Lady Arachne spins lies as beautifully as she weaves tapestries, but it’s her conceit that may be downfall. Challenged by the goddess Athena with a test of their skills, Arachne may have finally met their match. If she doesn’t learn to be humble soon, she may lose the chance to marry Prince Petros, whose dearest wish is to marry a kind-hearted lady.Lady Arachne spins lies as beautifully as she weaves tapestries, but it’s her conceit that may be downfall. Challenged by the goddess Athena with a test of their skills, Arachne may have finally met their match. If she doesn’t learn to be humble soon, she may lose the chance to marry Prince Petros, whose dearest wish is to marry a kind-hearted lady. ---- This is the first book of the Magical Tales of True Loves series. This series of bedtime stories features old and beloved characters of Greek mythology together with new princes and princesses to spark your child’s imagination. From retellings with strange and wondrous twists to completely new legends and adventures, this collection will surely serve as great bedtime entertainment for parents and children alike. The stories may also serve as a reading and vocabulary enrichment exercise as they have been deliberately made to contain new words that parents may teach their children. Views: 603
Part 2 of the Davron series. Captain Jazz Belle is feeling isolated, unsure of her own crew, and becoming doubtful of General Burns and the W S A. As her ship streaked through deep space towards Davron in the stolen Romulus, Belle was acutely aware she was on her own. The device called the HATED had killed its inventor but her only chance to survive was to use it herself. And if she survived...?Part 2 of the Davron series. Captain Jazz Belle is feeling isolated, unsure of her own crew, and becoming doubtful of General Burns and the World Space Authority. As her ship streaked through deep space towards Davron in the stolen Romulus, Belle was acutely aware she was on her own. Their one chance was for her to use her own abilities of meditation to use the device known as the HATED, a device responsible for the death of its inventor. If she could survive that, was it even remotely possible that they wouldn't be destroyed by Davron? Views: 603
The conquistador Hernán Cortés is hell-bent on conquering Mexico for the Aztecs’ gold. Having destroyed the Maya at Potonchan, Cortés now marches on Tenochtitlan, the Golden City of the Aztecs, wrapped in the aura of a returning, vengeful god.
His small force of just five hundred men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he commands. Cortés expects that the warlike Tlascalans, hereditary enemies of the Aztecs, will join him, but instead finds himself locked in a deadly struggle and a fight for his life. Even as Cortés risks all in the bloody campaign against the Tlascalans, he plays mind games with Moctezuma, aiming to dismantle the Aztec emperor’s confidence and defeat him psychologically before ever having to face him on the battlefield.
The supernatural and compelling rich history combine in this tale of love, brutal courage and triumphs. War God: Return of the Plumed Serpent is a story of staggering magnificence.
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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I this August, we proudly announce the publication of Flower of Iowa by Lance Ringel. In the tradition of historical novels about the epic war that tore Europe in half, Flower of Iowa is a sprawling tale of battle, courage, the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of love. This unforgettable book recalls Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, if that classic tale of love and war had featured two men at the bruised heart of the story.Taking place in France during the final months of the bloody war in 1918, Flower of Iowa focuses on American soldier Tommy Flowers. As the naïve young man struggles to learn how to be a good soldier, he becomes attracted to Nicole Lacroix, a young French barmaid. However, Flowers finds himself in a rivalry for her affections with his brash Australian lieutenant, Jamie Colbeck.At the same time, Tommy befriends British soldier David Pearson – a friendship that soon... Views: 603
Alias Meets The X-FilesWhat dark secret is the FBI’s newest recruit hiding? Dawn Dempsey, a brilliant scientist and martial arts expert is in for a rollercoaster ride on her first night with the FBI's alien hunters. This is the 1st of a dramatic pulsating new series of alien and paranormal mystery investigations, with an enigmatic character at the heart of the FBI's elite team.Alias Meets The X-FilesWhat dark secret is the FBI’s newest recruit hiding? Dawn Dempsey’s apartment is a shrine to a lost world and civilization. She yearns to see a once noble empire restored to its full splendor, and her mother ascend to the throne and take her rightful place as ruler of her people. Dawn, a brilliant scientist and martial arts experts, has a more immediate problem. An important phone call is late: has something gone wrong with tonight's planned rendezvous? When an FBI agent hammers on her front door, the night is about to get a whole lot worse for her. The FBI has captured a Greae alien, and a 10 year old boy is trapped inside the blazing wreckage of a spaceship. All the strings of a perfectly orchestrated and intricate plan look like they are about to unravel – unless Dawn can think on her feet, act swiftly, and deal with each new crisis as it erupts; even if it means resorting to murder. Alias meets the X-Files in a dramatic pulsating new series of paranormal mystery investigations, with an enigmatic character at the heart of the FBI's elite alien hunters. Views: 603
When Alex Price agreed to go to Ohio to oversee a basilisk breeding program and assist in the recovery of his psychic cousin, he didn't expect people to start dropping dead. But bodies are cropping up at the zoo where he works, and his girlfriend—Shelby Tanner, an Australian zoologist with a fondness for big cats—is starting to get suspicious.
Worse yet, the bodies have all been turned partially to stone...
The third book in the InCryptid series takes us to a new location and a new member of the family, as Alex tries to balance life, work, and the strong desire not to become a piece of garden statuary. Old friends and new are on the scene, and danger lurks around every corner.
Of course, so do the talking mice. Views: 602
In a city where the rich stage decadent parties as the poor suffer in squalor, where assassins prowl and king’s men keep order with truncheons and force, where gangs of children run like dogs and addicts die in the streets, a demonic strain has taken hold. The shape shifting priestess and priest of Erin have come to Dogsland stalking a fugitive, half-breed Senta Rachel Nolander, and plot to burn her to cleanse the world of her demon-tainted blood. Led ever onward by Rachel’s corrupted lover’s crying skull, Erin’s agents seek their hapless quarry, a frightened girl guided by one promise, one hope, one prayer… We Leave Together. Views: 602
It has been twenty-four years since the Peak Oil, and fourteen – since the world-wide economic collapse (and the Peak Everything.) No, there are no nuclear fall-outs and no zombies on the streets! The Civilization lives on. But: it is a very strange new world. In some ways – similar, and in some ways – totally different from our own. What does the future hold for us?This novel is both a classic police detective and a social science fiction. Or, you may call it a dystopian warning. As the name suggests, the action happens in not-so-distant future. The detective part is thrilling: an FBI Special Agent follows a serial killer case. In the science fiction part, the reader will not find any robots, or flying cars, or super-computers. The end of our world does not come from zombies raised from the graves (although one “zombie” is positively present.) There are no viruses that kill a person in under thirty seconds (although, there are viruses that positively can kill.) There are no continent-size volcanoes, asteroid showers and aliens from the outer space, and no Noah's Flood (although one flood is positively present, but very local.) Does not sound too scary to be a good read? Well, the global catastrophe described in the book is presently on-going! The world created by the author's imagination is remarkably similar and at the same time - remarkably dissimilar to our own, and yet – believable. Views: 602
Michal is a young boy longing to be reconnected with his father who escaped Poland during the communist 1980's. This short story explores the innocence of childhood set against a bleak and frightening environment. It also offers a glimpse into cultural identity, how it can encompass the simplest of things, things that are often lost or left behind in the process of moving on.Lessons in Eating Soup is set in Poland in the early 1980’s, during the aftermath of Martial Law. Michal is a young boy longing to be reconnected with his father who escaped the country some years prior, in search of a better life for his family. The story explores the innocence of childhood against a bleak and sometimes frightening environment. It is also a glimpse into cultural identity, how it can encompass the simplest of things, things that are often lost or left behind in the process of moving on. Views: 602
After a cataclysmic event claims Earth, twenty-two year old Brynna Olivier and the remaining survivors must travel to Pangaea, a newly discovered land far off in space. As the presence of mysterious natives threatens her new life, and the survivors split into two warring factions, Brynna must choose her side, all while contending with her dark past and her romance with an older man named James."Eternity" Series Book One:Brynna Olivier has always been more intelligent than everyone around her. A “genius,” a “prodigy” though she may be, she lives almost totally devoid of human contact by her own choice. That all changes one night on a street-corner in front of a bar in Washington, D.C. when she is approached by a suave, handsome older man for whom she feels an immediate attraction, certainly, but more so than that, about whom she feels curious. After he saves her from some other-worldly creatures he calls Reapers, he tells her that the world is going to end, and that the survivors will be traveling to Pangaea, a newly discovered, picture-perfect, seemingly uninhabited land far off in space.Quinn and Alice are staying at home alone on their Christmas break in a suburb outside of Baltimore, Maryland, when they are menaced by a creature that sits outside of their window every night, wanting to be let inside. After Quinn has a nightmare and discovers that the world is ending, he and Alice join the group of survivors departing the Earth. Once on Pangaea, they face trials that test their love and idealism.Violet is Brynna’s sister, and after having the same prophetic nightmare as Quinn, she helps gather up their other family members and make for the ship. In her new life on Pangaea, she grapples with her sister's complicated personality and her perceptions of their past, all while coming of age in this harsh and dangerous second home.As the new beginning of man is shattered, Brynna, Quinn, and Violet must face the familiar darkness that will soon consume their brave new world. Views: 602
The world's #1 Big-Data Detective returns in another unrealistic adventure. This time there are disappearing dogs, cars that won't start, and people who have been partially electrocuted, perhaps by God. Part Freakonomics, part Sherlock Holmes, part Doctor Who, part somewhere on the spectrum and 100% completely absurd, The Outlier series continues with "The Outlier #4, ZappersThe world's #1 Big-Data Detective returns in another unrealistic adventure. This time there are disappearing dogs, cars that won't start, and people who have been partially electrocuted, perhaps by God. Part Freakonomics, part Sherlock Holmes, part Doctor Who, part somewhere on the spectrum and 100% completely absurd, The Outlier series continues with "The Outlier #4, Zappers, another Dillon Sharif Tall Tale. Views: 602
New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux returns to the ruggedly magnificent island in For All Time, the second novel in her Nantucket Brides trilogy—this time featuring the next generation of her beloved family of Montgomery-Taggerts.
The wedding of Alix Madsen and Jared Montgomery is a glorious affair at an elegant little chapel in the woods, followed by dinner and dancing, all while moonlight blankets the festivities in a romantic glow. While most guests are fixed on the happy couple, Jared’s cousin Graydon can’t look away from a bridesmaid, Toby Wyndam. It’s not just her quiet beauty that enthralls him or the way she makes him laugh. Toby possesses the truly remarkable ability of being able to distinguish Graydon from his identical twin brother, Rory. According to family legend, such a gift marks her as Graydon’s True Love.
But Graydon knows there is no possible way that they can ever be together, for he is heir to the Lanconian throne and is to marry a noble woman who has been chosen for him. Yet, intrigued by Toby, he asks her to help him hide on Nantuck for a week away from regal responsibilities. In exchange, he’ll assist her with planning acclaimed novelist Victoria Madsen’s lavish wedding. Since they both know their union is impossible, the pair promises that they will never be more than just friends.
But there’s more going on between Graydon and Toby than her unique power to tell him apart from his twin. At work are forces beyond their control, which are ruled by time itself. Combine that with the magical island of Nantucket, and a seductive spell is cast over Graydon and Toby. If they are to be together, they must change what once was, as well as what will be. Views: 602
