Sometime in the future, the human race realizes how much the population is outgrowing the planet and decides to train people to go explore the galaxy to look for other inhabitable planets. The trainees are chosen for their intelligence at a very young age, then spend their entire childhood learning a skill such as medicine, engineering, physics, etc. When they reach adulthood, the best six of them are sent off to other star systems to spend the rest of their lives searching for a place that may be hospitable to humans. Views: 24
Over the course of two award-winning collections and a
critically acclaimed novel, The Croning, Laird Barron has arisen as one
of the strongest and most original literary voices in modern horror and the dark
fantastic. Melding supernatural horror with hardboiled noir, espionage, and a
scientific backbone, Barron's stories have garnered critical acclaim and have
been reprinted in numerous year's best anthologies and nominated for multiple
awards, including the Crawford, International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson,
Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy awards.
Barron returns with his third collection, The
Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All. Collecting interlinking tales of sublime
cosmic horror, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All delivers enough
spine-chilling horror to satisfy even the most jaded reader. Views: 24
Mark Appleton is living the American Dream. Beautiful wife, loving daughter, and a high paying job in New York City. But when his family are killed in a accident he must reinvent himself. A year later in the midst of putting his life back together, Mark finds out that his family was killed and it was...No accident. Mark will stop at nothing to hunt down the men responsible for the death of his family and what he finds will change his life forever. Views: 24
Wolves of Stone Ridge: Book Fifteen
Out of the cage: One can never be patient enough if it means earning the peace caused by true love
Raul Braga is finally ready to admit the reason he’s been so distracted of late is because of a man—but not just any man. Raul finds himself attracted to a wolf shifter named Sean Garcia who comes from a pack in Idaho. Even though his buddy has agreed to help him look into the shifter’s current whereabouts, Raul doesn’t have much faith that a member of the homophobic pack they’ve had problems with in the past would ever admit to being interested in him, too. Imagine Raul’s surprise when Sean shows up on his doorstep.
Sean claims that Raul is his mate, which explains the attraction. Still, Sean didn’t come alone. He has an infant girl with him. Sean is the legal guardian for his niece, Lily, who is his deceased sister’s cub. Now, Raul has to decide if he’s ready for not only a relationship with a male, but a male that comes with a ready-made family. Before he can start to figure things out though, Raul is sent away on an assignment. Although the kisses are mind-blowing, will they be enough to help him overcome his fear of settling down? Views: 24
Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy — until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save — or destroy — the Empire. Views: 24
No one understands why Shawn Gallagher, a talented songwriter, doesn't put his musical gift to profitable use - least of all Brenna O'Toole, a fiercely independent tomboy who has been secretly in love with him for years. But it is only when Shawn gives in to the mysteries of magic that he gets the chance to fulfill his destiny as musician - and a man. Views: 24
