Grace Richardson is a young mortal woman whose only concerns are providing for her family, playing her violin, and spending as much time as possible with her brother, Leo. When Leo goes into service in the Fae’s world as a mercenary, she expects him to return with the honor that he deserves. When Leo suddenly dies in an unspecified accident, not a word, medal, or penny comes down from the higher-ups. Suspecting foul play, Grace disguises herself as a Fae and sneaks into the Upper Realm to get some answers. She anticipates being in way over her head, but the Fae soldier who discovers her true identity only a day in? Not so much. Now Grace is forced to drag Aiden along as she tries to work out exactly how and why her brother died. Along the way, she has no choice but to confront her prejudices against the Fae as she attempts to sort out the difference between the honest and the dishonest. Political conspiracies, demon realm escapades, and family secrets will all lead Grace to the answers she’s looking for… and some that she isn’t. Join the adventure in Chasing Fae, Book 1 of the Chasing Fae Trilogy!

When the ten divine artifacts of the Primordial Era appeared, they shocked countless hidden experts and swept up the Three Realms to kill.Breaking Heaven and Earth, revering the will of the heavens. Bloody dances filled the skies, but the competition between the top experts had an impact on all living things in the Three Realms.The protagonist was born with a strange illness and was abandoned for the path of martial arts. However, on the eve of the appointed year, he received the inheritance of the Saber Saint and the ancient Demonic Saber.For the sake of mother, for the sake of love, to step into the devil realm, to travel into the ancient times ...

Vex Aaron is just like everyone else his age—although everyone else his age doesn’t necessarily live normal lives. Instead of living on Earth, they live in what’s called a realm, thanks to an organization called TAIC. In Vex’s eyes, TAIC controls every single second of every single day, and only the rich or the people who actually work for the organization can minimally enjoy life. Vex and thousands of other people want to put an end to that. He thinks TAIC is hiding secrets—secrets about the past that have never been revealed. While on a tour of the grand hall of TAIC, weird things happen that Vex can’t explain without people thinking he’s gone crazy. This only confirms his feeling towards TAIC, and he is set on figuring out what’s going on. He, along with his only friend, Lydia, must set out to find what dark secrets TAIC has been hiding, and he soon discovers that the entire fate of the realm could rest on his shoulders.

Part One presents a theoretical model of three concentric realms of hard choices: the individual, the institutional, and the societal. Part Two evokes practical application by way of 50 Case Studies, structured for discussion in terms of the three concentric realms of ethics individual, institutional, and societal."

In the ancient and mystical world of Kamin, the odds are against Urith and his small band of allies. Nearly destroyed by the gods of the sky, the allied group remains hunted outlaws while they escape to new lands. During their journey, they face tests to their friendships and loyalties as the small band must go their separate ways. Oslaf finds common cause with a young ruler of Vulthnal, only to have his ideals of warrior honor dashed when he becomes part of a village massacre. Urith and Fedelm divert their search for the Skool to find their demigod companion, Mivraa, who endures the brutality of her brother gods. While the gods manipulate their powerful human allies, a banished Guardian reemerges from the Dark Void. The ancient deity unleashes fearsome monsters upon the innocent people, seeking to disrupt the delicate balance between gods and humanity. Only the growing power inside the Shield of Skool, carried by a hunted warrior, can stop the slaughter. The Battle for Three Realms begins.

In the Immortal World, a rather strange baby's immortal bone was removed by a mysterious man, returning him to the human world. He originally wanted to let him experience the suffering of reincarnation and become a nobody, but he never would have thought that this act of kindness would shock the heavens, the earth, and the people. Fighting against a group of devils for the sake of beauties. traveling with lightning speed through the wind and rain; his cultivation base was long and valiant, his body proud and unyielding as he battled against the heaven's pride level experts. Holding the Godkiller Axe in his hand, splitting the heavens and splitting the earth, causing the stars to tremble; cultivating the power of primal chaos, shaking both ancient and modern gods and ghosts to howl.

he Mahanidana Sutta is the Buddha’s longest discourse on dependent arising, often taken to be the key to his entire teaching. The commentary treats this doctrine according to the Abhidhamma method, explained in an appendix. A penetrative introduction lays bare the sutta’s structure and the philosophical significance of dependent arising.