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THE NEOPHYTE chronicles the unusual and breathtaking coming of age of a young man from the backlands of Georgia. From the safety of the Convent of the Righteous Path to the risky nightspots like The Fetal Attraction and The Ice Palace, we witness his metamorphosis into manhood.
There’s beauty in the dark, hopefully reader, you find some here. Fair warning, there’s a lot of gore. In a world full of hatred, everyone needs a dream or two to cling to. There are too many monsters in the world, they just might not be the ones most often associated with the word.14 Gothic and Twisted fables for the broken souls.13 poems for the rebels in us all. Praise for the Author As I read this I kept picturing Walt Whitman in my mind. This feels like something Whitman would be into - very earthy, natural. Felt like poetry. –Writing battle contestant Wonderfully Got...
We first meet Jack Stewart on his way back to his apartment in New York City, where he is pursuing a career as a jazz musician.As the novel unfolds, we learn of the difficulties he encounters, of the friendship he develops with George, his roommate—also a jazz musician—and the women he meets in the city. But more importantly, we learn of the very close relationship he has with his mother, who writes to him regularly from Southern Virginia. Through these letters and series of flashbacks, we come to understand Jack's background, the stifling environment he left behind, and his father's resen...
THE SUCCESSOR AND OTHER ODD STORIES, the latest offering from award-winning author Carlos Rubio, proves once again that he possesses a wide range of narrative scope. In this volume he has gone beyond historical fiction (Forgotten Objects), romantic fiction (Italian Tilt), satirical fiction (The Neophyte), to take a new direction. Each of the ten stories in this collection, all told in the first person, contains an element of the unexplainable, and every one captures the interest of the reader from the opening sentence. Echoes of Teotihuacán, one of the stories, was nominated for the Pushcart ...
A short story covering four people’s points of view.Mark King is a songwriter who secretly wrote a huge hit for the artist Louise Kline. She is a successful singer who claims to write her own material. Her half-brother Joel Kline helps to run a record company. He allowed the falsehood to continue. Joel chases wannabe pop stars and takes out escorts.One escort, Tamsin, meets Mark and there is a mutual attraction.Inspiration for songs for Mark comes from the events around him and the people he meets. He likes Tamsin. He longs for Louise.Following an attack by her current boyfriend, Louise is t...
Three hearts. One impossible choice. Love written in blood.Ebony Jordan writes passion for a living, but she’s never truly felt it… until Drake Devereaux.Drake doesn’t do love. He doesn’t do forever. But Ebony slips past every wall he’s built, awakening something he can’t control and can’t walk away from.Then there’s Solomon Blackwell.Obsessed. Ruthless. Unhinged by a past he refuses to let die.When he sees Ebony, he doesn’t just want her, he claims her. Body. Soul. Eternity.Caught between the man who could save her and the one who would destroy the world to possess her, Ebon...
Tedd is back. The mafia made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Turns out even a foul-mouthed, dead-eyed trash droid has something to lose. Percival found her — and if Tedd doesn't do the mob's bidding, she's dead.
That means working for criminals who make Great-Grandpa GPT look like a genius, and uncovering something far darker than gun running.
Some trash doesn't stay buried.
If you love Douglas Adams, John Scalzi, or Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries, you'll devour this.
Confessions of a Trash Droid Series: Amazon #1 Bestseller for Humorous Sci-Fi. 79,061 copies sold and counting.
Dandelion Parade is a cosmic fantasy novel where a classic magical civilization enters space era. No wars in space, no rivalry in the starship crew. The story is focused on exploring alien worlds and uplifting less fortunate civilizations.Through the starry void, through the starry dreams, though the space ever silent in its darkness and radiance, sailed, guided by an immortal dreamwalker, a starship with a funny name – Ukusai. One century followed the other, changing little in the routine of the immortal crew. Until the new members joined. Three kids. All of them arrived almost at the same ...
Italian Tilt is a novel that goes beyond exploring how Donald, the main character, finds romance and discovers a new culture while on a trip to Italy. It also deals with the nature of personal growth, the nature of friendship, as well as family conflict and reconciliation.
Intelligence analysts and agents have gone missing, some may have been killed. The press and the police suspect there is a serial killer on the loose. John Slater was near the latest victim, he is evasive, appears to have no history, and he might be the killer. The second Iraq war and the intelligence network may link the victims and so The Metropolitan Police’s Special Branch investigates, with the help or hindrance of the Intelligence Agencies. The mistakes made in creating the dossiers used to support going to war are supposed to stay buried on both sides of the Atlantic, but still a kill...
It is Spring 1944, and WW2 still rages.Imprisoned first in Auschwitz, and then Dachau, violin virtuoso Frances Meyer, has now suffered the ultimate abuse of rape, by onetime friend Otto Von Liechtenstein. Full of remorse, Otto swears to get her released from Dachau.When Frances is told of her imminent release, she swears she will keep the promises she made to her friends in Auschwitz and Dachau, and plans the revenge she will take on Otto. But it is Mueller who is waiting for her at the Guardhouse. Frances finds it impossible to leave the past behind, and her mind is full of the horror and atr...
“Stress”, according to the dictionary, is “pressure or tension exerted on an object”. In the treatise that is in your hands, the author has made an unstinted effort to tell you on what and how does “Plant” (meaning “rice”) as an object express in submergence. Plant stress, frequently abiotic in nature, triggers a wide variety of plant responses, right from altered gene expression and biochemical metabolism to changes in growth rates, as well as crop yields. Among the abiotic stresses, submergence stress is one of the most adverse factors determining the growth and productivity ...
Ben Walker, the count, is off the grid, hiding because of what he took. A life in the shadows with covert military operations was terminated. He sought revenge. He tracked down the chain of command. LC is the man who tried to have him killed, but he made an offer to be a different type of hunter.
Now, Walker has taken information and money and gone into hiding. LC wants Walker and what he took. He will take extreme measures to get it.
LC has also disappeared. He is wanted too.
The hunters are now hunted.
It's potty time! Learn along with Elmo as you search 7 busy scenes for bubbly soap, big-kid underwear, and more. Then, roll on to the end of the book for even more Look and Find activities. Learning concepts include matching, counting, shapes, and more!
Soaring metaphors that take mundane events to new levels. Lyrical and philosophical poetry with profound meaning, enhancing the reader’s fantasies and feelings.
Hope Harbor police chief Lexie Graham has plenty on her plate raising her son alone and dealing with a sudden rash of petty theft and vandalism in her coastal Oregon hometown. As a result, she has zero time for extracurricular activities--including romance. Ex-con Adam Stone isn't looking for love either--but how ironic is it that the first woman to catch his eye is a police chief? Yet wishing for things that can never be is foolish.Nevertheless, when Lexie enlists Adam's help to keep a young man from falling into a life of crime, sparks begin to fly. And as they work together, it soon becomes...
“This beautifully braided story...reveals the best and worst of humanity. A magnificent work of narrative nonfiction, true to the past and essential for the present.”—Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La and 13 HoursAn epic true story of the triumph of good over evil.The Boys in the Light follows the parallel journeys of Company D and Eddie Willner, the author’s father, as they are caught up on two sides of World War II.At sixteen, Eddie Willner was among the millions of European Jews rounded up by Hitler’s Nazis. He was forced into slave labor al...
Plants experience stress due to environmental changes, either in biotic or abiotic form, during their life cycle. Non-heritable modifications in morphological, physiological or biochemical characteristics tend to reduce or decrease growth and productivity, and sometimes lead to death.This book presents an exhaustive overview of the specific effects and modifications that could occur in this regard, and will serve to consolidate the ideas to promote standardization of plant adaptation to these changes in the environment. This book returns to the facts of both biotic and abiotic stress, detailin...
Continue to follow James Tanner, Nathaniel McAllister and Nathaniel's younger brother Andrew as they make major decisions for their families and the Country. Watch as the Civil War consumes their lives both professionally and personally. Finally walk the Antietam Battle field after the battle with Andrew and wonder how this battle's brutqality was made possible.
They built him to take out their trash. Turns out they're next.
Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" - he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping.
He could disappear quietly. He could play it safe. He could, for once in his miserable existence, do the sensible thing.
But he doesn't. He never does.
If you love Douglas Adams, John Scalzi, or Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries, you'll devour this.
Confessions of a Trash Droid: Awarded Amazon #1 Bestseller for Humorous Sci-Fi. 64,427 copies sold and counting.
Author Bruce Alan Humphrey creates a fascinating world where medieval mores and cutting-edge technology converge. Winds of Time tells the gripping tale of Tarl Cray, who is on a mission to reunite his homeland. The nation has been divided into intensely territorial sovereignties with intermittent violence and chaos. Barter trade for survival is the only civil exchange between factions. Now, an outside force is threatening to take over the once-great but now battle-weary country. Can Tarl, imbued with the ability to metamorphose into anyone, convince the warlords to reunite and face the impendi...
Heroes can be hard to find—but sometimes they’re closer than you think.Police detective Justin Clay is on Nantucket for one reason, and one reason only—to regroup, reevaluate, and decompress. He is not in the market for a relationship. Neither is tearoom owner Heather Anderson. But when Justin comes to her aid during a dicey situation, and as they become better acquainted, she can’t help but wonder…could her new neighbor be the exception to her rule—and a man worth loving?Publishers Weekly bestselling author Irene Hannon, described as “a master of character development” by Libr...
ExCommunication is a novel about divorce, separation and starting again.Martin Prior thought he had it all. A thriving business he is about to sell, a family, and a stable if unsatisfying married life. But when he uncovers a shocking truth about his wife, everything crumbles.After a painful divorce, he escapes to Thailand, seeking solace among an enigmatic group of expats. Here, temptation lurks around every corner. As he navigates new friendships and desires, the secrets of his past haunt him.As he uses his telescope from the terrace of his new home to gaze at the stars, fulfilling a long-ter...
Tedd didn't choose Sector Zero. Sector Zero chose him.
It's simple.
Fight a human in the arena, or die. The problem? The human is his friend.
The only way out is over someone's dead body. And for once in his miserable existence, he actually gives a damn.
Welcome to Sector Zero.
Nobody leaves the same. Most don't leave at all.
If you love Douglas Adams, John Scalzi, or Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries, you'll devour this.
Confessions of a Trash Droid Series: Amazon #1 Bestseller for Humorous Sci-Fi. 64,427 copies sold and counting.
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the “Mighty Fitz.”For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power and prestige Silicon Valley does today. And no ship represented the apex of the American Century better than the 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald—the biggest, best, and most profitable ship on the Lakes.But on November 10, 1975...
The continuing story of Cathy Rodriguez - a Senior Observer in the Interplanetary Geographic Service.Cathy is recalled from her Observer duties as she is asked to establish first contact with a new life form. Meanwhile the Conspiracy to prevent humans changing their non-Intervention policy continues to try and kill her. Together with Marta De Jaste, a Senior Investigator, and Tony Briggs her former jailer and security officer, they travel to the chosen planet.On the planet Tullymeade, Karloon Niesta, a disgraced scientific observer, detects a strange anomaly. A discovery that will change his p...
A fearless daredevil. A protective cowboy. A deadly secret that could cost them everything.When thrill-seeker Hannah witnesses a shocking murder, her adrenaline-fueled life turns into a desperate fight to survive. Fleeing a ruthless killer, she makes a daring escape off a waterfall… and crashes straight into the arms of the last man she expected to need.Smith Johnson—quiet, steady, and deeply grounded in his faith—is a cowboy who lives by rules, not risks. But when a half-drowned woman with trouble on her heels stumbles into his remote island home, his protective instincts kick in fast.N...