Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan: she wants to captain her own boat, not serve as second-in-command to her handsome yet clueless fiance. But her escape has dire consequences when she learns the scorned clan has sent an assassin after her.
And when the assassin, Naji, finally catches up with her, things get even worse. Ananna inadvertently triggers a nasty curse — with a life-altering result. Now Ananna and Naji are forced to become uneasy allies as they work together to break the curse and return their lives back to normal. Or at least as normal as the lives of a pirate and an assassin can be.
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It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this series. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla decide they can wait no longer and must retrace their journey into Iowa to find and bring back Alex’s parents to the tenuous safety of Illinois. But the landscape they cross is even more perilous than before, with life-and-death battles for food and power between the remaining communities. When the unthinkable happens, Alex must find new reserves of strength and determination to survive. Views: 522
By Colleen GleasonHolli BertramMara JacobsLiz KellyFour stories by four authors…one fateful New Year’s EveFour kisses at midnight…Three different sisters…Two old flames…One bet that drives it all!Four stories by four authors…one fateful New Year’s EveFour kisses at midnight…Three different sisters…Two old flames…One bet that drives it all!The Devine sisters return to their hometown for New Year’s Eve each year to attend the annual ball. Part of the tradition is their decade-old bet: whoever has no date at midnight has to kiss their nerdy neighbor Lewis Kampmueller.Tess—burned by love, the glamorous Broadway star isn’t interested in a repeat performance…until she encounters an old flame.Annabelle—when the local etiquette expert gets caught breaking the law, her heart might have to pay the price.Grace—the tough FBI agent has an easy time being one of guys, but is she woman enough to keep a man? Lewis—the shy nerd has made millions over the years…but is he smart enough to catch the woman of his dreams?Who will lose the bet but win out in love? Four charming stories written by four different authors about one fateful New Year’s Eve.The champagne is poured. The clock is ticking. Join the countdown! Views: 522
Granny Which Witch's original whopper as related to the author by the groom.Some people are more than they seem. Some are much worse. Some people are exactly as they appear, and they're often the worst sort.The groomsman is convinced to lead a rabble in arms to throw off the shackles of vampiric tyranny. All goes better than expected until he is appointed to find new royalty to replace them.Granny Which Witch's original whopper as related to the author by the groom who certainly should know better than any.Some people are more than they seem. Some are much worse. Some people are exactly as they appear, and they're often the worst sort.The groomsman is convinced by Lady Who the Enchantress to lead a rabble in arms for the purpose of throwing off the shackles of vampiric tyranny. All goes better than could have been expected until he is appointed to find new royalty to replace them.If you read Flat Fax and the Book of Doors and wondered whatever happened to the little piggies, read about the Hampires. But don't look in the mirror. Views: 521
A collection of 98 enthralling and pulse-quickening stories, spanning five decades, venerates the remarkable imagination of J. G. Ballard.With a body of work unparalleled in twentieth-century literature, J. G. Ballard is recognized as one of the greatest and most prophetic writers in the world. With the much-hailed release of The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard, readers now have a means to celebrate the unmatched range and mesmerizing cadences of a literary genius. Whether writing about musical orchids, human cannibalism, or the secret history of World War III, Ballard's Complete Stories evokes the hallucinations of Kafka and Borges in its ability to render modern paranoia and fantastical creations on the page. A Washington Post Best Book of 2009, Boston Globe Best Book, Los Angeles Times Favorite Book, and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book. Views: 521
A short fiction sampler. Each story is a quick and economical read - seven or fewer pages in length.In releasing this short-fiction sampler, I'm sharing my Southern roots.The American writer and literary critic Alfred Kazin once said, "The South has produced writers as the Dark Ages produced saints," and I believe there's truth in his words, for the writers who fired my imagination when I was growing up all hailed from down South.Each story is a quick and economical read - seven or fewer pages in length - and was inspired by true events. Views: 521
Two men, friends since childhood, turn on each other for a girl who likes them both equally. Going to great lengths for the girl, they go from friends... to enemies.How would you raise yourself?Your cloned child is a mirror, simultaneously reflecting who you are and what you might have been. It's potential was your potential. Can your clone achieve those dreams that fell to the wayside in your own life, or is it doomed to repeat your mistakes?Clones is a collection of speculative short-stories exploring the relationship dynamics between parents and their cloned children. It inspires speculation as it entertains, probing issues we will face in our lifetimes. Views: 521
Jordan Martin, a reporter from Chicago, holes up on an isolated farm in Nebraska to survive the undead apocalypse, hoping his wife will find him in the end of the world. The farm, however, turns out to have more surprises than the rest of the world.A young reporter from Chicago finds himself short of words when writing his most recent stories. The dead are rising.Cannibalism rampant. No one is safe. His plight worsens when his wife is trapped as mass transit is cut off to and from Chicago. Hoping to avoid disaster, Jordan flees to his childhood home and takes refuge at his estranged neighbor Harry's farm. Jordan attempts one last message to his wife, Chloe, letting her know exactly where he is. Unable to communicate further, he is stuck between searching for his wife or holding tight at the farm. But the farm holds more secrets than he thought, and Jordan will have to choose between his safety and Chloe's. Views: 521
John Hatro and his friend Mark discover indecipherable hieroglyphs while exploring in the Mayan city of Tik'al. They lead them to discover an unknown culture and a terrible curse, but are they really cursed, or simply mad?What if the girl you love, have something horror in the past? What if social stigmas in the society make marrying the one you love regard as a sin? Would you still have the guts to pursue your love, unravel the story of love with comic twist & a unique ending. Views: 521
Rel finally arrives in Vessit, chasing Rissad Van Raighan's secrets. Answers await him, but to get at them he'll have to deal with Dora's increasingly erratic moods, Taslin's unknowable motives, and the sinister Children of the Wild who guard Vessit's Abyss.And Rissad's purpose remains obscure. Why does he want to open the giant concrete door beneath the town, and what lies behind it?"The Heart of Stone" is a character novella filled with action, danger and drama. We follow our main character from the dark times of World War II up through a late '90's version of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in the Gothic underbelly of society. Filled with a violent present, destined to him from the horrors of his past we learn the history of Halen Marcus from his tragic upbringing until the moment of his damnation.Dark. Violent, with sexual overtones. Not suitable for all readers. Views: 521
Ancient gods. Modern war. And a star-crossed couple who could use some divine intervention. The day I was drafted into the army of the gods, all I knew about being a MASH surgeon was what I'd learned from Hawkeye Pierce and Hot Lips Houlihan. Now here I am, Dr. Petra Robichaud, in the middle of an immortal war, assigned to a MASH camp with a nosy sphinx, a vegetarian werewolf, and an uptight vampire who really needs to get a life. At least they're all too busy with their own dramas to discover my secret: I can see the dead. It's a forbidden gift, one that can get me killed, so I haven't told a soul. Until the arrestingly intense Galen arrives on my operating table, half-dead and totally to-die-for. When his spirit tries to slip out of his fatally wounded body, I impulsively slip it back in. Call it a rash resurrection. One I'll live to regret. Now Commander Galen of Delphi knows my secret, and he's convinced I'm part of an ancient... Views: 521
A visit to the mystical planet of Misty is a memorable experience. If Misty comes to visit you, your life will be changed forever.Interstellar Anthropologist Fortis Plimick surveys the mysterious planet which is truly alien, though everything seems rather mundane. He chooses to stay, enjoying the completely different life there, until he has to leave or die. But the spirit of the place never leaves him. Views: 521
