An American farmer learns he is the last heir to the throne of King Arthur. So begins the heroic quest of a lifetime for Jordy Carver, an everyman bound for greatness. His misfit Knights of the Golden Prairie have one summer to prepare for the King's Challenge, a secret tournament between modern knights to determine the world's future and finally rid the world of wizards, monsters and magic. But he'll need to win a horse, a sword, a lance and shield for what lies ahead. Book 1 in the 3-par...

A brilliant young attorney struggling with his Native American roots unravels a murder-for-hire scheme at his prestigious Denver law firm. Aided by his ranching girlfriend, a retired senator, an ex-con and a retired Alaskan FBI agent, he must outmaneuver hired killers, corrupt lawyers and powerful politicians. Is water worth killing for? It is in the modern day Wild, Wild West.

Katie Jones suffers from wanderlust. Problem is, she can’t quit her job at a seaside resort to chase it. When she tries to start a rowing team with dysfunctional hotel staff, she learns of the glass fence separating the haves from the have-nots. When Katie becomes the target of the hotel's despotic and mysterious General Manager she fights back with unexpected results. Let the games begin!

When married Wade Jones returns to Colorado for a summer of kayaking with old friends he doesn't expect an old girlfriend, his bitter old coach and a mysterious teenager to be there. Each wants something from Wade that he can’t provide. And then there is the river – a giant, snarling whitewater snake. It wants something from Wade, too. Maybe his life. Set against a mythic Western landscape checkered with history,

The curious Lemon twins and their widowed mother quickly learn there is a thin line between madness and genius. Their new home of Purgatory, Illinois is not the idyllic small town they thought it was. What will happen on Halloween? Is the ancient society known as ECHO lurking in the shadows? Waking Purgatory is a riveting mystery exploding with unfulfilled family legacies soaked in despair against mankind’s obsession to open and explore the blind spot between heaven and hell.

Attention all fantasy lovers, prepare to embark on an epic journey through a dark and treacherous world. "The Death Knight: Fearless" is a mesmerizing tale that will leave you breathless. The setting is a land of perpetual darkness, where evil lurks around every corner and hope is a distant memory. In this unforgiving landscape, a mysterious figure known only as the Death Knight emerges. He is a formidable warrior with a past shrouded in mystery and a thirst for justice that knows no bound...

What if the legend of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his blue ox Babe was true? Young Billy Bunyan and his disabled brother Hap set out to discover the truth and clear their broken family's name with unforeseen consequences no one could have imagined.

THE FIVE PEARLS is a story of personal redemption against incredible odds, peppered with teen narcissism, secret pregnancies, and misguided burglaries; A true portrait of under-privileged, throwaway kids in today's America and mismanaged adult lives. This page-turner makes you laugh, makes you cry, and makes you think.

A miniature painting of a mermaid drawn in bat’s blood is taking the art world by storm. Why was it adrift at sea in a bottle, a coded message etched in the glass? Who painted it and why? It is up to Larry Settlebottom, a sheltered museum curator, to decipher the riddle. His adventures take him to Mexico and beyond as he encounters modern-day pirates, corrupted oceanographers, and a band of romantic sea gypsies, all leading him to a remote island where madness, death and art survive togeth...

Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has promoted a Shi'a Islamic identity aimed at transcending ethnic and national boundaries. During the same period, Iran's Armenian community, once a prominent Christian minority in Tehran, has declined by more than eighty percent. Although the Armenian community is recognised by the constitution and granted specific privileges under Iranian law, they do not share equal rights with their Shi'i Muslim compatriots. Drawing upon interviews conducted with member...

This book will provide a practical overview of how digital content, social media, and search engine optimization work together in driving website traf c and sales leads. The goal is to educate readers on the new mindset and social tech-nologies required to drive this traffic in a timely and non-intrusive way. Readers will benefit from a comprehensive but succinct overview of how social networking, search friendly blogging, trustworthy content, contextually-targeted online campaigns, and mo...

The purpose of this monograph is to review the known physical aspects of two unusual forms of atmospheric luminous phenomena, to deduce their characteristics and properties, and to promote efforts to improve their understanding. These two forms, called ball lightning and bead lightning, have visual images that differ from the linear image associated with normallightning. The terms "balliightning" and "bead lightning" are used to denote atmospheric luminous forms which are occasionally obse...