This first book in the Chase Larsen adventure series finds Chase trading his job as government troubleshooter for the peace and quiet of Florida life with his dog and his Harley. Until, that is, his sister’s sudden death appears to be murder. His quiet life now a fantasy, and free to investigate, Chase and his bike club friends begin to unravel the mystery and discover a far greater threat.Chase Larsen is a man of many sides, one of a vanishing breed, an adventurer who spent much of his life overseas. At forty-five he has two longtime companions, a dog and a Harley. He has been through many countries, many scrapes, but yet is a man of old-fashioned values and strong beliefs.Called home to South Florida to bury his sister, Sophie, Chase was told that she died accidentally, struck by lightning. A visit from an old friend, Annie, an erstwhile biker chick and now respected private eye, proves otherwise. She shows Chase a photograph of the scene where Sophie died and at once Chase realizes that something is wrong. A violent storm may have killed his sister but the ground where she died is dry and undisturbed. Sophie’s body had been dumped there.Arriving home, Chase finds a message from a coworker of Sophie’s and arranges a meet in the Everglades for the following day. When Chase arrives he is met by Joe Keel, a Seminole, who takes Chase by airboat to a small island hidden in the mangroves. Joe tells Chase how, on a camping trip to the Keys, Sophie had stumbled on something unbelievable. These two men have one obsession, to find the truth. They will do so at any cost. The chase is on.

Matthew Parker is somewhat surprised when his supposedly dead childhood sweetheart turns up alive and well. Needless to say, all is not as it seems - and the sound of wedding bells will be accompanied by the sound of gunfire.What is the price of a soul?For Annalise it's simply a matter of getting what she wants and having the means to go about it. What she wants is revenge for the death of her father. The means to go about it... well that's where things get a little more complicated.He's ancient, all powerful, and his motivations are as murky as his morals. Still, he was her father's weapon of choice and Annalise knew her father to be a man of honesty and integrity.The price is worth it.

Chapter 1 : First Horizon On this day, with this race, everything changes. Up on the Outcrop Andee encounters a phantasm of a man. Is he real or a mirage? But there is no time to wonder. A freak accident reveals Andee's hidden talents while drawing him into the complex world of the Bitani, their relationship with the Carpati, and of course at the center of it all, the lightship races.Lightship Chronicles is a young adult adventure set on a mysterious world. Carpatia is a harsh desert land, but one with spectacular vistas and populated by two very different yet resilient people, the Carpati and the Bitani. Both believe in competing myths of their history. Myths of great ancient battles fought over by a clan of mysterious Sacred Warriors against magical Light-Fairies. Under the glowing warmth of their red-giant sun, it's easy for the Carpati to believe in their beautiful myths. They spend most of their long 36 hour days living a simple farming lifestyle in the Township built on the lower slopes of the mighty Table Mountain. The Bitani meanwhile rule over the Carpati from their futuristic city atop the massive pillar-like tabletop of a mountain, and have a very different, and quite mysterious perspective. For the Carpati the only respite from the drudgery of their simple days are the monthly lightship races. The hovering lightships speed at more than 700kph over a 600km course that runs up the sides of mesas, through the canyons of the Crags, over the 10m waves of the Great Salt sea, over the Long Straight, the Dunes, and through the Eastern Hills and its many giant Baobab threes. It's a spectacular race unlike anything else and the favorite pastime of Andee and his little brother Mykee. Both dream of being lightship pilots while watching the race from their favorite hangout, the 1000m high Outcrop overlooking The Crags. Join the adventure now, because this is growing into an epic tale years into the making. Visit LightshipChronicles.com for more in depth details of the race circuit, including images of the course, the outcrop, and the lightships.

A story about a young woman and a young man who deal with the difficulties of life.Arrai Linsey, an 18 year old girl who parents split up when she was 14 years old. She was abandoned when she was and found when she was 17 years old. She soon meets Rider Black when she arrives at her father's den that night she was found. Arrai and Rider soon become inseperable after they start dating and they move to the Hidden Meadows. That is when they meet Alexander Jey Hunter. Never in their wildest dreams would they imagine the assignment they were assigned. They move to the human world and their life becomes something that they never want to let go of.

First published in 1968, Desert Solitaire is one of Edward Abbey’s most critically acclaimed works and marks his first foray into the world of nonfiction writing. Written while Abbey was working as a ranger at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah, Desert Solitaire is a rare view of one man’s quest to experience nature in its purest form. Through prose that is by turns passionate and poetic, Abbey reflects on the condition of our remaining wilderness and the future of a civilization that cannot reconcile itself to living in the natural world as well as his own internal struggle with morality. As the world continues its rapid development, Abbey’s cry to maintain the natural beauty of the West remains just as relevant today as when this book was written.

Award-winning author Tom Angleberger flexes his comic muscle in this hairy adventure story with twists at every turn. Regular kid Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend—Casper, a master of disguise and hypnosis—and world domination. It all begins when Casper spends money from his granny on a spectacularly convincing fake mustache, the Heidelberg Handlebar #7. With it he’s able rob banks, amass a vast fortune, and run for president. Is Lenny the only one who can see through his disguise? And will he be able to stop Casper from taking over the world?

Hedwig the human and Otto the humole investigate an archeological dig in the sky. One of them will never be the same.The time is late enough that no one thinks to mention it. Hedwig is human and an archeologist. Otto is humole and a cryptotechnologist. A piece of supposedly dead technology awaits them both, at an ancient ruin in the sky. One of them will never be the same.“As Yourself” is a science fiction adventure that takes place in an imaginative, unique far future. It was inspired by the short fiction of Gene Wolfe and Robert Heinlein.

Opening night. The bridge to the Noh stage is only a few footsteps ahead. The audience is waiting for you.Opening night. The bridge to the Noh stage is only a few footsteps ahead, and the audience is waiting for you. Your mask is in your hand for the lead role, Shanne. Opposite you is your best friend Quinn, playing the sinister jester Punchinoni.You're all ready, all your lines are memorized, and your character is familiar and natural. All you have to do is step out on stage.Put on your mask. Step into your character. Take a deep breath.It's the role of a lifetime. It starts now.

After joining an unlikely band of soldiers and sorcerers to rescue the kidnapped regent Romar Brendan, the shiftling Kirra returns home to learn that her half-sister, Casserah, has been proclaimed heir to the land. But when Casserah refuses to go on a social tour of great Houses, Kirra shifts into her sister's form and makes the rounds-during which she unexpectedly encounters her former compatriots. The motley group of mystics and warriors faces many dangers-and Kirra places herself in peril when she falls in love with the married Lord Romar. Revealing her true identity to him, Kirra begins a tempestuous affair that places them both in mortal danger, and leads them both into the stronghold of the devious lords of the Thirteenth House...

Jon hits rock bottom after getting discharged from the Marine Corps, but Tara pulls him out of it and inspires him to quit drinking. But Jon struggles. An attempted relapse lands him a lucrative cage fighting opportunity, and everything's peachy -- until he wakes up under a blanket of dirt. Betrayal breeds revenge in American Dream (Book 2). Jon's roller coaster ride continues...Discharged from the Marine Corps and depressed over how the United States government has decided to label him: "Disabled" – Jon Cole goes from his lowest low to his highest high when he meets Tara.Tara inspires Jon to stop drinking and helps him believe that he can create his own living online, but her support and patience dwindle as Jon struggles to bring home the bacon.When an attempted relapse lands Jon a lucrative cage fighting opportunity, all is good and hope is restored – until he wakes up underground.Betrayal breeds revenge in American Dream (Book 2). Jon’s roller coaster ride continues...

Even outsiders have outsiders.Fifteen year old Jim never fit in with the normal world. After joining his father on an offshore fishing colony, he's even more out of place as a haole - an outsider - to the fiercely tribal and clannish Colony kids. Being an outsider in a place full of outsiders can have serious, sometimes deadly consequences. He needs to survive long enough figure it all out.Even outsiders have outsiders.Fifteen year old Jim never fit in with the normal world. After joining his father on an offshore fishing colony, he's even more out of place as a haole - an outsider - to the fiercely tribal and clannish Colony kids. Being an outsider in a place full of outsiders can have serious, sometimes deadly consequences. All he needs to do is survive long enough figure it all out.

The "New Sea" was teeming with a secret life. It was the greatest engineering feat -- the flooding of part of the Sahara Desert. But the new waters that covered up the land also threatened to destroy an ancient, secret civilization beneath the earth. When Mark Sunnet's plane crashed into the New Sea, he and his beautiful companion, Margaret Lawn, were taken prisoner by these secret people. They were taken deep beneath the earth into strange, dark caverns. Caverns that seemed to hold no hope for escape. But Mark and Margaret had to escape. For now, suddenly, they were faced with two terrors -- the secret people who were to be their executioners and the merciless New Sea that threatened to kill them all. . . .

The explosive conclusion to Roland Smith's fast-paced action series! The adventures aren't over yet for Chase Masters and his dad. In this third installment, Chase heads south of the border with his friend Nicole Rossi to track down the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants and all--after a massive earthquake hits Mexico. With a volcano about to erupt as a result of the disaster, Chase has never faced such a serious threat to his survival!

Gordon Korman's adventurous DIVE trilogy comes to an action-packed conclusion with THE DANGER. The kids have found sunken treasure. The adults want to keep it for themselves. But there's a chance that both will lose it if they don't act fast. A thrilling, shark-infested conclusion to Gordon Korman's underwater trilogy. Book Details: Format: Paperback Publication Date: 8/1/2003 Pages: 150 Reading Level: Age 8 and Up

Scheming, extorting, menacing and general evilness are nothing new in the world of villainy - indeed it's expected. But there are codes of conduct. Until now. In an attempt to purge the Global League of Villainous Enterprises of its more destructive elements, Dr Nero has underestimated the cunning and resources of those who oppose him. Meanwhile, Otto and the rest of the Alpha stream have been sent to begin their most feared exercise: The Hunt, in the icy wastes of Siberia. But there is a traitor in their midst. The first strike against Nero will be a strike against the Alpha stream. Villain-kind is on the brink of CIVIL WAR.