Showing results for "Das Instrument" in Historical Fiction

January 1916. Britain is on the brink of enforcing conscription. Eligible young men who have not yet signed up to fight are despised as ‘conchies’ and ‘shirkers’, subjected to hatred and verbal abuse. Cyril Ablatt, leader of Shoreditch’s group of conscientious objectors, makes a rousing speech at a meeting of the No-Conscription Fellowship, refusing to be ‘an instrument of slaughter in a khaki uniform’.

Cinder Shade and his fellow cadets have survived a brutal mission in the vast wilds of the Dagger Mountains. Laying to rest many of their brother warriors, they return to the Third Directorate, battered, bruised, and weary of soul. But the world turns, and new challenges press. Cinder must set aside his grief, especially when granted a task by Anya Aruyen, the elven princess with whom he shares an inexplicable bond. She urges him to further master his skills as a warrior and become worthy of fighting at her side.

Les origines du monde des chasseurs d'ombres, en pleine révolution industrielle... Tessa débarque à Londres pour rejoindre son frère. Mais à peine arrivée, elle tombe dans un piège : enlevée par les horribles sœurs soires, elle développe des pouvoirs qu'elle ignorait posséder. Jusqu'au jour où Will, un chasseur d'ombres, la libère et lui apprend qu'elle est une créature obscure. Un nouveau destin attend Tessa dans un monde mystérieux où vampires, sorciers et autres créatures de l'ombre règnent en maîtres.

Inspired by love and his passion for music, Ari Vander charges through life wowing audiences with his sublime violin playing. It’s 1938; Ari’s love for jazz grows whilst German authorities restrict Jews from playing their own music, especially jazz, and after one risky covert concert, Ari’s musical spirit is dashed.