Scythian Dawn
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Scythian Dawn
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Author : P. K. Lentz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-11-19
Scythian Dawn written by P. K. Lentz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-19 with categories.
Galactic overlords keep Earth mired in a permanent Dark Age. Empires are dust. Only nomadic cultures thrive. One barbarian war band will fight back. A new Dawn will rise. Because axes can kill aliens, too. For Iron Age nomads of Earth, challenging the rulers of space is impossible. Or is it? ARIXA is a princess of Scythia who rejected palace life to ride the steppe in defense of Scythia's growing capital city. Following a fateful encounter, she learns of the past destruction inflicted on Earth by its unseen alien overlords, and worse, that a new Devastation Day is imminent. With her war band The Dawn behind her, Arixa sets out not only to save her homeland of Scythia but also to do the unthinkable. She will strike a blow against the enemies of humanity. At any price. Q & A with the author What kind of story is Scythian Dawn? I knew I wanted to write a space-based Humans vs. Aliens series. But to be honest, I find the character types in that genre a bit boring: the hotshot space pilots, veteran troopers, elite special agents, maverick admirals, top-of-the-class cadets, brilliant scientists, etc. I wanted the story to be about someone other than those. And then I wondered, well, why should hostile aliens only bother Earth after we're technologically advanced? In my Dawniverse, aliens begin targeting Earth in the early days of civilization, making sure humans never learn to build steam engines, much less rockets. They're stuck in a perpetual Iron Age. So Scythian Dawn takes place in the past? Not exactly. It's an alternate timeline where the major ancient civilizations that we know, like Rome, Babylon, China, Persia and Egypt, were wiped out by aliens before they could rise to power. Nomadic cultures filled the vacuum. What's a Scythian? The Scythians were a nomadic tribal people who lived on the Eurasian steppe in ancient times. They didn't build cities or leave written records, so what we know about them mainly comes from outside sources like Greeks. The picture we get is of heavily tattooed, human-sacrificing, marijuana-using (yup!) savages on horseback who likely invented the idea of drinking from enemy skulls. Think of Mongols and you'll have an idea. The Scythians were probably the basis for the myths of Amazons. Around 40% of Scythian warrior burial mounds (kurgans) excavated have been found to belong to females, who would have fought alongside males in battle. That's why it made perfect sense to have the main character of Scythian Dawn be female. Who will enjoy Scythian Dawn? I think it's for anyone who likes space adventure about an epic struggle against impossible odds. Its focus is on a fast-moving plot but it also features characters who are relatable and human, not just drones who exist to push the plot forward. Book 1 takes place mostly on the ground and centers on Arixa undertaking this huge challenge of becoming Earth's defender, but it still has a large share of sci-fi ideas & tech. Starting in Book 2, we're catapulted into space, where the series will remain. You could say it's like if Red Sonja (does anyone still know her?!) hijacked the Enterprise. Or maybe a Star Destroyer. Arixa is half Joan of Arc (because of her "divine" mission to save her people), half Xena: Warrior Princess (because she is one) and half Ellen Ripley (because she's good at killing aliens). That's right, she's a badass and a half.
The Scythians 700 300 Bc
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Author : E.V. Cernenko
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-20
The Scythians 700 300 Bc written by E.V. Cernenko and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-20 with History categories.
Though the 'Scythian period' in the history of Eastern Europe lasted little more than 400 years, the impression these horsemen made upon the history of their times was such that a thousand years after they had ceased to exist as a sovereign people, their heartland and the territories which they dominated far beyond it continued to be known as 'greater Scythia'. From the very beginnings of their emergence on the world scene the Scythians took part in the greatest campaigns of their times, defeating such mighty contemporaries as Assyria, Urartu, Babylonia, Media and Persia. This highly illustrated book details their costume, weapons and the way they waged war.
The Scythians
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Author : Barry Cunliffe
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-09-26
The Scythians written by Barry Cunliffe and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-26 with History categories.
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south - the Chinese, the Persians and the Greeks - and there were, inevitably, numerous interactions between the nomads and their neighbours. The Scythians fought the Persians on a number of occasions, in one battle killing their king and on another occasion driving the invading army of Darius the Great from the steppe. Relations with the Greeks around the shores of the Black Sea were rather different - both communities benefiting from trading with each other. This led to the development of a brilliant art style, often depicting scenes from Scythian mythology and everyday life. It is from the writings of Greeks like the historian Herodotus that we learn of Scythian life: their beliefs, their burial practices, their love of fighting, and their ambivalent attitudes to gender. It is a world that is also brilliantly illuminated by the rich material culture recovered from Scythian burials, from the graves of kings on the Pontic steppe, with their elaborate gold work and vividly coloured fabrics, to the frozen tombs of the Altai mountains, where all the organic material - wooden carvings, carpets, saddles and even tattooed human bodies - is amazingly well preserved. Barry Cunliffe here marshals this vast array of evidence - both archaeological and textual - in a masterful reconstruction of the lost world of the Scythians, allowing them to emerge in all their considerable vigour and splendour for the first time in over two millennia.
The Scythians 700 300 Bc
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Author : E.V. Cernenko
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-20
The Scythians 700 300 Bc written by E.V. Cernenko and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-20 with History categories.
Though the 'Scythian period' in the history of Eastern Europe lasted little more than 400 years, the impression these horsemen made upon the history of their times was such that a thousand years after they had ceased to exist as a sovereign people, their heartland and the territories which they dominated far beyond it continued to be known as 'greater Scythia'. From the very beginnings of their emergence on the world scene the Scythians took part in the greatest campaigns of their times, defeating such mighty contemporaries as Assyria, Urartu, Babylonia, Media and Persia. This highly illustrated book details their costume, weapons and the way they waged war.
Scythians And Greeks
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Author : Ellis Hovell Minns
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-01-13
Scythians And Greeks written by Ellis Hovell Minns and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-13 with Art categories.
This study of the archaeology and history of Scythia and its contact with Greek culture was first published in 1913.
The Moon Of Sorrows
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Author : P. K. Lentz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03-04
The Moon Of Sorrows written by P. K. Lentz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-04 with categories.
If a Viking dies on an alien moon, can his spirit find Valhalla? When Ivar Shieldbreaker and a handful of Dawners crash-land in the brutal alien environment of the aptly named Moon of Sorrows, waiting for rescue is not an option. To save themselves, they will face a decision harsher than any surface conditions. In a faraway system that has become the nomads' temporary home, the Dawn's many dead are buried and plans are laid to raise a rebel horde. But Arixa has not forgotten those she lost. She intends to mount a rescue mission, but first she needs a ship capable of making the voyage. And when Arixa needs something, she does not long let it be denied her. But can she reach her people in time? Or will a rescue mission turn into one of revenge? Dine in the hall of a reptilian Baron and bear witness to betrayal, bravery and blood sacrifice on the MOON OF SORROWS as the Barbarian Space Opera continues! START READING... The hold of the Mogg-Yidiion shuddered as if the wolf Fenrir had seized the ship in its great black snout and squeezed, tossing its head back and forth. Every few seconds brought a crash like thunder, the beast snapping its jaws in the hope of sinking tooth through hull to devour the flesh and bones of twenty mortals inside. Only harnesses holding them snugly into cushioned alcoves prevented the twenty from flying all around inside the Mogg, careening into bulkheads and each other. Ivar saw fright on the faces of grown Scythian men and women who rarely showed it. Some were just barely grown, like Leimya, and Matas's son Plin. Wide-eyed, tense and vibrating in tune with the ship's hull, Ivar emitted what amounted to a sustained grunt through teeth clenched to breaking. He could scarcely hear the sound inside his own skull for the cacophony without. Then he could no longer see at all, for light vanished, plunging his world into darkness so deep he was certain for a few seconds that he had died. But signs of life remained. An intense pressure persisted in trying to crack his rib cage. The sonic assault of screeching and whining and booming filled his ears with an undiminished intensity. Whatever death was like, whether maidens winged him away to a golden hall or he sank into a cold sea to join Hel's legion, this wasn't it. No, he was still strapped into the Mogg-Yidiion hurtling toward the Moon of Sorrows through a gauntlet of alien fire thrown by Jir spacecraft. At any instant, Ivar knew, blasts might peel back the walls of the Mogg like stormwinds would a felt tent, leaving the twenty survivors of Nemoora exposed to the void of space. He knew that humans, even augmented ones, couldn't survive in that void without special suits. He wondered what he would see if that happened. Maybe nothing at all. The hold was pitch black and so was space, mostly. For long seconds after the light was gone, Ivar sat groaning along with the Mogg on its desperation-driven dive toward an inhospitable sanctuary. Then came a clap of thunder far louder than any which had come before, and the darkness before his eyes became the silent kind that might well have been death.
The Ossetes
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Author : Richard Foltz
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-12-30
The Ossetes written by Richard Foltz and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-30 with History categories.
The Ossetes, a small nation inhabiting two adjacent states in the central Caucasus, are the last remaining linguistic and cultural descendants of the ancient nomadic Scythians who dominated the Eurasian steppe from the Balkans to Mongolia for well over one thousand years. A nominally Christian nation speaking a language distantly related to Persian, the Ossetes have inherited much of the culture of the medieval Alans who brought equestrian culture to Europe. They have preserved a rich oral literature through the epic of the Narts, a body of heroic legends that shares much in common with the Persian Book of Kings and other works of Indo-European mythology. This is the first book devoted to the little-known history and culture of the Ossetes to appear in any Western language. Charting Ossetian history from Antiquity to today, it will be a vital contribution to the fields of Iranian, Caucasian, Post-Soviet and Indo-European Studies.
The Scythians Feast At Sunset
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Author : Mikhail Akhmanov
language : en
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-11
The Scythians Feast At Sunset written by Mikhail Akhmanov and has been published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-11 with Fiction categories.
Aliens come to Earth secretly. What do these elusive creatures called dwellers in the mist want? Neither the area for habitation, nor water, nor air, nor natural resources of our planet... What then? This is to be found by an international organization (the System), affiliations of which operate on all continents. It employs people with various supernatural talents as only they are able to oppose the invading Aliens. Kirill Karchev is employed by one of the System’s affiliates and takes part in unbelievable adventures on his native planet and in other worlds.
A Dissertation On The Origin And Progress Of The Scythians Or Goths
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Author : John Pinkerton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1787
A Dissertation On The Origin And Progress Of The Scythians Or Goths written by John Pinkerton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1787 with Europe categories.
Alexiad Of The Princess Anna Comnena
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Author : Dawes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-12
Alexiad Of The Princess Anna Comnena written by Dawes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-12 with Social Science categories.
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.