Saving the human race proves to be far more difficult than he could ever have imagined. Mike Hurst, a former Army Sergeant, is thrust into a role that should be handled by someone use to dealing with major military organizations and politicians.His new alien friend, Jonelle, is certain that he is more than capable, especially after he is upgraded with some very unique abilities. He is now able to communicate to other upgraded people, without speaking; and his mind can handle hundred...

Lady luck has been good to humankind. But, she can be a fickle mistress. While human successes have been encouraging, great losses are also part of the equation and must be accepted. Contact with the Januki offers hope for more knowledge and technical support, although the friendly aliens are not in a position to provide ships and warriors to fight against the dreaded Saurans. But, humans will soon have the combat numbers to aid the Januki, making them an attractive ally, if the friendly r...

The American and Chinese Presidents were missing and presumably being held by the people behind the attempted world coup. General Mike Hurst knew the Russian President must be behind it, because he was seen everywhere, on TV, the radio and the Internet, claiming to bring a new world order.He was amazed by the huge numbers of shuttles and fighters headed toward the TSN asteroid, Fort Defiance. Overall, the TSN had enough forces to deal them. But those forces were spread around, in sp...

As they progressed deeper into the corvette, the gravity suddenly increased to twice that of Sauran standard. Because the men regularly practiced for that possibility, they weren't caught off as badly as the Saurans had hoped.As soon as the heavy gravity hit, fifty Saurans came running down the passageway, firing as they charged. The heavies returned fire, taking out the initial ranks of enemy warriors. The seals came charging forward, just in time, as the Saurans closed within hand...

Being a genetically modified human being has its benefits and Mike Hurst was just beginning to appreciate all that it entailed. His mind worked with amazing speed and he could handle dozens of mental tasks simultaneously. Then there was his newly enhanced strength; three times that of a normal human. But best of all was the youthful body that had been regenerated for him. He was a seventy one year old disabled amputee veteran, when he had been kidnapped and upgraded to his current twenty f...

Mike Hurst could care less about the petty squabbling that had existed for several millennia on Earth. If humans didn't get their act together, there would be no people left to benefit from conquering another nation. Unfortunately, too many nations didn't see it that way. With the prospects of improved health, extended life and new powerful weapons, any country could become the dominant force on the planet, if they gained control of these new abilities. That's why Mike had implemented stri...

High Island Blues is the eighth and final mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.Swarms of migrating birds fall from the sky seeking shelter as the spring storms begin, but the birders are distracted by a far more shocking sight: Mick Brownscombe’s dead body . . .Old college friends Rob, Oliver and Mick reunite on a bird watching tour to America. It is the first ti...

“The Blue Room is a wondrous achievement, brief, inexorable, pared to, and agonizingly close to, the bone, and utterly compelling; in short, a true and luminous work of art.” —John BanvilleHe felt no resentment toward Andrée for biting his lip. In the context of their lovemaking, it had its place.For Tony and Andrée, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the Hôtel des Voyageurs. Their adulterous affair is intoxicating, pass...

A New York Times Bestseller and the #1 Most Challenged Book in America according to the American Library AssociationIn a series of personal essays, award-winning author and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving gr...

This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer.From memories of getting their teeth kicked out by bullies at age five to their loving relationship with their grandmother, to their first sexual experience, the stories wrestle with triumph and tragedy and cover topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood,...

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Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, Blue of Noon is a blackly compelling account of depravity and violence. As its narrator lurches despairingly from city to city in a surreal sexual and mental nightmare of squalor, sadism and drunken encounters, his internal collapse mirrors the fighting and marching on the streets outside. Exploring the dark forces beneath the surface of civilization, this is a novel torn between identifying with history's victims and being ...