To sleep, perchance to dream . . . or wake again in a different world. This is the dual life of Muse, Love, and other Immortals like them. Split between two lives in two worlds, they never sleep, never dream, and never die. In one life they walk among us, unknown, in the other, they are worshiped as gods. . . .
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On her way home for the Christmas holidays, Dora is given a mysterious box by her father. She also discovers that there’s a boy she’s never seen before in the back of the car—but he vanishes when she tries to tell her Dad about him. Then her Dad vanishes too: has he gone to work in London, or has he . . .
Eleven demi-gods are prophesied to overthrow the established pantheon. Their mortal mothers decide to hide them in the world of man where they can escape the wrath of the gods. These “upstart” demi-gods will grow strong and one day will fulfill their destiny of challenging heaven itself. The story uses aspects of real world mythologies (Greek, Norse etc.), fantasy . . .
The Ghosts of Earth is the first book of the Truthfarer series which describes the beginnings of a universe—the origins of space and time, and of consciousness itself. These cataclysmic events set in train the Truthfarers’ quest, and the account of their journey Homewards. This history follows the adventures of two of these beings as they travel from the . . .
The gods of Valhalla need a champion to fight for them in the Midgard—otherwise known as Earth. They need someone fierce, strong, with a killer instinct. Who they got was Iris Morgan, a file clerk on her way home. Imbued with the power of the gods, she must learn to harness her new strength, survive the tests they set for . . .
A dark brotherhood that was once thought long dead has resurfaced. After tirelessly searching for elements to a spell that could end a terrible curse they have endured for centuries, they find their way to the sleepy village of Blakeby. Meanwhile, a brother and sister move there from the city to start a new life in the country, but what . . .
This is only the second piece of script presented fiction that I have read and I admit to knowing very little – if anything at all – about the technicalities of their execution outside my experience as a reader.
What appeals to me about this style of fiction is that it [more . . .]
The Ghosts of Earth has incredibly rich language and texture. If it was written in poem it would seem to be an epic poem. I have enjoyed what I have read of it.
However it is not a modern book. It is extremely slow. Indeed the first chapter covers millions of [more . . .]