Test Of Vengeance

When a renegade faction of the Draconis Combine military invades the Ghost Bear capital of Alshain, the long-time bitter enemies are once again plunged into bitter conflict, a brutal war in which Jake Kabrinkski, an Elemental, a race of genetically engineered warriors equipped with advanced power armor, is destined to play a key role.

BRED FOR BATTLE... The warrior Clans created the Elemental to be the ultimate infantry soldier. Genetically engineered to be bigger, stronger, and tougher than mere humans, and equipped with advanced power armor, Elementals can stand toe-to-toe with BattleMechs. Among this elite breed, young Jake Kabrinski is a fast-rising star who has never known defeat. The Draconis Combine and Clan Ghost Bear, bitter enemies during the Clan invasion, have coexisted in peace for a decade. But that peace is shattered when a renegade faction of the Combine military invades the Ghost Bear capital of Alshain. Honor demands a reprisal, plunging both powers into a brutal conflict. And on the front lines, Jake will learn his toughest lesson: Some enemies cannot be bested...

In the chaos of the beginning, order was born, and light and darkness found their places. Yet, we still do not understand the world. This book delves into the human journey of seeking the hidden truths in the shadows. Deep in the dark oceans of Earth, we must use our often-overlooked sense of smell to unravel secrets. Living in the depths, Jae-wook encounters a mysterious scent that evokes past secrets. With Eva's death, the truth hidden in her pendant hints at the need for a new perspective to grasp the essence of the world and the divine. Following the scent left by the gods in the labyrinth, what truth awaits at the end? Smells evoke strong memories and emotions, offering new insights. This book explores the philosophical questions posed by these scents. Let us take the first step in our journey to understand the world.

Summary Grails in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to Grails 2 focused on making you super-productive fast. In this totally revised new edition, you'll master Grails 2.3 core skills as you apply TDD techniques to developing a full-scale Twitter clone. Along the way you'll learn the latest single-page web app UI techniques, work with NoSQL backends, integrate with enterprise messaging, and implement a complete RESTful API for your services. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology It may be time for you to stop reconfiguring, rewriting, and recompiling your Java web apps. Grails, a Groovy-powered web framework, hides all that busy work so you can concentrate on what your applications do, not how they're built. In addition to its famously intuitive dev environment and seamless integration with Spring and Hibernate, the new Grails 2.3 adds improved REST support, better protection against attacks from the web, and better dependency resolution. About the Book Grails in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to Grails 2. In this totally revised edition you'll master Grails as you apply TDD techniques to a full-scale example (a Twitter clone). Along the way you'll learn single-page web app techniques, work with NoSQL back ends, integrate with enterprise messaging, implement a RESTful API ... and more. No Java or Groovy knowledge is required. Some web development and OOP experience is helpful. What's Inside Covers Grails 2.3 from the ground up Agile delivery and testing using Spock How to use and manage plugins Tips and tricks from the trenches About the Authors There's no substitute for experience: Glen Smith and Peter Ledbrook have been fixtures in the Grails community, contributing code, blogging, and speaking at conferences worldwide, since Grails 0.2. Table of Contents PART 1 INTRODUCING GRAILS Grails in a hurry The Groovy essentials PART 2 CORE GRAILS Modeling the domain 63 Creating the initial UI Retrieving the data you need Controlling application flow Services and data binding Developing tasty forms, views, and layouts PART 3 EVERYDAY GRAILS Building reliable applications Using plugins: just add water Protecting your application Exposing your app to other programs Single-page web applications (and other UI stuff) Understanding Spring and transactions PART 4 ADVANCED GRAILS Understanding events, messaging, and scheduling NoSQL and Grails Beyond compile, test, run Grails in the cloud BONUS ONLINE CHAPTERS Advanced GORM kung fu Developing plugins

Changing his apprenticeship from the Smiths’ Guild to the Merchants’ gives Arcas a second chance. Not just for a career that suits him far better, but also to prove himself worthy of the lovely Elaria. But to accomplish that, he must leave his seaside city—and Elaria—for a year. In that time, he travels among the barbarians, hoping to find something to trade for that will be worth the hardships and dangers. Something like gold. (Sword and Sorcery, Coming of Age, Adventure)

Just days before Christmas 1989, bombs delivered through the U.S. mail exploded in two southern states, taking the lives of a federal judge in Alabama and a civil rights attorney in Georgia. The same week, two more deadly packages were intercepted en route to a federal courthouse and an office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Blind Vengeance is the riveting account of the frantic federal, state, and local investigations that ensued, eventually resulting in the arrest and conviction of Walter Leroy Moody Jr., a small-time con man who blamed society for his failures. In-depth portraits of the victims and their killer show three men representative of the changing South: the privileged white man, Judge Robert Smith Vance of Birmingham, who saw the necessity of political changes; the black lawyer and city alderman, Robert Robinson of Savannah, who prevailed in a segregated society to become a respected professional figure; and the embittered lifelong criminal Roy Moody, who led a brooding, solitary life on the edges of society. Ray Jenkins's research is based on new information from interviews, record searches, and unprecedented access to Moody's psychiatric profile. The result is a chilling exploration of the mind of a killer blinded by a desire for revenge.