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The Nazis and their allies won the war, but peace in the 21st century is proving much harder to keep. It's 20 years since the failed British Mutiny left London a burnt-out husk, a reminder of the new world order that covers most of the globe. Yet even in this dark time there are rumours of growing resistance movements deep inside North America. The patriotic freedom fighters of New York City have the willpower to succeed, but what can they do against the unending numbers of Reich soldiers that occupy their defeated nation, and their monstrous walking machines of war?

Evil resides in Amon Palace. Something worse came to visit. Four veterans of the Iraq War seeking a cure for Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder arrive at a notoriously haunted house in the bogs of Galveston Island called Amon Palace...At first, their stay seems to conjure nothing more than spooky encounters with inexplicable phenomena. But Amon Palace is gathering its powers-and soon it will reveal that these veterans are not who they seem.

Dark things are dwelling in Jotham, Texas. Malicious forces are seen emerging from the sinister house on Oak Lee Road.... Four destinies bound on a collision course, a plot conceived in the shadows of Jotham...and an evil biding its time...waiting for them all.

Traumatized by war, friends gather for a reluctant reunion. A historic house in Jotham, Texas harbors a malevolent force, and as her fear grows, widow Maggie Smith pleads with three lifelong friends to gather in her home. But will their presence combat the darkness…or feed it? Minister Jake Williams fears Maggie has had a breakdown. Feeling he has no choice, Jake locates the other intended guest, Bobby Weeks, who agrees to go with him but struggles with keeping his lycanthropic curse hidden. Jonathan Steele, a wounded veteran battling PTSD, arrives with his disgruntled wife. After drinking too much at dinner, Jonathan insults the homeless Bobby, and Bobby is missing from the house the next morning.

A horrifying creature emerges from a sandstorm just before Ricky Smith dies in battle. Forced to leave base housing, his widow Maggie buys a home on Oak Lee Road in the town of Jotham. Maggie is isolated in the historic house...and disconcerted by strange clicking sounds inside the walls.

Bobby was happy with colony life on Nibiru. His job at the Colonial Security Force and his family were all the man needed. Then two renegades escaped confinement in stasis and teleported from the LARC1 colony to Earth’s Stone Age to wipe humanity and its primordial cousins from existence. Now, armed only with a shugarra, Bobby must journey across our prehistoric world and through the realms that our extinct cousins once ruled. Can he and a band of misfit hominins overcome two dangerous aliens with god-like magic and their army of cannibals? High fantasy has long ventured through the ...

Trace the trajectory of this resilient young man's harrowing transition from foreigner to fixture - from day laborer to successful entrepreneur - in his new country. Experience this moving account of the founding of a Slovenian-American family, as John woos and wins the love of his life, sets up his tailor shop in small-town America, and raises five children with his beloved bride in their modest home behind the shop.

Rebecca Moss never questioned the purchase of the strange, seductive armchair. She wanted to please Frank. But the armchair has a dark purpose. Nazi officer Major Eric Schröder believed fervently in Hitler's vision of purity. Now the chair has passed to Frank, an abusive thug who has his own twisted understanding of patriotism. There are those who want to destroy the armchair, to end its curse. But can the armchair be stopped before it completes its work?

When the French find a path through the mountains to outflank the entrenched Anglo Portuguese army at Bussaco there is no choice but to continue the retreat to Lisbon. Craven and the Salford Rifles are tasked with slowing the enemy advance but soon they will have their backs to the sea. More than sixty thousand French troops descend on the Portuguese capital where the fate of British army will be decided. But even as the French columns approach, Craven receives news that an old enemy is nearby, and he must choose between seeking revenge and standing beside his men.

Growing up in her father’s bookstore, Greer learned early on to believe in the impossible - like making it big one day as an actress. While her father taught her to have big dreams, it was her mother who showed her that she would likely sacrifice anything to see them realized. Lachlan was destined for greatness from the moment he was conceived, and he’s spent his whole life striving to live up to the family legacy and the responsibility that comes with it. When Greer and Lachlan’s lives cross, the timing is kismet.

This collection features seven original tales of horror.

We’ve all had those nights where you close your eyes and before you know it your alarm is sounding and it’s time to start another day. “I must have slept” you tell yourself as you rub the dust from your tired eyes, but looking into the mirror at the bags appearing under them you find it hard to believe. Your body aches with tiredness at every step but you must have slept you tell yourself over and over. You must have slept.

A secret war rages in the city, but this is no ordinary war. Armed with blades forged in the heavens, the ancient Gods and their followers fight to the death. Thrust into this deadly combat is Aaron Miller, an NYPD cop and martial artist, who takes up arms against Hades, the bloodthirsty tyrant of the underworld. For, Hades must be stopped before he fulfils the prophecy to re-forge the shards of Zeus’ shattered crown.

Houston, Texas, 1985. 0735 hrs. Franco Hernandez is pronounced dead. At 0755 hrs, he awakens. By 1100 hrs, the virus has spread throughout St. Mary's Hospital, infecting patients and staff. By 1600 hrs, the contagion has spread across Galveston. 1715 hrs: The Galveston Police Department is overrun. 2100 hrs: Houston is overrun with the undead.

This practical, How to Get It Done sequel takes us from joining The Great Workplace Revolution (Book One), the revolution where everybody wins, to a positive workplace transformation. A must-listen for all employees, and a learning tool for organizations that have been stalled in the "my-way-or-the-highway" management style of generations past.

The year is 2512, and war rages throughout the Alliance. Warriors are needed, those who have the will, the skills, and the strength to fight this new threat. The cry goes out for battle-hardened soldiers. Like those who fought in the brutal war that nearly destroyed Earth almost 400 years ago. A resurrection program has begun to bring back those few men who had been preserved, and CJ is next. But CJ is no ordinary soldier.

Lisbon is safe and now it’s time to chase the French out of Portugal The French suffered a bitter defeat at the Lines of Torres Vedras and had to wait out a horrendous winter with few supplies. But Marshal Masséna is not finished and means to build a bridge across the river Tagus and bypass Lisbon entirely as he attempts to combine with French forces to the South and flood the country with French troops. Captain Craven is soon despatched on a daring and dangerous mission to sabotage French plans, but it soon becomes clear the enemy look to bolster their forces further with new alliances ...

The defining battle of the Peninsula Campaign is now in sight, but can it be won? A new campaign has begun, and morale is sky high. The aim is smash the French and drive them all the way back to the border of Spain. But for Wellington to deal such a deadly blow the conditions must be perfect, and Major Craven must play his part in ensuring the enemy is setup to fail. He is despatched far to the East on the Mediterranean coast to ensure the French army there does not march North to oppose Wellington. Craven must lock the enemy army in the South if there is to be any hope of victory. ‘A ...

War has devastated our planet. Radiation and ash from atomic bombs have clouded the sky, blocking out the sun. Nuclear winter scorches the land with freezing temperatures. And the dead march in the millions. Hidden in an undisclosed underground bunker off the coast of China, Doctor Ying searches for a cure. But time is running out as her military escort's impatience grows with each passing day.

The year is 2074. War has raged for 12 years, and biological weapons have decimated much of the world's population. Many have suffered degrees of mutation. Faced with dwindling human resources, both sides turn to genetic experiments to create enhanced supersoldiers, in a desperate attempt to survive and win the war. The Allies of the free world call these men Augmented and Psychologically Enhanced Servicemen. Also known as A.P.E.S.