Ever since the day his twin brother Alex was swept out to sea as a child, Daniel George has been on a downward spiral. He can't make friends, he can't hold down a relationship and he can't begin to grieve.Life is turned on its head when on the twenty-fourth anniversary of the tragedy, while visiting his local church, Daniel discovers an unconscious man slumped against his mother's gravestone. A young nurse, Gulnaz Rahmani, herself paying her respects to a deceased relative, finds ev...

A roadside burial site, a ring of standing stones and the remnants of derelict mine workings are just a foretaste of what awaits young couple Mark Sheppard and Stephanie Latimer as they find themselves lost on Dartmoor on a cold late September evening. With time and the weather against them, they finally stumble upon The Moor Inn, a sanctuary of wood panelling, rough oak beams and fine ales. The pub's claim to fame, they soon learn, is a magnificent fire that has been kept alight continuou...

This sequel to Dreamcats finds the four young cousins, Elsa, David, Oscar and Arthur back in their Felinestow ‘dream’ as pets in cat families. Felinestow is now run by the benign cat, Mayor Tina, but evil ex-Mayor Claptrap still has a thirst for power. No sooner do Elsa and David find themselves in ex-police cat George’s home, George’s brother Harry arrives. The charismatic Harry is an odd combination of philosopher and television celebrity. He is visiting Felinestow to chair a religious c...

Defense forces have always invested a great deal of their resources in training. In recent times, changes in the complexity and intensity of operations have reaffirmed the importance of ensuring that warfighters are adequately prepared for the environments in which they are required to work. The emergence of new operational drivers such as asymmetric threats, urban operations, joint and coalition operations and the widespread use of military communications and information technology networ...

On their perilous drive home from a New Year's Eve celebration, through swirling snow and much the worse for drink, a couple are caught in a near-fatal accident. Out of the blizzard appears a figure to help them. But his story will change their lives forever.

When Olivia visits a pet shop for her ninth birthday she is presented with Jeremy, a plump brown gerbil in a glass cage. The shopkeeper knows it is not exactly the pet she was secretly longing for, but first Olivia must show him how responsible she can be. All goes well until the day she arrives home from school to find the cage left open, a trail of muddy footprints crossing the table top and Jeremy nowhere to be seen. After this, how is poor Olivia ever going to see her secret wish come ...

Life is hard for Maria, living alone with an older brother who barely notices her. But a discovery one night in their antique shop, as she's planning her escape, sends her off on a wild adventure to Bramblewood. A bizarre crowd of woodland characters waits there to welcome her; the Parliament of Owls, Tawny Blare and Garden Brown among them, beady-eyed Bullstrode Frogley, their Slime Minister; and of course Maria's Lady-in-Waiting, a beautiful cobalt blue parrot named Hyacinth McCaw. But t...

When a new family moves into their dream house, they think its everything they ever wanted. But what they don't realize is that the fun is just beginning. The family is forced to defend themselves against something no one would ever believe.

Nearly every one of our homes has been walked upon by some of those pesky little lizards. Although they are basically harmless, and may actually be beneficial as they eat up pests and insects, they can also have a hysterical way of truly scaring our children. By allowing them to read a Creepy Lizards of the World Picture Book, they will be less afraid of the common lizard they may see crawling in or around their homes. They will realize that there is much of mother nature they have yet to ...

When Special Agent Catherine Macgregor arrives home from work to find her front door ajar, deep concern immediately engulfs her. With her gun drawn she enters, her baby sitter is brutally murdered, and her nine-year-old daughter Abigail is missing - abducted.Banned from working on the case by her superior nothing will stop this mother from doing what-ever is within her power throughout many twists, and turns, as she attempts to track down her daughter alive before it's too late.

Elizabeth always thought that she was just a normal-well, mostly normal- college student until a fateful encounter with the enigmatic Wolf Clan changes everything. Her world is turned inside out as she gets a frightening glimpse into a shadowy world of vampires and wolves and hunters. A world that, if she's not careful, might swallow her whole.But then again...maybe that wouldn't be so bad....Excerpt:She took a deep breath, inhaling the sticky sweet aroma of the myria...

From the dark and twisted imagination of author William Todd Rose comes twofree e-books guaranteed to thrill and delight. In each volume lies a mini-collection of stories which gives the reader a unique peek into the mind of the writer The Google+ Insider's Guide named as one of their top 32 authors to follow.Open the Box of Darkness to delve into a nightmare world of the macabre. Within these pages lurk refugees from a madman's nightmares. From traditional terrors such as vampires...