Ian Quicksilver

Nerdy foster kid Ian just found out it's up to him to save the galaxy. But the only way he can do it is with help from the hottest girl in school, Arianna--who doesn't remember that she and Ian are exiles from another planet--or that they're betrothed. So . . . that's awkward. Funny and full of twists, this is one sci-fi adventure you won't want to miss!

Of the three princes of Valahia, two are heroes, but the third, Meier, is anything but Gloomy and pale, he holds the affections only of his family and the ancient court jester, Crocus. His fate is suddenly changed when Valahia is thrown into a bloody war, and Meier is finally put to the test. However, much to the surprise of all, Meier unlocks a hidden gift for strategy, and soon becomes a hero in his own right. Suddenly loved by all, his new found happiness is short-lived, for soon after a mysterious plague ravages the land, taking countless lives . . . including his own. Yet . . . Meier alone awakens with dark powers beyond his understanding. The land falls into chaos further when the dead begin to rise and attack the living, leaving only Meier to travel where no living thing can venture. With only the help of a raven, he must learn the ways of the darkest magic, his sole defense against the master of death that awaits him ahead. Here is the story of an unexpected hero, a prince who conquered death to become the last hope for the living.

In the magical realm of Bankhir, Ian Quicksilver is found lacking to sit on the throne. He soon discovers that his nemesis, Silvius, has been masterminding a sinister plot. Now Ian must find some way to save his princess, his birthright, and his kingdom all in time to vanquish the evil magician. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4.

While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Jennifer Clement argues here, it is central to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to early modern concepts of the self. As this study shows, early modern literary engagements with humility link it to self-knowledge through the practice of right reading, and make humility foundational to any proper understanding of human agency. Yet humility has received little critical interest, and has often been misunderstood as a false virtue that engenders only self-abjection. This study offers an overview of various ways in which humility is discussed, deployed, or resisted in early modern texts ranging from the explicitly religious and autobiographical prose of Katherine Parr and John Donne, to the more politically motivated prose of Queen Elizabeth I and the seventeenth-century reformer and radical Thomas Tryon. As part of the wider 'turn to religion' in early modern studies, this study seeks to complicate our understanding of a mainstream early modern virtue, and to problematize a mode of critical analysis that assumes agency is always defined by resistance.