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One moment you're finally gaining the respect of the people around you. You're a trusted friend and subordinate, you're in a committed and loving relationship... The next you're faking your own death to escape from bounty hunting assassins and fleeing to the single most corrupt world in the known galaxy. All the while the two groups who want to protect you are more interested in screwing each other over than actually helping.Being exiled is more fun in the movies.All I want to do is find out who set me up to fail on Alum and then go home, but for every step I take forwards I'm shoved three ste...

You would think that nearly two years on an alien world would be enough to acclimate someone... and you'd be mostly right. I could speak the languages, I could enjoy the sports, and I could find a new family. Sure, my accent was a bit rough, and some of my friends hated each other, but it was a good and stable life. At least until politics got involved. Now I'm just one more pawn in the interstellar games of the Far Reaches. The Queen of the Crescent wants to end her mercenary war. The Ascendancy wants to silence traitors and make inroads to Alum's economy. The Empire of the Homeworl...

I hadn't really enjoyed my life on Earth. I lost my parents to a drunk driver, had distant family who didn't offer much, and I was stuck in a job that I couldn't stand. So when the opportunity came up to be flung out into space, to start over on a new world, I grabbed it with both hands.Going into cryo-freeze with a thousand others I expected to wake up early to prepare the ship for arrival. Instead I woke up next to an alien on a world I'd never heard of.Between a foul mouthed roommate with a mysterious past, alien gangs wanting to make an example of me, and a local crime lord wanting to cons...

It never rains when it can pour.I'd thought I had a handle on things. Sure, my life in this medieval city hadn't been great, but I'd been making it work. I'd been helping the local Elves, doing good for our Garrison. For a while, things had even started to improve. I'd met someone else who'd gotten dragged here from Earth, just like me, even if we didn't exactly get along.And then the Grand Tournament came around, and it all went to hell.My friend and greatest supporter was dead for reasons I could only guess at, and my resulting mental breakdown had unlocked some power within me that I didn't...

I survived my first year on another world.Considering that I've been stabbed, shot, attacked by undead, and nearly had my brains melted by a magical artifact, I'm honestly surprised. All I was really missing was an official manhunt for the Elven wizard, and I'd have nailed every possible worst-case scenario.Of course, the problem with living through so many crazy things, of helping others do the same, is that people start to assume you're capable and trustworthy. That you're the kind of person to go to with their problems. Now I'm some kind of Knight, with even more responsibilities, and a gui...

For anyone who thinks that living in another world would actually be pleasant, I'm here to tell you that it's anything but.You don't realize how much you take for granted until its all been stripped away, when dodging slavers and murderers becomes part of your daily routine. When every step outside of your door carries the risk that you won't be making it back that night, when each time you sleep voices beg you to let them in. When your suddenly pointed ears mark you for harassment on the good days, and attempted murder on the bad ones.All I want is to go home, and the one benefit to suddenly ...

The murder was gruesome. A small town deputy has to figure out who murdered Steven Carmichael. Tony doesn't find clues at the scene, but digging into Steven's past, he does find a lot of subjects. Tony is going to need a lot of help from his fellow officers to figure out who would kill the man in such a blatant manner.

If you have never seen a Jeebie, you are lucky. They are evil spirits that steal something precious from a dying person. The Jeebies have come to Jed and Ellie's house. Ellie is dying, and the Jeebies are ready to attack. When they do, Jed is devastated. His Ellie Girl has always been the love of his life. With her dying without a special thing that the Jeebies stole, Jed knows he has an epic journey ahead. He needs to cross from this world to another to find Ellie. If he can, Jed has an enormous task of replacing and returning to her what the Jeebies stole.

Do you believe we go somewhere when we pass away? Josh does, and he shared that with his wife, Cassie. The two of them have seen good and also seen evil. Now, they are trying to live their lives helping others. Cassie and Josh is expecting their first child. What they weren't expecting was for their friend Xeke to return from whatever tunnel he had used before to take evil away. Now, Zeke is back. To Josh, the man still looks like a god of thunder. Where Zeke came from is still a mystery, but what isn't is the fact that Zeke has brought bad news. Evil is headed to the small town of Norville. O...

Josh has walked through the valley of the shadow of death. He has seen the other side and even talked to someone there. It was that person who sent Josh back with an obliteration to rid the world of the evil spirit that followed him through the tunnels that connect this world with another. Josh was given some special gifts and a couple of unique friends. Cassie is Josh's age, but Zeke is a mystery to all. Together, they have to find evil and then a way to destroy it

No one likes hearing the word, no. Jimmy has heard it too much and is fed up. He's going to try to get far away and find a place where he won't hear the word. Grab children an early reader that is a fun, rhyming tale. It is silly, but it teaches a moral as well.

For years, the Nefasylum Psychiatric building was the place where horrific things were done. Inside the walls of that place, electric shock, beatings, and terrible conditions were the normal routine. The building was shut down after years of abusive acts. When a man sees a light in the basement of the building, he is scared. Luke spent time in the building and knows all about the horrors of the place.  He knows who ordered the horrific things done by Doctor Neff. Luke has to make sure the place isn't opening again. Meeting new friends who are also worried about the secrets in the building...

A year ago, Matt Compton died a gruesome death up in Mystic Valley. Matt's brother, Tony, asks his friends, Brandi and Scott, to come with him to Mystic Valley and the military base that sits next to the place. As they begin the search, they find secrets about themselves, and also about Tony. Heading into Mystic Valley is one thing; getting out is another.

In Mancer Hollow, three generations of women live in a house close to the river. The people in town gossip and spread rumors about the women, who have special gifts. The townspeople wonder if the three are witches, or something similar. The three ignore the rumors and just live as normal a life as they can. When the youngest member of the family and her two friends find a dead body, the rumors get much worse. The search begins to unravel the mystery and solve the murder. Family secrets are revealed, and the generations of women know they have to find the truth before they are blamed. 

A state park sits five miles from the town of Clarkston. People have always shared gossip and spread rumors about the strange happenings at the park. There is something deep. dark and evil about a cave in the park. Animals and people have gone missing after being up by the cave. Three friends want to find out the truth about the cave. They are going in, but getting out after they find the horror inside the cave might be hard.

A cold case. A fresh crime. One village hiding decades of secrets.Book 4 in the compelling Inspector Harcourt crime mystery series.As the world teeters on the edge of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, a brutal attack on a young girl near the quiet Worcestershire hamlet of Salwood shocks the local community—and stirs memories of a haunting disappearance over three decades earlier.In 1988, teenager Rebecca Jarvis, the baker’s daughter, vanished without a trace. Now, with a new Cold Case Unit under his command, Inspector Harcourt selects her case as their first to reopen. But as his team b...

A Small Village, A Big Secret, and A Murder That Could Change Everything.In the summer of 2019, the quiet Worcestershire village of Bishop’s Lacy is shaken to its core. As the funeral of Brenda Wilkins, the late wife of the local butcher, takes place, the village is gripped by a chilling question: what’s the connection between her death and the brutal murder of her neighbour, Kathleen Hodges?Detective Inspector Harcourt and his team are on the case, but what they uncover raises even more unsettling possibilities. Could this be the work of a ruthless gang embroiled in county lines drug wars...

A Dark Mystery Unfolds in Rural Worcestershire…In the autumn of 2017, Inspector Harcourt of West Mercia Police returns in the second gripping installment of this critically acclaimed crime series. Set in the picturesque yet increasingly troubled countryside of Worcestershire, this contemporary thriller is packed with twists, suspense, and unforgettable characters.A Drowning That Doesn’t Add UpWhen Gary Jones is found dead in the tranquil lake at Pickerton, a quiet village nestled at the foot of the Malvern Hills, it seems like a tragic accident. But the discovery of a second, eerily simila...

In life, some people build walls. The blocks can be literally a solid thing, or they can be psychological. It takes a special touch to build bridges instead of walls. Hopefully, when we reach out and touch another's life, it will help to build a bridge of love, understanding, and filled with empathy. Until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes, you don't know what they may be going through. These short tales tell of some people who learned to build those bridges.

With both her parents dead, Lucretia lives in their house alone. She has a brother, but doesn't talk to him much. In the house, Lucretia has seen the ghost of her mother. That is the least of her problems, as a memory block begins to crumble, strange memories return. Lucretia needs answers, but all she is getting are lies. The shadows of her past lie deep in the recesses of her mind. How did a memory block happen, and how does Lucretia find a way to fix it and unleash her past? Grab this hypnotic thriller to find the answers.

Throughout time, there have always been stories about the legends that roam this world. Maybe a scary story told around a campfire, or in a backyard tent camping with friends. What if those legends of folklore told their own stories? Supernatural beings and humans with legendary talents. Learn what the legends tell you about their own story,

Karatage Canyon is a place of mystery. Native American legends speak of danger. They try to warn others to watch where they go in the canyon. Sam and Troy are friends and business partners. When the two go on a camping trip near Karatage Canyon, Troy finds a relic of the past. The two know they have to investigate. What they find will connect to the past, have an effect on the present, and even change the future.  The legends are true, and strange things will be unleashed.

Bronwyn St. Claire has mastered the art of control—until an unexpected encounter on a flight leads her into the electrifying orbit of Nate Collins. What starts as a sizzling flirtation on the flight home ignites into another weekend of intoxicating intimacy in the heart of the Hill Country: secret rendezvous, wine-fueled confessions, and an unexpectedly vulnerable threesome that leaves them all irrevocably transformed.Back in Austin, Bronwyn must navigate the emotional fallout—jealousy, desire, and an unsettling connection with a man she never meant to love. Nate is steady, irresistible, a...

If you stepped into the Just Divine coffee shop and bakery, Pat and Tracy would greet you with a smile. The two women bought the shop with a house attached when they were rudely shoved out of their homes to make room for a parking lot. Once the women moved in, they found secrets of the past were haunting the present. The mystery the two find, has them investigating the past in order to right wrongs that were made.

 In the small town of Ashton Heights, the unthinkable has happened. When a woman is murdered, and her body is found with teeth removed, the local sheriff has to investigate the gruesome murder. Sheriff Brady Jenkins and his small police force soon learn of another victim. This young woman had fingernails, and then her fingers were removed. Who is behind the bizarre killings, and can they be stopped before more victims are found? Judgments is a murder mystery to keep you up at night long after you turn the last page.

British-born Bronwyn St. Claire expects nothing but a quiet window seat and getting lost in a good book on her mid-afternoon flight from Austin to Toronto. What she doesn’t expect is Nate Collins—a remote‑working, whiskey‑loving, Hill‑Country Texan—or the wildfire that sparks between them at 30,000 feet. One impulsive weekend in Toronto turns into four intoxicating days of late‑night confessions, boundary‑pushing intimacy, and the rare comfort of two people finally refusing to hide. She’s a forty‑one‑year‑old writer rebuilding after loss; he’s a forty‑thre...

Every poem is my inner monologue that I try to share with you, my dear readers. I know how to make a vivid salad with words that can be aromatic, but bittersweet as well. You can taste it and feel what I felt when the drops of my ink dripped on the paper. These words are not just words, as they are eyes that look at you and tongues that talk to you through the deep caves of my soul. My poems are woven with metaphors, allegorical expressions, poetic descriptions and philosophical thoughts.‘’ Time changed my shoes on the staircase of life.The bottom step where I reached, is my last glide.I s...

The western world is plagued by an overstimulating culture of consumerism. We are constantly distracted by noise, consumption, and materialism—slowly beguiling all of us who consume its fruits to embrace atheism, or naturalism; this is one of the most dominant worldviews in the scientific environments that denies supernatural realities and claims that all knowledge falls into the realm of scientific investigation.But is this sustainable for the adventure of the human life?This book is a fatal warning that exposes both the illogical and morally dangerous ideas of naturalism, and why it’s gr...

Narodne Srpske Pripovjetke Arabic Edition is Joseph Sultan’s Arabic translation of Serbian folk tales from the classic tradition associated with Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic. The book introduces Arabic-speaking readers to Serbian folklore, oral storytelling, Balkan imagination, and the cultural memory of Serbia.Through this work, Joseph Sultan promotes Serbian culture internationally and brings one of Serbia’s most important folk-literary traditions to the Arab world. The book is part of his wider mission to translate Serbian classics into Arabic and strengthen cultural exchange between Serbia ...

Dr Adam Price blasts off on his most dangerous & deadly mission yet!

An explosion on the Archimedes Moon Base, which he helped design, threatens the lives of everyone, when sabotage is suspected.

Price is sent with the new base Commander, Angie Starbright, to investigate, launching them both into the middle of a deadly lunar conspiracy.

With no Mate and no i8 to help him, Price must rely on his own wits to keep them both alive long enough to uncover the truth and discover the dangers that lie waiting in the Dark Crater.

"A Breath-taking adventure on the Moon" - reader comment.

Billionaire Winston Tek promises to revolutionise global warming studies with his new Polestarr satellites, beaming real time climate data to a waiting scientific community.But when Price is contacted by climatologist Dr Wednesday Week, casting doubt on the accuracy of the data, the investigation reveals a startling and more deadly truth.The race is on to stop Tek before he can launch his plans to take over the World, but Tek's been one step ahead of Price and his friends all along. Can Price defeat him in the final showdown at the top of the World - the North Pole?"A new era for James Bond fa...

If you'd developed a fantastic new energy source, how far would the Oil Sheikhs or Foreign powers go to obtain the secret for themselves, or stop it from ever coming into being?One clever & resourceful British scientist; one ruthless power hungry Arab oil sheikh determined to have the explosive secret for himself, battle it out in an adventure that spans the globe, but at what cost?Dr Adam Price, aided by his lifelong friend, watched by British Intelligence and hounded by a journalist out to make a name for herself, are pitted against an evil, Arab Oil Baron in this thrilling, page-turning...

Unlock the Mystery of the Past in This Gripping Tale of Secrets, Love, and DiscoverySet in the summer of 2007, Tales from Waxling Beach follows a televised archaeological dig near the lost village of Waxling on the North Norfolk coast. Over 19 days, a team of experts unearths something far more elusive than ancient artifacts—a mystery that seems to span generations, linking the present with the area’s haunting past.As an ominous flood looms, the people of the region are torn between their fear of nature’s wrath and the fragile relationships that could break down once again. For PR execut...

A story of humanity's survival in the most dreaded terrains along the river Chambal of India

The Asht Yogis by Ravi Ranjan Goswami is the story of the fictional Guru Vishnudeva, who has one goal: to create a team of eight individuals who will become the Asht Yogis to help humanity in the darkest of times. Guru Vishnu trains the eight men himself and imparts his knowledge: eight special abilities that will help people in need. Learning the ashta siddhis from Guru Vishnu was the easy part; practicing these powers and using them for the betterment of people was the hard part. When tragedy strikes and chaos ensues, it is up to Paras, Shankara, Satveer, Nagarjuna, Arjun, Hanuman, Anupama, ...

“You may find that you feel you’re waving goodbye to friends and neighbors when you turn the final page.” —Lone Star Literary Life"A lush tangle of small-town life branches out in this engrossing collection of short stories." -Kirkus Reviews.Visit Acorn, Texas, for the German festival, a high school football game, homemade apple pie from the Turner Street Café, and the cool shade of a hundred-year-old oak tree. Meet dedicated teachers, shrewd business owners, smitten lovers, and concerned neighbors. See how lives become intertwined in moments of humor or tragedy.From romantic comedy t...

Laberintos. Cuentos. 1ª edición. 2023. 190 páginas. ISBN 9798853404601. (Cuentos escritos entre 1983 y 2018)Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.En las siete historias de Laberintos, los personajes se aproximan por la extrañeza y la dificultad de adaptación al entorno. Son el reflejo de los problemas contemporáneos de la sociedad: la soledad, la depresión, la inseguridad, la búsqueda de la identidad, la pérdida de la memoria, la frustración y, como no podía faltar, la esperanza de ser feliz.Cada uno de los personajes de estos cuentos viven sus mundos, sus locuras, sus necesidad...

El astronauta llegó de buen humor. Empezó a recitar con ironía, con un poco de sarcasmo sobre la alegría de vivir: [“No te llamaré majestad. Tú no eres mi majestad. / No creo en las majestades ni en sus caprichos, (...)” Entonces no te invitaré a tomar té conmigo, /No podrás besar mi mano ni reverenciarme.”]Lo que parecía ser un libro que enaltecería la vida cotidiana [“Gracias al buen juicio del siglo veinte, / No camino con la espalda jorobada, / Con los ojos clavados en una pantalla, / Con los dedos transformados en garra, / Con la mente vacía, creyéndome un rey.”], d...

Papá se está muriendo. Tragicomedia. 1ª edición. 2024. 199 páginas. ISBN 9798305091502.Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.Daniel, un profesor idealista de 50 años que ha dedicado su vida a ayudar a las personas desinteresadamente, ha decidido morir. Sus familiares y mejores amigos se esfuerzan para que el moribundo reencuentre el sentido de su vida con la cual ha hecho tanto bien. Todo aquello por lo cual Daniel ha luchado, parece que hoy no vale nada. Incluso el médico que lo atiende no encuentra en la medicina la fórmula para salvar la vida del profesor agonizante. Su decisió...

Un día lo entenderás... 1ª edición. 2025. 176 páginas. ISBN 9798283863627.Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.Un día lo entenderás... es una comedia que no perdona al sistema educativo de algunos países. Sin tapujos, esta obra desbarata algunos principios pedagógicos que están vigentes en nuestras sociedades.Con diálogos rápidos, ágiles, mucho humor y provocaciones, Un día lo entenderás... es una burla al papel que tienen que cumplir los profesores para llevar a cabo un sistema educativo arcaico que responde a intereses particulares.Carlota, una mujer de clase alta y elega...