“David, you have been so kind to me and this gift will always be treasured. I have one last request. Could you show me some of the secret ways in and out of the castle?” As he spoke the words, the image of the spark of red light appearing from the depths of the castle sprang to his mind again, together with the whispered words, “I am here, Audun.” He knew that one day he would have to return to Aldene and learn the secret of what lay in the deep dungeon below the castle” ActionImaginationFreedomAdventureDramaConflictExcitingIntrigueFast PacedSuspensful Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“Rafe smiled again. “I think Aleana can teach you how to work in a team and maybe you can teach her to be less reckless.” So it was that Raimund found a new home in the Den of Thieves, and he and Aleana became partners and best friends.” ActionImaginationFreedomAdventureDramaConflictWeaponsFast PacedFreedom FightersSuspensful Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“Sylva was unmoved. “I want the threat of this child permanently removed, and I will ensure my brother carries out my instructions. I need details of the family, their names and where they live in Tamin.” ActionImaginationFreedomAdventureDramaConflictWeaponsFast PacedFreedom FightersSuspensful Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“At the end of one of the bookshelves she picked up a very old book. It was truly ancient, and woven into the cover was a motif of joined hands which merged into three words: Aonaibh Ri Chéile. The dedication on the inside cover was simply “To Elbeth with Love.” The author was someone called Angus Ferguson” LoveImaginationDramaExcitingMysteriousIntrigueLiterary FictionOrphanGunpowder Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“Raimund was terrified. He might be a thief, but he was not a murderer. Blindly he ran from the house, and he kept on running until the sounds behind him died away.” WarActionWealthFictionHistoryPowerMilitaryAdventureTrilogyCruel Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“This was a moment Alberon had dreamed of, and he gave no thought to his lost and banished lover, although he did at times wonder about the child. Did he have a bastard son or a daughter? But it really did not matter any more. It was simply the mistake of a love struck youth.” WarActionWealthPowerfulMysteryMilitaryConquestIntrigueFast PacedWeapon Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“The first thing that caught her eye was the three words Aonaibh Ri Chéile. The words burned her soul like a brand. Quietly she said to Audun, “Please take that thing back to where you got it. I can’t bear the sight of it.” WarTruthActionWealthHistoryPowerDramaGreedTrilogyCruel Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“Raimund, we must promise each other that if one of us leaves Mora it must be both. We must leave together.” She was not sure what had made her ask for this promise, but she was growing more aware of her femininity. She loved Raimund as a brother, but something told her that her feelings for him were more than those of a sibling. Raimund smiled and squeezed her hand. “Of course Aleana, I am after all your brother.” WarTruthActionWealthPowerDramaGreedConquestWeaponTrilogy Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“Ragna hesitated. She had known this moment would come. “My Lady, your son Alberon is the father of our child and he has sworn to me that we will be married.” EvilPowerfulFictionHistoryMagicDramaHonourMagicalFantastical Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“There was also the old man. Orridon sensed that Oien’s alliance with the King was not motivated by a desire to help the Dewar with his conquests but somehow to establish his own power.” TruthActionDarkCrimeDangerLiesDeceitFast PacedThriller NovelAntasy Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“From the surrounding oak trees it seemed as if a name was whispered. ‘He is of the trees, his name is Xylon.” FearDarkLonelinessHatredLiesUnityBetrayalLiterary FictionQueenWar And Military Fiction Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“The powerful win loyalty through fear, the humble win loyalty through love. Love’s loyalty will always last longer” PainLossEmotionsLiesSecretsHeroesTenseFantasy FictionBattlesPolitical Thriller Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“Roars of outrage came from the city walls as the Erbean soldiers watched Alluen and her comrades draw their knives across the captives’ throats and drop them to the ground. Roth’s voice rose over the hubbub. “You may kill them all Burnett, but my gates will remain closed!” ActionFearFictionMysteryDangerAdventureDramaExcitingHeroesIntrigue Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“Often the wise way is to seek the need, not the want. Want is often tainted by greed and is often wholly self-centred. Need by contrast is often the wish of the heart or soul for something better, something more whole.” LifeFearEmotionalWeaponsDeterminationHatredInsightSuspenseEmperorWar Fiction Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“You have been anointed by God and He is pleased,” he said. “Seek His guidance when you are troubled or unsure. I do not have a crystal ball to tell the future, but with luck and your wisdom you can enjoy a golden age.” GodWisdomFaithChangePowerMysteryDramaFutureGuidanceFight Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“He that can milk the cow and plough the furrow before talking wisdom with the Lord is indeed a man of special gifts” FightingInspiringViolenceDangerUnityEnemiesFast PacedUnrestLineageHistorical Fantasy Fiction Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“At seventeen the young woman had worked out how to improve her future prospects; she would seduce the Prince.” WarTruthActionDramaGreedMysteriousConquestOrphanWeaponGunpowder Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“Treaties on paper came and went, but a promise sealed in blood was for life.” LifeWarChangePowerAuthorityThrillerSuspenseFightTensePromises Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“Mary had typed one line to finish her dissertation – ‘So a life’s work was finally complete’. As an afterthought she had written in pencil, probably after her dissertation had been assessed: ‘What was the red stone that Samuel Fowler disposed of?” LifeTruthPowerLiesArmyLoyaltyEnemiesTenseUnrestFantasy Adventure Fiction Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“Next morning, while her children were still asleep in their tent, Evie got up early. The acorn she had planted the day before had sprung to life and was nearly ten feet high. Sitting on the fallen log where the forest boy had sat thirty years earlier, she listened. There was no dancing partner. Maybe she was now too old, but the oak trees did sing for her.” FightingWeaponsDiscoverySuspenseHeroesUnpredictableGritUnrestAdventure FictionThrone Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“I would like to request that the Elder join us for celebrations in Aldene. I have a daughter who needs a husband, and I think I know the man she will choose.” Alastair Munro smiled. He could see the words Aonaibh Ri Chéile shining brightly from the new Elder’s ring.” LifeRomanceDestinyDramaFutureIntenseCelebrateSuspenseFast PacedGripping Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“Audun, there is something I must now explain to you. You are the illegitimate son of Alberon, who now calls himself Emperor of the North.” WarActionPowerfulFictionMilitaryDramaExcitingRevengeIntrigueFast Paced Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“For two years the battles raged across the lands, one side fighting for conquest, the other for freedom. Othium-powered weapons wreaked havoc on defending armies. The red fire was hard to resist, but the white light was stronger. Gradually the tide turned and the freedom fighters regained control of their lands and their cities. The stage was set for the final battle. The opposing forces met outside the Ackar city of Erbea in 1302 and the forces of good won the day. The alchemist escaped and was about to take his revenge at a wedding ceremony when he was bound by the white light. All that remained was his heart, or maybe his soul, encapsulated in a piece of red rock. Dewar the Third succeeded his father and the new king promised a time of peace and prosperity. History would call him the Peacemaker. Now, two hundred years on, a new Emperor seeks to rule the world, while an illegitimate son sets out on a path towards revenge and a thief begins to learn his trade. It is time for the alchemist to return.” WarActionPowerfulFictionMilitaryDramaExcitingRevengeHonourFast Paced Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“I am here at my Lord Cameron’s instructions to talk with you, not to fight you. However if your men decide to engage I will ensure that you are the first to die.” WarActionDeathPowerDramaAuthorityThrillerSuspenseFightKing Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“The oak trees seemed as though they were playing instruments; here a gentle violin, over there two harps in harmony, flutes and other woodwinds joined the tree orchestra.” LossDangerConflictCivil WarSecretsKingAtrocitiesAction PackedThroneWar And Military Action Fiction Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“Aaron anticipated the application of some kind of healing balm, but to his surprise the healer started singing a soft melodic tune. The breath from the notes fell on Aaron’s injured arm and he felt the hairs on his forearm react to the soft breath. It was only moments before the song drifted away on the wind and Wonataban’s instruction followed the last note: “Open your eyes.” DeathPowerLonelinessArmyUnpredictableGritQueenMilitary FictionEmpressWomen S Literature Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“Across Ackar and Lett, the ordinary folk were tired of the wars of aggression of the Dewar dynasty. They had lost too many fathers, brothers and sons on foreign soil. It was clear that the new King was no warrior, and most of the population thought that a good thing. Maybe for the first time in generations they could have a good king rather than a warrior king. I now commit as my coronation promise that whilst I am King, no armies from Ackar and Lett will seek domination over our neighbours. The treaties are written in ink. I will now seal them with my blood.” WarDeathPowerDramaArmyWarriorThrillerFightAggressionKing Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“Orridon, all of our nations have been subject to the tyranny of the Dewar dynasty and the time has come to end it or to continue to live our lives in slavery, not to the Dewar now, but to the evil of the old alchemist,” he concluded.” ActionMysteryDangerHorrorDestructionBrutalGraphicRaw Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“I left you in charge in Banora and you allowed a ragtag army to beat you in battle!” ActionDramaBattleIntenseSuspenseFast PacedGrippingHorrifyingSusepense Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“Few remembered the stories of the days before the end of the Second Age. Those days when all the lands had been under the control of the Council of Five were now wrapped in legends and seemed like fantasy.” ActionFictionFantasyCrimeEvolutionHorrorInternationalThrillerAiEspionage Book:White Light Red Fire Source: White Light Red Fire
“Beware he whose reputation is burnished bright, oft times the darkness is hidden by the polished light.” TruthPoliticsDramaDiscoveryDestructionBetrayalHardshipHistorical FictionUnknownFamily Feud Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“Aaron wondered if the Sofanomin had also lulled him to sleep. He could feel the faint remnants of a strange dream; weird people in odd clothing, peculiar carriages that moved although no horses pulled them” DarkLoyaltyExcitementCivil WarLiterary FictionWartimeRulerDeceptionsAction Fiction Book:The Empress: Source: The Empress:
“As the pair turned to leave they were taken by surprise by the shop owner. He was middle-aged and did not look as though he could overpower Arvid, although the large club he wielded showed his intention. Raimund instinctively made a run for the door, only to be floored by a blow from the club. From his dazed prone position Raimund watched in horror as his uncle thrust his knife into the shopkeeper’s chest. With blood pumping from the fatal wound, the shopkeeper fell across Raimund.” FictionHistoryFantasyMysteryDramaHistoricalIntrigueTrilogyBook 1 Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“It was shortly after Raimund’s eighth birthday, over the evening meal, when Arvid announced, “The orphan is now old enough to earn his keep. He is coming with me tonight.” FictionHistoryFantasyMysteryDramaHistoricalIntrigueTrilogyBook 1 Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor
“The old man smiled. “If they could talk, these walls would tell you of battles lost and won, of fear and terror, of red fire and white light, of peace and prosperity. Aldene has a history going back centuries.” FictionHistoryFantasyMysteryAdventureDramaHistoricalTrilogyBook 1 Book:The Emperor Source: The Emperor