Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize: From the creator of Luther comes a gripping tale of the deep bonds between father and sonAlways the Sun finds one man pushed past his limit, walking a wobbly line between safeguarding and carnage. While mourning the death of his wife and chasing away the darkness with a bottle, widower Sam looks for a fresh start. Dragging his frail thirteen-year-old son, Jamie, with him, Sam abandons their life in Hackney to return to his hometown. On the outside, things appear to be improving: Sam finds a job as a nurse at a local psychiatric hospital, his older sister continues to offer whatever emotional support she can, and Jamie enrolls at Churchill Comprehensive. But Jamie seems to be having trouble fitting in at school. A group of kids led by a particularly savage bully target the boy on his very first day, and the administration is apathetic at best and complicit in Jamie's continued torment at worst. A... Views: 40
Love Inspired brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. This Love Inspired bundle includes Bayou Sweetheart by Lenora Worth, The Firefighter's New Family by Gail Gaymer Martin and Season of Redemption by Jenna Mindel.Look for 6 new inspirational stories every month from Love Inspired! Views: 40
A medieval world, a expert in 21st Century Guerrilla Warfare. What would happen if the two combine?
Something dark is brewing on a planet far across dimensions, threatening to eat its way through the thin boundaries of time and space. On the planet Corvalis, just as war is near, the gods send a champion to defend the lands from evil.
A simple man from Earth, John is selected to inhabit the body of a warrior of this strange new world, in the hopes that he might guide kingdoms to not only victory, but also the survival of multiple races. He is the gods’ champion, and his arrival signals the precursor to a great unknown conflict. The Korath. The Illian. The Wolven. The Dark Ones. Kingdoms of different cultures and species clash as they struggle to learn about this new champion, and prepare for the coming conflict.
But John soon discovers that the gods do not always work together. Soon more champions arrive, and the inhabitants of Corvalis grow concerned. There has never been more than one champion. Ever. As the kingdoms wonder what disaster awaits them, fear grips the world, as tension mounts.
But John will not permit total annihilation to overcome the inhabitants of Corvalis for one very good reason. There is a United States Marines with a bad attitude, and no mercy, about to open up one huge can of whoop ass on their foes and the enemy doesn't stand a chance. Because Marines are always faithful!
Approximately 87,000 words.Professionally edited by Bill De Herder: Author of Creative Wordsmithing.
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In 1453 Constantinople is the jewel of the east. The city has stood for a thousand years despite nearly constant invasions and sieges. Now the city is a mere shadow of its former self. The Eastern Roman Empire, now known as the Greek Empire has faded away. Emperor Constantine XI must beg for aid from the west to save his city one last time. Constantinople is surrounded now by the vast and powerful Ottoman Empire. Mehmet II, young and rash, leads the most powerful army of the medieval world to the gates of Constantinople. Two leaders, two peoples, two faiths face each other in an epic struggle of survival. Views: 40
During ten long years of hard work Professor Theodore Sullivan has managed to do what no one else has come close to--see past Dr. Misha Collier's cold, robotic exterior and squeeze through all those carefully constructed autonomic walls she'd managed to build. Even though she's completely unaware of it, Theo considers her his, as do all of their colleagues. So when she proposes a slight experimentation in the name of science, who is he to turn her down? The fact that said experimentation involves them doing ever dirty thing he's ever imagined while recording it? Completely irrelevant...sort of... Views: 40
Invisibility is a state of being, but the winged charmer that flirts his way into her heart makes her want to show him everything.
Iridia has grown up invisible. To family, friends, co-workers, she is barely there. They haven’t noticed her in so long that the Volunteer project seems like the best method to deal with her issues. They see the potential in her and welcome her with open arms, basic training in combat and weapons, as well as etiquette for dealing with alien species.
Chosen to be a Guardian on a newly re-waking world, Iridia finds that she is the second Guardian chosen and the only girl on the team.
Zanthan has been waiting for her, so has the world beneath him. Tharos Prime swore never to have an Avatar again, but he never said he wouldn’t take two. Views: 40
Jeremiah ("Dog") Sheppard is a hard-working motorcycle shop owner with two grown sons. After serving his country in Iraq and coming home to raise his boys, Dog has built his business from the ground up. He’s loving, strong, responsible, dependable, and a great father, son, and brother. After getting his business off the ground, he feels strongly about helping local veterans and does so through an annual charity ride, The Veterans’ Ride, in which all money raised is donated to local veterans. Joci James is the single mother of a grown son, Gunnar. She has her own graphic design/marketing business. Joci meets Jeremiah when Gunnar starts working at the motorcycle shop and asks her to help plan the next Veterans’ Ride with them. The attraction and tension are undeniable. Joci has been cheated on in her past and is afraid of having her heart broken. She has a difficult time allowing her feelings for Jeremiah to grow. However, Jeremiah is persistent. This is a story of love and family, trust and devotion. Views: 40
Sam Sanderson is an independent, resourceful, high-tech cheerleader. She dreams of becoming an award-winning journalist like her mother, and so she's always looking for articles she can publish in her middle-school paper (where she secretly hopes to become editor). And with a police officer for a father, Sam is in no short supply for writing material.It seemed like the perfect opportunity.When an explosive device is found in the local theater, Sam gets the lead on this developing and controversial story —-controversial because the movie theater has recently come under attack by a renowned, outspoken atheist for allowing a local church to show Christian movies. Sam's police-officer father happens to be heading the investigation, and Sam can't resist doing some sleuthing of her own with the help of her best friend Makayla's techno-genius. But when Sam's theories end up being printed in the school paper, she lands in big trouble —-and danger! Views: 40
*Please note: This novella is roughly 30k words in
length, and is more fantasy than a historical. It is set in Scotland in
the Middle Ages, and holds some historical facts in it, but also has
references that are not for that time period. If you decide to read it
please go into it with an open mind.****
Bronson Lyon, Scottish leader and warlord of Clan
Lyon, has seen enough death to last a lifetime. He has battle scars that
would have killed a lesser man. After fighting for years to reclaim his
territory, he is ready to settle down and create a family. But Bronson
does not court or woo women. He takes what he wants, when he wants it,
and makes no apologies for the carnage left behind in his wake.When
a buxom and untouched redhead is brought to him as a potential bride,
he instantly wants to claim her. Genevieve's body was meant to bear him
strong, fearsome sons, and he will show her what it means to be owned by
a warlord.But there is still an enemy that wants to hurt what
Bronson holds most dear, and that is Genevieve, and the future Lyon clan
leader she carries. Views: 40
