Kirjahaku

A TIMELESS EPIC, A NEW CLASSIC FOR ALL AGES -- MERLIN "Once upon a time...no, no, that's not the way to start. You'll think this is a fairy tale. And it isn't." In the terrible years of tyrants and invaders, England's surviving pagans cry out for help to their deity -- and Mab, Queen of the Faery realms, creates for them a champion. Merlin. Half human, half Magic; raised in the love of his foster mother, Ambrosia, trained in sorcery by the gnome Frick, destined by Mab to lead England back to the Old Ways. But Mab, once beloved, has grown selfish and cruel, so Merlin turns against her. And their war of magic will change the world.

I never thought that I would be here. Things like this happened to other people. Not to me ... I was about to be fired. In a small Midwestern town, a school superintendent commits social suicide when he divorces his wife. He's shocked when his marriage collapses, but he's even more bewildered by the community's reaction. He is now the sinner, pariah, and villain. For someone who so loves the limelight, this is not the attention he wants, so he does his best to escape, seeking solace on the open road. Even far away from home, though, he's haunted by what awaits him when he gets back. He's not prepared for the hateful glares from neighbors or bloodthirsty school board members, his particular nemeses. Death and divorce, despair and disillusionment, follow this man as he faces life-altering changes in his personal and professional lives. Without his marriage, who is he? Without his career, what is he? He is forced to face problems and flee others all while struggling to reinvent himself. Robbed of the joys he once knew, he must find a new purpose, eventually realizing that rebirth is painful but worth the reward.