The first book in JJ Sherwood's Steps of Power epic fantasy series. The Kings, Book I: Kings or Pawns is a political intrigue that spirals into an action and adventure series as the final events unfold. 8,994 P.E.-The elven city of Elvorium has become corrupted to the core by politics. With his father dead and the Royal Schism at his back, Prince Hairem ascends the throne as king of the elven world on Sevrigel. Young and bold, Hairem is determined to undo the council's power, but the brutal murders by an assassin loosed within the city threaten to undermine the king's ambitions. As corruption and death threaten to tear Elvorium apart from within, the warlord Saebellus threatens the city from without, laying siege to Sevrigel's eastern capital. With the elven world crumbling around him, Hairem finds himself in a dangerous political balance between peace and all out war.
The Pawns of Kings
The unique format of this book provides the reader with the desired target at the start of the discussion, so that the main task is to find a path from the initial position to one which is clearly winning (or drawing), as required.
For many years, the history of Byelorussia under Nazi occupation was written primarily from the perspective of the resistance movement.
Born and raised in North Kohala, on the Big Island of Hawaii. He graduated from Kohala High School in 2008. He began writing Of Kings and Pawns in the beginning of 2015 and by the end of Summer he had already completed the first draft.
With their longships storm-blown to the southern coast of Engla-land, Thorgrim Night Wolf and his men find themselves rich with plunder and safely ensconced in a priory called Christchurch.
1915. American writer of mystery novels known for their humor and ingenuity. The novel begins: March in England is spring. Early in the month masses of snowdrops lined the paths...
Kings & Pawns
Eugene Brown and his son Marco Price Bey have turned once wasted lives into productive lives. After spending many years in federal prisons, Brown and Bey transformed their lives by using the strategic thinking benefits of chess.
In Kings of Peace, Pawns of War, six of the world's leading mediators talk in detail for the first time about their efforts to secure peace in Iraq, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Iraq and Aceh.
Kings & Pawns: The Bloodlines of Bourbon-Orleans is a storybook featuring namesakes of New Orleans, tales of former Louisiana governors, and the in-depth history of 717 Orleans Avenue, an address steeped in a detailed heritage of ...