Bøger af Rick Brown

The land is now torn by war. Dommeran has shed any pretense of being a peaceful kingdom. Barad and Lenux lead the Alsselyian soldiers in defense of Vaelin. Their only hope is to hold off the Dommerians until aid can arrive, if it arrives. Lee and the others are racing to Tiber in hopes of enlisting them as allies. Their mighty calvary could be the difference in the war. If there is any hope to prevent Dommeran and their god, Gorath, from Conquering all of the kingdoms, it must be now.

Now that the dwarves have been freed from the hands of Dommeran, Lee travels to Spellion to form an alliance with King Ordeth. Dommeran is already well ahead of him and has great influence in the King's court. With only the King's daughter, Kayla, on Lee's side, can he convince the stubborn King that Dommeran is his true enemy?Grenlow is frustrated at his failure to stop Lee. As his god's anger grows, he becomes ever more desperate to take down his enemy. With Ravner and Pelen already in Spellion, Lee and his friends will be riding into danger.

From Rousseau to the World Economic Forum: Woke Capitalism and the Power of IdeasRick BrownPlusThe Voice - Beware the Shiny BaubleRobert KatterSince the political emergence of Donald Trump and the successful referendum in the United Kingdom on leaving the European Union, there has been a focus on the deep-seated divisions within Western societies.His analysis is based on the proposition that what we are seeing now did not happen overnight and so in part, his essay is a history of the modern evolution of ideas and their transmission.His story about the foundations of the ideas that drive the cultures of the inner metropolitan suburbs and outer suburbs takes us back more than 200 years to John Jacques Rousseau, who the late Sir Roger Scruton described as 'the first and greatest of the liberal reformers whose impact on modern culture and modern politics has been equalled by no other thinker of the Enlightenment'. It also involves a M. Rousseau contemporary Edmund Burke, the founder of conservatism.The transmission of these ideas he credits to the creator of cultural hegemony and Communist theoretician Antonio Gramsci, whose ideas and strategy have been sloganised as 'the long march through the institutions'.He also focuses on the dictatorial mindset of today's élites which is different from their recent predecessors and turns to the attitudes of America's founders who set out to prevent the creation of a fully democratic society and, at one level, to retain real power in the hands of their class.To complete the picture, he turns a spotlight on Klaus Schwab, the owner of the World Economic Forum, who has persuaded the global business élite to impose management 'dictatorship' through a concept called 'stakeholder management'.Robbie Katter is a third consecutive generation politician. If, as expected, he is re-elected next year, a Katter will have represented a part of North Queensland for 60 consecutive years. During all that time, the Katters have been vocal and active supporters of Aboriginal people and their advancement. Robbie's grandfather ended segregation in Cloncurry in the 1960s.Robbie opposes 'The Voice'. His essay is a case of the issues canvassed in Rick Brown's essay: people in the inner metropolitan suburbs in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, including middle-class Aboriginals, pontificating about the best interests of Aboriginals in regional and rural Australia.He argues that if the 'The Voice' were passed it would not improve the circumstances, opportunities or lifestyles of the Aboriginals with whom he interacts on a daily basis. In fact, he said he could be counter-productive because passing the referendum could provide people with an excuse to say that they had fixed the Aboriginal issues and move on to the next cause.He also highlights the hypocrisy of politicians who support The Voice, but oppose concrete, practical measures which could provide them with opportunities and improve their lives.Rick Brown's essay is confronting and challenging. However, there is good news. This year there are signs of green shoots of resistance through consumers applying their power and via élite sports players in the USA, people power in Europe, and most recently, the extraordinary Nigel Farage.Just as the fact that there are people like Robbie Katter at the coalface gives cause for hope.

Now that Lee has assumed the mantle of King, he must now prepare for the upcoming war against Dommeran. He and his friends travel to the Veluvian Mountains to appeal to the elves for 'Alynon's Tear.' A power-laden gem that contains the stored energies of his ancestors and would allow him to take on the magical might of Dommeran's priests. Only with the aid of an ancient ally and a new, untrained magic user, do they stand the chance of overcoming the obstacles in their way. Meanwhile, Gorath's High Priest has learned of a powerful magic user that foiled his master's assassination attempt against King Kendrick. Unwilling to risk disappointing his god again, he has sent his priests to find and kill this man that has disrupted their plans.Even as Lee searches for the tools he needs to stand against Dommeran, its priests hunt the land to find and stop him.

An exciting and fun new fantasy series! The series 'The Lost Kingdom of Alsselya' takes place in a world of magic, elves, dwarves, and dragons. Where the evil god Gorath maneuvers his priests in a game to take over the world. Having already vanquished the Kingdom of Alsselya, he looks towards the remaining kingdoms to fuel his need for conquest. With the balance of the gods no longer equal, the world itself is going through upheaval. In a battle between gods, can humans make a difference?Lee was looking forward to a peaceful life after his guild commitments were completed, but the god Alynon has other plans for him. He and his friends must unite the kingdoms in a desperate effort to prevent their world from destruction. Will his unique magic and guild training be enough to stop a god? As he travels the kingdoms and gathers people to help him, he must race against time as his enemy prepares to destroy all that is good.