Croyd brought peace to a warring world by means of his Comcord system. When a nation's discord quotient rose to the boiling point, Comcord would trigger the ultimate peace weapon called Z-sting. Z-sting would encapsulate the war-seeking nation, cutting it off totally from the world and from civilization. Comcord worked and peace had reigned for a century--until an inexplicable rise in militarism blew the terror whistle. It was up to Croyd who had created the system to find out what had gone wrong, but Croyd was by then a very ancient old man. Aided by his great-granddaughter, he undertook to prevent the Z-sting trigger from being falsely activated. To achieve this, they had to: Bring Croyd back his youth and vigor. Uncover the motive behind the war crisis. Find the trigger--hidden at the edge of the Solar System. Views: 584
In order to reclaim her throne and save her people, an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in the second book of this"relentlessly gripping, brilliant" epic fantasy series from a breakout author (James Islington).Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan. If Tau succeeds, the Queen will have the time she needs to assemble her forces and launch an all out assault on her own capital city, where her sister is being propped up as the 'true' Queen of the Omehi.If the city can be taken, if Tsiora can reclaim her throne, and if she can reunite her people then the Omehi have a chance to survive the onslaught.The BurningThe Rage of DragonsThe Fires of Vengeance Views: 584
A daring mission. A fight for their lives.Three months after the attack on the Twin Towers.Two days before Christmas 2001.One of Osama bin Laden's 'Phantom Fleet' is in the English Channel.Without any family of his own, Stirling Hunt is alone over Christmas, and the only one in camp when the emergency call comes through from Joint Forces Command.With half the Regiment away hunting Bin Laden in the sand and heat of Afghanistan, and the other half on leave, it's a race against the clock to save the country from a terror attack over the holidays.An emergency meeting is called while a surveillance aircraft tracks the MV Nisha off the French coast. A ship with a deadly cargo and carrying the destructive power equivalent to an eight kiloton nuclear bomb will be in London in less than 24-hours.Only one group of soldiers capable of pulling off the assault and stopping the attack.Their motto is 'By Strength... Views: 584
An alien assassin. A forgotten human. A planet determined to claim them both.
Since being kidnapped from Earth, Hanna has been treated as little more than a performing animal. Her latest indignity is being displayed in a cage in a seedy bar. When a massive alien warrior stops to examine her, she expects the worst.
To her shock, the warrior frees her instead. Scared and alone, she doesn’t hesitate to turn to him. But there are more surprises to come…
Aidon is running out of time. Although eliminating galactic scum is a profitable occupation, it takes a toll on his unique skills. He needs to return to his planet immediately. Acquiring a human female, no matter how tempting, was not in his plans. Yet now that he has her, how can he let her go?
She looks at him so trustingly - but his planet is a dangerous place, and she’s about to find out he’s the biggest predator of them all.
Each book in the Alien Abduction series can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy romance is intended for a mature audience only. Views: 584
They're both living a lieBut the passion between them is realUndercover FBI agent Fiona Evans is determined to bring down a deadly cult. But the cult leader's estranged son, Jake Anderson, warns her that she's in danger of being targeted. Jake can't believe he's attracted to someone who could fall for his mother's scam—until he suspects that Fiona is not what she seems. Then he discovers his secret ties to the Colton family... Can he trust anyone? Can he trust himself when the enemy chases them down? Views: 584
A thousand-year history of how China's obsession with silver influenced the country's financial well-being, global standing, and political stability This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with "white metal" held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song dynasty in around 900 CE, silver gradually became central to China's economic framework and was officially monetized in the middle of the Ming dynasty during the sixteenth century. However, due to the early adoption of paper money in China, silver was not formed into coins but became a cumbersome "weighing currency," for which ingots had to be constantly examined for weight and purity—an unwieldy practice that lasted for centuries. While China's interest in silver spurred new avenues of trade and helped increase the country's global economic footprint, Jin Xu argues that, in the long run, silver played a key role in the... Views: 584
After being away, unwillingly, for five years Royden MacKinnon returns home a far different man.Royden doesn't know what he'll find. He knows his brother Arran is still alive, but what about his father, his sister, Raven, and most of all what about the woman he loves... Oria. The attack that had ripped his family apart, seen his land confiscated, and the woman he has loved since he's been young lost to him, came on the day he and Oria were to wed. He and Arran had been forced to serve a mercenary group until recently when he was released and his clan and land returned to him. But why now? And what price was the cost of his freedom? Oria is shocked to see the man she loves from as long as she can remember standing in front of her. She had hoped and prayed for this day and it was finally here. But many things had happened in Royden's absence, things he needed to know and things she couldn't share with him, since honor bound... Views: 584
