Soap Opera Uncensored: Issue 27

      Nelson Branco
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Weekly summary of soap opera's hottest news, stories, humour, gossip, blind items, fearless predictions, top stars/stories/couples/characters to watch, snark galore, review and analysis.INSIDE — Nadia Bjorlin Exclusive: Is She Back on DAYS or Not? Find Out! Exclusive Interview with B&B’s Katherine Kelly Lang: Her Myriad Emmy Snubs; Bill Bell And His Legacy; Brooke’s Scandalous Sexual Past; And Why She’s Look For A New TV Gig! Deets: Another ABC UpFront Fan Rally! May Sweeps Fearless Predictions! Rumour: Is Y&R’s Cane Tucker’s son? Is Y&R’s Julia Pace Mitchell Out? Ewww-Alert: Part Two of Y&R’s Sharon and Victor! Blind Item: Another Major Star Bolting? Did GH fire Brandon Barash? Every Week: Fearless Predictions! Plus: Last Week's Reviews, Unbelievable Blind Items, and Next Week's Cheat Sheet!

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    JackG@killerschool

      Pauline Gerber
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Is Jack's dad a spy? Why did he send Jack to this dangerous school? This is a children's story. The age group is 10 to 14 years.Edward invited Jerry to his house to have breakfast. Jerry is his childhood best friend who is now an architect and whom he wants to personally see the lot and inspect the area where he will build their new rest house. Unfortunately Grace didn’t want to be with someone on these vacation trip, not in her wildest dream especially upon knowing that it is Jerry Beniforte. She’d thought again if she’ll go. Anne approach her sister “Hey, sis I’m sorry I didn’t know my hubby has other plan, but well you’re already here why not just go? Just ignore Jerry, I know you have past arguments with him, smart people always have and no one knows what will happen maybe he’s your destiny..” Grace sighed. Anne said huskily “Oh I was just kidding. “

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    Special Effects

      Sue Binder
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Ever have trouble remembering a password for a computer program? This fun/serious/futuristic book of poetry offers up a number of topics, including the password topic. Ranging from humorous to serious concepts, and finally depicting an almost apocalyptic future, the poems represent the human search for meaning and identity.Ever have trouble remembering a password for a computer program? Or trying to balance a checkbook? The first section of this fun/serious/futuristic book of poetry offers up a number of humorous topics, then moves easily into serious topics, such as domestic violence, illness, even death. Finally, the poems gravitate into a bleak, almost apocalyptic future, focused on topics such as overdependence on technology and concerns for destruction of human life. Several are dedicated to others, including one devoted to the Challenger explosion. Some have been published earlier in anthologies and cover a span of perhaps twenty-five years in the author's life.

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    Angry Hands

      L Christina
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While wandering the continent of Pangea a prehistoric man falls in love with a blind girl."With subtle humor and a charming regional voice, James Rhodes cleverly crafts a story of vengeance, mystery and witchcraft. Deftly weaving the ordinary and supernatural Rhodes leads readers along a path strewn with dreary workaday details offset by exciting glimpses of an otherworld that threatens to destroy the safety of the mundane."- Kirsten Imani Kasai, Author: Ice Song, Tattoo, Del Rey BooksThings are going well for the Hettford Witch Hunt. Milton and Carrie are still in love, Dan has plenty to get angry about and nobody has had to lie on an insurance form in months.Meanwhile, it has been a bleak and austere winter for Gary who inhabits his house like the ghost of his relationship with Alison. Will a new arrival in Hettford help to pull him out of his slump? Will his old friends at the Hettford Witch Hunt rally around him? Will he ever be able to love again? Or, will the vengeful spirits of witches that haunt his village continue to hold back his career.Note: This book is best enjoyed as a continuation of Hettford Witch Hunt: Series One and Hettford Witch Hunt: Easter Special . Both of these titles are available at no cost from Smashwords and Amazon.

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    Deliverance: Where are our Children (A Serial Novel) Episode 2 of 9

      Gary Sapp
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Episode 2 continues the epic series as the cold war between A House in Chains and Pandora heats towards an inevitable confrontation.The Whirlwind may be unleashed with both group's leader troubled and occupied.Xavier Prince and Serena Tennyson face challenges of a highly volatile, highly personal level that may ultimately destroy them both. And finally, Special Agent Christopher Prince takes his turn at attempting to deliver a crippling blow to Pandora's plans once and for all; as he will be involved in a spectacular chase down the streets of Atlanta that will leave him forever scarred and you, the reader...breathless.

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    Part-Time God

      E.W. Pierce
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Diplomacy by the payload. In the near future, combat drones exact America’s foreign policy. Sleek and deadly, the drones require pilots with equally quick reflexes, a trait in short supply among the military. They need pilots weaned on video games. They need teenagers.But in this game there are no respawns.A science fiction short story."A compelling and well-paced story that made me eager for the next volume." "I was hooked from the start and can't wait until the next installment. I hope the author is a fast writer." Javin Cox was dead . . . or at least he should be. The last thing he remembered was touching off a Suitcase Nuke strapped to his back, hoping to take out an enemy compound of “Toads” who’d invaded earth and decimated all her cities. His Special Operations team had survived the initial invasion and were fighting a guerrilla war -- a last ditch effort to buy earth time to regroup. Javin had hit the ‘det’ switch, felt the blast, saw nothing but white . . . everywhere. And then he heard voices, talking about him as if he weren’t there. Until he’s swallowed up in a dark tunnel and realizes he’s moving incredibly fast. Javin awakens on a jungle planet, naked, no memory of who he is or where he came from, and facing a giant green lizard who wants him for dinner. From one scrape to the next, Javin crosses this odd landscape finding he can speak the language like a native and knows things; things about science and technology, that are far beyond this planet or its people. But that’s not all. The natives seem to know him too. You see, they think he’s Mulda’ fi, a Promised One, who has been sent to save their world from evil domination. There are pictures, legends, even statues of him all around . . . and Javin is sure he’s never been here before! It also turns out he has an enemy, who looks just like him, with powers he can’t even begin to imagine. Or maybe he can, if he can just get his “lucky marble” – which turns out to be much more than it seems – to work. Javin's special ancestry makes him the ‘One’ (or maybe One of Two) who can save all the races in the galaxy from being snuffed out. The problem is he knows nothing about it. And the Guardians, who are supposed to watch over things, can’t tell him anything because they’ve got problems of their own.

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    Down on the Bayou

      Ashlynn Elliott
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Have you ever been to Toledo Bend? That's where Ashley Elaine has her birthday party. That night, Ashley and her best friend, Emma, go fishing and come across a legend about the place. They begin to wonder: Is it true? How will we find it? What will happen IF we find it?Ashley Amore' Elaine has had a terrible year in high school. But now, it's time for her birthday party! She invites her clueless bset friend, Emma, and a buch of other girls to her birthday party. That night, Ashley and Emma go on a fishing trip while the other girls sleep. Emma finds a mysterious book floating in the water. It contains a legend about bayou fairies. Ashley lays unconvinced, but Emma is determined! The next day, Emma drags Ashley to go find the fairies, and they find them! When they get back, Ashley and Emma's friends have found a fairy, too! But one is evil! Can they decide which one?

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    Fire! Fire!

      Stuart Hill
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Fire! Fire! tells the story of a young boy trapped in London as the Great Fire takes hold. 350 years since fire swept through the city in 1666, this gripping first-hand account is perfect for children studying the Great Fire at school. An exciting story—perfect for readers interested in the history of London.

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    The Tribe

      Jon Gerrard
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A serial killer is kidnapping teenagers across Long Island and leaving their mutilated bodies discarded in his wake. Meanwhile, in the small town of Mayfair Park, a group of high school seniors discovers that they have begun to develop incredible super human abilities.Just regular teens with superhuman powers.Set in the small Long Island town of Mayfair Park, The Tribe tells the story of an ethnically diverse group of high school seniors. Unknown to anyone else, these high school seniors have been harboring a secret that has the potential to change the world. Over the past several years each of these high school seniors has developed a unique superhuman ability.Slowly, their powers are revealed to each other and the teens set about the difficult task of learning to control their abilities. Everything suddenly changes, however, when a serial killer begins abducting teens across the island, leaving their mutilated bodies behind.When several members of the group go missing, the remaining teens must come together and use all their courage and ability to rescue their friends from a fate worse than death. The clock is ticking… and what the teens discover next will rock them to their very core. Someone very powerful is plotting against them, and it’s only a matter of time before they uncover the truth about their very own existence…Now the high school seniors of Mayfair Park must overcome the forces sent against them in a series of deadly encounters that will either set them free or lead to their instant demise. Throughout this ordeal, the teens also face another important dilemma… how do they explain their absence to their parents without being grounded and missing the senior prom?The Tribe is a gripping and powerful tale about survival. It is about making difficult and courageous decisions at the risk of losing everything and everyone. Ultimately, this is a story about hope overcoming fear in a truly original way.

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    Before the Tide

      Christine Malec
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What makes five of the most powerful witches and wizards of their day retreat from the world to teach magic? 11th Century Britain is a perilous place, even for a sorcerer. The legendary four founders are bound north on a quest of honor, and the road is full of the unexpected. Magic isn’t as stylish as it once was, and they’re faced with adventure, as well as some provocative questions.What makes five of the most powerful witches and wizards of their day retreat from the world to teach magic? 11th Century Britain is a perilous place, even for a sorcerer. It’s the summer of 1066, and England is on the brink of events that will bring destruction and transformation. A battlefield is an unspeakable place, but it can also be a place of astonishing heroism. Brought together by the manipulations of a wizard even more powerful than they, the Hogwarts four, inspired by the remarkable courage of Odo the Hero on Hastings field, find themselves embarked on a quest to the north, which keeps them one step ahead of the invading army. On their journey, they meet seductive sorceresses, vicious magical creatures, and people who are not what they seem. The country is changing, and magic is no longer as stylish as it once was. Should magicians interfere in the affairs of muggles? Should witches and wizards retreat from the world for their own safety? Is magic the only protection witches have in a violent world? And who is the cantankerous old wizard responsible for bringing these legendary friends together? This is a rollicking tale of adventure and magic, that peaks behind legends, and explores what it means to be different in a dangerous world.

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    Buck Vs. the Bulldog Ants

      David Kersey
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Buck, a Golden Retriever, (the narrator), and eleven other animals on the estate, have learned to speak, assemble, co-exist, and solve problems despite their quirkiness that mirrors humanity. When threatened by a terrorist attack that spreads to the entire country, they find a way to survive through hardship and loss, and love for each other. Includes military canine training and more. Four parts.On Halloween the ghosts and witches and demons roam, so it is said. On many porches and on windowsills the watch is kept by Jack, he of the pumpkin face and candle eyes, but against what? What dark places did he leave to dwell with us, and why? And what is out there, waiting for us in the dark? What does it want with us?

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    Something About a Sword and a Stone?

      Jeffrey Wikstrom
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Join Uther Pendragon jerkass; his advisor Merlin, who's even worse; his knights Sir Ulfius and Sir Brastias, the Old Firm; and young Arthur, King of the Britons, and actually a pretty okay guy! This comic retelling of the first two books of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur also descibes Sir Balin and his weird quest to strike the Dolorous Blow and die tragically. It's a hoot and a half!DID YOU KNOW:Sir Balin, the knight who delivered the dolorous stroke, was so stupid half of Camelot assumed it was an act to cover for his witchcraft? Sir Gawaine was a whiny little brat who demanded unlimited special treatment on account of he was King Arthur’s nephew? Arthur only married Guinevere to get his hands on her dowry, the Round Table? Nobody liked Merlin because he was terrible?If you did know all those things, clearly you’ve read Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, and I pity you. No one should have to slog through that pile of continuity errors and insipid descriptions of jousts. I’ve spent years of my life poring over all twenty-one Books of this foundational work of fantasy literature, dreadful as it is. Here, for your amusement and edification, I recount, dissect, and ruthlessly mock each ridiculous plot contrivance, each self-contradictory anecdote, and each unnamed damsel who runs in from offscreen and dies.Arthur Dies at the End volume 1: Something About a Sword and a Stone? covers Books I through III of Le Morte d’Arthur. Here you’ll find King Arthur’s earliest days, from the hilarious and rape-filled account of his conception to the bit with the sword in the stone we all remember to his first war to his loveless wedding to Guinevere and his nephew Gawaine’s very first quest (he screws it up pretty bad)!ARTHUR DIES AT THE END: I read Le Morte d’Arthur so you don’t have to!

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    Grounds for Divorce

      Patrice Stanton
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Julia needs some relationship advice and a friend suggests she consult a psychic named Morgana. But this one doesn’t read tea-leaves. Nope. She’s a 21st century seer who requires a specific roast of a specific well-known brand of coffee beans. Julia finally tracks down the properly-dated vacuum-packed bag, but gets a rude (psychic-)awakening in the process: cryptic questions. To ask the psychic!Man-trouble is never a good thing, but for Julia, this time it’s just plain confusing. Her guy was all over her at the start, but now? She thought he was on the brink of popping-“the”-question. But so far there’s been no pop, only a slow fizzle. She’s decided it’s up to her; she’s going to have to pop a different question, since he’s suddenly working late, not answering her calls, or when he does he’s unsure if he’ll be able to keep their date.Julia needs to know, once and for all, whether Joe’s a keeper or a has-bean, and Morgana promises to have the answer.Gourmet coffee beans, custom ground, then analyzed to your specific needs. Who, in their right mind, would have thunk the spirit world was so-o-o trendy, so particular? But that’s how Julia’s modern psychic does business, so that’s how Julia will experience a slice of life where going beyond words means approaching the Twilight Zone.

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    Heartland Junk Part I: The End: A Zombie Apocalypse Serial

      Eli Nixon
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In a quiet midwestern town, a terrifying plague gives three junkies a chance to live again. But they aren't the only ones given a second chance at life...It came at you first like an unexpected chill breeze on a warm day, the kind that makes you wrap your arms around yourself and shiver involuntarily. Most people never had a chance to figure out what was happening before it was too late. Only the lucky ones, the ones already ruined, like me, were able to defend ourselves.The terrifying first installment of Heartland Junk, a zombie apocalypse serial!--Rivet ignored my reply and began pacing, tearing at his hair with both hands. "They're in me, man. In my head. I can't...all night, they've been talking...whispering...telling me things." "Who has?" "These, I don't even know, man, these voices. And like, I'm seeing this darkness. It's so deep. I haven't touched a needle in two days, but please, Ray, please. You gotta help me out." He stopped pacing and turned to me, eyes pleading. He'd burst a blood vessel in his left eye and a tributary of red ran across the white from the pupil. He looked sick. I noticed his hands, now held out to me like a beggar's, were shaking slightly. This wasn't the Rivet I knew. "Give him some, Ray," Jennie's light voice floated up from the couch. I'd almost forgotten about her, watching Rivet carry on like this. It was frightening, in a way. "Can't you see he needs it?" "I, uh...yeah, yeah sure, man. Just let me..." I turned to look around the living room, searching among the overflowing ashtrays and crusted dishes for that little brown baggie filled with powder. Something pressed at the inside of my skull, like that feeling right before a killer headache. It was hard to think. I needed coffee, a cigarette, hell, a hit of my own wouldn't go down too rough. "I uh...Jen, what'd we do with it last night?" "Kitchen?" She sat up on the edge of the couch and let the quilt fall to her waist. She wasn't wearing a shirt or a bra. "Oopsie," she giggled lightly and bunched the quilt edge up to her shoulders. Rivet had stopped pacing and was staring at her like a row of corn had sprouted from her forehead. "It wasn't like that..." I started, hoping to head off another jealous outburst from Rivet, but he wasn't paying attention. He just kept staring at Jennie's forehead with that blank, lopsided expression, his eyes wide, unblinking. "...Rivet?" Jennie said cautiously. "You okay, hun?" Rivet licked his lips. Then he calmly leaned down and bit Jennie's ear off.

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    Johnny Winger and the Battle at Caloris Basin

      Philip Bosshardt
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Final episode, Tales of the Quantum Corps. The Old Ones have arrived. They’re building a base on Mercury to collect the Sun’s energy. Johnny Winger’s an angel, working inside the mother swarm, gathering intel, trying to stop them. But no one believes it’s really him. To defeat the Old Ones, he has to overcome his own doubts and those of others, and the greatest challenge of his life.In the middle of the 22nd century, the Old Ones have finally arrived. They’re building a base on Mercury to collect the Sun’s energy, preparing to absorb the entire solar system. Johnny Winger’s an angel, a para-human swarm entity now. He’s working inside the Mother Swarm, gathering intelligence, trying to stop them. But there’s a problem: no one believes it’s really him. To defeat the Old Ones, he has to overcome his own doubts and those of others. It’s the greatest challenge of his life. Final episode in the Tales of the Quantum Corps.

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    Raildogs

      Rejean Giguere
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“He had already built a cage of his own fear, and all she did was climb in there with him.”Freight trains pound the rails, steel on steel, crisscrossing America. The dark and lawless freight yards are staging points for the homeless and the adventurous seeking a free ride.But is anything really free?“He had already built a cage of his own fear, and all she did was climb in there with him.”Freight trains pound the rails, steel on steel, crisscrossing America. The dark and lawless freight yards are staging points for the homeless and the adventurous seeking a free ride.But is anything really free?There are rules to the underbelly of society, cruel andhorrifying. Battles are won, souls are lost. Some seek revenge, and some seek redemption. To the Raildogs it's always been about the next score. There's never been enough. Or is there?In the dead of night chaos reigns. In the grim darkness of the boxcars we find hell.

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    The Birdman

      Angus Brownfield
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Can a mathematical genius with zero social skills save the world? One man thinks he’s got as good a chance as any.Pushed to the point of mayhem, mathematical genius Donald MacDonald is booted by a high tech megalith and embarks on a new career: art. He gains a public following chalking large drawings on downtown sidewalks while he embarks on a mission to paint exactly one hundred and fifty-three portraits of birds, birds that live only in his imagination. Problem is, he forgets to eat and sleep, and when he finally collapses one day, in the midst of chalking, he ends up in a psych ward. There, one man, perchance named Dr. Crane, decides he’s tired of watching earnest but benighted souls like Donald MacDonald get consigned to the booby hatch.

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    After the Nuthatch Fell

      Dennis Anthony
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Young Parker French is terrified on his first day in kindergarten. But in later years when God peeks in on him, and then he meets Mr. Gray, a ghost in a duster and handsome Stetson hat, he’s okay with it. Strange goings on at the edge of the forest, however, reveal a more sinister presence at work.Young Parker French is terrified on his first day in kindergarten. But in later years when God peeks in on him, and then he meets Mr. Gray, a ghost in a duster and handsome Stetson hat, he’s okay with it. Strange goings on at the edge of the forest, however, reveal a more sinister presence at work. Mr. Gray won’t be able to save him. And Momma . . . well, Momma can’t know. Parker learns that sometimes innocence is no protection against the dark.

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    Simulation: Massively Multiplayer

      Marlynn Swanigan
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An illusionary novel with an interesting virtual reality action rpg game that keeps us playing for hours! Mission Based, Mini-games, dark missions, and massively multiplayer with a unique level-up system and stunning 3D graphics!More haunting...more biting...more interrogating! All your favorite characters from 'Axe' are back in this explosive masterpiece. Play as a Hollownaut and stay plugged into over 15 maps, with an action RPG style combat system and risky gambling maps called 'deprivation' with a high stakes multiplayer rush! Don't get unplugged! Not only is the board game a thrill - the read is also an amusement ride! Marlynn Swanigan takes group reading to the next level with the Hollownaut film academy, which adds right to your level score and rank! All you have to do is connect, play Hollownaut film academy, and count the trophies at the end of the goal sequences to add them to your rank. If you haven't yet purchased this book, get it now, you don't want to be left out. Get it now, and race against your friends to become the number one Hollownaut. See why this book is not a book at all, unlock your inner nuke in this full-fledge RPG! Don’t like the nukes? That’s ok, play as a Dark Gawnden. In the lone-dark missions, you have no clones, but you only gain clones for the exiles in exchange for extra lives in deprivation, where you use their clones to earn respect. The dark saga actually has a great story behind it. You’re just putting in work to get money for the boss, just like the mobsters...

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    Polite Temper Boy Book One: The Hermit

      Justin Gedak
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Psychological thriller/horror novella based in a medieval fantasy setting about Vincent Fane Dagabual, a soldier in the North Vellonian Infantry who gets knocked out during battle, and wakes up tied to a dead tree.Polite Temper Boy Book One: The Hermit is a psychological thriller/horror novella based in a medieval fantasy setting about Vincent Fane Dagabual, a soldier in the North Vellonian Infantry who gets knocked out during battle, and wakes up tied to a dead tree. Once awake he realizes he has been abducted by an elderly hermit, an ancient medicine man from a tribe thought to be extinct. The time spend captured gives Vincent a chance to look inwards at his own life, and he finds that he does not like the monster of a human being he has become. This new-found realization spirals him into the memories of his childhood at an abandoned city where he finds that his past, present, and future are somehow intertwined with the hermit, a blind woman, a mysterious beast, and an ancient jail-cell door.

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    The Quest: The Snow Labyrinth, Book 7: A Place of Legend

      Mark Mulle
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After saving Herobrine and the game he loves from the Scarlet Hero, Steve wants nothing more than to enjoy the game and lead a quiet life.But everything changes the day he stumbles across a village full of diamonds. There he is attacked by something he has never seen before – red creepers.Steve must figure out who is behind this new threat before it wreaks more havoc.GENRE: Children’s Adventure (An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Ages 9 - 12 (Preteen) Book 7: A Place of Legend Steve is hoping for a quiet life in Minecraft. After saving Herobrine and the game he loves from the Scarlet Hero, he wants nothing more than to enjoy the game. But everything changes the day he stumbles across a village full of diamonds. There he is attacked by something he has never seen before – red creepers. On top of that, Steve stumbles across another player named Elena, who seems to share a connection to the game similar to the one that he has. Steve knows Herobrine is in trouble. After finding out he is located in the Snow Labyrinth, a place of legend that no one even thinks is truly real in Minecraft, he knows where they have to go. Together, Steve and Elena must figure out what this unseen world of Minecraft is made out of, who has kidnapped Herobrine, and how to get to the Snow Labyrinth. Author’s Note: This short story is for your reading pleasure. The characters in this "Minecraft Adventure Series" such as Steve, Endermen or Herobrine...etc are based on the Minecraft Game coming from Minecraft ®/TM & © 2009-2013 Mojang / Notch

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