Issue #145 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Seth Dickinson and Alex Dally MacFarlane. Views: 38
Her Scales Shine Like Music by Rajnar Vajra is a moving science fiction novelette about an encounter and budding relationship between two aliens, one human, who are the only living creatures occupying a planet in deep space. The human is assigned to guard a valuable find, while his colleagues leave, to file a report with the company that hired them.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Views: 38
"Let Donna Thorland sweep you back to the American Revolution, into a world of spies, suspense, skullduggery, and sex." —William Martin, New York Times Bestselling Author of Back Bay 1775, Boston Harbor. James Sparhawk, Master and Commander in the British Navy, knows trouble when he sees it. The ship he's boarded is carrying ammunition and gold...into a country on the knife's edge of war. Sparhawk's duty is clear: confiscate the cargo, impound the vessel and seize the crew. But when one of the ship's boys turns out to be a lovely girl, with a loaded pistol and dead-shot aim, Sparhawk finds himself held hostage aboard a Rebel privateer. Sarah Ward never set out to break the law. Before Boston became a powder keg, she was poised to escape the stigma of being a notorious pirate's daughter by wedding Micah Wild, one of Salem's most successful merchants. Then a Patriot mob destroyed her fortune and Wild played her false by marrying her best frien... Views: 38
The second instalment in the Ouroboros Series.
Have you ever thought “just my luck!” after dropping your communication device for the third time in a week?
Cadet Nida Harper, a recruit to the United Galactic Coalition Academy, has – and worse. So imagine her surprise when she is detailed for a mission to the dark and mysterious planet Remus 12. Strange things are afoot on Remus 12, a dust-bowl which according to legend bursts to life once every five thousand years – with deadly consequences for the galaxy.
So join Nida as she deals, using all her accustomed style and flair, with the presence of a strange and uninvited guest in her own head, a commander who is convinced she’s the Coalition’s worst recruit in one thousand years, and an uncomfortably handsome Lieutenant Carson Blake.
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“Dawn of the Dead meets Benefits Street” — Nathan Robinson (author of Starers)Nobody knows where they have come from. The police are powerless to stop them. Everyone trapped inside the Meadowside shopping centre is on their own, with no hope of rescue. With the whole of Yorkshire under attack, they are the lucky ones.Kylie and her friends from the council estate are shoplifting in Sportswear Direct when Meadowside is invaded by thousands of crazed killers with a taste for human flesh. Fighting to survive, she must choose who is most likely to be able to save her — an off duty policewoman, an aging skinhead in his sixties, or a psychotic football hooligan with a chainsaw.Marcus Blakeston takes his usual mix of characters from the underclass and stirs them into a near-future post-apocalyptic setting. Not for the faint hearted or easily offended, Meadowside contains graphic violence and swearing throughout. Views: 38
What are you willing to sacrifice for love?Your family? Your freedom? What about your life?She’s a wealthy, forty-three-year-old Upper East Sider with a PhD. He’s a twenty-three-year-old Dominican drug dealer from Washington Heights.Kate Champion always did exactly what was expected of her. She was the perfect wife, the perfect mother, until the day she met Jaylee Inoa.Their journey travels a path riddled with danger, deceit, scandal and loss, where nothing is at it seems. Yet Kate and Jaylee’s passion for one another remains nearly unstoppable.Will this daring pair of lovers from two different worlds triumph over circumstance? Can they deny the past in their quest to be together? Or is fear the ultimate navigator, a force more powerful than love? Views: 38
Los Angeles County park ranger, Jack Carter, is about to discover that not all is as it seems in his tranquil life. Once responsible for patrolling the many public parks, in particular the popular Griffith Park with its famous observatory and zoo, Jack is about to discover that a whole new kind of animal roams his woods. The undead kind. Now, with his daughter bitten, it's a race against time to save her - and stop a madman hellbent on destroying everything that Jack has fought so hard to save. With time running out, and a doomsday clock ticking, Jack Carter will sacrifice everything to save the ones he loves...even while the walking dead multiply...and grow hungrier and hungrier. Acclaim for the novels of J.R. Rain "Be prepared to lose sleep!"-James Rollins, bestselling author of Bloodline and The Blood Gospel "I love this!"-Piers Anthony, bestselling author of On A Pale Horse and Luck of the Draw "J.R. Rain delivers a blend of action and wit that always entertains. Quick with the one-liners, but his characters are fully fleshed out (even the undead ones) and you'll come back again and again."-Scott Nicholson, bestselling author of Chronic Fear and After: The Shock "Powerful stuff!"-Aiden James, bestselling author of Tyranny of Coins and The Forgotten Eden Views: 38