Mind Sword

We have become brilliant at tearing ideas apart—and dangerously bad at building anything better. Modern culture rewards the takedown, the devastating rebuttal, and the exposure of error, but criticism alone cannot create knowledge, reform institutions, or repair a divided world. Drawing on the Japanese ideal of katsujinken, the life-giving sword, HRH Prince Gharios El Chemor develops a practical philosophy of governed intellectual power. A truly constructive mind does more than defeat a flawed idea: it discovers what remains true within it, preserves what should not be lost, and builds a ...

When the mind turns on itself, the sharpest weapon isn’t a blade — it’s thought. From Lucien Vale, author of Night Terrors and Tarot Diaries — Volume I: Cups and Volume II: Wands, comes the next chilling collection in the acclaimed Tarot Diaries series — Swords: Crimes of the Mind. In this haunting anthology of psychological and supernatural horror, the stories of the Suit of Swords unfold like confessions written in blood and glass. Set across the late 20th and early 21st centuries, each tale explores the darkness within — where guilt festers, truth fractures, and reason ...

A discovery of the source of Rob’s essence leads him home. Now that Rob has progressed to dragon heart, he’s called upon to help the arctic cats find their leader. The journey leads him deeper into a dangerous land, where he must find a way to stop the ice king and his servants. There he discovers the way to protect those he cares about is to head back to where he first learned of essence. What he learns is the true danger hidden until now—and the source of the Spread—but it might already be too late to stop it. Dragon Mind is book 5 in an exciting progression fantasy series!

The Word of God does more than distinguish right from wrong. It divides between sources that can look almost identical from the outside. Along the Yangtze in 1930–1931, twelve historical parables follow the imagined lives of schoolteachers, midwives, merchants, craftsmen, and believers confronting the hidden mixture of soul and spirit. Zeal may be genuine and still arise from reputation. Sympathy may feel loving and still resist obedience. Information may be correct without becoming revelation. These are not stories about obvious hypocrisy. They enter the more difficult territory where ...

21 Tales and Poems of Weird Horror spanning centuries and continents, but always disturbing closeWhat stirs from yonder gloomy crypt?What really happened during the Cold War’s Space Race?Can a king’s spirit be trapped in a violin?A lost chapter of Hemingway’s Paris years relates to what strange creature of the night?How do you kill a Tengu Lord?What horror did U.S. service men see during the first gulf war while in the deep desert of Arabia that was NOT man made? Does hazing happen at Area 51?And gunfighter Porter Rockwell tangles with supernatural surprises throughout the Old West."...

Do you often feel defeated and weighed down by worries and fears? Christians have the Holy Spirit's help in all areas of life, so why do we still struggle? Understanding spiritual "sword fighting" will help us win the battle for our mind, so that we can distinguish between Satan's lies and God's truth.

Addy is a farmer in upstate New York. Tol is the prince of a dying magical race. Both are trapped in lives they didn’t choose. 18-year-old Addy has spent her entire life in a small town, where the most exciting activity is watching corn grow. That is, until seven-foot warriors crash through her front door. They kidnap her sister and then try to kill her. As she faces their swords with nothing but her fists, she’s saved by a man who obliterates her enemies without laying a finger on them. His name is Tol, and he claims to be a magical, mind-controlling prince. Tol has spent his life ...

Do you ever feel like you’re living the same day over and over again? Every three years our University of the Seven Suns along with hundreds of other psionic schools from across the Eternium compete in a giant resource contest within the ringworlds surrounding the Dyson Sphere of Partikan. It was pretty fun until I started waking up at the beginning of the contest without knowing why. No one else seemed to know what I was talking about so I was on my own in figuring out how to break the cycle. The truth turned out to be more sinister and dangerous than I ever would have imagined.

It was the worst day of my life and the start of a new one. I escaped in just time to cast the spell I need for the admissions interview. Summoning a familiar should have opened the doors to my future... but instead of a loyal companion, I conjured an Aos Sí: a high fae of ruthless power, and a devastatingly handsome male who’d sooner carve my heart out than bow to a human. Still, he demanded we seal a contract before vanishing, leaving me with a corpse at my feet, blood on my hands, and the cops closing in as my one chance at the elite Order Academy slipped through my trembling fingers.

What would you do if you woke up with part of your memory erased, your fiancée missing, and the most dangerous secret in the world locked inside your own mind? When neurosurgeon Dr. David Thomas regains consciousness in a locked room with twenty-one fresh stitches across his head, he remembers only one thing with absolute clarity: Charlotte, his fiancée. But Charlotte is gone. Their home has been destroyed, and the last two months of David’s life have vanished without a trace. As memories return in violent flashes, one chilling truth becomes impossible to ignore: someone wanted them ...

Enter the world of the Chosen and Forsaken…mind-control and magically-enhanced weapons…with Book Two of The Fount series. Now, in THE FORSAKEN’S CHOICE, Addy and Tol are in a race against forces that seek to tear them apart. They’re determined to travel from Texas to Vitaquias—the world that was laid to waste—to find the only person who might be able to help them. With the Chosen people’s life-giving Source almost gone and the cruel Forsaken general closing in, Addy and Tol are running out of time. If they fail, they won’t be the only ones to bear the cost. Addy’s sister ...

Fitz is all about the rigors of science... ...until he's offered a shot at being the Wizard's Apprentice! Step back into the continuing adventures of Kevin Fitzgerald, Deziri, the dazzlingly magical and beautiful wood nymph, and Katie, his spunky and completely uninhibited Apprentice companion as they struggle to avoid the evil of The Shade and figure out what has caused The Imbalance in the universe. What is behind the mysterious disappearances of the Warlock, Brant and the other senior Wizards, Dutch Dunne and Jimmy Burke? With everyone missing, he has nowhere to turn but the Forest realm...

There are simularities and differences between the European and Japanese medieval warrior traditions that reflect the social evolutions within those cultures. Over the years publishing the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, we published articles that presented the main themes found in this unique area of comparitive studies. The most important of these writings are assembled in this anthology for your convience. Chapters 1 and 2 are by Dr. Willy Pieter, a leading scholar with a thorough grasp of European and Japanese martial art traditions. His first chapter examines the feudal system and how ...

By day, Brian is a talented, yet low-tier IT consultant... ...by night? Well, he's generally even less than that! Living in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Brian's job sucks, his boss is overbearing, and he doesn't see much future in it. That is, until he walks into the halls of MCC, Magical Community College. Things seemed pretty simple, until he found out that he was some sort of Chosen One! That would be stressful enough without having to juggle his time between two gorgeous young ladies, not to mention the hot and insatiable Pandora. While he did ask for the opportunity to...

Leo loves online gaming. Unfortunately... ...it killed him. But that's not the whole story. Intransia VR's new system had a bit of a malfunction... Leo is a die-hard gamer, yet twenty-seven hours of gameplay into Intransia VR's immersive new game, he has reached the end. Unfortunately, instead of credits, he gets a visit from a highly advanced AI agent, Gina (Guiding Intelligence Network Alpha) who tells him that a technological glitch has caused his body to, well, die, leaving his consciousness stuck in the AI landscape. Gina starts showing Leo the ropes, and how his root-level access ...

What price is too great to save a life? By offering up his life for another, Tol doomed his entire race. Through an incredible feat of power and a magic only she can access, Olivia spared a friend and condemned herself. As Addy watched her happiness and love bleed out on a sandy shore, her dreams turned to dust. The cruel Supernal’s quest for power has brought both the mortal and immortal worlds to the edge of annihilation. The only way to challenge him will be through strange alliances, daring risks, and heartbreaking sacrifices. But with war on the horizon, are any of them strong enough...

Twisted magic. Foul sorcery. Dark corruption. Weave a Wizardry Web Frost Clime threatens the Wizard Enclave. Sorcerers and their servants, shape-shifting wyre, have stolen into the city of Tres Lucerna, home to the Enclave. Alstera is the greatest of the young wizards in the Enclave; she’s treated like the least. She’s desperate to join the war against Frost Clime, but the chief wizards refuse. Denied her wish, Alstera explores other ways to increase power. A Fae disguised in glamour courts her aunt Camisse … but for what purpose? Does Camisee have latent power that the Fae will ...

Fitz is all about the rigors of science... ...until he's offered a shot at being the Wizard's Apprentice! Step back into the continuing adventures of Kevin Fitzgerald, Deziri, the dazzlingly magical and beautiful wood nymph, and his struggle to learn magic and live up to the title! This time, Brant is missing and it's up to Fitz to figure out the trick! Fitz has a dilemma. Everyone in his magical life is missing. He has two options: go back to his mundane existence with Sophie, or search out the magical nymph. Find out which path he takes and all the sordid details in this THIRD magical and...

Attorney by day, gamer by night. After a heart-crushing rejection, Allan Young blows off his responsibilities and escapes reality into the virtual world Conquest until his HUD starts glitching out. He wakes up the next morning to find that his neurological implant has fried yet again, and he begrudgingly decides to go to the office before he gets fired. Allan Young is a highly skilled lawyer who has mastered his craft, honing his skills to perfection, and he’s gambled his fate in a single, crucial securities contract. But when he unexpectedly meets his client one fateful morning, his ...

Denmark was supposed to be easy. City tours, good food, and not a single cursed forest in sight. But Samantha Moon’s vacation plans hit another supernatural snag when her teenage daughter, Tammy, strikes up a conversation with a literal goddess. Freya, Norse deity of war, death, and love, has been biding her time inside an innocent-looking statue, waiting for the right person to help her. Tammy’s powerful telepathy makes her the perfect candidate—and Sam is less than thrilled about her kid moonlighting as an oracle for an ancient being. When Freya reveals a crisis on Bornholm, the ...