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Velvet Dreams
Including the award-winning short, Homecoming, as well as several stories found in popular anthologi...
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Velvet Dreams Jeff Dosser
Including the award-winning short, Homecoming, as well as several stories found in popular anthologies and magazines, Velvet Dreams explores the depths of space as well as the depths of the human soul. A hodgepodge collection certain to entertain.
The Viking's Apprentice
What would you do if you discovered nothing was as you thought, and the fate of your friends, perhap...
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The Viking's Apprentice Kevin McLeod
What would you do if you discovered nothing was as you thought, and the fate of your friends, perhaps even the world was in your hands?
When Peter and George visit Peter’s Granddad’s amazing mansion in Campbell’s Cove for the summer holidays they had no idea it would change their lives forever. Deep beneath them in the caves of the Cove an evil has returned, an evil which threatens to destroy everything they believed to be true about the world.
Peter must learn who he really is, and what he must do to save the children of the Cove. Together with George and his Granddad they go on an adventure that reveals secrets, test friendships and confronts their biggest fears. Can Peter save the children? Can the Master be stopped? Find out in The Viking’s Apprentice.
When Peter and George visit Peter’s Granddad’s amazing mansion in Campbell’s Cove for the summer holidays they had no idea it would change their lives forever. Deep beneath them in the caves of the Cove an evil has returned, an evil which threatens to destroy everything they believed to be true about the world.
Peter must learn who he really is, and what he must do to save the children of the Cove. Together with George and his Granddad they go on an adventure that reveals secrets, test friendships and confronts their biggest fears. Can Peter save the children? Can the Master be stopped? Find out in The Viking’s Apprentice.
This cover reaches out and pulls you in! Can't wait to read this!
Heartsick
A large creepy estate, mysterious twin brothers, family secrets, a diabolical invention known as the...
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Heartsick Dia Reeves
A large creepy estate, mysterious twin brothers, family secrets, a diabolical invention known as the bone machine, and a young girl who is not at all human.
Meet the Westwoods: a father whose inventions often create death and despair, his twin sons who are not above experimenting on the servants, and the daughter whose existence no one is supposed to acknowledge. A sudden infestation of ghastly creatures into their foreboding plantation home causes them to hire a lethiferist, a killer of supernatural monsters. The problem is that newly-hired Rue, who like all her kind was born without a heart, is a supernatural monster. She's also too short, too young, and too compassionate for the job. Compassionate toward her fellow monsters, that is; not toward humans...on whom she occasionally feeds.
Meet the Westwoods: a father whose inventions often create death and despair, his twin sons who are not above experimenting on the servants, and the daughter whose existence no one is supposed to acknowledge. A sudden infestation of ghastly creatures into their foreboding plantation home causes them to hire a lethiferist, a killer of supernatural monsters. The problem is that newly-hired Rue, who like all her kind was born without a heart, is a supernatural monster. She's also too short, too young, and too compassionate for the job. Compassionate toward her fellow monsters, that is; not toward humans...on whom she occasionally feeds.
What an incredible world Dia Reeves has created with HEARTSICK! Rue, the story's central character, is both gloriously sinister and easily sympathetic. In a world populated with monsters (human and otherwise), Reeves has created a story about a non-human character that's written with wit and just enough weirdness to remind you that Rue is truly heartless.
Misanthrope Beechworth & The Dustwaste Wellsp...
In Toonopolis: Chi Lin, we meet Misanthrope "Missy" Beechworth, the leader of the Royal Order of Sca...
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Zeroglyph - Sample
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Raphael is the world’s first sentient robot. And virtuo...
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Raphael is the world’s first sentient robot. And virtuo...
Zeroglyph - Sample Vivek Pravat
! THIS IS A SAMPLE, NOT THE ENTIRE BOOK !
Raphael is the world’s first sentient robot. And virtuous to a fault—at least according to Andy, its creator.
When a suspicious turn of events puts Andy at home in a wheelchair, he learns that Raphael has gone missing.
How does a robot kept under constant surveillance vanish into thin air? Why is Andy being locked out by Halicom, his parent company? Most importantly, what happens when Raphael’s untested fail-safes start breaking in the real world?
Andy has faith in his design, but the problem is, he has something Raphael desperately needs. And no one really knows to what lengths the AI will go to get what it wants.
Confined to his remote home, struggling to stay ahead of Halicom's own agenda, Andy now has to fight…perhaps for his very life.
Raphael is the world’s first sentient robot. And virtuous to a fault—at least according to Andy, its creator.
When a suspicious turn of events puts Andy at home in a wheelchair, he learns that Raphael has gone missing.
How does a robot kept under constant surveillance vanish into thin air? Why is Andy being locked out by Halicom, his parent company? Most importantly, what happens when Raphael’s untested fail-safes start breaking in the real world?
Andy has faith in his design, but the problem is, he has something Raphael desperately needs. And no one really knows to what lengths the AI will go to get what it wants.
Confined to his remote home, struggling to stay ahead of Halicom's own agenda, Andy now has to fight…perhaps for his very life.
Red Desert - Point of No Return
Anna left at dawn.
She entered the Martian desert, all alone.
Where is she going...
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She entered the Martian desert, all alone.
Where is she going...
Red Desert - Point of No Return Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli
Anna left at dawn.
She entered the Martian desert, all alone.
Where is she going?
What secret is she hiding?
In what looks like a suicide attempt, Swedish exobiologist Anna Persson secretly leaves Station Alpha at the crack of dawn to travel deep into the Martian desert in a pressurised rover.
As she journeys to the limit of her two day oxygen supply, she shows us memories of events from her past leading up to the mission. Little by little, as time and oxygen run out, she reveals the real Anna.
Whatever her goal, wherever it is, will Anna reach her destination?
Book 1 in the Red Desert series.
She entered the Martian desert, all alone.
Where is she going?
What secret is she hiding?
In what looks like a suicide attempt, Swedish exobiologist Anna Persson secretly leaves Station Alpha at the crack of dawn to travel deep into the Martian desert in a pressurised rover.
As she journeys to the limit of her two day oxygen supply, she shows us memories of events from her past leading up to the mission. Little by little, as time and oxygen run out, she reveals the real Anna.
Whatever her goal, wherever it is, will Anna reach her destination?
Book 1 in the Red Desert series.
Nothing like a thriller when the plan falls apart and the heroes have to wing it! Makes it all the harder for the reader to guess what is going to happen...
Fast and enjoyable.
beautiful cover :)
I felt like I was on Mars, the real Mars, and felt the desperation that isolated settlers will experience. Great read
Big screen material! This talented author brings the reader into a new world where adventure awaits at every turn. The descriptions are well though out, the characters pop off of the page. Don't miss this one!
Monticelli's original Italian has been translated to English for her Red Desert series, giving a charming flavor to the prose. Her characters are 3d, and her hard sci-fi setting is researched impeccably. Novella-length book one, "Point of no return," serves as an introduction, constructing the hooks that power future volumes and ramping up the tension and mystery.
Charlotte's Army
An army of 7000 artificial soldiers accidentally received the same brain implant: they are all in lo...
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Charlotte's Army Patty Jansen
An army of 7000 artificial soldiers accidentally received the same brain implant: they are all in love with the same woman.
A space fleet with seven thousand artificial human marines hurtles through space at near-light-speed to an interstellar war...
Doctor Charlotte West, the neuro-technologist responsible for the soldiers’ artificial brains, travels in the support fleet. Two months before the arrival at the war site, the marines start fighting each other and disobeying commands.
When they are brought in for tests, Charlotte finds that someone has made a disastrous mistake that endangers the entire space fleet. They're all in love with her.
A space fleet with seven thousand artificial human marines hurtles through space at near-light-speed to an interstellar war...
Doctor Charlotte West, the neuro-technologist responsible for the soldiers’ artificial brains, travels in the support fleet. Two months before the arrival at the war site, the marines start fighting each other and disobeying commands.
When they are brought in for tests, Charlotte finds that someone has made a disastrous mistake that endangers the entire space fleet. They're all in love with her.
Great cover and an intriguing premise.
I'm delighted to include Patty Jansen's Ambassador 1: Seeing Red among my "select few." Deftly and swiftly, her beginning shifts into high, machine-gunning intriquing clues vis a vis later reveals. One knows just enough about what's going on to continue reading without scratching one's head, but not enough to make the whole book a fait accompli. Quick immersion in tight, realistic action promises a great read.
No matter what Patty Jansen writes, there is always that underlying personality that makes her books interesting AND there are her sometimes wildly imaginative worlds that forgo the bounds of what we all know and expect. They give us something entertaining and surprising. And she is Australian. If that comment doesn't make sense then you will have to just read her stories to see what I mean. It is meant in a good way.
Incredible work by an author I truly admire!
Very intriguing! This is promising to be very interesting series... Keep it coming, Patty!
The Elyrian (The Emerson Chronicles #1)
The witches have bent the land of Yutara to their will, but no one knows it yet.
No one but the E...
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No one but the E...
The Elyrian (The Emerson Chronicles #1) D.P. Rowell
The witches have bent the land of Yutara to their will, but no one knows it yet.
No one but the Emerson Stone.
These witches aren't the sickly green, wart-faced witches from bedtime stories. They hide in plain sight.
And they're everywhere.
When Ace Halder finds a mysterious stone on Grandpa Marty's ancient Earth ship, he learns of a power he can neither contain nor understand. For it may be Yutara's last hope against the rising darkness.
Now, Ace is left with a choice. Run and hide? Or traverse the world's darkest roads at one last chance to save Yutara.
No one but the Emerson Stone.
These witches aren't the sickly green, wart-faced witches from bedtime stories. They hide in plain sight.
And they're everywhere.
When Ace Halder finds a mysterious stone on Grandpa Marty's ancient Earth ship, he learns of a power he can neither contain nor understand. For it may be Yutara's last hope against the rising darkness.
Now, Ace is left with a choice. Run and hide? Or traverse the world's darkest roads at one last chance to save Yutara.
The Blade and the Bow
A blade. A bow. A glimpse of magic.
A prequel novella to The Path of Destiny.
Kelln El’Han is th...
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A prequel novella to The Path of Destiny.
Kelln El’Han is th...
The Blade and the Bow Mike Shelton
A blade. A bow. A glimpse of magic.
A prequel novella to The Path of Destiny.
Kelln El’Han is the Blade, the adventure-loving son of Anikari’s most famous sword maker. Darius San Williams is the Bow, the son of King Edward’s first councilor.
Three years prior to the start of The Cremelino Prophecy series, Kelln’s love for adventure and Darius’s desire to protect the Realm seem to always get the two young men in trouble with Darius’s father.
After witnessing a glimpse of magic in a small cabin in the woods, the two are thrust into one of their most fantastic adventures yet.
Read this fun and exciting novella either before or after the three books of The Cremelino Prophecy.
A prequel novella to The Path of Destiny.
Kelln El’Han is the Blade, the adventure-loving son of Anikari’s most famous sword maker. Darius San Williams is the Bow, the son of King Edward’s first councilor.
Three years prior to the start of The Cremelino Prophecy series, Kelln’s love for adventure and Darius’s desire to protect the Realm seem to always get the two young men in trouble with Darius’s father.
After witnessing a glimpse of magic in a small cabin in the woods, the two are thrust into one of their most fantastic adventures yet.
Read this fun and exciting novella either before or after the three books of The Cremelino Prophecy.
Mike Shelton writes a fast-paced adventure 'The Blade and the Bow', featuring likeable teen archer Darius and his swordster buddy, Kelln. Playful, fun and rich in story-telling. Recommended!
Crescendo! An Austerley & Kirkgordon Adventur...
A long forgotten manuscript of music. A genius professor hungering for the dark creatures which drov...
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Crescendo! An Austerley & Kirkgordon Adventure G R Jordan
A long forgotten manuscript of music. A genius professor hungering for the dark creatures which drove his studies. A Russian vamp with an icy touch. A government agent pulling everyone's strings. And a former bodyguard trying to hold onto his marriage amidst Elder creatures threatening the end of the world.
Join Austerley and Kirkgordon on a hunt for Elder music of a race lost from time. From America to Russia and across the British Isles, two broken misfits try to pull the world back from a cosmic disaster while keeping at bay their reciprocal loathing.
It's the blasphemous fanfare for the end of the world!
Join Austerley and Kirkgordon on a hunt for Elder music of a race lost from time. From America to Russia and across the British Isles, two broken misfits try to pull the world back from a cosmic disaster while keeping at bay their reciprocal loathing.
It's the blasphemous fanfare for the end of the world!
Threads Ablaze
Thessaly has been told to learn courtly manners, but her Aunt Margarida is teaching her wytchery, be...
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Threads Ablaze S.G. Dunster
Thessaly has been told to learn courtly manners, but her Aunt Margarida is teaching her wytchery, because the power that runs through Thessaly's veins will not keep her content to sew with silk and sit in the lap of King Manuel's court. In spite of her father's wishes, Thessaly is determined to learn her aunt's priesthood instead.
Escape From Samsara
Barry's been patient, but after twenty-seven years of trimming hedges for people he hates, he's had...
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Escape From Samsara Nicky Blue
Barry's been patient, but after twenty-seven years of trimming hedges for people he hates, he's had enough. All he wants to do is to find his missing father and to discover his inner ninja. But life’s not done with throwing him curveballs.
A fatal mistake catapults Barry into the adventure of a lifetime. With talking hedges, samurai ghosts, meddling psychotherapists, and an inexplicably non-linear time pattern conspiring against him, Barry must do battle to save his hide, unleash the ninja within, and rescue his father from an ancient army, a dark sorcerer and a raging inferno.
A fatal mistake catapults Barry into the adventure of a lifetime. With talking hedges, samurai ghosts, meddling psychotherapists, and an inexplicably non-linear time pattern conspiring against him, Barry must do battle to save his hide, unleash the ninja within, and rescue his father from an ancient army, a dark sorcerer and a raging inferno.
Don't be fooled by the beautiful cover, this is a story about an over-the-hill hedge-trimmin' ninja with a heavy metal listening grandma. The characterizations are well-done and the book is an engaging, light read.
Overweight fish finger addicted ninja gardeners? Samurai ghosts? What's not to love! If you're a keen Robert Rankin fan, I'd recommend giving this book a read.
The Deal PREVIEW
(In film production) What if we're not alone? What if rule-breaking Angels secretly fight our corner...
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The Deal PREVIEW SCCunningham Books
(In film production) What if we're not alone? What if rule-breaking Angels secretly fight our corner?
Amy Fox hates rules. A new Angel, but for how long? Abusing her powers, avenging personal scores, protecting the underdog, dishing out tough karma on evil criminals and competing Warlords will have her thrown below ground.
At the age of four, Am was taken…She survived.
A week later, another little girl was taken…She didn't.
Angry that a bad man has gotten away with murder, feisty young Amy Fox makes a deal with the heavens. When she dies, if she's been a good girl, would they let her sit on a cloud for a while, invisible, to get bad people who slip through their fingers?
Her deal long forgotten, career girl Amy mysteriously dies.. and then it starts.
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Amy Fox hates rules. A new Angel, but for how long? Abusing her powers, avenging personal scores, protecting the underdog, dishing out tough karma on evil criminals and competing Warlords will have her thrown below ground.
At the age of four, Am was taken…She survived.
A week later, another little girl was taken…She didn't.
Angry that a bad man has gotten away with murder, feisty young Amy Fox makes a deal with the heavens. When she dies, if she's been a good girl, would they let her sit on a cloud for a while, invisible, to get bad people who slip through their fingers?
Her deal long forgotten, career girl Amy mysteriously dies.. and then it starts.
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I love thrillers that have a bit of romance in them. Add a little paranormal to the mix, and it's got the makings of a good book. Now reading the description, it sounds awesome!
Great cover! Can't wait to read it!
this looks interesting
S Cunningham Books is a great Author, I will never miss another book from her. :)
Just downloaded "The Deal" by S Cunningham. Thanks! looks awesome and I can't wait to curl up with your angel world.
Time Control: Pike Gillette Book 1
“The greatest time-travel series I’ve ever read - the only one I’ve ever read, but still!”
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Time Control: Pike Gillette Book 1 Rex Bolt
“The greatest time-travel series I’ve ever read - the only one I’ve ever read, but still!”
Book 1: 'Time Control'
Book 2: 'Time Lapse'
Book 3: 'Time Games'
Book 1: 'Time Control'
Book 2: 'Time Lapse'
Book 3: 'Time Games'
The Peralta Protocol
We once thought there were too many of us on the planet; the truth is there were never enough. One c...
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The Peralta Protocol Daniel Arthur Smith
We once thought there were too many of us on the planet; the truth is there were never enough. One couple can save the human race, if their child can be born, if the Peralta Protocol succeeds.
First published in The Future Chronicles - The Doomsday Chronicles
First published in The Future Chronicles - The Doomsday Chronicles
Sneaky Goblins Book One
Dank got on the headmaster's bad side and was kicked out of assassin school. He finds his way into a...
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Sneaky Goblins Book One Rene Pfitzner
Dank got on the headmaster's bad side and was kicked out of assassin school. He finds his way into a den of gangsters. Their leader, Boris, forces him into an impossible quest! Now, the fate of everyone he cares about rests in his tiny, green hands.
Rene Pfitzner is the author and artist of Sneaky Goblins. He was a character animator at Disney and a storyboard artist, and he's contributed to several comic anthologies and websites.
Read more of Rene's comics at www.tolcraft.com
Rene Pfitzner is the author and artist of Sneaky Goblins. He was a character animator at Disney and a storyboard artist, and he's contributed to several comic anthologies and websites.
Read more of Rene's comics at www.tolcraft.com
Unique art style. Gritty fantasy plot line. And of course, goblins! It's exactly what it says on the tin. :)
If you want an example of improvisation in some fantasy genre, look no further than this book. It also contains lots of dragons and chemistry that goes wrong!
Command
The airship USS Vindication is unexpectedly ordered to the aid of Union forces at the Battle of Anti...
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Command Thomas Webb
The airship USS Vindication is unexpectedly ordered to the aid of Union forces at the Battle of Antietam, and Vindication's Executive Officer, Major Julius Montclair, is eager to fight. But when unthinkable tragedy strikes, everything changes. Reeling from loss and thirsting for retribution, Montclair goes rogue-taking on an unsanctioned, unauthorized mission of vengeance.
To accomplish his mission Montclair will need help, but an old acquaintance and a handful of Union Army Air Corps Rangers are all he's got. Montclair must overcome the odds by infiltrating the enemy camp, raiding a Confederate States airship, and ultimately coming face-to-face with the toughest adversary he's ever known-legendary rebel sniper Case Early.
To accomplish his mission Montclair will need help, but an old acquaintance and a handful of Union Army Air Corps Rangers are all he's got. Montclair must overcome the odds by infiltrating the enemy camp, raiding a Confederate States airship, and ultimately coming face-to-face with the toughest adversary he's ever known-legendary rebel sniper Case Early.
Code of Rainbow: Soaring Flame and the Dragon...
This is the first book of a teen fantasy book series that nurtures the bloom of MAGIC in the soil of...
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Code of Rainbow: Soaring Flame and the Dragon-transcending Magimal Weiqi Wang
This is the first book of a teen fantasy book series that nurtures the bloom of MAGIC in the soil of SCIENCE - something rarely attempted. The transition from magic to science will be bit by bit, so the early books do read like a "mainstream" magic fantasy.
Soarame has a pair of special eyes. He can see magic elements in this world, which are supposed to be invisible. This enviable gift of his could reveal the truth of the world, but it also puts him in danger.
Many animals in this world possess magic power, so they are called “magimals” - dragons as examples. Soarame fortunately got a baby magimal as his best friend, but they got into troubles together - troubles that were a lot bigger than dragons.
Could they survive?
Soarame has a pair of special eyes. He can see magic elements in this world, which are supposed to be invisible. This enviable gift of his could reveal the truth of the world, but it also puts him in danger.
Many animals in this world possess magic power, so they are called “magimals” - dragons as examples. Soarame fortunately got a baby magimal as his best friend, but they got into troubles together - troubles that were a lot bigger than dragons.
Could they survive?
beautiful cover :)
Looking forward to reading this!
I love the idea of a magimal! I want one too!
Sounds awesome!
This book sells itself with two simple words. MAGIC ANIMALS