When desperate courage is rewarded with a magical chance The master of Eterna's assassins' guild rules with sadistic cruelty over his enslaved apprentices. Only Raghi has never submitted to him—and paid a terrible price. His latest provocation forces him to flee. Raghi sneaks down the Stairs of Eternity into the past and finds refuge with a mysterious clan of travelers, an ancient magic people whose positive philosophy clashes painfully with his suicidal recklessness. They introduce him to the joys of life and friendship, not realizing that Raghi carries deathly hidden dangers. Unscrupulous powers, however, take immediate notice. Raghi has to face up to his destiny at once. Otherwise, he damns his new family and the entire multiverse to eternal darkness—and forfeits every chance of an extraordinary love right from the legends of time immemorial. __ In Isa Day's touching time travel fantasy series The Stairs of Eternity seemingly lost (adult) protagonists are given a second chance. To do so, they have to travel to long gone times and forgotten worlds and overcome great danger. Their courage is rewarded with love and a community that takes them in. The suspenseful yet heart-warming stories invite you to dream. They offer intelligent, fairytale-like and magical high fantasy for adults with multi-faceted protagonists and carefully crafted worlds. Other ingredients include time travel, a mysterious guild of murderers with a sinister master, romance, humor and -- as always in Isa Day's books -- lovable (magical) animals. All books of the series The Stairs of Eternity are self-contained in one or two volumes, have different protagonists and can be read on their own. Readers who remain faithful to the series will discover larger contexts over the course of the books and meet beloved characters again. "Raghi the Shadow" is the first volume of a dilogy. It tells of the search for the meaning of life and the courage to accept an extraordinary fate.

When a magical spark of hope lights up in deepest darkness Emilio, the Wolf of the South, is feared as Eterna's most dangerous assassin. In truth, he is the slave of a sadistic master, trapped in a hopeless, abusive existence from which there is no escape. All of a sudden, he is given an incredible opportunity—to build a new life for himself in the past. Emilio accepts and wakes up in an icy cold and war-torn ancient kingdom. It is an awful place with terrible inhabitants, and Morayn, their young, snotty, and irascible queen, seems the worst of all. Reluctantly, Emilio joins Morayn in her desperate fight for her kingdom and soon realizes that his most secret dreams could come true. But will the intelligence and professional skills of an assassin be enough to save the land, his new family, and the woman he loves? __ In Isa Day's touching time travel fantasy series The Stairs of Eternity seemingly lost (adult) protagonists are given a second chance. To do so, they have to travel to long gone times and forgotten worlds and overcome great danger. Their courage is rewarded with love and a community that takes them in. The suspenseful yet heart-warming stories invite you to dream. They offer intelligent, fairytale-like and magical high fantasy for adults with multi-faceted protagonists and carefully crafted worlds. Other ingredients include time travel, a mysterious guild of murderers with a sinister master, romance, humor and -- as always in Isa Day's books -- lovable (magical) animals. All books of the series The Stairs of Eternity are self-contained in one or two volumes, have different protagonists and can be read on their own. Readers who remain faithful to the series will discover larger contexts over the course of the books and meet beloved characters again. The volume "Wolf of the South" is self-contained. It is set in a Nordic-influenced fantasy world and tells of guilt and atonement and the courage to take on seemingly insurmountable dangers for the good of the community.

Faya the Nameless, I will bring down your cruel master. To do this, I need your help. For many years, the master of the assassins' guild has been spinning his intrigues in the city of Eterna and the kingdoms of the continent. His forcibly enslaved apprentices and assassins suffer his unprecedented sadism from which not even death offers an escape. In the darkness of their existence, only the unconditional friendship they secretly cultivate among themselves keeps a spark of light aglow. All of a sudden, Faya—the only girl the master ever stole—receives a tempting offer. But is it a trap? Or the once in a lifetime chance to save her beloved friends? __ The novella Faya the Nameless offers the introduction to Isa Day's touching time travel fantasy series The Stairs of Eternity, in which seemingly lost (adult) protagonists are given a second chance. To do so, they have to travel to long gone times and forgotten worlds and overcome great danger. Their courage is rewarded with love and a community that takes them in. The suspenseful yet heart-warming stories invite you to dream. They offer intelligent, fairytale-like and magical high fantasy for adults with multi-faceted protagonists and carefully crafted worlds. Other ingredients include time travel, a mysterious guild of murderers with a sinister master, romance, humor and -- as always in Isa Day's books -- lovable (magical) animals. All books of the series The Stairs of Eternity are self-contained in one or two volumes, have different protagonists and can be read on their own. Readers who remain faithful to the series will discover larger contexts over the course of the books and meet beloved characters again.

The perspective is that Indian Astrology has rooted for the development of spirituality,world culture and modern science. It is difficult to know the initial period of Indian Astrological development, however the author listed in his books about stage wise growth periods and contributors to this field and requests support in bringing these books to the attention of intellectuals and scholars to highlight the public on the themes of Astrological system. This book is completed by providing a technical test based on author’s invention on a combined Harvesting Rain Water System to re charging into the ground for water table improvements and reuse. The author believes that the Harvesting system will help environment improvements to the present future generations. Insight Look: The Books: The Astrological Books in 2 Parts offer valuable scientific insights on Sun and Solar planets, delve into the physical properties of energy rays emitted by the solar group, explain the mathematical structure of Indian Astrology, and underpinning of the system connected with Hindu Spiritual Philosophy. The books highlight the philosophy of God, creation theory of Universe and scientific discoveries on the impacts solar energy on Earth and its inhabitants including human from the view point of natural cycle of “ CREATION, GROWTH, and DESTRUCTION “. Apart from Horoscope readings , based on planetary positions, the books stand as a powerful tools to forecast Natural Events and Disasters like Climate changes, cyclones, hurricanes, storms, rain and floods, tsunami, quakes, volcanic eruptions, contagious diseases,wars and sky based events etc, that can impact Earthen scenario. The books explore how astrology contributed to establish cardinal (N-S-E-W) directions and time scale system of hours, days, weeks, months, and years. The mathematical reasons for the period difference between full moon, new moon with eclipse period, in spite of the Sun,Moon and Earth aligning in a straight line in all these phenomena and the reason for the inclusion of two non- existing (shadow) planets named as Raghu and Kethu in Astrological system are explained in the books. The Four Varnas defined as per astrological norms said in Manu Shastras and how they are interpreted into caste systems is highlighted in the books. Many more input factors of Astrology either hidden or forgotten have been explored and analysed in the books proving Indian Astrology is structured in a scientific way.

'FIRST IN BESTSELLING SERIES Everything he had been told was a lie. Former Special Forces operative Zeb Carter couldn't save his family from terrorists. He's never forgiven himself. To escape his guilt, he throws himself into missions--the riskier, the better. The lone wolf mission in Afghanistan, to rescue American hostages captured by the Taliban, is an opportunity to make peace with himself. But when he gets there, he finds everything he was told was a lie. This mission is one last chance at redemption. It now comes with a heavy price. Can he betray his country to redeem himself? ★★★★★ 'An OMG, Freaking-Fantastic, Unputdownable, Unmissable, Unforgettable, Running-Out-Of-Superlatives, One-Click Thriller' ★★★★★ 'Hands down, the best thriller of the year' ★★★★★'Dazzling! Ty Patterson gets better with each thriller he writes' ★★★★★'A stop-the-clock, call-in-sick thriller reminiscent of the best of Lee Child, Vince Flynn and Brad Thor'

Beginning in 2010, there has been a consolidating cooperation among existing powers in the Euro-Mediterranean in face of the rapid de-stabilization of the Arab region. This fact alone accelerated the hesitant responses by the EU towards emerging hegemons, particularly Russia and China, who in-turn applied traditional mechanisms of increasing regional economic influence to bolster their political influence, but with the difference that a normative influence is missing, in contrast to the EU’s and US’ influence, which is strongly centered on universal norms pertaining to political, economic and social-cultural norms. This book examines the Arab Spring not only from its intra but also inter-regional geo-political and strategic implications by analyzing the Euro-Mediterranean region following the onset of the Arab Spring. It aims to connect the broader economic and political strands of power shifts that have taken place since the Arab Spring, making it of interests to political scientists and policy-makers concerned with the Mediterranean and Euro-Arab relations.

Women‘s movements in Islamic countries have had a long and arduous journey in their quest for the realization of human rights and genuine equality. The author examines whether discriminatory laws against women do in fact originate from Islam and, ultimately, if there is any interpretation of Islam compatible with gender equality. She investigates women’s rights in Iran since the 1979 Revolution from the perspectives of the main currents of Islamic thought, fundamentalists, reformists, and seculars, using a sociological explanation.