BOOK FOUR OF THE GRAEME STONE SAGA:Continuing where From the Ashes left off, Stone's band of heroes are hurled through the void to land on Earth, scattered throughout time, where they face dangers galore as they try to survive.Gwenna, Alann, Marlyn, joined by a host of new characters. More action, more danger, more thrills. Old enemies and strange new foes standing in their way.Who will stand and who will fall? How will they cope in this new world? Will Stone fulfil his promise to find them, to bring them back and begin his great mission to save the Earth from the inevitable invasion of Those Beyond the Veil?Find out in Stone Rising: Book Four of The Graeme Stone Saga!!===========From atop one of the buildings that overlooked the bay, a great flash of orange, followed by the smell of ash and brimstone, blown towards them on the coastal breeze. From the cloud of smoke coalesced a beast from the darkest of nightmares, a horned figure that embraced every archetype of hell. The being loomed tall and mighty, its form rippling with muscle and barely contained sorcerous power. It surveyed them from its vantage point with eyes that glowed the red of fresh blood.It looked amused.“Humans,” it called out, its voice amplified by supernatural means to fill the bay in a crescendo of rumbling bass. “The chase ends now.”Arbistrath sneered, but he knew the beast to be right. This was it. This was where it ended. Faced with the horde before them, it was obvious that they had no hope. His cannon beeped morosely by his side, weary yet ready if called upon again. It would never give up on him. Neither would he, he decided. He would stay defiant till the end.He smiled as he called out in reply.“Come down here and say that!”The beast guffawed, its mirth echoing through the heavens like the rumbling of distant thunder.“Think not to goad me, child. I am above the taunting of a spoiled brat such as yourself. The young Lord Arbistrath; thinking yourself high and mighty because of chance of birth; thinking yourself the swaggering hero because you’ve been entrusted with a toy, the power of which you barely understand.” The beast fixed him with its red eyes and, despite himself, Arbistrath shivered in fear. The demon continued, smiling. “Make no mistake, mortal; these are your last moments. These are your last words. Choose them wisely, for the memory of them is all that shall soon remain.”The young Lord of the Tuladors glanced left. Marlyn looked at him, his youthful face bereft, now, of ideas, yet still set, still determined to fight alongside his lord till the last. He looked right, Reno there, and the others, all gazing at him, visibly shaken, terrified by the foes that faced them, yet each determined not to give way to their fears, even now. Even at the end.The beast called out again.“Well? Any last words for posterity?”Lord Arbistrath smiled as he took a deep drag from his cigar, nodding as he exhaled.“Aye,” he called out into the air, fixing the demon with his stare. “Bring it.”A cheer from the dozen Tulador Guards at his back, the whining hum of capacitors filling the air as they readied their weapons for war. Clenching his cigar between his teeth, the young Lord hefted his cannon in both hands, pushing forwards the lever to engage full power. It vibrated with pent up energies, as if eager to release them on its foes, as though sharing in his bloodlust.From atop the warehouse roof, the demon growled, narrowing its eyes.“So be it,” it spat. “Consider it brought.” Views: 46
The Fear name brings fortune...and doom. The dark power of the Fear family consumes all those connected with it. The Fears. Those they love — and hate. The entire town of Shadyside. All are tainted forever by the evil of the family's curse.No one can escape.Nora Goode and Daniel Fear hoped to end the curse of the Fear family. But on their wedding day, a horrible fire swept through the Fear mansion, taking the life of every member of the doomed family.Except one. A new Fear. The child of Nora and Daniel. Will he be able to live his life untouched by the evil of his family? Or will the dark forces claim yet another Fear for their own? Views: 46
Return to the world of Station in the sequel to the acclaimed Crashing Heaven.
Leila Fenech is dead. And so is her brother Dieter. But what's really pissing her off is how he sold his afterlife as part of an insurance scam and left her to pick up the pieces. She wants him back so she can kick his backside from here to the Kuiper Belt.
Station is humanity's last outpost. But this battle-scarred asteroid isn't just for the living. It's also where the dead live on as fetches: digital memories and scraps of personality gathered together and given life. Of a sort.
Leila won't stop searching Station until she's found her brother's fetch - but the sinister Pressure Men are stalking her every move. Clearly Dieter's got himself mixed up in something a whole lot darker than just some scam.
Digging deeper, Leila discovers there's far more than her brother's afterlife at stake. Could it be that humanity's last outpost is on the brink of disaster? Is it too late for even the dead to save it?
Waking Hell is a sequel to Crashing Heaven, the novel that announced the arrival of this exciting new talent. Views: 46
Synopsis River Knight was looking forward to a peaceful vacation in the mountains with her two best friends, Jo and Star, sisters of the heart. When she travels up into the mountains of North Carolina to the cabin Star has rented for them she is shocked when she finds the two sisters being abducted. Following them, she discovers their abductors are anything but human. Sneaking aboard the shuttle in an attempt to rescue them she finds herself on an unplanned vacation to the stars. In a desperate attempt to save Jo and Star, River makes a deal with a group of other aliens who had also been captured – she’ll release them if they promise to return the three girls to their home. Torak Ja Kel Coradon, Leader of the House of Kassis and next ruler of the Kassis Galaxy, has other plans when he sees the blue-eyed warrior woman. He plans on claiming her for himself and the only home he has plans on her returning too is his. The three women are believed to be the Prophesized warriors sent to join forces to bring peace to the House of Kassis. Worlds collide when the male dominated world meets three circus performers who use their talents to fight for those they love. When an assassin threatens Torak’s life, River has to show him even a circus performer can be a warrior when challenged. The biggest challenge is to Torak’s mind as he discovers women from other galaxies are more than they seem. Can their love overcome the chasm of a few million light years or will an assassin end it all? Views: 46
From classic novels like The Ghost Pirates and The House on the Borderland to short stories to even a pair of poems, The William Hope Hodgson Megapack presents 35 classic stories. Views: 46
August Derleth - The Solar Pons Omnibus Volume 1 of 2Edited by Basil Copper - With Drawings By Frank Utpateland a Foreword by Robert BlochSolar Pons is the successor to the legendary Sherlock Holmes. Pons, along with the faithful Doctor Parker, carries on the great tradition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous consulting detective. But Solar Pons is far more than a mere shadow of Sherlock Holmes and is one of literature's great detectives in his own right.ContentsForeword by Robert BlochFrom the Notebooks of Dr. Lyndon ParkerThe Adventure of the Sotheby SalesmanThe Adventure of Ricoletti of the ClubfootThe Adventure of the Unique DickensiansThe Adventure of the Haunted LibraryThe Adventure of the Aluminium CrutchThe Adventure of the Circular RoomThe Adventure of the Purloined PeriaptThe Adventure of the Lost LocomotiveThe Adventure of the Five Royal CoachmenThe Adventure of the Frightened BaronetThe Adventure of the Missing HuntsmanThe Adventure of the Amateur PhilologistThe Adventure of the Seven SistersThe Adventure of the Limping ManThe Adventure of the Shaplow MillionsThe Adventure of the Innkeeper's ClerkThe Adventure of the Crouching DogThe Adventure of the Perfect HusbandThe Adventure of the Dog in the MangerThe Adventure of the Swedenborg SignaturesThe Adventure of the Spurious TamerlaneThe Adventure of the Rydberg NumbersThe Adventure of the Praed Street IrregularsThe Adventure of the Penny MagentaThe Adventure of the Remarkable WormThe Adventure of the Retired NovelistThe Adventure of the Missing TenantsThe Adventure of the Devil's FootprintsThe Adventure of the Sussex ArchersThe Adventure of the Cloverdale KennelsThe Adventure of the Lost DutchmanThe Adventure of the Grice-Paterson CurseThe Adventure of the Dorrington InheritanceThe Adventure of the Norcross RiddleThe Adventure of the Late Mr. FavershamThe Adventure of the Black Narcissus Views: 46
