It all began with a prophecy.....Scarlett was a normal, fifteen year old girl, living with her mother at Greenport. It was her last year of training at the Arma, the hunters academy. She was happy and excited. That was until the Imperial Guard came looking for her. She was not as normal as she had thought. She was abducted, along with her friend, Alice........It all began with a prophecy.....Scarlett was a normal, fifteen year old girl, living with her mother at Greenport. It was her last year of training at the Arma, the hunters academy. She was happy and excited.         That was until the Imperial Guard came looking for her. She was not as normal as she had thought. She was abducted, along with her friend, Alice.         She finds out that her real parents are in Aregon, imprisoned by the evil Emperor, and her abducters are taking her directly to him.          At the same time, the Wolf King of Lycaonia declares war on Aregon. Scarlett faces certain death as she is thrown into the middle of a war between two ancient enemies......

Joey Dursky, a normal high school student athlete can't seem to shake a recurring dream. One morning he begins to see his small town atmosphere thrown into chaos. His friends, family, and neighbors begin to act very strange. He can do things he never thought physically possible. Torn in multiple directions and afraid of whats going on around him, he must find and protect Lila at all costs.When Joey Dursky, a normal high school student athlete can't seem to shake a recurring dream, he leans on his friends for support. On a typical Fall Friday, a supposed lightning strike, has his girlfriend Lila fearful for his safety. By Saturday morning he begins to see his small town atmosphere thrown into chaos. His friends, family, and neighbors begin to act very strange. He discovers he also begins to feel different. He can do things he never thought physically possible. Torn in multiple directions and afraid of what is going on around him, he decides he must find and protect Lila at all costs.

A smooth tan Dachshund female named Brandy, has a rough beginning that includes abandonment, a tornado and the death of her brother. You will not want to miss Brandy’s heart-rending adventures, rescue and adoption into her perfect forever home, living the life she was born to live.Be careful what you wish for...On what was supposed to be an ordinary workday, Wesley find himself trapped in a race against time. Finding a mysterious bag of cash on his doorstep, Wesley is faced with a modern-day Aladdin's lamp: he has one afternoon to grant himself three wishes.It sounds easy, until the game begins.Caught up in a game controlled by an ever-present blonde woman, Wesley has three hours to rid himself of the cash, or he'll lose his life instead.A short story: approx. 14 paperback pages.Contains a free sample from the novel Blood Cell.

Monsters of legend come to life! The third thrilling title in Roland Smith's popular Cryptid Hunters series. A mysterious creature, a missing girl, and danger at every turn . . . CHUPACABRA, the riveting sequel to TENTACLES and CRYPTID HUNTERS, reunites Marty and his unusual uncle, cryptozoologist Travis Wolfe, as they search the world for Wolfe's daughter, Grace. Grace has been kidnapped by her grandfather, the ruthless and dangerous Noah Blackwood, who has also stolen the two dinosaur hatchlings Wolfe was raising in secrecy. Now, with word that the mysterious creature known as Chupacabra has been sighted again, Wolfe is torn between his obsession with finding cryptids and his desperate need to rescue his daughter. With trouble at every turn and a dangerous journey ahead, will Marty and Wolfe come face-to-face with the mythic monster? Even more frightening, will they reach Grace before it's too late?

This is a collection of four stories by Jack London, most of which are very good. The collection is named after the first story, "The Red One", an excellent piece of old school science fiction along the lines of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, or Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. It tells the story of a naturalist lost on the island of Guadalcanal, searching for a mysterious red object worshipped by the island's natives. It's incredibly inventive, years ahead of its time, suspenseful, brilliantly told, and one of London's best stories. Another great adventure story is "Like Argus of the Ancient Times", about a former California `49er who, in his seventies, decides to set out for the Klondike for one more chance at striking it rich. While "The Red One" probably deserves a place in London's top ten, "Argus" just might make the top twenty. "The Princess" is about three aged hobos who cross paths and trade stories about their youthful adventures in the South Pacific.

A brief standalone return for Kathryn Blake, packaged with teaser material for the forthcoming novel Find the Lady. In Hare and Hounds we find Kathryn in her natural element - which is to say, on the run.A brief standalone return for Kathryn Blake, packaged with teaser material for the forthcoming novel Find the Lady,

What Amanda thought was only possible in movies becomes real when five people vanish on Christmas day;it is definitely not history repeating itself in Pashville. Could Amanda and the rest of her friends escape from this vanishing spree? Not when there's an angry guy turned serial killer whom she broke up with a month ago decides to have fun all by himself.Faced with the daunting task of providing a monthly information article for the local Neighbourhood Watch newsletter, Ken created the character of Ben (B.Urglar), to convey "advice" on security (or the lack of it!) in a humorous way. In these short, diary-style reports, Ben boasts of his traditional "skills", bemoans new technology and shows a mature understanding of human behaviour. The twenty-eight entries, combined into a volume, provides quick bites of insight on the simple mistakes we can make in our busy lives to make the life of a burglar an easy one. This is all couched in a tongue-in-cheek humour that will leave you with a smile on your face - as you double-check the deadbolt on your front door!!

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX Somerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane, wry style all his own. "The Gentleman in the Parlour" is an account of the author's trip through what was then Burma and Siam, ending in Haiphong, Vietnam. Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards by sea, Maugham's vivid descriptions bring a lost world to life.

Things haven't gone well for Chris lately. His girlfriend dumped him. He's been fighting with his friends. Is it time for a change? Or is it just time to focus on what he does best--being a super villain?Things haven't gone well for Chris lately. His girlfriend dumped him, and now every time they argue, he literally fears for his life.He's been fighting with his friends. They used to know how to party, but now everybody but him has gotten old. They all need to go home early because their wife is calling or they have to pick their kids up from the game. Nobody wants to take over the world anymore, or even cause some widespread panic.Is it time for a change? Or is it just time to focus on what he does best--being a super villain?

A sequel to SHANTARAM but equally a standalone novel, The Mountain Shadow follows Lin on further adventures in shadowy worlds and cultures. It is a novel about seeking identity, love, meaning, purpose, home, even the secret of life...As the story begins, Lin has found happiness and love, but when he gets a call that a friend is in danger, he has no choice but to go to his aid, even though he knows that leaving this paradise puts everything at risk, including himself and his lover. When he arrives to fulfil his obligation, he enters a room with eight men: each will play a significant role in the story that follows. One will become a friend, one an enemy, one will try to kill Lin, one will be killed by another... Some characters appeared in Shantaram, others are introduced for the first time, including Navida Der, a half-Irish, half-Indian detective, and Edras, a philosopher with fundamental beliefs. Gregory David Roberts is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose stories are richly rewarding on many levels. Like Shantaram, The Mountain Shadow will be a compelling adventure story with a profound message at its heart.

"The Outlaws of Falkensteig" contains seven stories about the Outlaws of the Falkensteig mountain region, in a fabulous 17th-Century Germany that lives only in our imagination. And what an imagination Sabatini gave us to play with! Kings and courtiers, bad men and captains of the guard; fops and swordfighters and rustic innkeepers. And women who love, and threaten our hero, and save his life, drive him to the edge of destruction and bring him true happiness. And we haven't even mentioned the plot twists that turn the world inside out and upside down. Sabatini scholar Jesse F. Knight has written an introduction that places these stories in Sabatini's literary history and lets the reader appreciate how they helped form his work. Karen Schaffer has created a cover based on one of the original magazine illustrations, hand-colored in the style of an engraving of the period. This is the first new story collection by Sabatini in ten years, and the first time these stories have been available to the public since their original appearance a hundred years ago.This book is a Hidden Knowledge exclusive! 

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is one of the most recognizable names in Western literature, coming to be known as one of the Fathers of Science-Fiction. Although he studied to be a lawyer and held stock trading jobs, he quickly learned that he had a knack for weaving adventurous stories of travels and expeditions. It didn’t hurt that one of his teachers may have been inventor Brutus de Villeroi, who created the first submarine for the U.S. Navy. Verne wrote about air travel and space travel 50 years before either was possible. 

This is humor along the lines of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe. The president is coming into the Whitehouse after being elected and the Secretary of Defense tries to brief him about our microscopic nemesis and the building agression between the two planets. After the president realizes that he isn't being hazed his first day in office he needs a plan to defend earth.This is humor along the lines of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe. The president is coming into the Whitehouse after being elected and the Secretary of Defense tries to brief him about our microscopic nemesis and the building agression between the two planets. After the president realizes that he isn't being hazed his first day in office he needs a plan to defend earth. He instructs the Secretary of Defense to form a committee of short people to help him understand the agression that comes with being small. He also gets in contact with the most powerful sub-branch of the CIA, DC CARPET AND DRAPES, a cleaning company so deep under cover that sometimes they even forget that they are government agents and clean peoples home for months on end. If you like the other quirky stories I've published you'll like this one too.

Bring On The War Mice is Book Three of the epic serial adventure series The Go-Kids by Amazon Top 100 science fiction writer Ryan Schneider.Bring On The War Mice is Book Three of the epic serial adventure series The Go-Kids by Amazon Top 100 science fiction writer Ryan Schneider.After surviving the worst attack on American soil in the nation’s history, only to be informed that his dad has been listed as Missing In Action, Parker is the victim of mistaken identity and kidnapping. He soon finds himself and his irrepressible friends in a Top Secret government facility confronted with technology the likes of which none of them has ever seen. But could it be a way for him to rescue his dad? Will Parker accept the mission? Will Sunny fall prey to Colby’s flirtations? Will Parker’s nightmares continue? Find out in Book Three of the ongoing serial adventure series, The Go-Kids.Though it is a story about kids, it is far more than just a kids' story. It is a story involving young protagonists dealing with universal themes of growing up, friendship, and making the right moral choices.

Prelude is Vol.1 of the Galactic Rescue Inc. Series.The tale begins with two friends going for a walk in the Brunei jungle. Very quickly they are kidnapped by an unmanned spacecraft. They have to find a way to operate the craft to make their way back to Earth. They face many challenges along the way - join them on their quest.Prelude is Vol.1 of the Galactic Rescue Series.The tale begins with two friends going for a walk in the Brunei jungle. From there to seeing one of the friends being sliced open from stomach to throat with a 'laser' knife would be enough for anyone! But accompanying that, we find that the two friends are kidnapped to the furthest reaches of the Universe - without a paddle.Their quest is to return to Earth - but how to do that - with only the empty craft that stole them away; surely beyond their capabilities.But with the help of a friendly computer-generated voice, they are taught the protocols of interstellar hyper flight. Their adventures whilst searching for Earth takes them to many strange planets and galaxies - all unrecognisable.Adventures and frights pile up, one after the other, seemingly without any hope of a return to Earth - or is the possibility close at hand? Surely the Universe is not so vast that the Solar System is not visible.Find out how they get on and enjoy their trials and tribulations.