...d her home, must find a way to raise an elite army to help reclaim all she’s lost. Bestowed with a remarkable gift to communicate with a rare kind of beast, and armed with a handful of mercenaries, she must rise to face the most revered ruler in all the lands; the evil Queen, and swayer of the great kingdom of Azzodonia....

...eeing the death of his family, finds himself sold into slavery. He becomes a survivor in the arena, where man is matched to the death against man and beast alike. He escapes only to pursue a life of vengeance against those who afflicted him and killed his family. Tormented by a life without peace, he remembers the guiding words of his mother, which open up a path of redemp...

...e will be no more shifting from any of the staff. I know we can't curb the beast completely, but if any staff member has to run as wolf, they are to ... ... I like the main character’s ability. He talks to animals. And his title, “Beast-master” is appropriate for what he does and who he is. Something abo... ...She sat down and started reading and became engrossed in the adventures of Beast-master. A hand touched Laylah’s shoulder and she swallowed a scream.... ... Jacques. He was always on duty, watching over his young charge. His inner beast was restless and the need to assuage it fully was overwhelming. But ... ...s savage expression didn't help matters. The woman looked like some angry beast. And why was she telling a fairy tale? What did it all mean? “The he...

...eings and they had enough control over themselves to avoid such involuntary reactions to surprise. None of the four had known that there was a mighty beast in that container but all of them possessed the self-composure to remain calm even in times of danger. With the beast well locked in a steel container, they were had certainly not entered any times of danger, though. ...

...e leaned in, not believing what she was seeing. “Right there, left of the boulders. See it?” Maybe this is the real deal. Hunters claimed to see this beast only yesterday, right here in this vicinity. “Where?” Frank asked. She pointed to the left side of the monitor. “Look! It’s right there.” Her voice grew in intensity. “Something just moved on Camera 3. There…right ov...

... one of your concrete scenarios with solid, verifiable evidence. But it is true. Everything I have told you is true. The man was a monster…a wretched beast who needed killing. I saw what he did. I saw….damn…..you have to listen to me. He…it….needed killing and someone, someone like me had to do it because you fools had him dead to-rights. But what happened. You let him go...

...o beguiling about a specialist predator is the idea of an intimacy with the Beast! For if, originally, there was one particular Beast, would we not ... ...s—tales of Masari hunters and their families gutted and trussed and left to beasts. Tales that birthed worse fates. Zai's demons consumed her. She s... ...ed, was born in the cold time. Before Ata we were primitive and dumb as the beasts. We were the Dirt People. The story came to Zai unbidden. She tri... ...ted in packs because game was much larger than it is now. The hours after a beast died were the most dangerous, for if Masari were tracking us they ... ...gilance before making their own kills. This was the balance: we fed off the beasts and the Masari fed off us. Soon she would tell that history to Ab... ...ther. In the beginning, Masari did not kill Dirt People. But then the large beasts dwindled and disappeared, and the Masari changed. As Ata progress... ...Yata oil to protect them from the wind. Songbirds and blossoms and mythical beasts spiraled around the small handle, stippled in purple and blue, ye... ...ll ask about the chickens, too, or the cats. Bedtime stories told of larger beasts who had performed such labors long ago, but that was nonsense. S... ...ist would alarm him more. The transports stood side by side, great creaking beasts piled as tall as the trees. Laden with so many goods they blocked...

...ected, cherished—not violated or killed. Only the lowest, most disgusting beast did such things. Even accidentally causing a female's death resulted... ...e. He whirled and stalked toward Renten. “It's all your fault! You filthy beasts came here and ruined everything. You will pay for disrupting my pla...

...elene. Orpheus, whose golden voice charmed the birds from the sky, and the beasts from the forests. Flowers and trees bowed to his mastery. Even t... ...he madness he’d vented on her last night, to show he was not all untethered beast and fury. Her face, petal- soft and rosy, lay nestled against his ...

...eflection in the mirror made him think different. He saw not a man, but a beast, dirty, beaten and unrecognisable. The nothingness in his eyes and a ... ...e height of the glass tower. It didn’t feel right, suspecting this silent beast had lured them to war and wasn’t about to give in without a fight. P... ...orward. Already infuriated by their circumstances, Alex wanted to put the beast out of commission. David's safety was her first priority. "I'll draw...

...ed. “Wasn’t a bad day but the weather’s turnin’. Not a fit night for man nor beast out there.” This was working out just fine. We had a warm plac...

...er looked out from the face staring back at me. In his place was a ravenous beast bent on only one thing. And damned if I could figure out what i...

...ll of the chase. What did it say about her character? That her bete noire — black beast — thrived on the misery and meanness of others gave her pa...

...his struggle he enlists the aid of his former captors, whom he gradually civilizes, teaching them first the practical advantages of kindness to their beasts of burden and then of casting aside centuries of communal living in favor of the nuclear family. At last he even starts them on the path to mastering the arts of friedship and diplomacy. When the failure of the atmosph...