Starship pilot Alan Abrams crippled his younger brother Jimmy in a childhood scuffle, and spent his entire life trying to make up for it. But when humanity turns away from the stars, his career evaporates and he can no longer afford his brother's care.
Then Alan gets a mysterious offer to join an interstellar expedition searching for a long-lost starship. The paycheck will support his brother forever. The downside? An untrustworthy, fractious team. An evasive, domineering backer. And a murder attempt before Alan even
takes the offer.
Alan finds himself piloting a ship attacked by a hostile universe outside, and inside filled with sabotage, deceit, and murder.
For centuries, humanity sought intelligent life among the stars. Alan's expedition finds it. Unfortunately.
Amazon 5 star review - The protagonist has a lovely dark past. The science fiction has original ideas. The internal threats are all too human, the external ones solidly inhuman. The science fiction tinged with horror works on many levels. And there's sabotage, and trust, and arguments. Full of love and sacrifice and broken promises and secrets and the need to not only survive, go home again.
This book is about xenophobia. It's about the many ways we face the fear of The Other.
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Can their new love survive the scrutiny of the public eye?After his father’s heart attack, Australian Football League player Tyson Gaspaldi takes his parents on holiday to a small place at the New South Wales coast. One morning, following a surfing session, he comes across a crying woman on the beach. Everything about her intrigues him, and he can’t walk away. She’s not only sexy and humble, but, as he soon finds out, vulnerable as well. It’s only been a few months since Katie Cassidy lost her sister in a car accident. Still overwhelmed by the loss, a chance encounter on the beach with an attractive stranger awakens unexpected emotions inside her. She’s instantly drawn to his caring nature, but also his looks. However, Tyson’s past quickly catches up with them, causing Katie’s childhood demons to return, and the road to romance becomes anything but smooth. Views: 5
The Cricket on the Hearth is a novella by Charles Dickens, written in 1845. It is the third of Dickens' five Christmas books, the others being A Christmas Carol (1843), The Chimes (1844), The Battle of Life (1846), and The Haunted Man (1847). Views: 5
Fifty years ago, the world was almost destroyed by a chemical war. Now the world is divided: the mutants and the pure, the broken and the privileged, the damaged and the perfect.Thirteen years ago, a covert government experimental facility was shut down and its residents killed. The secrets it held died with them. But five extraordinary kids survived.Today four teenagers are about to discover that their mutant blood brings with it special powers. Rush and three brothers and sisters he can't remember. Two rival factions are chasing them. One by one, they face the enemy. Together, they might just stay alive . . . Views: 5
A Sons of the North Romance novel from Sandra Lake, author of The Warlord's Wife, who takes readers to 12th-century Scandinavia where two hearts clash in furious passion... The daughter of a Northern warlord, Katia is known as the Iron Princess for her mettle in battle. Headstrong and defiant, she instigates sword duels on a whim with little regard for her own safety. Katia would rather die on her feet as a warrior than live as a token wife and child bearer for a husband who keeps her castled as if she were a prisoner. Lothair is the illegitimate son of the Duke of Saxony, who was granted the title of baron, a castle and lands. Raised in an atmosphere of mistrust and deceit, he rejects the concept of husbandry and wants a life of purpose and sacrifice in the pursuit of security for the Baltic Sea. And when fate brings the Iron Princess and reluctant baron together, Katia and Lothair discover they are kindred spirits with fiery temperaments - and insatiable desires - to match... INCLUDES A PREVIEW OF THE WARLORD'S WIFE Praise for* The Warlord's Wife* "With compelling characters and a clever plot, The Warlord's Wife will appeal to readers obsessed with TV's Vikings, and who miss the classic Viking romances of Catherine Coulter or Johanna Lindsey." - Heroes and Heartbreakers"Lake's debut historical romance is sure to appeal to those who enjoy spirited heroines, grumpy alpha heroes, and a slow sweet journey to everlasting love." - Smexy Books "Man, this was a fun book! ... I cut my teeth on Johanna Lindsey, and this book reminded me so much of those experiences." - Dear Author** Sandra Lake is the author of The Warlord's Wife. She was raised in rural Canada and married her childhood sweetheart (who, like the heroes of her novels, is blond and on occasion shirtless). They are currently living happily-ever-after along with their musical sons and unruly husky. Views: 5
A pick-a-path series giving the reader the chance to make the decisions, and choose how the story goes! Phoebe and her boy-crazy bestie, Annabel, are so excited. They've been invited to a party, and all the cutest guys from Highgrove College are going to be there. But then Phoebe realises it's on the same night as her Wild Club's awesome movie night fundraiser. Phoebe doesn't know what to do.Until... 1. Annabel meets Phoebe's Wild Club friend Liam, and suddenly forgets all about the party. Sure, Liam is cute, but he's in the year above and has always just been a friend to Phoebe. So why does she feel jealous? And why is Liam acting so strangely around her? 2. She realises she can't abandon her friend. Annabel is desperate for Phoebe to go to the party with her. And besides, she's setting Phoebe up with Highgrove hottie Saia, and Phoebe is pretty excited about meeting him. But is the party all it's cracked up to be? Views: 5
In this short story by New York Times best-selling author Mary Kay Andrews, Atlanta private investigator/cleaning business owner Callahan Garrity knows there's something fishy when 70-year-old Miss Loudene Jenkins is found dead by the old mill, and the 1920s costume jewelry she loved showing off is nowhere to be found. Views: 5
