Do you remember your first time away from the influence and control of your parents? Was it when you went away to college or when you moved out of your parent’s home to your own place? Do you remember the ambivalence of feeling that you should follow those parental teachings of your youth and being pulled toward the excitement and missteps of your newly found freedom? Maybe, like our protagonist in this memoir, your taste of freedom came from when you served in the military. This is a ligh...

The protagonist of the story struggles to recover from a coma induced by a suspicious accident assisted by a fellow patient, EDWARD (RUMMY) RUMENSKI. A seemingly obnoxious orderly, KEVIN (SKIP) PRIESTLEY, methodically feeds him information on the malfeasance by the United States government leaders and the resulting outright destruction of the country’s economy, followed by the non-military surrender of the nation to the Chinese protectorate, the Hunan States of America. As GARY SEVAN, our ...

12 year old Darnell thought this would be another normal summer spent at Martin Luther King JR. Library, but instead he is thrust into a magical world like no other! With the help of the King's librarians, Darnell must discover his hidden talents and learn the magical secrets of the peoples of Africa in order to survive the journey through the underworld Kuzimu (koo-zee-moo) and rescue his mother from the clutches of an evil sorcerer.This novella is approximately 40,000 words and i...

***Intended for adult readers*****Magic, Science, & Lions, OH MY! is a collection of short stories that include horrifying tales of a rapist eating monster, the staging of a war between fairy tale and folklore characters, and, of course, aliens.

A chance meeting with an enticing woman forces Jacob into a battle with Id, the primal instincts surging within him. As his new nature is revealed, Jacob struggles to understand what he has now become and what he has lost, forever.

Book one in an exciting time travel series...Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of vampires and avoiding emotional entanglements. When a mysterious accident transports Simon and his assistant, Elizabeth West, back in time, Simon finally finds both the proof that he's been looking for, and the romance that he hasn't.Simon and Elizabeth's developing relationship is tested by demons real and imagined. In 1920s Manhattan, there are more tha...

**A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Things They Carried"One of the best, most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was / is Vietnam."—Minneapolis Star and Tribune**Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman...

Wills often contain surprises. This one especially so.Reggie and Enton Bookman have just inherited their grandfather's bookshop. The place is profitable, well-loved by the community, and situated in a lively shopping district.Trouble is, Reggie and Enton want nothing to do with it. After all, who in the world would want to waste their time around books when they could sell the place, pocket a few million, and experience VIP airport lounges and first-class f...

Outside Seattle, the Executioner discovers a Mafia plot to dominate the worldOn a remote island in Puget Sound, a millionaire's house has been sold to the mob. The dock has been lengthened, security has been tightened, and men with guns have been scattered across the shore. Late on a moonlit night a figure in black drops in from the sky. He is Mack Bolan, the Executioner, whose one-man war against organized crime has carried him to Seattle. He will not like what he ...

TO THE REAL JOURNEY!A trip to the ancient world has undone the curse of Lydia the Champion, releasing Ard from a lifetime of agony. Now he can finally focus on the true adventure before themÖtheir field trip to the old capital of Kingsglaive! However, itís becoming clear he canít stay out of trouble for long. A run-in with another chaotic ex-member of the Four Heavenly Kings seems to prove Ardís propensity for mishaps, and it certainly doesnít help that Ireena and Ginny have started brawli...

The Executioner brings his unique brand of warfare to the home of American muscleEver since he began his one-man war against the Mafia, Mack Bolan has dreaded the day he would take on Detroit. The driving engine of the American economy, Detroit is run by the most stable mob outfit in the country. In other cities the Executioner has played different factions of organized crime against one another, letting them do his bloody work for him. But Detroit is a dictatorship...

In the home of Mardi Gras, the Executioner comes to crash the mob's partyMack Bolan learned to kill in Vietnam in a hellish, impenetrable jungle that he never knew could exist in the United States—until he came to the bayous of Louisiana. He spends a week in the swamp outside New Orleans learning the turf and waiting for the Mafia to pass by. When it does, it's in force, with more than a dozen trained gunmen protecting an armored car carrying $300,000 in dirty money...