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The Greyfriar

Author : Clay Griffith
Publisher : Gollancz
Release Date : 2011-03-01
ISBN 10 : 0575097213
Pages : 352 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (575 downloads)

Download The Greyfriar in PDF Full Online by Clay Griffith and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Adele is the heir to the British Empire. Or at least what is left of it. Ever since vampires burst from the shadows of myth and legend to overwhelm the world the great powers of the 19th century exist only as rump states clinging to the tropical regions of the earth. Creatures of the dark and cold vampires hate heat and have only rarely ventured into the tropics. North and South, in the temperate zones, the great empires have been over-run by the vampire clans and turned into massive charnel houses where humans are kept and bred like animals until they are harvested for their blood. But the tropics have been safe, until now. The airship carrying Adele to her marriage in Cairo is attacked and overwhelmed by Vampires and her younger brother, Simon, is spirited away. Adele is determined to follow him and falls in with the mysterious scourge of Vampires, the Greyfriar. Together they travel first to the massive abbatoir of London and then North to the shadows of Scotland in a desperate bid to recover Simon. And there they find that war is brewing. A war to overthrow the last vestiges of human power and establish a global Vampire Empire . . .

The Greyfriar

Author : Clay Griffith
Publisher : Pyr
Release Date : 2010-11-10
ISBN 10 : 9781616142971
Pages : 303 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (142 downloads)

Download The Greyfriar in PDF Full Online by Clay Griffith and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rousing pulp action and steampunk come together in a heartbreaking story of high adventure and alternate history. In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. It is now 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming. Princess Adele is heir to the Empire of Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire. When she becomes the target of a merciless vampire clan, her only protector is the Greyfriar, a mysterious hero who fights the vampires from deep within their territory. Their dangerous relationship plays out against an approaching war to the death between humankind and the vampire clans. The first book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history. Combining rousing pulp action with steampunk style, the Vampire Empire series brings epic political themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.

The Settler Colonial Present

Author : L. Veracini
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2015-03-12
ISBN 10 : 9781137372475
Pages : 160 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (372 downloads)

Download The Settler Colonial Present in PDF Full Online by L. Veracini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Settler Colonial Present explores the ways in which settler colonialism as a specific mode of domination informs the global present. It presents an argument regarding its extraordinary resilience and diffusion and reflects on the need to imagine its decolonisation.

Hearts of Smoke and Steam

Author : Andrew Mayer
Publisher : Pyr
Release Date : 2011-11-15
ISBN 10 : 9781616145347
Pages : 347 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (145 downloads)

Download Hearts of Smoke and Steam in PDF Full Online by Andrew Mayer and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superheroes and steampunk come together in 19th century New York. Sir Dennis Darby has been murdered, the Automaton has been destroyed, and Sarah Stanton has turned her back on a life of privilege and comfort to try and find her way in the unforgiving streets of New York. But Lord Eschaton, the villain behind all these events, isn't finished with her yet. His plans to bring his apocalyptic vision of the future to the world are moving forward, but to complete his scheme he needs the clockwork heart that Sarah still holds. But she has her own plans for the Automaton's clockwork heart--Sarah is trying to rebuild her mechanical friend, and when she is attacked by the Children of Eschaton, the man who comes to her rescue may be the one to make her dreams come true. Emelio Armando is a genius inventor who had hoped to leave his troubles behind when he and his sister left Italy for a life of anonymity in the New World. Now he finds himself falling in love with the fallen society girl, but he is rapidly discovering just how powerful the forces of villainy aligned against her are, and that fulfilling her desires means opening the door to a world of danger that could destroy everything he has built. The Society of Steam takes place in a Victorian New York powered by the discovery of Fortified Steam, a substance that allows ordinary men to wield extraordinary abilities and grants powers that can corrupt gentlemen of great moral strength. The secret behind this amazing substance is something that wicked brutes will gladly kill for, and one that Sarah must try and protect, no matter what the cost. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Falling Machine

Author : Andrew Mayer
Publisher : Pyr
Release Date : 2011-06-21
ISBN 10 : 9781616143763
Pages : 285 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (143 downloads)

Download The Falling Machine in PDF Full Online by Andrew Mayer and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new steampunk series opens in 1880, when women aren't allowed to vote, much less dress up in a costume and fight crime. But twenty year-old socialite Sarah Stanton still dreams of becoming a hero. Her opportunity arrives in tragedy when the leader of the Society of Paragons, New York's greatest team of gentlemen adventurers, is murdered right before her eyes. To uncover the truth behind the assassination, Sarah joins forces with the amazing mechanical man known as The Automaton. Together they unmask a conspiracy at the heart of the Paragons that reveals the world of heroes and high-society is built on a crumbling foundation of greed and lies. When Sarah comes face to face with the megalomaniacal villain behind the murder, she must discover if she has the courage to sacrifice her life of privilege and save her clockwork friend. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Kingmakers

Author : Clay Griffith
Publisher : Pyr
Release Date : 2012-09-18
ISBN 10 : 9781616146757
Pages : 392 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (146 downloads)

Download The Kingmakers in PDF Full Online by Clay Griffith and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic Vampire Empire trilogy rushes to a heart-wrenching conclusion of honor and love, hatred and vengeance, sacrifice and loss. A war to the death. Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, serves the Equatorian cause, fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But the human armies are pinned down, battered by harsh weather and merciless attacks from vampire packs. To even the odds, Adele unleashes the power of her geomancy, a fearsome weapon capable of slaughtering vampires in vast numbers. However, the power she expends threatens her own life even as she questions the morality of such a weapon. As the war turns ever bloodier and Adele is threatened by betrayal, Gareth faces a terrible choice. Their only hope is a desperate strike against the lord of the vampire clans--Gareth's brother, Cesare. It is a gamble that could win the war or signal the final days of the Greyfriar. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Rift Walker

Author : Clay Griffith
Publisher : Pyr
Release Date : 2011-09-06
ISBN 10 : 9781616145248
Pages : 399 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (145 downloads)

Download The Rift Walker in PDF Full Online by Clay Griffith and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history combines rousing pulp action with steampunk style, bringing epic political themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism. Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriage and obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic allies stand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, the alliance's horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her duty and embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation from staining its hands with genocide. Reunited with her great love, the mysterious adventurer known to the world as the Greyfriar, Adele is pursued by her own people as well as her vengeful husband, Senator Clark. With the human alliance in disarray, Prince Cesare, lord of the British vampire clan, seizes the initiative and strikes at the very heart of Equatoria. As Adele labors to bring order to her world, she learns more about the strange powers she exhibited in the north. Her teacher, Mamoru, leads a secret cabal of geomancers who believe Adele is the one who can touch the vast power of the Earth that surges through ley lines and wells up at the rifts where the lines meet. These energies are the key to defeating the enemy of mankind. If Princess Adele could ever bring this power under her command, she could be death to vampires. But such a victory would also cost the life of Adele's beloved Greyfriar. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Talking Book Topics

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Publisher :
Release Date : 2013-05
ISBN 10 : UFL:31262095580998
Pages : 116 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)

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Digital Talking Books Plus

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Release Date : 2013
ISBN 10 : OSU:32435084838465
Pages : pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)

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The Geomancer

Author : Clay Griffith
Publisher : Pyr
Release Date : 2015-11-03
ISBN 10 : 9781633880955
Pages : 321 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (88 downloads)

Download The Geomancer in PDF Full Online by Clay Griffith and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Gareth and Adele Novel, The Geomancer is the start of an ongoing, character-based, urban fantasy series set in the same Vampire Empire universe as the authors’ previous trilogy! The uneasy stalemate between vampires and humans is over. Adele and Gareth are bringing order to a free Britain, but bloody murders in London raise the specter that Adele's geomancy is failing and the vampires might return. A new power could tilt the balance back to the vampire clans. A deranged human called the Witchfinder has surfaced on the Continent, serving new vampire lords. This geomancer has found a way to make vampires immune to geomancy and intends to give his masters the ability to kill humans on a massive scale. The apocalyptic event in Edinburgh weakened Adele's geomantic abilities. If the Witchfinder can use geomancy against humanity, she may not have the power to stop him. If she can't, there is nowhere beyond his reach and no one he cannot kill. From a Britain struggling to rebuild to the vampire capital of Paris, from the heart of the Equatorian Empire to a vampire monastery in far-away Tibet, old friends and past enemies return. Unexpected allies and terrible new villains arise. Adele and Gareth fight side-by-side as always, but they can never be the same if they hope to survive. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia

Author : Robert W. Pohle Jr.
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-05-09
ISBN 10 : 9780810892705
Pages : 414 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (892 downloads)

Download The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia in PDF Full Online by Robert W. Pohle Jr. and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922–2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and television. Though he is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in films of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s—as well as his appearances in the Lord of the Rings trilogy—Lee also appeared in many other films, including The Three Musketeers, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Star Wars. The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia encompasses all of the films in the distinguished actor’s prolific career, from his early roles in the 1940s to his work in some of the most successful film franchises of all time. This reference highlights Lee’s iconic roles in horror cinema as well as his non-horror films over the years, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. The entries in this book feature: Cast and crew information Synopsis Critical evaluation Newspaper and magazine reviews DVD availability Many of the entries also feature Sir Christopher’s recollections about the production, as well as the actor’s insights about his directors and fellow costars. Appendices in this volume include discussions of Lee’s significant work on radio and television, as well as film shorts, screen tests, films in which he is mentioned, films from which he was cut, and unrealized projects. A film-by-film review of the actor’s cinematic output. The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia will appeal to this legend’s many devoted fans.