A modern pirates tale-- complete with monkey sidekicks-- where the life at sea once again calls to the misfits of society.Once again those of us who don't conform to society take to the high seas. They're still robbing from the rich, with monkey sidekicks, swords and swashbuckling adventures.A humorous social commentary with a bit action.

Living among mortals, the djinn Cassiel has developed a reluctant affection for them—especially for Warden Luis Rocha. As the mystery deepens around the kidnapping of innocent Warden children, Cassiel and Luis are the only ones who can investigate both the human and djinn realms. But the trail will lead them to a traitor who may be more powerful than they can handle...

First publication for Kerouac's 'lost novel.

The Divide

The events of Pietro Russell’s life are told in 26 chapters. From A-Z, each chapter is set in a different place and reveals a fragment of his story. As his memories flicker back and forth through time in his search for a resolution to the conflicts of his life, his story gradually unfolds.

Two broken lives, bound by fear and pain. Two fathers longing for restoration… Jason is not the kind of guy you would want to take home to mom. Foul tempered with a dusty conscience, he's shaken up by a batch of love letters found in a shipwreck. Intrigued, he begins to unravel the mystery and finds himself tangled up in the life of a girl he's never met... a girl in desperate trouble.Jason is not the kind of guy you would want to take home to mom. He’s foul tempered, a bit of a womaniser and has a conscience that has been collecting dust for years. All that is shaken up though, when he unearths a package of carefully preserved love letters and a portrait while diving off the coast of Africa. So many unanswered questions, the letters snag something inside of him. Intrigued despite himself, he begins to unravel the mystery caught up in pages. He finds himself tangled up in the life of a girl he’s never met... a girl who is in desperate trouble.

A lost world, abandoned for over a thousand years, all but forgotten, except to the young Clansman who wants to explore the mystery at the heart of his own Clan territory. Young Lord Ryo Camelin, soon to rule his Clan, is eager to solve the mystery of the planet deep within his own territory but hidden for so very long. What he finds will change his life, and the lives of his children, foreverA lost world, abandoned for over a thousand years, all but forgotten, except to the young Clansman who wants to explore the mystery at the heart of his own Clan territory.A boiling nebula full of fire and ice stops all travel through it, at it's heart lies a forgotten and lost world full of potential allies in an oncoming war.For war is coming, sure as the suns rise and the moons make their orbits. The Clans will take sides and everything will change for the young Lord as he tries to weave politics and military tactics within a loose alliance ruled by a Half-Mad Emperor, known as the Confederacy.Young Ryo Camelin, soon to be Lord of Clan Camelin, does not want to be stuck ruling the Clan from the Central Tower of his Clan World. He wants to command the battlecruiser that has been his Clan's for more than four hundred years, and he has an urge to explore. A violent gas nebula in the heart of his own territory has been off limits for more than a thousand years. Deep within it lies a world long thought destroyed, a world surrounded by legend and wrapped in lies and betrayal. Clan World Desinlo. Once the heart of the Confederacy, now banished and abandoned.There are too many questions that need answers, and too many answers that beg more questions, young Lord Camelin must seek out the truth for himself and his children and uncover a mystery that concerns the entire survival of The Center Worlds.

Kenna is graduating high school and following her dreams. When she gets to New Orleans she is ready to pursue them. Can one night change her mind or will she forget the man with the sapphire blue eyes and make her own dreams come true?While on a school exchange visit to Paris, a young teenager becomes an unexpected witness to a drugs raid. English exchange student Lily holds the key to a serious crime incident at the local Bar Tabac. Making her escape, she heads for the banks of the Seine. But now she’s not sure why and from whom she is running and what she discovers is not quite what she expects . . .Fast moving adventure set in Paris for the 11+ age group.

Kiethara is a descendant from a long line of powerful guardians who have been charged to protect a magical forest since the dawn of time. She prematurely took the place of the previous guardian after she was defeated by a man known as Gandador; now, young Kiethara is forced into a position of power and danger. Wickedly dark yet extremely moving, this novel explores the demands of a legendary duty.Kiethara is a descendant from a long line of powerful guardians who have been charged to protect a magical forest since the dawn of time. She prematurely took the place of her mother—the previous guardian—after she was defeated by a man known as Gandador; now, young Kiethara is forced into a position of power and danger. The Spirit of Aaron, the forest's first guardian, awakens to train her legendary powers, all the while hiding unknown truths and secrets of her past. When Gandador returns to destroy the reign of the guardians and rule the forest himself, he brings into the forest a whole new world, and Kiethara must keep in check her overwhelming emotions and experiences in order to control her magic and save the forest.Wickedly dark yet extremely moving, The Guardians of the Forest explores the burdens of responsibility and the prospects of failure. Kiethara must protect the world's source of power while developing her own, but guarding it becomes difficult when she finds herself kidnapped and taken out of the forest she is bound to protect. This YA novel draws true-to-form parallels with a normal fifteen-year-olds life. Readers experience how Kiethara bears the weight of an entire world on her shoulders in a humorously sarcastic tone, relying on the friends she makes and the love she discovers to ease the fear of failure to deliver what she has been born to accomplish.

It was just a camp...until the day nine mix-matched kids arrive at Camp Clearwater. Their dysfunctions take them into the woods in a twisted game of wilderness therapy, but the game quickly ends when even the counselor gets lost. Will it be too late before they learn to work together? Will...they...cope?It’s 2461 AD. Some 400 years ago a woman died of cancer. But technology revived life in her corpse. She finds herself waking up in a ship, on the Earth which is on the verge of extinction. Humanity has axed its own beautiful planet by exploiting it to an irreparable extent. Life has returned to her, but survival is a challenge. Darkness pervades, in the present world outside, in future, below the oceans as well as inside her own self. But she got her second chance because of a purpose which was forgotten with the past life, which is sealed in the time she lay dead for in the cryo. A fight among the instincts of survival, revival, betrayal, revenge and strength of soul. A battlefield set in the apocalyptic future. A war is waging between the atrocities outside and toxicities of the inside; the cruelty of the world outside and the suffering of the heart; a war between hatred outside and revenge inside; a story founding the basis of another world war. The future world turns out nothing as she expected but it is appalling. We'll but have to place the blame on ourselves. But we'll fight for life on our raging planet lost to the aftermath of global warming. The war begins right about now.....!!! This is the first book setting up the background for a battle ahead

In the heart of England's Cumbrian Mountains, a young woman searching for answers, finds much more than she ever bargained for.For Lina Oveisi, Chicago is merely a holding ground for all her broken dreams. Her father's dead, and been so seven years, but that hard fact is no less biting as time rolls on. It's the mystery of his death which has never settled with Lina, and at eighteen she's still plagued by it. Desperate for a break, she decides to leave home, even as her mother frets over her well-being, her boyfriend recovers from their break-up, and her step-dad attempts to put his totalitarian foot down. Au pair to an elegant Egyptian couple? Who wouldn't love that dream job? To Lina, it will be the journey of a lifetime. She has no idea what's in store, but figures that, anything has got to be better than summer puke parties, and forced smiles. The universe has a funny way of unfolding truth. It is unexpected. It is life-altering. It is also scary as hell. For one young woman, the universe speaks, and it speak directly to her, through the vessels of those she never imagined existed. They alone hold the key to unlocking the secrets she seeks: the missing pieces to her father's disappearance, the truth of her lineage and its purpose, as well as discovering a whole other world--a secret society that she will soon be responsible for. How will she let go of her old life, in order to embrace a new one? Will she submit to a prophecy, which was carved out thousands of years before her birth? Can she find balance between herself, forbidden love, and those she's sworn to protect?

Bruno Walton and Boots O'Neal try to think of ways to raise money for a school swimming pool like the one their archrivals have at York Academy.

A futuristic dystopia where two polarized societies representing the ultimate ends of libertarianism vs theocracy battle for survival. While both sides have strong ideology, the law of pragmatism reigns supreme...The year is 2250.Post holocaust.Humanity's once expansive civilizations have been laid to waste, a victim of their own innovations, desires and foolhardy concepts of progress. The first cataclysm was an ideological war between factions who, although adhered to largely the same principals and structure, were separated by a rift in mythology and scripture. This was syntax, not semantics. However, those at the top knew that this rift was simply a front, since the real situation concerning mankind was that of overpopulation and the dwindling of resources. As it is politically incorrect to fight wars based on the simple principal of supply and demand, increasing extremism on both sides and the polarizations of the so called ideologies were pumped to the masses as the sole reason for their respective struggles.Despite this lack, technology continued to advance on both sides, spurred on by the real and present danger of being subjugated and persecuted should the other side win. Atrocities piled on top of atrocities and a complete ban on communication meant that the separate civilizations eventually no longer considered the other side as human.However, the war was not the cause.To sustain the ever increasing need for resources, scientists had long since pulled out the safeguards and checkpoints that regulated the progress of technology. Thus, a combination of genetic mutations, caused by medical advances that cured diseases through altering DNA and rouge nano-machines that had also evolved, mechanically as opposed to biologically, to wreak havoc on the balance of nature and topple of human being from the top of the predatory pyramid on Earth.Now the expanses of the globe had been rendered largely uninhabitable. To step outside of a protected zone, sealed off by the massive infrastructure projects that isolated humans with their own air, food and water from the majority of the planet would mean certain death.But there was still war.

She doesn’t know, no one does, what he has seen, experienced in the war. He has returned physically whole but a darkness, a distance has crept into him. She does her best to cope, care, live, because, she loves him. But, will this darkness become the only thing he understands and clings to or, can she reach him?This is a story about Seglaman the Snow God, and how other God’s use his sorry tale as a reminder to younger less experienced God's as a warning to never become too comfortable when ruling over mortals who worship them.If you read this story then I would much appreciate it if you would review the story (whether the review be good or bad) as any feedback would be most helpful.If you do like this story then be sure to check out some of my other stuff, such as "Of Muscle And Magic, it’s a little different from the norm, but then again, so am I!J.A.Strickland

Now that Lord Garrett Burnes has proposed, Tracy can finally be happy. But some people have decided otherwise. They’re all against her, even an old enemy she believed out of her world. He’s back, and he wants something from her. Thrown back into a different universe, hunted by an immortal, betrayed by her father and by the man she loves, she’ll need all her courage to confront them all.

Worn out from investigating the murder of her boss, Cynthia Hegarty opens a detective agency in the City. But she gets more than she bargained for - a customer!Join Cynthia as she investigates the mysterious non-appearance of a very fit fitness instructor.This is a short story.The word Rache, written in blood on the wall at the scene of a murder, marked Sherlock Holmes’ introduction to the world. Published in 1887, A Study in Scarlet presented Holmes as a new type of hero, one who uses razor sharp powers of deduction and minute attention to detail to solve cases too hard for Scotland Yard. Sherlock Holmes’ brilliant insights and quick wit soon made him a legend. Due to his immense popularity, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle went back to his most famous character again and again, writing an additional 3 Sherlock Holmes novels and 56 short stories over the next four decades.This edition is not the original text. Rather, it is a remastered version that strives to make the classic story more accessible. While the vast majority of the text is original, hundreds of modifications have been made to make the story an easier, smoother reading experience for modern readers. We hope these changes will allow a new generation to enjoy the brilliance of Sherlock Holmes.

Jake Masters has fallen from musical grace. His inner demons didn’t care about the awards, the multi-platinum records, the legions of fans around the world, nor his undying love for Alyssa. When Jake comes through fray, blurry about his future, he meets an unlikely inspiration, reigniting his passion and reason for living.A modern day "Walk the Line" love story through the ages. Jake Masters has fallen from musical grace. His inner demons didn’t care about the awards, the multi-platinum records, the legions of fans around the world, nor his undying love for Alyssa. When Jake comes through fray, blurry about his future, he meets an unlikely inspiration, reigniting his passion and reason for living.

A man wakes up in a strange place with no knowledge of how he got there or who he is when a mysterious woman enters the scene and his life. Armed with nothing but his own intuition and a mysterious package to guide him he must make a crucial decision that will change his world and that of his new acquaintance forever.Have you ever wondered why you were born? You know deep in your soul that life has purpose, but answers to your questions are illusive. We are all searching. A million years before the Florida peninsula existed, a chain of small islands arose from Earth’s primordial oceans. Today, people call it the Florida Ridge. It was there an ancient and highly advanced civilization established a final sanctuary containing an underground library with historical records and remnants of technology. The archaeological site was discovered in 1930 by French explorer Claude Gautier, but remains a closely guarded secret to this day. Sleep was difficult for Haley King. For as long as she could remember, her nights were filled with recurring dreams of a strange civilization. Everyone in her community knew her. They all loved the little blind girl, everyone except Brian. He learned of her true identity from a strange old man with glowing eyes, but he didn’t dare tell anyone; they would laugh at him. She was the biological offspring of two full-blooded Hopi Indians, but her DNA was very different. Her eyes were fluorescent yellow, hair blond, and her skin was pale. An ancient Hopi legend predicted her birth, but the tribe’s partial conversion to Catholicism in the late sixteenth century resulted in a serious misinterpretation of what to do with her. The medicine man took Haley from her mother and gave her to the Catholic Church. Haley was adopted and moved to Florida when she was twelve years old. She became close friends with five boys who had the suspicious happening of all being born on the same day. While the boys were on a fishing trip celebrating their sixteenth birthday, their boat was struck by lightning. Four of them (including Brian) were nearly killed. A tattoo of a leafless tree was burned on their feet. The fifth boy experienced a vision of the future. They were all changed by the incident and their lives became more intermingled with Haley.

"A world of slaughter, pain and frightAnother life we take tonightA whole new world of blood and fearWatch as we coax another tear..."Karpacia. A world of nightmares, fear and pain. It's also where Sara lives.A new world taken over by manslaughter after animals are killed off, bringing upon a new idea of an "Expiration Date" where no one lives a day past their 18th birthday.On this day, they expirance the horrors Naomi, Sara's sister, felt...But you don't know about that yet...Care to learn?

The Dog Who Watched TV is the fourth in the 'Creature Teachers' series of educational children's books. Jasper the Westie likes to watch TV and barks when he sees other dogs. He has a puzzle, though, which he can't solve. Where do the dogs go when they walk off of the side of the TV screen? 'Creature Teachers' books are aimed at young readers, giving them a fun and informative experience.The Dog Who Watched TV is the fourth in the 'Creature Teachers' series of educational children's books. Jasper the Westie likes to watch TV and barks when he sees other dogs. He has a puzzle, though, which he can't solve. Where do the dogs go when they walk off of the side of the TV screen? ‘Creature Teachers’ is a range of children’s books aimed at educating and amusing the young reader. Each book tells a short story, with illustrations. Each story is based around a particular creature and is told in a humorous yet educational manner and introduces words and phrases that the young reader wouldn't be expected to know.On one level the stories are simple stories with happy endings. At a higher level, the parent can expand on key words and phrases, increasing the child’s vocabulary and basic understanding of simple grammar.