The Dark War, is the fourth book in The Valley, series. In the third book, The Challenge of Palakrine, we read of the preparations of all Domains, for the battle with what was thought to be the greatest of power in the Dark Magic. The power that frightened Mike as no other had. We learned of the unique powers of the children. The reason they possessed those powers and how they would be used. How each, young and old, would face the battle with the Dark Ruler. Here, in The Dark War, you can find the results of a missed chance, and what becomes of the child of Palakrine who had not been destroyed as thought. To be faced with the possessed drive of Zachia, to finish what had not been, concerning that child of Palakrine. Learn what those of the Realm and other Domains find, hidden in a city of Dark Magic. You can share in the plans of the younger ones that must battle the newest of threat to Rightful Magic. You can learn of the loves that develop between the younger ones, who are no longer children and how the parents must face the reality of those loves. Come share the truths of the younger ones, and the similarity of those truths to their parents. Find out how all must face the hands of time, that cannot, and will not, be denied. Here, we find a new Overseer of the Realm! In 1948, a child was born. He didn't know what his future held and he wouldn't have believed it if he had known. As he grew, he learned that life can be hard, and yet, it could hold its own, varying types magic. Age has given him the ability to tell of this magic. To tell how and why it exists. M. W. Kohler is now retired and living in south western Oregon, and telling of this wonderful, and sometimes frightening thing called Magic. Come, journey with those of the magical Domains and feel as they do, as you can, if you let yourself.

For centuries, the Dark War raged on the continent of Vallasetu between the forces of Light and Dark. From the desert nation of Banthu, Princess Samara Talib will be drawn into the conflict through a prophecy presented to her by the magician Zlatan. Their journey takes them throughout the whole of Vallasetu in search of answers and clues. Along the way, Samara meets the wonderful people and colorful characters who will shape her destiny and assist her against the darkness that threatens their world.

A Dark War is coming. A war that will pit supernatural against human. And witch, hunter, and traitor Kali Richards is the key to stopping it. But she isn’t what one might call skillful at spellcasting. And her latest bounty is a vampire-witch hybrid with a taste for Kali’s blood, which doesn’t help the situation any. After an attack, Kali is on the brink of death when Wyatt—the man who shattered her heart eight years ago—finds her. Eight years apart hasn’t been enough to cool her anger...or the desire steaming between them. When Wyatt shares disturbing news, Kali realizes she needs more help than she thought she did, from both Wyatt and the organization she turned her back on before—the Witch Hunter’s Union. But even with an army at her back, the odds aren’t in her favor...

Three young friends set upon a long journey to the great city of Daralay guided by the female wizard Ilya. Each trained by the sword master, Tam and experts at their craft, they must use their skills wisely as they travel across perilous lands to get to the city. War has broken and the necromancers army is sure to attack the cities. As they travel they discover secrets of the old world before recorded history and stories of technology beyond comprehension. Dragons, Giant rats and the undead, what chance do they have? Soon they realise they are being tracked by the beautiful Seeker named Desire and she will use every trick to draw them of the track and under her spell into darkness

All three books in the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Dark Artifices trilogy are now available together in a collectible hardcover boxed set. The Dark Artifices is a sequel series to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Emma Carstairs is a Shadowhunter—the best in her generation. Together with her best friend and parabatai Julian Blackthorn, she patrols the streets of Los Angeles, where faeries—the most powerful of supernatural creatures—teeter on the edge of open war with Shadowhunters. But when bodies of murdered humans and faeries continue to turn up, Emma and Julian must strike an uneasy alliance with their supposed enemies in order to find the killer. Meanwhile, an extremist faction of Shadowhunters called the Cohort will do anything to seize power and turn Shadowhunters against Downworlders once and for all. Emma, Julian, and their friends must embark on a series of quests from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica, and deep into the realms of Faerie and beyond in order to save the Shadow World as they know it—even as a deadly and ancient curse threatens to destroy them and everyone they love. This beautifully packaged boxed set includes: Lady Midnight Lord of Shadows Queen of Air and Darkness

In recent years there has been a growth in both the practice and research of dark tourism; the phenomenon of visiting sites of tragedy or disaster. Expanding on this trend, this book examines dark tourism through the new lens of pilgrimage. It focuses on dark tourism sites as pilgrimage destinations, dark tourists as pilgrims, and pilgrimage as a form of dark tourism. Taking a broad definition of pilgrimage so as to consider aspects of both religious and non-religious travel that might be considered pilgrimage-like, it covers theories and histories of dark tourism and pilgrimage, pilgrimage to dark tourism sites, and experience design. A key resource for researchers and students of heritage, tourism and pilgrimage, this book will also be of great interest to those studying anthropology, religious studies and related social science subjects.

In Dark Thoughts, eminent sociologist Charles Lemert dares to say, and explain, what everyone already knows - that the modern world was built on the need of white people to pretend they are not as dark as the next person. Delving poignantly into the history and literature of domination, Lemert retells key moments of the twentieth-century by profiling figures like W.E.B. DuBois, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna Julia Cooper, Nella Larson, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali. In a rare and unflinching look at his own complicated history, Lemert also explores his own racism, his struggle with the suicide of his oldest son, as well as growing up as the virtual son of a black mother and his life now as the real father of an African-American daughter. Dark Thoughts speaks to the most urgent social issues at the beginning of the twenty-first century: race relations, multiculturalism, and social justice.