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Shattered Chains
''Shattered Chains'' is a novel by Clayton Emery published by Boxtree in 1995 that is the second book of the ''Greensleeves Trilogy''. Plot summary ''Shattered Chains'' is a '' Magic: The Gathering'' {''M:TG'') novel in which the novice mage Greensleeves and her brother Gull the Woodcutter put together an army to fight evil wizards who are manipulating magic for their personal gain. n artifact shaped like a stone helmet may hold the key of how to defeat the wizards. Publication history With the continued success of the collectible card game ''M:TG'', Wizards of the Coast decided to monetize the product further by publishing a series of novels that used the ''M:TG'' milieu. Three of these were the Greensleeves Trilogy written by Clayton Emery in 1995. ''Shattered Chains'' is the second in the trilogy, preceded by '' Whispering Woods'' and followed by ''Final Sacrifice''. Reception In Issue 4 of the British games magazine ''Arcane'', Paul Pettengale was unimpressed, noting, "The w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Emery
Clayton Emery (born December 26, 1953, in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American mystery and fantasy author and a screenwriter. Works Clayton Emery has worked as a blacksmith, dishwasher, schoolteacher in Australia, carpenter, zookeeper, farmhand, land surveyor, volunteer firefighter, award-winning and technical writer. Clayton Emery wrote the ''Forgotten Realms'' novels ''Sword Play'' (May 1996), ''Dangerous Games'' (November 1996), ''Mortal Consequences'' (January 1998), and ''Star of Cursrah'' (February 1999), and the stories "Forged in Fire" for the anthology ''Realms of the Deep'' (March 2000) and "Night School" for the anthology ''The Halls of Stormweather'' (July 2000). His novels based on '' Magic: The Gathering'' include ''Whispering Woods'', '' Shattered Chains'', and '' Final Sacrifice'' in 1995, ''Johan'' and ''Jedit'' in 2001, and ''Hazezon'' in 2002. Emery wrote the "Robin and Marian" medieval stories and "Joseph Fisher" stories in ''Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gathering
The Gathering may refer to: Film and television * ''The Gathering'' (1977 film), an American television film directed by Randal Kleiser * The Gathering (1998 film), an American thriller film directed by Danny Carrales * ''The Gathering'' (2003 film), a British thriller/horror film directed by Brian Gilbert * ''The Gathering'' (miniseries), a 2007 American thriller starring Peter Fonda * ''The Gathering'' (audio drama), a 2006 audio drama based on the television programme ''Doctor Who'' * The Gathering, a contest among immortals in the Highlander franchise * '' Babylon 5: The Gathering'', the 1993 pilot movie for ''Babylon 5'' TV episodes * "The Gathering" (''Gargoyles'') * "The Gathering" (''Ghost Whisperer'') * "The Gathering" (''Highlander: The Series''), pilot * "The Gathering" (''Outlander'') * "The Gathering" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'') * "The Gathering" (''Torchwood'') Literature * ''The Gathering'' (Armstrong novel), a 2011 novel by Kelley Armstrong * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperPrism
Harper Prism (1993–1999) was launched by John Silbersack, Publishing Director, in 1993 as the first science fiction and fantasy imprint (trade name), imprint of HarperCollins Publishers in the United States. Prism's early authors included Stephen Baxter (author), Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett, Isaac Asimov, and Clive Barker as well as many media and gaming tie-ins such as ''Magic: The Gathering'' and ''The X-Files''. When HarperCollins acquired Avon Books in 1999, the Harper Prism imprint was absorbed into the Avon Eos (imprint), Eos line. References American speculative fiction publishers Science fiction publishers {{US-publish-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispering Woods (novel)
''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' is a 2020 role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch console. Following ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' (2016), it is the sixth game in the Paper Mario, ''Paper Mario'' series, which is part of the larger Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise. The story follows Mario and his friends as he sets out on a journey to prevent the Mushroom Kingdom from being transformed into origami. To do so, Mario must free Princess Peach's castle from five decorative streamers that extend across the kingdom. ''The Origami King'' features cross-genre gameplay, blending elements of Action-adventure game, action-adventure, role-playing video game, role-playing (RPG), and puzzle video game, puzzle games. Controlling Mario, the player explores a large overworld and fights enemies in a Game mechanics#Turns, turn-based style that uses a ring-based puzzle system. In combat, enemies are scattered on a circle styl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
