Mainstream/Science Fiction. 70524 words long. First published in 2007, 2007 Views: 9
In T.M. Nienaber's debut novel a country is on the verge of an apocalypse after a politician, Kristopher, seeks out the help of a necromancer, Lucian, to make a campaign promise no one can match. As the two begin to disagree on the way the country should be run their fragile truce comes to an end and the country is launched into a civil war between Lucian's undead army and Kristopher's military.While this war is raging around him Lucian hears rumors about a strange compound on the edge of civilization. This compound has recreated Victorian England to use as a backdrop for a murder game and fake vampires. This news leads him to go on a quest to discover the truth about his partner, and Kristopher's former assassin, who was supposedly killed by Kristopher's men at the beginning of their war. Views: 9
THE AEGIS CONSPIRACY is a fictional account of a covert organization hidden within the Central Intelligence Agency. The cabal is composed of men who are convinced the policy precluding assassinations exposes the nation to grave peril. Ignoring established directives, these men quietly plan and cause the deaths of those they deem to represent a clear and present danger to the Republic. Clandestine Service Agent Den Clark joins with the conspirators but he becomes a threat to them. He is pursued by faceless enemies, intent upon his murder. THE AEGIS CONSPIRACY is a demonstration of Lord Acton's epigram - Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Views: 9
Alana faces her most difficult challenge yet - to master the tricky tango. As she and her friends at Step Out Studio struggle with the complicated moves, their new show is suddenly put in jeopardy. Madame Coco knows just what will help. Putting on one of her stunning tango costumes, Alana is magically whisked away to the back-streets of Buenos Aires in Argentina where she is taught the passionate story of the tango. Can she take all she has learned back home to help her friends dance a thrilling tango? Views: 9
In the blink of an eye, eight-year-old Chloe’s world changes. A car explodes in her midst, killing her father and leaving her mother to battle insanity. After a late night wandering, the child is soon privy to frightening information better left unsaid.Returning home for good eighteen years later, Chloe confronts the man responsible for murdering her father. A beloved man who has cared for her as if his own, supposedly wanted her as if his own. After a turn of serious events causes Chloe to lose her eyesight in a violent assault, she wonders just how loving the man really is.It grows increasingly obvious, amidst the massive house Chloe had thought to find refuge in, someone wants her demise. When the bomb doesn’t kill her, the knife to her throat hesitates. The knock to her head and a fall down the stairs doesn’t kill her, either, and Chloe wonders at the swirling deception. Damien, a powerful known assassin in his circle and Chloe’s childhood sweetheart, declares his love, and Chloe is dragged into the house of deceptions reluctantly. Her love of the man, the man’s love for her, possesses him to step into the role of the right-hand man, securing her safety from his powerful, wealthy Mafia family when he demands a wedding. But will it come to fruition?Dangerous intrigue, passionate sex, and wanton deception swirl amidst powerful players in this unique daring drama about a sensuous, strong woman, men, and life taken to wild heated extremes. You can’t run for your life when your life depends on your suspicious, relenting, unwilling but reluctant compliance... for the moment. Views: 9
Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums. Published for the first time in book form, Wake Up is Kerouac's retelling of the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for Enlightenment. As a compendium of the teachings of the Buddha, Wake Up is a profound meditation on the nature of life, desire, wisdom, and suffering. Distilled from a wide variety of canonical scriptures, Wake Up serves as both a concise primer on the concepts of Buddhism and as an insightful and deeply personal document of Kerouac's evolving beliefs. It is the work of a devoted spiritual follower of the Buddha who also happened to be one of the twentieth century's most influential novelists. Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha will be... Views: 9
AN EX-HUSBAND ON HER DOORSTEP... Devon Grayson thought her estranged husband had died seven years ago in a fiery plane crash--until she saw him on television! And though the stranger she confronted looked and sounded like her Geoff, he had no memories of their shared--and troubled--past. Still, Devon had to bring the prodigal husband home for the holidays when she learned someone wanted him dead. And soon she was experiencing a Christmas miracle beyond her deepest longings. Because a flicker of love still shone in his eyes. And now, without his memories, she was determined to make him stay...for love alone. Views: 8
Both novellas completely separate but about putting right the mess two men have made out of their lives. Views: 8
