Ghost King

Ghost King
Author: David Gemmell
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2011-06-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307797457

“David Gemmell tells a tale of very real adventure, the stuff of true epic fantasy.”—R.A. Salvatore, New York Times bestselling author Chaos and terror stalked the realm. The king had been slain by traitors, and the sword of power had been lost beyond the Circle of Mist. Armies of Saxons, Angles, Jutes, and Brigantes cut a gory swath across the land, led by puppets of the ruthless Witch Queen—whose minions included dark, bloodthirsty creatures and a savage, undead warrior. All hope lay with young Thuro—in whose veins flowed the blood of kings. He would have to defeat the Witch Queen’s monsters and travel to the land of the Mist, there to seek a ghostly army. And the only one who could prepare Thuro to achieve his birthright was the mountain warrior Culain, the one man who knew the queen’s deadly secret . . . The legend of the mystic Stones of Power begins with a tale of blood and glory, of love and betrayal, as a boy must come of age amidst the seemingly impossible quest to become the High King.

King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost
Author: Adam Hochschild
Publisher: Picador
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1760785202

With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.

The Fox and the Ghost King

The Fox and the Ghost King
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2016-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0008215782

A delightful tale of victory against all odds from master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo, lavishly illustrated by Michael Foreman.

The Ghost King

The Ghost King
Author: R.A. Salvatore
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786954175

In the gripping conclusion to the New York Times­­–bestselling Transitions trilogy, Drizzt Do’Urden comes face-to-face with a power that will change Faerûn forever With the collapse of Mystra’s Weave and the onslaught of the Spellplague, all of Faerûn is thrown into chaos. But as magic turns more dangerous and unreliable, an even greater foe presents itself: the Ghost King, an entity that contains the combined might of a dragon, a mind flayer, and the Crenshinibon—the demonic crystal shard thought to be destroyed years ago. When Jarlaxle, a drow mercenary, is targeted by the Ghost King, he knows his life hinges on finding the Deneir priest Cadderly Bonaduce. But to find Cadderly, he must travel to the cathedral in Spirit Soaring, the very place from which he is banned. And to enter Spirit Soaring, he must first recruit his old enemy Drizzt Do’Urden to his cause. When Catti-brie is struck by an errant strand of the Weave, Jarlaxle is able to convince Drizzt and Bruenor that their plights are one and the same. Together, they travel to Spirit Soaring, where the priests and mages of Deneir—led by Cadderly—rush to arm themselves against the Ghost King. But with many losing faith and time quickly running out, the battle ahead looks more than dire than ever. The Ghost King is the third book in the Transitions trilogy and the twenty-second installment in the Legend of Drizzt series.

Rise of the King

Rise of the King
Author: R.A. Salvatore
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786965517

In the chaotic aftermath of the Sundering, the orcs of Many-Arrows reignite their bloody feud with Bruenor Battlehammer Having escaped Gauntlgrym, the Companions of the Hall are united in body and spirt—but not in ideals. As the Darkening casts its shadows upon the northern cities of the Shining White, portending war, the past rears its angry head. Old debts insist on payment and old wrongs demand to be set right. The bloody dwarf-orc feud reignites with disastrous consequences. When drow Quenthel Baenre urges the orcs into war, a new and bloodthirsty king takes the throne of Many-Arrows. The savage orc hordes gather under his command, bringing an end to the decades of peace in the North. Dwarf steel meets ancient enemies, painting the Spine of the World in red. In the middle of this chaos, the Companions march onwards—to rescue Pwent from his vampiric curse and to reclaim Bruenor’s throne; to combat the treachery of the black-souled drow and to defeat the orcs. As the world repeats a deadly cycle of violence and hate, Drizzt Do’Urden is forced into a fight for his life, his loved ones, and his very soul. Rise of the King is the second book in the Companions Codex and the twenty-ninth book in the Legend of Drizzt series.

Ghost King

Ghost King
Author: Valentyne Debudge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2021-01-04
Genre:
ISBN:

Before he was resuscitated, Kasper Kloven fell in love with a ghost. Electric blue eyes and a touch so cold it felt hot, Oliver, the ghost boy, never left Kasper's mind. Though his search for ghosts in the years following proved fruitless, it wasn't until Kasper accidentally stepped out in front of a car did he learn that he had been right. Ghosts were real, and they had been watching. Not only that, but they had been moved by his belief in them, and had chosen him to be their king. Atop his new throne, Kasper is given the opportunity to compete for one higher, that of the Almighty Ghost King. To earn that crown he must impress the kingdom, outshine the other candidates, and court the ghost factions. He's competing with one goal in mind, to create a realm that embodies what he knows to be true: ghosts are good. With Oliver by his side, eternity before him, and trials to win, Kasper has but one weapon: his heart. Can Kasper withstand the weight of his crown once he learns what it really means to become the Ghost King?

The Ghost of Freedom

The Ghost of Freedom
Author: Charles King
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2008-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195177754

" ... The first general history of the modern Caucasus, stretching from the beginning of Russian imperial expansion up to rise of new countries after the Soviet Union's collapse."--Cover.

Stones of Power

Stones of Power
Author: David Gemmell
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 1157
Release: 1992-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780712654418

Includes four tales - Wolf in Shadow, as John Shannow seeks revenge, The Last Guardian, a reptilian army swarms the post-holocaust world, Ghost King in which Culain and a boy face the terror of the Witch Queen and the Last Sword of Power in which a new age dawns over Roman Britain.

Everlasting Love With The Ghost King

Everlasting Love With The Ghost King
Author: Yue Bai
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 652
Release: 2019-12-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1647812534

This was not a peaceful world like it seemed to be on the surface. In this city, there were some things that ordinary people could not see. These things did not belong to the human world, but they existed in this world.Li Ling'er was an ordinary employee of the company. Recently, something unimaginable had happened to her. And the story, in such a world, in the haunted building where the female lead works, starts...

Phantasmal

Phantasmal
Author: Valentyne Debudge
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2021-09-29
Genre:
ISBN:

We all have our demons, but Hugo's may be real. In the nine years since his older brother, Kasper, stepped out in front of a car during a ghost hunt, Hugo has been haunted by more than just questions about his brother's death. A hole in his memory and a burning in his right hand, Hugo is always angry and he doesn't know why. The reigning school bully at the dead end Juniper High, Hugo has his sights locked on one target: Salem Willow. A darkly dressed young man who walks with the cadence of a funeral procession, it is evident in his eyes that Salem doesn't fear Hugo. But for some reason, he refuses to fight back. After going too far, Hugo is mandated to attend anger management classes and given a choice: join a club or be expelled. Finding himself in the midst of a skeptic, a wild card, a quiet kid, and an attractive occultist, Hugo opens the door that Kasper closed, restarting his brother's old ghost hunting club: Phantasmal. Despite the uncertainly of redemption, Hugo is determined to find answers and defeat his demons. But what will he do when he learns that they are real?