The Sacred Sword (Ben Hope, Book 7)

The Sacred Sword (Ben Hope, Book 7)
Author: Scott Mariani
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2012-05-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0007342810

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR ‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermott

Six Sacred Swords

Six Sacred Swords
Author: Andrew Rowe
Publisher: Weapons and Wielders
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2019-02-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781797535029

It doesn't take a legendary sword to make a legendary swordsman, but it certainly helps.Keras Selyrian is already well on the way to cutting his name into the annals of legend. He's fought false divinities, thieving sorcerers, and corrupt demigods - and left them defeated in his wake. But he's a long way from home, and Kaldwyn offers a different brand of danger than he's used to.He's already got a sword of unfathomable power, but it's damaged and leaking world-annihilating mana, so he's in the market for a new one.Possibly six. The more the better, really.The Six Sacred Swords are Kaldwyn's most famous artifacts, forged as the only means to defeat the god beasts. Each sword must be earned by a worthy champion, and no single person has ever managed to collect them all.Not yet, at least.Keras is just getting started.Additional Info: Six Sacred Swords is a light-hearted fantasy adventure inspired by Japanese game series like The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Fire Emblem. It takes place in the same universe as the Arcane Ascension novels, but years earlier and with a different protagonist. While the books are interconnected, they can be read on their own in any order

The Sacred Sword

The Sacred Sword
Author: Hindol Sengupta
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2017-07-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9386651629

‘We are warriors, Painda. The Khalsa does not think of war as entertainment; death is not a joke, killing men is no festival,’ said Gobind. A boy grows up, suddenly, into adulthood when he is brought the severed head of his father. He is born to rule but never acts like a monarch. Invincible as a warrior, he has the soul of a mystic. Poetry fills his heart. Few men before or after him have used a bow as he does, few men mastered their sword like him. Guru Gobind Singh turned villagers into warriors, sent shivers up the spine of the army of Aurangzeb and set the foundation stone of the great Sikh empire. The Sacred Sword is a historical fiction based on his life and legend.

Sacred Swords

Sacred Swords
Author: James Waterson
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1848325800

In 1071 Muslim Turks crushed the Byzantine Emperor's Anatolian army at Manzikert. The Crusades, the West's response to this catastrophe, are well known as are the names of the European nobles who fought in them. The names and deeds of many of the Crusaders' opponents in the Holy Land are often unfamiliar to Western readers.

Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945–2015

Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945–2015
Author: David Hunter-Chester
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2016-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1498537901

Creating Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945–2015 is a timely contribution to postwar Japan security studies. It is the first comprehensive account of Japan’s post-1945 army, including a comprehensive institutional history, together with the evolution of roles and missions and the adoption of successive professional identities. The organizational history is embedded within a thorough examination of Japan’s own defense policy, as well as of America’s policy of alliance with Japan. The book examines and challenges assumptions about the drafting and adoption of the War Renunciation clause of Japan’s postwar Peace Constitution, Article 9, which uniquely not only renounces war, but the arms to wage war. Thus Japan’s army is not called an army, but the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF). The work also examines the place of an army and soldiers in the formation of Japan’s national identity after its last devastating war, and explores the impact of constitutional, legal and policy restrictions, as well as the power of the legacy of the still-largely vilified Imperial Japanese Army on GSDF members who seek to serve because “there are people we want to protect.” The study is rounded by an examination of the place of soldiers in Japan’s popular culture, focused on movies, manga and anime, assessing the impact on the GSDF of a public imagination that most often ignores or villainizes soldiers, though ending with a note that some positive images of soldiers and of the GSDF members themselves have started to appear in the last few years. The book’s author, a retired U.S. Army soldier who spent more than twenty years working, studying and training with the GSDF, offers a broad-ranging exploration of a unique organization. This work is extensively researched, using English and Japanese sources, and will appeal to anyone interested in Japanese security studies, alliance studies, and military imagery in Japanese pop culture, as well as to students of military history, international security, international relations, and cultural identity.

Sword of Ages, Book 1: Avalon

Sword of Ages, Book 1: Avalon
Author: Gabriel Rodríguez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
ISBN: 9781684052677

Originally published as Sword of Ages issues #1-5.

Sword of the Deceiver

Sword of the Deceiver
Author: Sarah Zettel
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2008-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765343208

The climactic final volume of an epic romantic fantasy series

The Sacred Weapon

The Sacred Weapon
Author: R F Maclay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2020-11-15
Genre:
ISBN:

Stolen relics, a mysterious power with an evil plan and allies with questionable allegiances.The Notre Dame fire, the theft of the Shroud of Turin and a terrorist attack on the legendary Meteora monasteries are just the beginning. Fear has gripped Europe.Tom Wagner, an officer in the Austrian Cobra anti-terror squad, is trapped in an endless series of routine jobs and drills-until he finds himself in the middle of an international conspiracy. Suddenly he is in a race against time, trying to prevent a disaster that could tear Europe down to its foundations. And there's no one he can trust...If you're a fan of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon, James Rollins' Sigma Force and Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt, don't miss "The Sacred Weapon" - a page-turner you won't be able to put down. Our readers love it!Get the first Tom Wagner adventure, "The Sacred Weapon" Whirlwind pacing, fantastic settings, historical myths, breathtaking action and plenty of humor: "The Sacred Weapon" - it's like reading a Blockbuster!

Sword-dancer

Sword-dancer
Author: Jennifer Roberson
Publisher: [New York] : Daw Books
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1986
Genre: Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN: 9780886771522