The Legacy Begins... Know now that history will be written in Steel and Blood and the marching feet of Roman Sandals. On the borders of Germania the Victory Legion under the command of Primus Pilus Lucius Arturius Castus is reassigned to hadrian's Wall in the year 280 A.D. Auturius (Uthur) will meet the blue demons of the Picts and Woads. He will meet the advisor Merlin. He will ride with Sarmatian Knights and unite a kingdom; and will carry a sword of power like none seen before, called Excalibur. And his legacy will be the first step of a vision seen by one, and will change the lives of many. In the tradition of King Arthur tales, a new vision starts with the Father, and a long trail of "Blood and Honor" in this spectacular first book of strife on the edge of the wilds.

"Music never stopped a war or put an end to greed or the hunger for power. But it was never supposed to. It has no reason, just as life has no reason. It just is. And what it is is the best that we can hope to be."Music is the talent - and the curse - that spans three generations to link Alex Rivera with the secrets of his family's past. Plucked from obsurity and thrown together with four other musical "prodigies", Alex rides the power of his music to fame and fortune as the lead-guitarist for Asturias, the latest creation of the music industry machine. But will the forces of commercialism and the stresses of fame destroy them, just as a bloody civil war tore apart another group of young idealists six decades earlier? How could anything go wrong? Everything's on track. You're on top of the world. Which is great. As long as you don't look down ...

The Canadians are being hammered on two fronts. On the home front, Sir Robert Borden’s government is being rocked by scandals. First it was the soldiers’ bad boots, then charges of graft and corruption in the militia department’s contracts, followed by the shell crisis. With an election in the air and the opposition pounding his minister of Militia and Defence, Major-General Sam Hughes, Borden is fighting desperately to save his government. On the western front, after six months of constant harsh training, the CEF finally enter the trenches in France. Infantry Captain Llewellyn struggles to keep his men alive as snipers take their toll, and the Ross rifle fails its first combat test. Nothing prepares him for the chlorine gas attack at Ypres. A frustrated Gunner Paul Ryan watches helplessly as his comrades-in-arms suffer. He can’t help, since artillery shells are in short supply. As the battles rage, nursing sister Samantha Lonsdale is nearly overwhelmed as she cares for the sick, the wounded, and the dying. As the hammer blows fall, the blade is being tempered into cold steel.

WINNER of the IRDA best FANTASY 2022. READERS FAVORITE Bronze medal 2022 for historical fiction Christianity, GLOBAL BOOK AWARD 2022 for Historical Fiction Fantasy. BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD 2023. ROTA releases the arrow and the psychic daughter of Finni the Warlock and Heidre the sorceress enters her vision of death. A Viking Saga. A Fantasy Thriller with Bloody Battles, Norse Gods, Witchcraft, and Romance, Mystery, and Suspense. THE SWORD OF SAINT ISIDORES: Book 1 of the series Circles of Time Circa 926 A.D: The English King Athelstan gifts a jewelled sword to the Norwegian King Harald Fairhair and sets in motion a chain of events that shape the future of Norway. The sword is believed to carry a curse and affects the lives of all that come into its possession. Alphonso, a wayward monk and Theresa, a beautiful Asturian woman, are enslaved by Vikings and crave an escape to their homeland. Wilhelm, a Christian soldier of fortune and protector of the jarl, clings to his faith, surrounded by worship of the Norse Gods. Rota roams the forest, half-crazed with disturbing visions of the future. But what is the secret of her past, who is she protecting and why? Ragnarr, the Viking Jarl of Hordaland, reveres the jewelled sword and plans to take it with him on the emigration to the new land: The Lake District of England.

The history of cities is also the history of city squares. The agora, the forum, the piazza, the plaza: All presuppose the idea of a center. It’s a material and mental phenomenon. Literature is an important part of this history, and the interplay between the square as physical space and the square as literature is the topic of this book. This is an encyclopedic book combining an overview of the history of city squares with a plethora of analytical examples of its reflection in literature: Literature uses the city square as a frame; city squares serve as frames for drama; novels and other kinds of literature comment on city squares; city squares are sources of inspiration for all sorts of literary activities. Socrates in the agora, Cicero in the Forum, Calderón in the Plaza Mayor, Corneille in the Place Royale, Richardson in Grosvenor Square, James in Washington Square, Woolf in Bloomsbury Square, Döblin and Gröschner in Alexanderplatz, Rodoreda in Diamond Square in Barcelona, DeLillo in Times Square, Al Aswany in Tahrir Square, the Maidanistas in the Maidan of Kyiv: These are just some of the examples presented and analyzed in this book. The book is of direct interest for researchers, students, and professionals such as architects and urban planners, but it is written in a way that makes it accessible for all readers with an interest in urban culture, architecture, history, literature, and cultural studies.