The fascinating and action-packed true story of an American freedom fighter, written and illustrated by Kyle Baker as a graphic novel—collecting all four issues of his critically acclaimed miniseries.The story of Nat Turner and his slave rebellion—which began on August 21, 1831, in Southampton County, Virginia—is known among school children and adults. To some he is a hero, a symbol of Black resistance and a precursor to the civil rights movement; to others he is m...

When the heroic robots that saved Japan during World War IV are outlawed, they turn against mankind, waging a campaign of terror across the last city on Earth. Their creator builds one more soldier, disguised as his teenaged granddaughter, and tasks her with dismantling the mechanical militia. As she begins to question her programming, will she be the last hope for humanity, or the final nail in our coffin? Collects CIRCUIT-BREAKER #1-5

NOTHING ON EARTH CAN KILL IT. KILLING IT IS THEIR JOB.Every day, Wilhelmina Wannamaker is surrounded by the most powerful, wealthy, and glamorous people in the world, and they all ignore her. As the official President's Exterminator, in charge of pest control for the White House and the USA, "Willie" is mocked as a "bug hunter" by the Secret Service agents who work in the Oval Office alongside her. Willie dreams of seeing even a fraction of the respect and admiration everyone else ...

A police detective investigates a male prostitute’s murder and finds an intense forbidden love in nineteenth-century New York City . . .New York City, 1896. As the temperatures rise, so does the crime rate. At the peak of this sizzling heat wave, police inspector Hank Brandt is called to investigate the scandalous murder of a male prostitute. His colleagues think he should drop the case, but Hank’s interest is piqued, especially when he meets the intriguin...

From David L. Robbins, bestselling author of The End of War and War of the Rats, comes a novel of searing intensity and uncompromising vision. Part mystery, part legal thriller, it is a story of crime and punishment set in a small southern town during one brutal, hot, and unforgiving summer that lays bare the potential of the human heart to hate–and, ultimately, to heal.Scorched EarthThe inhabitants of Good Hope, Virginia, ...

A rainy night . . . A stranded motorist . . . A Good Samaritan passerby … a Nobel Prize–winning professor . . . The setup for a shocking murder designed to cover up an even more sinister crime . . .The Blackbird Papers marks the debut of Ian Smith, a major new talent in crime fiction, and of Sterling Bledsoe, his smart and occasionally combative sleuth.World-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he e...

The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, is a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in 1831

Nat Turner's rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831 marked a turning point in the struggle for the ending of slavery in America. After being tried and convicted of insurrection, Turner's confession and jailhouse statements were published by Thomas Ruffin Gray. This work is considered the primary historical document regarding Nat Turner, though some historians believe Gray's transcription contains inaccuracies which compromises its value as such.

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the mast...

"There's a werewolf around. I just know it.""Johnson lost another lamb last night.""They found what was left of it torn to bits down by the railroad track.""And they found tracks of the monster too.""It was horrible.""They were huge."Sheriff Corbin listened as the talk around him started raising the pulses of the crowd. Finally he stepped in."All right, that's enough," he yelled. "Frankly I don't believe all this talk, but if you folks are g...

The night was long and cold as it was the 11th month on the 12th day of 1803 when a woman by the name April Lee Smith was giving birth. There was a scream that could be heard across town, a man named Paul Reaper stood right by her side and held Aprils hand tight as April screamed from giving birth in the one room run down shack of a home where they have been living for the past two years. The town doctor was a man by the name Frank Smith was Aprils brother that was delivering Aprils baby. ...

Society is in decline. Several states, including Arizona tried to secede from the Union to escape an increasingly oppressive Federal government. They failed. Several years later, Tom, a former IT contractor at the local military base, is asked to help Special Agent Simmons to recover video files from a harddrive to help uncover who or what brutally murdered two border patrol agents at a check point. What he finds forever alters his perception of reality and exposes his entire family to dan...