A prequel to a new series written by a young, emerging author.Duval's a marvelous planet. It has kingdoms, which are ruled by kings. Revolutions are bound to happen and are often a surprise. Trene White is a victim of a surprise revolution. Can he endure the rebellion?The first book is already available, and the author is hard at work on the second one. It can be read as a stand alone.A prequel to a new series written by a young, emerging author.Duval is a planet with marvelous creatures and plants. Danger is around every corner, yet it is peaceful. The people of Duval are called Duvalians. Duvalians have special powers they call transformations. Duval has kingdoms, which are ruled by kings. Revolutions are bound to happen and they are often a surprise. Trene White is a victim of a surprise revolution. Can he endure the rebellion?The first book is already available, and the author is hard at work on the second one. The first book can be read as a stand alone. Views: 345
Samuel Hopkins Adams was an American writer best known for investigative journalism in which he exposed multiple public-health issues. Adams was also a prolific author of biographies and mystery novels. The Flying Death was Adams\'s first novel and one of his best known mysteries. Views: 345
An elf of the Wildlands recounts his adventures in this fantasy short story.An elf of the Wildlands recounts his adventures in this fantasy short story.Jhinn, an elf from the wooded area known as the Wildlands, has lived an adventurous life. A master with a bow, he has joined forces with a human army to rid the forest of savage trolls. During training, he falls in love with a female warrior named Aurelle who has taken up her axe in defense of their homeland. After the battle, the pair journey together to begin new lives, though Jhinn prefers a life of crime.Follow along as they embark on an adventure full of excitement, greed, and tragedy. Views: 345
In this story of male friendship, Fearnley reproduces the cadences and rhythms of rural life and offers insight into a provincial male world seldom explored in recent New Zealand fiction. Best friends Warwick and Dean live in rural Southland. Dean, a farmer, is single and lonely - if only he'd admit it to himself. Warwick is caught between his love for a place and his love for Sabine and Ecki, his estranged wife and child now living in Germany. Dean observes Warwick's struggle but has problems of his own: a domineering father he neither loves nor respects, and on-going feelings of guilt and grief for his brother. Suddenly, Sabine and Ecki return to New Zealand, bringing the past with them to threaten the fragile worlds Warwick and Dean have created for themselves. Views: 345
THEIR SOULS, REAWAKENED.THEIR POWER, UNMATCHED.THEIR BATTLE, IS ONLY BEGINNING.THEIR SOULS, REAWAKENED.When 13-year-old Lilix Morgan is found alive and floating on a bed of ice at sea, everyone counts it a miracle. Kidnapped nearly four weeks earlier, she remembers nothing of her mysterious abduction. When she tries to remember what happened, she hears only a melody – a faint and delicate set of notes, strung together in a tune she doesn’t understand. THEIR POWER, UNMATCHED.A year later and desperate to put the lingering nightmares of her past behind her, Lilix crosses the country to enroll at Baelmorte Academy, aiming to become the violinist she once dreamt of. Things seem to be finally going well, and Lilix settles into a routine of sheet music and inspiration among new friends.Then the dreams start. The melody and night terrors she thought she’d left behind return with a vengeance, threatening to ruin her fragile version of normalcy. Then an unlikely ally tells her that she isn’t alone. That there are others just like her, fighting to hide their own shocking truths from coming to light. That they know who she is, and what she’s been through. Now, accompanied by four other girls, Lilix discovers her nightmares are larger than a single trauma; they’re a window to a hidden part of her soul, a place of immense power with a destiny that cannot be ignored. THEIR BATTLE, IS ONLY BEGINNING.With this knowledge comes a new and frightening reality. For Lilix has been reawakened to stop an age-old enemy, one thought to have been destroyed centuries ago. Trapped by her destiny, Lilix is torn between what feels right and what she remembers. Her memories tell her of a star-crossed love waiting to be reunited, of friendships and trust broken in the past. But can she save that love when reality brings her an enemy, and an evil that will be the undoing of them all if they don’t destroy it? Views: 345
Sarah Flynn's dreams come true when she makes the varsity cheer squad at Stewart Falls Academy. And wonder of wonders, the guy she's obsessed with, Jason Phillips, the new football captain, finally has time for her. He claims to "love" her as much as she adores him. However, things aren't as perfect as they seem.No matter how hard she tries, she can't make him happy and when he's not happy, nobody is. As the days go by, it grows more and more difficult to explain her injuries. She knows she shouldn't be battered by someone who supposedly cares about her, but how can she change Jason? And more importantly, how will she get out of this relationship alive? Views: 345
Selena Spinoza's life is very normal—that is as normal as it can be with a friend named Moonflower and peculiar pets. Then Xavier arrives. Everything changes. Quirky. Funny. Intensely romantic. This deep lovestory is magical.Gawain was not only Arthur's champion, he was the champion of the ladies as well. He loved many women, but none too much -- until one of his lovers told him she intended to marry another man. Now, a year later, he is running away from his disappointment, traveling north to fight against a mysterious warrior who has taken the hill-fort of the lady Ragnell. But there is a mystery to Ragnell too, the beauty with the ravaged face. And Gawain learns he must solve both mysteries, that of the warrior and that of the lady ... Gawain and Ragnell is a short story of approximately 17,000 words, or 65 pages.Publisher's Note: Gawain and Ragnell is an expanded version of an episode in Shadow of Stone, so readers who have read the second novel of the Pendargon Chronicles will already be familiar with the story. The ebook includes an excerpt from the first book in the series, Yseult. Views: 345
Isabel Allende-the New York Times bestselling author whose books, including Maya's Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, and Zorro, have sold more than 57 million copies around the world-demonstrates her remarkable literary versatility with this atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco
The Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, have always had each other. Yet, while their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian. Long divorced from Amanda's father, she's reluctant to settle down with either of the men who want her-Alan, the wealthy scion of one of San Francisco's elite families, and Ryan, an enigmatic, scarred former Navy SEAL.
While her mom looks for the good in people, Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature, like her father, the SFPD's Deputy Chief of Homicide. Brilliant and introverted, the MIT-bound high school senior is a natural-born sleuth addicted to crime novels and Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.
When a string of strange murders occurs across the city, Amanda plunges into her own investigation, discovering, before the police do, that the deaths may be connected. But the case becomes all too personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother's disappearance be linked to the serial killer? Now, with her mother's life on the line, the young detective must solve the most complex mystery she's ever faced before it's too late. Views: 345
As Matilda Warner reminisces back over her long life she remembers her wedding day, the day her life was made complete. She knows that true happiness is not found in a jeweller's glass case, nor is it found in the bottom of a gift wrapped box. For Matilda, her Nirvana was found in the look of unconditional love and passion on her beloved's face.Everyone in the quiet little nursing home has their perfect, blissful moment of happiness to accompany them into their twilight years. And for Matilda, hers is her wedding day. The wonderful day that she finally got to be with her beloved. Under a glorious Australian summer sky she married the love of her life, despite the prejudice and narrow-mindedness of the small country town gossips. Views: 344
what if you had the power to shoot beams of power out of your hands? Skyrid was just an autistic boy until Cithians attacked his hometown, Siraka. Unknown to Skyrid, there is power inside him just waiting to come out. What will happen when his power is released? And, will Siraka ever be return to it's former glory?The moon is falling. The shift is tearing apart the transportation infrastructure, and the population is stricken with "moon sickness" - literal lunacy.Charlotte, Lawton, and Fisk are friends. They met in a writing workshop when the news of the moon's fall was only mentioned on the late-night conspiracy shows. While lunar cults pray for the intense celestial coitus of Luna's impact with Earth, all Fisk wants is Charlotte.MOON SICK is a surreal short story by Aniko Carmean, author of MIXED MEDIA and STOLEN CLIMATEs. Views: 344
