Taking Up the Sword

Taking Up the Sword
Author: Randall Bennett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2013-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781478712046

Randall Bennett served 25 years as a Special Agent for the U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service. His memoir reveals his evolution from a new Special Agent to one of the most experienced in the U.S. government.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill
Author: Rick Renner
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606837753

In Dressed To Kill, Rick explains with exacting detail the purpose and function of each piece of Roman armor. In the process, he describes the significance of our spiritual armor not only to withstand the onslaughts of the enemy and but also to overturn the tendencies of the carnal mind. Furthermore, Rick delivers a clear, scriptural...

The Magnolia Sword

The Magnolia Sword
Author: Sherry Thomas
Publisher: Sherry Thomas
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 163128035X

CHINA, 484 A.D. A Warrior in Disguise All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated decades earlier, and avenge her father, who was paralyzed in his own duel. Then a messenger from the Emperor arrives, demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north. Mulan’s father cannot go. Her brother is just a child. So she ties up her hair, takes up her sword, and joins the army as a man. A War for a Dynasty Thanks to her martial arts skills, Mulan is chosen for an elite team under the command of the princeling—the royal duke’s son, who is also the handsomest man she’s ever seen. But the princeling has secrets of his own, which explode into Mulan’s life and shake up everything she knows. As they cross the Great Wall to face the enemy beyond, Mulan and the princeling must find a way to unwind their past, unmask a traitor, and uncover the plans for the Rouran invasion…before it’s too late. Inspired by wuxia martial-arts dramas as well as the centuries-old ballad of Mulan, The Magnolia Sword is a thrilling, romantic, and sharp-edged novel that lives up to its beloved heroine.

Way of the Sword, The (Young Samurai, Book 2)

Way of the Sword, The (Young Samurai, Book 2)
Author: Chris Bradford
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2010-03-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1423140877

After being shipwrecked in Japan, adopted, and taught the Way of the Warrior at samurai school, Jack is ready to embark on the next chapter of his training: the Way of the Sword. His lessons involve fighting blindfolded, using a b-o staff, and finding messages in origami—all while withstanding the constant pressure of being a foreigner. The stakes are raised even higher when the school holds a contest. The winners will learn the great samurai Masamoto-sama's secret martial arts technique.

Sword & Citadel

Sword & Citadel
Author: Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 415
Release: 1994-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0312890184

A Major work of twentieth-century American Literature.

The Crimson Sword

The Crimson Sword
Author: Eldon Thompson
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 724
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061840971

The Age of Man has begun. The "undesirable" creatures of legend have been driven from their lands, magic has been forsaken, the old gods reduced to myth.Now humans will rule the kingdoms of the island continent of Pentania. But they are not alone. Alson's king has been assassinated, its capital besieged by a malevolent wizard. The chaos and terror now sweeping the land have come to the remote village of Diln -- sending young Jarom far from his home to seek aid against the nefarious usurper. But a mysterious council has decreed Jarom must find one of the mythical Swords of Asahiel -- the divine talismans the elven avatars used to forge the earth -- in order to save a quarrelsome, fledgling humanity. For a Demon Queen has awakened from the abyss -- and humankind is about to discover its powerlessness in the face of the ancient terrors of the world.

Sisters of the Sword

Sisters of the Sword
Author: Maya Snow
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2009-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061985635

I see you blink with surprise. A girl? you are thinking. Surely a girl cannot be asamurai. But you are wrong. Kimi dreams of being a great samurai warrior, but she and her sister, Hana, are young ladies of ancient Japan, daughters of the Jito of the province. Her future seems clear: Girls do not become samurai. Then, a murderous betrayal shatters the sisters' world. Suddenly, Kimi and Hana are thrown headlong into a life of warrior codes, deadly swords, and dangerous enemies. Life has swept them into an adventure more heart-pounding than the sisters ever could have imagined . . . and once it has been set in motion, nothing will ever be the same.

Secrets of the Sword 1

Secrets of the Sword 1
Author: Lindsay Buroker
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-11-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781951367107

After helping my steady dragon Zav with his family problems, I thought life would get back to normal. As normal as it can be when you're a hit woman responsible for hunting down bad guys.That was before a strange artifact showed up in a bog and turned my ancient dwarven sword into a magical beacon. Now my enemies can sense it from hundreds of miles away. More than that, every club-toting, over-muscled orc, ogre, and troll who would like a magic sword can sense it.Usually, fighting off opportunists wouldn't be a problem (they don't call me Ruin Bringer without reason), but even I can only handle so many attacks at a time. And Zav isn't as much help as you'd think, since he's busy on a quest for a ring.No, it's not a Lord of the Rings kind of quest. My boss put it in Zav's head that since we're mated in the dragon way, we should also be married in the human way. Now, he's off to find the perfect engagement ring. Given his taste in human footwear, I may be in trouble for more reasons than my marked sword.Not only is there no chance of my life getting back to normal any time soon, but if I can't figure out how to fix my sword, I'll be dead long before I can get married.

Theonite

Theonite
Author: M. L. Wang
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2016-05-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781535051026

Joan Messi has spent thirteen lonely years hiding her supernatural abilities from her parents, her classmates, and everyone in her white bread suburban community. However, her little world of secrets is shattered when a pair of strangers arrive from a parallel dimension on the hunt for a nameless criminal. Now, after a lifetime of wondering how she got her powers, Joan might have found the beginnings of an answer. For Daniel Thundyil and his father, elemental powers and ego-maniacal supervillains are nothing new-although this is the first time a mission has brought them to a parallel dimension. Daniel's main concern in this new world isn't the looming threat of a godlike killer; it's fitting in at a school where the food is flavorless, everyone writes backwards in an ancient alphabet, and all the racial hierarchies seem to be reversed.

The Sword and the Spark

The Sword and the Spark
Author: C. E. Groom
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre:
ISBN:

In this Shakespeare-inspired tale of betrayal and murder, one man's heroic quest becomes a battle for the soul of an empire-and his own. Mace Ealdor is a revered member of the Order of the Silver Sword, mortals who possess the Spark of the Celestials. For centuries, the Silver Swords have been the guardians of the empire of Danim, but when Mace embarks on a quest to right the wrongs of the monarchy amid a decades-long civil war, his noble ambitions soon threaten everything he seeks to protect. Friends become enemies, heroes become villains, and the only path to salvation rests in the will of the Stars themselves.