Bøger af Scott Spangler

The second book in the epic Portal to the Gods series. The evil forces of Xenos rampage the lands unchecked and have laid an impenetrable siege to Athol Myr. It is only a matter of time before they crack its obsidian walls and lay claim to the Portal to the Gods, thus conquering humankind forever. Reeling from the loss of his powerful northern army, King Marius of Giron struggles to build an alliance of the southern kingdoms to ride to the aid of the holy fortress. But the southern kings are divided. Some wish to see to the safety of their own borders, while others seek to profit from civilization's impending destruction. In his desperation Marius seeks the aid of Obadai the Seer - a man he banished into Giron's unforgiving western wastelands a decade ago. Time is running out as Griff and Dartain the Prophet lead a motley group toward Athol Myr on their mission to bring Tiberius back from the dead. But it is an impossible task to penetrate the massive siege lines and if they are to be successful, one person must make the ultimate sacrifice.

The Gods of the Upper and the Gods of the Nether have been playing their deadly games for all eternity and always with humankind stuck in the middle. But this time is different. Tiberius, The Hope of the World, is dead and the holy fortress of Athol Myr is under siege. Should it crumble, the fabled portal residing deep within its interior will fall into the vile hands of the Demon Lords. Without Tiberius all hope is certainly lost and the road directly to the gods will lie wide open. But Athol Myr's army is defeated and all of the prophets are dead... save one. One soldier escaped the slaughter on the plains of Athol Myr - a lone cavalryman known as Griff. As orcs, goblins, and all things evil rampage the land unchecked, crushing all who rise against them, what difference can a single person make? Time is running out as Griff learns that there is only one way to save the world - he must bring Tiberius back from the dead.

Good and evil have been locked in a bitter war since the dawn of time. There are times when the front lines are far from Earth and evil is but a dark imprint upon society, but sometimes the war is much closer than one would like to think. It is at these dangerous times when evil things spill over into Earth's reality. Rogue demons, called jumpers, seek to claim the world for their own and their vampire slaves, demon/human hybrids, stalk the night spilling the blood of the innocent. All that stands in their way is a hidden network of demon hunters, a select group of human warriors responsible for hunting down and destroying these vile beasts. Working with their partners, known as anchors, their arsenal is a mixture of the ancient and the futuristic. Blake, despite his rebellious nature, is one of the best hunters in the network. His propensity to break the rules is surpassed only by his ability to drive his anchor, Father Ray, absolutely nuts. He despises his role, to which he was driven by events out of his control. He considers it his purgatory. He's a hunter with an attitude. Father Ray is a Catholic priest catering to the dwindling masses in a cancerous ward of the city, sometimes clinging to his faith by a thread. He is Blake's anchor, providing logistical and technical support during missions on Earth and beyond. It is Father Ray who first comes into contact with Sarah, a girl endowed with some very unique talents. Sarah has been having prophetic visions since she was a young girl. She also possesses the supernatural ability to sense and generate jump portals - rifts in the fabric of reality used by the hunters to travel to other worlds and dimensions in search of their prey. It is a power over which she has little control. Considering her gifts to be a curse, they have recently begun to point toward a frightening event - the end of the world.

The dramatic conclusion to the epic Portal to the Gods Trilogy. Dartain's group treks across firey Xenos in their quest to bring Tiberius back from the dead. But they are lost, dehydrated, and starving deep in enemy territory. All hope is quickly dwindling as they question even their own survival. The reeling human armies finally gain some momentum, but they might be too late. The nether-spawn armies are massive and even the combined might of the humans, elves, and others might not be enough to confront them. When Athol Myr is breached, Griff is forced to make a desperate last stand at the very threshold of the Portal to the Gods with the world's continued existence teetering upon the outcome.

It's been a decade since the first ultra-enhanced human beings were forced to abandon covert military operations. Advancing public technology and new government legislation made continuing to operate in secrecy untenable, and so they mainstreamed, becoming the world's first superhero group - the Order of Champions. They are the ten mightiest individuals on the planet - beloved by the masses and feared by their enemies. And their world is falling apart. The superheroes have become complacent - secure in their own sense of invincibility. They are arrogant and alone and increasingly rocked by scandal. They have grown wealthy in their new role and stagnant from being restrained on a leash against what they were created to do. They are gods among men, but must suffer being kept like pets. That is, until their most powerful member is unexpectedly murdered by an unknown assassin. The shocked heroes suddenly find themselves aligned against a new adversary - a supervillain. And the massive secret hiding behind this new threat will forever alter the world.

This book describes a novel approach to scientific research that uses unstructured data analysis as a generative tool for new hypotheses. The author develops a systematic process for leveraging heterogeneous structured and unstructured data sources, data mining, and computational architectures to make the discovery process faster and more effect

This book describes a novel approach to scientific research that uses unstructured data analysis as a generative tool for new hypotheses. The author develops a systematic process for leveraging heterogeneous structured and unstructured data sources, data mining, and computational architectures to make the discovery process faster and more effective. This process accelerates human creativity by allowing scientists and inventors to more readily analyze and comprehend the space of possibilities, compare alternatives, and discover entirely new approaches.