"Dark, Dark, Darkness... . Walk through the benighted lands of medieval Europe in this anthology of stories based on White Wolf's Vampire: The Dark Ages "RM" . Journey with vampires as they play their deadly games of politics, war and blood. Watch as dynasties rise, religions fall and castles crumble at the poison touch of the undead. Tyrants, Ages, World of Darkness "RM" . This anthology contains stories by many authors well-traveled in the World of Darkness, such as Richard Dansky (Vampire: The Dark Ages game developer), Don Bassingthwaite (As One Dead "TM" ), Richard Lee Byers (Dark Kingdoms "TM" ), Kevin Andrew Murphy (More Essential World of Darkness "TM" contributor), and many more, including John Steele, co-editor of the Vampire Clan Novel series".

Doctor Zoch had said that nobody wants to be loved as much as a tyrant, because to be all-powerful is to live in constant fear. Tonight, though, Igor felt no love at all for the Ruler. He felt a sickening terror, which he tried to turn into fury for the sake of courage. But it wasn't working.

Imagine a world where dinosaurs survived... Bea and Carter Kingsley have been struggling to fit in at school in England after their adventures and the tragic loss of their grandmother, Bunty. Despite his misgivings about further travel, their godfather Theodore decides to take them to America, to visit their Uncle Cash Kingsley's ranch in California. Unexpectedly reunited with Viscount Lambert Von Knutr, and introduced to his wife, Anya Sitz, Bea and Carter find themselves temporarily separated when Bea accompanies the glamorous Viscount's wife to San Francisco. Theodore, still determined to unlock the mysteries of the journals the childrens' father left behind, takes off on a quest of his own. Will the rifts growing be healed - or widen? The adventure concludes in Wild West style with a dramatic showdown at the rodeo... In a world where dinosaurs have survived and evolved alongside humans, Bea and Carter Kingsley are searching for answers to the disappearance of their parents. But the answers our heroes seek are surrounded in mystery. What is the secret of the Saurmen? And who else is interested in discovering it - can everyone they meet be trusted? The world of SUPERSAURS is wonderfully realized, grounded in historical events and a classic storytelling adventure beautifully illustrated throughout.

A history of tyranny from Achilles to today's jihadists, this volume shows why tyrannical temptation is a permanent danger.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

A new novel from Michael Cisco, the International Horror Writer's Guild Award for Best First Novel of 1999. "Michael Cisco's works immerse the reader in worlds that are not simply dreamlike in the quality of their imagination but somehow manage to capture and convey the power of the dream itself. The Tyrant is his masterpiece." -- Thomas Ligotti