West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare that culminates in a strategy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery...At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. Views: 49
Winner of the 2003 Barbara Savage Miles from Nowhere AwardA blend of romance, humor, and adventure on the Pacific Crest TrailWritten in "he said/she said" alternating chapters, this young couple each tell their own storyThey're not sure which came first—falling in love with each other or falling in love with the idea of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (the length of California, Oregon, and Washington). At the trailhead, the young couple was warned that there would be tears, that each would have to find their own separate pace, and that at times the tent would seem awfully small for the two of them. They were told that their biggest obstacles to success would be...each other.Their first surprise: freeze-dried meals do funny things to your GI-tract. Their first fight: when Angela noticed that Duffy's long legs propel him along the trail faster than she can muster. But on they pressed—encountering snakes, bears, and fellow thru-hikers with trail names... Views: 49
Enter the world of THE QUICKENING...In this superb trilogy, Fiona McIntosh weaves a gripping story of action and intrigue.Praise for THE QUICKENING:,∗'It's a "just one more chapter" sort of book. Don't start reading MYRREN'S GIFT in the evening if you have to get up early the next morning!' - Robin Hobb,∗'Fiona McIntosh is a seductress. I have not moved from the sofa in three days' - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD,∗'A romping good read... will have readers "hanging" for more' - GOOD READING,∗'Enchanting... McIntosh manages to sustain suspense while deftly handling a large cast of characters and an intricate plot' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY,∗'Relentless, twisty plotting... compulsively readable' - KIRKUS REVIEWS,∗'Stunning... Nothing short of astonishing. McIntosh weaves a captivating web of action, escapes, and intrigue from which... Views: 49
Two alien races lived under a single sun, someplace across the galaxy, sharing their world… sharing life itself. For they lived together in a partnership more perfect than any other known to the intelligences of the galaxy. Together, the two races became one, each deriving from the other that which made him greater than his individual self. Host and symbiote, they lived together, shared together… two bodies in one. For the one race was symbiotic, amorphous, able to enter the body of the other. Then one symbiote turned Criminal, and his race could not rest until he was tracked down. But the Criminal could hide in any living thing… and on Earth there were over two billion humans alone! HAL CLEMENT blends a masterpiece of science fiction with a story of pure detection to produce his best novel, and one of the most famous s-f novels of the past quarter-century. Views: 49
I work for the paranorm governing body, otherwise known as the Grand Collective. I have lived within their midst my entire life. I am not like them though, I am just human. My life is about to turn upside down. Do you want to join me for my new adventure? Who am I, you ask? That's simple, most people call me Slaughter, but you can call me Nyx. Views: 49
Eve, the first woman in the world, wants one thing. To find who killed her son, Abel, and make them pay. Down on her luck since she got thrown out of Eden, Eve combs the darkest corners of a godless no man's land on the trail of a killer. Could her own flesh and blood hold the key? Or has her own worst enemy slithered back into her life to finish what he started in the Garden? When Eve becomes the first detective in history, she might end up dead before she can solve the first murder mystery of all time. And snakeskin might be the last thing that flashes before her eyes... Views: 49
