"Kids," Mrs. O'Neil said sternly, "I am not kidding! There are dragons and we have to go speak to them!"
Her seriousness only made them laugh harder, and soon Alana and James's hands were wrapped around one another, laughing so hard that both of them were bent forward, holding their stomachs.
"I told you," Mrs. O'Neil said, looking up at Master Chi-Sao. "I told you there weren't ready to know."
The old wizard looked at the children with one white eyebrow raised, and then turned his attention to the two cats. They were sitting there, staring at him silently, waiting for him to discover what they already knew. Master Chi-Sao nodded slowly and then looked back at James and Alana and said, "You misunderstand, my dear Mrs. O'Neil. Your children are not laughing because they do not believe you that dragons are real. They are laughing because it is something they already knew."
Bernard Schaffer is a lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area and the proud father of two children. He is a decorated police detective and expert in narcotics distribution.
His writings encompass multiple genres, and he's collaborated with famous authors such as Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, and J.A. Konrath. His first novel was selected by Bill Thompson, the editor credited with discovering Stephen King and John Grisham.
In 2011, Schaffer founded the Kindle All-Stars, a select group of independent authors whose proceeds benefit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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SUPERBIA
The best-selling real world look at the lives of the men and women who protect and serve. The Superbia books have been hailed as the funniest, scariest, most subversive police series ever written.
Superbia
Superbia 2
Superbia 3
Superbia: Down to Zero
Cheese Wrestling (with JA Konrath)
Snake Wine (with JA Konrath)
Also Available: Superbia 1-3 Collected Edition
GRENDEL UNIT
The best-selling science fiction series about four loveable covert operatives who do whatever it takes to hunt down terrorists.
Grendel Unit 1: Bad Day at Khor-Wa
Grendel Unit 2: Ignition Sequence
Grendel Unit 3: Fight the Power
Grendel Unit 4: Automatic for the People
Also Available:
Far From Home/Grendel Unit: Sun Hammer 1 (w/ Tony Healey)
Grendel Unit/Far From Home: Sun Hammer 2 (w/ Tony Healey)
GUNS OF SENECA 6
The Rise of the Old West, Again. On a distant planet, at the farthest reaches of the universe, is a world filled with outlaws, natives, and gunslingers. A science fiction mashup of Old West mythology and steampunk adventure.
Guns of Seneca 6
Old-Time Lawmen
Magnificent Guns of Seneca 6
Also Available: The Guns of Seneca 6 Collected Saga Vol. 1
CONFEDERATION REBORN
Bernard Schaffer has assembled a wildly talented group of storytellers to create a new saga in science fiction. Simultaneously paying homage to the most beloved franchise in history, while twisting it to their own unique vision, the Confederation Reborn series is instantly familiar, and like nothing you've read before.
Return Fire 1: Return Fire
Return Fire 2: Resistance is Hostile
Return Fire 3: Darkwater
A Brightly Flickering Flame (w/ Tony Healey)
Also Available: Return Fire 1-3 Complete Saga
WAY OF THE WARRIOR
A non-fiction account of what it truly means to protect and serve on the True Blue Line. Filled with amazing stories of working the streets, as well as tricks of the trade.
Way of the Warrior 1
Way of the Warrior 2
Also Available: Way of the Warrior 1-2 Box Set
WHITECHAPEL: THE FINAL STAND OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
The most controversial Sherlock Holmes story ever told. A realistic account of the Jack the Ripper murders and the time in which they occurred. Graphic and unsettling.
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Ripper Edition)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Gentlemen's Edition) - Edited to remove all profanity and graphic content from the Ripper Edition. Still not suitable for children.
BILLIONAIRE'S ROMANTIC THRILLER SERIES
Written as Chase Carroway, a technological adventure featuring billionaire Dorian Atticus.
Billionaire's Apprentice
Billionaire's Revenge
TINY DRAGONS
Adventure fantasy for children of all ages.
Tiny Dragons 1: The Sky Dragons
Tiny Dragons 2: The Bear and the Scepter
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Women and Other Monsters
Overdogs
Also Available: Codex Fantastica (The Collected Short Ficiton)
NOVELS and NOVELLAS
The Girl From Tenerife
Agent Omega: You Only Live Forever
Thirsty Blade
Saokata (Episode One)
Anthologies to Raise Funds for the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Resistance Front (featuring Harlan Ellison and Alan Dean Foster)
Carnival of Cryptids
Bernard Schaffer
Published by Dia de los Toros Publications
Edited by Laurie Laliberte
Copyright 2014 Bernard Schaffer
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. No reference to any real person, living or dead, should be inferred.