When two alien friends desire nothing more than the respect from their peers, they will push themselves beyond the limit so they can be the last one standing in a dangerous local rite of passage that will test their courage, their will, and more importantly, their loyalty to one another."You Learn. You Work. You Fight."In spite her age, Aly should be the ideal Goolian combatant in her tribe. Her reaction time is faster than any adult. Her agility is off the charts, and she’s one of the top ranked sparring students in the entire village. If she could just fire a single beam of energy from her palms, like everyone else on her homeworld, she wouldn’t get pushed around, harassed in class, or long for acceptance. The Evaluations, however, can change that. If she can be the last one standing in a dangerous rite of passage that will put her years of training to the ultimate test, she’ll finally prove her worth to her people. Anything less, and she'll be the local outcast for the remainder of her life.There’s another person in the tribe longing for the same prize due to a similar dilemma, and it will take all of Aly’s strength to defeat her. There’s only one small problem. That person happens to be her best friend.Exciting, dangerous, and moving, Evaluations of the Tribe will take you on a gripping coming of age adventure*Novel contains science fiction violence and some mild language. Views: 498
Where THE CROWN OF TREMONTANE and THE SAGA OF WILLOW NORTH leave off, TALES OF THE CROWN begins...This spoiler-filled companion volume to the Tremontane novels contains stories, novellas, scenes, and excerpts that never made it into the books! Here you will find:Four new short stories revealing details of the lives of Willow, Zara, Telaine, and othersHalf a dozen scenes from the books, retold from other characters' points of viewAn alternate version of Rider of the Crown, told from Jeffrey North's perspectiveThe complete text of the four-part novella Exile of the CrownThe short stories "Long Live the Queen" and "Night Be My Guardian," previously published in Servant of the Crown and Agent of the CrownThe Tremontane Encyclopedia, with background information on the geography, history, and customs of the world of TremontaneWhen you've read the novels of Tremontane, pick up TALES OF THE CROWN... Views: 497
Having prevented the war between the witches and vampires, Gwen Sparks was ready to move on and heal. She thought she could go home and her life would return to normal—she thought wrong. Being a spirit walker offers her protection, but it also put her life in danger as others covet what she possesses. A bounty is placed on Gwen and rogues, who will stop at nothing to get the job done, relentlessly track her.With no choice but to head to New Orleans to retrieve a special dagger, Gwen comes face to face with the angel of Death and the feelings she has been denying. Living in a world where everyone has a motive, can Gwen trust her feelings for Dorian Hade? Views: 497
Who, exactly, is Jennifer Pasco? Cancer survivor? Retired super spy? Heroin addict living in Caliphate-occupied Britain? None or all three? Enter an entirely different kind of future in a story that races from beginning to end, without a pause to catch your breath or figure out the absurdities any quicker than she does. From the author of MacArthur's Luck, something completely different, and FREE.Who, exactly, is Jennifer Pasco? Cancer survivor? Retired super spy? Heroin addict living in Caliphate-occupied Britain? None or all three? Enter an entirely different kind of future in a short story that races from beginning to end, without a moment to catch your breath or figure out the absurdities any quicker than she does. From the author of MacArthur's Luck, here's something completely different. And best of all, it's free. Views: 497
The Eclective is a group of authors dedicated to the premise that The Story is The Thing, and classifications of genre are mostly a matter for bookshelves. While the following stories share a "Haunting" theme, they might variously be filed as Horror, Paranormal, Fantasy, YA, etc., or anything else. Our idea is that the story itself is more important than the label."Empty Vessel" by M. Edward McNally: Captain Wil has command of his own ship, the respect of his crew, and his wife is expecting their first child. But at sea, the winds always become calm just before the storm breaks."The Smell of Death" by Tara West: Maggie's unusual powers bring new threats to her already troubled childhood."Safe" by Emma Jameson: In Victorian London, a grave robber makes a nice living off the dead, until he opens the wrong crypt."Soulfully Sweet" by Shéa MacLeod: As if helping the living isn't enough of a pain in her divine hindquarters, Branwen (former goddess of love and beauty) is stuck helping the dead on All Hallow's Eve."May I Go Play?" by Heather Marie Adkins: Micah inherits a southern mansion where ancestors long dead relive their violent deaths. And now, they want company..."Blehdward, the Vampire who Couldn't Sparkle" by Pj Jones: Blehdward desperately wants to fit in with the cool vamps. If only he could learn how to sparkle."Franscesca" by Alan Nayes: Break a promise to a feiticeira and you will live to regret it."Soul Eaters" by R.G. Porter: Kaitlyn never believed in the existence of other worlds. Now she's in the middle of one where humans aren't the hunters but the hunted.The Eclective is a group of authors dedicated to the premise that The Story is The Thing, and classifications of genre are mostly a matter for bookshelves. While the following stories share a "Haunting" theme, they might variously be filed as Horror, Paranormal, Fantasy, YA, etc., or anything else. Our idea is that the story itself is more important than whatever label somebody feels like giving it, and by bringing our work together in collections like this one, we hope readers may find a story they might like. Even if it is not in "their" genre. Views: 497
Surrounded and trapped in the tunnels beneath the ancient ruined city, Kaela and the others must locate Helena and find their way out before they are overcome by the darkness that pursues them.Surrounded and trapped in the tunnels beneath the ancient ruined city, Kaela and the others must locate Helena and find their way out before they are overcome by the darkness that pursues them.The Outcast and the Survivor is a chapter-series that follows Kaela, a princess of the mythical kingdom of Kalepo. After her father's sudden death, Kaela is exiled from the kingdom by her older sister Mariam, who claims their father's throne within moments of his passing. By being made an outcast, Kaela is forced not only to say goodbye to her homeland, but also to all of civilization. Kalepo is known only to itself, meaning that Kaela should expect to find a world devoid of humanity beyond the kingdom's borders, but because of something her father whispered to her on his deathbed, she knows that there is more out there, a world of dark secrets for her to discover. The series was originally released one chapter at a time at the start of each month, but after Part I, comprising chapters 1-12, was finished in March 2016, it has transformed into a more standard series with longer releases. Part II, which comprises several more chapters, will be released in the summer of 2016. Views: 497
Agatha Bellinger is old-fashioned, ill-tempered, rich, and absolutely convinced someone is trying to kill her. After her suspicious death, a mansion full of greedy relatives are willing to swear that she was just imagining things - but kleptomaniac detective Felix Green and his associate, Sam Alders, know better. Together, the pair unravel the subtle plot behind old Agatha's murder and piece together her Death in Detail. Views: 497
From critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, Blackwater Falls is the first in a timely and powerful crime series, introducing Detective Inaya Rahman."A gripping and compulsive mystery, but much more than that: an exploration of faith, prejudice and fear of the unknown." —Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of the Vera, Shetland and Two Rivers seriesGirls from immigrant communities have been disappearing for months in the Colorado town of Blackwater Falls, but the local sheriff is slow to act and the fates of the missing girls largely ignored. At last, the calls for justice become too loud to ignore when the body of a star student and refugee—the Syrian teenager Razan Elkader—is positioned deliberately in a mosque.Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Seif of the Denver Police are recruited to solve Razan's murder, and quickly uncover a link to other missing and murdered girls. But as Inaya gets... Views: 497
Jennifer Nielsen awakens one morning to a life that doesn't belong to her. Thrown back eight years into a past she doesn't remember and again married to her ex-husband, she struggles to make sense of the situation that resembles something out of The Twilight Zone. Join her on the quest to find the truth--is she insane, is this a dream, or has she in actually traveled in time?Jennifer Nielsen awakens one morning in a room she doesn't recognize, and next to a sleeping man that she knows all too well -- her ex-husband. Terrified that she has made a horrible mistake, but unable to remember the details of how she came to reunite with him, she quietly attempts to escape only to find her eldest daughter asleep in another room. But on this morning, her daughter is a young child again and not the teenager she is certain she saw the night before. Now finding herself unexplainably thrown back eight years into a past she doesn't remember, again married to her ex-husband and a mother to only one child, she struggles to make sense of her situation and is determined to seek out the truth of how this new reality came to be. How can she be back in a different time in her life--one that she doesn't recall living? Where is her real husband and the daughter they have together? Is she having a mental breakdown? Does she have amnesia? Was the life she's certain she had, just a figment of her imagination or a vivid dream? Conventional doctors and rational explanations cannot provide the answers she seeks. Out of desperation she turns to Astrid, a local psychic, and together they unravel the mystery. Views: 497
OMEGA AND ALPHA: damaged by a too-close encounter, the ship is limping home to Earth…but will there be time? REST, MY BROTHERS: the last expedition to Mars is ready to come home…but where is home?“The last enemy to be destroyed shall be death”, wrote St. Paul in his letters. But what if someone has already managed to defeat it? Thirty-four years have gone by since an ingenious biochemist, named Louis Picard, invented the ultimate anti-aging drug in 1981, that is known as Telomerax. Louis was obliged to form a selected group of technology entrepreneurs, finance mavens, and secret service professionals to help strategically spread knowledge of the drug. The discovery of Telomerax carried obvious dangers with it, eventually leading to the collapse of society and the near-extinction of mankind, in the ruthless war that broke out. Survivors set out to design a new society, specially designed for the half-gods that individuals were becoming. An action-packed and thrilling apocalyptic novel, “The Last Enemy”, brings to light many issues that we face today, from the clash between the power of the state and the right of citizens, to respecting our limits and controlling the human drive to push ourselves beyond those very limits. Views: 497
This is book one of an exciting science fiction adventure series, spiced with mystery, an accidental trip to the moon, strange creatures, sunken ships, lost treasure, mysterious creatures of the ocean and shark encounters. It is written for readers of all ages, but with youth particularly in mind. Students, Teachers and Principals love the non-stop action and gems of history and science.From the back cover:Joseph and his dad could never have imagined that their summer trip to the west desert in search of geodes would have interstellar ramifications. Was it simply chance that Joseph’s pick struck the strange metal object, or could it be – Destiny? Joseph, Sharianna, Mom and Dad, and their heroic dog, Percy find themselves accidentally hurled into space where they discover what NASA has been trying to cover up for more than half a century.When they attempt to return home they learn that their incredible adventure has just begun, as they plunge into the beautiful tropical waters of the Pacific in a frantic attempt to escape the competing, desperate, clutches of the world’s superpowers.What unearthly mysteries, strange creatures, sunken ships and lost treasure wait to be discovered in the depths of earth’s oceans? Can they ever return home? Will they become permanent citizens of the deep? Or must they flee to the infinite reaches of space? Views: 497
When Owen finds himself stuck in a Pick Your Own Plot story, things get more complicated than ever in this fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves—which was called a “fast-paced, action-packed tale” by School Library Journal—from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy.
Being able to jump into books used to seem like the greatest thing in the world to Owen Connors. But now Owen’s trapped in a time travel book where readers—that would be you—decide how the story goes.
As if that weren’t enough, Owen’s also stuck in a prison for time criminals in a prehistoric era. He’s surrounded by bizarre fellow prisoners, including Kara Dox. How does Kara recognize Owen if they’ve never met before? She seems to think they’re old friends, but that can’t be possible. Still, Kara might just be the only chance Owen has to escape. And he has to find a way out to save his friend Bethany, who’s still in grave danger. Because unless Owen can stop him, Nobody is going to split Bethany into two, separating the fictional and non-fictional worlds forever.
Will Owen be able to convince you, the reader, to help him find his way back to Bethany? Or will you feed him to dinosaurs just to teach him a lesson? It’s all up to you when you Pick the Plot. Views: 496
