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Legends are not born; they are forged in the fires of determination and strength. Stricken by the binds of mortality, Ron embarks on his last great expedition. A university professor is drawn to unearth the mysteries of what lies beneath to uncover the ill-fated destiny of the planet. Gelomdor, the creature sent to consume and devour all living things has been awoken. Plagues swept across the lands, and legions of the undead are at the wake as the World Eater begins to rise from the ashes. Extracted by members of what's left of the US Military, they embark to find a means to end the reign...

Legends are not born; they are forged in the fires of determination and strength. Stricken by the binds of mortality, Ron embarks on his last great expedition. A university professor is drawn to unearth the mysteries of what lies beneath to uncover the ill-fated destiny of the planet. Gelomdor, the creature sent to consume and devour all living things has been awoken. Plagues swept across the lands, and legions of the undead are at the wake as the World Eater begins to rise from the ashes. Extracted by members of what's left of the US Military, they embark to find a means to end the reign...

This book takes a new look at the place occupied by medieval Spanish epic within European folk and literary tradition. Thomas Montgomery traces the origins of key parts of most known medieval Spanish epics to an ancient myth. He shows how the myth of the initiation of the young warrior, shown by Georges Dumezil to be fundamental to the belief systems of widely distributed Indo-European peoples, was variously adapted to shape the action of texts including the Siete Infantes de Lara, the Mocedades de Rodrigo, and the Poema de Mio Cid, in which it accounts for the...

Comparing the spread of Christianity to the East to its more successful spread to the West, Montgomery illustrates the uneven diffusion of one of the world's most influential and successful religions. Through his sociological analysis, the author examines the causes for Christianity's success to the West and its relative failings in major societies to the east of Jerusalem, including India, Persia, and China. Applying five variables, including Christianity's missionary orientation, geography, intersocietal relations, sociocultural structures, and individual perceptions, Montgomery provides...