Whandall Placehold grows to adulthood in the mean streets of Tep's Town, a city ruled by a voracious god of fire who periodically leads the citizens to set their own town ablaze, but his dreams of escape are hindered by the knowledge that freedom comes only at the hands of the sorcerer who killed his father.
Brenna Fallon discovers the terrible potential of a magical spring on her family's farm when a devastating plague strikes those around her and forces her to rely on a stranger and a stray dog to drive back the threat of a modern Black Death.
a shortened modern prose version of the Indian epic
Narayan, R. K.
2000
A shortened, modern prose edition of the Sanskrit epic about two feuding royal families who wage genocidal war in India, bringing their civilization to the brink of doom, but eventually finding redemption.
In the days leading up to her eighteenth birthday, Alexandria becomes sure she will not live that long if a long-forgotten order that is trying to kill her has its way or if the Council finds out what she did in the Catskills. Plus, every time she and Seth make out, she gets another mark of the Apollyon and is that much closer to awakening.
Morrigan Christine Parker, the only daughter of Rhiannon MacCallan, the disgraced high priestess to the goddess Epona, has been raised as a normal girl in Oklahoma, but things begin to change when she turns eighteen, and when she is unexpectedly transported to the magical realm of Partholon, she finds herself dealing with forces beyond her control.
Shannon Parker, doing a little shopping while on summer vacation, hears an antique vase call to her and suddenly finds herself transported to Partholon where she is hailed as the Goddess Incarnate of Epona, and she must find a way to get back to Oklahoma before her newfound enemies kill her, or she is forced to marry a centaur.
Shannon Parker, preoccupied with her pregnancy, nearly forgets her life on Earth until a power surge sends her back to Oklahoma without the magic she needs to return to her centaur husband on Partholon, but the help she finds is a man as tempting to Shannon as her own husband.
Alex must decide between the love that is fated and the love that is forbidden when a mysterious threat confronts the Council and threatens her freedom.
A guide to the Indian Buddhist goddesses, explaining their importance in Buddhist thought and practice, their histories, legends, and artistic portrayals, and the character, powers, and practice traditions they represent.
