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Nazi Germany: Hitler Youth members Hans and Fritz enter the Black Forest to hunt down a mysterious man in a toga. Yet after they eat magic mushrooms, things go haywire. Their woodland presence alarms the elf king, distrustful of mortals and enraged that the fairy king has failed to guard his borders due to a family crisis: One of his consorts has abandoned him for a dancing bear from Punjab, escaped from a traveling circus. Later, when the fairy liege...
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English history took a major turn at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when William, Duke of Normandy (later known as William the Conqueror) fought the English army under the command of the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson. The Norman conquest changed the course of English history forever. But what if unexpected forces had come to Harold's aid?
3) The Tower
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When Gertrude wakes up in a world steeped in the past, discovering that she's pregnant with no memory of how she got there, she panics. But when her baby is kidnapped she has to snap out of her stupor or lose everything she loves. It is only when she comes upon a sailor with turquoise eyes that all the disturbing memories begin to resurface. But despite what happened between them, he is her only hope.
4) Neshaa
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How does a pacifist become a soldier? How does a brilliant yet undisciplined mind become wise? When Alkemas Neshaa, The Persian, one of the many Persians to joined Alexander's campaign at Susa, following Darius' defeat at Gauagamela, little did he imagine where that decision would lead him. Preaching to a dragon about his Zoroastrian faith was never something he could have anticipated... Follow the curious character of neshaa through some of History's...
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Shamshir Naik, itinerant holy man and former prince in the mould of Siddhartha? Meddler and spymaster? Master manipulator and mover of events? Teacher and mentor? True and honest friend doing what he can to preserve those he loves with all the talents he has got? Which, if any, of those is he? Who knows? Come on this journey; from rural Kolkata, across the Himalayas, to modern day Alexandria-Upon-Thames to find out. As he meets Alexander on the banks...
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When times are dark, fiction can whisk us away to other worlds to find new friends and have fantastical adventures. This collection of short fantasy, steampunk and fairytale fiction was created to entertain those in isolation or quarantine, or anyone needing to escape the worries of the world for a while.Stay safe.Quarantine Reads contains seven short stories of a lighter note, to inspire and transport you beyond four walls.
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"There shall be no victory for the wolves, there is only me!"Marcos the Spartan, later known as Lupernikes; said the be so dour he makes Kalliades look cheerful. He enjoys his laconic reputation. He has earned it. A brutal punishment which he metes out for a terrible crime catches Alexander's attention and becomes, in part responsible for Marcos being made a great offer; to become the first of the Ten Thousand. What he does not know is that he...
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Centuries ago, the ancient Titans and Annunaki found Olympus, before the great schism.
Now, Lord Chronos has the known world clutched within his clawed hand. But he feels as though he's losing his grasp on it when a prophecy about his children is foretold.
Unknown to him, a few of the original Olympians slipped through his claws. Together, they form a plan to overthrow the Sky Lord to free all of humanity from his iron grip. An army will...
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During the late seventeenth century, Louis XIV's natural philosopher and explorer, Father Yves de la Croix, does what no one has done for four hundred years: he brings a living sea monster to land. Thus begins a stunning fantasy, a journey into science and superstition, and an alternate history in which Yves and his sister, Marie-Jos̈phe--a lady-in-waiting with her own finely tuned intelligence and insatiable curiosity--struggle to learn from and...
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