Revelation

Revelation
Author: Andrew Dobell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2019-01-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781793042729

When evil holds everything you love captive, how far would you go to get it back?The Road Knights ride again, but this time, they're on a mission to kill a Daemon, and save Nyx's mother. In her last moments, Queen Latrix revealed that Nyx's mother, Dani, was alive, and held captive by the Night Lord, the Whisperer.Nyx has one mission now, to hunt the Whisperer down and save her mother. But she needs Nero to help her.Nero, with his trusty enchanted Shotgun, takes on Nyx's mission without question. Since saving her, they have become inseparable, and Nero is always up for kicking more zombie ass. Kat, former harem member of the now dead queen, and skilled swordswoman, joins the Road Knights, adding complications to Nero's life.Cryptus and his servant Runt also accompany them, keen to confront the Whisperer as well, but why?Life is getting more complex for the Road Knights, but they have a clear mission now, and the open road ahead of them. Adventure awaits.Put the pedal to the metal, and join the Road Knights on their third high octane adventure in the wastes.WARNING: This book contains foul language, gratuitous violence, graphic sex, lesbianism, harem slaves girls, and situations that some might find distasteful or upsetting.

The Road Story and the Rebel

The Road Story and the Rebel
Author:
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 292
Release:
Genre: Road films
ISBN: 9780809388172

This cultural history reveals the unique qualities of road stories and follows the evolution from the Beats' postwar literary adventures to today's postmodern reality television shows. Tracing the road story as it moves to both LeRoi Jones's critique of the Beats' romanticization of blacks as well as to the mainstream in the 1960s with CBS's Route 66, Mills also documents the rebel subcultures of novelist Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, who used film and LSD as inspiration on a cross-country bus trip, and she examines the sexualization of male mobility and biker mythology in the films Scorpio Rising, The Wild Angels, and Easy Rider. Mills addresses how the filmmakers of the 1970s - Coppola, Scorsese, and Bogdanovich - flourished in New Hollywood with road films that reflected mainstream audiences and how feminists Joan Didion and Betty Friedan subsequently critiqued them. A new generation of women and minority storytellers gain clout and bring genre remapping to the national consciousness, Mills explains, as the road story evolves from such novels as Song of Solomon to films like Thelma and Louise and television's Road Rules 2.

The Wasteland

The Wasteland
Author: K. A Knight
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2018-09-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781731285683

The world ended and with it so did the rules.I was stolen from my family and raised in the Wastelands to the North. I did what I had to ensure my survival. I became The Champion, with my history carved into my skin for all to see.Now I spend my days drinking and hiding from my past until four newcomers offer me a job I can't refuse. When my past and future mix I must once again rise and fight. This time it's not for my freedom, it's for my happiness.*18+ Reverse Harem Romance. Warning this book contains scenes and references of abuse that some readers may find triggering.*

Blandin de Cornoalha, A Comic Occitan Romance

Blandin de Cornoalha, A Comic Occitan Romance
Author:
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2022-09-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 158044525X

The volume makes available for the first time in English an edition of the medieval romance Blandin de Cornoalha, accompanied by a translation and introduction to the work. Composed in the second half of the fourteenth century by an anonymous author, the story offers the first recording of the Sleeping Beauty folktale, incorporated into the adventures of two knights. Many elements in the romance are comic, suggesting that Blandin is not simply a tale of knights in battle, but also a parody of medieval romance in general.

Hollywood Knights

Hollywood Knights
Author: S. Aronstein
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137124008

Hollywood Knights examines Hollywood Arthuriana as political nostalgia offered to American viewers during times of cultural crisis: the red scare of the 1950s, the breakdown of traditional authority in the 1960s and 1970s, the turn to the right in the 1980s and the redemption of masculine and national authority in the 1990s. Its analysis of these films explores their proposal of an ideal past - an Americanized Camelot and a democratized chivalry - as the solution to the problems of a troubled present, a solution that will ensure prosperity in the homeland and a globally beneficial American authority abroad.

Road to Ruin

Road to Ruin
Author: Hana Lee
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2024-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1668035618

For fans of Tasha Suri and R. F. Kuang, Hana Lee's electrifying, gritty fantasy debut takes readers on a high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland, featuring motorcycles, monsters, and magic.[Bokinfo].

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Wanderer of the Wasteland
Author: Zane Grey
Publisher: Amereon Limited
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1923
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Zane Grey, premier chronicler of the American West and legendary storyteller, is sure to captivate new and loyal fans with this reissue of the last of his four Western epics.

The Complete Shadow Grail Series

The Complete Shadow Grail Series
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: Tor Teen
Total Pages: 838
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250206634

“An enchanting mixture of mystery, romance, magic, and murder” (Delia Sherman, author of Changeling) from Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill. The Complete Shadow Grail Series discounted ebundle includes: Legacies, Conspiracies, Sacrifices, Victories In this young adult fantasy series, losing her family is only the start of Spirit White’s problems. Wracked by grief after the accident that killed her family, Spirit is spirited away to Oakhurst Academy. But Oakhurst isn’t an ordinary school and orphanage: all the students have magical powers. Spirit’s power hasn’t manifested itself yet, but the administrators insist she has one. But that isn’t all: the school has some sinister secrets, and if she doesn’t solve its mysteries, she won’t survive until graduation. Legacies Who--or what--is stalking the students at Oakhurst Academy? In the wake of the accident that killed her family, Spirit White is spirited away to Oakhurst Academy. There she learns she is a legacy--not only to the school, which her parents also attended, but to magic. Conspiracies Spirit and her friends Burke, Loch, Muirin, and Addie have managed to defeat the evil force that has been killing students at Oakhurst Academy for the past forty years--or so they think. When a series of magical attacks disrupts the school, Doctor Ambrosius calls upon alumnus Mark Rider to secure the campus--and start training the students for war. Sacrifices The students of Oakhurst Academy believe they have triumphed over the Shadow Knights. But Spirit, Burke, Muirin, Loch, and Addie know better. Under the guise of a company called Breakthrough Adventure Systems, the Shadow Knights have actually taken over the campus. Victories Spirit White and her friends Burke, Loch, and Addie have escaped from Oakhurst Academy. But their freedom has come at a terrible cost--a dear friend sacrificed her own life to save theirs. In the wake of their friend’s death, they are also forced to deal with the terrifying truth behind the facade of Oakhurst Academy: all of the legends are true. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Strip

The Strip
Author: Stefan Al
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2017-03-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 026203574X

The transformations of the Strip—from the fake Wild West to neon signs twenty stories high to “starchitecture”—and how they mirror America itself. The Las Vegas Strip has impersonated the Wild West, with saloon doors and wagon wheels; it has decked itself out in midcentury modern sleekness. It has illuminated itself with twenty-story-high neon signs, then junked them. After that came Disney-like theme parks featuring castles and pirates, followed by replicas of Venetian canals, New York skyscrapers, and the Eiffel Tower. (It might be noted that forty-two million people visited Las Vegas in 2015—ten million more than visited the real Paris.) More recently, the Strip decided to get classy, with casinos designed by famous architects and zillion-dollar collections of art. Las Vegas became the “implosion capital of the world” as developers, driven by competition, got rid of the old to make way for the new—offering a non-metaphorical definition of “creative destruction.” In The Strip, Stefan Al examines the many transformations of the Las Vegas Strip, arguing that they mirror transformations in America itself. The Strip is not, as popularly supposed, a display of architectural freaks but representative of architectural trends and a record of social, cultural, and economic change. Al tells two parallel stories. He describes the feverish competition of Las Vegas developers to build the snazziest, most tourist-grabbing casinos and resorts—with a cast of characters including the mobster Bugsy Siegel, the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and the would-be political kingmaker Sheldon Adelson. And he views the Strip in a larger social context, showing that it has not only reflected trends but also magnified them and sometimes even initiated them. Generously illustrated with stunning color images throughout, The Strip traces the many metamorphoses of a city that offers a vivid projection of the American dream.

Zero Hour

Zero Hour
Author: Mike Kraus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2018-12-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781791779474

A devastating attack. A family separated. A desperate struggle to survive.Jackson Block is trapped far from his family and those he loves when a rogue state unleashes a devastating attack on the United States. To reunite with his loved ones he must fight through streets that have turned into a war zone as survivors and government agents alike threaten not only his existence, but that of the entire nation.Zero Hour is a near-future, what-if tale of the apocalypse told through a frighteningly realistic lens. Zero Hour is a 6-part novel-length post-apocalyptic survival thriller series that asks one simple question: do you have what it takes to survive? The story follows the unleashing of a bio-weapon on an unsuspecting American populace, killing hundreds of millions in the blink of an eye. This post-apocalyptic thriller is written as a collaboration between Justin Bell and #1 bestselling post-apocalyptic author Mike Kraus. Zero Hour is a gripping post-apoc thrill ride that takes a unique look at the post-apocalyptic genre and will leave you breathless with every turn of the page. Filled with intense, heart-pumping action, this series will be released at a rate of approximately one book per month.