midst of the sacred wastes of the Burning Land -- in a hidden sanctuary called Refuge -- life goes on as usual for the people who have always believed themselves the last of their kind. But Axane, in secret, dreams forbidden visions of a world shehas been taught no longer exists -- and awaits the arrival of a savior ... or destroyer. Returned to power after long years of oppression, the rightful and pious rulers of the realm of Arsace have chosen Gyalo as their emissary, entrusting the young Shaper with finding a lost society of renegade mages and returning them to the fold. But his journey across the Burning Land promises dangers and temptations possibly too terrible to bear. And a shocking secret is waiting to be uncovered in Refuge, one that could reveal the true nature of the world ... and ignite a holy war without end.
The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 9780007290017
Category: Fiction
Page: 400
View: 894
The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.
BURNING LAND Run or relocate, In the Burning land, Let's desecrate, The Burning Land, We're nomads in no-man's land, We're displaced and it's a disgrace, From the Burning Land, Wisps of smoke, war dogs choked, In the Burning Land, ...
Author: Nigel D. Paul
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781291723700
Category: Poetry
Page: 58
View: 406
This is a collection of words, of thoughts, of ideas, of the world that surrounds us, and of the world within us.
For protection under this act, the following requirements must be met: (1) the burn must be accomplished only when at ... land provided the burning is done in accordance with a burning plan prepared and approved by a certified burner.
Author: Wayne T. Hamilton
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781603446280
Category: Nature
Page: 296
View: 228
From the futile attempts at eradication to the successes of integrated brush management, practitioners examine mechanical, biological, chemical, and fire-related methods from three perspectives--the past, the present or "state-of-the-art," and the future.