On the planet of Endonsha, a traveler named Alita gets caught in the middle of deadly tension between two settlements. The woman of action will have to set aside her usual straightforward ways to play diplomat while keeping her traveling companion and guardian Axen - a dragon - out of trouble. But somehow, trouble always seems to find them...Welcome to Endonsha, a planet inhabited by many races of people filling its single landmass. Oh yeah, and there are dragons. And magic. You know. Alita is content with her life of travel, never staying in one place for long, mostly to avoid drawing attention to the fact that she has a rather unusual traveling companion and guardian: a dragon named Axen. But Alita gets caught in the middle of deadly tension between two settlements, forcing her to set aside her normal life and stay put until they come to a resolution which will allow her the freedom to move on. The longer she stays, the more unsettled she feels, sensing that she’s forgotten about something important. About some reason why she stays in motion. About something that could destroy her entire world. Views: 625
A dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil warKhaled Khalifa's Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination.Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son, Bolbol, is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village of Anabiya. Though Abdel was hardly an ideal father, and though Bolbol is estranged from his siblings, this conscientious son persuades his older brother Hussein and his sister Fatima to accompany him and the body to Anabiya, which is—after all—only a two-hour drive from Damascus.There's only one problem: Their country is a war zone.With the landscape of their childhood now a labyrinth of competing armies... Views: 625
A love-starved young woman slips away every night to adventure with dragons, mermaids and even aliens but then she wakes up.A love-starved young woman slips away every night to adventure with dragons, mermaids and even aliens but then she wakes up. In this unusual, Christian sci fi fantasy novel, Cara Peirce wants to help people. She wants love but making connections in real life just isn't something she's good at. Through an unsettling turn of events, Cara finds herself a mostly-willing participant in a bizarre life in which she only feels truly alive in her dreams. Her surreal adventures in other realms seem important, somehow. And, almost every night, she dreams of the same guy - Blaze Saxon. In the end, only whispers remain. But the end is only the beginning. This is the story of a faded dreamer. Views: 625
Angela was delighted with her purchase from the local auction room, a large floor-length antique mirror. She had waited a long time for one so magnificent to grace her house but little did she know that the Mirror had not come into her home by chance: another world awaited her. As she is getting ready for work one morning, a voice from the mirror called her name.This book is a journey that will be different for every one: a personal, insightful adventure that can grow your spirit and feed your soul. It is a fusion of adventure and contemplation, written to be both uplifting and thought provoking. It explores life, relationships, acceptance, intuition and the importance of being you, along with other insightful and inspirational thoughts such as the Tapestry of Life and the Understanding of the Soul. It enables the reader to take from its pages as little or as much as they want to support their own life’s journey.Whilst writing this book, I often wondered about my ability to be the one to convey all that is written within these pages. I didn’t set out to write a book, nor did I know that this was what I was meant to do. However, when the words just kept flowing from my pen to the paper, it felt like they were being given to me to pass on to others. I was being helped to use my life experiences and difficulties to bring wisdom for others to use if they wished to do so. ‘The Mirror’ was down on paper within 6 months and I was ignorant enough at the time to think that it was finished. It has actually taken 3 years to complete and to be what you have before you today. I felt compelled to write these words for you and wanted them not to be prescriptive but more about planting seeds of thought that may enable you to bring out the best in your life and, along the way, grow your soul to become the best you can be. This book is part of my life journey: I hope it can be part of yours. Views: 625
"Hard to Breathe" is book two in the Drake Cody series. Drake's desire to "do the right thing" pits him against ruthless individuals and some of the most powerful elements in medicine, law and business. Murder and ever-increasing danger arethe result. Views: 625
Retired and sitting in a restaurant in San Francisco, there's an earthquake. They say your life flashes in front of your eyes when death threatens. When Bill is rescued, his descendants try to kill him. Discoveries by an astronomer seldom turn the world upside down. Is greed the only reason? He sends them a message stating that he only wants to enjoy his retirement.After years of searching the sky's and a successful career, something finally caught Bill's eye. Discoveries by an astronomer seldom turn the world upside down. Read My Mine first, for background.He had his son's education and life planned out, but years ago when his son married, he rebelled. Could and would he help him now? Family is usually something you can depend on. Retired and sitting in a restaurant in San Francisco, there's an earthquake. Bill is wheelchair bound at the age of eighty-three, because he lost a leg in Thailand. They say your life flashes in front of your eyes when death threatens. When earthquake victims are rescued, they are moved to a safe location, right? However when Bill is rescued, his descendants try to kill him. He sends them a message stating that he only wants to enjoy his retirement. Is greed their only reason? Who will help him? Aderes is repaired. The crew is safe. However, they've heard nothing from the third platoon of Section J at Safehaven. Their battle is over, but they're not headed toward Safehaven, or even the asteroid belt. They're headed into interstellar space, without enough fuel to return safely. Views: 625
World famous competitive skydiver and coach Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld presents proven tools and techniques for success and explains how they can be used in everyday life. Dan survived a plane crash from which sixteen of the twenty-two people on board were killed. He was left critically injured and woke up from a six-week-long coma with a broken neck, broken skull, severe head trauma, a collapsed lung, and other serious internal injuries. Against all odds, Dan recovered and went on to become one of the greatest competitive skydiver in the world. With the love and support of friends and family, Dan was able not only to resurrect his life but return to skydiving to achieve greater heights than he could have ever imagined. His techniques and methods for excelling are applicable to all people, no matter their goals. Dan uses his experiences to teach the lessons he's learned—as a competitor, coach, business owner, father, and husband—to help others achieve their dreams,... Views: 624
A dark retelling of The Little Mermaid from the author of HUNTING MONSTERSI suppose if this is going to be recorded somewhere for posterity, I should set the record straight. The ghostwriter will probably cut it all, but hey, it's the principle of the thing.Dr. Cadence Mbella is the world's most celebrated scholar of the atargati: sentient, intelligent deep-water beings who are most definitely not mermaids. When Cadence decides to release a captive atargati from scientific experimentation and interrogation, she knows her career and her life is forfeit. But she still yearns for the atargati—there is still so much to know about their physiology, their society, their culture. And Cadence would do anything to more fully understand the atargati... no matter what the cost. Views: 624
The man's become inhuman ... He has cut himself off from his kind. His blood be upon his own head.' One night in the depths of winter, a bizarre and sinister stranger wrapped in bandages and eccentric clothing arrives in a remote English village. His peculiar, secretive activities in the room he rents spook the locals. Speculation about his identity becomes horror and disbelief when the villagers discover that, beneath his disguise, he is invisible. Griffin, as the man is called, is an embittered scientist who is determined to exploit his extraordinary gifts, developed in the course of brutal self-experimentation, in order to conduct a Reign of Terror on the sleepy inhabitants of England. As the police close in on him, he becomes ever more desperate and violent. In this pioneering novella, subtitled 'A Grotesque Romance', Wells combines comedy, both farcical and satirical, and tragedy - to superbly unsettling effect. Since its publication in 1897, The Invisible Man has haunted... Views: 624
