Böcker av Christopher Mitchell

Join Theo and Kotu as they LEARN ALL ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO TRAVEL !This book helps kids realize that travel isn't always about WHERE you go as much as HOW you go. If you have your eyes open, then the opportunity to "travel" is all around you, even in your own town, city, state, or province. Theo learns all about what it really means to travel, one adventure at a time.

It ends in Kell - where it all began.Defeated by the overwhelming strength of the Gods of Implacatus, the vanquished Holdfasts gather to mourn their losses.There, at the End of the World, the free mortals stage their last stand, with only two choices left to them - victory or death.

The Empire of the Star Continent is ruptured.On one side are the Holdfasts, a family that has already saved the world more than once; but also a family that includes mass-murderers, war criminals, and the vain, disobedient, and ambitious.On the other side is the imperial army - the only armed force on the Star Continent, and one guided by Daimon - a young Dream Mage with a grudge.Adopted into the ranks of Daphne's family, Thorn of Greyfalls Deepen has finally achieved her goal - now all she has to do is unite the Holdfasts, or risk being the shortest-lived ruler the Star Continent has ever seen.Without any wars to fight, Corthie Holdfast faces a different battle - against the demons in his own mind. Striving to live a peaceful life with Aila and his young family, Corthie's resolve will be put to the test. If he fails to resist the lure of violence that calls out to him, not only will his family be under threat, but the safety of his entire world.

Together again.For the first time in years, the entire Holdfast family is gathered in the same place. For Daphne, however, this is more than just the family reunion she has been longing for. At stake is the future of the entire Empire, and the choices made by the Holdfasts will determine if the Star Continent will live in peace, or descend into civil war.Karalyn has something other than the imperial succession on her mind. Her discovery that Belinda might still be alive on Implacatus has concentrated her thoughts on one objective - freeing the unwilling bride from the clutches of Edmond. To have any chance of success, she will need the help of others. From four different worlds, a group of unlikely heroes emerge; but will they be enough to save the Third Ascendant?Without any wars to fight, Corthie Holdfast faces a different battle - against the demons in his own mind. Striving to live a peaceful life with Aila and his young family, Corthie's resolve will be put to the test. If he fails to resist the lure of violence that calls out to him, not only will his family be under threat, but the safety of his entire world.

The nightmare has begun... but where is the Black Dragon?After a thousand years, the Eternal Enemy has breached the Great Walls, devastating great swathes of the City. Thousands lie dead, while the survivors huddle behind the old and decaying walls of the inner defences.With the greenhides on one side, and the corrupt and cruel regime of the ruling Gods on the other, the people of the City await their end.All that stands in the way is a disgraced Champion, a tortured God and two Mortals from a forgotten legend...

The War of Vengeance has begun; the Rahain have invaded the Empire, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.Keir Holdfast, elder son of Daphne and Killop, is always in trouble. Already an accomplished vision mage at 16, his life is turned upside down with the news that he also shares the same powers as his aunt, the infamous fire mage who brought down the old empire.Can he learn how to harness his powers in service of the new empire, or will his arrogance lead to his downfall?Hundreds of miles from the fighting, within the depths of the Sanang forest, a visitor arrives with a message for a family of hedgewitches; a message that will transform their lives, and change the destiny of the Magelands forever.

The Empire has lived in peace for 16 years, but trouble is brewing behind the Grey Mountains, where the renegade nation of Rahain prepares; arming itself for a long-awaited war of vengeance.Karalyn, the 18 year old daughter of two war heroes, is trying to find a place for herself in the world. Her own powers were deemed so dangerous she spent much of her childhood in exile.Now, the lure of the Imperial Capital and the prospect of service to the Empress is pulling her out of isolation and into the affairs of the world.Hundreds of miles to the south, within the repressive land of Rahain, Lennox trains for the war to come. He and his comrades-in-arms, the children of slaves stolen from another land, have been trained as soldiers their entire lives for one purpose......to bring the Empire to its knees.

The four highland clans have fought each other for as long as history remembers.Killop & Keira, the twins of fire have grown up amid constant tribal warfare, each destined to become the champions of their clan.As Keira’s powers have grown, so too have her people’s expectations of her.When their homeland is invaded in an overwhelming attack aimed at the destruction of their culture and the enslavement of their families, together can they unite the clans to defend their land?Or will the old rivalries tear them apart?

Daphne Holdfast is a young captain assigned to defend an isolated fort far behind enemy lines.Promoted due to her family’s connections and mistrusted by the garrison’s officers, Daphne must find the strength to unite her troops and repel the advancing enemy hordes.She has one advantage – she is an elite vision mage, endowed with supreme fighting skills.Can Daphne learn to master her growing powers before the enemy attack?Or will her first command be her last…?

It's time for someone to pay. Keira lies shackled and alone, surrounded by soldiers while the smoke rises from the poisoned ruins of the city she was forced to destroy.Condemned as a war criminal by the King of the Holdings and reviled by the rest of the world, she is a prize weapon - a tool in the hands of her Rahain captors.But no more.Keira knows she must escape……or die trying.Killop has escaped the dungeons of the Rahain and fled into the mountains.All he desires is to begin his search for Daphne, but his people are crying out for a leader to free them from their chains of servitude.Can he ignore their pleas and leave Rahain to look for the woman he loves?Or will he stay, and lead his people in their fight for freedom before they are destroyed?He cannot do both……and time is running out.

A God - lost in his own creation.Endowed with the power of the five mage-lines, the God-Emperor cuts his way through the Star Continent, destroying everything in his path in order to gather the last of the surviving mages.At the other end of the world a great fire mage sits in a tavern drinking whisky. Having fought the Emperor once before and lost, Keira is home at last. Forsaking her powers, she wants nothing more to do with the troubles of the world.But when her friends decide to fight back against the Emperor, Keira must make a choice.Should she take on a god to save the world?Or drown her memories in whisky?

Armed conflict may appear to be in long term decline, but the intractability and destructiveness of contemporary conflicts make conflict resolution as urgent and necessary as ever.

Gestures of Conciliation examines the ideas, assumptions and theories that underpin how leaders of parties in intractable conflicts begin and sustain a process of peacemaking by offering to their adversaries 'olive-branches' - in more modern terms symbolic gestures, concessions, tension-reducing moves or confidence-building measures.