Greg never imagined that inheriting his estranged uncle’s decrepit house on Elder Hollow Road would unravel the fabric of his family’s history—and his own sanity. From the moment he crosses the threshold, the house breathes with secrets: whispers echo through the attic, locked rooms hide disturbing relics, and cryptic letters penned by his mother reveal warnings of an ancient curse. Alongside Cynthia, a stranger with her own mysterious ties, Greg delves into a century-old diary that expose...

Two boys fall in love in a deadly world, but it's the secrets they keep that might kill them.Seventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana town when a mysterious illness ripped through the world. Most died, but those who survived the Infection became mindless killers, spreading the disease with a single scratch. Now, a year later, civilization lies in ruins, and Zach is the town's sole survivor. Desperately lonely, he longs to return to his family in Seattle, bu...

When Elena Hart breaks into the high-security office of billionaire CEO Damien Blackridge, she's not looking for secrets—she’s looking for justice. Her sister's life hangs in the balance, and Elena is determined to expose the insurance fraud that’s draining critical medical funds. But Damien isn’t just a ruthless executive—he’s a man with secrets of his own, and instead of calling the cops, he offers Elena a deal: infiltrate his company and help him uncover the rot from within.Thro...

DESPITE FINDING THE LEGENDARY STONE AS A BOY, Jeremiah can’t shake the feeling he is destined to always be an outsider looking in. This restlessness haunts him into adulthood until he leads a quest to return the stone to its original home with his spiritual father named Padre, a fellow fugitive, a giant, and a mysterious woman named Jameela. Chased by two bands, Jeremiah and companions evade until confronted by the relic seekers and a decision.What is more important: love or fr...

Mist and Moonbeams: Stories from the Great Lakes Edge, is a mesmerizing anthology that explores the depths of human emotion, the complexity of relationships, and the indomitable spirit of adventure. This captivating collection of five short stories, each representing one of the Great Lakes, invites readers on an unforgettable journey through love, loss, discovery, and redemption, all set against the backdrop of one of America's most iconic landscapes.In Love in H...

Rick Philips has three dollars for gas, a negative bank balance, and an empty gallon of Smirnoff on his kitchen counter.He also has two bullet scars, his dead mother's kidney, and a bestselling book he didn't actually write.Once the only survivor of the worst school shooting in the country, Rick rode a wave of fame that crested before he turned twenty. Now he's a broke adjunct professor at a Virginia university, teaching students how to write while he hasn'...

Meet Millicent Gearwright, an ingenious young clockmaker from the world of Gearturn, where time is literally falling apart. Days blur into nights, seasons clash, and history unravels in disarray. To save her home and the universe, Millicent must find the cause of these time malfunctions and fix the Time Core before it's too late.Joined by her trusty robot Quark, her poetic friend Orin, and the daring time-stealing pirate Barnaby Blackwater, Millicent embarks on a thrilling adventur...

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Angel Abariel: Philology, Grimoiric Traditions, and Esoteric CosmologyIn the labyrinthine world of Western esotericism, one name carries a profoundly dualistic power: Abariel. Translated from the Hebrew as "The Passing of God," this celestial entity defies simple categorization, simultaneously appearing across centuries of occult literature as both a holy Angel of the Moon and a subjugated aerial spirit. This exhaust...

THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER FROM THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE DA VINCI CODE AND THE NEW ROBERT LANGDON THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS“Fans of The Da Vinci Code rejoice! Professor Robert Langdon is again solving the mysteries of the universe.” —People“A life-or-death adventure.” —Entertainment WeeklyRobert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology, arrives at the ultramodern Gu...

Get up to speed with using C\# 8 and .NET Core 3.0 features to build real-world .NET Core applicationsKey FeaturesLearn the core concepts of web applications, serverless computing, and microservicesCreate an ASP.NET Core MVC application using controllers, routing, middleware and authenticationBuild modern applications using cutting-edge services from Microsoft AzureBook Description.NET Core is a general-purpose, modular, cros...

Two boys fall in love in a deadly world, but it's the secrets they keep that might kill them.Seventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana town when a mysterious illness ripped through the world. Most died, but those who survived the Infection became mindless killers, spreading the disease with a single scratch. Now, a year later, civilization lies in ruins, and Zach is the town's sole survivor. Desperately lonely, he longs to return to his family in Seattle, bu...

Design system solutions using modern architectural patterns and practices. This book discusses methods to keep a system responsive, even when it is being constantly updated, extending a system's functionality without changing the core code, methods of maintaining data history, and designing a distributed transactional system.This book will guide you in understanding how a software solution is designed using different architectural processes and scenarios. Each scenario explains if ...