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Hansen Creek Quartz Crystals: A Comprehensive Guide for Rock Hounders is the ultimate handbook for those seeking to discover the beauty and wonder of one of the most prized crystal formations in the Pacific Northwest. Written by an experienced rock hounder, this book takes readers on a journey through the geological history of Hansen Creek and provides detailed information on how to plan and execute a successful trip to the area. With step-by-step instructions for collecting, identifying, evaluating, and displaying your finds, this guide is an indispensable resource for both novice and ...

Willkommen, in der Welt von Avalier! Die Nachricht, dass der Drachenkönig eine Partnerin sucht, verbreitet sich im Land wie ein Lauffeuer. Als die königliche Garde auch im kleinen Dorf Cinder hält, um nach geeigneten Kandidatinnen Ausschau zu halten, ist die Aufregung groß. Schließlich leben dort nur schwachmagische Wesen, wie die 17-jährige Arwen. Doch die magischen Witterer werden auf sie aufmerksam und bringen sie nach Jade City. Während König Valdren die Anwärterinnen kennenlernt, erfährt Arwen, was wirklich hinter allem steckt.

Indiana Jones meets Ready Player One Nazi Death Commandos and many treacherous miles of remote jungle stand between Vince, now a captain in the British Army, and his goal, a stack of documents vital to the security of a 1940s Europe on the brink of world war. At least that's who he is in the game. Vince used to be a down and out millenial with an Advanced degree in Archaeology and an endless parade of dead end jobs. That was before his adventures on Wolf Mountain, where he faced down gun toting bootleggers and giant scorpions before marrying a girl who was raised by wolves. All in a day's ...

Als der Winterkönig Lucien Thorne um die Hand der 19-jährigen Madelynn aus dem Herbsthof anhält, ist sie alles andere als begeistert. Schließlich ist ...

Indiana Jones meets Ready Player One Vince, millennial loser turned VR pulp hero, has to face off against ravenous dinosaurs, angry natives, rampaging mammoths, and endure more than a little cloak & dagger intrigue to find his lost love. And he's been hired to kill her. Nice. The Wolf Queen must die, apparently, since she's a rogue AI that could bring down two powerful corporations that are in the middle of a titanic merger. Because life is never easy for a guy with an archaeology degree. So Vince is back for one last ride, along with his crew of hardened NPC adventurers, including a salty ...

Für Nai steht alles auf dem Spiel: das Band zu ihrem Schicksalsgefährten, die Sicherheit ihrer Familie und ihre eigene Freiheit. Die Akademie der Hochmagier ist völlig anders, als sie es sich vorgestellt hat, und Nai wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als zurück an Rage' Seite zu kehren. Doch als dunkle Mächte nicht nur Shifter Island, sondern auch High Mage Island bedrohen, müssen sich die Magier und Gestaltwandler zusammenraufen, um nicht jede Hoffnung auf Frieden zu verlieren. Nai muss sich fragen, wer wirklich auf der Seite des Bösen und des Guten steht - und wem sie vertrauen kann.

Enlil is one of the most fierce and successful warrior-gamers in the full immersion MMORPG known as Raid Online, developed by the government of a post-apocalyptic bunker society to keep the population entertained as they hide away from the polluted surface world. With his warhammer and his wolf he has earned himself fame and fortune in this grim dystopia, all to help his invalid sister fight off a crippling disease. Enlil must lead his adventure party into a new game expansion that promises glory and rewards enough for the group to buy their way out of the slums and into the higher levels ...

The stars are right. They are coming. From the rain drenched metropolis of New Seattle to the vibrant urban sprawl of Bangkok, datarunners burn each other out in digital war zones even as enhanced cyborgs shoot and slash each other into oblivion on the mean streets. In this frenzied future of neon and chrome, the data cold war pits corporations and cults against each other, allowing something much darker to fester in secret. Hex is a brilliant datarunner, and when a routine hack turns violent, she and her lover, a beautiful and deadly razor girl named Brida, must go on the run from the ...

Tim Lieder's anthology is an entertaining trip into the Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone. It is a place where a War Against Clowns is violently waged, a magician is taught magic by a scottish crab, a pretty lycanthrope unleashes her wild side in a London club, and a not so imaginary friend helps a shy young man get the girl. Sadly there are no cannibal teddy bears to be found in any of the stories. Maybe in the next anthology. --- Chadwick Saxelid

Heroic pilots must rely on their psychic gifts, archaic swordsmanship, and advanced combat training to survive deep space dogfights and bloody close quarters melee. They step up to defend the universe, and then come back to a harem of beautiful women, if they survive. Pretty good deal for a couple of top gun starfighter jocks. Corwin and Tank have earned some much deserved rest and relaxation after, but they soon find their victory over the Roka short lived, as they must engage in deep space dogfights against a highly organized criminal cartel that is selling the disturbing new drug Black ...

Die 19-jährige Kailani hat ihr ganzes Leben unter Menschen mitten in Nightfall verbracht. Weil ihre Tante dringend Medikamente benötigt, begibt sie sich in die Hände des Elfenkönigs Raife Lightstone, der sofort durchschaut, dass Kailani in Wahrheit eine Halbelfe ist. Als seine persönliche Assistentin soll sie so fortan ihre Schulden begleichen. Im Auftrag des Elfenrats soll Kailani eine Partnerin für den König finden, was sich als äußerst schwierig gestaltet.

Stagmother is a savage road warrior nomad who battles the bloodthirsty scavengers that stalk the desert of a world beyond imagination. In the wake of a hard kill she comes to the rescue of a wandering man that has lost his memory and who bears a wound the shape of a powerful symbol in his chest that never seems to heal. The pair find themselves pursued by deadly enemies wearing haunting crow masks. After several violent encounters they must seek answers in the depths of a vibrant underground city where the last survivors of this blasted world gather for safety and community. Journey to a ...

Heroic pilots must rely on their psychic gifts, archaic swordsmanship, and advanced combat training to survive deep space dogfights and bloody close quarters melee. They step up to defend the universe, and then come back to a harem of beautiful women, if they survive. Pretty good deal for a couple of top gun starfighter jocks. They've put down terrorist insurgents, gone kill for kill with mercenaries, and taken out drug dealing cartels. They even captured one of history's most notorious all female space pirate crews and added them to the harem on board Hard Rain. All of which means nothing ...

Experience the adventures of action junkie Mike Stone as he goes from being a small-time sports gambler to diving into the world of fixed games, illegal bookmaking, and nonstop sexual escapades.

High-tech mercenaries find themselves pitted against free-running revolutionaries as global corporate warfare becomes centered around a struggling island nation and the freedom fighters defending their home. The streets of the city are full of gun smoke, and the wires of cyberspace hum with digital violence as opposing forces struggle over wealth, freedom, and the very soul of the islands in this grim futuristic thriller.

Hayden Cole is a slinger for the mega-corporation Union Americana, one of the hacker elite who wage info wars in the immersive virtual realm of MassNet. He has been assigned to a task force bound for the Philippines, where he is joined by an assortment of engineers, security operatives, and Laine 2.0, the Union's most deadly cyborg assassin. A new energy source which could yield a world changing new source of clean energy. Each of the primary corporate powers have sent task forces to the island, and economic competition turns violent as the opposing operatives race to find the source.

Call of Duty meets LitRPG The mission... Shoot anything that moves... The prize... Ten million dollars. Kurt Silva was a rising star in the immersive first person shooter phenomenon Team Deathmatch, an elite level gamer who became a working class hero by fighting his way to the top of the leaderboards. Then fame and fortune got the better of him, he burned out, and Kurt lost it all. He now spends his days training other players, doing his best to help newbies from getting fragged, caring for his aging parents, and barely earning enough to make ends meet. So when he gets tapped by the ...

Heroic pilots must rely on their psychic gifts, archaic swordsmanship, and advanced combat training to survive deep space dogfights and bloody close quarters melee. They step up to defend the universe, and then come back to a harem of beautiful women, if they survive. Pretty good deal for a couple of top gun starfighter jocks. Corwin and Tank are fighter pilots who serve the United Democracies Federation aboard the battleship Hard Rain. They are among the few pilots in the UDF who possess the physical stamina and psychic talent required to fly missions in the deadly three hundred and sixty ...

All Jonah Foster wanted was a simple family road trip along historic Route 66—a chance to reconnect with his mom and dad. But when their new car inexplicably breaks down outside of Summerville, Arizona, a town not found on any map, their trip turns into a nightmare.

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