In the electrifying third novel of the Empire of Shadows trilogy, Jack Mercer is drawn into a final, devastating confrontation with the hidden powers that have manipulated nations, financed covert wars, and trafficked in forbidden secrets since the ashes of World War II. What began as a hunt through ledgers, lies, and Cold War betrayals now leads to a chilling revelation: a clandestine brotherhood of elites seeking not merely power, but escape from death itself. Pursued across Europe's hau...

Each of us is whole, complete , nothing is broken, nothing in us needs fixing. We are dreamers in a dream, and we don't realize that we are dreamers…. but we are also the dream. We can wake up and dream a different dream… a dream of love, of peace, of a world for all. We can begin to transform our world and bring forth a world that works for all. It is time that we wake up and step away from all the guilt that we have been living with for the past 2000 years. It is time that we live as if ...

Gunslingers. Lawmen. Snake-oil Salesmen. Cowboys. Mad Scientists. And a few monsters. The Old West has never been wilder! THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNCANNY presents sixteen original and never-before-published adventures by some of today' s most visionary writers who have spun wildly offbeat tales of gunmen, lawmen, magic, and weird science. Saddle up with Josh Malerman, Scott Sigler, Keith DeCandido, Cullen Bunn, R.S. Belcher, Greg Cox, Jeffrey Mariotte, Laura Anne Gilman, Aaron Rosenberg...

"Explores more of the seedy underside of the city that the tourist books don't tell you about . . . from a 13-year-old church arsonist to a lynching" ( Lost Charlotte).Today's Charlotte is a fast-growing and well-respected city. But the Charlotte of yesteryear is rife with tales of the macabre, tragic and simply unexplainable.Prepare to be surprised and unnerved as the dark side of Charlotte is brought to life by native and longtime writer David Aa...

Thirty-five awesome stories - one kick ass meme that started it all.It started as a joke. Storm Area 51 they said. They can't stop all of us they said. But all laughter stopped when the U.S. Air Force mobilized the reserves and pulled out the big guns.However, relentless mockery and derision by the media and the powers that be pushed the weebs and alien enthusiasts too far. What else were they supposed to do? They put on their big girl panties and showed up, determined to fi...

Tomorrow is coming whether you're ready or not.In Darkness, Delight: Fear the Future delivers twenty-two strikingly original tales of terror from Bram Stoker Award®-winners, bestselling authors, genre stalwarts and rising stars.Includes Emmy-winning, New York Times bestselling author and world-famous magician Penn Jillette's delightfully wicked short story "The Pain Addict," which was adapted for a hit sci-fi anthology television series and...

A Sprinkle of Magic tells the fascinating stories of non-league clubs who defied the odds and dared to dream big in the world's oldest cup competition.When August rolls in, so do the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup as non-league sides from across the land bid to make the first round proper and pick up a potential dream tie.Stretching back to the 2009/10 season, the stories include FA Cup runs from Bath City, Redbridge, Blyth Spartans, Chesham Unite...

In the haunted aftermath of World War II, Jack Mercer—an ex-OSS operative rebuilt under a false identity—uncovers fragments of a ledger that tie Vatican financiers, Cold War intelligence services, and Ustaše war criminals to a hidden network born in the ashes of Jasenovac. His hunt for the truth drags him from the Dolomites to the fog-soaked alleys of Venice, across Adriatic monasteries, and deep beneath the Vatican itself, where a rogue cardinal and a dying intelligence service wage a sec...

It was an age of adventure. An age of sorcery. An age of unrelenting horror. Sword and sorcery and pulp horror go hand-in-hand. Sinister enchanters working foul magic. Hideous beasts lurking in shadowy dungeons. Blasphemous elder gods uncoiling from forgotten and forbidden temples SWORDS IN THE SHADOWS features twenty-one stories with a bloody stake driven into the heart of both the horror and fantasy camps. Herein, you will find fantasy worlds, brave warriors, fabulous creatures, wondrous...

Fascinating look at the highs, lows and riches that follow promotion to the Premier League, from the inaugural 1992/93 season to 2023/24 – told with special insight from chairmen, managers, players and fans.From the author of the widely acclaimed Fields of Dreams and Broken Fences.Dubbed the most valuable single football match in the world, the Championship play-off final doesn't just secure a place in the illustrious Premier League. It offers lucr...

The Ontario Municipal Board is an independent provincial planning appeals body that has wielded major influence on Toronto’s urban development. In this book, Aaron A. Moore examines the effect that the OMB has had on the behavior and relationships of Toronto’s main political actors, including city planners, developers, neighbourhood associations, and local politicians.Moore’s findings draw on a quantitative analysis of all OMB decisions and settlements from 2000 through 2006, as we...

Particular focus on development of the chicken gut microbiome over the lifetime of the birdReviews interactions between pathogens and the gut and the role of antibiotics in this processComprehensive review of research on efficacy of poultry feed additives: probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, antimicrobials, essential oils and other botanicals, cereal grains