Not all legends are born of lies ...Bjorn Kyvansson was never supposed to outlive his brother.After his older brother Sterlig dies on the mysterious island of Eydis, it falls to Bjorn to avenge his brother. But Bjorn, along with his abusive father and his anxious mother, is content to suffer with his lot in life. That is, until Arja Freydottir, Sterlig's beloved, decides she wants to go to Eydis. Bjorn reluctantly agrees to accompany her, knowing he has no right to Arja, as Sterlig's intended bride, no matter how much he loves her himself.But as Bjorn and Arja spend time together preparing to face the dragon of Eydis, it becomes clear that it is not a matter of honor keeping them apart, but the truth. From award-winning, genre-hopping author C.S. Johnson, The Legend of Eydis is a standalone story that blends history, fantasy, romance, and adventure with Vikings, dragons, demons, and a captured princess. Views: 631
Loner Clint Bolton runs a successful sheep ranch in Falling Star, Texas. His life is organized and calm, and he likes it that way. But when he brings in bubbly accountant Daisy Banks to help him with his books, his calm, organized life is soon turned upside down. He keeps putting up walls, and she keeps knocking them down.Things become even more complicated when a local foster boy starts hanging around the ranch. Soon, Clint finds himself spending time with the boy and wondering if maybe he could be the type of dad he never had. Perhaps it's possible for him to have a forever family after all. Views: 631
Set against the unexpected splendor of an ostrich ranch in the California desert, April Dávila's beautifully written debut conjures an absorbing and compelling heroine in a story of courage, family and forgiveness. When Tallulah Jones was thirteen, her grandmother plucked her from the dank Oakland apartment she shared with her unreliable mom and brought her to the family ostrich ranch in the Mojave Desert. After eleven years caring for the curious, graceful birds, Tallulah accepts a job in Montana and prepares to leave home. But when Grandma Helen dies under strange circumstances, Tallulah inherits everything—just days before the birds inexplicably stop laying eggs. Guarding the secret of the suddenly barren birds, Tallulah endeavors to force through a sale of the ranch, a task that is complicated by the arrival of her extended family. Their designs on the property, and deeply rooted dysfunction,... Views: 631
Life in Singapore is good, sometimes even—dare we say it?—absurd. In Singapore Siu Dai, Felix Cheong, with a little help from illustrator PMan, finds humour in the everyday. From our kiasu behaviour to weird geographical boundaries called GRCs and OB markers, no quirk is left unturned. Views: 631
At the heart of Necromunda, a sickness festers.Where the word of Helmawr is law, many go hungry... but murder is cheap, and meat is everywhere, for those willing to take it. While the nobles of the spire sit and watch, bloody-handed gangers fight in an endless battle for survival.The venator Yar Umbra cuts a swathe through Hive Primus, chasing the promise of escape from Necromunda. A Cawdor juve, desperate to prove himself, finds a statue of the Emperor that will change his life forever. A Corpse Guild drudge learns what his superiors are desperate to keep forbidden. And Caleb Cursebound, ninth most dangerous man in the underhive, thief of the Hand of Harrow, flees to the remote mining settlement of Hope's End, pursued by those who would see his reputation forever tarnished... Views: 631
A deeply moving account of one man's return to the German town where he first pursued a career in winemaking, and his attempt to reckon with the mental illness, alcoholism, and enduring relationships that defined the most formative chapter of his life.After an attempted suicide by hanging—with his son in the next room—author Patrick Dobson checks into a mental hospital, clueless, reeling from bone-crushing depression and tortuous, racing thoughts. A long overdue diagnosis of manic depression offers relief but brings his confused and eventful past into question.To make sense of his suicide attempt and deal with his past, he returns to Germany where, three decades earlier, he arrived as twenty-two-year-old—lost, drunk, and in the throes of untreated mental illness—in search of a new life and with dreams of becoming a winemaker. The sublime Mosel vineyards and the ancient city of Trier changed his life... Views: 631
His father taught him to see the stars as Galileo saw them. But those stars, they are scattered at random and are not as they appear. They are only in their current configuration seen from our vantage point. We may be standing on the shoulders of giants or stepping high to follow giant bootprints. Whether you trace your family one generation or ten, your life is the result of decisions that were made before you were born and without you in mind. And yet, you are the heir of those decisions. Sacrifices for the better and mistakes for the worse are notes played alone in the vast emptiness. Yet, woven in time, they create a symphony heard only when, with a backward glance, we understand how those notes reverberate within us. Views: 631
