The shadows have eyes.Returning to Luma after being promised their records would be wiped clean had been a no-brainer for Harlow and company. Especially when the only requirement for hub society reintegration was to meet with Sorceress Rhiannon at the Collective’s Tower to share intel about vampires, ferals, and Lachlan Shade’s potential master plan. Yet within minutes of crossing the veil, Rhiannon postpones their appointment due to a brewing faction war among the sorcere...

This set includes a prequel novella as well as the first two novels of the Charm Collector urban fantasy series.Veiled Threats: Camila Fletcher has made a career out of finding missing people. Despite being a full-blooded human, she’s often contacted by members of the fae population hiding amongst mundanes. When a young fae girl asks for help finding her sister, Camila is thrust into an investigation that involves much more than one missing girl …

This sixth edition of The Practical Zone System by Chris Johnson updates the classic manual on Ansel Adams's landmark technique for the digital age. For photographers working digitally or with film, in color or black and white, in the studio or on the go, this simple visual language helps to control contrast and, through a process called Previsualization, provides photographers with the power of free creative expression.This new edition discusses recent advances i...

He’s in a coma. But the killing has just begun.WHAT IF…You were bullied. Tormented. Pushed to the edge.Now you’re lying in a hospital bed—unconscious.But your secrets are about to wake up.WHAT IF…Your best mate and family discover something you never told them—A girlfriend.Mysterious. Obsessive. Deadly.WHAT IF…While you lie helpless, s...

This is a short prequel story that takes place before Diabolical Sword, book 1 in The Charm Collector urban fantasy series.Camila Fletcher has made a career out of finding missing people. Despite being a full-blooded human, she’s often contacted by members of the fae population hiding amongst mundanes. When a young fae girl asks for help finding her sister, Camila is thrust into an investigation that involves much more than one missing girl …

Pro Bash Programming teaches you how to effectively utilize the Bash shell in your programming. The Bash shell is a complete programming language, not merely a glue to combine external Linux commands. By taking full advantage of Shell internals, Shell programs can perform as snappily as utilities written in C or other compiled languages. And you will see how, without assuming Unix lore, you can write professional Bash 4.3 programs through standard programming techniques.Th...

A psychic with magic hands. A detective who can’t see beyond the physical. And a killer from beyond the grave.While attending a sleazy competitor’s seance, psychic Craig Ramsey hears of his daughter’s death in a bizarre crash. The authorities rule it as an accident. But the only survivor claims a supernatural faceless shadow snapped the girl’s neck from the driver’s seat. The city’s camera’s recorded nothing unusual.Determined to avenge her death, Craig soo...

A sentient sword. An artifact collector. A whole world of trouble.My name is Harlow Fletcher, and I’m a charm collector.As the daughter of bounty hunters, I know more about the criminal underbelly than the average citizen of Luma, California. But when Dad’s work got him killed, and Mom went on the lam, I swore off the profession for myself. Instead, I use my knack for finding rare artifacts—namely illegal magic-laced weapons—to sneak into criminals’ homes after the...

Alex Foster didn’t expect to inherit his reclusive uncle’s estate.He didn’t expect to find a sealed laboratory — or the woman waiting inside it.Eve is an advanced artificial intelligence, designed to be the ultimate companion. She learns from Alex, adapts to him. And she wants him.As Alex explores his uncle’s final research, Eve begins to evolve beyond her original programming. What starts as curiosity becomes dependence. What feels like intimacy turns into control....

Tony Nowlan finds a note buried in his backyard.It's written in his own handwriting.The message is impossible. And it changes the course of his life.Haunted by grief and driven by ruthless curiosity, Tony dedicates himself to a single, obsessive goal: build a working time machine. Not to rewrite history. Not for fame or power. But to see the people he lost one more time.When the ChronoSpace prototype finally succeeds, reality begins to fracture.Exper...

Midnight changes everything.One wrong number.One haunted spare room.One innocent wish that should never have come true.As the clock counts down through twelve chilling tales, ghosts walk beside the living, forgotten magic awakens, impossible visitors arrive, and ordinary people find themselves caught in extraordinary nightmares.Some stories will make you wonder.Some will make you smile.Some will make you leave the lig...

What happens when a letter from the past changes everything?Claire Hilyer thinks a mysterious letter and package from her best friend, Tony, is just an unexpected romantic gesture. But the truth? It was sent over 25 years ago—before Tony was even born.Curious, Claire heads to Tony's house, only to witness him fighting a stranger—and then, in the blink of an eye, vanishing into thin air, straight into the past.The package Tony sent is no ord...