The Last Watchmen (Dekker's Dozen 2)

The Last Watchmen (Dekker's Dozen 2)
Author: Christopher D. Schmitz
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
Total Pages: 602
Release: 2023-11-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Space mercenary Dekker Knight and his team must do the unthinkable to prevent the Sun's annihilation before his archenemy can bring what a confused time-traveler calls "the divine engines of reality" to a grinding halt--destroying all that is, will be, and ever was! After constables botched notorious criminal Prognon Austicon’s incarceration, Dekker’s team is forced to hunt down the galaxies’ most heinous criminal all over again when a mysterious man claiming to be an ancient, time-traveling prophet intrudes. Ezekiel claims Dekker will soon annihilate all reality—and he knows all of Dekker's secrets: that he wields an ancient, celestial weapon, was once married to a terrorist, and is the last member of the Watchmen—an ancient secret society with roots tracing back to Solomon. How often can The Dozen escape death? How much can Dekker defy fate before his actions break the universe?

Dekker's Dozen: The Armageddon Seeds

Dekker's Dozen: The Armageddon Seeds
Author: Christopher D Schmitz
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
Total Pages: 299
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Dekker Knight has a secret past. Vivian “Vesuvius” Briggs has a sword and a chip on her shoulder. Together they run a crew of sanctioned space mercenaries: the Dozen. During an operation gone wrong, an alien spy steals a seemingly insignificant item: a benign seed found on Ganymede. A secret cult believes it has immense power, perhaps coming from the Garden of Eden itself. If it falls into enemy hands, it could wreak unspeakable evil across the galaxy. The Dozen fight to keep their debts settled, fuel in their ship, and some equilibrance to their moral ledger. They are more than mercenaries: they are part of a family they’ve chosen—and this seed threatens to tear it apart. Between a corrupt government, and forces in league with the notorious villain, Prognon Austicon, threats squeeze them from every side. Dekker and Austicon have a vendetta. Vivian’s family and Austicon have a history. Austicon has powerful friends and a superweapon. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, can the Dozen swing the pendulum back?

Wolf of the Tesseract

Wolf of the Tesseract
Author: Christopher D. Schmitz
Publisher: TreeShaker Books
Total Pages: 292
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A demon set her house on fire… with Claire still inside. Inferno monsters aren’t the worst of it. Her archaeologist father is missing, and after the Feds confirm suspicions of a bigfoot serial killer. And there are the lizard people, too—and they’ll stop at nothing to get Claire. Here I thought my college years were supposed to be fun? When her father’s oldest friend, an elderly language professor, decodes a primeval text, Claire learns the cultists believe there is magic in her veins. Only her blood has the power to unleash an ageless evil and allow those chasing her to breach a gate that must never be opened. Claire’s only hope is to learn the secrets of a mysterious artifact that can alter reality. The Tesseract. But it’s guarded ancient protectors: the Vangandra. The Wolves. If the cultists catch her, they’ll end all existence… but Claire is sick of running. Click to get it now!

Dekker's Dozen

Dekker's Dozen
Author: Christopher D. Schmitz
Publisher: booksmango
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2019-02-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781641532402

Gunslingers, psychics, ninjas, and pirates in space. Witness the birth of Armageddon. Dekker's Dozen is an explosive space opera that veers towards arcane-punk.Dekker Knight has a secret past. Vivian "Vesuvius" Briggs has a sword and a chip on her shoulder. Together they run one of the better-known teams of "Investigators," a crew of sanctioned space mercenaries, the Dozen.During an operation gone wrong, an alien spy steals a seemingly insignificant item: a seed of immense power, believed by some to have come from the Garden of Eden itself. It had already been secretly responsible for leaps and bounds in scientific research. Now in the hands of enemy agents, it could wreak unspeakable evil across the galaxy.The Dozen are fighting to keep their debts settled, fuel in their ship, and some equilibrance to their moral ledger. They are more than mercenaries: they are part of a family they've chosen-and this seed threatens to tear it apart.Between a corrupt government, and forces in league with the notorious villain, Prognon Austicon, threats squeeze them from every side. Dekker and Austicon have a vendetta. Vivian's family and Austicon have a history. Austicon has powerful friends and a superweapon. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, can the Dozen swing the pendulum back?

Introductions, Notes and Commentaries to Texts in 'The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker

Introductions, Notes and Commentaries to Texts in 'The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker
Author: Cyrus Hoy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2009-03-19
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780521102995

Companion guide to the second volume of Dekker's plays, with introductions and commentary on The Honest Whore Pt 1, The Honest Whore Pt 2, The Magnificent Entertainment Given to King James, Westward Ho, Northward Ho and The Whore of Babylon.

The Works of John Webster: Volume 4, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Westward Ho, Northward Ho, The Fair Maid of the Inn

The Works of John Webster: Volume 4, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Westward Ho, Northward Ho, The Fair Maid of the Inn
Author: David Gunby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2019-05-16
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1108764355

This is the fourth and final volume of the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster. It contains four plays Webster wrote in collaboration, one - Sir Thomas Wyatt, a historical tragedy based around Lady Jane Grey - as part of a team of five led by Thomas Dekker, two - Westward Ho and Northward Ho, city comedies that prompted Chapman, Jonson, and Marston's Eastward Ho - with Thomas Dekker alone, and one - The Fair Maid of the Inn, an Italianate tragicomedy of which Webster wrote the largest share - with John Fletcher, Philip Massinger and John Ford. With the inclusion of these four plays, this Cambridge edition becomes the first complete works of John Webster. The edition preserves the original spelling of the plays, poetry, and prose, and incorporates the most recent editorial scholarship, including information on Webster's share in the collaborative plays, and new critical methods, textual theory, and theatrical analysis.

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries
Author: Julie Coleman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2004-12-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199254702

The second volume of Julie Coleman's fascinating and entertaining history of the uses and the recording of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858 and explores its first manifestations in the USA and Australia.During this period glossaries of cant are thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now include the language of thieves and cover a broad spectrum of non-standard English. Cant represented a practical threat to life and property. Slang, the author reveals, was a threat to the moral core of society, insidiously seductive to a wide section of the public.Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionised lexicography of non-standard English. She explores the earliest Australian and American slang glossaries, whose authors included the thrice-transported James Hardy Vaux and George Matsell, New York City's first chief of police.