Werik Meets the Sky, is a short story about the siege of Gurneyhill Castle by the tunnel dwelling burrowers or roama people. It is set in the world of Archea. The humans and their allies within the Trade Sea Alliance must defend themselves from the primitive but innumerable burrowers; interested only in seizing the meeting points of ley-lines - the powerful ley-nexus, source of arcane energies.Werik Meets the Sky, is a short story about the siege of Gurneyhill Castle by the tunnel dwelling burrowers or roama people. It is set in the world of Archea, a moonless volcanic planet inhabited by native reptiles and numerous stranded species from other worlds, carried there by arcane forces. These intelligent species must vie for control of their new home and this leads to constant battle, chaos and conflict. The humans and their allies within the Trade Sea Alliance must defend themselves from dozens of alien neighbours who seek to rob them of land and resources. Now a new threat has poured forth from the crust of Archea itself, the primitive but innumerable burrowers; interested only in seizing the meeting points of ley-lines. Each power-filled ley-nexus holds arcane power that is Archea’s ultimate resource. The old and forgotten castle at Gurneyhill guards a pair of great ley-nexus and is deep inside alliance territory, far from threat. Or so it was thought. Views: 287
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A collection of short stories by a world-renowned naturalist and author of My Family and Other Animals introduces an eccentric cast of characters including a prize-truffling pig in France and an aging Memphis belle. Views: 285
Almost a century after an asteroid impact and subsequent nuclear exchange almost ended all human life on Earth, a strange artifact is discovered on one of the moons of Saturn. Dr. Varsaad Volhard, an evolutionary-socio-historian, is chosen to investigate an alien civilization that sent an artifact to Mimas some thirty thousand years ago. Views: 285
"My mom went to Berkeley in the 60s (my main tangential claim to hippiedom), so I'm psyched to see her favorite town get the Akashic noir treatment. San Francisco's hippie silo has long captured the imagination of artists and writers, and I can't wait to read the many stories in this collection, including new works from cult faves such Barry Gifford, Aya de Leon, Summer Brenner, and more."—CrimeReads, included in CrimeReads' Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020"Berkeley, California: home of a world-class university with a parking lot for Nobel laureates, politically active and correct, volatile, and, yes, a bit seedy, too, if you know where to look. The stories in Akashic's latest noir anthology expose the underbelly of this lovely city...All get their just rewards eventually, and readers will be entertained as they find out how it happens."—Booklist"Readers will be glad that many of these tales are fun in a way that... Views: 283
What seemed like a simple experiment to figure out how the ancient stones were cut released an ancient horror. Views: 283
Although small and seemingly helpless, the Foundation had managed to survive against the greed of its neighboring warlords. But could it stand against the mighty power of the Empire, who had created a mutant man with the strength of a dozen battlefleets...? Views: 283
The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred and fifty, range from the publication of his now-classic first collection, Gimpel the Fool, in 1957, until 1981. They include supernatural tales, slices of life from Warsaw and the shtetls of Eastern Europe, and stories of the Jews displaced from that world to the New World, from the East Side of New York to California and Miami. Views: 281
Cutter is an Australian soldier finishing his tour of duty in Iraq. All he wants to do is get home to his wife and daughter in Sydney. But when his family become innocent victims in an underworld turf war, and the police are too gutless to act, Cutter takes the law into his own hands. When there are no rules there is only Vengeance: Cutter's Law by James HopwoodJudge, Jury and Executioner!Remember the men's action adventure stories of the '70s and '80s? Did you thrill to the blood and thunder exploits of the Executioner, the Death Merchant and the Penetrator? Now author James Hopwood introduces readers to Nathan Cutter in Hopwood's Pro Se Single Shot Signature Series- Vengeance. In Cutter's Law, the debut digital single in the series, Cutter is an Australian soldier finishing his tour of duty in Iraq. All he wants to do is get home to his wife and daughter in Sydney. But when his family become innocent victims in an underworld turf war, and the police are too gutless to act, Cutter takes the law into his own hands. When there are no rules there is only Vengeance: Cutter's Law by James Hopwood. Views: 281
In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life... Views: 280
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy. Views: 279
Raynard has spent a year looking for his family, lost in unknown circumstances. As he looks for help at the home of a successful merchant, he ends up getting more than what he bargained for. Now, evil is after him, hungry for his soul, his family is in peril and the destiny of the Universe rests on his own.The world of Alion, better known as the immortal world, the fabled center of the Universe immortalized in song, myth, legend, and home to the Gates of Creation. Powerful tunnels through time and space, the Gates of Creation connect all worlds in the vast Universe to Alion. The power of the Gates is the ultimate price and the powers of Darkness and Light struggle endlessly, for mastery of the Gates means mastery of Alion, and perhaps the power to challenge the Creator. Five thousand years ago, in the world of Alion, a man named Raynard is searching for his mother and brother, who disappeared mysteriously a year before. The journey has brought him to the door of a merchant who may be the one responsible for his family's disappearance. However, what started as a noble quest would become a test of Raynard’s heart and soul, forever altering the fate of Alion and humankind’s future.Coming soon, the sequel to Shattered Destiny and the first novel in the Traveler's Gate saga: Forgotten Tears! Views: 278
Throughout this collection of stories, we follow settlers living on a deep-space mining colony, as they realize they’re unwilling actors in an interstellar conspiracy. Views: 272
