A groom with a beard of blue, a bride in lace of gold, and a house running red with blood...Returning to Glause from a diplomatic mission with her own personal cohort of Horselords, Susan Farrah is looking forward to a hot meal and a good night's sleep at the closest inn. Once ensconced in her room, however, what she finds is a frightened young woman in golden lace hiding in her wardrobe. The next morning, Susan learns that her late-night visitor was a new bride, passing through the town on her way to the castle on the hill—the latest in a long line of castle brides, and the only one still alive. No one seems to know if the house itself is consuming bride after bride, or if the groom is marrying and then murdering his brides for reasons of his own.Obviously, someone needs to do something—and luckily, the castle has an opening for a maid. All Susan needs to do is stash her favourite Glausian Horselord in the pantry for a few nights to watch her... Views: 364
Kryuome - the desert world on Valentinian's treasure map. A place where he hopes to find friends and surprises, if his crew can survive the dangerous aliens of Wildspace. While the Widow tracks him and his crewmate. The next exciting installment of the Shadow of the Dominion series! Be sure to read all the books in the series: Longshot Hypothesis and Hard Bargain first, and then after Outermost move on to Dominion-427, Phoenix, and Princess Rualoh. Views: 364
The senator took an elevator directly to the helicopter landing on the roof of the building. It was several minutes before he had located the little runabout he had bought for his wife the previous Christmas. Jack Woodvale, their caretaker, gardener, and chauffeur, was just retrieving his suitcase from the baggage lift as the senator arrived. Waiting until Woodvale had secured the suitcase in the luggage compartment and climbed into the pilot\'s seat, Duran squeezed himself into the cabin. A minute or two later the little craft was rising from the port, directed automatically into the appropriate channel and guided off toward the city. "How\'ve things been going, Jack?" the senator asked. He felt good. Wayne\'s friendship and assurances had provided a needed boost. "Everything okay?" "I\'d say so, sir," Woodvale told him. "Had a little trouble with the solar screen. The store sent a man out to fix it. It\'s all right now." The new power unit had been another of Molly\'s ideas, Duran recalled. The old crystal sulfide screen had been perfectly reliable. But Molly had thought it looked ugly up there on the roof. Molly\'s main faults, he decided, derived from her concern with the neighbors\' opinions. "Oh, there was something else came up while I was on my way out to get you," Woodvale continued abruptly. "The state\'s Attorney General called—said it was important you contact him immediately." Duran sensed anger surging up as he remembered the times when, as District Attorney, Sig Loeffler had openly snubbed him. That, of course, had been back in the days when Duran had been a junior partner in one of the city\'s smaller law firms. He had not forgiven Loeffler, nor had Loeffler given him any reason to do so. Only the Governor\'s back-slapping mediation had allowed them to reach a politically stable relationship. The relationship did not involve Duran\'s compliance with the man\'s whims, however. "Get him on the phone, Jack," Duran said at last. "But just make one call. If he\'s not at his office, forget it." Views: 364
Shepherd of the Planets is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Alan Mattox is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Alan Mattox then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 364
* Book 3 in the Thicker than Blood series *Two brothers. A childhood sweetheart.Life has never been easy for this trio, and especially not after the end of civilization as they knew it. Having had their formative years ripped from them, they were thrust into a shattered, savage world, a world where they only had each other.Love and loss.Weary travellers on the brink, there is a storm brewing, a turbulent tempest that has nothing to do with the weather. When tragedy strikes, everything changes in the blink of an eye— facades come undone, and loyalty is pushed to a breaking point.A diamond in the rough.Immersed back into something akin to normal society, a safe-haven in the midst of misery, our travellers are forced to finally confront their demons—long-kept secrets that have been haunting them for nearly a decade.Love is never easy;And love during the end of the world is a hell of a lot more complicated. Views: 364
The Outer-Rim rebellion stumbles into its second day - and in the wrong direction. Can it survive a third?The third generation residents of the resource-rich New Worlds are seeking to throw off the yoke of corporate rule. Ex-Resource War veteran, Sebastian Scatkiewicz and his colleague, Andrew 'Birdie' Goosen, have dared to take on the biggest company of them all. Hot from attacking the Lynthax Corporation head offices on Trevon and then on G-eo they're planning to attack a third. But there's friction in the rebel camp. Scat's ignoring the advice of colleagues. His personal beef with Jack Petroff, Lynthax's head of security, is affecting his judgement; his friends and political masters are doubting his motives; and the loyalty of the newest recruits is far from certain ...'Birdie Down' fits right in at around chapter 100 of 'Scat'.'The story had me turning pages as fast as I could and I was sad when it ended'Republibot.com: “the best independently published science fiction E-book I’ve read.”Indiereader.com: “The story is fast paced and action packed, the rebels racing to stay ahead of the powerful Petroff and his security forces. They have lots of great gadgets and weaponry to keep sci-fi geeks happy. And the novel is chock-full of interesting characters ... Everyone has a backstory, most of which are cleverly stitched into the novel, and their own reasons for picking or changing sides.”The first in the Rebellion series, based on events that take place in the space opera, SCAT Views: 364
A few days before Christmas, Tess Williams rushes into Albert Payne's tobacconist shop, with two boys in hot pursuit, saying she's a thief. Albert chases the boys away, and though Tess does not realise it, this incident changes her life.Tess lives with her grandmother, Edie, in a small flat on Heyworth Street. She has recently returned from Bell Farm, where she was evacuated during the war, and is being bullied by her schoolmates, but when the handsome Snowy White comes to her rescue she thinks her troubles are over, and returns for a working holiday to Bell Farm and her old friend Jonty.This leaves Edie to her own devices, however, and Tess is jealous of the friendship which blossoms between her grandmother and the tobacconist. Yet though Tess resents Albert, it is to him she turns when things start to go wrong. Views: 364
Tabby is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Winston K. Marks is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Winston K. Marks then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 364
Note: Despite chronology, it is recommended that The Emperor's Edge (book 1) be read first. This short story contains a spoiler for book 1.
Sicarius, the emperor’s personal assassin, returns from a successful mission only to discover that the enemy is retaliating by sending an assassin of their own. The target? Five-year-old Prince Sespian.
Shadows over Innocence is a 4,500-word short story set fourteen years before the first Emperor’s Edge novel. It is available for free on the author’s website: http://www.lindsayburoker.com/Shadows... Views: 364
Amarylis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York City police force from Atlanta, but she's been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself against an assailant. When she's taken down just steps away from her apartment, killed with her own weapon, for Eve the victim isn't just 'one of us.'
Dallas's friend Chief Medical Examiner Morris and Coltraine had started a serious relationship, and from all accounts the two were headed for a happy future together. But someone has put an end to all that. After breaking the news to Morris, Eve starts questioning everyone from Coltraine's squad, informants, and neighbors, while Eve's husband, Roarke, digs into computer data on Coltraine's life back in Atlanta. To their shock, they discover a connection between this case and their own painful, shadowy pasts.
The truth will need to be uncovered one layer at a time, starting with the box that arrives at Cop Central addressed to Eve containing Coltraine's guns, badge, and a note from her killer: 'You can have them back. Maybe someday soon, I'll be sending yours to somebody else.'
But Eve Dallas doesn't take too kindly to personal threats, and she is going to break this case, whatever it takes. And that's a promise. Views: 363
Confessions of a Mad Man is the first in a series of ongoing short fiction entitled The Crusaders: Justice Above All. This serves as an introduction into their world.The year is 2030 and one of the world's most notorious criminals, Nathaniel David Hamilton has finally been captured. CIA Agents Deacons and Jennings undertake the daunting task of securing his confession of a life of corruption and chaos. Over the course of the interrogation they learn how a child prodigy from small town Illinois became one of the most powerful men in a world populated by superheroes and billionaire weapons tycoons.Confessions of a Mad Man is the first in a series of ongoing short fiction entitled The Crusaders: Justice Above All. This serves as an introduction into their world. Views: 363
