"Why doth treason never prosper?Because if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
Humanity has reached out into space and settled nearly three hundred worlds, but all is not well in the Human Sphere. The United Nations is locked into a war with the Colonies, entire worlds are being devastated by war, civilisation is on the verge of falling apart and Earth is on the verge of complete environmental collapse. The war is unwinnable, yet the UN has no choice, but to keep fighting. The Political Class will not accept a defeat. It would mean the end of their power.
A new recruit into the United Nations Peace Force, John Walker, is the only man who can save humanity—at the cost of everything he’d ever loved. This is his story.
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Issue #66 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Marie Brennan and Heather Fawcett. Views: 52
Nearly 100 stories from over 40 tribe-related myths of creation, tales of epic deeds, ghost stories and tales set in both the animal and human realms.Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore LibraryFrom the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 52
Master storyteller Vincent McDonnell relates the exciting story of Ireland from the earliest times, as Stone Age settlers arrived 9,000 years ago, through to the present day. From the building of the mysterious and magnificent tombs, such as Newgrange, to the arrival of Christianity, Ireland's history is unfolded: invasion first by the Vikings, then the Normans, and the beginning of English rule. Conquered by a foreign nation and brutally oppressed, devastated by the Great Famine, the Irish refused to yield and eventually won freedom. Views: 52
At sixteen, Trudy Baxter is tired of her debutante mom, her deadbeat dad, and her standing reservation at the juvenile detention center. Changing her name to Trudy Sin, she cranks up her major chops as a singer and starts a band, gathering around other girls ill at ease in their own lives. Cassie Haywood, would-have-been beauty queen, was scarred in an accident in which her alcoholic mom was killed. But she can still sing and play her guitar, even though she seeks way too much relief from the pain in her body and her heart through drugs, and way too much relief from loneliness through casual sex. Still, it's Cassie who hears former child prodigy Harumi Yokoyama playing in a punk band at a party, and enlists her, outraging Harumi's overbearing first-generation Japanese parents. The fourth member is Esther Shealy, who joins as a drummer in order to be close to Cassie—the long-time object of her unrequited love—and Harumi, her estranged childhood friend. Together, they... Views: 52
"I didn't see Rebecca die the second time."The United States military hides a secret: the completely real existence of eat-your-brains, one-bite-and-you're-dead zombies. The Army has known they exist for over a hundred years, and has been quietly and expertly keeping the secret.Until now.His hometown destroyed, with everyone he has ever known dead and gone, the sole survivor of the massacre at Fall Creek joins a secret military group to combat the single greatest threat our world has ever faced. Unfortunately, his help may come too late. Even as victories over the walkers mount, the seeds of our ultimate doom are sown from within, and at the last, only a brave few may survive to carry on. Views: 52
Girls ages 4 to 6 will love joining Barbie and her sisters as they celebrate the perfect Christmas! This Step 2 reader is based on Barbie's direct-to-DVD holiday movie, Barbie: The Perfect Christmas.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 52
This deadly masquerade... It was by far the most dangerous thing Heather Buchanan had ever done. In a desperate attempt to save everything that was precious to her, she had been forced to go undercover, to unearth the secrets of the most mysterious - and compelling - man she had ever known. But the closer she came to the disturbingly handsome Court Gabriele, the less she understood. Was he the ruthless criminal he seemed, or was he playing a game every bit as deadly as her own? All she knew for certain was that, against her will, she was falling deeper and deeper in love with this man who must surely be her enemy... Views: 52
In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss's wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: a convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit.In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago. But in a few hours--if Steve Everett can't find the evidence to stop it--a needle is going to pierce Frank Beachum's skin.The killing machine is primed. The executioner is waiting. And so is the priest. Now the clock is ticking down and the race is on--between the reporter and his demons, between the system and its lethal flaws, between the last innocent man and society's ultimate crime . . . .From the Paperback... Views: 52
The "Clifton Chronicles" is Jeffrey Archer's most ambitious
work in four decades as an international bestselling author. The epic tale of
Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the chilling words, 'I was told that
my father was killed in the war'. But it will be another twenty years before
Harry discovers how his father really died, which will only lead him to
question: who was his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who
worked in Bristol docks, or the first born son of a scion of West Country
society, whose family owns a shipping line? "Only Time Will Tell" covers the
years from 1920 to 1940, and includes a cast of memorable characters that "The
Times" has compared to "The Forsyte Saga". Volume one takes us from the ravages
of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide
whether to take up a place at Oxford, or join the navy and go to war with
Hitler's Germany. In Jeffrey Archer's masterful hands, the reader is taken on a
journey that they won't want to end, and when you turn the last page of this
unforgettable yarn, you will be faced with a dilemma that neither you, nor Harry
Clifton could have anticipated. Views: 52
Join Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Rex and the rest of the gang in eighteen stories about your favorite characters from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story franchise! Views: 52
