The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-46 is one of the most important turning points in British history–in terms of national crisis every bit the equal of 1066 and 1940. The tale of Charles Edward Stuart, "Bonnie Prince Charlie," and his heroic attempt to regain his grandfather's (James II) crown–remains the stuff of legend: the hunted fugitive, Flora MacDonald, and the dramatic escape over the sea to the Isle of Skye. But the full story–the real history–is even more dramatic, captivating, and revelatory.
Chainfire Trilogy, Part 1 (Book 9) (Sword of Truth)
During a raid on his camp, Richard is seriously wounded and now Nicci must use subtractive magic in order to save him. Richard awakens to find his wife Kahlan missing and discovers that he is the only person alive who remembers her. As he begins to search for her, he learns that he is also hunted by a beast created by Jagang's Sisters of the Dark.
The life of a wild animal is spent in the line of battle. There is no such thing as a gentle decline in peaceful old age. Hunted both by other animals and man, it wages a constant fight for survival. This fight is often heroic.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 14 February 2012
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For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to forget the nightmare of the blitz—and the aching guilt of having mercifully murdered his sick wife. He was surviving alone, aside from the war, until he happened to guess both the true and the false weight of the cake. From that moment, he finds himself ruthlessly hunted, the quarry of malign and shadowy forces, from which he endeavors to escape with a mind that remains obstinately out of focus.
That man is Boone, a beautiful, tortured soul who believes himself responsible for atrocious crimes. He has taken refuge in a necropolis situated in the wilds of Canada, beneath which all the last great monsters of the world--the nightbreed--are in hiding. They are possessed of extraordinary powers; so is Boone. And in the hunt for Boone, they too will be hunted. Can they survive when the colder, deadliermonsters of the twentieth century are on their heels? And can Lori's love withstand the extraordinary truth of Boone's soul?
