Where do you go when your world comes to an end?When a tribe of reindeer herders in the northern Mongolian Steppe unearth a body buried in the melting permafrost, a mysterious and virulent virus is unleashed. Government agencies scramble to find a cure for the disease that is killing people at an unprecedented rate.Unaware of the impending disaster, Ethan and Rina Hampton purchase their first home in Silver Spring, Maryland that has the added bonus of a bom...

Five years after the assault on New Hope, the town has grown and prospered. The psychic abilities awakened by the Red Scourge have been studied and honed. Preeminent among her peers, Rina Hampton realizes the threat from their former foe hasn't gone away. It has simmered and grown stronger. From time to time she surreptitiously spies on Silas Barringer, the architect of the first invasion. On one such occasion, she discovers that a spring incursion is in the planning stage. The plot is to ...

Members of the last tribe of reindeer herders discover a body in the melting permafrost of the northern Mongolian steppe, and the virus dubbed the Red Scourge is unleashed on the world. Unaware of the coming pandemic, Rina and Ethan Hampton shop for their first house in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington D.C. After months of searching, they find the perfect place to start their family, with the added bonus of a bomb shelter that Ethan plans to use as his man cave. Their excite...

Something is happening to the people of New Hope. Months after surviving the Red Scourge, some citizens awaken to find they possess psychic abilities. They share the same strange premonition but have no idea what it means. A woman is on the way. But who is she? And what is drawing her to New Hope? When a trader brings Michaela Robinson to town, their questions are partly answered. She tells them something is coming. Something bad. She doesn't know what it is but feels the psychic abilities...

Former Special Forced operative Joe Halsey and ex-Marine Chuck Luskin have been online participating in discussions about strange patterns in the sky. Dubbed chemtrails by the so-called conspiracy theorists, the patterns have been observed all over the globe. Are those patterns merely jet contrails, or are they something more sinister? Too much speculation and not enough information provide the impetus for the men to meet and investigate the phenomena.After months of surveillance, ...

Someone is stalking star chef Emily Simonson. That someone wants her dead, but first, that someone wants her terrified. And that someone has figured out the perfect way to do it. Aspiring actresses who bear a resemblance to Emily are being murdered and before each murder, a warning is sent. But those warnings don't tell who, where or when. Who is next? And when will it be Emily's turn to die?CRAZY takes you into the mind of a fiendish killer who, fueled by Satanic fantasies and a m...

The summer she was ten years old, Cassie and her best friend decided to run away to join the circus. The plan was to meet at midnight in the meadow next door to the house where the Fitzsimmons had just moved in. While waiting for her friend to appear, Cassie hears strange noises coming from the back yard of the new neighbors. What she saw when she peeked through the fence is shocking. But who will believe her?

In the sleepy town of Cooper's Grove, Agnes MacPherson is known as the Witch Woman because of her ability to see auras and spirits. For the most part, people come to her to ask the usual questions posed to a seer. But there is nothing usual about the haunting of Lucinda Mae Hawkins. Cooper's Grove is the story of Lucinda as told by Miss Aggie.A wrong side of the tracks girl, Lucinda meets spoiled, rich boy John Dawson in her sixteenth summer. An innocent, she is excited to be the o...

On what feels like the worst day of her life, instead of getting an expected marriage proposal, Decker Jones is dumped by her boyfriend of three years. Her heartbreak is tempered with joy when she receives the news that after ten long years of trying to get noticed, top literary agent Lillian Cardone has agreed to represent her, moving her a giant leap forward towards the dream of becoming a bestselling author. Albert Crawford is a career bank robber who is planning to retire to live the g...

Erfahrene Supervisorinnen und Supervisoren geben Einblick in ihr Tun. Sie stellen sich einem umfassenden Fragenkatalog und sind bereit, ihre Arbeit auf den Prüfstand zu stellen. Dies tun sie aufrichtig und persönlich, professionell und reflektiert. Daraus entstanden ist ein Gebrauchsbuch für die Supervision, in das Theorie aus bewährter Praxis fließt und wiederum zu eigener Praxis befähigt. Durch die Vielfalt unterschiedlicher supervisorischer Überzeugungen, Stile und Arbeitsweisen wird ei...

What does it mean, in a polarized political climate, that feminism was popular in mainstream popular music of the 2010s? Engaging with feminist theory and previous research about gender and music, this book investigates the meaning of current trends relating to gender, feminism and woman-identified artists in mediated popular music. The examples discussed throughout the book include Netflix documentaries by Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, the Swedish music industry #MeToo petition #nä...

Economic development is an important focus of anthropological work in rural and urban communities around the world, and in this volume the contributors offer expert analyses on the theory and practice of development. Chapters cover the key topics of market systems, agricultural knowledge, modernization, population growth, participatory development, conservation strategies, culturally sustainable development, globalization and privatization, tourism, urban development, and financial markets...