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Sarah Randolph believes she's just an ordinary woman, at least until the day she meets Ramsey - a mysterious man who tells her that not only is she not ordinary…she's not even human. John Sherlock Ramsey, an Earth-born Eudoran, is a Protector. He's assigned to help Sarah complete her Shift, a period of intense transformation experienced by those of his species. But her Shift is different and risky, because she's a Red-Line, a member of his kind not seen in over 60 years. They must confront an assailant who shares Sarah's unique origins....

The week of Leo Torres’ sixteenth birthday, he decides to finally start living as the boy he is. Armed with a new haircut, a chest binder, and a stack of notes declaring his new name to his teachers, Leo shows up to the first day of school ready for a brand new start. But the ghosts of the past aren’t so easy to overcome. As word about him spreads around school, Leo has to deal with confused classmates, a furious sister, and recurring dreams featuring his long-dead father, who promises he can teach Leo how to “dream walk.”

Am Lagerfeuer oder in der kalten Winternacht wurden sie früher erzählt: Gruselgeschichten, von Generation zu Generation weitergetragen. Ein eigenes literarisches Genre entwickelte sich daraus, und weltberühmte Autoren betätigten sich auf diesem Feld. Hören Sie klassische Geschichten und Novellen, die sich mit den Themen Horror, Schauer und Grusel befassen, darunter: Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde, Der Sandmann, Der Vampyr von John Polidori, zahlreiche Geschichten von Edgar Allan Poe, Die Insel des Dr. Moreau von H.G.

A primeira carta chega no dia do enterro do meu marido. Vem da penitenciária e tem apenas uma frase: Vou esperar para sempre se for preciso. A assinatura é de um tal Dante, um homem que eu não conheço. Por simples curiosidade, escrevo de volta perguntando o que exatamente ele está esperando. Sua resposta: Você. Digo ao homem misterioso que ele mandou a carta para a pessoa errada. Ele insiste que está certo. Escrevo que nunca nos encontramos, mas ele afirma que me conhece. Trocamos cartas toda semana, cada vez mais íntimas. Então, um dia, elas param. Quando descubro por quê, já é tarde demais.

On a windswept Northern shore, at the very tip of what will one day become Scotland, the islanders believe the worst they have to fear is a Viking attack. Then the burning comes. They cannot run from it. Water will not stop it. It consumes everything - yet the burned still speak. The Doctor is...

KILLZONE: A VIETNAM WAR STORY Some Missions Are Meant to Succeed. Others Are Meant to Be Forgotten. Based on a true story. In the suffocating jungles of Vietnam, truth died quietly, buried under rain, classified orders, and the men sent to carry them out. Killzone: A Vietnam War Story plunges readers into a covert reconnaissance mission that was never meant to exist on paper. Officially, it was a routine insertion. Unofficially, it was a test of expendability, a mission shaped by redacted maps, altered coordinates, and command decisions made far from the jungle, where consequences were ...

My name is Wen Alder. My name is Foolish Cur. All my life, I have been torn between two legacies: that of my father, whose roots trace back to the right hand of the emperor. That of my mother's family, who reject the oppressive Empire and embrace the resistance. I can choose between them - between protecting my family, or protecting my people - or I can search out a better path...a magical path, filled with secrets, unbound by empire or resistance, which could shake my world to its very foundation. But my search for freedom will entangle me in a war between the gods themselves.

Kealin's blades still reek from the blood of Vakron-Tur. He defeated the dark wizard but lost his elder brother. The dark god Vankou's voice resonates in his mind, and he struggles to control what little of himself that remains. Now being so close to reaching his sister but with so much lost already, he wonders what end will come from his struggles. Journeying south with his companions, he meets Veora, a beautiful but sadistic necromancer. As an acolyte of the Five and a student from the High Sanctum of magic, she agrees to lead them to her masters.

Grab your sunnies and your magnifying glass, and join the Murder Club for more sensational short stories as they lead you on a journey of foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries! This is the perfect holiday entertainment and collection for young listeners!

'STUNNING' RICHARD SWAN 'GREATHOUSE IS A MASTER' RYAN ROSE 'ABSOLUTELY RIVETING' THE FANTASY HIVE 'MARTIN BY WAY OF SAPKOWSKI' FANFIADDICT A LAND DIVIDED. A HISTORY INKED IN BLOOD. ONE SORCERESS'S QUEST FOR ANSWERS. The world beyond the City of the Wise is fraught with danger. But Fola, a...

To beat an assassin, become an assassin. The deep state isn't pleased with the current president. An assassination would put the Vice President in a prime election position - if intelligence specialist Sean Havens doesn't thwart the power players' agenda. Sent undercover to Martha's Vineyard, a historic presidential summer retreat, Havens is tasked to conduct a recovery under the guise of a routine security assessment in advance of POTUS's arrival.

What is FLINT? It's what makes America strong. We live in a culture that often dismisses and ridicules conservative values. By the time liberal professors, the news media, and Hollywood get through with them, many young Americans are convinced "conservative" means extremist and intolerant. It's a distortion that endangers America's future. Bill Bennett and coauthor John Cribb explain what conservatism really means using five fundamental principles summarized by the word FLINT.

The perfect gift for Valentine's Day, to share with a loved one or cherish as a keepsake, fromNew YorkTimes bestselling poet and peacemaker Mattie J.T.Stepanek. Mattie J.T.Stepanek has won the hearts of millions with his inspiring poems.Now he's ready to spread a little love with Loving Through...

Earth was attacked by the Taucets, an alien race, determined to steal the planet from us. Forced to fight against a powerful enemy, humans created the cyborgs: enhanced human warriors, but they soon forgot about the human part of these powerful warriors. Enslaved by the humans and forced to act against their will, the cyborgs quickly rebelled and started to escape the human’s oppression. Rafaroy is one of them. Helped by a human woman,he escapes during the invasion from a Taucets’colony,but gets injured on his way out. Elena, a human female enslaved by the Taucets, uses the attack on ...

For psychic Mira Morales, it begins when a crazed woman accosts a jogger and demands to know where she can find Mira. In a confrontation, the lunatic is killed by the jogger and turns to stone before she hits the ground. Mira reads the body and makes a startling discovery. The stone woman is from 2144, where the descendants of climate change survivors—Normals and White Crows—live in a giant dome. Crows represent nature’s rapid evolutionary leap to save humanity by endowing people with extraordinary abilities.

Some people get Green Eggs and Ham as a bedtime story, I got tales of gods and Titans, nymphs, demigods, and Oracles. My Greek grandparents not only told me stories. They were so proud of their culture and heritage, making sure I was fluent in both reading and writing the language. I thought I knew who I was, my heritage, my culture, my destiny. All of that changed when a Titan named Dione walked through the door of my divination shop. For so many years, I’d thought I’d been scamming people by reading their fortunes. Turns out I’m the real deal.

What really lies beneath the waves? Dive into our magical collection of short stories written by award-winning and up-and-coming authors and follow the ocean’s call. Meet murderous kelpies, hear the mermaid’s song, find a kidnapped prince, and explore the beautiful underwater kingdoms. Befriend selkie royalty, break fearsome curses, and swoon as you fall in love. All profits go to Oceana to support their mission to protect the world’s oceans and promote sustainable fishing.

A time of peace shaken by acts of violence. A world on the cusp of war. The eternal battle of good versus evil. Can it really be that simple? The world of Galamud, once embroiled in war between the factions of Light and Dark, has experienced a millennium of peace. Recent events have shaken that peace, threatening to bring the horrors of war to its inhabitants once again. Join our hero as he is thrown into the turmoil of war before venturing out for the answers to bring stability and harmony back to Galamud and all of its people. Can the answers be found in the teachings of the Goddess?

The Flores brothers thought they were very smart. Vicious, evil bandidos, they laughed at the law. They laughed, too, when they first saw Colin Farquharson, for they had never come across a kilted Scotsman before. “What is it, a man or woman?” one of them whooped. Seconds later Adàn Flores lay dead, and though he escaped immediate retribution, from then on the Flores gang had one idea in mind—the killing of Colin Farquharson.

A prophetic dream. An island drowning in sorrow. A djinn who feeds on grief itself. Rukes, Blademaster of Urlas, has walked between worlds before... But when visions of a distant island plague his dreams—where shadows weep and manifestations of grief walk among the living—he knows the barriers between realms are fraying in ways he never imagined. On the Isle of Marmara, an ancient copper lamp has been dredged from the depths, unleashing a force that transforms sorrow into living nightmare. The dead appear to torment the living. Guilt takes physical form. And at the heart of it all waits...