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Son of Perdition by Wendy Alec
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWendy Alec is a high-profile media personality with a worldwide audience. This is the third nove in the series, Book One, Fall of Lucifer, Book Two, Messiah: The First Judgement. This book will receive marketing through TV, radio, regional and national press... -
![The Elven Apostate by Sara C. Roethle]()
The Elven Apostate by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRelease date will be updated One of the greatest cities has fallen, betrayed by its own people. Yet Saida’s loss is even greater, and for her pain, someone must pay. Though the events of the battle were orchestrated by the Emperor, her heart casts blame on only one elf. While Elmerah and Alluin work toward the next step in their plan, Saida can think of only him... -
![The Mahabharata by Bibek Debroy]()
The Mahabharata by Bibek Debroy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between the Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra... -
![Dawn of Magic: Sea of Flames by Sara C. Roethle]()
Dawn of Magic: Sea of Flames by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo gods are definitely not better than one… …especially when they’re plotting against each other. A storm is brewing, pitting dragons against mortals, gods against Faie, and in the middle is Finn. Her magic is changing. Traps seem to lurk around every corner. The greatest trap of all, perhaps, is making a deal with a dragon, but she sees no other choice... -
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![The Orphic Hymns by Orpheus]()
The Orphic Hymns by Orpheus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt the very beginnings of the Archaic Age, the great singer Orpheus taught a new religion that centered around the immortality of the human soul and its journey after death. He felt that achieving purity by avoiding meat and refraining from committing harm further promoted the pursuit of a peaceful life... -
![The Deliverer by Linda Rios Brook]()
The Deliverer by Linda Rios Brook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAncient language expert Samantha Yale returns to translate a new batch of scrolls written by the fallen angel from Lucifer’s Flood. Samantha Yale has taken on a daunting translation project. A set of scrolls, delivered by a man she knows nothing about, tells a fascinating and frightening tale of what went on behind the scenes of biblical history... -
![Born In Beauty by Melody Rose]()
Born In Beauty by Melody Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSure, going to the Demigod Academy sounds fun when you’re the daughter of a Greek god, but let me tell you, I wasn’t expecting a love spell to infect the entire school.Now the hallways are filled with PDAs, the teachers are canceling classes to “work on curriculum,” and my new roommate, well… you get the idea.Still, it’s not all bad... -
![Magic of Winter: A Celtic Legends Novel by Martina Boone]()
Magic of Winter: A Celtic Legends Novel by Martina Boone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPerfect for the holidays! In the harsh winter of the Scottish Highlands, where love and past history are equally fierce, burning away old hurts lets the future bloom its brightest... -
![Scottish Myths & Legends by Daniel Allison]()
Scottish Myths & Legends by Daniel Allison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe blue-skinned old woman who made the mountains. Finfolk, seal-people and the Makers of Dreams. Within these pages are the little-known stories of Scotland, collected and retold by an oral storyteller who performs them throughout the world. From folk-tales and local legends to ancient epics, these stories will astonish and delight readers everywhere... -
![The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales by Patrick K. Ford]()
The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales by Patrick K. Ford
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe title Mabinogi refers to the first four stories in this collection of tales from Welsh tradition. They are best known as the "Four Branches of the Mabinogi," and comprise the tales of Pwyll, Branwen, Manawydan, and Math. The remaining stories also spring from the same tree, and together they form a collection that comprises the core of the ancient Welsh mythological cycle... -
![The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune]()
The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Sea Priestess is the highly acclaimed novel in which Dion Fortune introduces her most powerful fictional character, Vivien Le Fay Morgan a practicing initiate of the Hermetic Path... -
![The Buddha and the Terrorist by Satish Kumar, Thomas Moore]()
The Buddha and the Terrorist by Satish Kumar, Thomas Moore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“A challenging story, beautifully written, most pertinent and relevant to our time.” —Deepak Chopra Not every book will change your life, but any book can. Not every discussion will make a difference, but a conversation can change the world... -
![Goddess Secret by M.W. Muse]()
Goddess Secret by M.W. Muse
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLegacy only thought she had this goddess thing under control. Well, as much as any other chick could have given the crazy circumstances. But when she learns the truth about her abilities, she is forced to keep a secret so powerful that she and the people closest to her could get hurt if it falls into the wrong hands.Then there's Venus, the goddess Adin is bonded to... -
![Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan and the Fianna of Ireland by Lady Augusta Gregory]()
Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan and the Fianna of Ireland by Lady Augusta Gregory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Gregory tells about Ireland's gods and her fighting men from the old Irish sagas... -
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![Mythologies by W.B. Yeats]()
Mythologies by W.B. Yeats
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBanshees and faeries, demons and curses, village ghosts and mystic poets work their Gaelic magic in this enthralling collection of supernatural tales from the pen of William Butler Yeats... -
![Cuchulain of Muirthemne: the Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster by Lady Augusta Gregory]()
Cuchulain of Muirthemne: the Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster by Lady Augusta Gregory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy Dear Friends, When I began to gather these stories together, it is of you I was thinking, that you would like to have them and to be reading them... -
![Theogony, Works and Days, Shield by Hesiod]()
Theogony, Works and Days, Shield by Hesiod
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHesiod belongs to the transitional period in Greek civilization between the oral tradition and the introduction of a written alphabet. His two major surviving works, the Theogony and the Works and Days, address the divine and the mundane, respectively. The Theogony traces the origins of the Greek gods and recounts the events surrounding the crowning of Zeus as their king... -
![Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny]()
Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTwo gods, two houses, one quest and the eternal war between life and death. To save his kingdom, Anubis, Lord of the Dead, sends forth his servant on a mission of vengeance. At the same time, from The House of Life, Osiris sends forth his son, Horus, on the same mission to destroy utterly & forever The Prince Who Was a Thousand... -
![The Fall of Lucifer by Wendy Alec]()
The Fall of Lucifer by Wendy Alec
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree Archangels...Three Brothers...One turned renegadeA sweeping epic of origins and mysteries, the fall of Lucifer tells a tale older than the universe itself. Set in opulent palaces and frightening hell worlds, this is a timeless saga of doubt, of demons and angelic warriors, of obsessive love and treason, and of an ancient evil that knows no bounds... -
![Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy by Rudyard Kipling, Neil Gaiman]()
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy by Rudyard Kipling, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom ghost stories to psychological suspense, the complete horror and dark fantasy stories of Rudyard Kipling.Rudyard Kipling, a major figure of English literature, used the full power and intensity of his imagination and his writing ability in his excursions into fantasy. Kipling is considered one of England's greatest writers, but was born in Bombay... -
![God's Demon by Wayne Barlowe]()
God's Demon by Wayne Barlowe
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLucifer's War, which damned legions of angels to Hell, is an ancient and bitter memory shrouded in the smoke and ash of the Inferno. The Fallen, those banished demons who escaped the full wrath of Heaven, have established a limitless and oppressive kingdom within the fiery confines of Hell... -
![Solomon's Angels by Doreen Virtue]()
Solomon's Angels by Doreen Virtue
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKing Solomon knew how to harness universal energies to build his temple, tap into wisdom, and enjoy all of life’s riches. The only thing he was missing was true love. Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, was young and filled with exuberant curiosity about the world... -
![The Hunter's Kind by Rebecca Levene]()
The Hunter's Kind by Rebecca Levene
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe stunning second novel in the blazing new epic fantasy series The Hollow Gods, which began with Smiler’s Fair... -
![Witches by Erica Jong]()
Witches by Erica Jong
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis witch's brew of a book is back in all its tantalizing glory to enchant a new generation of readers. Best-selling author Erica Jong here turns her attention to the fantastical and factual world of witchcraft... -
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![Monkey: A Journey to the West by David Kherdian, Wu Cheng'en]()
Monkey: A Journey to the West by David Kherdian, Wu Cheng'en
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA classic of Chinese literature, this beloved folktale is part adventure story, part spiritual allegory—now reimagined by a National Book Award nominee Part spiritual pilgrimage, part historical epic, the folk novel Journey to the West, which came to be known as Monkey, is the most popular classic of Asian literature... -
![Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris]()
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUNCLE REMUS, said the little boy one evening, when he had found the old man with little or nothing to do, "did the fox kill and eat the rabbit when he caught him with the Tar-Baby?" "Law, honey, ain't I tell you 'bout dat?" replied the old darkey, chuckling slyly... -
![Irish Wonders by D.R. McAnally, H.R. Heaton]()
Irish Wonders by D.R. McAnally, H.R. Heaton
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCeltic lore holds a wealth of colorful characters beyond the famed leprechaun. And this gathering of late 19th century traditional folk tales brings together the best of the Emerald Isle's fabled denizens... -
![The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Annie Keary]()
The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Annie Keary
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 19th-century re-telling, for children, of nine tales from Scandinavian mythology... -
![Hellenica by Jonathan Maas]()
Hellenica by Jonathan Maas
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gods are back, and they are tearing this world apartZeus, Dagon, Loki, Lugh and countless other deities have come back to this earth and rule over their individual districts with no goal other than satiating their own petty desires. The sole remaining functional province, Hellenica, decides to act... -
![Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands by John Linwood Pitts]()
Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands by John Linwood Pitts
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience... -
![Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin]()
Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Son of the King of Erin and the Giant of Loch Lein [Loch Léin, former name of one of the Lakes of Killarney] ON a time there lived a king and a queen in Erin, and they had an only son. They were very careful and fond of this son; whatever he asked for was granted, and what he wanted he had. When grown to be almost a young man the son went away one day to the hills to hunt... -
![Darkness Reigns by Jill Williamson]()
Darkness Reigns by Jill Williamson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe god of the soil is furious. Volcanic eruptions, sinkholes, earthquakes--everything points to his unhappiness. At least this is what the people of Armania in the Five Realms believe. Amidst the unsettling state of the world around them, the princes of Armania live their lives focused more on who will claim the throne after their sickly father, King Echad, dies... -
![Theogony and Works and Days / Elegies by Hesiod, Theognis]()
Theogony and Works and Days / Elegies by Hesiod, Theognis
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHesiod, who lived in Boetia in the late 8th century BCE, is one of the oldest known of Greek poets. His Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the gods from the beginning of the world & an account of the struggles of the Titans. In contrast, Works & Days is a compendium of moral & practical advice on husbandry, throwing unique light on archaic Greek society... -
![A Book of Myths by Jeanie Lang]()
A Book of Myths by Jeanie Lang
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJust as a little child holds out its hands to catch the sunbeams, to feel and to grasp what, so its eyes tell it, is actually there, so, down through the ages, men have stretched out their hands in eager endeavour to know their God... -
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![The Face of Apollo by Fred Saberhagen]()
The Face of Apollo by Fred Saberhagen
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYoung Jeremy Redthorn, seemingly doomed to virtual slavery as a farm laborer for his uncle, has little to lose. So he is willing to risk his life when the beautiful, wounded stranger pleads with him to complete her perilous mission... -
![The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by William Scott-Elliot]()
The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by William Scott-Elliot
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient books... -
![Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith]()
Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE stories in this volume are transcribed from voluminous illustrated diaries which have been kept by me for some twenty years spent in travel and in sport in many lands—the last nine of them almost entirely in Japan, while collecting subjects of natural history for the British Museum; trawling and dredging in the Inland Sea, sometimes with success, sometimes without, but in the end... -
![God of Tarot by Piers Anthony]()
God of Tarot by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPaul is a monk, which is better than a warrior on the planet Tarot, where religions are wielded like swords... -
![Crystal Gorge by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings]()
Crystal Gorge by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA tale of a world where gods and mortals join forces to battle the darkest evil…Despite two devastating defeats, the Vlagh prepares to invade again. Dhrall’s mortal defenders are certain they will prevail—until they learn the Vlagh has created an army of perfect spies, intelligent minions that can blend in with humans. Far worse: They have no idea where the Vlagh will attack... -
![The Younger Gods by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings]()
The Younger Gods by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
Rated: 3.34 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe four elder gods Dahlaine, Zelana, Aracia, and Veltan have ruled over Dhrall for eons. Every 25,000 years, the siblings pass on their duties to a quartet of young gods so that they can rest... -
![The Treasured One by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings]()
The Treasured One by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
Rated: 3.32 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsJalkan stumbled back, spitting blood, teeth, and curses and he clawed at his knife-hilt. Keselo's sword, however, came out of its sheath more smoothly and rapidly. The young man put the point of his sword against the bone-thin Trogite's throat. "Drop it, Jalkan," he said quite firmly. "Drop the knife, or I'll kill you right here on the spot." "But this peasant just hit me!" Jalkan screamed...
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