Phosphene an entoptic phenomenon characterized by the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye.Ian uses the light he sees when he closes his eyes to choose his next victim, the next euphoric hit on his way to ultimate rapture.Little John is not your average young boy. A bright happy boy to most, a source of good to some, a savior to a few and despised enemy of one.

The Trojan War is over and the Greeks have lost, returning home to a country fractured by defeat while Prince Hector of Troy dreams the dream of Empire.For Odysseus, the Fates have rewritten his epic tale of adventure that lasted twenty long years and the man the world has come to know as its greatest traveler/adventurer has arrived home to the tiny island kingdom of Ithaka to lick his wounds and reassemble his life. Glad to be shut of war, he begins the process of rebuilding only t...

One good deed can change everything.After saving a woman from an armed robber at a truck stop, former soldier John Lucky is more than happy to take her number, even if she does print it out on a lottery ticket. He's even more happy when that ticket wins the lottery and he can take himself and his Army bud Davey down to Florida so they can live the good life in the paradise that is the Gulf Coast.Drinks, girls, and good times take a backseat to trouble, though, when "Lucky J...

The capacity for everyday heroics is in each of us. Sometimes the most ordinary accomplishment can be the height of inspiration, if only we knew the journey that person traveled to reach that accomplishment. These stories are all around us, if only we stop, look, and listen.This is one story.Perhaps it starts lying in the back of an ambulance, wondering if I would walk again, and thinking, with a strange sense of relief, "This is the bottom. It can only get better from here...

Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Sport brings together martial arts and Eastern philosophical wisdom with the competitive world of sports as games. This exploration goes beyond the conventional view of martial arts as fighting skills and delves into their evolution as competitive Olympic sports and profound ways of self-cultivation.Mark Stone reveals the philosophical underpinnings of both disciplines, which engage not only the body but also the mind, fostering a holisti...

The Looking Glass: Within a Cognitive and Personal Journey is a raw, unflinching memoir by Mark Stone-Sanders, also known by his divine names Justice Divine Allah, Jihad Damu Askari, and Magnetic Sapient Allah. Raised in the heart of Oak Park, Sacramento, Sanders offers a deeply personal account of growing up amidst systemic racism, street violence, and generational struggle-only to emerge with purpose, identity, and wisdom.From navigating a world shaped by the legacy of t...

Secrets never stay hidden in the lowcountry, and for Detective Andy Winslow, those secrets are about to get deadly.Fifteen years ago, Charleston, South Carolina was home to one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. The Carolina Reaper took out twelve people, and he just so happened to be Andy Winslow's identical twin brother.Now, murders are starting up again, and those murders look eerily similar to ones that shook the now Detective Andy Winslow's world all ...

Open Sources 2.0 is a collection of insightful and thought-provoking essays from today's technology leaders that continues painting the evolutionary picture that developed in the 1999 book Open Sources: Voices from the Revolution .These essays explore open source's impact on the software industry and reveal how open source concepts are infiltrating other areas of commerce and society. The essays appeal to a broad audience: the software developer will find thoughtf...

A twist of fate can make all the difference.After finally getting settled in Bonita Springs, Lucky John's world is thrown for a loop when one of his biggest enemies, Rascal Mangrove, comes asking for his help. Now, with a mystery unlike any other he's ever faced spooling out around him, John has to work as hard as he ever has to get to the bottom of it. And, in the end, he'll find that the truth is closer than he ever imagined, and that his luck just might have run out.Grab...

One mistake can put everything at risk.When a killer from his past threatens an old girlfriend, Lucky John finds himself drawn into a maze of danger, lies, and family secrets. After being instrumental in putting the killer named The Viper behind bars, Lucky John did his best to put the entire ordeal out of his mind. But when the man is released under mysterious circumstances, it throws everything he thought he knew for a loop.Tracking him to the sandy beaches of Cancun alon...

Dreams never stay dead in the low country, and for Detective Andy Winslow, those dreams might kill himAs he's adjusting to life back home in Charleston, Andy's given a new case. A series of murders has started happening around town. There's no visible tie to them, and Andy can't seem to crack the case.Enter Destiny Reyes.She's from Charleston too, the hottest spa nd comer in country music, and she's been keeping a secret that just might blow the entire case wide ope...

Ghost stories abound in the lowcountry, and Detective Andy Winslow is about to find himself in the center of one.Andy Winslow grew up hearing campfire tales of the Scarecrow; a monster that stalked the lowcountry's rural areas, killing people with a vengeance. Now, with farmers and their families around Charleston being murdered in record numbers, people start talking about the Scarecrow again.Andy doesn't believe in ghost stories, though. He knows that the sort of monster ...