What is it you fear? What is it that haunts the shadows of your mind? What makes you look over your shoulder or check behind doors? The Professional Heroes must come to grips of what they fear if they wish to make it through the night alive.Brandon and Marilyn have been married for eight years, they have the perfect life, then one day she doesn’t show up to pick him up after work. A strange man calls Brandon and tells him that his wife is okay but that she is afraid to pick him up. Brandon has no idea what has happened, but apparently his wife has done something that prevents her from wanting to see her husband or family. She comes home two days later, drunk and confessing that she has had an affair with her boss. Brandon begins a long series of “very bad days.” At best his wife is acting out, at worst she is seeing other men, drinking and doing drugs.” For months, Brandon tries to figure out what is going on with his wife, then he decides to divorce her. He goes through a string of girl friends, then he meets Julie, the most beautiful woman that he has ever seen. They fall in love with each other and soon marry. Brandon’s two small children fall in love with Julie and his life seems to have turned around. But, more bad days. Then the ultimate bad day happens!

From #1 Bestselling author Morgan Rice comes the debut of a dazzling new fantasy series. A Quest for Heroes revolves around the epic coming of age story of one special boy, a 14 year old from a small village on the outskirts of the Kingdom of the Ring. The youngest of four, the least favorite of his father, hated by his brothers, Thorgrin senses he is different from the others. He dreams of becoming a great warrior, of joining the King’s men and protecting the Ring from the hordes of creatures on the other side of the Canyon. When he comes of age and is forbidden by his father to try out for the King’s Legion, he refuses to take no for an answer: he journeys out on his own, determined to force his way into King’s Court and be taken seriously. But King’s Court is rife with its own family dramas, power struggles, ambitions, jealousy, violence and betrayal. King MacGil must choose an heir from amongst his children, and the ancient Dynasty Sword, the source of all their power, still sits untouched, waiting for the chosen one to arrive. Thorgrin arrives as an outsider and battles to be accepted, and to join the King’s Legion. Thorgrin comes to learn he has mysterious powers he does not understand, that he has a special gift, and a special destiny. Against all odds he falls in love with the king’s daughter, and as their forbidden relationship blossoms, he discovers he has powerful rivals. As he struggles to make sense of his powers, the king’s sorcerer takes him under his wing and tells him of a mother he never knew, in a land far away, beyond the Canyon, beyond even the land of the Dragons. Before Thorgrin can venture out and become the warrior he yearns to be, he must complete his training. But this may be cut short, as he finds himself propelled into the center of royal plots and counterplots, ones that may threaten his love and bring him down—and the entire kingdom with him. With its sophisticated world-building and characterization, A Quest for Heroes is an epic tale of friends and lovers, of rivals and suitors, of knights and dragons, of intrigues and political machinations, of coming of age, of broken hearts, of deception, ambition and betrayal. It is a tale of honor and courage, of fate and destiny, of sorcery. It is a fantasy that brings us into a world we will never forget, and which will appeal to all ages and genders. It is 82,000 words.

A classic collection of short stories, including the following: THE LOST PIBROCH, RED HAND, THE SECRET OF THE HEATHER-ALE, BOBOON'S CHILDREN, THE FELL SERGEANT, BLACK MURDO, THE SEA-FAIRY OF FRENCH FORELAND, SHUDDERMAN SOLDIER, WAR, A FINE PAIR OF SHOES, CASTLE DARK, A GAELIC GLOSSARY.

Elodie has spent her entire life preparing for this moment .... Winter Solstice 2012. But when secret agents arrive at her door she is forced to entrust the mission to her clueless neighbour Paul. In the midst of a marital crisis and hopelessly infatuated with Elodie, he has no idea that he's about to become the most wanted man in Europe.Elodie has spent her entire life preparing for this moment .... Winter Solstice 2012. But when secret agents arrive at her door she is forced to entrust the mission to her clueless neighbour Paul. In the midst of a marital crisis and hopelessly infatuated with Elodie, he has no idea that he's about to become the most wanted man in Europe. Pursued by the gendarmerie and sinister secret agents, but with the help of a 78,000 year old shaman, a group of French punks and a convoy of new age travellers, Paul sets out on a frantic five day flight across rural France.He'd never believed in conspiracy theories but now he finds himself firmly in the middle of one. Reluctantly realising that he alone has the potential to free humanity from age old slavery by an invading alien race, Paul comes to accept the momentous task he's been given as his destiny.Not only must Paul escape capture, but on the way he must re-consider his core beliefs about the history of planet Earth, the nature of reality and his own identity as a husband, father and human being.2012 The Secret Teachings of the Next Door Neighbour combines spiritual truth, conspiracy theory and science fiction in a racy and upbeat adventure story.

Starkit is a wolf pup from Thunder Clan, which is packed with wolves. She lives an innocent pup life.But then, RainWolf and Darkmoon interpret that a full moon means bad things will come. And the two warriros were right. The enemies have been attacking more than ever, and Starkit must face horrible dangers that no other pup from ThunderClan has faced before.A strange rock in the forest. A mysterious crystal. A full moon. An ancient secret. How do you find your way home when you've never left?Twins Jack and Kaya live in a small seaside town in Australia. When they see a dazzling white light shining from a giant rock in the forest near their home, it takes them on an adventure to a place both familiar and yet like nowhere they know. But where exactly are they? And can they find their way back in time?The Stone Gate is an exciting and fast-paced action adventure that brings climate change / global warming vividly to life for young adult readers.

Four kids have to find the magic chair which transported them to the crazy world of Dumdumland or they will never see their home again.When four kids are magically whisked away to Dumdumland, where everyone seems stupid, they find out the only way they can get home again is to go on a crazy journey to a bloodthirsty Giant's cave. On the way they meet devious animals, land locked pirates, Goth fairies, a million year old dinosaur and a drum playing kangaroo. Only to discover a secret which could free the local people from a life of fear. But the news only angers them and puts the kids in danger.

Now you can read about smuggler Deacon 90 in one ebook! Deacon lives a double life as a factory worker on planet Nedij & as a small-time smuggler during the years just before the great Battle of Yavin. Former Black Sun operative, Kaird, hired Deacon to smuggle the most precious thing to him before the empire snatches the star systNow you can read about smuggler Deacon 90 in one ebook! Deacon lives a double life as a factory worker on planet Nedij & as a small-time smuggler during the years just before the great Battle of Yavin, when a galactic alliance of rebels fought against the Empire! Former Black Sun operative, Kaird, hired Deacon to smuggle the most precious thing to him before the empire snatches the star system...his family! (Fan-Fiction)

It’s Thanksgiving Eve and a novel and bold evening of inclusion turns to terror in this beautiful village amid the new normal of the mix of humanity.In the spirit of Thanks on occasion of the sacred holiday of Thanksgiving, the leaders of this lovely town’s Community Center have put out the call for citizens from all across the spectrum to gather for a very first “Feast of Thanks.”It’s working - from all walks and all parts of this exceptionally beautiful and romantic town, the citizens are responding, provoking what has become, unfortunately, the normal of polarization.All it takes is a trigger, and with “enablers” stoking natural fears of these citizens, most of whom are responding to the benevolent call to with the best of intention and loving spirit, such trigger occurs and leads to chaos and terror on a special, holy evening of Thanks.

From the acclaimed author of Blue Highways, PrairyErth, and Roads to Quoz, a dazzling collection of travel tales from the road. HERE, THERE, ELSEWHERE draws together for the first time William Least Heat-Moon's greatest short-form travel writing. Personally selected by the writer, these pieces take us from Japan, England, Italy, and Mexico to Long Island, Oregon, Arizona, from small towns to big cities, ocean shores and inland mysteries. Including Heat-Moon's reflections on writing these pieces, HERE, THERE, ELSEWHERE is much more than the usual collection of amber; it is a coupled summation of craft and memory. A perfect treasury of prose and provocation for readers old and new, Heat-Moon's most recent work reveals his absolute mastery across pages many and few.

Margaret Vandercook is the "Queen of the Campfire Stories," as many of her books were perfect reading for kids and young adults alike, whether the setting was on the ranch or the frontier. Nearly 60 years after her death, her books continue to be read across the world today.

Chaos leads to civil war between two half brothers. The solution lies in the inventions of the last ruler's grandfather and aunt. These inventions turn the tides of war and bring a peaceful solution. The lessons learned by the ruler in prison make him a better ruler.Andy and David are poles apart. They are from different eras, they have different physiques & different friends. Yet their lives are about to become inexplicably intertwined.December 2022 - An errant team of scientists reverse the earth's magnetic poles generating worldwide natural disasters. Six billion people die. Twenty year old David - a brilliant inventor - & his custom built computer Kojak survive what comes to be called The Event.December 2057 - Thirteen year old Andy lives in Zone 1 (formerly Perth, Western Australia), 35 years after-the-Event (AE). People wear radiation suits due to particle bombardment. Water's restricted. No one gardens. Most before-the-Event (BE) knowledge has been lost (computers were wiped out & few books remain). Andy wears a family heirloom - a PC pendant named Kojak. A team of scientists (The Watchers) strictly control scientific pursuits. Interacting with survivalists is discouraged because they know about banned technologies.Andy's parents (Leo & Mani) are Watchers. The family travel to Zone 5 (formerly the Kimberley, Western Australia) to investigate survivalists' weather modification activities.Andy's family head off to locate the survivalists. Andy stays near the camp metal-detecting. He discovers a hologram disguising an amazing garden & meets a survivalist named David. He learns that David designed the original Kojak prototype.Next day Andy secretly meets David again, but Leo & Mani discover them. David recognizes Mani as his daughter. While the adults catch up, Andy hangs out in David's workshop. He & Kojak activate David's time-travel invention & reappear in Karratha in 2022.Andy's love for books draws him to the library to research forgotten technologies which might improve AE life in 2057. A student (David) helps him use the internet, & later they head back to David's place. Andy realizes David is his grandfather (back when he was 20). He also discovers that the Event will happen in 40 hours.David is spending Christmas at his research station & decides to take Andy with him. Because he knows the future, Andy convinces David to take a fuel-oil press with him & also seeds - hinting he may be "desperate for food" in the days ahead.Upon arrival at the research station, Andy discovers the incomplete time-travel transporter module in David's workshop & realizes it's the same workshop where his adventure began. Next day Kojak tells Andy to hide in the unfinished invention. During the Event, a plasma ball energizes the transporter module. Andy reappears in 2057 with the press - which will revolution everyone's AE lives. That evening he starts planning his next history changing trip - to the Svalbard heirloom seed vault (Book 2).Andy & David are poles apart, but they discover they have a lot in common. They both desire to make the future a better place. Readers with an interest in alternative fuels, seed banks & inventions will resonate with this low-key sci-fi book. Like the other books in the Rebelutionaries series, the characters in this series are out to rebel against society's low expectations of teens and young adults. Content for homeschoolers includes low-key sex-education themes.

This is a true accounting of one of my climbing adventure in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.Climbing mountains in the winter can be hard enough, but when a blizzard strikes, all Hell breaks loose and the real terror begins.5k word, short storyAt 11:40 we felt the ship bump. I remember the time because I could see the cabin clock on the wall between the slats of my cot. We felt the ship began to back like a train and I heard my Father say something. Then he left and my Mother came and sat on the edge of my bed and said that Father had gone to see what was happening...

Being on the losing side of a war has consequences.Robert and Timothy Byrd learn that lesson firsthand as they are taken from their family and sent to live among mankind's new alien overlords, the Artemu. But with human and Artemu both chafing at the restrictions of an unwanted treaty, can peace be maintained long enough for the boys to leave the planet unharmed?Book one of Clan Gonther.Lost wars have consequences, and its usually the innocent who suffer most. Young Robert and Timothy Byrd learn this firsthand when empire-building aliens threaten the extinction of all humanity via asteroid strike. Resistance proves futile, and the twin brothers are ripped from the bosom of their loving family to grow up among the Artemu, mankind’s haughty new overlords. But is the fighting really over yet? Or is time for the human race to accept the bitterest of defeats— at least temporarily— as the only possible road to survival?What’s it like to be forced to fight against your own people in alliance with their most terrible enemy, because doing anything else means the death of everyone everywhere?Book one in the Clan Gonther Cycle.

Daniel Henstock thinks he’s an ordinary schoolboy but discovers he's the world’s first genetically-engineered human - codenamed Tiberius - and the man responsible wants him back to continue his deadly experiments. As his enemies close in Daniel must draw on resources he never knew he had to win his freedom - but in doing so he may be walking into a deadly trap ...What would you do if you discovered your whole life to be a lie?Daniel Henstock thinks he’s an ordinary schoolboy but on his sixteenth birthday his world is turned upside down. He is the world’s first one-hundred-percent genetically-engineered human - assigned the codename Tiberius - and Gregory Dryden, the man responsible, wants him back so that he can continue his deadly experiments.Running for his life, Daniel flees to New York and is forced to go ‘off-grid’. In this near-future America, where the security-obsessed authorities require citizens to carry DNA cards, Daniel meets the feisty and beautiful Eleanor. But by falling for her, Daniel also puts her in terrible danger.Daniel pursues the facts about his origins but is hunted by an agent sent by Dryden to bring him to heel. Can Daniel find out the truth whilst trying to evade those who think they own him? As his enemies close in Daniel must draw on resources he never knew he had to win his freedom - but in doing so he may be walking into a deadly trap ...TIBERIUS FOUND is the first installment in a thrilling series - The Emperor Initiative - that introduces an engaging new hero that will appeal to fans of Alex Rider and Jason Bourne.

Two brothers develop a model for sabotaging the value of listed equities in order to profit from short selling. First, the vulnerable companies are identified and then the erstwhile non-existent shares are sold into the market. There follows one or another form of criminal manipulation of the value of the company's stock price whereupon the "non existent" shares are repurchased with profits.Two half brothers, Peter and Jim in Sydney Australia discover the phenomenon of short selling equities or shares on the global stock markets and set out to make their fortunes. With a little early bending of the rules the crime spree that follows encompasses industries as diverse as agriculture to manufacturing, banking and finance to horse racing. Crime and betrayal are not just the prerogative of the central characters however as others are drawn from across the globe to join in the frenzy. Regulators who should be there to supervise and prevent errant behaviour are themselves subject to human frailty when vast amounts of money are involved. The crime spree expands to major markets and ensnares even some rich and powerful players. In the end blind greed leads to an unwelcome denouement for some of the players while others may perceive that a certain amount of crime does, in fact, pay.