Null-A Continuum

      John C. Wright
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Grandmaster A. E. van Vogt was one of the giants of the Golden Age of classic SF, the 1940s. Of his masterpieces, The World of Null-A is perhaps most influential. It was the first major trade SF hardcover ever, in 1949, and has been in print ever since. The careers of Philip K. Dick, Keith Laumer, Alfred Bester, Charles Harness, and Philip Jose Farmer were created or influenced by The World of Null-A. It is required reading for anyone who wishes to know the canon of SF classics. And so John C. Wright was inspired to write a sequel to the two novels of Null-A (the second was The Players of Null-A). To do this, he trained himself to write in the pulp style and manner of van Vogt. So return again to the Null-A future, in which the superhuman amnesiac with a double brain, Gilbert Gosseyn, must pit his wits once more against the remorseless galactic dictator Enro the Red and the mysterious shadow-being known as The Follower, while he is hurled headlong through unimaginable distances in space and in time and through alternate eternities to fend off the death, and complete the rebirth, of the Universe itself!

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    Edge of Obsession

      Megan Crane
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Tyr, a powerful man in a destroyed world, needs only three things to survive: his weapons, basic resources and a rotation of women to serve his voracious sexual needs. But when a beautiful prisoner grabs his attention during a mission to restock his clan's supplies, Tyr's alpha instincts give way to something much darker--strong, unquenchable lust that cannot be ignored...or denied.After two years on the run, Helena is snared by this dominant group of men who roam the land unchallenged. Strong to her core and with a mission of her own, Helena knows she doesn't have to be their captive for long. But despite all the terrible things she's heard about these brutal beasts, Helena is overcome by intense desire for the ruthless man who has taken her. As their scorching passion escalates, Helena will have to trust in Tyr in order to save both what's left of this desolate, torn-up world...and herself.

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    Blade on the Hunt

      Lauren Dane
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“When you awaken, you will have to find her yourself. Or she will find you.” These were the words given to Rowan Summerwaite by the Goddess as Rowan lay clinging to life. Broken—but not defeated—by the ancient Vampire Enyo. After weeks of mandatory down time, a recharged and vengeance-fueled Rowan heads out from her father’s Keep, leading a team of some of the most terrifying beings on earth with one goal in mind—track and eliminate the Vampire who attacked her. But as the team moves across Europe and is hit with wave after wave of attacks, the tensions between Clive Stewart—the haughty, stylish Scion of North America whom Rowan grew even closer to during her recovery—and a rival Vampire ramp up. Befuddled, confused, flattered and annoyed, Rowan’s the woman in the middle. She’s not used to being claimed in a way that’s not about how strong her sword arm is or who raised her. Clive Stewart is everything she shouldn’t want in a man—he’s bossy, he’s a Vampire, and he considers her his—but she’s past denying how it makes her feel that he fights for her the way he does. She’s past denying she’s in love. In contrast to the uneven footing falling in love has given her, Rowan is utterly certain she will locate her quarry. She’s stronger and more powerful than she’s ever been after the tests and bloody lessons of the last years. Her connection with the Goddess is seamless and the light of her mission burns from within. And she’ll need all the help she can get because it’s not very long before Rowan and her team realize the threat is far greater than one crazy old Vampire. There’s a war brewing and Rowan will fight it to the death. It’s what she was born to do.

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    A Feast of Demons

      Joseph Samachson
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A Feast of Demons is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Joseph Samachson is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Joseph Samachson then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

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    Dead Night - Potters Secrets

      Tim ORourke
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When Potter disappears from Hallowed Manor for twenty-four hours, he goes in search of the only person he thinks will be able to give him answers as to why the world has been pushed. That person is his first love, Sophie. But Sophie has been pushed, too, and is running for her life. In a world where wolves live amongst humans, Potter must save Sophie while trying to search for answers. During his search, he discovers that some things are best left secret.

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    Vampire a Go-Go

      Victor Gischler
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Victor Gischler is a master of the class-act literary spoof, and his work has drawn comparison to that of Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, and Thomas Pynchon. Now, Gischler turns his attention to werewolves, alchemists, ghosts, witches, and gun-toting Jesuit priests in Vampire a Go-Go, a hilarious romp of spooky, Gothic entertainment. Narrated by a ghost whose spirit is chained to a mysterious castle in Prague, Gischler's latest is full of twists and surprises that will have readers screaming - and laughing - for more.

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    Daring Wings

      Graham M. Dean
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    Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp

      Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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    The Diamond Master

      Jacques Futrelle
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This volume contains five novels and the fifty short stories written by the great mystery writer Jacques Futrelle, creator of the iconic "Thinking Machine" character, professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen.Futrelle life and career was cut short at 37: he died in the sinking of the Titanic. The works included in this volume are:NOVELS:The Chase of the Golden PlateThe Diamond MasterElusive IsabelThe High HandMy Lady's Garter SHORT STORIES AND NOVELETTES:1.THE THINKING MACHINE2. THE FIRST PROBLEM3. THE PROBLEM OF CELL 134. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE GREAT LOGICIAN5. KIDNAPPED BABY BLAKE, MILLIONAIRE6. MYSTERY OF THE FATAL CIPHER7. MYSTERY OF THE FLAMING PHANTOM8. THE TRAGEDY OF THE LIFE RAFT9. PROBLEM OF THE PRIVATE COMPARTMENT10. MYSTERY OF THE RALSTON BANK BURGLARY11. MYSTERY OF THE SCARLET THREAD12. PROBLEM OF CONVICT NO. 9713. PROBLEM OF THE BROKEN BRACELET14. PROBLEM OF THE CROSS MARK15. THE JACKDAW16. PROBLEM OF THE CRYSTAL GAZER17. PROBLEM OF THE DESERTED HOUSE18. PROBLEM OF THE GHOST WOMAN19. A PIECE OF STRING20. PROBLEM OF THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER21. PROBLEM OF THE HIDDEN MILLION22. PROBLEM OF THE INTERRUPTED WIRELESS23. MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN DAGGER24. PROBLEM OF THE KNOTTED CORD25. PROBLEM OF THE LOST RADIUM26. THE HAUNTED BELL27. PROBLEM OF THE MISSING NECKLACE28. PROBLEM OF THE MOTOR BOAT29. PROBLEM OF THE OPERA BOX30. FIVE MILLIONS BY WIRELESS30. PROBLEM OF THE ORGAN GRINDER31. PROBLEM OF THE PERFECT ALIBI32. PROBLEM OF THE RED ROSE33. THE SILVER BOX34. PROBLEM OF THE STOLEN BANK NOTES35. PROBLEM OF THE STOLEN RUBENS36. MYSTERY OF THE GRIP OF DEATH37. PROBLEM OF THE SUPERFLUOUS FINGER38. PROBLEM OF THE VANISHING MAN39. THE CASE OF THE SCIENTIFIC MURDERER40. THE GREAT AUTO MYSTERY41. THE GRINNING GOD42. THE MYSTERY OF STUDIO A43. THE PHANTOM MOTOR44. THE PROBLEM OF THE AUTO CAB45. THE ROSWELL TIARA46. PROBLEM OF THE SOUVENIR CARDS47. THE THREE OVERCOATS48. MYSTERY OF THE MAN WHO WAS LOST49. PROBLEM OF DRESSING ROOM A50. THE LEAK

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    The Lady Of The Lighthouse

      Adrien Leduc
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A family trip to the Aransas Pass Lighthouse turns spooky. *This story is family appropriate.Sarah and Carl Jr's dad is crazy about lighthouses. In fact he writes books about them. But when the family head to Aransas Pass, Texas for a snoop around the old lighthouse, they find a little more then they went looking for!

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    L'Usurpateur. English

      Judith Gautier
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ L'usurpateur; L'usurpateur; Judith Gautier<author> Judith Gautier<publisher> A. Lacroix, 1875<subjects> History; Asia; Japan; History / Asia / Japan </div> </div> <br> <div class="story_tools"> <div class="category"> <svg class="icon icon-cat"> <use xlink:href="#icon-cat"></use> </svg> <a href="/gr/historical_fiction/">History & Fiction</a> </div> <a href="/judith-gautier/9086-lusurpateur__english_read.html" title="Read online:     L'Usurpateur. English" class="btn"><b>Read online</b></a> </div> <br> <div class="meta"> <ul class="right"> <li class="grey" title="Views: 468"> <svg class="icon icon-views"><use xlink:href="#icon-views"></use></svg> 468 </li> </ul> <ul class="left"> <li class="story_date"> <svg class="icon icon-info"> <use xlink:href="#icon-info"></use> </svg> <span class="grey"> <time> Published: 2014 </time></span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> <article class="box story shortstory"> <div class="box_in"> <h2 class="title"> <a style="color: #3394e6;" href="/ridgwell-cullum/9624-the_son_of_his_father_read.html">    The Son of his Father</a> </h2> <h5 class="title" style="font-size:1em;">       <a style=" color: #3394e6; " href="/ridgwell-cullum/">Ridgwell Cullum </a> </h5> <div class="text" style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; display: inline; text-align: justify;"> <a class="highslide"> <img src="//onlinereadfreenovel.com/i2/1707081222/9624_the_son_of_his_father_preview.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" title="    The Son of his Father" alt="$value['title']" /> </a> <div class="text3"><br>Ridgwell Cullum (pseudonym of Sidney Groves Burghard) (13 August 1867 – 3 November 1943) was a British writer who wrote a large number of adventure novels over more than 30 years, usually set in sparsely populated regions of the USA or Canada. He left home aged 17 to join a gold rush in the Transvaal in South Africa, where he became involved in the conflict between British and Boer settlers; he travelled to the scene of another gold rush in Yukon in north-west Canada; he spent a few years cattle-ranching in Montana, USA. His first novel The Devil's Keg, set in Alberta, Canada, was published in 1903. After its success he settled in Britain and became a full-time writer. Several of his novels were made into films. </div> </div> <br> <div class="story_tools"> <div class="category"> <svg class="icon icon-cat"> <use xlink:href="#icon-cat"></use> </svg> <a href="/gr/western/">Western</a> </div> <a href="/ridgwell-cullum/9624-the_son_of_his_father_read.html" title="Read online:     The Son of his Father" class="btn"><b>Read online</b></a> </div> <br> <div class="meta"> <ul class="right"> <li class="grey" title="Views: 468"> <svg class="icon icon-views"><use xlink:href="#icon-views"></use></svg> 468 </li> </ul> <ul class="left"> <li class="story_date"> <svg class="icon icon-info"> <use xlink:href="#icon-info"></use> </svg> <span class="grey"> <time> Published: 2011 </time></span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> <article class="box story shortstory"> <div class="box_in"> <h2 class="title"> <a style="color: #3394e6;" href="/jackson-gregory/9661-six_feet_four_read.html">    Six Feet Four</a> </h2> <h5 class="title" style="font-size:1em;">       <a style=" color: #3394e6; " href="/jackson-gregory/">Jackson Gregory </a> </h5> <div class="text" style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; display: inline; text-align: justify;"> <a class="highslide"> <img src="//onlinereadfreenovel.com/i2/1707060305/9661_six_feet_four_preview.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" title="    Six Feet Four" alt="$value['title']" /> </a> <div class="text3"><br>Six Feet Four (1918) This book has everything a good western should have - outlaws, cowboys, a damsel in distress, a bent sheriff and a stagecoach robbery. The story revolves around a six-foot, four-inch tall cowboy who is the same height as the suspect in a hotel robbery. When a young woman is also robbed the cowboy is the chief suspect. The real criminal appears to be the sheriff and a gang who follow his orders, so the cowboy sets out to clear his good name. </div> </div> <br> <div class="story_tools"> <div class="category"> <svg class="icon icon-cat"> <use xlink:href="#icon-cat"></use> </svg> <a href="/gr/western/">Western</a> </div> <a href="/jackson-gregory/9661-six_feet_four_read.html" title="Read online:     Six Feet Four" class="btn"><b>Read online</b></a> </div> <br> <div class="meta"> <ul class="right"> <li class="grey" title="Views: 468"> <svg class="icon icon-views"><use xlink:href="#icon-views"></use></svg> 468 </li> </ul> <ul class="left"> <li class="story_date"> <svg class="icon icon-info"> <use xlink:href="#icon-info"></use> </svg> <span class="grey"> <time> Published: 2005 </time></span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> <article class="box story shortstory"> <div class="box_in"> <h2 class="title"> <a style="color: #3394e6;" href="/bill-sanderson/10273-a-brothers-duty_read.html">    A Brother's Duty</a> </h2> <h5 class="title" style="font-size:1em;">       <a style=" color: #3394e6; " href="/bill-sanderson/">Bill Sanderson </a> </h5> <div class="text" style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; display: inline; text-align: justify;"> <a class="highslide"> <img src="//onlinereadfreenovel.com/i2/1707261842/104_a-brothers-duty_preview.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" title="    A Brother's Duty" alt="$value['title']" /> </a> <div class="text3"><br>Lucinda Wilkinson had hit rock bottom. Alone and pregnant by a soldier who didn’t remember her, she needs help. John MacLeish hit rock bottom when his brother was killed in Afghanistan. Before Rob dies he makes John promise to keep the promise he made to the father of Lucy’s baby. But how can John take on his brother’s duty to Lucy when he pre-judges her by her tattoos and piercings?John has to reevaluate his life when his hopes for working with his older brother in a construction business is dashed when Rob is killed in action. Lucy has to reevaluate her life when her career is stolen from her and she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant by Rob's friend Nick, who is also killed in action.Before dying, Nick makes Rob promise to find and help Lucy. Rob extracts a promise from John to try to help Lucy if he doesn't make it back and John feels that it is his duty, a brother's duty, to honour his late brother's promise to his late friend.When John finally tracks her down, she isn't what he expected. Underneath her piercings and tattoos is a vulnerable woman who is dealing with some real hurt. Unfortunately for him, John is what she expects, at least at first. Stern, rigid, judgemental and far too conventional, she dismisses him as being like all the other 'good Christians' she'd ever encountered.Prodded by the Holy Spirit through a sermon on Corinthians and feeling duty bound to honour his brother's last request, John's heart is softened toward Lucy until he can see past the odd jewellery in her face.Lucy, also prompted by the Holy Spirit although not recognizing the source, finally accepts that her choice is between bitter loneliness and taking a risk that the friendships she is being offered are genuine. </div> </div> <br> <div class="story_tools"> <div class="category"> <svg class="icon icon-cat"> <use xlink:href="#icon-cat"></use> </svg> <a href="/gr/romance_love/">Romance & Love</a> </div> <a href="/bill-sanderson/10273-a-brothers-duty_read.html" title="Read online:     A Brother's Duty" class="btn"><b>Read online</b></a> </div> <br> <div class="meta"> <ul class="right"> <li class="grey" title="Views: 468"> <svg class="icon icon-views"><use xlink:href="#icon-views"></use></svg> 468 </li> </ul> <ul class="left"> <li class="story_date"> <svg class="icon icon-info"> <use xlink:href="#icon-info"></use> </svg> <span class="grey"> <time> Published: 2012 </time></span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> <article class="box story shortstory"> <div class="box_in"> <h2 class="title"> <a style="color: #3394e6;" href="/marie-brown/11180-love-revisited_read.html">    Love Revisited</a> </h2> <h5 class="title" style="font-size:1em;">       <a style=" color: #3394e6; " href="/marie-brown/">Marie Brown </a> </h5> <div class="text" style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; display: inline; text-align: justify;"> <a class="highslide"> <img src="//onlinereadfreenovel.com/i2/1707261958/1175_love-revisited_preview.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" title="    Love Revisited" alt="$value['title']" /> </a> <div class="text3"><br>A year after a disastrous breakup, Shane is desperate, unhappy, and about to move on. Life isn't getting any better. Time to restart somewhere else. Then he discovers that his former lover is in town, and decides to say goodbye, see if Erik will speak to him one last time...A brief, unashamedly sweet tale of love rescued from the trash can. Warning: contains M/M sex, not graphicTired of getting no respect at the big P.I. firm where she’s worked for years, Dix Dodd has hung out her own shingle at the ripe age of 40. There are plenty of cheating husbands to go around, and Dix has a knack for busting them. Problem is, it doesn’t always pay so well. Conscious that the guys back at the old firm are laying bets about how soon she’ll come crawling back, she figures she’s got six months to make a go of it. The going gets even tougher when she hires Dylan Foreman. But when he told her about getting fired from his law firm and disbarred for putting common decency before the firm’s interests, she hired him on the spot. In addition to being smart, he’s gorgeous enough to remind her she’s a woman. And at 28, young enough to make her feel like a total cougar. Things start looking up when Dix gets hired by millionaire businessman Ned Weatherby’s wife Jennifer Weatherby, to tail Ned 24/7 for a week, for a cool ten grand. Easy-peasy, right? Wrong! The job lands Dix in the middle of a murder investigation – with her as the prime suspect and her arch-enemy Detective Richard Head (a.k.a., Dickhead, one of the cheating husbands she’d nailed) gunning for her. Dix will need all her ingenuity, as well as the help of Dylan and her oddball cast of supporters to extricate herself from this one. </div> </div> <br> <div class="story_tools"> <div class="category"> <svg class="icon icon-cat"> <use xlink:href="#icon-cat"></use> </svg> <a href="/gr/historical_fiction/">History & Fiction</a> </div> <a href="/marie-brown/11180-love-revisited_read.html" title="Read online:     Love Revisited" class="btn"><b>Read online</b></a> </div> <br> <div class="meta"> <ul class="right"> <li class="grey" title="Views: 468"> <svg class="icon icon-views"><use xlink:href="#icon-views"></use></svg> 468 </li> </ul> <ul class="left"> <li class="story_date"> <svg class="icon icon-info"> <use xlink:href="#icon-info"></use> </svg> <span class="grey"> <time> Published: 2014 </time></span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article> <article class="box story shortstory"> <div class="box_in"> <h2 class="title"> <a style="color: #3394e6;" href="/audrey-higgins/11564-dwindle_read.html">    Dwindle</a> </h2> <h5 class="title" style="font-size:1em;">       <a style=" color: #3394e6; " href="/audrey-higgins/">Audrey Higgins </a> </h5> <div class="text" style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; display: inline; text-align: justify;"> <a class="highslide"> <img src="//onlinereadfreenovel.com/i2/1707262030/1626_dwindle_preview.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" title="    Dwindle" alt="$value['title']" /> </a> <div class="text3"><br>A war against a clone race called Deviants rages. Pitted against them and a deadly virus, humans are all but extinct. They live in secret, walled-in cities for protection, and only Exteriors, agents operating above the law, are allowed outside. A team is sent into the decimated Washington D.C. to evaluate its potential for recolonization. They find survivors, but not all of them are as they seem.Myth Fisher was a survivor. That was what she did. As a Cartographer in the Colony of Hand, she was one of the Outsiders, and that made her separate from the other Colonists. She existed to travel to the Outside of the Colony to scrounge for food and supplies in the place she knew as Dwindle. Her life was a battle between herself and the Undead, the creatures whose sickness had been wrought hundreds of cycles ago by the "Bad People." Her immunity has always saved her from experiencing that horrible transformation from person to beast, at least until her mentor returned with the very disease "the taint" was supposed to prevent her from contracting.As events begin to spiral out of her control, Outlanders head her way, and Oliver Dark is among them. An "Exterior" for the High Council, a group of supercomputers that rule the decimated remains of the new world after the Fourth World War, he serves as a hired hit-man and soldier for Probe, the Primary Reconnaissance of Overpopulation of Biological Entities. This company is the government, and the government is the company. And their sole purpose is to push back the Deviants, the clone race that the High Council created in the hundreds of years before. Forever at war with the copycat race and at the bidding of mysterious overlords known only to Dark as his Masters, Dark's purpose in Dwindle is to gain back much needed territory for the human race.When Dark and Fisher collide through a series of unexpected circumstances, they both realize that their worlds are not entirely what they appear to be. Inquiries into the outside world lead Fisher to believe that her life, and the lives of all those in Dwindle, is not as simple as it may have once appeared. 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