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EINE PSIONIKERIN ZWISCHEN LOYALITÄT UND ÜBERLEBEN Dulde nicht die Existenz der Hexe, es sei denn ihre Dienste bringen dir die Erlösung. Dies ist das Credo der Scholastica Psikana, eine brutale Seelenschmiede, in der Menschen mit psionischen Fähigkeiten auf einen Dienst im Imperium vorbereitet werden. Am Vorabend ihrer Sanktionierung als Primaris-Psionikerin hat Glavia Aerand, ehemals Hauptmann des 900. Regiments von Cadia, eine überraschende Vorahnung – eine, die ihre ehemalige Einheit und ein gefährliches psionisches Artefakt auf dem Planeten betrifft, wo das Regiment derzeit stationiert ist. Nach einem Wiedersehen, das Aerand weder erwartete noch wollte, findet sie sich in einem brutalen Feldzug auf der psionisch aktiven Welt Visus wieder, wo man sich sagt, dass die seichten Meere und endlosen Nebelbänke die Seelen der Toten verschlängen. Heimgesucht von einem wachsenden Misstrauen gegenüber ihrem neuen Kommandeur und den Manifestationen eines unheimlichen Relikts, muss Aerand sich auf ihre neuen Fähigkeiten verlassen, um ihre ehemaligen Kameraden am Leben zu halten und sich einer uralten Bedrohung zu stellen, die Visus komplett zu verschlingen droht. Ein ASTRA MILITARUM Roman

Delve in to the Scholastica Psykana in this great novel from Black Library Suffer not the witch to live, unless by their service they might earn redemption. This is the creed of the scholastica psykana, a brutal foundry in which those with psychic power might be taught to serve. On the eve of her sanctioning as a primaris psyker within these very halls, Glavia Aerand, former captain of the Cadian 900th Regiment, receives a startling premonition – one concerning her old unit and a dangerous psychic artefact hidden on the planet where they are deployed. After a reunion she never expected – or wanted – Aerand finds herself mired in a vicious campaign on the psychically active world of Visage, where the shallow seas and endless fogs are rumoured to swallow the souls of the dead. Haunted by growing suspicions of her new commander and the manifestations of the sinister relic, Aerand must trust in her new-found abilities to keep her former comrades alive, and confront an ancient threat that could consume Visage entirely.

From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Illustrated with numerous examples, this book offers a global overview in a format that everyone can follow. Steven Roger Fischer also reveals his own discoveries made since the early 1980s, making it a useful reference for students and specialists as well as a delightful read for lovers of the written word everywhere.

This wide-ranging study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history.

„Oceanic Voices - European Quills“ celebrates the linguistic historiography of two Oceanic poles. The northwest Pacific's Chamorro of Guam and the Northern Marianas was the first (16th century), and the southeast Pacific's Rapanui of Easter Island one of the last (19th century) of the Austronesian tongues to inspire linguistic investigation within greater Oceania. These pioneering efforts are honored in nine articles which document, translate, chronicle, describe and analyze the earliest relics from these two island cultures. This collection of articles reveals fundamental insights not only into earlier stages of both Chamorro and Rapanui but also into the very discipline of linguistic historiography in one of Earth's humanly richest and most fascinating regions.

Our planet hosts over a million islands. From Britain to Japan, Mauritius to Manhattan, they are small living geological, biological and cultural laboratories. This title reveals how since time began islands have been one of the primary birthplaces for plants, animals and proto-humans.

The book delves into Steven Roger Fischer's groundbreaking achievements in deciphering two significant ancient scripts: the Rongorongo of Easter Island and the Phaistos Disk from Crete. Fischer's work revealed that the Rongorongo was not just a mnemonic tool but was used for creative writing, while his decipherment of the Phaistos Disk unlocked the ancient Minoan language's connection to Mycenaean Greek. This narrative highlights Fischer's exceptional contributions to the field of epigraphy and his status as a leading figure among glyphbreakers.

Famed for its breathtaking isolation, Easter Island was a verdant South-Sea idyll when a small canoeful of Polynesians arrived in c AD 700. Centuries later the island's statues were famous throughout the world. This book presents a comprehensive history of Easter Island, its people and their extraordinary story.

From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, this title offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. It focuses on the emergence of complete writing systems in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC. schovat popis

Takes in a wonderful diversity of things."-Nature. Now available in paperback, this final volume in the trilogy Language/Writing/Reading traces the complete story of reading from the time when symbols first acquired meaning through to the electronic texts of the digital age.