SPARE NO EXPENSE…MISSING: Mitch Truman, heir apparent to an entertainment megacorporation. He may have fled his parents for the sake of love, but if magic is involved, the reason could be darker...WEALTHY: Daniel Truman, CEO of media giant Truman Technologies, doesn’t care how much it costs—he wants his son back. He'll hire the best to find his heir, even if their motives are suspect...EXPERIENCED: Kyle Teller's done this job before. He knows the tricks of the trade...

WHEN THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED...For years, Jason Chase was at the head of the pack, shadowrunning with the best in the business. When time dulled his flesh and cybernetic edge, he knew it was time to get out, or get dead.Now, his past has come back to haunt him. To protect a young girl from the terrorists who want her dead, Chase must rely on his years of experience, and whatever his body has left to give. And everything he's got, he'll need as he comes face-to-face wi...

Nachdem die Völker der Welt vierhundert Jahre lang in ihren magischen Festungen dem Eindringen der Dämonen getrotzt haben, öffnen sich nun wieder die Pforten ihrer selbstgewählten Gefängnisse. Doch die Bewohner Barsaives müssen feststellen, dass ihre Welt vollständig verwüstet wurde und ihre alten Feinde immer noch gegenwärtig sind. Es liegt am Zwergenkönigreich von Throal, dem grausamen Theranischen Imperium und den verschlagenen Dämonen die Stirn zu bieten. Zur Zeit der Erdendämmerung wa...

Tohopeka contains a variety of perspectives and uses a wide array of evidence and approaches, from scrutiny of cultural and religious practices to literary and linguistic analysis, to illuminate this troubled period.Almost two hundred years ago, the territory that would become Alabama was both ancient homeland and new frontier where a complex network of allegiances and agendas was playing out. The fabric of that network stretched and frayed as the Creek Civil War of 1813-1...

How does our understanding of early modern performance, culture and identity change when we decentre Shakespeare? And how might a more inclusive approach to early modern drama help enable students to discuss a range of issues, including race and gender, in more productive ways?Underpinned by these questions, this collection offers a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on drama in Shakespeare's England, mapping the variety of approaches to the context and work of Shakespear...

No one loves a son like his mother…Three years ago, Patricia Mullner's 17-year-old son Andrew vanished without a trace. No note. No body. Just a hole in her life that nothing, neither alcohol nor her husband Thomas's comfort, can fill.Once a devoted mother, Patricia now drifts through her days in a fog of grief and regret. But beneath the sorrow lies something darker. Because Patricia isn't just mourning her son, she's hiding something.Now, someone is watching. Some...

Don’t restrict your creative property to one media channel. Make the essential leap to transmedia!From film to television to games and beyond, Storytelling Across Worlds gives you the tools to weave a narrative universe across multiple platforms and meet the insatiable demand of today’s audience for its favorite creative property.This, the first primer in the field for both producers and writers, teaches you how to:* Employ film, television, games, novels, ...

AFTER EDWARD I defeated the Scots he deposed King John Balliol and appointed Englishmen to administer Scotland and the Church. With most of the nobility reluctant to oppose Edward, Wallace depended on the middling classes for support and they saw their fight being for the liberty of their country. This required Scots to explain who and what they were and to win support from European powers against Edward’s claim to be the overlord of Scotland.In 1301 a group of Scots clerics presen...

The only thing she was guilty of was trusting him...All Jenny Clifton ever wanted was to be the perfect wife and mother.Three years after her fairytale wedding to Michael and the birth of their baby boy, the shine has begun to fade. Money is tight, resentments simmer, and once-rare disagreements have turned into daily screaming matches.Something has to change… and it does, the night Michael is killed in a brutal hit-and-run, dying in the street with a stranger holdi...

Solve a mermaid's problem…Step off the edge of a roof…Dig up a grave at midnight…Take advice from a fortune cookie…Visit the last library…Meet a bridge troll…And more…In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the trace of lighting in the sky, each is unique and interesting.These wildly different flash stories delight, astonish, scare, and inspire. Enjoy 64 delightfully ecle...