Kirjahaku

Shiro thought he would do anything to serve his emperor. He thought wrong.The empire has existed for hundreds of years, its emperors ruling by divine mandate. And now the empire is crumbling. The Khaganate is ravaging its borders. In the interior, a civil war is brewing, led by a group of nobles who want to put their own emperor on the throne.Shiro works in heart of the empire, the Forbidden City in Hinan. Here, he can serve the empire, a small cog in the imperial bureaucracy. Then, he is asked for a favor by the emperor himself and he is dragged into a world of spies.He must secure peace with both the Khaganate and the dissident nobles. As he travels across the empire, trying to save his world, he stumbles upon a dark secret that sits at the heart of the empire. Just knowing this secret turns him into a fugitive. He becomes hunted by those trying to preserve their power, forcing him to choose between fleeing to save his life and fighting to save the empire he loves.

Flying pirates, buried treasure and a quest for revenge Chris wants revenge on the Royal Shipping Line, and its chairman Edward, for killing his best friend. Unfortunately it's the most powerful company in the world with their galleons holding a near monopoly on the trade with the new colonies in the Fae-Isles. No one dares to stand up to the ruthless company and help him. His options exhausted, he travels to the mythical Fae-Isles looking for aid. But Edward's reach is long and the only people offering help are a pirate crew. And trusting pirates turns out to be a bad idea. Captured, beaten and betrayed, he drifts farther and farther away from his revenge. Then he crosses paths with a daring captain who is also after the Royal Shipping Line. Together they hatch a dangerous plan to put a stop to Edward. But is becoming as ruthless and corrupt as the Royal Shipping Line worth his revenge?

A thousand years ago, the apocalypse ravaged the world. During this struggle, the people of Gilgin founded the Inquisition to combat the horrors of the dark gods. It was only when the Inquisition vanquished the Manhir, monsters made of living stone, that humanity was saved. Since then, mankind has slowly been rebuilding civilization under their watchful rule.Then Finn, a ranger imprisoned for fighting a leader of the Inquisition, unearths a living Manhir. To his surprise the creature helps him escape. In return, Finn feels honor-bound to help him discover the truth about what happened a thousand years ago.Hunted by the Inquisition, they travel to the Oracle in search of answers. When they find them, they accidentally awaken a force long thought gone from the world. Monsters who disappeared during the apocalypse reemerge from the earth and overrun the cities of mankind, wielding dark magic and devastating machines of war.Still pursued by the Inquisition for his friendship with the Manhir, Finn looks for a way to defeat the dark forces he awakened and avert a second apocalypse. The key lies with the Inquisition, but they see him as a heretic. He needs to convince them to muster their forces and fight alongside him before they manage to capture and execute him.

His allies helped him defend Gilgin against their ancient enemy, but can they be trusted enough to help him win the war? After the battle for Gilgin, Finn finds himself the ruler of the city. When the winter snows melt, news reaches him that the nightmarish race of the Ochloroc is stirring in the North to once again threaten their lands. Meanwhile at home Jorun, the previous ruler of Gilgin who Finn replaced, is raising an army. He claims to be fighting for the good of the city, but Finn hasn't forgotten that the man tried to kill him not even a year ago. Can he trust him now? In desperate need of allies Finn tries to hold the city of Gilgin together to weather the oncoming storm, even as he wonders who he needs to fear more - his enemies or his friends?

Defeated and on the run, he's the only one standing between his ancient enemy and the end of the world. After the fall of the city of Gilgin, Finn flees from the evil race of the Ochloroc carrying only his trusted axe. The nightmarish creatures pursue him with all their might. As the leader of the resistance against their invasion, they want him dead. At the same time, they embarked on a dark project to enhance their evil magic to god-like strength. Finn sees only one way to save himself and the people he loves; he needs to find a way to end their threat once and for all. Hunted, Finn goes on a quest through enemy infested lands, searching for ancient knowledge to aid him. He finds vague hints and long lost legends about a weapon crafted by the gods themselves. As his enemies pursue him, he discovers that they are searching for the same knowledge. And they have a year's head-start on him.