21 Vignettes and Short Stories set in Faith Hunter’s World of Thorn St. Croix.
The Rogue Mage world began long ago, when the epic battle between the High Host and the Darkness was won and lost. TRIALS takes fans of Thorn St. Croix into the past, before the opening pages of BLOODRING. These stories, set in Faith Hunter's Rogue Mage world, are adventures with new characters and old, facing dangers unimaginable. And they must save the world all over again.
If you ever wondered what happened between seraphs, kylen, second-unforeseen, mages, seraph-touched, spawn, humans, dragons, and their creatures before the series, now is your chance to delve deeper and wider. TRIALS features new short stories from nine authors—including Faith Hunter—and vignettes from the Rogue Mage role playing game.
TRIALS will be followed soon by TRIBULATIONS, and then by the omnibus TRIUMPHANT.
TRIALS Authors: Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, Lou J Berger, Ken Schrader, Spike Y Jones, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Christina Stiles, Tamsin Silver, Melissa McArthur.
TRIBULATIONS Authors: Faith Hunter, Jean Rabe, Spike Y Jones, Christina Stiles, and Lucienne Diver. Views: 490
The Fairies Tales: Kharon.Upon landing, the ferryman slowly held out a skeletal hand.Payment to cross was due.The Fairies Tales: Kharon, is largely dependant on a Fairy Tale of 'The Devil and the Three Golden Hairs'. With a twist of course. Anyone who is interested in Myths and Legends will appreciate this story. Kharon (Charon) is the ferryman of souls across the river Styx. Kharon carries these souls to their final resting place. But have you ever heard the tale of how he became the carrier of those souls? Views: 490
The author of the award winning, smash bestseller, I Let You Go, propels readers into a dark and claustrophobic thriller, in which a normal, everyday woman becomes trapped in the confines of her normal, everyday world ...
Every morning and evening, Zoe Walker takes the same route to the train station, waits at a certain place on the platform, finds her favorite spot in the car, never suspecting that someone is watching her ...
It all starts with a classified ad. During her commute home one night, while glancing through her local paper, Zoe sees her own face staring back at her, a grainy photo along with a phone number and listing for a website called findtheone.com.
Other women begin appearing in the same ad, a different one every day, and Zoe realizes they've become the victims of increasingly violent crimes - including rape and murder. With the help of a determined cop, she uncovers the ad's twisted purpose ... a discovery that turns her paranoia into full-blown panic. For now Zoe is sure that someone close to her has set her up as the next target.
And now that man on the train - the one smiling at Zoe from across the car - could be more than just a friendly stranger. He could be someone who has deliberately chosen her and is ready to make his next move ... Views: 490
'One of the finest short story writers of the twentieth century' - Joyce Carol Oates Mary Lavin is ranked amongst the greatest short-story writers of the twentieth century, and remains a titan of Irish literature. First published in 1967, In the Middle of the Fields explores lives that are multi-layered and secretive, peculiar and intimate, and offers a window into the quiet tragedies and joys of human life. This collection is a profound example of Lavin's unique control, insight and subtlety. For the first time in decades, and with an introduction by Colm Tóibín, the Modern Irish Classics series brings this hallmark collection to a new generation of readers. Views: 490
Love at First SnowFour years ago on Christmas Eve, NHL hockey player Blake Daniels lost his entire family in a float plane crash. Every Christmas Eve he mourns his losses by returning to the family vacation home in Sunset Harbor, Washington, his family's destination that fateful night. Only this year he's also mourning the loss of his hockey career and wondering what's left to live for. When he finds a kitten starving and half frozen in a foot of snow, he rushes the tiny thing to the local animal hospital.Still reeling from the unexpected loss of her father on Christmas Eve two years ago, Dr. Sarah Whitney opens the door to her clinic and finds a rough and tough professional athlete holding a minuscule kitten in his big hands. Only a miracle can save the frozen creature and only a miracle can heal the devastating losses suffered by both Sarah and Blake. But Christmas is the time for healing and miracles if only you... Views: 490
Catherine Lea and Brakelight Press are thrilled to bring together New York Times and USA TODAY Bestsellers Russell Blake and Diane Capri, along with Amazon #1 Bestseller Joe Konrath, Edgar nominee and Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller Austin Camacho, short story multi-award-winning author Arthur Kerns, plus Cat Connor, J.H. Bogran, Mark Bastable, Helen Hanson, Jerry Hatchett and Ken Isaacson in a collection of riveting thriller crime reads. Views: 490
A Texas high school student who has a chance encounter with the daughter of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and thinks he is in love. He knows there is no hope for such a long distance relationship but can't shake the feeling that she is his soul mate.Trouble in Trinidad is the story of an American high school student, Kevin Wells, who is wounded while thwarting an attempted assassination of the Prime Minister of Trinidad-Tobago. While he is recovering he is visited by the Prime Minister's daughter, Kiran Shah, and falls in love. When he is summoned by the FBI to go to Trinidad he is elated because he will be able to see Kiran. What he doesn't know is that the rebel party responsible for the assassination attempt has vowed to kill him. Views: 490
THE THRILLER AND SHAMUS AWARD WINNING SERIES!When PI Dick Moonlight agrees to serve as the designated post-operative procedure driver for his sometime sidekick, Roland Hills, aka, Fat Elvis, little does he know that what awaits him inside the Albany Surgical Center is one of the most dangerous and bizarre hostage situations possible. Not only does a stunningly beautiful female inmate who's been transferred to the facility for a small operation shoot her law enforcement captors in cold blood, she or he as it turns out, won't agree to release any hostages until the doctors agree to give her a sex change. What follows is a volatile mess of viscous gun play, desperate hostages, and anti-police protestors. And did we mention the whole thing is being streamed live on Facebook?From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Vincent Zandri, comes the 9th episode in the Thriller and Shamus Award Winning series. For fans of bestselling hard-boiled mystery and... Views: 489
Only time will tell who the traitors really are…Sixteen-year-old Lucinda is getting the home-coming from hell. England is in the grip of the War of the Roses and her tyrant father has promised her hand to a vile man three times her age. In need of aid, she seeks sanctuary with an old childhood friend only to find him accused of treachery and harboring a supernatural secret.Only time will tell who the traitors really are…Sixteen-year-old Lucinda is getting the home-coming from hell. England is in the grip of the War of the Roses and her tyrant father has promised her hand to a vile man three times her age. In need of aid, she seeks sanctuary with an old childhood friend only to find him accused of treachery and harboring a supernatural secret. All too soon Lucinda is caught in a fight that’s not her own but, to be with the man she loves, she’ll gladly take up arms. When you stand at Traitors’ Gate, keep the vampires close, and the zombies as far away as possible! Views: 489
R. H. Scott's Chosen Soldiers is an intense look at a young woman's world shattering under the weight of its own illusions. A combination of military sci-fi and dystopian thriller, this is the perfect book for readers of Veronica Roth, Ally Condie, and Scott Westerfeld.After the missiles tore up the Earth, societies crumbled, leaving scattered patches of humanity struggling to survive. Slowly, a group came together, helping each other regrow a world worth living in.And then the Others attacked.Realizing the need to truly protect themselves, they formed the Academy: a place where young people could be built into an elite military force. The training is intense...and so are the consequences for failure.Sloan Radcliffe is not a failure. In fact, she's the best of the best—the girls' Senior Champion—and the only one who can match her is matched to her: her betrothed, Jared Dawson. They are... Views: 489
Andee shows off his new Animebot to his friends causing concern. Later, both Andee and Nayaa reveal a tremendous secret about themselves that will forever change the course of this story.Lightship Chronicles is a thrilling science fiction series set in an exotic otherworld location. It is a character driven story with young adult themes of romance, sexual growth and exploration, justice, right vs. wrong, and dealing with overwhelming challenges that life throws at us both physically and psychologically, all within the realm of having to deal with mysterious and powerful enemies. The characters are smart, strong, and confront their challenges in unique style and with a sense of humor. The story itself is very complex and in the early stages of a much greater universe to follow. So start reading now and grow with the story. It is filled with unique concept and ideas that you have not come across in any other science fiction story. I'm writing it chapter by chapter, LIVE, meaning I will post each chapter as I finish writing it. The chapters are long, so they each read like an individual short story, with each leading into the next one. I envision this series to be like a TV show, each chapter an episode of a continuous longer story that will grow and evolve over time to become a massive epic; and it is all FREE at the LightshipChronicles website. So check it out and join me on the adventure. I'm looking forward to your comments Views: 489
