This story that is a series of volumes begins with a man being brought to a lake shore in Scotland by what would be described as Sasquatch or Big Foot to be reintroduced to his actual selfa life like no other, a life that would span the ages of earth, and all of the life forms that dwelled upon her. This story may explain many mysteries of this world, blending science with lore and ancient tales told to children before bed. Even more so that the tales of old are not just imaginative minds conjuring a good yarn, but molecular memory of the first five ages of man on this earth mother. Each being wiped out by the Purges as directed by the greater powers of the universe, only to begin again with a new age. This age of man, the one you and I live in now being the only mortal age for the Greater Powers are not without curiosity. A need to knowwhat if?

Synopsis: This is a continuous story of man's last five ages coming forth in a time where the past was taught as myth and legend. Pirah....is the first...the last....the first again. Autobiography: I was born in the Midwest of the US and raised in Southern California in the sixties and seventies watching movies with effects by Ray Harryhausen and losing myself in comic books. This spurred my imagination that carried through to my adult and middle-age... I simply had to create this story as well as others.

"A gritty, heart-pounding tale of betrayal and bloody vengeance. I loved every single word." —John Gwynne The Pariah begins a new epic fantasy series of action, intrigue and magic from Anthony Ryan, a master storyteller who has taken the fantasy world by storm. Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army. Fighting under the command of Lady Evadine Courlain, a noblewoman beset by visions of a demonic apocalypse, Alwyn must survive war and the deadly intrigues of the nobility if he hopes to claim his vengeance. But as dark forces, both human and arcane, gather to oppose Evadine's rise, Alwyn faces a choice: can he be a warrior, or will he always be an outlaw? "This makes a rich treat for George R.R. Martin fans." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) For more from Anthony Ryan, check out: Raven's Shadow Trilogy Blood Song Tower Lord Queen of Fire Raven's Blade Duology The Wolf's Call The Black Song The Draconis Memoria Trilogy The Waking Fire The Legion of Flame The Empire of Ashes

Previous ed.: Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1983.

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Discusses how European scientists from the High Middle Ages through the Enlightenment used wonders, monsters, curiosities, marvels, and other phenomena to envision the natural world.