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For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, Royce returns to Medford with Hadrian but the two receive a very different reception—Gwen refuses to see them. The victim of abuse by a powerful noble, she suspects that Royce will ignore any danger in his desire for revenge. By turning the thieves away, Gwen hopes to once more protect them. What she doesn't realize is what the two are capable of—but she's about to find out.

Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods they call Fhrey, truly a race apart: invincible in battle, masters of magic, and seemingly immortal. But when a god falls to a human blade, the balance of power between humans and those they thought were gods changes forever. Now only a few stand between humankind and annihilation: Raithe, reluctant to embrace his destiny as the God Killer; Suri, a young seer burdened by signs of impending doom; and Persephone, who must overcome personal tragedy to lead her people. The Age of Myth is over. The time of rebellion has begun.

When a master-craftsmen dwarf is fired, he threatens retaliation. The rogues-for-hire known as Riyria are commissioned to find and stop him. Traveling to the paradise resort of Tur Del Fur, the two are granted a lavish allowance that, along with the easy job, promises to turn the trip into a vacation. Everything would have been perfect except that the disgruntled employee’s last name is Berling and the target of his wrath is the legendary towers of Drumindor.

After years of warfare, humanity has gained the upper hand and has pushed the Fhrey to the edge of their homeland but no farther. Now comes the pivotal moment. Persephone’s plan to use the stalemate to seek peace is destroyed by an unexpected betrayal that threatens to hand victory to the Fhrey and leaves a loved one in peril.

The When Swords Fall Silent anthology showcases the imaginations and talents of more than a dozen of the best modern science-fiction and fantasy authors, with each tale centered around one or more characters burdened with a bloody task they will see to completion no matter the cost. Every story takes you for a vicious ride through a world of shadow and death, each as unique in perspective and execution as the contracts carried out within.

Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but long-standing enmities dividing the Rhunes make it all but impossible to unite against the common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess renders them indistinguishable from gods?

When a master craftsman dwarf is fired, he threatens retaliation. The rogues-for-hire known as Riyria are commissioned to find and stop him. Traveling to the paradise resort of Tur Del Fur, the two are granted a lavish allowance that, along with the easy job, promises to turn the trip into a vacation. Everything would have been perfect except that the disgruntled employee’s last name is Berling and the target of his wrath is the legendary towers of Drumindor.

When Gabriel Winter's daughter mysteriously disappears and is presumed dead, the wealthy whiskey baron seeks revenge. Having lived in Colnora during the infamous Year of Fear, he hires the one man he knows can deliver a bloody retribution - the notorious Duster. Ride with Royce and Hadrian as the cynical ex-assassin and idealistic ex-mercenary travel to a mysterious old-world city filled with nobles claiming descent from the imperial aristocracy.

Two billionaires hang lifeless from the horns of the Bronze Bull on Wall Street, their bodies skewered and their fortunes distributed to poor people across the globe. Twelve cryptic words are carved into each man’s chest. Cal, a former military investigator specializing in digital forensics, is called in to make sense of the murders.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A thief, a candlemaker, an ex-mercenary, and a pig farmer walk into a trap…and what happens is no joke. When Riyria is hired to retrieve a jester’s treasure, Royce and Hadrian must match wits with a dwarf who proves to be anything but a fool. Difficult choices will need to be made, and in the end those who laugh last do so because they are the only ones to survive.

Royce Melborn, a cynical ex-assassin, and Hadrian Blackwater, an idealistic ex-mercenary, are a pair of rogues-for-hire known as Riyria (its elvish for two). This duo makes a living taking nefarious jobs for conspiring nobles. Doing so usually involves stealing something, but when a young heiress asks them to steal her . . . well, that is a first for the pair.

Seit die Seherin Suri den mächtigen Gilarabryn erschaffen hat, herrscht eine Art Patt-Situation im Krieg der Rhune gegen ihre falschen Götter, die Fhrey. Um die Fhrey endgültig schlagen zu können, fordert Nyphron die Erschaffung weiterer Gilarabryn von Suri, doch die Seherin weigert sich hartnäckig, ihre Fähigkeiten ein weiteres Mal einzusetzen. Mittlerweile haben auch die Fhrey in der mächtigen Waffe den Schlüssel zum Sieg erkannt - und entführen Suri.

Band 2 der "Riyria-Chroniken": So wurde der legendäre Bund besiegelt. In Elan, einer Welt, in der Stallburschen sich in Prinzessinnen verlieben und sie gegen Unholde verteidigen, einer Welt, in der Bischöfe finstere politische Pläne schmieden, in der Diebe manchmal - aber nicht immer - für Recht und Ordnung sorgen, kämpft Gwen, die mutigste Frau weit und breit, um Gerechtigkeit für ihre Freundin, die in einem Bordell umgebracht wurde. Seit Gwen ihn und seinen Diebespartner Hadrian aus einer ausweglosen Situation gerettet hatte, ist Royce Melborn für Gwen entflammt.

Gibt es Götter wirklich? Kann man die Zukunft kennen? Und was liegt hinter dem Schleier des Todes? Diese Fragen beantwortet Michael J. Sullivan in dem mitreißenden vorletzten Teil der Zeit der Legenden Reihe.

Advertising veterans Mike Sullivan and Michael Tuggle unpack the poorly understood and grossly underleveraged connection between brand and culture. Filled with fascinating case studies, entertaining stories, and engaging insights, the book examines the true essence of what makes a company a challenger brand, unveils how successful challengers of all sizes use culture to create extraordinary brand distinction, and finishes with a detailed blueprint for building your own transcendent culture.

In the early 1990s, General Gordon R. Sullivan, Army Chief of Staff, and Colonel Michael V. Harper, his key strategic planner, took the post-Cold War Army into the Information Age. Faced with a 40 percent reduction in staff and funding, they dismantled a cumbersome bureaucracy, reinvented procedures, and set the guidelines for achieving a vast array of new goals. Their approach was based on continuity and change: maintaining their focus on the Army's historic vision and values while introducing new problem-solving techniques and training methods.

Royce, ein gewiefter Dieb, und sein Partner Hadrian betreiben ein einträgliches Geschäft mit Aufträgen des korrupten Adels. Bis eines Tages ein Unbekannter die beiden anheuert, ein berühmtes Schwert zu stehlen. Was zunächst nach einem ganz gewöhnlichen Job aussieht, stellt sich jedoch als Falle heraus. Sie werden noch in derselben Nacht als Mörder des Königs verhaftet und in den Kerker geworfen. Als sie mit Hilfe der Prinzessin entkommen können, entdecken Royce und Hadrian eine Verschwörung.

Die Zeit der Rache ist gekommen: Ausgestattet mit den mächtigen Waffen vom Volk der Dherg und angeführt von ihrem Helden, dem Göttertöter Raithe, gehen die Clans der Menschen zum Angriff über. Tatsächlich gelingt ihnen ein überraschender Sieg gegen ihre falschen Götter, die Fhrey - bis diese mit all ihrer magischen Macht zum vernichtenden Gegenschlag ausholen. In der Stunde der größten Not werden alte Abmachungen infrage gestellt und neue Bündnisse geschmiedet, und die Seherin Suri greift zu einer verzweifelten Maßnahme.

My Turning Point is a quiet, honest walk through the darkest month I’ve ever known, beginning the day Charlie Kirk was killed. The aftershock, the responses on social media, shook my belief in human decency to the core… and became the fire that forced me to repair and heal. My Turning Point is one man’s month-long dive into and out of the abyss. What emerged isn’t just an album. It’s the story of personal journey — grief, anger, surrender, reflection, renewal — expressed through song, unbound by genre in this Immersive Edition which includes behind-the-scenes material on the music's creation.

Mike Sullivan invites the world to take a peek into the lives of TCK's (Third Culture Kids), and other global nomads. TCK's aren't kids, but grown adults that have had their formative years coming from one culture, but lived in another. Being entertained and inspired, as Mike invites a kaleidoscope of guests to open up about their experiences living among worlds. Be entertained and inspired by what they share. Hopefully it will spur you on to do more to reach out to others within your reach that grew up differently than you.