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Jake Logan is a cowboy and a drifter. He served with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Since the end of the war, he has traveled from town to town with no real purpose in life but survival. When he arrives in Baker's Town, he finds the love of his life, but he realizes he may not get out alive. Even if he does, his life will never be the same.

Alycia is on the trip of a lifetime. She is deep in the rain forest of the Congo Basin, conducting field research for her doctoral thesis in Anthropology. She leads a team of fellow students and a professor. All is going well until they come across a murderous group of poachers who hold them at gunpoint, determined to torment the group of academics before leaving them for dead. Things get ugly and all appears lost, until, a mysterious bare-chested man appears, giving the poachers more than they bargained for. They say he lost someone in one of the countless American mass shootings. They say...

This is the 3rd short story/prequel to the first novel, Break the Stone. Learn about Private Phoenix Peterson before his journey begins in the Golden Chains series. The chronological order of the short stories/prequels are in this sequence: Raelyn's Last Shot Kody's Secret Phoenix's Spies Cali's Escape William's Lies Break the Stone (novel 1) Hunt the Storm (novel 2) Joanna's Sacrifices Stop the Clock (novel 3)

Essas histórias de Graciliano Ramos têm um caráter leve e divertido. Alexandre empolga-se com a narração de suas aventuras, muitas vezes impossíveis e inacreditáveis, mas recebe sempre o apoio de sua mulher Cesária. Os vizinhos, acocorados ao seu redor, encantam-se com os “causos”, que só são interrompidos de vez em quando pelo cego Firmino, que pede esclarecimentos de um jeito muito divertido.

Shaméd convinced Rae to return to his home world and become king. Now that the process of him becoming the new king has started, Rae begins rebuilding his world. Rae has recovered the children that were taken. He has met with other the rulers and they have agreed to follow him. All except King Devlin, who is still trying to find a way to assassinate him. As Rae is returning home, Ann contacts him that they have been attacked. Not by land or sea, but from space. Ships have broken through their outer defenses and landed on one of the planets where the AI Terry lives. The good thing is the ...

Ein satirischer und humorvoller Blick auf das Spießbürgertum und seine Doppelmoral. In 12 Episoden erzählt Thoma die Streiche und Auflehnungen gegen Autoritäten des Schülers Ludwig. Erwachsene haben nicht immer Recht. Das zeigt Ludwig seinem strengen Umfeld ganz deutlich. Angelehnt an Thomas eigene Jugend begleiten die Hörer*innen Ludwig bei seinen lustigen Abenteuern.

The Silver Sphere Trilogy is updated and thoroughly edited for your reading pleasure. Read and enjoy the entire story in one book. A two-chapter introduction to “Time Terminus—Expect the Unexpected” is included as a bonus. The story begins with mystery writer Jacob Casell strolling on a moonlit beach contemplating the ending of his over-due manuscript. When Jacob stumbles upon a shiny silver sphere, the artificial intelligence inside speaks to him telepathically. Jacob's startling discovery is only the beginning of a real-life adventure that goes beyond anything his creative ...

Five stories about a man who seeks justice for those who have been wronged after the system has failed them. Paul Jekyll, a man of the sea--a renegade, a pirate, a violent man--he seeks out truth and justice for those who have been denied by corrupt government officials by means not available within the system. At his side supporting him are Hibiscus, a voodoo princess, and Blackbeard the parrot--named by none other than Edward Teach three hundred years ago. The first story, Escape, takes place during the era of pirates, buccaneers, and HMS ships roaming the coast off Charleston. Our next ...

Three hundred years ago an unlikely trio bonded. Origin short story of Edward Teach, Hibiscus and Blackbeard, an African Grey Parrot, the central characters of The Eloquent Parrot and The Parrots Revenge.

Many Trails== A short story of Garrett Marshall while in Arizona in the 1870's. ***** The full life story of Garrett Marshall is in the novella "The Many Trails of Garrett Marshall." It is now available in eBook or paperback It includes the short story "Many Trails" Easy to read print. The hot Arizona sun was blazin’ down hard, real hard, burnin’ the rocks, the land and a man. A white man, layin’ flat on his belly on the rocks, burnt, tired and a mite scared. A lone white man, in the middle of ’pache country, layin’ there waitin’, waitin’ for three ’pache warriors he knew ...

En un antiguo rancho, Juan, bajo la tutela de su padre Nahum y su mentor Sebastián, se prepara para un torneo de artes marciales entre clanes. Enfrentando rivalidades ancestrales, Juan se ve envuelto en un conflicto que desafía su coraje y lealtad. En una comunidad con sus problemas violentos, Juan descubre una fuerza interior que lo guiará hacia la resiliencia y el triunfo. "El Campeón Oculto" es una emocionante historia de acción y valentía, donde los lazos del pasado se entrelazan con el destino del futuro.

The authors within have freshly crafted the concept of “Alice in Wonderland.” Modernized with hardship and disease, futuristically advanced with time travel, and tangled within Wonderland itself in new adventures. Dive down the rabbit hole with these exciting characters and see where the madness takes you. Down the Wishing Well by Hui Lang Snicker-Snack by Marcus Bines Friendship by A.M. Cummins Rogue Flowers by A.R. Wilson Case of the Missing Looking Glass by A.A. Rubin Down the Hole by M.D. Kubit

Video clip promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJLmcNsUbE These stories consist of a variety of genres including adventure, corporate intrigue, Old West satire, romance and science fiction, and provide an engaging combination of conflict, action, love, sex and killings. They are also included in the subsequent collection "Willful Women". *** "About Sam" has a seemingly ordinary housewife who is secretly a Homeland Security agent. Share in her conflicts, family issues, adventures and romance. *** "Lost in Space-Time" is based on rumors, physics blogs, and NASA videos found on the internet...

Fallen from grace, cast out of heaven, or grim reapers in their own right, these characters all share two things in common: darkness and wings. Read these five enticing stories by the following authors: Hui Lang, Layne Calry, AJ Claymore, and A.M. Cummins.

Colorado Cabin is a sexually-oriented tale of a high school senior abducted by a retarded, former mental patient with a history of sexual deviancy. A team of three mercenaries is on their way to rescue her, two women and a man, with some perverse ideas of their own. Excerpts: Ohhhh, this can't be good, she thought to herself. It was as if she were awakening from a deep sleep, not yet able to open her eyes. A gentle breeze across her face, accompanied by the sound of 'whup, whup, whup' coming from overhead, were her clues that she had a problem. * * * Young Jessie was resting her eyes as she...

In the shadowed alleys of Umbra City, where power is seized in the silence of the night and loyalty is as fleeting as the whispers in the dark, I found myself caught in a dangerous dance of desire and deception. My name is Stella Delacroix, a member of the family that controls the shipping yards, but I had bigger dreams, dreams that accidentally led me straight into the arms of Dante Moretti—the city's most feared Don. From the moment our paths crossed at the Grand Gala, a night of masked elegance and hidden dangers, our fates became irrevocably entwined. Dante, with his enigmatic allure ...

15 Short Stories about people and places descending into madness, in one way or another. Includes award-winning story “The Lamp Shop,” published in Best New Writing. The story of a family forced to confront the changes to its war-torn home. Also includes previously published stories “Horse With Sunglasses,” about finding a lost brother, and “The Loop,” about scientists stuck in a disintegrating time loop. You’ll also read about... a piano's journey. A witch in the Costa Rican cloud forest. A mysterious buzzing drives the world mad. Two brothers have to open a secret box. A son...

A collection of pulpy adult tales. Meet assorted unusual women of a different nature, ones who prefer the improper and inappropriate. Many are bisexual and into abuse, manipulation, domination, submission, sadomasochism, killing, romance, gunslingers, prostitution, gambling, sex slavery and more. WARNING: Segments of this sexually-oriented material could easily be offensive to some readers and are restricted to adults open to such entertainment. Some of the stories are included in other collections, so you may have already them. Part One – Naughty Housewife Jenny's marriage was in trouble...

Cosa succede a mescolare i film Speed e Mission Impossible in un thriller adrenalinico? Edward Muffen, dopo lo sfortunato esito di una missione pericolosa, viene dimesso dall'ospedale. Potrebbe tornare a lavorare nell'MI6, ma per lasciarsi alle spalle le ferite del corpo e anche quelle del cuore, decide di fare un viaggio. E quale modo migliore se non un viaggio in mongolfiera? Purtroppo però, una volta a bordo, lo attenderà una brutta sorpresa.

"'Who are you? The new number three. Who is number one? You are prisoner 69."