Five years in hiding. Five years in which Professor Kurou has thought only of revenge on the man who left him maimed. Now, small-town inventor Victor Michin needs Kurou's help. The shadowy figure hiding out in the town's derelict district is a genius with machines, and only Kurou's skill stands in the way of a devastating, inhuman army on its way to annihilate the town and everyone in it. The army is savage. It is deadly. It shows no mercy or remorse. And at its head is a old foe, a man who will stop at nothing to see Professor Kurou dead. Perhaps Kurou's chance for revenge will come after all ... Views: 462
Autobiographical spiritual memoir providing an account of how the author rediscovered and fully embraced her Catholic faith after decadesas a self-proclaimed atheist. Begins with her childhood in NewOrleans, when she seriously considered entering a convent. As she grewinto a young adult she delved into concerns about faith, God, and theCatholic Church that led her away from religion. The author finallyreclaimed her Catholic faith in the late 1990s, realizing howmuch she desired to surrender her being, including herwriting talent, to God. Author: Anne Rice Format: 256 pages, hardcover, 8.5 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches Publisher: Random House ISBN: 9780307268273 Views: 461
Rome. 1959. Count Dracula is about to marry the Moldavian Princess Asa Vajda - his sixth wife. Journalist Kate Reed flies into the city to visit the ailing Charles Beauregard and his vampire companion Geneviève. Finding herself caught up in the mystery of the Crimson Executioner who is bloodily dispatching vampire elders in the city, Kate discovers that she is not the only one on his trail. . . Views: 461
Lily Bard heads home for the holidays. Lily heads to her hometown of Bartley for her estranged sister?s Christmas Eve wedding. But there is something in the air besides holiday cheer?there?s murder. And Lily must work fast to clean up the messy case before her sister promises to love, honor, and obey a killer. Views: 461
There are many reasons to jump off a bridge, but Rylee Sutton only needs one. Her husband's betrayal. Just before she leaps, she receives an email from a stranger. The boy's message is meant for his dead girlfriend, but his anguish speaks to Rylee. It saves her life. Over the next decade, Tomas Dine continues to email his dead girl. As he evolves from a teenager into a hardened, vicious criminal, Rylee is there, reading every intimate word. He doesn't know she exists. When she comes forward, he despises her, his cruelty unforgivable. But she doesn't back down. In a carnal battle of punishment and passion, hatred dominates. Until he loses her. Amid looming danger and unsolved murders rises a devotion forged in strife. Love is lethal in his ruthless world. To survive it, they must fight for answers—and each other. DELIVER series (HEAs with no cliffhangers - must be read in order): Deliver #1... Views: 461
Two Lost Souls continues the tale of Incident at Monticello. The Chosen words series is a sequential series. All books are meant to be read in order. Two lost Souls continues to follow the Rengaws and friends. Also their enemies. New characters are introduced. New story lines develop, and a unique perspective is introduced. The creative writing style of Scott D Wagner flourishes in this novel.Dear reader, just a reminder, the Chosen Word series is a true series. For purest enjoyment, understanding the characters, and following the wonderful story, Incident at Monticello should be read before Two Lost Souls.Two Lost Souls is the second book in the Chosen Words series. It is the follow up novel to Incident at Monticello. Enjoyable, humorous, and character driven, it is written with the unique Scott D Wagner flair. Having read Incident at Monticello, you know the touch of his style. Continue your journey with the Rengaws and their friends. And let’s not forget their enemies. This great story adds characters and twists forward in new directions. Enjoy the ride.Dear reader, just a reminder, the Chosen Word series is a true series. For purest enjoyment, understanding the characters, and following the wonderful story, Incident at Monticello should be read before Two Lost Souls.Two Lost Souls is the second book in the Chosen Words series. It is the follow up novel to Incident at Monticello. Enjoyable, humorous, and character driven, it is written with the unique Scott D Wagner flair. Having read Incident at Monticello, you know the touch of his style. Continue your journey with the Rengaws and their friends. And let’s not forget their enemies. This great story adds characters and twists forward in new directions. Enjoy the ride.Dear reader, just a reminder, the Chosen Word series is a true series. For purest enjoyment, understanding the characters, and following the wonderful story, Incident at Monticello should be read before Two Lost Souls.Two Lost Souls is the second book in the Chosen Words series. It is the follow up novel to Incident at Monticello. Enjoyable, humorous, and character driven, it is written with the unique Scott D Wagner flair. Having read Incident at Monticello, you know the touch of his style. Continue your journey with the Rengaws and their friends. And let’s not forget their enemies. This great story adds characters and twists forward in new directions. Enjoy the ride.Dear reader, just a reminder, the Chosen Word series is a true series. For purest enjoyment, understanding the characters, and following the wonderful story, Incident at Monticello should be read before Two Lost Souls.Two Lost Souls is the second book in the Chosen Words series. It is the follow up novel to Incident at Monticello. Enjoyable, humorous, and character driven, it is written with the unique Scott D Wagner flair. Having read Incident at Monticello, you know the touch of his style. Continue your journey with the Rengaws and their friends. And let’s not forget their enemies. This great story adds characters and twists forward in new directions. Enjoy the ride. Views: 460
So often we don't realize what we have until we've lost it.During a weekend trip to save his failing marriage Donald discovers this truth after he and his wife are involved in an accident.A passionate love story about a young couple struggling to overcome the difficulties in their courtship and keep the faith.Caught in the aftermath of the Civil War and laboring to earn a living from the land, Ralph Wade’s life is in turmoil. Ralph finds solace in the company of a saloon girl after asking for Leann Clark’s hand in marriage only to be refused by her father. Leann doubts Ralph’s love when his involvement with the disreputable lady leads to a failed promise to court Leann and win her affection from a man with a job and regular income. Ralph Wade is caught in the struggle of rebuilding a productive life during reconstruction in rural Missouri. He works hard to farm several acres of land with limited funds and resources. Ralph desires to marry Leann Clark, the girl he has loved since boyhood, but Leann’s father will not consent to the marriage. John Clark says Leann is too young to wed at sixteen years old, and Ralph cannot support her. Ralph’s faith is tested when he ventures inside a saloon for solace in the bottle and meets a woman, Pearl, who finds him attractive. Pearl’s self-proclaimed boyfriend dislikes her attentions to Ralph and starts a brawl. His sheriff friend stops the fight and rescues him from the man’s anger. Conflict arises when Ralph breaks a promise to court Leann because of his relationship with the saloon girl and a problem she causes. Leann Clark is caught between her love for Ralph Wade and her father’s wishes. Leann desires to marry the love of her life, but her father refuses to give his consent. She doesn’t understand her father’s objections since he and her mother married at a young age. John Clark desires Leann to favor the attentions of a man with more means, but she cannot give her heart to anyone but Ralph. Her faith in Ralph’s love is tested when she learns of his involvement with a distributable woman, and he breaks a promise to her. She decides to find out for herself the reason behind Ralph’s broken promise and discovers the goodness of his heart. Leann’s best friend tries to separate her from Ralph, but she clings to her faith and belief in his love. Leann’s determination to discover the truth behind his broken promise leads to a stronger bond in their relationship. The novella introduces the characters and setting of the Wades of Crawford County series. Views: 460
The dead. The undead. Those who wish they were dead. They're all here, along with a legend from a Pacific island, a legend from beneath a Pacific island, and much, much more. Frogs and dogs, knaves and slaves, and maybe a smidgen of real but impertinent food. Extend your imagination and have a nibble. You'll come back for more.Includes the never before published story "Fetched." Views: 460
It is 1962, and Elisa Esposito—mute her whole life, orphaned as a child—is struggling with her humdrum existence as a janitor working the graveyard shift at Baltimore’s Occam Aerospace Research Center. Were it not for Zelda, a protective coworker, and Giles, her loving neighbor, she doesn’t know how she’d make it through the day.
Then, one fateful night, she sees something she was never meant to see, the Center’s most sensitive asset ever: an amphibious man, captured in the Amazon, to be studied for Cold War advancements. The creature is terrifying but also magnificent, capable of language and of understanding emotions…and Elisa can’t keep away. Using sign language, the two learn to communicate. Soon, affection turns into love, and the creature becomes Elisa’s sole reason to live.
But outside forces are pressing in. Richard Strickland, the obsessed soldier who tracked the asset through the Amazon, wants nothing more than to dissect it before the Russians get a chance to steal it. Elisa has no choice but to risk everything to save her beloved. With the help of Zelda and Giles, Elisa hatches a plan to break out the creature. But Strickland is on to them. And the Russians are, indeed, coming. Views: 460
A boy has an encounter with a man who causes extinctions of other species, so he grows up to be a man who documents (and thus appeals for a halt to) those extinctions. This dark fantasy tale is unlike Clive Barker's other recent ones: it is more tightly plotted, and more of this world. In a sequence of well-executed stories within stories (comparable to Russian dolls), Barker unfolds a compelling examination of what it means to be human, to be a man, and to be a gay man--on a planet where aging, disease, and death bring "the passing of things, of days and beasts and men he'd loved." A satisfying long novel packed with vivid images, memorable characters, and a melancholy mood that reaches for hope. Views: 460
Originally published in 1962 and re-issued in 1974 and in 1983, Ellison Wonderland contains sixteen stories with copyrights ranging from 1956 to 1961. This edition contains an Introduction written for the 1974 edition and updated for the 1983 edition.
This collection was among Ellison's first and it shows a writer with a wide-ranging imagination, ferocious creative energy, devastating wit and an eye for the wonderful and terrifying and tragic.
Among the gems are "All The Sounds of Fear", "The Sky is Burning", "The Very Last Day of a Good Woman" and "In Lonely Lands". Though they stand tall on their own merits they also point the way to the sublime stories that followed soon after and continue to come even now, more than forty years later. Views: 460
Technology meets morality when Jenny looses her only friend, a raven she's called Jackal. Terrified and alone, she must choose between reentering the world or living the rest of her life in the dark.Jenny's Tale, Book One of the Foundlings of NIrvana, a science fiction short story collection suitable for those readers who love a good psychological horror story with their lunch. Technology meets morality when Jenny looses her only friend, a raven she's called Jackal. Terrified and alone, she must choose between reentering the world or living the rest of her life in the dark. Views: 460
