Excerpt from The Brighton Boys in the Argonne ForestThe building Of the Panama Canal, the discovery Of the North Pole, the results attained at the modern Olympic games are but minor instances of our determination; the accumulative values Of inventions and their commercialism, the acquiring Of vast wealth and well being express this more generally.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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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

Great Pyramid, rival priests, romance with a harem (perhaps royal) woman, and jealous Queen prey on God-king Khufu. In parallel to Khufu’s labors, Mehi labors to absolve his family’s crime by self-sacrifice as a pyramid worker. The crime also burdens his love for An-khi, a governor’s daughter who aspires to be governor herself. Will Mehi save Khufu from his enemies, including Mehi’s own brother?Great Pyramid, jealous Queen, rival priests, ambitious princes and drought all prey on God-king Khufu. Frightfully, his most potent protector is a mere commoner, Mehi, the son of a tomb-robber.Khufu’s external trials are the nomad invasions and regicide attempts conspired by the priests, his gold treasury’s depletion he requires to perfect his pyramid, and his Queen’s sterility that extends into Khufu’s romance with Theormi, a harem woman. As a result, Theormi embarks on her own path to prove her royalty.Yet Khufu’s inner and ultimate battle is with his own kingship. While his desire for Theormi proves his humanity, Egypt’s people require his divinity. The God-king’s divine magic raises the annual Nile inundation, irrigates the ribbon of Egypt’s farmland, and feeds his people who would otherwise starve in the desert that creeps in on all sides. But when the Nile doesn’t rise in this year of the novel’s setting, Khufu searches for the magic in his body, apparently abandoned like love has abandoned him. Do the Gods disfavor him against protecting his people as they have in, or perhaps because of, his quest for human love? In parallel to Khufu’s labors, Mehi labors to absolve his family of its crime by self-sacrifice, physically and mentally, on the pyramid. The crime also burdens his love for An-khi, a governor’s daughter. In the course of the year, propelled by the Nile’s seasons of inundation, harvest and drought, Mehi’s brother enters as a rival for An-khi’s love. Meanwhile, she aspires to be governor herself. By year’s end, will Mehi save Khufu from his enemies, including Mehi’s brother?

Oskar doesn't have many friends. So when Eli moves in next door, things seem to be improving. She's a little strange, and her 'father' is frankly sinister, but at least she likes Oskar. Then a child's body is found hanging from a tree, and all hell breaks loose. Is it a serial killer? Or something a bit...different?

In a small peaceful place , reigns an evil terror which is eradicated by dynasties of people called the ‘Annoxonum’, ‘Bearers of the firestone’. Now that the evil has arisen once again aided by the evil sorceress, Aria, a new Annoxonum must be summoned immediately to protect the powerful firestone - a stone which possess distinct abilities capable of many wondrous - or disastrous - deeds!In a small peaceful place , reigns an evil terror which is eradicated by dynasties of people called the ‘Annoxonum’, ‘Bearers of the firestone’. Now that the evil has arisen once again aided by the evil sorceress, Aria, a new Annoxonum must be summoned immediately to protect the powerful firestone - a stone which possess distinct abilities capable of many wondrous - or disastrous - deeds!The new Annoxonum is now being trailed by the once noble creature Axhelius who is now under Aria’s influence. Who is the Annoxonum who will bear the mark of the noble quest and will the Annoxonum be able to survive evil’s noxious plans?

In a season of dead weather, the mind clutches at reality; but what does it find instead? Madness, or monsters? Ghosts, or things more terrible than ghosts? Illusions, or invasions? Dreams, or the darkness at the end of all nightmares? One thing is clear: these are tales that echoes tell, in a season of dead weather.The weird, the uncanny, the strange: these are the local conditions of dead weather.And these are stories based on dreams and nightmares, on things barely glimpsed in the moonrise, on places perfectly normal by day but haunted by the light of winter stars.Along with stories that appeared in "All Hallows" (edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden) and in the ROC anthology, "Alone on the Darkside" (edited by John Pelan) are tales that have never seen the light -- but now, as daylight fades, the stories can be told.(May be too intense for younger readers.)The cover was designed and drawn by Tragelaphus.

Earth's colonization ship arrives at what is supposed to be an uninhabited planet and confirms you never know what to expect with a First Contact.Dana Majors is an up and coming fashion designer with all eyes on her. The best thing about it is she hasn't even finished design school yet, and she never will if her fathers new girlfriend has anything to say about it. Months before graduating the rug is pulled from under her. That is until an unlikely ally is willing to pave...and pay the way for her to chase her dreams. The only problem is her unlikely benefactor is her closest friends brother.

"It Waits" now has a new beginning, new middle, and a new ending. It has been totally reworked. It is now a true short story in the horror fiction genre.Somewhere out there It Waits. It is very hungry.A comatose man is discovered on the side of the highway late at night, battered, broken, and bruised. Who is he? How did he get there? Was he the victim of a heinous crime? But there's more to Broken than just the fate of a nearly dead man, or the crime's investigation. Everyone touched by the crime discovers something about his or her own life, something that will impact each so intensely that they will never be the same. The college student who stumbles upon the body. The trucker who comes to his aid. The young surgeon who saves his life. The nurses who help him to heal from the accident.But what brought the victim to that point on the highway is the heart of Broken, as well as what happens to him as a result. He eventually recovers only to discover that the passions that once drove him are gone, irrevocably stolen from him by the man who almost took his life. As he searches for why bad things happen to good people, will he see the good in the tragedy, or will it destroy not only his devastated hopes and dreams, but his desire to find new ones, options for his future that aren't rendered impossible by his irreversible injuries.And what about the fate of the man who almost killed him? Will the victim and his family find forgiveness in their hearts for the criminal? Will he be brought to justice? And what does true justice entail?Broken is a legal thriller, but it's also a tale of hope and forgiveness, one that just might impact you as dramatically as the characters in the story.

Craig Henry is an atheist and he loves Tabitha Wolfe. Her mother, Christine Wolfe, is a devout Christian and thinks her daughter can do better. But, when Christine starts receiving phone calls from someone she believes is the Almighty, long hidden family secrets come to light.Any scientific expedition to the Arctic expects plenty of risk. However, Dr. Welham of Miskatonic University's survey uncovers far more than the usual geologic and ethnographic samples. In the severe, rock-scouring blizzards of the far north, the team comes across a hideous object from an elder age. A relic that brings earth shattering terror in its wake...  This story is loosely inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's short story, Polaris, which was written in 1918. In that story, a modern man is troubled by recurring dreams, gaining in intensity. During these visions, he assumes the role of a sentry guarding the pass against the invading Inutos people from the west. However, under the malign influence of the pole star, the watcher falls asleep. This time, when he awakes, screaming, the sentry wakes as a modern man and realises that he has failed the marble city of Olathoe in the lost land of Lomar.

Looking for your next vampire romance? Marked has 4 stars from Paranormal Romance and Authors that Rock and 4 stars from the Paranormal Romance Guild.Kate makes a chain of drastic decisions in an attempt to gain control of her life. This doesn’t stop with her look, or even her name. She decides to let a mysterious stranger turn her into a vampire, and their complicated history with one another iKate makes a chain of drastic decisions in an attempt to gain control of her life. This doesn’t stop with her look, or even her name. She decides to let a mysterious stranger turn her into a vampire, and their complicated history with one another is slowly revealed as layer by layer of this dark fantasy unfolds. The self-professed “King of all the Dark and Scary Things” wants her for himself, and he isn’t about to let her go without a fight.

A young marketing specialist wakes up one morning for a surprise that ultimately sets in motion his abduction to another galaxy. Mysteries are discovered in this new world. A story of friendship and personal growth as he tries to get back to Earth alive.Newlyweds Joel and Sonnet have just wrapped up a housewarming party in Suburban Phoenix. Custom-built on the site of a meteor crash a half century ago, the young couple received everything they wanted in their dream house. Unfortunately, Joel and Sonnet also got what they didn't want: thousands of unwelcome, venomous guests. Despite a clean inspection report, the house is crawling with more scorpions than your average infestation, leaving husband and wife to avoid the pests' numbing and potentially fatal sting.On a night that will forever alter their fates, Joel and Sonnet are forced to uncover the mystery of the scorpions' origins. What they find challenges their greatest fears as well as their love for one another.

A director's cut scene from Dark Peak: The First Elemental developed into a short story for e-book only release. What happens when an elemental dragon places her trust in the hands of a human companion, a young boy travelling with his scientist parents to a semi-tropical rainforest on an isolated island? On this island is a flower, and in the heart of the flower is a miracle...A director's cut scene from Dark Peak: The First Elemental developed into a short story for e-book only release. Jake Walker is alone in the Derbyshire Peaklands with a twenty foot immortal dragon made of limestone. Well, Jake thinks Stone's immortal, but the dragon knows otherwise... he's been there before, he's seen what happens when an elemental places her misguided trust in the hands of a human companion, a young boy travelling with his scientist parents to a semi-tropical rainforest on an isolated island. On this island is a flower, and in the heart of the flower is a miracle...

A selection of chilling stories from some of the best Indie authors on the market. With stories by Donny Swords, Chris Raven, A.L. Butcher, Alan Hardy, Adam Bigden, & Dani J. CaileA selection of chilling stories from some of the best Indie authors on the market. We dare you to venture into these pages of spine chilling tales and stories of dark shadows & darker tidings, shifters, ancient warriors, zombies, & demons… See the world through the Ripper’s eyes, and so much more. So many dark, foul things wait for you between these pages. Freely donated by the authors themselves, these dark passages are a great example of their various, unique styles and imaginations. Join us in Darker Places. With stories by Donny Swords, Chris Raven, A.L. Butcher, Alan Hardy, Adam Bigden, & Dani J. CaileBrought to you by The Indie Collaboration.

Poems for when the words stop and you start leaving footprints in the ashes.The Empire teeters on the brink of collapse. A hedonistic teen assumes the throne under false pretenses while a slave rebellion erupts in the north. The southern King of Kings, sensing weakness, sets his eyes on his vulnerable foe.In the midst of the growing tumult, a young man from the Empire's hinterlands grudgingly heads to Imperial City. There, Claudio-Valens sees firsthand the weak, treasonous Imperial Council that aids foreign enemies, and finds himself at the center of the fight to save the country he loves.What follows is a tale of desert queens and legionaries, of mad girls with great gifts and scheming highborn ladies, of gods both human and divine, that will forever transform the world they know.

What if God had a psychiatrist? What would their sessions uncover? Megalomania? An inferiority complex? Voyeurism?This short story is an explanatory expedition into God's infinitely fractured psyche. Our probe comes in the somewhat obese and very unattractive shape of our unfortunate protagonist - a middle-aged Jewish psychiatrist whose uninteresting life forced him to become a therapist for the rich and famous and whose untimely death forced him to become the therapist for the dead and deified. Now his days are filled with treating Buddha's body image, Mohammed's phobia of being rendered as an image, and Jesus' daddy issues. Then it gets weird. Our probe falls into the space between good and evil, and becomes frozen at the midpoint of insanity and sanity. This is a story of a mad God, of reversal of roles, and reverse psychology. But you probably wouldn't be interested anyway.

A six-pack of urban (and suburban) fantasies. "Mysfits" delves into the lives of several unique people in extraordinary situations--from an autistic child with a healer's touch, to a small town witch who volunteers at a local hospital, and many more. BONUS: Also include is the first chapter of A LITTLE PRIMITIVE, the acclaimed urban fantasy thriller by bestselling author Josh Langston.The South has an abundance of fascinating folk, and none are more interesting than those populating the contemporary fantasies contained in this quirky volume. "Mysfits" is a collection of six unforgettable tales from a rising star in the paranormal and fantasy genres.

The poems in Jeff Roulston's first chapbook Toronto The Good are descriptive, dark, angry and optimistic all at once. His lyrical, spoken word- and hip-hop-influenced style represents his Toronto upbringing and his pointed poetry lays out the best and worst of his hometown.There isn't just one Toronto. It is a big diverse city that is experienced differently by every one of its nearly three million people. The poems in Jeff Roulston's first chapbook Toronto The Good truthfully capture the Toronto he knows in his direct, but lyrical style, influenced by his Toronto slanguage and lifestyle and the broader hip-hop culture many in his generation live and breathe.Follow him on Twitter @JeffRoulston, read his writing on www.JeffRoulston.com and his blog at www.TOStateOfMind.com.Cover art by Dion Fitzgerald. See his art at www.dvyneart.com and follow him on Twitter @DVYNEART.

Spring 1927. Godfrey and Antoinette are officially an item. That doesn't stop the suave and debonair Eddie Ryerson though. Back from Toronto for a visit, Eddie has his eye on the young women of Wainwright – and Antoinette is in his sights. Meanwhile, Antonia is having a real dilemma getting her choice of treasurer elected for the Wainwright Catholic Women's League and Isaac loses a dear friend.Spring 1927. Godfrey and Antoinette are officially an item. That doesn't stop the suave and debonair Eddie Ryerson though. Back from Toronto for a visit, Eddie has his eye on the young women of Wainwright – and Antoinette is in his sights. Meanwhile, Antonia is having a real dilemma getting her choice of treasurer elected for the Wainwright chapter of the Catholic Women's League and Isaac loses a dear friend.