When Dalton’s family move to London, his girlfriend Fallon is heartbroken but promises her that, regardless of the physical distance between them, ‘love will conquer all’. Settling quickly into his new life he is soon seduced by another. In Karen Woods’ seventh novel, former lovers appear to be settled with new partners at different ends of the country but will fate take a hand? Views: 12
Genres and Themes: Sci-fi, Paranormal, Shifter, Vampire, Dark Desire (Vampiric Were-cats) For the price of their blood -- and their sex -- the Changelings protect the inhabitants of Chimera from things far worse than the denizens of this backwoods planet could ever imagine. When Taylon is captured and sent to participate in the Gathering, her first thought is to fight. And she has the means -- unlike the natives of Chimera she’s capable of resisting the compulsions used by these giant Vampiric Werecats. But how can she resist the seduction of the most handsome man -- Changeling -- she’s ever seen? Can she survive four weeks at his mercy -- and not want to stay forever? Views: 12
Winter 1793 - the Reign of Terror rips through revolutionary France, as every able-bodied man is pressed into military service. The city of Toulon has turned itself over to the British - the red ensign of Lord Admiral Hood's flagship, Victory, offering a defiant symbol of protection to its people. In Plymouth, Master and Commander Charles Hayden is summoned to the port admiral - his orders are to return to the ill-fated frigate, HMS Themis. Placed in temporary command, he is to join the escort for the last convoy of the season - braving the wintry seas to supply Hood's fleet in the Mediterranean. Hayden's uncanny knack for attracting the attention of the French navy sees the Themis thrown back into action only hours out of port. Soon, Hayden's captaincy and military skill are stretched to their utmost as he finds himself at the vanguard of this brutal clash of empires. Views: 12
When Sam's doctor advises him to lose weight for health reasons, he joins the local gym. His life changes more than he could have imagined when he meets gorgeous trainer, Luke, and his incentive to follow doctor's orders becomes the desire for a date with Luke. Luke reveals he likes Sam the way he is, but Luke has insecurities too, and at first it seems unlikely they will find love together. Views: 12
This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty short stories by more than forty masters of science fiction. Many of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s. Included within this work are stories by Ben Bova, Cordwainer Smith, Phillip K. Dick, Randall Garrett, Paul Ernst, Kurt Vonnegut, Harry Harrison, Jack Williamson, Lester Del Rey, Fredric Brown, Murray Leinster, C.M. Kornbluth, Walter M. Miller, Jr., Andre Norton, H. Beam Piper, and many others. This collection is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents: A Question of Courage, J.F. Bone The Duelling Maching, Ben Bova Keep Out, Frederic Brown Indirection, Everett B. Cole The Game of Rat and Dragon, Cordwainer Smith The World Beyond, Raymond Cummings Victory, Lester Del Rey The Defenders, Phillip K. Dick The Hammer of Thor, Charles Willard Diffin The Planetoid of Peril, Paul Ernst The Jupiter Weapon, Charles L. Fontenay This World Must Die, H.B. Fyfe Psichopath, Randall Garrett The Man Who Hated Mars, Randall Garrett Hawk Carse, Anthony Gilmore The Helpful Hand of God, Tom Godwin A Scientist Rises, D.W. Hall Monsters of Mars, Edmond Hamilton The Sargasso of Space, Edmond Hamilton The K-Factor, Harry Harrison The Misplaced Battleship, Harry Harrison Walls of Acid, Henry Hasse Old Rambling House, Frank Herbert Made in Tanganyika, Carl Jacobi Sight Gag, Lawrence Janifer Get Out of Our Skies, E. K. Jarvis Cubs of the Wolf, Raymond F. Jones The Cosmic Expense Account, C.M. Kornbluth We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong, Hardly, Roger Kuykendall The Great Potlatch Riots, Allen Kim Lang Gambler’s World, Keith Laumer No Great Magic, Fritz Leiber The Ambulance Made Two Trips, Murray Leinster The Leader, Murray Leinster The Mississippi Saucer, Frank Belknap Long Summer Snow Storm, Stephen Marlowe The Attack From Space, S.P. Meek The Great Drought, S.P. Meek Death of Spaceman, Walter M. Miller, Jr. The People of the Crater, Andre Norton An Ounce of Cure, Alan Nourse Image of the Gods, Alan Nourse A Slave is a Slave, H. Beam Piper Day of the Moron, H. Beam Piper Pythias, Frederick Pohl The Hunters, Joseph Samachson The Judas Valley, Robert Silverberg Project Mastodon, Clifford D. Simak 2BR02B, Kurt Vonnegut The Pygmy Planet, Jack Williamson Views: 12
When Lieutenant Matt Gallagher began his blog with the aim of keeping his family and friends apprised of his experiences, he didn't anticipate that it would resonate far beyond his intended audience. His subjects ranged from mission details to immortality, grim stories about Bon Jovi cassettes mistaken for IEDs, and the daily experiences of the Gravediggers—the code name for members of Gallagher's platoon. When the blog was shut down in June 2008 by the U.S. Army, there were more than twenty-five congressional inquiries regarding the matter as well as reports through the military grapevine that many high-ranking officials and officers at the Pentagon were disappointed that the blog had been ordered closed. Based on Gallagher's extraordinarily popular blog, Kaboom is "at turns hilarious, maddening, and terrifying," providing "raw and insightful snapshots of a conflict many Americans have lost interest in" (Washington Post). Like Anthony Swofford's Jarhead,... Views: 12
