This is the unknown story of the winter war, where kingdoms and sorcerers sacrifice their lives to prove themselves what is Change and Peace. The story follows the Queen of Leischen, Snow Voucha Sophixzel, who hid her identity from the Chrystalian nation. She is a half widyel, a winter sorcerer. Her family's fate comes to death. She must face Eric, the bringer of destruction, the so-called 'False God', as he killed tons of people in every places. Some were traitors, some serve loyalty. Some were lost, and some died from sacrifice. Nobles and sorcerers, bloodshed and death. As the nation of Chrystalis will go down the hell, who would let it rise again? Who will change it? The war is here. Winter has come!

As witnessed in landmark criminal cases, the quality and integrity of bloodstain evidence can be a crucial factor in determining a verdict. Since the first edition of Interpretation of Bloodstain Evidence at Crime Scenes was published nearly a decade ago, bloodstain pattern interpretation has continued to grow as a branch of forensic science. Revised and updated to reflect new technology and developments in the field, the second edition is packed with new information and illustrations-including 421 photographs and diagrams of improved quality that will aid in interpretation of evidence. Expanding on a single chapter presented in the bestselling first edition, the second edition details, in four chapters, an introduction to bloodstain interpretation; low-velocity impact and angular considerations; medium and high-velocity impact; and the significance of partially dried, clotted, aged, and physically altered bloodstains in four new chapters. A full chapter on the detection of blood with luminol, featuring high-quality, full-color photographs of luminol reactions, has been added. This new edition also includes 12 new case studies in addition to 8 original case studies from the first edition that have been retained for their interpretative value. Everyone involved in crime scene evaluation and interpretation-law enforcement officers, criminologists, medical examiners, forensic pathologists, medicolegal personnel, and prosecutors and defense attorneys-will benefit from the improved and expanded second edition of this definitive reference.

Bloodstain evidence has become a deciding factor in the outcome of many of the world's most notorious criminal cases. As a result, substantiation of this evidence is crucial to those on either side of the courtroom aisle. The challenge is to obtain an authoritative reference that provides the latest information in a comprehensive and effective manner. Principles of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: Theory and Practice presents an in-depth investigation of this important subject matter. A multidisciplinary approach is presented throughout the book that uses scene and laboratory examinations in conjunction with forensic pathology, forensic serology, and chemical enhancement techniques. Emphasis is on a thought process based on taxonomic classification of bloodstains that takes into account their physical characteristics of size, shape, and distribution, and the specific mechanisms that produce them. Individual chapters analyze case studies, with two chapters specifically discussing the details of legal issues as they pertain to bloodstain pattern analysis. Information highlighted throughout the book includes an examination of bloodstained clothing and footwear and information on bloodstain interpretation for crime scene reconstruction. Dramatic color images of bloodletting injuries, bloodstains, and crime scenes are also presented to compliment the technical content of this resource. Features § Provides 500 full color photographs - the first bloodstain pattern book presenting dramatic full color images of bloodletting injuries, bloodstains, and crime scenes § Contains appendices with scientific data that includes trigonometric tables and metric equivalents, as well as crime scene and laboratory check lists, and biohazard safety precautions § Discloses court decisions relating to bloodstain pattern analysis and presumptive blood testing § Written by authors with many years of experience in the field, and features chapters contributed by qualified and respected forensic scientists and attorneys

Sheriff Burt duchamp is still the useless and bad-tempered one he's always been, even ten years after all those deaths in that cold winter of 2017. reluctant to use new technologies for the investigation of crimes, in a world where identification is done with simple mobile devices, Burt decides to keep his felt hat and the gift of Peter Bray, who has to face again, the ghost of the past. It all begins with the murder of a woman, but soon after some elderly people in the city of Boad Hill are disappearing and someone avidly looks at the photographs of the young women murdered in the three seasons of the year. Is Jack Feather Feet back from beyond? Who is the killer this time? An unprecedented Psychological thriller that closes the saga "The cold winter."

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Mystique is a vampire with skill; able to use witchcraft and her survival instinct to avoid her death sentence. On a personal hunt to find the one who murdered her parents, Mystique begins to discover that the past is never forgotten and danger is always lurking in the shadow of her decisions. And when her sister suddenly disappears, the search becomes more deadly than ever…