Kirjahaku

Lost a century ago from its traditional owner, thrown into a swamp by a Hand with no ear for music, the Sword struggles through the seamy underside of society to regain the path towards honour, glory, and a name of its own. This new prospect is only a woodcutter, but he has a strong arm, a sense of duty, and a receptive mind. Trouble looms for his village. A chance for heroic deeds? The Sword dares to dream again.Now, if only there was someone around with a decent sense of humour...

Over the centuries since its founding, the landlocked and iron-poor realm of Galesia has developed a social and religious horror of Mechanical devices. But the modern world is creeping through the mountain passes. Farm machinery and the printing press have already arrived; steam engines and repeating rifles are on the way. How will these backward people cope?And in this realm, so removed from the rest of its world, we find Aleria, equally out of touch with her society. Born into a Ranked family, she has no interest in the mannerly social world of her classmates. All their activities seem flat, pale and useless, and she constantly schemes to spice up her life. Her loving parents despair for her future, in fear that her next prank will prove harmful to herself or someone else. Only a few close friends support her. And then one of her stunts goes wrong and throws her into an ordeal that destroys her confidence and cripples her emotions. Seeking a solution, Aleria starts down an unusual path for one of her station. Her Battle Arts Master warns her, "Use violence to solve a problem and you become a different person. Violence will be one of your options for the rest of your life. There is no going back."That suits Aleria. For her, there has always been only one direction: forward.

The possibility of a normal life dangles its tempting bait under Aleria's nose, but her penchant for finding danger snatches it away. Her rage at her ultimate degredation leads her to an act of revenge that pushes her even farther away from the traditional life of court society.While she still feels the same, the attitudes of everyone else towards her have changed. No one knows quite how to treat her. And when social conventions threaten her relationship with Mito, she decides it's time to straighten out the lot of them.

Nobody messes with a Dalmyn wagon train. That is the credo of Dalmyn Cartage, and their drivers and guards are up to the task of keeping it that way. Until Aleria anDalmyn goes out on her first assignment as wagonmaster and runs into a simmering quarrel involving an ancient boundary dispute and forbidden Mechanical weapons. And a Ghost Beast from an ancient tale, which Aleria would prefer not to believe in until the mutilated bodies persuade her otherwise.Trapped in the suffocating depths of a crumbling mountain fortress by an ambitious and relentless foe, Aleria struggles to survive as her small party gets whittled down and her confidence in her ability to do her duty fades. Even the sturdy presence of her guard Captain, Erlon, with his hand-and-a-half sword, and the handsome but diffident Kolwyn anLlannon, inheritor of the lore of the Old Ones, can protect her party if she makes the wrong move. And then there are the two unknown horsemen following her party. Do they have contact with a traitor in her own camp? Who can she trust?And where in her crowded life is there a time and a place for the love she craves?Heralded by advance readers as the best book in the series, this novel steps up the action considerably, without losing the fine characterization and quirky humour of the earlier books.

Discovered as a child living alone in the forest, and growing up an orphan of mixed parentage, but under the protection of the king's youngest son, Zoe is appreciated for her own merit by everyone, from the royal family to the lowest kitchen wench. But her secure nest is shattered by conflict in the king's family, and soon she will have to decide where her loyalty lies.She flees to her former home in the mountains, where she finds many answers, but not to the questions she is asking. Then she is offered the chance to visit Kyabra, the home of her grandfather, to learn about that ancient culture. But all of these travels come to naught when she hears of war at home, and she returns to Petrella to be faced with a decision that could stop a war and change the lives of thousands, but only at the greatest personal cost.Book 4 is the first book in this series. Like Star Wars, Books 1-3 are prequels. This novel is an IndieBRAG winner

You've done a lot, seen a lot and proved your ability to stand up to anyone So you take a look at your life and say, "Right. Now what?" And that's when you start to grow up. No matter how old you are.

The third book of tales from the Elderstory Project, recording more stories from Canadians of all backgrounds and ages to bring the generations together through storytelling. This book concentrates on people who came from many places, and ended up in British Columbia.

The fourth book of tales from the Elderstory Project, recording more stories from Canadians of all backgrounds and ages to bring the generations together through storytelling. This book concentrates on the many activities and adventures we have experienced.

Beached on an unforgiving shore, her beloved Sea Eagle destroyed by the Priest-Admiral's fleet, Sarasha must overcome her crippling injury to lead her people to a new, free life on the Great Prairie. But strong leadership creates dependence, and dependence leads to tyranny, and the whole vicious cycle will start over again. How can she lead without commanding, guide without taking control? And her foot still hurts.

A god is just someone with superior technology

Turned away from his Crew by the anger of Orrick Bren, lost because of the death of his leader, Sarasha, Cheynou Chan embarks on a journey of discovery: about the continent where he lives and about himself. He doesn't plan on falling in love with his companion.

When you're six lightyears from home with a four-month message turnaround, who is really in charge?Hopefully, someone like Captain Natasha O'Rourke and her new son, Andrew Collingwood, who can stop the Outback citizens from trashing each other, and keep the interplanetary corporations at bay until the Space Arm fleet arrives to take over.

Once Kendra is settled in the port city of Tenet, Cheynou's new Navigator poition takes him to the outer reaches of the Kyabran empire, and their happy team is pulled apart. Kendra connects with a handsome cavalryman, and Cheynou is tempted to find a companion of his own. And then the Masterships strike again.

Trainer Toni Jacobs and her auguar, Nzinga are headed out to the Bernard System to protect the denizens of Arborea, the only other oxy-carb planet in the human sphere of influence, from interplanetary corporate claim jumpers. She's also responsible for keeping the barwolves from forming a planet-wide gestalt that will either destroy the whole race in a frenzied bloodbath, or create a super-brain that will take over all of humanity. She also has to deal with the fact that her proteg , Andrew Collingwood, is becoming a forceful, handsome, and intelligent adult.