Preparing for an arranged marriage to Jamie Reed, the heir to the neighboring plantation, Hannah Madison knows her life is well ordered and safe. But that is before she first stumbles upon a seriously injured stranger in the Reeds' barn—before she is threatened by men determined to take the stranger into custody. Hannah names the stranger Adam. Will he ever remember his identity? What caused him to be horribly beaten? And why does he have a sense of urgency about unfinished tasks? Views: 16
A novel of the fantastic set in an imagined country in Europe An American writer of travel guides in need of a new location chooses to travel to a small and obscure Eastern European country. The moment Grafton crosses the border he is in trouble, much more than he could have imagined. His passport is taken by guards, and then he is detained for not having it. He is released into the custody of a family, but is again detained. It becomes evident that there are supernatural agencies at work, but they are not in some ways as threatening as the brute forces of bureaucracy and corruption in that country. Is our hero in fact a spy for the CIA? Or is he an innocent citizen caught in a Kafkaesque trap? Gene Wolfe keeps us guessing until the very end, and after. Views: 16
At Club Agony & Ecstasy anything goes. Explore your darkest erotic desire, your secret sexual needs. Power and control. Pain and pleasure. All are welcome and anything can happen. Five sexy stories of self-discovery and erotic excess. Views: 16
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Living with the Hawk explores the traumatic events in the life of Blair Russell, a high school football player who struggles to do what's right in tough circumstances. Key characters are his brother, Blake, the team's quarterback; Jordan Phelps, the star receiver, a kid with a need to control others; Paul Russell, his father, an Anglican priest; and Barb Russell, his mother. Blair is the subject of taunting and hazing, including physical intimidation on the football field by Jordan. His brother Blake used to stick up for him, but seems ambivalent about helping him now, a concern that Blair both resents and yet understands. At a football party where beer flows freely, Blair spots Jordan and a group of his laughing, drunken buddies, including his brother; he is shocked when he sees that they are urinating on a girl who has passed out. From that moment conflict grows between the brothers. In the backdrop to the event Blair begins to suspect that his brother is not who he thought... Views: 16
Take a trip to the South Carolina coast and indulge in the beautiful sunsets that lead to perfect Stargazey Nights.A call from the past and a mysterious inheritance bring Cabot Reynolds to a magical town and force him to make a decision that will change his life forever. Stargazey Point, once a slice of Southern heaven, is in need of tender love and care, something Cab learns he is in desperate need of himself. Stargazey Nights is a tantalizing glimpse into a world that will come to life in the forthcoming novel Stargazey Point. Views: 16
Fifteen all-new stories by science fiction's top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award winning editor Gardner Dozois Burroughs's A Princess of Mars. Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. Heinlein's Red Planet. These and so many more inspired generations of readers with a sense that science fiction's greatest wonders did not necessarily lie far in the future or light-years across the galaxy but were to be found right now on a nearby world tantalizingly similar to our own--a red planet that burned like an ember in our night sky . . . and in our imaginations. This new anthology of fifteen all-original science fiction stories, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, celebrates the Golden Age of Science Fiction, an era filled with tales of interplanetary colonization and derring-do. Before the advent of powerful telescopes and space probes, our solar system could be imagined as teeming... Views: 16
The young prophets of Delta Research struggle with the consequences of their talents as ConFree draws closer to the final struggle between the titanic forces of light and darkness. Yes, they can change the future. But questions arise - will the result be what they expect? Is it treason if you die for love? Is it suicide if you die for your squadies? Or, will the Blood March consume them all? Also by Marshall S Thomas - The Black March, Soldier of the Legion, Slave of the Legion, Secret of the Legion, and Prophet of ConFree. Views: 16
