Life is good for Zsálya the witch until one day her friend Gyárfás surprises her with an unpleasant revelation.Teen Witch Exiled to Appalachia!Morrigan Mather was a fifteen-year-old genius (IQ 156) on the fast track to over-achievement in suburban Portland, Oregon – where being a slightly-nerdy second-generation Wiccan priestess was merely unusual. Then her grandmother died and she and her big Brady-Bunchy pagan step-family all move across the continent into her sprawling, beautiful old Victorian house . . . in rural Appalachia. And it’s a big family: Mom, Dad, one brother, one step-brother, two half-sisters and a half-brother – and that’s just the kids who still live at home! They find Maylands of North Carolina are gorgeous, the very bones of the Earth -- Morrigan and her pagan family have never felt closer to the natural world they adore. But they aren’t inclined to hide their religion from the suspicious country folk, either. The Town of Millers Ferry has been there since before the Civil War – but will it survive a whole family full of out-of-the-broom-closet witches?Like any true genius, Morrigan sees the locals’ fear and distrust as a challenge. From the first day of school at Northern High, her openly-displayed silver pentagram causes a fuss, and her unwillingness to remove it get her kicked out. As she fights for the right to openly display the symbol of her faith, and tries to educate people in the reality of Wicca, she’s guided by the goddess Athena in the struggle and gains some unlikely allies: a big-nosed goth girl named Catherine, a reallllly cute “bad boy” from the trailer park, Ryan, and – most surprising of all – one of the town’s two Baptist preachers.But her family’s faith has attracted enemies, too: an evangelical English teacher at school, her husband – the other, more conservative Baptist preacher in town – and an ignorant, drunken convenience store owner who thinks its open-season on witches! It’s going to take all the Wisdom of the goddess and the simple magick of Wicca to help Morrigan steer her way through the conflict and strife in a way that will keep her and her family safe and free to practice their religion in peace. But she’s up to the feat – Morrigan Mather hasn’t met a challenge she couldn’t handle, yet!

Leah just lost everything that she had planned the last three years of her life around.Richard Ross, joiner, part-time local football referee, ordinary man, is about to get a shock.It’s time to meet the relatives. But guess what? They’re all dead. Even worse, they are his past lives and all share the same soul - his!With help from his Strange Relations, an angel named Joe, and Roberta (Australopithecus Robustus), Richard has to learn the last lesson of life so all will be allowed to journey towards the Light. Richard is the last of a very long line and everyone’s last chance.One small problem though; Richard is in a coma and time is fast running out.

Book Two in The Littlest Missionary Series, Jael now must learn a few things from the Bible before she can go to Australia. In this adventure, she learns all about God's ten commandments.Monsters haunt her dreams, but humans are her worst nightmare...Just as Emma Kincaid came into some disturbing empathic powers, she lost her mother in a car crash. She is also pretty certain she's being followed, maybe even hunted. But, is it the shadowy creatures that haunt her nightmares or the mysterious guy, shrouded in darkness, who just enrolled at Jefferson High?

In the blink of an eye, all human life disappeared, except for myself. A short story.Jesse Winter is a smart, young staffer at City University of New York who has a knack for finding himself at the center of controversy. As an expert handler of disputes among faculty, students, and partners of CUNY (not to mention the general public), his instinctive negotiation skills make him a valuable asset; but they also make him a juicy target for those with an axe to grind. When a group of students from CUNY's award-winning—and highly controversial—investigative journalism program uncover an elaborate, decades-old lie that underpins the massive wealth and clout of a Polish political family, Jesse's life begins to unravel.

Torn between two men, Wren Ballantyne must decide what sort of future she wants in this powerful conclusion to the Ballantyne family saga.

An offshoot species of parasite, normally only found in amphibians, has evolved to include humans in its bizarre, three-stage life cycle, which causes the host to grow extra limbs and other body parts.Is there a way to break the cycle and stop the decline of the human race, or will phobia, paranoia and fear blind us and seal our fate?Humans have settled into the remains of the cities, leaving the outlying suburbs and rural areas to those afflicted by the parasite.A field biologist in another life, Mike has to find a way to break the parasite's life cycle, before the human species is erased from the planet.

During the time of the Pharoahs of Egypt, the goddess Bastet is sent by Ra to prevent the murder of the expectant mother of the next Pharoah, but the future is clouded as to the identity of the killer. Bastet must discover who is to be the murderer, and thereby thwart the chaos certain to ensue should the future heir be kept from being born. But time is running out and disaster appears imminent.During the time of the Pharoahs of Egypt, the goddess Bastet is sent by Ra to prevent the murder of the expectant mother of the next Pharoah. Ra has foresee the death of the Great Royal Wife, but the future is clouded as to the identity of the killer. Bastet must discover who will commit the murder, prevent it, and thereby thwart a period of chaos certain to ensue should the future heir be kept from being born. Treachery and deceit lurk around every corner as the goddess of fertility sets about to prevent disaster and death not just of the unborn Pharoah and his mother, but of an entire civilization.

Your future is in play and you have not been asked to join the game. In the Origin Point, a future tech cyber novella, a secretive world-class alliance is creating a global surveillance and online tracking system of sweeping control. Can an intrepid journalist and a determined underground cyber technologist stop them before they take total control of your physical and digital life?WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED two American federal government cabinet ministers join a secretive world-class alliance to create a global surveillance and online tracking system of sweeping control. But when a ubiquitous flash drive with shocking content falls into the hands of an intrepid journalist, a new threat emerges to release the story to an unwary world. When global cyber security is the prize in the race for our online future, can the defiance of two master operators backed by a clandestine global team outpace the vaunted skill of America's free press and an underground cyber defense team with their own agenda?Welcome to Washington, D.C., a city where life is a deal and secrecy is holding the cards. The Origin Point is a future tech cyber novella taking you into the untold plan to create the most intrusive global surveillance and online data system ever envisioned. This is the first prequel novella to the Life Online book series. Secretary of State Julia Davenport the electric diplomat with a global network made of unbendable steel, and Marco Manuel, the director of the almost unknown Federal Security Commission join Global Cyber Security to construct an international cyber operation uniting all surveillance, satellite images and everyone's online data into one controllable space. Taking full advantage of dysfunction in D.C. politics and a billionaire class awash with cash, they manipulate federal government departments, big business and global law enforcement into implementing their project. But a mysterious underground technologist named Apex has insight into their operations and her own plan for stopping the project designed to control everyone's identity. Using sophisticated tech skill, she launches a targeted investigation into the security operation, and sets up a galvanized global team set to risk their lives in a counter cyber attack. As GCS battles to accelerate its implementation timeline, and independent technologists mobilize to stop them, those caught in the middle debate the most decisive issues of our times: Do you want individual privacy or do you want global security? What is the responsibility of business to protect consumer data? What is the role of government in managing progress? Can we prevent the technology from taking control? From the law-making halls of D.C. to the free-wheeling tech economy in San Francisco, the forces making these decisions are already in the game and your life is in play. Learn who is bracing to advance and who is in retreat as the brightest minds lay the foundation for a future that may have already arrived. Start the Life Online book series with this novella about how today's national security operations become tomorrow's total control over you and everything you do. Meet the machine in the middle whose intelligence is all human beings can program at this moment, but not all the programming to come. The Life Online books are speculative science fiction thrillers for thinking people imagining the unintended consequences of our dependence on technology.

At sixteen, there are a lot of things about life Alaia knows. Her heritage is one she would rather forget. When faced with a choice that could change everything, what will be her new path?'My mother is really dead, I guess, because she cared so much about what she used to call ‘our culture’. She referred to me and her as if I was Ojibwe like she and not a half-blood with a dad that left us both one night when I was four. She went to the pow-wows every year, long after I stopped going. When I started the sixth grade some boy I liked said he wouldn’t date me because all Indians grew up to be drunks. After that, I decided I didn’t want to be Ojibwe. She respected my decision, I guess. But she kept trying to tell me things about being native, things I still don’t understand. Like how she knew for certain that the underwater panther chose my name.'At sixteen, there are a lot of things about life Alaia knows. Her heritage is one she would rather forget. When faced with a choice that could change everything, what will be her new path?

The first short story in the Mindspace Investigations universe (with two bonus shorts).-- A cop is dead, strangled in her car by a professional killer, and it’s up to me, telepath consultant extraordinaire, to pull the rabbit out of my hat and solve the case. Here's the bad news. Turns out the woman's five-year-old was in the car when she got murdered, and no one can find the child.The first short story in the Mindspace Investigations universe featuring telepathic detective Adam Ward- PLUS two bonus short stories in other worlds.OPEN MINDWhen the cops call me in the middle of the night, I know it’s bad. One of their own is dead, strangled in her car by a professional killer, and it’s up to me, telepath consultant extraordinaire, to pull the rabbit out of my hat and solve the case. Only this time I’m not so sure I can.Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino is breathing down my neck. The dead cop’s partner is too. Here's the bad news. Turns out the woman's five-year-old was in the car when she got murdered. Here's the worst news. No one can find that kid.

In a world where dipterans have hunted most species to extinction, James is a Sprayer. He has had a hard life and he deserves to die in peace. If only, he weren't dying so young. It isn't all gloom and doom though, sharing his world are air-pirate heroines, metallic Gorillas and Horses that run on steam. Oh and airships!Anti-war poems and poems of social commentary by greedycrook. The human race has been intelligent enough to streamline the organisation of money, taxes and infrastructure to serve our needs but not intelligent enough to stop psychopaths and criminals taking control of it. Wealth in the hands of criminals gives power to evil and inevitably causes suffering to humanity. Governments led by psychopaths and sociopaths have the power to oppress and tyrannise entire populations Pol Pot, Stalin, Hitler to name a few. In the 21st century we have a network of criminals in power in governments worldwide with their UN ‘Agenda 21’ which is an agenda for ‘sustainable development’ which is a euphemism for eugenics. Over 11000 children have been reportedlymurdered in Syria in a so called 'war'; this is blatant population reduction by the worldwide network of satanic criminals in power. Together politicians, and the 'elite' (scum) who rule them, stage 'wars' between countries with false flags and then sell weapons to both sides to make money and to reduce the population. The criminals in power also reduce human population using methods as well as war and famine such as: biological weapons; weather weapons; chemtrails; contaminated vaccines and austerity. The evil can’t be voted out of power in a so called democracy. All the leaders of the main parties have the same agenda just different names and faces with a different spin on the lies. In the UK for example all the main political party leaders are EU and Bilderberg Group controlled: they are all 'Common Purpose' the criminal network intent on destroying society as we know it for New World Order. In the US the equivalent is The Senior Executive Service. The world is in the grip of satanic fascism; we are living through a very dark period in human history. The good news is that the time of the warmongers and crooks in office is coming to an end: their evil and low energies will not survive in the Age of Aquarius.Queen and Country I will not buy your weapons.I will not kill or die for you.God is my authorityAnd God says, ‘Thou shalt not kill!’From poem 'Should I?' greedycrook

Tippy Toler is not the kind of girl who lets turtles into the house. At least not anymore. She’s also not a kid who sits idly by while the animal shelter needs her help. In this first book of the series, Tippy Toler and her five and a half best friends set their sights on staging a fundraising magic show to remember.Perfect for ages 6-9.The first book in the Tippy Toler series introduces the comical title character and her brother, Buddy Boy, as they get into and out of trouble. Young readers will enjoy the funny story as well as a tasty lemonade recipe, a few jokes, a brain teaser, instructions for slicing a banana without peeling it, and the secret to creating messages you can only read in a mirror.

Adam is an ordinary boy, except he can see and talk with ghosts. When his family moves into what seems like the home of his dreams, Adam finds a bossy ghost who was Adam's age when he died.Edward regards the home as his and he doesn't want to share it with an annoying boy who can see him. Edward seeks powerful help to get rid of Adam and his family.But can Adam get rid of Edward first?Adam is an ordinary boy, except for one thing. He can see and talk with ghosts. When his family moves into what seems like the home of his dreams, Adam finds out it isn't his dream home after all. Edward Lawrence, a bossy ghost who was Adam's age when he died, regards the home as his own and he doesn't want to share it with an annoying boy who can see him. After Edward fails to convince Adam to get his family to move out, he seeks powerful help from the earthbound spirit world to get rid of them. However, Adam has an ally in the earthbound spirit world as well as knowing a handful of tricks to get rid of ghosts. Adam just has to get rid of Edward before the Council of Earthbound Spirits authorizes Warrior Spirits to get rid of Adam and his family. But will Adam succeed in time?

Marigold Flowers believes she is just your average 11 year old until her life takes an unexpected turn. Join Marigold as she learns about her less then normal heritage, which includes the ability to turn blue and fly! But most important…can she defeat her evil stepmother and save her family? With some unexpected help she just might be able to save the day.Poems symbolizing the immortality of love and at times its fickleness. Parekh takes the reader through a paradise naturally embellished with the ingredients of eternal romance and its sporadic failures. As they say life and death are two sides of the coin, similarly with every true anecdote of love there also comes fretful divorce—a thing which has been most sensitively described throughout this great collection of poems for the heart. Written and dipped in each ingredient of his passionate blood, Parekh comes out with startling revelations about the truest of love stories and their failures. Each verse has been delicately intertwined with a boundless aspects of relationships, romance, cheating, betrayal and goes on to prove that Immortal Love towers over every shattered heart. A start to finish with some of the most heart-rendering love poems ever, this makes a great collection for ever true lover breathing and desiring to be loved on earth and beyond. This collection of poems aims at perpetually uniting every heart on this Universe in the spirit of Immortal love and friendship. Because these are the two quintessential ingredients to lead life till its last breath. Irrespective of whatever color, faith or religion, it is only the rainbow of love which can transform the ghastliest monsters and perpetrators of humanity into peaceful lovers. Therefore this book inexhaustibly endeavors to speak and preach the language of love even after its last embossed alphabet.

"In du Maurier's fiction, she unflinchingly exposed hard truths." --Times (UK) As a young guide for Sunshine Tours, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if humdrum life -- until he becomes circumstantially involved in the murder of an old peasant woman in Rome. The woman, he gradually comes to realise, was his family's beloved servant many years ago, in his native town of Ruffano. He returns to his birthplace, and once there, finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother, Aldo, shot down in flames in '43. Over five hundred years before, the sinister Duke Claudio, known as The Falcon, lived his twisted, brutal life, preying on the people of Ruffano. But now it is the twentieth century, and the town seems to have forgotten its violent history. But have things really changed? The parallels between the past and present become ever more evident.

Louis Rosen and his partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln. The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham Lincoln may not want to be sold. Is an electronic Lincoln any less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K. Dick creates an arresting techno-thriller that suggests a marriage of Bladerunner and Barbarians at the Gate. From the Trade Paperback edition.

It can be read as a start of a new series. Skimming above the surface (Love & Hate #4) will be out in March. Handsome, arrogant, intelligent and desperate to discover the truth about his ex-girlfriend’s murder from eight years ago, Micah Thomson is a young detective, ready to take on his first breakthrough case. His wish comes true sooner than he expects. A young student has been murdered in Braxton University and Micah is chosen to be a lead detective in her case. But, some things cannot be forgotten, and destiny cannot be avoided. Micah’s first witness is the victim’s roommate Tahlia Sanderson, a girl that kicks his libido into an overactive mode. His interrogation goes downhill when Micah realises that Tahlia is the same girl that he had crashed with the night before. Tahlia’s life is not what it seems. Her past is filled with secrets, lies, and vivid images which initiate his own memories, his time that he spent growing up on the council estate, his time with his beloved ex-girlfriend Steph, who's murder case was never solved. Will Micah find the real murderer and discover the meaning of his connection to that mysterious suicide girl, or will his ego pull him under the dark waters that hold his repressed emotions forever?

"Magic and true, dazzling and wise...It has an astounding confidence, depth and range...A wonderful, wonderful novel." THE BOSTON GLOBE Duncan Peck has a fascination for randomness and is always taking his family on the move. His wife, Justine, is a fortune teller who can't remember the past. Her grandfather, Daniel, longs to find the brother who walked out of his life in 1912, with nothing more than a fiddle in his hand. All three are taking journeys that lead back to the family's deepest roots...to a place where rebellion and acceptance have the haunting power to merge into one.... From the Paperback edition.

"New York Times" bestselling author Terry Brooks became the master of epic fantasy with the publication of his legendary debut, "The Sword of Shannara." Since then, each new novelin the Shannara saga has brilliantly built upon and deepened the world of breathtaking magic, adventure, and intrigue he created. In "The Voyage of the" Jerle Shannara-his third enchantingseries-he literally took his legions of loyal readers soaring to new heights as a colorful contingent of characters took to the skies aboard a magnificent airship on a quest fraught with wonder and danger. Now in "Morgawr," the quest at last draws to its climactic conclusion, as the forces of good and evil vying against each other to possess an ancient magic race towards an explosiveclash-and whatever fate awaits the victor . . . and the vanquished. Harrowing confrontations with the merciless Ilse Witch and the monstrous Antrax have already taken their toll on the intrepid heroes of the FourLands. But their darkest adversary now snaps at their heels, in the form of the Morgawr-master of the Ilse Witch, feeder upon the souls of his enemies, and centuries-old sorcerer of unimaginable might. With a fleet of airships and a crew of walking dead men at his command, the Morgawr is in relentless pursuit of the "Jerle Shannara" and the crew that mans her. For the Morgawr, thegoal is two fold: to find and control the fabled ancient books of magic, and to destroy the dark disciple who betrayed him-the Ilse Witch. But the Ilse Witch is already a prisoner . . . of herself. Exposed to theawesome power of the Sword of Shannara, and forced to confront the truth of her horrifying deeds, she has fled deep into her own mind. Now at the mercy of those who seek vengeance against her, her only protector is herlong-lost brother, Bek Ohmsford, who is determined to redeem his beloved sister . . . and deliver her to the destiny predicted for her by the Druid Walker Boh. Once again, Terry Brooks weaves togetherhigh adventure, vividly wrought characters, and a spellbinding world into an irresistible story of heroism and sacrifice, love and honor. In "Morgawr," fans of the Shannara mythos will find both asatisfying finale and the promise of new wonders yet to come. "From the Hardcover edition."