Zenith: The First Book of Ascension

Zenith: The First Book of Ascension
Author: Dirk Strasser
Publisher: Momentum
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1760080128

Can you see the story breathing? Imagine A mountain so great it takes a year to travel from base to summit A sun so powerful it drives you into madness if you look at it An ascent so vital it determines the fate of the world A summit so precious it holds the key to the divine The world of the great Mountain is unstable. Giant pillars erupt from the surface and yawning chasms form unpredictably underfoot. Since the Maelir first stood on its slopes in the distant past, they have sought to still its anger and control its power. Each year, twin brothers are chosen to make a perilous journey to the summit. If they survive they will be witness to Zenith, and the secrets will be revealed to them. When Atreu and Teyth embark on their Ascent, their Talismans lead them onto conflicting paths that will ultimately set brother against brother. And this time the Ascent itself is in peril as unknown forces that have long craved the power of Zenith will stop at nothing to make it their own ... even if it means destroying the very thing that sustains all life – the Mountain itself.

Eclipse: The Lost Book of Ascension

Eclipse: The Lost Book of Ascension
Author: Dirk Strasser
Publisher: Momentum
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1760080160

Can you see the story breathing? What happens if after the winter solstice, the days keep getting shorter? And shorter? Until there is an eternal night? What happens as the darkness grows? And the creatures of dusk take control of the Mountain? And the quest for the third Book is the only hope? The Mountain is in its death throes as the Nazir send their wraiths to finish what the dusk-rats and grale had begun. Soon there will be no daylight to protect the Maelir and Faemir, and with each twilight there are fewer places to hide. Will the Mountain finally collapse under its own instability or will Atreu and Verlinden's descent find the words of salvation in the Lost Book of Ascension?

Equinox: The Second Book of Ascension

Equinox: The Second Book of Ascension
Author: Dirk Strasser
Publisher: Momentum
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1760080144

Can you see the story breathing? The Keep The most beautiful city on the great Mountain The pinnacle of Maelir culture The home of the Inner Sanctum The place where secrets hide The fate of the Mountain hangs in balance at the time of Equinox, and even the Keep can no longer remain untouched. The Maelir are desperate to defend it, the Faemir to demolish it, the windriders to claim it. But unknown to them all, a dark force has already emerged from the chaos to seize power. As Atreu and Verlinden strive to decipher the power of the Talisman that has defined Atreu's Ascent, Teyth and Valkyra are locked in a desperate battle that neither of them can win. At a time when darkness and light are in perfect equilibrium, when Maelir and Faemir must find a way to break the deadlock and avoid annihilation, the world's fate lies in the Book of Ascension.

Conquist

Conquist
Author: Dirk Strasser
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2024-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1803416106

Capitán Cristóbal de Varga's drive for glory and gold in 1538 Peru leads him and his army of conquistadors into a New World that refuses to be conquered. He is a man torn by life-long obsessions and knows this is his last campaign. What he doesn't know is that his Incan allies led by the princess Sarpay have their own furtive plans to make sure he never finds the golden city of Vilcabamba. He also doesn't know that Héctor Valiente, the freed African slave he appointed as his lieutenant, has found a portal that will lead them all into a world that will challenge his deepest beliefs. And what he can't possibly know is that this world will trap him in a war between two eternal enemies, leading him to question everything he has devoted his life to - his command, his Incan princess, his honor, his God. In the end, he faces the ultimate dilemma: how is it possible to battle your own obsessions . . . to conquer yourself?

Zenith

Zenith
Author: Dirk Strasser
Publisher: Pan
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1993
Genre: Fantasy fiction
ISBN: 9780330273930

Fantasy novel about a perilous journey to the summit of a great mountain, and the unknown forces that seem to be intent on destroying the mountain to gain the power of Zenith. The author is co-editor of the Australian fantasy and science fiction magazine 'Aurealis'.

Far-Seer

Far-Seer
Author: Robert J. Sawyer
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429914688

The Face of God is what every young saurian learns to call the immense, glowing object which fills the night sky on the far side of the world. Young Afsan is privileged, called to the distant Capital City to apprentice with Saleed the court astrologer. Buth when the time comes for Afsan to make his coming-of-age pilgrimage, to gaze upon the Face of God, his world is changed forever- for what he sees will test his faith... and may save his world from disaster! At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

The New York Times Book of Physics and Astronomy

The New York Times Book of Physics and Astronomy
Author: Cornelia Dean
Publisher: Union Square + ORM
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2013-09-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 140279326X

A century-spanning collection of science reporting by acclaimed and Pulitzer–winning New York Times writers: “A treat . . . highly recommended.” —Library Journal From the discovery of distant galaxies and black holes to the tiny interstices of the atom, here is the very best on physics and astronomy from the New York Times. The newspaper of record has always prided itself on its award–winning science coverage, and these 125 articles from its archives cover more than a century of breakthroughs, setbacks, and mysteries. Selected by former science editor Cornelia Dean, they feature such esteemed and Pulitzer Prize–winning writers as: Malcolm W. Browne on teleporting, antimatter atoms, and the physics of traffic jams James Glanz on string theory George Johnson on quantum physics William L. Laurence on Bohr and Einstein Dennis Overbye on the discovery of the Higgs Boson Walter Sullivan on the colliding beam machine, and more