As shadows stretch across the land, Her light becomes our hope. Thomaras lives by a strict set of rules: Get paid up front, never use your real name, and never be a hero. Little does he know that his next job will tear his rules, and his life, apart. Ashea is only safe when she’s on the move. Pursued by nightmares and the consequences of her own growing power, one small mistake traps her in a cell that could be her end. To escape, she is forced to trust a man that can’t be trusted. Half Granite Ogre, half Human, Torin travelled south into Haven to live among his mother’s people. Quiet and unassuming despite his size, Torin is about to be thrust into a conflict that threatens Humans and Granite Ogres alike. Watching it all from another plane of existence, a dark entity slowly exerts its power. Influencing. Manipulating. Waiting.

Timothy and the gang are back... Timothy, Rupert and George return for their second year at Great Underwood Upper. Yet with Lucifer back with a vengeance and Ursula Le Rouge more determined than ever, it promises to be Timothy’s most hellish challenge to date. A bit like Buffy the Vampire Slayer but with English accents, possessed squirrels and apocalyptic land wars from the mists of time! 'The action starts almost immediately and keeps you anxiously turning pages until the end. The battles in the dream realm are my favourite parts of the books as they take place over a wide range of famous historical battles. The author is truly in his element bringing them vividly to life. Truly an excellent and fun read.' Amazon review ‘A full-on teenage adventure. Original, humorous and highly imaginative. A rip-roaring read!’ BookViral Teenage school geek by day, Dream World warlord by night. Follow the trials and tribulations of a demon hunter in training. Crammed full of non-stop action, high-adventure, occasional wit, epic battles, angels, demons, werewolves, goblins, heroes, magic powers, dodgy haircuts, and so much more! For lovers of war, demons, and unlikely heroes! Can Timothy and his friends save their school and themselves from a demon invasion? Will the League of Demon Hunters answer the call before it is too late? Can Timothy win the Last Battle ― again? And will Timothy finally discover a way to tame his unruly hair? Find out in this all-action second instalment in the Timothy Williams saga. Hell on Earth? Not if Timothy can help it.

Who are the familiar spirits of classical culture and what is their relationship to Christian demons? In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all classical deities, semi-gods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates.But with In the Company of Demons, the world’s leading demonologist Armando Maggi argues that the great thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures or spiritual bodies. Maggi leads us straight to the heart of what Italian Renaissance culture thought familiar spirits were. Through close readings of Giovan Francesco Pico della Mirandola, Strozzi Cigogna, Pompeo della Barba, Ludovico Sinistrari, and others, we find that these spirits or demons speak through their sudden and striking appearances—their very bodies seen as metaphors to be interpreted. The form of the body, Maggi explains, relies on the spirits’ knowledge of their human interlocutors’ pasts. But their core trait is compassion, and sometimes their odd, eerie arrivals are seen as harbingers or warnings to protect us. It comes as no surprise then that when spiritual beings distort the natural world to communicate, it is vital that we begin to listen.

Infernal Key is much more bigger than Becka's blood, it goes beyond that. It's about Becka, Azrael and the others teaming against Eric and his Maker in saving New York City from being over run by the Underworld.

Bringing to light the long-shrouded symbolism and startling spiritual depth that renowned director Stanley Kubrick packed into every detail of his iconic films, this book excavates the subtle ways Kubrick calls attention to universal truths and shocking realities still pervading our society. It cites the master director's use of encoded graphic symbols, signifying light effects, doppelgangers, esoteric color-coding, and framing techniques that communicate Kubrick's underlying topics. Beginning with an exploration of the inspirational themes of his classic science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, including the multilayered meaning of the Monolith, this book traces the themes and symbols encrypted in the films that followed during the director's impressive career. It reveals the oblique methods Kubrick used to underscore a wide range of humanitarian alarms covered in films as diverse as A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut, and the fascinating links these films have to one another. Surprising revelations discovered in Dr. Strangelove, Spartacus, Lolita, and Paths of Glory are also unveiled for the first time.

For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganised Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism has remained a mystery. Michael Ward has finally solved the enigma. In Planet Narnia he demonstrates that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to the seven novels. Drawing on the whole range of Lewis's writings (including previously unpublished drafts of the Chronicles), Ward reveals how the Narnia stories were designed to express the characteristics of the seven medieval planets - - Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Luna, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn - - planets which Lewis described as "spiritual symbols of permanent value" and "especially worthwhile in our own generation". Using these seven symbols, Lewis secretly constructed the Chronicles so that in each book the plot-line, the ornamental details, and, most important, the portrayal of the Christ-figure of Aslan, all serve to communicate the governing planetary personality. The cosmological theme of each Chronicle is what Lewis called 'the kappa element in romance', the atmospheric essence of a story, everywhere present but nowhere explicit. The reader inhabits this atmosphere and thus imaginatively gains connaître knowledge of the spiritual character which the tale was created to embody. Planet Narnia is a ground-breaking study that will provoke a major revaluation not only of the Chronicles, but of Lewis's whole literary and theological outlook. Ward uncovers a much subtler writer and thinker than has previously been recognized, whose central interests were hiddenness, immanence, and knowledge by acquaintance.

Fully conversant with the critical issues of the current cultural debates, Djelal Kadir goes to great pains to articulate and exercise the scruples with which critical reading and cultured scrutiny might proceed without unduly compromising otherness or capitulating the congeniality of reading and writing as civilizing activities.

Begin the Timothy Williams Saga... Teenage school geek by day, Dream World warlord by night. Follow the trials and tribulations of a demon hunter in training as Timothy and his friends attempt to save the world while studying for their exams. 'A brilliant storyline and excellent characterisation help bring to life the all-action battle scenes, the pace of which compels the reader to turn the page.' 'Great story full of adventure, excitement and humour!' 'The stakes are high, the supporting players are from on high, and there's magic and demons, and historical battles... a brilliant novel and well worth your time. It's billed as YA and features kids, but sometimes labels can be deceiving. This one can, and should, be enjoyed by anyone, say, 11 years old to 111 years old.' 'Great read for lovers of Pratchett.' 'Harry Potter with an angelic flair!' 'War, geeks & preventing the apocalypse!' Blood-thirsty battles, monstrous demons, Dodgy haircuts, and enough possessed wildlife to fill a Satanic zoo! Join Timothy, Rupert, and George in their desperate fight to stop the Devil. For lovers of war, demons & unlikely heroes. Hell on Earth? Not if Timothy can help it. Find out why readers are calling Demon Hunter ‘A full-on teenage adventure...original, humorous and highly imaginative...a rip-roaring read!’ BookViral PG-13. Advisory note: this book contains moderate battle gore, occasional blasphemous language and naked zombies The Blurb When Timothy’s school becomes the subject of a demon takeover, he and his two friends, Rupert and George, must unmask their foe. Timothy is forced into a battle for survival, not only in the real world but in his dreams where he must fight his nemesis to prevent Hell on Earth.