Two people from different walks of life, thrown together when their paths meet in violent, bloody circumstances. They both lose something very precious to them, something irreplaceable. When the police are unable to bring the culprits to justice, they decide to take the law into their own hands. They are not interested in justice, they only want bloody, violent revenge!

The Executive Investor"Good Career … Great Investments!"A story about a man and his quest for financial independence________________At the age of thirty eight I'd already experienced a modest amount of career success.If only I could say the same about my investments. If only I could master my investments so I could embrace the uncertainty of the markets and enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing I'm doing the right thing. And if I do get it rig...

The story begins in the year 1819 when Nathaniel Coffin turns sixteen years, shortly after the tragic deaths of his parents and nine-year-old sister Christiana. Life became even more difficult after he was adopted by an alcoholic aunt named May Nickerson. Coincidentally, it was also the height of the sperm whale industry. His childhood wishes to work on a whaling ship became all-consuming.Conflict soon arose after just six weeks at sea the result of a senseless harpoon strike that ...

A down-on-his-luck writer. The opportunity of a lifetime. A book to die for…Simon desperately desires to transform his life from impoverished schoolteacher to celebrated horror author. So he thinks he’s won the lottery when his bestselling uncle dies and wills him an unfinished scary manuscript. But he doesn’t realize his scheming wealthy cousins will go to any lengths to prevent him from writing, “The End.”As he pours his soul into the ghoulish script, Simon senses threate...

Powerful heroes stand ready to defend the great cities of the world...but what about the rest of us?NEX is a comedy graphic novel about four best friends and superheroes from the small southern town of Bucksnort, TN. In this origin issue the buddies are abducted and mistakenly injected with an alien super-serum intended for Martian soldiers. Follow Mack, Ricky, Bret & Keith as they become the world's first truly southern superhero team.These guys a...

The Origin Story Continues!Bret, Mack, Ricky, and Keith battle their way off the Adoyan Augmentations franchise ship. They face a giant Saturian and Brik's security force on the way out!Powerful heroes stand ready to defend the great cities of the world...but what about the rest of us?NEX is a comedy graphic novel about four best friends and superheroes from the small southern town of Bucksnort, TN. In this origin issue the buddies are abducted and mistakenly inject...

Thirtythree shorter tales of the Liaden Universe® brought together for the first time in two megavolumes. Seventeen tales to start with in Volume One!The nationally bestselling Liaden Universe® novels are treasured by space opera aficionados for their wit, worldbuilding, strong characterizations, tender romance, and edgeofthechair action.Since 1995, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller also created shorter tales, illuminating additional facets of the Liaden experience. Here is a vas...

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, here are twenty-five brand-new, never-before published, stories packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem.*A cunning criminal thinks he can use a child to take the rap for his crimes.*A hospital intern turned body-snat...

Civilized Behavior is a companion volume for the Liaden Universe® internal trilogy made up of Trader's Leap, Ribbon Dance, and Diviner's Bow. The three fiction shorts are "Neutral Ground," a greenhouse of themes and conceits that were expanded and imported into Ribbon Dance and Diviner's Bow; Ribbon Dance outtake "Mother's Love;" and short story "Core Values." Also included is an "Author's Explanation," original to this volume, and the ...

Un genio no tiene nada que ver con el conocimiento, sino que su principal característica es la capacidad de aprender, y eso es lo que aprenderás en este libro.Advertencia: Este no es un libro sobre técnicas de memorización o mnemotécnicas, es sobre aprendizaje.Este breve libro está diseñado sólo para ti. Contiene una colección de técnicas de aprendizaje garantizadas para que retengas más información y aprendas más rápido, incluso si se trata de un tema que no te apasiona.

BOOK 2 in The First Liaden Universe ® Collection. Fifteen short tales of the Liaden Universe® brought together for the first time. Space opera and romance on a grand scale in a galaxy full of interstellar trading clans.Thirty-three shorter tales of the Liaden Universe® brought together for the first time in two mega-volumes. Fifteen tales complete Volume Two!The nationally best-selling Liaden Universe® novels are treasured by space opera aficionados for their wit, world-bui...

From Every Storm is a chapbook compilation of three Liaden Universe® stories, one of them never before published. The storms of the title spring not so much from the desert or the deep blue sea but from the minds and hearts of humanity, where greed wars with truth and justice, and where sometimes the supposed end of storm is a mere hurricane eye portending greater potential for damage ahead.First up is "Standing Orders," a finalist for 2022's WSFA's Small Press Awa...