R James: 1068 books

For twenty-six years Warrenk has waited. The night before the last battle, when the campfires of the northern invaders filled the plain at the base of Mt. Nebok, the sorcerer-king Darien Kaur called his cupbearer, young lieutenant Warrenk of the queens guard into his personal paillion. To Warrenks...

“Revelations of a Secret Brotherhood” is the second part of the twelve-part “Obsidian Fire” serial, a superhero style adventure that is heavily inspired (admittedly on the verge of plagiarism at times) by the Arthurian legend of the Sword in the Stone. The saga is told almost entirely...

"The Talisman of Darien Kaur" : Book two : "Princess of Arlain"The queen is dead. Gailinda of the realm of Arlain has succumbed to a long, wasting disease and her country is slowly being absorbed into the empire of the northern god Kaull. The heir apparent, princess Johanna, suffers from the same...

The Talisman of Darien Kaur" : Book Three : "Betrothal of Empires"Bishop Maddock , emissary of the god Kaull to the empire of B'akkai plays a subtle game of greed, revenge and power. Princess Johanna from the neighboring realm of Arlain has arrived at court, miraculously cured of her wasting...

This book is the conclusion of the five part Princess Etheria Chronicles. Taken together, the Chronicles form a philosophical fairy tale that takes the wonder of magic from "Harry Potter", mixes it with the law of attraction from "The Secret", and places it in an enchanted...

The Consolation of Philosophy has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great Western work of the Classical Period. Written while Boethius was in prison awaiting execution, The Consolation...

Author George Payne Rainsford James was renowned for his ability to weave carefully researched historical facts into compelling narrative formats. James even served as the official British Historiographer Royal for a time. This sweeping historical romance blends keen insight into human behavior with a deliciously dry wit.

Over thirty years ago, I began writing articles to send out as letters to the editor in a number of newspapers. As matters developed, a number of the articles were too long to be put on the editorial page and wound up nesting in my files. A few of the longer ones were published in magazines, but none...

Salvation. Redemption. Discovery. The world has lived behind a dark shroud since the cataclysmic Event of 2077 – a solar flare the likes of which has never been recorded, destroying all technology. Two-thirds of the population has perished in the aftermath of the Event itself, or from rampant...

Today, the term "chivalry" has come to refer to small acts of kindness typically performed by a man toward a woman, such as opening a car door or offering up one's coat on a chilly evening. But in the medieval period, chivalry was a complex code of behavior that governed virtually every aspect of life....

Ardan doesn't understand. He knows that momentous changes are happening both within and around him. He was born and raised a simple villager and yet here he is in the center of schemes and counter schemes. Though his father, Warrenk, tries to shield him, Ardan finds himself drawn into the vortex...

“The Cave of the Sleeping Sword” is the first part of the twelve-part “Obsidian Fire” serial, a superhero style adventure that is heavily inspired (admittedly on the verge of plagiarism at times) by the Arthurian legend of the Sword in the Stone. The saga is told almost entirely from the point...

Though James's work as a medievalist is still highly regarded, he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings.

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...