For Vivian Caine, becoming the world’s most fearsome airship pirate comes with obstacles. When she crosses paths with the fresh-faced Jonathan Thorpe, a recent graduate of the Sky Marshal Academy tasked with enforcing order and justice across the skies, Vivian will be forced to weigh her swashbuckling life of crime against the unwelcome feelings she finds herself developing for the young captain.For Vivian Caine, becoming the world’s most fearsome airship pirate comes with its share of obstacles. The largest is her family, helmed by notorious outlaw and misguided patriarch Benedict Caine, whose name alone is enough to strike terror into the hearts of millions. Vivian’s mother and three siblings are anything but interested in pursuing the family business, so things take a sour turn when they cross paths with fresh-faced idealist Captain Jonathan Thorpe, a recent graduate of the Sky Marshal Academy tasked with enforcing order and justice across the skies.As Thorpe and the Caine family engage in a wild cat-and-mouse game rife with incredible capers and narrow getaways, Vivian must weigh her swashbuckling life of crime against the unwelcome feelings she finds herself developing for the young captain.

Eric and Ariel’s adventures continue and bring them closer to their daughter than ever before. But they can’t do it on their own flounder and Sebastian help a great deal and not forgetting Ariel’s loving father King Triton.Many years have passed since Ariel's family has been in danger but now an old enemy will be released. Marina Del Ray has been released from prison and is intent on seeking her revenge on the royal family. This new challenge will pull the already close family even closer. Melody has a lot of growing up to do before she can stand by her mother's side to defend her family.

This should be considered sample chapters in the novel: THE SKIES ARE LIGHTED WITH LAMPS, which will be out in a couple of months.Toney enters onto Kiskadee Street with his son, looking for work. Toney, after getting a job for his son that morning, witnesses an incident in front of a bar, that brings him face-to-face with a man who recently returned to the village.Rembrandt is famous for his paintings but not many people know about his personal life. After his wife Saskia had died, his life became embroiled in relationships that would shock the world even today. This short story is about the other side of Rembrandt, that is documented, but few people know of. He was a great artist, but at the same time - a great criminal.In 2003 historian Hans Benting receives a manuscript written in ancient Dutch discovered in Rome at the sight of an old library. Amongst the text it makes reference to the house of 'lost souls'in an area in the heart of Amsterdam that still exists today.With the manuscript in hand, Hans tries to find the exact location and what it may reveal. He finally finds what he is looking for, but is shocked at revelations it brings.

The crash of a U.S. military research satellite in the remote wilds of Mongolia triggers an explosive search for the valuable cargo it holds: a code-black physics project connected to the study of dark energy, the energy connected to the birth of our universe. But the last blurry image from the falling satellite captures a chilling sight: a frightening look into the future, a view of a smoldering eastern seaboard of the United States in utter ruin. At the Vatican, a mysterious package arrives for the head of Pontifical ancient studies, sent by a colleague who had vanished a decade earlier. It contains two strange artifacts: a skull scrawled with ancient Aramaic and a tome bound in human skin. DNA testing reveals both are from Genghis Khan — the long-dead Mongol king whose undiscovered tomb is rumored to hold the vast treasures and knowledge of a lost ancient empire. Commander Gray Pierce, and Sigma — joined by a pair of Vatican historians — race to uncover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, to a mystery bound in the roots of Christianity's origins, and to a weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of humanity.

The One Armed, Three Legged Chair, a fantasy adventure that will transport you into a world only dreamed of. After magically giving Zair. a brave and curious bird the power of speech, the Omach brings an old rickety chair to life. Shortly afterwards, the Omach is confronted with his mysterious past along with an angry wizard determined to destroy the chair at any cost!The One Armed, Three Legged Chair, a fantasy adventure that will transport you into a world only dreamed of. There you will meet the Omach, who will entrance you with his 'wizardarious' concoctions and incredible creations. After magically giving a brave and curious bird named Zair the power of speech, the Omach brings an old rickety chair to life. Not content with that, the chair demands a mouth, an ear and an eye... Thus begins the adventure of their lives. The Omach is confronted with his mysterious past along with his evil brother, an angry wizard determined to destroy the one armed, three legged chair at any cost. Banding together, the Omach, Zair and the other birds from the meadow battle the dark forces and the power of the bleeding heart. After facing fire, death and destruction, the power of love and brotherhood prevails. Peace comes to those who need it most and beauty is restored to what was once dead and ugly!

Finding your other half is the most difficult journey anyone can undertake. It gets doubly so if you aren't exactly normal. Connor and Sarah both have this same problem, but for different reasons. Their fated encounter will turn their world, and that of many others, upside down. Her abilities and his strength set them apart, but also bring them together like no other.After moving to Hawaii, Emma dismisses the strange goings-on as figments of her imagination — until she stumbles upon a gathering of ancient spirits. Can she combat a curse that threatens her soul and an impossible love triangle? With over 600 five-star ratings on Goodreads, The Night Marchers series is a complete young adult paranormal romance series that will appeal to fans of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest, The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, and The Vampire Diaries by L. J. Smith. NEVER, EVER lock eyes with a Night Marcher! Everyone in Hawaii has heard this warning, except for seventeen-year-old Emma Townsend that is. For most Hawaiians know that looking into the eyes of Night Marcher can strike a curse that will end in death or eternal servitude. Even though her paranormal investigator father solely raised Emma, she has little experience in the realm of the supernatural. After being forced to move with her father to Hawaii only months before her graduation, Emma starts seeing the unexplainable — fire balls in the distance, beating drums in the middle of nowhere, and strangers who vanish into thin air.When an eventful evening lands Emma in the middle of the woods at night, she comes face to face with a procession of Night Marchers. With the help of a mysterious stranger, Emma barely escapes and finds herself on the run for her life. With her life at stake, and a curse chasing her, Emma must put her trust in a man she knows little about to survive. Praises for Night Marchers: "I read books but this one took me on a wild roller coaster ride of emotions. It is a hard book to put down. Be prepared to be up late reading! Can't wait to read the next book!" ~Marella4 "The story is original, thrilling, includes several twists in the romance department, and in the supernatural content as well."~Sally "I am always interested in things based in some kind of paranormal "truth" and this story didn't fail to impress with the authors obviously having taken a great deal of time to do their research. By the time I got to the end I could not wait to pick up the second one and see where the story went."~Chantress

A Joan Carter of Mars story.When Virginian Captain Joan Carter is strangely transported to the red planet, Mars, she must learn a new way of life, and a new way to love, with Dejar Thoris, Prince of Helium. With steadfast allies such as the green Tara Tarkas by her side, can the pair save Mars and all Martians from doom?A Gender Switch Adventure.Character author J. Timothy King's short-short romance sampler contains the following 8 stories:* "Pine," a coming of age romance;* "A Penchant for Cotton," a psychological romance;* "Only the Lonely," alone in a crowded room;* "Dead, Long Dead," a zombi-character romance;* "Of Death and Smiles," about marriage and happiness;* "The Woman Who Loved Men," a twisted concept;* "The Confidant of Jericho," based on the story of Rahab;* "The Nitpicker's Guide to Magnum, P.I.," an interesting date.

Lucy falls in love with Gregorio Raviolli, the presenter of the TV game show, 'The Big Hammer' and sends him a bottle fill of love and kisses. A couple of weeks later the bottle returns from across the sea. It's fill of pasta....Suitable for 10 years and upA quintessential novel of modern Los Angeles, Peeko Pacifiko is at once an outrageous romp, a survival story, a sardonic political history, and a keen literary walkabout. At once squalid and glamorous, literary and low-brow, philosophical and wanton, wickedly funny and empathetic, it is as honest as it is innovative, its own unique, hydra-headed genre. As the Nineties dwindle down, the waning days of one era and the dawn of a new one are seen through the eyes of Donovan. At loose ends, he and his wife forced by economic necessity to live apart, his is a unique passage through many a strata of Los Angeles life. Donovan and those around him may be down, but they are never more than superficially out. Peeko Pacifiko is an exuberant, episodic ride, an exploration of character, as well as of a city, rendered with playful and disarming erudition, straight razor wit, and well-observed descriptive power.

The Purple Land is a novel set in 19th century Uruguay by William Henry Hudson, first published in 1885 under the title The Purple Land that England Lost. Initially a commercial and critical failure, it was reissued in 1904 with the full title The Purple Land, Being One Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, as told by Himself. Towards the end of the novel, the narrator explains the title, "I will call my book The Purple Land. For what more suitable name can one find for a country so stained with the blood of her children?"

CIA Special Agent Dylan Kane is in a race across the globe to stop a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of political and corporate America, that if not stopped, could lead to war with an enemy armed with a weapon far worse than anything in the American arsenal, with the potential to not only destroy the world, but consume it.FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDYThree top secret research scientists are presumed dead in a boating accident, but the kidnapping of their families the same day raises questions the FBI and local police can’t answer, leaving them waiting for a ransom demand that will never come.Central Intelligence Agency Analyst Chris Leroux stumbles upon the story, and finds a phone conversation that was never supposed to happen. When he reports it to his boss, the National Clandestine Services Chief, he is uncharacteristically reprimanded for conducting an unauthorized investigation and told to leave it to the FBI.But he can’t let it go.For he knows something the FBI doesn’t.One of the scientists is alive.Chris makes a call to his childhood friend, CIA Special Agent Dylan Kane, leading to a race across the globe to stop a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of political and corporate America, that if not stopped, could lead to war with an enemy armed with a weapon far worse than anything in the American arsenal, with the potential to not only destroy the world, but consume it.USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy introduces Rogue Operator, the first installment of his newest series, The Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers, promising to bring all of the action and intrigue of the James Acton Thrillers with a hero who lives below the radar, waiting for his country to call when it most desperately needs him.

In this short story, a serendipitous encounter sends an overly typical guy and America's most beautiful young starlet on a life-changing journey in her Ferrari.Brian Rogers lives a too typical well-ordered life. Nothing ever changes, there are no risks, but on this New Years Eve, he is finally ready for a change. But, he is alone, and there he sits waiting for change, which surprisingly arrives, and she drives a Ferrari. The most beautiful and well known young starlet in America serendipitously finds her way into his life and takes them both on an incredible and life-changing journey.

The lure of finding a genie consumes Solomon’s life. The results of his wishes are inherited by his 18yr old son Prophecy, who surveys the demise of creation, and must prevent an onslaught of creatures from enslaving mankind. Rechelle, Prophecy’s mother, aspires to obliterate all but her selective world, while Prophecy’s illegitimate sibling lurks in wait to tear a hole in Prophecy’s throat.The first thing Mixer knew with certainty was that he was hungry. The feeling grew more intense each day until it became unbearable and Mixer began to lash out. Quietly, steadily he ate away at his enemy and, in a few weeks, where there had been two, now there was only one.History had been erased. The land had been eroded and the global population had crashed. Into this new world came an evolutionary change, a genetic mutation that could make humans perform in ways they'd never done before. Those who survived learned to fear the abilities of those who carried the gene and banished any who displayed the slightest difference. As time went on, the gene appeared to die out. But it wasn't entirely gone. In a world still largely ignorant and illiterate, nine children struggle to survive, sometimes even against their own.

In the year 3777, the human race are at war with an alien race called the Romosean - and they are losing. Desperate to regain the upper hand, the human government created a secret weapon which could end the 77 year-long war. The secret weapon was called Lizard-Alien. Will Lizard-Alien really be the human race's saviour or will he have his own agenda? Read on and find out now!In the year 3777, the human race are at war with an alien race called the Romosean - and they are losing. Desperate to regain the upper hand, the human government created a secret weapon which could end the 77 year-long war. The secret weapon was called Lizard-Alien. Will Lizard-Alien really be the human race's saviour or will he have his own agenda? Will he really be hell-bent on destruction? Will he succeed in his plans? What ARE his plans?? What fate awaits the human race?Read on and find out now!

We all have a story, don't we?Tayo takes us on a journey to his childhood with stories about his growing on a story island.Experience ita girl. who has been a normal girl most of her life, but everything turns for the worst when she makes choice between a man or a people who will keep her safe. fan-fiction including the beginning of team fortress series in my setting. Amia will go through cruelty and death to see what will become of her and her future.

What if mankind could travel to Mars? Would you want to go? What would life be like for those left behind? What would you want to know? What if mankind was already on Mars? What if you had no choice but to join them? What it your loved ones suddenly disappeared? What if your government didn't want you to know about It? Mars Encounter is that storyA collection of short stories set in the Mars Encounter universe by J. J. Wright. Can be read either by those new to the Mars Encounter stories or those that have already read the Mars Encounter novel.Humans are living and working on Mars, only it must be kept secret from the Earth bound population. Those with special skills are taken by a secret organisation and are put to work on Mars. This collection is their stories.A total of seven short stories are included here. Six were released in the build up to the Mars Encounter novel coming out with the other one a special bonus story written just for this edition. Also included is a series of essays by the author of his love of science fiction.