Twelve-year-old Amberly doesn’t quite fit in with all the other fairies in Whimsical Land. One of her wings is undersized and paralyzed and instead of flying she has to run and leap through the air with the help of a stick. It’s awkward, it’s no fun, and she sometimes gets bullied for it, too. Worse than that, her mother worries about her disability and won’t let her take sword-fighting lessons with her sorcerer uncle. But Amberly’s been reading a fascinating book, Secret of the Fairy Warriors, and it’s given her a clue to where her father disappeared when she was a young fairy. If she doesn’t learn how to be a fairy warrior, she’ll never get the chance to rescue him. Dark forces are at work, though, and Amberly and her fairy-butterfly watcher Safflower fall through a magical portal to where everything’s in dark and scary contrast to the brilliance and light of Whimsical Land. Someone she meets and what she does there will change her life forever. This middle-grade fantasy bursts with imagination and tucked into all the fun and adventure are unforgettable lessons on self-acceptance, personal-empowerment, and overcoming adversity.

Sparks will fly when a fairy princess is kidnapped! From the author of The Frog Princess series

Tamisin Warner is a normal girl in most senses, with one major exception - she has just grown a rather beautiful set of wings. Concealing her secret at school is her number one priority, until Tamisin realises she is being stalked by strange half-animal, half-human creatures that no one else seems to notice. As the creatures become increasingly threatening, Tamisin is catapulted into another world, where she is not just any fairy but daughter of the fairy queen. Torn between her two lives, Tamisin begins a whirlwind adventure filled with fairies, dance routines and a love interest who is definitely one of the bad guys.

After forging an alliance through the efforts of the frogs, the five domains of Lily Pond vow to meet the common threat. A threat that had been long forgotten through the passage of time. With the aid of ancient scrolls that had been discovered in the city of Granstone, the true nature of the threat is finally revealed; their total destruction. It is with this knowledge that the frogs, Croaker, Webber and Gribit, along with newfound friends from the domains and their leaders find themselves battling to save the realm of Lily Pond from the goblin king, Lord DeMonas, his armies of imps and his minions.

[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Alternative, Fantasy, MM, HEA] Dallan knew defeating the Insu wouldn’t be easy. However, when he finds out they’re miles ahead of him, Dallan knows he has to come up with a damn good plan to defeat them. Hansel is certain Dallan knows what he’s doing but he’s secretive in ways that worry him. And when Dallan’s old friend comes to town, Hansel grows ever more insecure and fearful Dallan might wake up and realize Hansel isn’t worth his time. Knowing the Insu has a winning plan, Dallan comes up with a plan to take the fight to the enemy but to do that he’ll need all of his team to be on the same page, but a demon infiltrates proving how vulnerable they are, and Hansel begins to doubt him. When Dallan makes a startling discovery about the upcoming battle with the Insu, he decides there is only one way to protect Hansel, walk away from him for both their sakes.

Kniha přináší interpretaci dvojice indoevropských mytologických témat s důrazem na jejich komplexní historický a sociálně-kognitivní kontext. Zvolený přístup umožňuje jak přehodnotit tradiční interpretaci všeobecně známého mytologického cyklu, tak i zároveň uvést mytologické téma dosud neuchopené. V první časti knihy je diskutována látka indoevropského stvořitelského mýtu. Závěrem je tvrzení, že protoindoevropský kulturní prostor pravděpodobně vznikl jako důsledek předhistorického kargo kultu. Předprotoindoevropští lovci-sběrači reagovali na příchod afroasijských farmářů způsobem připomínajícím chování moderních domorodých populací, náhle konfrontovaných s přítomností západního industriálního světa. Z toho důvodu jsou stěžejní témata a motivy indoevropského stvořitelského mýtu interpretovány jako možné relikty ideologie předprotoindoevropského kargo kultu. _x000D_Druhá část knihy je věnována vymezení nové indoevropské mytologické struktury, takzvaného mýtu o honu na čarodějnice. Prostřednictvím analýzy rozličných lokálních podob příběhu o konfliktu elity s démonickým vojskem vedeným čarodějnicí je identifikován základní vzorec tohoto narativu. Jeho sémantika je následně interpretována jako produkt sociálních a rodových nastavení archaických indoevropských společností.