Kirjahaku

The fate of the world depends on a young woman's decision... Lucinda is an obscure but formidable psychic working in a London backstreet. She is plucked out of her obscurity to undertake a fantasy adventure quest for the Lords of the Path of Purest Light. Lucinda is taken to the south-west of Ireland by her mentor, Jacinta. Here, she meets with Lord Innanah. Innanah sets her on an action adventure to locate two nails that are relics from the Crucifixion Cross. These nails are thought to be hidden either in Egypt or on Skellig Michael, a monastic island off the coast of Ireland. These nails possess immense power for good or evil. However, the evil Fallen Lords of the Paths of Darkness wish to prevent her finding these nails. Her adversary in this fantasy adventure quest is Ethan Thomas, the Ninth Master - a powerful psychic working for the Fallen Lords of the Paths of Darkness. He warns her not to continue with her quest. Lucinda ignores his advice. Lucinda has the ability to time travel. She goes back to 6th Century Egypt to meet with a monk called Lazarus the Lazy who is about to embark on a secret mission to take the two nails - which have lain hidden in Egypt for several centuries - to Skellig Michael for safe keeping. The Ninth Master - also a time traveller - pursues her to Egypt and is instrumental in having her imprisoned by the Byzantine Romans. However, he becomes enthralled by her psychic powers and physical attractiveness. He urges her to join him. He reveals that he has actually been protecting her from the Paths of Darkness who want to kill her. He admits he is now a renegade from that organisation. Lucinda refuses to join him as she does not trust him. But she realises she is deeply and dangerously attracted to him. He is probably the only man who can satisfy all her needs. In spite of being rejected, the Ninth Master allows her to escape. On Lucinda's return to the present time, she discovers that the secret location of the Crucifixion nails on Skellig Michael was lost when Abbot Eitgal was killed by Vikings in the late 9th Century when they were attempting to discover these nails for themselves. Lucinda time travels to the period of the Vikings' raid on the island. Before he dies, Abbot Eitgal hints where the nails are concealed to Lucinda. She returns to the present and travels to Skellig Michael, the island monastery, to find the nails. Meanwhile, the Paths of Darkness have sent a team of 'archaeologists' to Skellig Michael to kill her and recover the nails for themselves; but, just as she is about to fall off a high cliff and plunge to her death, Lucinda is rescued. She learns why the Path of Purest Light wants the nails - it orders her to kill the Ninth Master with them because, sometime in the future, an act of his will help bring about the destruction of the world. The only way to prevent this happening is to eliminate him now - and only these Crucifixion nails have the power to utterly destroy him. Realising that she really does love him, she refuses to do this. She now becomes a defector from the Path of Purest Light. She wants to throw away the nails so that they can't be used to destroy the Ninth Master but he persuades her not to do that. Lucinda hides them in another secret location so that they are available to her should she need them at some future time. She agrees to join up with the Ninth Master and together they plan to save the world from its impending doom. Lucinda: Nails of the Crucifixion is the first book in a fantasy adventure trilogy called The Lucinda Trilogy.Fantasy Books for Kindle categories: Fantasy Adventure BooksFantasy RomanceParanormal Fantasy

It is 1930, Kenya. Aged 19 and 20 years old respectively, childhood friends Harry and Una are embarking on their adult lives. But their paths lead in very different directions. Brought up on farms not too far from Nairobi, Harry remains tied to a hard, physical outdoor lifestyle where farming, hunting and sport dominate. Una, on the other hand, is attracted to a city lifestyle of fashionable clothing and partying. She gets in with a high-living group of people and makes friends with a wealthy American woman, Rachel and a rich business man, Eric. Harry is in love with Una --- that is, until he meets an older woman, Cheryl, who teaches him to fly. Meanwhile, Harry's boyhood companion, a Maasai called Segge, takes part in the traditional circumcision ceremony that marks the transition from childhood to manhood and warrior status. But things go horribly wrong during the ceremony. Una and Rachel accept an invitation to a weekend with Lord and Lady Crofton, members of the Happy Valley Set, known for their drinking, drug-taking and sex. Things there also go horribly wrong for Una. Only Harry can rescue her. But before that he must deal with a colleague wanted for murder in South Africa.

It takes a woman to attempt to save the World from destruction.......In the third book of the Lucinda Trilogy, Lucinda, Ethan Thomas and their friends set out to defeat the Fallen Lords of the Paths of Darkness. Anzu, chief of the Babylonian gods and leader of POD has arrived, together with Abadona the Destroyer to take over the World by firing the Tablet of Destinies. When Lucinda takes over the leadership of her group, Thomas feels forced out and he becomes drawn into the web of Abadona. With her help, he sets out to take over POD and establish himself as ruler of the World. On the verge of their defeat, Lucinda learns that the only way to save the World is by offering herself as a living sacrifice to Anzu as part of his ceremony. In this tug-of-war, who will triumph?

Ethan Thomas discovers who murdered his parents. His anger with the Paths of Darkness (POD) leads him to take revenge. Lucinda discovers where Joe ended up when his attempt at time travel went wrong and she sets out to rescue him. Later, Lucinda and Thomas discover the final piece of code that enables them to locate the remaining two Crucifixion nails. A POD assassin, Cleaver, disables Thomas with a nerve toxin and dispatches him to POD Headquarters where he is blinded. Recued by Lucinda, they set out to retrieve the two nails. Meanwhile, Anzu, an ancient Babylonian god and leader of POD, arrives to take over the World.....(This book was previously published with the title 'Lucinda: Retribution' by Terry Thorp)