It is the third year after the Landing on Pangaea, and Brynna Olivier has lost her daughter, her sister, her brother, and her first love. Hoarded onto the Lapsarian Maximum Security Prison Ship, she must survive amongst the worst of Pangaea's criminals while also contending with her new arranged marriage to Adam. Meanwhile, Alice, Quinn, and Violet try to escape the clutches of the Old Spirits.It is the third year after the Landing on Pangaea, and Brynna Olivier has lost her daughter, her sister, her brother, her friends, and her first love. Hoarded onto the Lapsarian Maximum Security Prison Ship, she must survive amongst the worst of Pangaea's criminals while also contending with her new arranged marriage to Adam. Meanwhile, Alice, Quinn, and Violet try to escape the clutches of the Old Spirits, with Quinn and Alice using their evolution to slaughter every enemy in their path, and with Violet using her wits to outsmart Caspar, who has traitorously changed his allegiance.Twenty-five years later, Brynna is both Adam's Queen and the Queen of the Lapsarian. Fighting for her life every day has inevitably resulted in her taking many lives, and now, she is unrecognizable, to both herself and to all those who love her. Quinn and Alice battle against the Old Spirits, all to avenge their second family that they lost. But as Alice's rage and dedication to the cause only grow more violent over the years, Quinn begins to long more and more for the log cabin of which they dreamed in their youth. Violet is kept imprisoned in the city of Blancstizia, with Dr. Miletus and her wife, Macie. Together, their combined medical knowledge is much needed as a new, brutal plague begins to wipe out Old Spirit families left and right.Three new voices begin to tell their stories after the Fall of the Red Anarchy: Grace, a teenaged Old Spirit child imprisoned after trying to escape her arranged marriage to Caspar; Lara, Tyre's most favorite imprisoned woman; and James, Brynna's lost love. Each is connected to Brynna deeply, in a number of profound, mysterious, and sometimes devastating ways.Their world is lost. Their family is broken, perhaps irreparably. Their lives have faced a reckoning that can never be undone, and yet there is a larger, more utterly shattering reckoning to be had. Despite it all, Brynna, Quinn, and Violet continue to fight for their lives, their family, and their freedom in this third installment of the bestselling Eternity series.

Amirilla Asteras has a long-distant relationship with Ganth, a man she's never seen, but who has wormed his way into her heart. Unfortunately Ganth is a Gaian man must attach to a woman who is whole and healthy, and Ammi has been confined to a box-like wheelchair all of her life.She knows her misshaped legs should keep them apart but Ganth has his own plans for the girl in the box.Amirilla Asteras's only constant friends had been the stars she's lived among, until she started a long-distant relationship with Ganth Doranth, who operates a Gaian freighter with his father. Both had agreed early on to audio-only communications so she's never seen Ganth, but he's wormed his way into her heart anyway. Unfortunately Ganth is a Gaian man and must attach to a suitable woman, someone whole and healthy, and Ammi has been confined to a motorized box-like wheelchair all of her life.She knows her misshaped legs should keep her and Ganth apart and she dreads having to tell him the truth about her, but the tricky Gaian man has something else on his mind and seems determined to meet her in person, whether she wishes it or not. He has his own plans for the girl in the box.

There's no light on Earth that shines brighter than the truth.From the mystery schools of Egypt, Chaldea, Persia and India, there has been carried through the ages a gnosis, grounded in nature and informed by the highest ideals of service to humanity. This knowledge has always been proclaimed heretical and brutally suppressed...During the Middle ages, the Church's stranglehold kept the masses in a twilight realm between the practical realities of survival, the hope of heaven and the threat of hell. When most of humanity was beaten down by misery and suffering, interminable wars were being fought in the name of religion and the rich held the power of life and death over the common people, social reform, the healing of the sick and religious freedom seemed unattainable. Yet, from the mystery schools of Egypt, Chaldea, Persia and India, there has been carried through the ages, a gnosis, grounded in nature and informed by the highest ideals of service to humanity. It was brought to Europe with the traders from the East, with the alchemists, by the crusader knights in their contact with the Arabs, with the troubadours in their love songs, hidden in monasteries and religious orders. This knowledge has always been proclaimed heretical and brutally supressed. Christian von Germelshausen is left orphaned when his mother and father are burned at the stake for heresy. He has been left a legacy, a mysterious book and jewel and a bright dream of hope for the alleviation of the misery and superstition he sees all around him. Accompanied by a disgraced knight, Andre' de Langue, he travels to the East, in the quest to discover the knowledge he needs... and there he encounters wonders beyond imagining.

A father, husband, man named Rex, finds himself in a department store on Christmas Eve. People are fighting and screaming, there is blood and there's darkness. Hiding from the crazy people tearing each other apart, he asks himself a question, 'Will I make it out alive?'Somewhere deep in her mind Christine Marsden is witnessing the murder of young girls.And now she has urges to hurt her own children.After a head injury which left her having nightmares and visions, Christine is convinced that something inside her brain has broken, and that she is slowly sinking into insanity.She is terrified of what she might be capable of. She fears that in losing her mind she will also lose her children and husband.Christine embarks on a desperate fight to try to halt the fracture of her mind before it’s too late, and in doing so, discovers the hidden truth behind the dark horrors she is experiencing.

Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of the Black Company are determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journey there under terrible conditions, they arrive just in time for a magical conflagration in which the bones of the world will be revealed, the history of the Company unveiled, and new world gained and lost...all at a terrible price.

Episode 2 of Earth.A devastating attack by the strangely human Hrwang leaves the Earth eerily quiet. No cellphones. No broadcasts. No electric power. Survivors scramble to find safety in the aftermath.Bernard Wilkerson continues his Hrwang invasion saga with an action-packed installment that will leave the reader aching to know what happens next.A devastating attack by the strangely human Hrwang leaves the Earth eerily quiet. No cellphones. No broadcasts. No electric power. Survivors scramble to find safety in the aftermath. German hiking club leader Wolfgang Riebe, still grieving the loss of his wife and daughter, finds his fate tied to a group of American soldiers and a Swiss woman named Leah. An attack on their vehicle leaves the group wary, leading to a heart-wrenching moral test when they encounter someone the Americans suspect was in on the ambush.Meanwhile, Jayla continues her quest to find safety and medical help for her sister Jada. Their exploration of a crumpled landscape begins to give Jayla clues about the extent of the destruction.In Utah, Eva and Mark encounter a makeshift group of inexperienced soldiers manning a checkpoint. The encounter opens their eyes, but they will face a much greater threat as they make their way to Las Vegas in an effort to find a way to fight back against the Hrwang.Capt. Stanley Russell, leader of a United Nations vessel orbiting Mars, knows nothing of the chaos on Earth. That changes when he and his second-in-command are asked to board a Hrwang vessel to speak with a leader. The leader reveals that the Hrwang consider themselves to be every bit as human as Stanley, and they ask him a question that sends his mind spinning. Bernard Wilkerson continues his Hrwang invasion saga with an action-packed installment that will leave the reader aching to know what happens next.

Sir Differel and Lady Margaret, aka "Dribble & Maggot", need a vacation in the worst way, so Differel decides to introduce her frenemy to the Land of the Dreams of Men, in the hope that she will grow to love it and give her another adventuring companion. Margaret just wants to relax; too bad she won't get her wish. This is a short story, with a Preface, a Bonus Story, and Sample Excerpts.After ten Waking-years of sojourning to the Land of the Dreams of Men every night -- the equivalent of over 600 Dream-years -- Sir Differel Van Helsing has become a veteran Dreamer and a formidable force. Though she frequently adventures solo, between Team Girl, her Dream-husband Victor, and their mutual friends she has no dearth of traveling companions in case she wants one. However, she regrets that her frenemy, Lady Margaret Rose Chesham, never learned to Dream.So when an opportunity arises for her to introduce "Maggot" to the Dreamlands, "Dribble" jumps at it, and while Margaret is reluctant, she is sufficiently intrigued to give it a try. Differel hopes that Margaret will learn to love the Dreamworld as much as she does, and thereby give her another adventuring companion, but she just wants to relax.Too bad she won't get her wish.In the Bonus Story, two saurian scientists examine two hominids, a man and a woman, and begin to question the nature of what it means to be "human".

Newt Run is a town that shouldn't exist, a town of artists, drug dealers, miners and steam. It’s a town at the center of a broken universe, and broken universes have the bad tendency to fall apart. In this tale, a young woman finds that a tattoo's ink may not be as permanent as it seems.A town at the center of a broken universe, Newt Run was never meant to exist; it is a town of artists, drug dealers, miners and steam. There are holes here, gaps in the fabric of things, and some of them are wide enough for people to slip through. Rumours have been spreading about disappearances in the mines, and someone has been defacing the town's walls with rings of painted blood. Strangest of all are the tales of outsiders - mysterious visitors who can only be seen by users of the drug known as powder.Newt Run is also a novel, but the world of Newt Run was much too large to fit inside a single book. These short stories, or 'modules', extend this world, probing into its deepest, smallest secrets.In 'Ink' a young woman finds that a tattoo's ink may not be as permanent as it seems.

First book... Foi the Palatine, Frieden the Barbarian, Jisei the Priestess, Ayann the Valkyrie, and Amabilidad the Archer have banded together in search of adventure and riches, but since coming together they have found more riches in their camaraderie. The group of dungeon raiders have met every monster and trap thrown at them, but can their unity and friendship survive the most tragic of...First book... Sword and sorcery action adventure begins.Foi the Palatine, Frieden the Barbarian, Jisei the Priestess, Ayann the Valkyrie, and Amabilidad the Archer have banded together in search of adventure and riches, but since coming together they have found more riches in their camaraderie. The group of dungeon raiders have met every monster and trap thrown at them, but can their unity and friendship survive the most tragic of circumstances?During one of their missions, one of their members is killed and the tight knit group splinters. In their sorrow and grief, they decide to turn to dark magic to bring back their beloved member, but fate steps in and sends a mysterious cook who wiggles her way into their group. Is the bonds of friendship enough to save the group of dungeon raiders from annihilation or will despair make them desperately cling to the darkness and break the ultimate taboo? Magic both dark and light will face off as the lives of five lay in the balance.Look for more books in the series-Ayann -Outlandish Realms Series:V1. Ayann #1 A Fantasy Action Adventure- Part A- Broken Sword In Dragon DungeonV2. Ayann #1 A Fantasy Action Adventure- Part B- The Vampire's Curse And The Phoenix's Feathers

Humanity has ruined Earth's biosphere as a byproduct of extravagant living! Soon Mother Nature will not be able to support us in the fashion we require for basic existence. We need new worlds; and we need them soon! Only intelligent machines can survive the long years to reach them, and still be able to function as parents. Join an adventure to the stars, where humanity is meant to exist!Humanity has enjoyed a nurturing and beautiful planet throughout the long evolutionary journey that Mother Nature has gracefully allowed our species. However, as with most sentient life forms on other worlds, we too have succumbed to the greedier side of our nature and are quickly losing grace with our planets ability to support us with a viable biosphere. Luckily for us, we have progressed far enough along the technological path so that we actually have a chance for success if we choose to attempt migration to favorable worlds outside of our own solar system. Embark on a journey that tells a tale of one possible way for the human species to achieve freedom from our own Mother Nature, and travel to other worlds where her lovely twin sisters await our arrivals, so that we might have extra chances for long term survival! From finding enough raw materials in the asteroid belt for attempting such a journey, to the extreme technology and stubbornness of one man to see his dream of transplanting humans into the cosmos become a reality. However, he can't do it alone! And, through sheer good luck, good karma, or both, enough hard working and dedicated people (carbon based and metal) come to his cause and help get it off the ground, and on its way into the great void that exists between the stars!

For Dominique Wells, nothing sucks more than being forced to move cross country during senior year. She thinks things can't get any worse until her new neighbor pressures her into playing a psychic card game. When she touches the cards, she has a vision of a red desert where an evil presence hints at past lives and threatens to kill her. She must solve the mystery of her past if she's to survive.For seventeen-year-old Dominique, nothing sucks more than being forced to move across the country during senior year. Angry and feeling alone, she thinks things can’t get any worse until her new neighbor pressures her into playing a psychic card game. When she touches the cards, she has a vision of a red desert where a malignant presence hints at past lives and threatens to kill her...again. Convinced she’s gone crazy, Dominique struggles to forget the experience, but the vision follows her and intensifies with each repetition. Adding to her problems are two gorgeous guys she desperately tries to avoid. If Dominique is to put an end to the evil pursuing her, she must push through her fears and discover the secrets of her past. If she doesn’t, she’ll be dead. For real.An Excerpt from Final Life:“Miss Wells, I have something I think you might need.” She went to her desk, opened her top drawer, and pulled out a long, beautiful white feather. I gave a small gasp, my thoughts taking me to the white feather I had seen in my vision and later at Jan’s.“What…is this?” I asked.“It’s a funny story. I like to take walks in the woods. One day, I got a little lost and started to worry, especially since the day started to turn dark. I couldn’t tell which path to follow, but then I spotted this feather. When I picked it up, a calmness came over me and I immediately knew where to go. It was like the feather pointed me in the right direction.”She held the feather out to me. “Here, take it.”“Ms. Ryken, I,uh, can’t.”She extended the feather closer to me. “Sure you can.”“Well, okay.” When I touched the feather, a tingle of energy connected at my fingertips. I flinched, closed my eyes, and held my breath, waiting for the heat and dust to fill my senses, but it never came. Instead, a warm and soft breeze caressed my face, followed by the smell of sand. I opened my eyes to find myself standing on the shore of Elk Rapids beach.The blue water filled with tiny ripples from the gentle wind, and way out in the horizon the deep blue water blended in with the cloudless sky. But how could I be here? How was it possible?“You need to think of this place when you’re scared.” I spun around and saw Farrell sitting on a nearby cluster of rocks. “You’re comfortable here.”Home, where I longed to be. Of course I wasn’t afraid here. I sat beside him and scooped up the sand with both hands, letting it sift through my fingers. “This isn’t real,” I said. I looked around and didn’t see anyone else. On a day like this, the beach would've been crowded.“Yes and no. Yes, it’s real, but only to us. We’re the only ones occupying this space right now.” His eyes glued on mine and his head tilted to the side, as if waiting for me to remember something.“I’m afraid of dying,” I said. “Not so much the death part, but the not living part.” I scooped up another handful of sand and held it tight, the gritty granules hardening into a ball. “There’s so much I still wanna do, ya know?” “I know,” he said. “But there’s always hope. The end is not yet written.” He looked up and I followed his gaze. That’s when I noticed that the deep blue sky had filled with stars—millions of them. The day had suddenly turned to night. He stood and brushed off his jeans. “You ready to go back?”No, I wasn’t ready, not at all. This place was home to me, a place of safety.He held out his hand. “Come on, it’s time to go.”My eyes went back to the stars that now streaked across the heavens. The beauty of the night took my breath away. Farrell came by my side. I wrapped my fingers around his, and as soon as I did I was back in Ms. Ryken’s room, the feather resting in the hand that Farrell had just grasped.

The murder of a young girl stretches the resources of a small English police force and reveals the tensions, which sometimes arise between uniform officers and the C.I.D. A cynical Detective Sergeant receives unexpected help from wounded war veterans and a highclass madam who runs an up scale brothel. This is the first in a series of Tectales. iA field in the 1600's in England was the place where the King's army murdered the Canon of the nearby church when he tried to defend the residents who sided with Cromwell in the Civil War. He was stabbed to death and the site and the growing town became known as Canonsfield and its church a Catherdral. Ironically in the 1960's the body of a young girl was found in the same place and she had been murdered in the same way.The Detective Sergeant of its small police force recruits unusual help in the shape of old war veterans and the Madam of a high class brothel in his efforts to identify the victim and bring the killer to justice.Some unusual methods are used to hold off a Biker Gang who have raped a City Councilor and are not afraid to use violence.

A collection of four short stories by F.G. King. Varied themes and styles, but all of them will elicit questions from you that you aren't likely to have asked before.A collection of four short stories by F.G. King. Varied themes and styles, but all of them will elicit questions from you that you aren't likely to have asked before. See love through the eyes of an immortal, or learn the pains of a girl as she goes through her troubled life. Each story contained herein is a journey that is meant to be shared. We are all passing through, so pause a moment to recognize how valuable this journey is.

"Once upon a time a little girl woke up in the dark and thought to herself, 'I seem to have forgotten something.'" And so Anna's quest for what she has forgotten begins... 'Anna' is a short, dark fable that can be enjoyed by all ages."Once upon a time a little girl woke up in the dark and thought to herself, 'I seem to have forgotten something.'The shine from her night-light stretched long shadows across the floor and the walls, but she hardly noticed those as she climbed down from her bed. The cold floor made her squeeze in her toes and stumble on her heels over to her slippers.'Oh Rus, I seem to have forgotten something.'Rus, rather, Russel T. Brown, was a grizzled, old, one-eyed bear. He slept, most nights, on the floor under a corner of the bed: not quite under it, but not quite in the open. When he spoke, he spoke with a soft murmur. It was all his stitches would allow.'Why Anna, what could you have forgotten?'”And so Anna's quest for what she has forgotten begins...'Anna' is a short, dark fable that can be enjoyed by all ages.

My mind is not like Satoshi's - it's ordered, with perfect recall. That's why he loves me, I think. But they want to take me away from him - all because he lost his temper ONE time. It doesn't seem fair. They keep talking about Statute Forty-Nine. And saying that now - I am different..."They haunt humanity with two sets of unchanging eyes, confident that one day there will be no more left with the courage to stand up to them, no more left without the fear of sounding mad. One day, no one will say that the majority is a lie or dare call their culture’s progress an illusion. No one will suspect that the ensuing holy war is the work of a two-pronged insanity bent on total destruction.When that day comes, it will be the beginning of the end. Until then, they work and wait with the patience of undying things: a family, a movement, a cult of two."