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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Chris A. Jackson
Valeros is a veteran adventurer whose life as a mercenary lies far in his past. When conflict erupts, however, more aspects of Valeros's past come crashing into the present day than just his soldiering days. Now, separated from his longtime adventuring companions by a burgeoning war and vast distances, Valeros must rely on new allies to prevent a diabolic dragon's sinister machinations from coming to fruition. In an exciting race against the clock, Valeros must make himself part of the crew of the Wandering Star, under the command of former pirate and current Andoren operative Torius Vin, hoping to reach the site of a nascent Hellmouth-a living portal to Hell-before a dragon can use it and a sliver of a slain god to upset the balance of power in the region. With the aid of the enigmatic sorcerer and spy Vee, the naga oracle Celeste, and a young Eagle Knight with her own ties to Valeros's past, the iconic fighter and the crew of Wandering Star must overcome the forces of Hell with the fate of Golarion hanging in the balance. From fan-favorite fantasy author Chris A. Jackson (Pirate's Honor, Pirate's Promise, Pirate's Prophecy), Operation Hellmouth promises an unforgettable adventure of infernal plotting and family drama on the high seas, set in the award-winning Age of Lost Omens setting for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Operation Hellmouth is the perfect entry point to the Hellfire Crisis event within the Pathfinder setting, a multi-year conflict that will pit the world's most powerful nations into all-out war.
A weapon of power...A paladin's soul...And a girl trying to save her mother... at any cost.In the city of Tsing, life and death balance between the edge of a knife and a courtier's traitorous tongue. A paladin's soul lied bound to an emperor's flawed weapon, tormented to madness and murder.Blood has stained the Imperial palace, and the Emperor lies in the grip of a magical weapon gone mad. His life, sanity, and the empire itself can only by saved if someone can reason with the mad paladin's soul.Only one person has a chance, but Katie has been hardened by a life of cruel lessons. Having lost everything, she faces the guillotine for her crimes. But she is the key to the Emperor's life, and and empire's salvation.If only she would believe it.
Torius Vin is perfectly happy with his life as a pirate captain, sailing the Inner Sea in search of plunder with a bold crew of buccaneers and Celeste, his snake-bodied navigator and one true love. Yet all that changes when his sometimes-friend Vreva — a high-powered courtesan and abolitionist spy in the slaver stronghold of Okeno — draws him into her shadowy network of insurgents. Caught between the slavers he hates and a navy that sees him as a criminal, can Torius continue to choose the path of piracy? Or will he sign on as a privateer, bringing freedom to others — at the price of his own?From fan-favorite author Chris A. Jackson comes a tale of espionage and high-seas adventure, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
The Quest for Cora has BegunEmpa and Gippy now have a weapon that might tip the balance of the War of Souls in their favor, but they also have a promise to keep. From the journal of Terpsichore, granddaughter of Israfal, the angel of music, they know the reason she left Emil Ferrell was that she was pregnant with his child. This unprecedented event has forced her to flee, for Ageless cannot bear children. Or so they thought.The quest for Cora and her child is as much a quest for how this could happen as to where they are. The only clue to the former was Emil's possession by the Nephilim son of Azkeel, the Angel of Destruction. What this union of Heaven and Hell might be, and what this means for the War of Souls, drive Empa and Gippy deep into the devastated jungles of Central and South America, but they're chasing a 20-year-old trail, and much of that trail is death and ashes.
The Quest for Cora has BegunEmpa and Gippy now have a weapon that might tip the balance of the War of Souls in their favor, but they also have a promise to keep. From the journal of Terpsichore, granddaughter of Israfal, the angel of music, they know the reason she left Emil Ferrell was that she was pregnant with his child. This unprecedented event has forced her to flee, for Ageless cannot bear children. Or so they thought.The quest for Cora and her child is as much a quest for how this could happen as to where they are. The only clue to the former was Emil's possession by the Nephilim son of Azkeel, the Angel of Destruction. What this union of Heaven and Hell might be, and what this means for the War of Souls, drive Empa and Gippy deep into the devastated jungles of Central and South America, but they're chasing a 20-year-old trail, and much of that trail is death and ashes.
In the future, the only weapon against the evil aliens is a nice, sharp...cheddar The Farfnians rule the galaxy with an iron claw, and Earth has been relegated to a backwater planet. What's an ingenious human to do? Find a chink in the Farfnian's chitinous armor-cheese Enter Harry Fische, captain of the stringship Limburger, and his intrepid crew: a xenophilic pilot, a security officer with more brawn than brain, and an immortal engineer with a death wish. Smuggling cheese is just a job-until they rescue a curvaceous clone who make the best Margaritas in the universe. That's when all hell breaks loose...
Legendary Planet: The Depths of Desperation
Chris A. Jackson; Steven T. Helt
Independently Published
2019
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Zellohar Keep is lost...Once the ancestral home of a glorious dwarven kingdom-a masterpiece of architecture, secure, secretive, and impregnable-Zellohar is now prison to a dark evil. The dwarves used the might of the cornerstones, conduits to the power of the elemental spheres, to forever seal the keep.But the minions of the Dark Gods are not so easily imprisoned.The squires of the Nekdukarr Lord Iveron Darkmist, a paladin of the death god, Mortas, have recovered the cornerstones. The enchantment has been broken. The doors that sealed Zellohar have been opened.The chaos of the Nine Hells has broken loose.Iveron Darkmist has resumed his campaign to devastate the surface world in a storm of destruction and death. With Zellohar as his fortress and the cornerstones to fuel his magic, he is invincible.All that stands in his way are a horse farmer's daughter, a superstitious tribesman, a defrocked priest, a demented dwarf and an elf curse with lycanthropy. The unwitting companions stumble into the Nekdukarr's plot, and are thrown into a conflict that threatens to obliterate all they know and love.Pursued to the corners of the realms, the companions flee the wrath of Iveron Darkmist. But even death is no refuge from the power of the Dark Gods.
The most terrible Necromancer the world has ever known, has finally succumbed to the call of his own trade. Or has he?For he left behind a work of art, a beautiful mask, that lies waiting for the touch of a living hand. The Reaper of Souls has been cheated, for Azrael has hidden his soul where it cannot be found, where his one hope of immortality lies, where the touch of a living hand can bring him new life. The soul of Azrael resides within an enchanted mask, imbued with the power to contain the necromancer's soul forever and allow him to corrupt any who are seduced into donning the Deathmask. And when they do, he will live again, and the world will suffer anew.But the necromancer has slept in his senseless tomb for more than a thousand years, and the world has changed; countries war over the land and vie for any advantage to overthrow the other, even an ancient relic that contains the soul of a necromancer. But when the seduction of power unleashes Azrael upon the living world, his conquest will not go unopposed. A tenuous union between the two warring nations may be the only hope for the living, for all who draw breath are the necromancer's enemies. But how can an army win against the Necromancer, when every soldier that falls?Love is the only weapon.
The pursuit of the cornerstones has begun.The companions have stolen two of the four precious cornerstones, artifacts of unbelievable power, from the Nekdukarr Iveron Darkmist. Furious at this interruption of his plans to use the cornerstones to wage war, the Nekdukarr will stop at nothing to get them back. So while the companions pursue the last two stones, Darkmist and his assassins pursue them.But Iveron is not the only ambitious member of Clan Darkmist. Lysethra and Calmarel, matriarchs of the clan and Iveron's sisters, have discovered that he will soon possess a source of incalculable power. With this might behind him, they have no illusions that their brother will confine his conquest to the surface world. Their hearts are as dark and twisted as his own, and they have a secret: Jundag, who fell under the Nekdukarr's blade in Zellohar. But death is no refuge from the servants of the Dark Gods, and the sisters Darkmist weave Jundag's tortured mind and soul into their web of intrigue.As the armies of light and darkness gather for the impending battle, one thing is clear: whomever possesses the cornerstones will decide the fate of the world.
Death is her milieu... Harvard PhD student Aleksi Rychenkna lives for ages past. She loves the peace of solitary study, peace from people, from questions, from human interaction. Now she has a new advisor, a new project, and a fascinating new mystery to explore. When she discovers a preserved specimen that defies identification and contains human DNA, the lure of the unknown is irresistible. But this mystery runs deeper than Aleksi bargains for. Not only are there more, and more powerful, people interested in her work than she ever expected, but after an accidental exposure to the specimen's strange DNA, she finds herself...changing. Aleksi begins to have bizarre dreams, nightmares of blood filled with violent images and urges. Her reflexes and instincts sharpen, and she is suddenly stronger and faster than she should be. But what happens when she realizes her dreams are something far more? Because they're not dreams at all. They're memories.
Death is her milieu...Harvard PhD student Aleksi Rychenkna lives for ages past. She loves the peace of solitary study, peace from people, from questions, from human interaction. Now she has a new advisor, a new project, and a fascinating new mystery to explore. When she discovers a preserved specimen that defies identification and contains human DNA, the lure of the unknown is irresistible.But this mystery runs deeper than Aleksi bargains for. Not only are there more, and more powerful, people interested in her work than she ever expected, but after an accidental exposure to the specimen's strange DNA, she finds herself...changing.Aleksi begins to have bizarre dreams, nightmares of blood filled with violent images and urges. Her reflexes and instincts sharpen, and she is suddenly stronger and faster than she should be. But what happens when she realizes her dreams are something far more?Because they're not dreams at all. They're memories.
Aleksi Rychenknya's metamorphosis is complete.A throwback to a long-extinct genetic twist that lay hidden with the human genome for twenty millennia, she is the only one of her kind in the world. Hunted by the government that would use her as a weapon, sought by a subversive and secretive organization that can reshape human flesh, and loved by the one man who keeps her dreadful secret, the man she longs to be with, but cannot for fear of infecting him with this dreadful genetic transformation.For the transformation that reshaped Aleksi into something more dragon than human is contagious, and as they learn more of what drives those who are infected, she realizes that she harbors a plague that could mean the end of mankind.There is hope, however, or the promise of hope. But Aleksi cannot trust those who promise to make her human again. And yet, if it means a chance to regain her life, to become Aleksi Rychenknya again, to be with the man she loves again, perhaps it's worth the risk.The greater risk comes from an unexpected quarter, however, for Aleksi is not the only Dragon of Boston. This new dragon has but one irresistible urge burning in his mind: he must find her. For male dragons are driven only to eliminate rival males and procreate.
The Captive Dragon...While Aleksi struggles to become human again, Lori Watkins, the single surviving victim of the rogue dragon, David Gilford, begins her metamorphosis in captivity.Traumatized by the death of her fianc and tormented by the dreams of the dragon she is becoming, Lori is struggling for sanity. She has only one hope, for others know she's being held captive. But with a dragon in hand, Lori's captors aren't likely to make a deal with the secretive organization that wields more skill in manipulating the human genome than they do, and Aleksi's new family will never trust the government with the ability to cure the Homo Draconis infection.But angering the Department of Homeland Security is not unlike taunting a dragon, and Lori's captors are as much out for vengeance as they are for the secret of creating an army of non-infectious dragons.The two organizations are doomed to clash, and in the middle stands the man Aleksi loves. But if one thing is more dangerous than keeping a dragon captive, it's threatening one's loved ones.The Dragon of Boston is going to war.
The Captive Dragon...While Aleksi struggles to become human again, Lori Watkins, the single surviving victim of the rogue dragon, David Gilford, begins her metamorphosis in captivity.Traumatized by the death of her fianc and tormented by the dreams of the dragon she is becoming, Lori is struggling for sanity. She has only one hope, for others know she's being held captive. But with a dragon in hand, Lori's captors aren't likely to make a deal with the secretive organization that wields more skill in manipulating the human genome than they do, and Aleksi's new family will never trust the government with the ability to cure the Homo Draconis infection.But angering the Department of Homeland Security is not unlike taunting a dragon, and Lori's captors are as much out for vengeance as they are for the secret of creating an army of non-infectious dragons.The two organizations are doomed to clash, and in the middle stands the man Aleksi loves. But if one thing is more dangerous than keeping a dragon captive, it's threatening one's loved ones.The Dragon of Boston is going to war.
The War of Souls is lostFor five thousand years, the Nephilim, begotten by the angels cast out of Heaven, have fought to corrupt mankind. Opposing them are the Ageless, the offspring of the Seraphim. Mankind's fate hangs in the balance.But Hell cheats...While Earth suffers a slow-motion climate apocalypse, the love of Heaven is losing the War, while the hate and lies of Hell are winning. When the last human soul is finally corrupted, Armageddon will sweep the Earth clean.Only one warrior for Heaven remains, Empa, the last of the Ageless, daughter of the Seraphim Raphael, Angel of Healing. She is opposed by the full complement of Hell's minions, two-hundred Nephilim. She's unable to quit, even though she knows all is lost.But the war isn't over yet, and hope rises unbidden. Empa searches for a weapon that may tip the balance toward Heaven's favor for the first time. With the experiences and skills of thousands of years, but an equal burden of PTSD, she is a survivor. She has learned from the very best and worst of mankind, finally shunning love to avoid heartbreak.But love is her greatest weapon against the minions of Hell.