Titles by Basil Brunson Books
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Fiction:
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Bloodlines
Genre: Urban Fantasy
For countless ages there have been strange creatures prowling the edges of society. Men that can turn into animals. Beastfolk. Shapechangers. And so long as they have existed, there has existed a secret society of warriors, purpose-bred to fight them, each possessing unique powers all on their own. Yet what would happen if that society lost its way? What would happen if those they hunted fought back? And what would happen if two warriors, divided by origin but bound together by circumstance, were to discover that there is no difference between these groups at all, and never was?
Derangements
Genre: Horror
Within these pages you will find record of an autopsy gone wrong, a solstice bash gone even worse, a last will and testament with strings attached, a celestial science experiment gone all to hell, a disastrous outbreak of plague, an Egyptian god escaping his corporeal prison, and so much more. Check out this anthology of bizarre short stories sure to stun, shock, and satisfy.
Eyes in the Dark
Genre: Horror
You are the main character in this terrifying pick-your-poison book; every step of the way you must make a choice. But remember - every choice, every step may lead to your survival or to your doom! After waking up in a dark cell, you will have to decide: will you try to escape right away, or will you try to find out who's behind your imprisonment? Can you defeat what awaits you, will it defeat you, or will you experience something... worse?
Due to graphic violence and dark themes, this book is intended only for ages 13+.
Horus
Genre: Historical Fantasy
My name is Anubis. Khenty-Imentiu. NebTa-Djeser. Weighty titles and earned through no idleness. For ages I have attended to the dead and guided their souls to the scales. It’s my duty, appointed to me by the great Re himself, the god of all creation and ferryman of the sun. This honor was appointed to me as a reward for my services to the pharaoh, my brother. The story of my life weaves in along with the tale of his greatness, and to my thinking the two cannot be told separately. But if I tell it, I must start at the beginning. The beginning of everything that has ever existed.
The Book of Saint Albans
Genre: History
The Book of Saint Albans was printed in 1486, and is one of the first works that began the flood of printed literature in English after the advent of the printing press. England's voracious readership created a demand for many types of books, and such a demand allows us now to see what life was like during that time, told in the voices of that time. This book in particular covers the noble pursuits of hawking, hunting, and heraldry, and contains reproductions of the original work, transcription of the Middle English text, and a translation into Modern English.
The Mirror of the World
Genre: History
Originally penned in Latin in the early 1200s as "Imago Mundi" and then translated into Anglo-Norman French in 1245 as "L'Image du Monde", The Mirror Of The World was translated into Middle English in 1481 by William Caxton. The work is a tri-part encyclopedia of the seven liberal sciences (grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy), as well as an accounting of the regions and populations of the known world at the time, the passage of the sun, moon, stars, and planets, the nature of heaven and hell, and the arrangement of the known universe.
This work has been transcribed from the 1481 Caxton manuscript and translated into modern English to make it accessible to modern audiences and to help shed a light on the scientific understanding of the world that western Europe had during this period.
Jakob Sutor's New Illustrated Fencing Manual
Genre: History
Jakob Sutor's 1612 "New Künstliches Fechtbuch" (New Illustrated Fighting Manual) was one publication of many on the subject being printed at the time in Europe, this one focussing primarly on fighting with the long sword, the dusack, the rapier, the staff, and the halberd. This manual has several collections of woodcut illustrations for each weapon and fighting type, demonstrating proper stances and techniques, as well as illustrating the different parts of the weapons and the different zones of the body to strike. The audience was both young aristocratic men who would be expected to duel with others of their station, as well as any who wished to join the military and needed to be well-trained in both offensive and defensive maneuvers with a variety of standard-issue weaponry.
