Category: Epic

By Mark Buchan

This learn examines human wish in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and the way it on the topic of heroic ideology. Buchan argues that the poems in reality critiqued the very ideology in which their heroes lay and asks `What occurs if we see the Iliad and Odyssey as studying the mental implications of ways to not get what you will want' instead of a narrative of wish and fulfilment of those to arrive a definite finish. 3 stories from the Odyssey , stories of `narrative traumas', are defined within the first 3 chapters and set the tone for the rest of the ebook which explores how a lot of the motion in either poems should be noticeable as a reaction to hope, highlighting the vulnerability and fragility of the human situation.

By Jennifer Fallon

In Medalon, ebook one of many Hythrun Chronicles, Tarja Tenragen and his half-sister R'shiel have been pressured to guide a uprising opposed to their strength hungry mom, who governed Medalon because the First Sister of the Blade. yet their mother's defeat got here at nice fee: not just does it go away Medalon liable to invasion, R'shiel is mortally wounded.As Treason continue starts, R'shiel is close to loss of life. Her in simple terms wish is the therapeutic powers of the Harshini--magical beings lengthy concept extinct. Even they are going to be hard-pressed to save lots of the Demon baby of prophecy . . . On Medalon's northern border, Tarja and the Defenders are some distance too few to face opposed to the invaders from Karien, in spite of the recent fortifications outfitted onto Treason retain. the one factor which could keep them is an alliance with Hythria, with whom the Medalon were skirmishing for generations. yet can Tarja belief Damin Wolflblade, warlord and inheritor to the throne of Hytrhia, with whom Tarja has in my view crossed blades upon the sphere of battle?Meanwhile, King Hablet of Fardohnya weds his eldest daughter, the stunningly attractive yet shrewish Princess Adrina, to the Karien inheritor. Hablet hopes to put his grandchild at the Karien throne. however the wayward and rebellious Adrina has her personal plans, and the destiny of 3 international locations cling upon her insolent whim.Featuring a heady mixture of political intrigue, conflict, and one of many nice love-hate relationships in delusion fiction, Treason continue is bound to delight the various lovers of epic myth.

By Bradley P. Beaulieu

The Flames of Shadam Khoreh starts approximately years after the occasions of The Straits of Galahesh. Atiana and Nikandr proceed their lengthy look for Nasim, which has taken them to the desolate tract wastes of the Gaji, the place the fabled valley of Shadam Khoreh lies. yet all isn't good. struggle has moved from the islands to the mainland, and the Grand Duchy is aware its time might be constrained if Yrstanla rallies its forces. And the losing affliction and the rifts develop ever wider, threatening areas that when suggestion themselves secure. The Dukes think that their in simple terms wish might be to regard with the Haelish warriors to the west of Yrstanla, yet Nikandr is aware that the secret's to discover Nasim and a misplaced artifact often called the Atalayina. Will Nikandr be successful and shut the rifts as soon as and for all? the reply lies deep in the Flames of Shadam Khoreh.

By Anne Lyle

Whilst Tudor explorers lower back from the recent international, they introduced again a reputation out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings. Red-sailed ships within the explorers’ wake, bringing local American goods--and a skrayling ambassador--to London. yet what do those doubtless magical beings actually need in Elizabeth I’s capital?

Mal Catlyn, a down-at-heel swordsman, is seconded to the ambassador's bodyguard, yet assassination makes an attempt are the least of his difficulties. What he learns concerning the skraylings and their unholy powers may price England her new ally--and Mal his soul.

e-book ISBN: 978-0-85766-215-6

By Allan Cole, Chris Bunch

A considerate and well-crafted epic fantasy.PUBLISHERS WEEKLYYoung, pampered Amalric Antero cared just for actual locations and attainable desires. yet then he met Janos Greycloak, a rushing soldier who dabbled in forbidden magic and who carried, hidden, facts of riches and mysteries past mind's eye. And unexpectedly Amalric stumbled on himself taking off at the experience of a life-time, a bold and dangerous quest via unknown lands peopled through nightmares, to hunt the final word in fables...THE a long way KINGDOMS!

By Seth L. Schein

'Homeric Epic and its Reception', comprising twelve chapters - a few formerly released yet revised for this assortment, and others showing the following in print for the 1st time - bargains literary interpretations of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite.

By Kate Elliott

5th within the Nebula Award-nominated sequence. The time of cataclysm is sort of the following while the land of the Aoi-cast forth from the realm lengthy centuries in the past by means of an unimaginably robust spell-weaving-will eventually go back to its start line with disastrous consequences...

By Paizo Staff

Unearth Occult Secrets

The international of Golarion is filled with old mysteries, hidden lore, and untapped psychic powers simply ready to be stumbled on. Pathfinder crusade environment: Occult nation-states deals every thing you want to discover occult issues on your video games, together with new ideas, special destinations, and preternatural inspirations to convey occult campaigns of any point to existence. inside of this ebook, you will find:

• principles strategies for every of the six occult periods offered in Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures, together with mythical spirits that expert mediums can channel, Thassilonian phantoms tied to the seven sins for depraved spiritualists, and psi-tech discoveries and the mindtech self-discipline for specialised psychics.
• Six destinations ripe for exploration in occult campaigns, together with a temple the place astronomers from misplaced Lirgen nonetheless secretly toil, a college of psychic magic at the utopian island of Hermea, and the kingdom of Zi Ha in Tian Xia, the place the samsaran citizens reside numerous lives via reincarnation.
• part a dozen locations of occult import past Golarion, together with the fort of the Black on Aucturn, the sea of Mists on Castrovel, and the Temple of Desna's First Dream within the size of Dreams.
• 9 occult rituals tied to such iconic corporations because the fake priesthood of Razmir and the crimson Mantis assassins, permitting characters to accomplish lichdom or quickly remodel right into a half-fiend.
• ideas for growing mystical idols that develop in strength as their cult followings extend, plus mysterious pattern idols.

Pathfinder crusade surroundings: Occult geographical regions is an ideal better half for Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures, and is meant to be used with the Pathfinder Roleplaying video game and Pathfinder crusade surroundings, yet can simply be utilized in any fable online game environment.

By James Barclay

One other action-packed event from the recent grasp of myth. The Raven shuttle to a brand new continent looking for mages to aid the ruined university of Julatsa rebuild and locate themselves in the course of an historical curse--a curse that has unleashed an endemic that threatens to wipe out the elven race. Barclay excels with one other story that pitches The Raven opposed to the clock and unseen foes. jam-packed with determined fights and mystery betrayals, the tale additionally fills in additional of Balaia's heritage and delves deeper into the traditional emnities among the universities. Barclay has created a superbly attractive workforce of heroes, and with each publication their background grows and the land they reside in turns into wider and richer. this is often landmark myth within the making.

By Tom Winnifrith