Claim your dragon. Claim your truth. An epic adventure awaits!'Eragon’ meets ‘Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda’ in this queer YA fantasy adventure that will leave you breathless until the last page.With war threatening to shatter Ivearth's 500 years of peace, Prince Xavier embarks on a perilous quest to the mystical isle of Hom to claim a dragon and secure his place as king. But a dragon can only bond with someone true to themselves, forcing Xavie...

Hello there!That's all the mysterious envelope says.Britt Merloni doesn't know who left it for her. All she knows is that the words on the envelope and the letter inside are in her own handwriting, written by someone who knows every detail of her struggles in college, her conversations with friends, and her love of bubble tea.The letter invites her to a meeting where all will supposedly be explained. But can Britt trust the letter's author? Even if this aut...

Walking into people's dreams is not a job for amateurs. Luckily, Mara is no amateur. She helps people deal with old traumas and new nightmares with her talents as a Weaver.But when one of her jobs goes wrong, old troubles come back to haunt her. And an even more dangerous job threatens to bring her waking life and her dream life into disastrous collision.

The man known as the Astrologer desires only death. He's been cruelly tortured by the sultan Khat Mosahn III for what feels like an eternity and has given up all hope.But when a beautiful demon visits him offering a chance at revenge, he is ready for his pain to end, for his captors to taste their own medicine, and for a new life to begin.But demons are tricky business partners. And the arithmetic of vengeance is not easily reckoned by desperate mortals.

As a custodian of the gods was handed down to him by his father, Papa is popular and powerful, feared and revered as the most potent priest in the village of Adiembra; builds confidence in himself; and believes there is no power above his gods. However, there is a problem that tears him apart: his last wife is unable to bear him a child. Papa consults a god in the North who makes his last wife conceive, with a condition to make a sacrifice every new moon. During labor, she struggles to liv...

A pair of spies are tasked with taking down a galactic senate. As they make their way across the galaxy they embark on a mission to stop an oncoming war. In order to do this, they must stop a man known only as The Senator.In this story, we meet two women. Raised together from birth trained to be one thing... spies! Set on an epic journey to stop the evil Senate. We find Amelia and Olivia pushed to their limits. With half the galaxy after them, they see no danger and seek only justi...

This is a collection of twenty-four short stories that I wrote over the course of twelve months. In October of 2019 I challenged myself to writing two short stories a month. Initially I never intended to share them. However, a few months in I started to share them on two different websites (Medium & DeviantArt). It should be noted that 20 of the first drafts are posted online. What is in this book are those 20 fully flushed out along with 4 new ones only available here. They got more atten...

Picking up immediately after their last adventure we find Amelia and Olivia facing a new challenge.Without government oversight, they must find themselves before they attempt to stop a galactic war. Like all of us, they fear and accept the future for what it is... unknown. The only thing they know they can count on is each other... till the end.This story concludes the one that started in Lines. A story of true friendship, war, and chewing gum.

Recognizing the urgent need for students to understand the emergence of the United States' power and prestige in relation to world events, Gary W. Reichard and Ted Dickson reframe the teaching of American history in a global context. Each essay covers a specific chronological period and approaches fundamental topics and events in United States history from an international perspective, emphasizing how the development of the United States has always depended on its transactions with other n...

"12-week guide: Swimming" offers an achievable step-by-step guide to help get an unfit person to a definable goal - a 400 metre swim in 12 weeks. The book outlines how to get started, what's needed and how to make that first step. Then using the week-by-week guide the reader works towards the target goal in very gradual steps with a weekly programme plus basic tips on nutrition, motivation, stretching and so on. The emphasis is on a very gradual approach towards achieving the goal so that ...

Megaloceros and Magic is a series of short stories describing this Earth. Our planet is a vast and complicated place--not simply just from a human perspective, but a natural one as well. Evolutionary biology, astrophysics, mineralogy, ecology, tectonics: these are sciences that explain what we see in the world around us. Each study illustrates the world in a holistic (albeit strictly pragmatic) way. Megaloceros and Magic takes these studies and connects them directly to humans, philosophic...

Reviews current research on the main pathogens affecting beef;Summarises best practice in pathogen detection and safety management on the farm;Discusses methods for ensuring safety in the food chain from slaughter to consumer handling of fresh beef