Alexandria and Lance

      Ayoola Olafenwa
     Alexandria and Lance

An epic story of a brother and sister who by fate became slaves in a strange land and from slaves became heroes, liberating the kingdom from the rule of their oppressive king. Alexandria and Lance is amusing, captivating and exciting.Alexandria and Lance is a story of a brother and a sister who lived with their parents in the land of Lemna. They detested Lemna because of her king and were keen on living in another place. By fate, they got to a strange land ruled by an oppressive king who forbade strangers in his kingdom. After going through hell as strangers, they were able to liberate themselves and the strange land in which they met themselves. Read about the adventures of Alexandria and Lance in the strange land and how they were able to liberate themselves and the strange land. “Alexandria and Lance” is a depiction of the attitudes of leaders and followers and how it affect our society.

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    The Doggy Corral

      New Mexico Dachshund Rescue
     The Doggy Corral

This is a sequel to the previous book: Onyx and Jasper, the Rock Hounds. Pebbles, one of Onyx's and Jasper's puppies, is adopted by a farm family. Later in the story Pebbles is joined by two rescued Dachshunds. Let the farm antics begin!‘Whistle’s Promise’ is a children’s book that deals with the loss of a loved one. Children, like adults, have to deal with loss, sadness, even death. ‘Whistle’s Promise’ shows how a loving family of beavers deal with the passing of their mother; how they grieve together, cry together, and remember all the good times they had with the one that has left them. It also shows how the girl, Whistle, keeps a promise she made to her dying mother. It ends with the coming of spring and a renewed feeling of hope in all their hearts.

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    Life Stealer

      Lene Kaaberbøl
     Life Stealer

Clara sees the world through animal eyes, as she is drawn further into the Wildwitch universe, and towards a battle with a new, powerful enemy A sparrow flitting under the forest canopy, a snake slithering on its belly across a carpet of leaves, a hawk swooping down on a squirrel: Clara finds herself drawn into a variety of animal minds and caught up in a deadly dance of predator and prey. The dramatic and mysterious third part in the Wildwitch story sees Clara discover more about her magical powers and about herself, as an unexpected and frightening new danger emerges from the shadows.

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    The Ace of Skulls

      Chris Wooding
     The Ace of Skulls

All good things come to an end. And this is it: the last stand of the Ketty Jay and her intrepid crew. They've been shot down, set up, double-crossed and ripped off. They've stolen priceless treasures, destroyed a ten-thousand-year-old Azryx city and sort-of-accidentally blew up the son of the Archduke. Now they've gone and started a civil war. This time, they're really in trouble. As Vardia descends into chaos, Captain Frey is doing his best to keep his crew out of it. He's got his mind on other things, not least the fate of Trinica Dracken. But wars have a way of dragging people in, and sooner or later they're going to have to pick a side. It's a choice they'll be staking their lives on. Cities fall and daemons rise. Old secrets are uncovered and new threats revealed. When the smoke clears, who will be left standing?

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    Shadow II

      B.A. Savage
     Shadow II

After dealing with her former employees, the Katsuya Corporation, Shadow decides to deal with other parts of her past; her abusive father, her displaced caring mother, and younger brother she has never met. Unfortunately, her plans are interrupted by a creature whose killing spree’s pace has increased. With assistance from Archan and Century, she hopes to finally get her stolen life back.One should always have a noble reason for doing something. We are a nation of suers, and the "injured" party never says they're suing to get a lot of money, even though that's exactly why they're doing it. Rather, they always say they're suing so that nobody else will have to go through what they went through. The standard form is "so that nothing like this will ever happen again". That sounds pretty noble, so that's why I wrote this book... so that nothing like this will ever happen again!

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    Evreux

      Andy Quesada
     Evreux

This is a short trilogy's about a new human species who are called Flux, which can use a power called Armorth.Each individual's armorth comes from a guardian.Guardians consists of such creatures as a gryphon or even evil demons.Tag along with Kiter as he has to save the world from evil demon wielding tyrants.It is 2012. A new year, and a new era of counter-terrorism. Magnet Securities, the largest private security firm in America, leads the fight against rising domestic terror groups in the country. But do their methods make them better than the very people they hunt?Project 6 is an interactive short story. Take on the role of agent 6, a Magnet Securities operative ordered to take out terrorists who have stormed LAX. Mission discretion is yours alone. How the mission proceeds, and how it ends, is up to you.Requires Amazon Kindle or Mobi for reader input to work.

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    The Life Station

      Serhiy Kravchenko
     The Life Station

Talented young lifeguard successfully advances up the career ladder in his own life station. But meeting with the crew of the lifeboat, which ones lined up on their jetty, would question the validity of all that he had done throughout his life and inspire him to new heights.Talented young lifeguard successfully advances up the career ladder in his own life station. With great enthusiasm and creativity, he embarks on the new tasks that local leaders give him, thereby gaining much respect and popularity among his fellow lifeguards. But meeting with the crew of the lifeboat, which ones lined up on their jetty, would question the validity of all that he had done throughout his life and inspire him to new heights.

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    Reckless

      Cornelia Funke
     Reckless

Ever since Jacob Reckless was a child, he has been escaping to a hidden world through a portal in his father's abandoned study. Over the years, he has made a name for himself as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. He's also made many enemies and allies--most important, Fox, a beautiful shape-shifting vixen whom Jacob cares for more than he lets on. But life in this other world is about to change. Tragedy strikes when Jacob's younger brother, Will, follows him through the portal. Brutally attacked, Will is infected with a curse that is quickly transforming him into a Goyl--a ruthless killing machine, with skin made of stone. Jacob is prepared to fight to save his brother, but in a land built on trickery and lies, Jacob will need all the wit, courage, and reckless spirit he can summon to reverse the dark spell--before it's too late.

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    Johnny B. Fast: The Super Spy Part One

      Tom Doganoglu
     Johnny B. Fast: The Super Spy Part One

Johnny Clunker was an awkward and shy boy who kept mostly to himself. But when the school day ended, Johnny Clunker became Johnny B. Fast, a super spy.When one of his fellow classmates, Nancy Korrins, is also revealed to be a super spy, Johnny has his hands full trying to figure out if he can trust her to help him capture the powerful Super Chip, or if he has to fight her as his greatest rival.Johnny Clunker was an awkward and shy boy who kept mostly to himself. But when the school day ended, Johnny Clunker became Johnny B. Fast, a super spy who worked with Department X to thwart the evils of the world.Utilizing super technology so advanced that it seems like magic, Johnny and his friends battle the United Order, a ruthless organization trying to acquire the Super Chip – a computer processor so powerful it can virtually hold the world’s technology hostage.When one of his fellow classmates, Nancy Korrins, is also revealed to be a super spy who was trained by the world’s most deadly and advanced agent, Johnny has his hands full trying to figure out if he can trust her to help him capture the Super Chip, or if he has to fight her as his greatest rival.

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    Fractime Symmetry (Part 1)

      Steve Hertig
     Fractime Symmetry (Part 1)

The NGA's Agent Scott enlists John Mackinac’s help in unravelling the truth behind a time-inconsistent artifact (TIA) discovered on the island of Martinique in 2052. Using technology developed by a top-secret NGA research group, Mackinac and Scott trek across the multiverse to discover if the TIA proves terrorists also have this technology. (ver 2.0)Fractime’s story tells of key times surrounding the Universal War, a conflict pitting humanity against machine and itself throughout time.The NGA's Agent Scott enlists John Mackinac’s help in unravelling the truth behind a time-inconsistent artifact (TIA) discovered on the island of Martinique in 2052. Using technology developed by a top-secret NGA research group, Mackinac and Scott trek across the multiverse to discover if the TIA proves terrorists also have this technology (ver 2.0)

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    2 Years, 2 Weeks, 2 Lives

      Phil Cocker
     2 Years, 2 Weeks, 2 Lives

Eric Peterson lost his father 2 years ago.Everyone said it had been a freak lightning storm, but Eric wasn't sure, he was still haunted by the nightmares.He could clearly see the hooded figures, the syringe, the bright blue liquid being forced into his fathers neck.With the help of his best friend, Tom, he will find the truth.Yet it will cost him more than he could have ever imagined.Eric Peterson lost his father 2 years ago.Everyone said it had been a freak lightning storm, but Eric wasn't sure, as he was still being haunted by the nightmares.He could clearly see the hooded figures, the syringe, the bright blue liquid being forced into his fathers neck.With the help of his best friend, Tom, he is determined to find the truth.Yet it will cost him more than he could have ever bargained.

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    Helium3 Box Set

      Nick Travers
     Helium3 Box Set

Today, at the centre of our galaxy, dwell small colonies of a most extraordinary species – humans. Fourteen-year-old Mervyn Bright has courage, tenacity, and three close friends from the Space Academy: Loren, a brilliant but despised out-worlder, Tarun, heir to a once-powerful dynasty, & Aurora, niece to the embattled Patriarch. Together they make a formidable team. Helium3 Episodes 1, 2, and 3GENRE: Children’s AdventureAn Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Ages 9 - 12He is alone, lost, and with no memory of who or what he is. All he knows is his name: Steve. Fleeing through the night, pursued by half-glimpsed foes, Steve is rescued by the brave and beautiful Alex. Alex has appointed herself as the defender of a small village that finds itself under near-constant siege by the Mobs under the invincible Draugr: the Skeleton King. As Steve settles into his new home, learning the skills that will allow him to survive in this strange, hostile world, he continues to search for the answers to his own identity. At the same time, he faces other, more urgent questions: what does the Skeleton King want with them? How can they stop him from destroying the innocent villagers? What dark shadow lies across Alex’s past? And who is the grim, dark figure with the glowing white eyes?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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    Foreigners

      Leenna Naidoo
     Foreigners

Two short stories:In far-flung mysterious China, two foreigners discover the secrets of The Temple Heavenly Falsities despite the language barrier. In South Africa, Trishnen returns home to find so much, yet so little has changed.The Temple of Heavenly Falsities: We went as far as the car would take us. It had been a hot, drowsy drive. I stretched, then stared up at the vertical cliff-face which housed the temple. To our left, a thin stream of spray gave away the waterfall pummeling at the sandstone crack.“Can you see the stairs?” asked Alan as the taxi hastily pulled away. “Too late to ask the driver,” I sighed. Wasn't this always the case? Ill thought-out not-quite-spontaneous trip to go find some fabled temple. It had taken long enough to find a taxi-driver who understood our poor Chinese and who could read PinYin.Strive: The plane banks over the Bluff then, with its landing gear out, bypasses the city and Umhlanga. Mount Moreland sugar-cane fields, a pale reminder of their past, flash by. A small bump, and they are cruising towards the new terminal--King Shaka Airport. He's last off the plane, uncertain of what to expect. He's been away for so long; had alienated himself from his friends and family--glad to have escaped the only town in the world whose main street ends in a river...

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    From Cygnet to Swan

      Mera Delwiche
     From Cygnet to Swan

A young prince must flee for his life when jealous brothers try to kill him. His journey leads him to examine himself, to discover the difference between right and wrong, and to question whether he really wants to fight for what is his own. In the process he discovers love and is faced with the challenge of duty versus desire.“The Cygnet grows into a Swan...and the Falcon shall not hunt forever.”Teenage Sheiji-Yueng is the youngest prince in the Imatsuran palace. Accustomed to complete freedom and being ignored by the rest of the palace inhabitants, he has little need—or desire—to grow up. When his father, on his deathbed, unexpectedly names him successor to the throne, Sheiji must cross the line from childhood into adulthood. Guided by the gentle hand of the late king’s advisor, Sheiji finds himself looking forward to the day he will rule Imatsuro. However, two jealous brothers stand in the way and won’t give up the kingdom without a fight.Forced to flee for his life, Sheiji is suddenly driven into the outside world with little knowledge of its people or customs. As a pampered prince, Sheiji has never needed the skills his life now depends upon—quick thinking, innate instincts, even just the will to survive. Beginning to enjoy his new life a little too much, he must make a decision. Does he continue his carefree life as a street boy with his newfound soul mate, or return to his own people who are counting on their king to save them from a tyrannical usurper?

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