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Six best-selling novels together in one omnibus, including: The Mystery of the Walking Statue (The Robot Twins, Book 1). When a priceless - and cursed - Egyptian statue suddenly disappears from a collector's home, Rick, Jed and their ingenious robot, Meek, are determined to find out the facts.

“The Santa Call” - After accidentally forgetting his wife at home during a weekend getaway, ol' St. Nick returns to discover she's left him. At wit's end, Santa turns to a radio talk show for some much needed love advice. But will he win Mrs. Claus back in time to save Christmas?

Also included: “Mad Dog” - Mad Dog is a drunk. He was also once the top sports announcer in the country, announcing everything from Cotton Bowls to Super Bowls. Now he's washed up and looking for work.

A war threatens the lives of every soul. A prophecy holds the key to a powerful wand. An inexperienced leader must solve the mysteries to stop the war.

Grasshopper Pilot gives long-overdue attention and credit to the crucial role these courageous men played in combat and adds valuable information to an understudied dimension of the war.

In the aftermath of the confrontation with Zordic and the Prophet Bob, Yonuh goes in search of other shifters and Were-creatures to aid him and his friends against not only the P.A.N.E.L. squad, but the ever-growing zealous human followers. Tension boils over as humans turn their hatred on all supernatural beings, spurred on by the promise of the “divine savior” to return the world back to the way it was, before the plague happened. The situation spirals out of control as Zordic makes his move against Yonuh and his friends, forcing a painful ultimatum onto him.

Major Joshua Speed has escaped our time back to his native 1950s, but the past ain't what it used to be. Alien invasions, costumed criminals, and Red martial artists dominate his days. He's beginning to wonder if something is very wrong with the world.

Duncan Morgan and Rose Macready are spending their days surviving in the comfort of their makeshift town until a deadly plot unveils itself, and they both get cast in the midst of Sorath’s sinister plans to rule the Earth. Will they get out of this alive, or will they become fodder for Sorath’s ghoulish fallen warriors?

The race is on to find the true Garden of Eden, as a ruthless Russian billionaire, dying of a rare disease, will stop at nothing to find the Tree of Life and its alleged healing oils. Written in the tradition of Indiana Jones and The Mummy, Lost Eden is an epic adventure story about the search for the greatest archaeological discovery of all time: The Garden of Eden.

Kent Barnum and Patrick Hall, both 15 years old, are busy excavating a tree trunk on Kent's rural Oregon farm when the unspeakable happens.

A collection of short stories by J. R. Rain. Vampire Rain - Some vampires don't die. Some vampires can't be killed. At least, not by mortals. Now, one ancient vampire takes it upon himself to rid the world of a deadly plague...himself.

Henry Rockwell has stepped through the Demon’s Gate. With less than a year remaining to gather the seven Cisterns of Sin, Henry and his new friends from Artenia must explore the mysterious new world before them: The Cross-Roads. While Henry is off to new worlds, Alana remains in the magical land of Artenia, where she seeks to find a way to reunite with Henry, master her water magic, and beat her evil ex-boyfriend. With the clock ticking until the return of the great demon Eshteroth, Henry and Alana must do everything possible to prepare for the battle ahead.

When Jillian Dawson moved to Manhattan for work, she was excited about the possibilities a new life on the East coast would bring for her. Little did she know, her boss would be the handsome Gregory Weller, a powerful CEO with a secret life as a WereDragon. Jillian would soon find out that Gregory always got what he wanted, and right now he wanted her, in every way possible. It was only a matter of time before Jillian's resistance would be broken, and she would give in to the dragon's desires. However, what happened next was something that nobody could have ever seen coming.

A dying Dr. Mark Langer finds a frightened microbiologist who has developed a cure for age. Rejuvenated by genetic engineering, Mark takes over the task of negotiating with the world who should win the treatment and how civilization must cope with the prospect of more overpopulation.

This collection of short stories includes: The clash of science with culture, the gender war, means of avoiding the ills of age and death, the future of mankind, deployment of Star Wars, the politics of a space empire, facing the disasters brought by global warming, death, dealing with the invasion of aliens, genetic hybridization, peacemaking, inventing faster than light travel, settling a new planet, corporate behavior, and a Palestine solution.

In the tradition of Indiana Jones, The Mummy and Tomb Raider, comes three best-selling adventure screenplays together in one omnibus: Judas Silver - Around the world, someone is stealing the cursed Judas Coins, the same 30 coins paid to betray Christ. Disturbed by these events, the Vatican hires our hero, antiquities thief Trey Jordan. Trey's mission is simple: find the coins first.

"The Bleeder": Leo Dershowitz is an unsuccessful artist with minimal talent. But all that changes one day when he finds the macabre source of his artistic muse - and now nothing will stop Leo from creating his masterpieces. "Deal With the Devil": A private investigator gets the wrong end of a deal gone bad. Or does he? "The Back of Beyond": A lonely bar at the far edge of the world gives the owner much more than he bargained for. Plus a bonus scene from Vampire Moon.

These gruesome stories have peppered the pages of newspapers and history books over the centuries. Some are well-known. Some aren’t. They rest in that murky place between true crime and horror. The tales in this, Book Three of the series, shift away from the gruesome. These are instead tales of the secretive and the covert, the figures across time who affected the events etched in history.

Examining current debates and the questions raised by comics adaptations, including those around authorship, style, and textual fidelity, the contributors consider the topic from an array of approaches that take into account representations of sexuality, gender, and race as well as concepts of world-building and cultural appropriation in comics from Modesty Blaise to Black Panther. The result is a fascinating re-imagination of the texts that continue to push the boundaries of panel, frame, and popular culture.

As Powerhouse, Dave Johnson has defeated intergalactic zookeepers and terrorists bent on igniting a nuclear war, but his gravest threat yet is legal annihlation. The cynical Dorado Industries CEO Mitch Farrow hires an attorney to file frivolous lawsuits against him. Powerhouse's wife, Naomi, protects him by incorporating and issuing policies that keep him out of court but reduce him to being a one-man neighborhood watch. Meanwhile she searches desperately for an insurance company willing to give him a liability policy.

Dave Johnson is a has-been superhero. Losing his powers forced him to retire from being Powerhouse, but Seattle still fondly remembers him and continues to lift him up as a symbol of hope. Trans-dimensional aliens hire Mitch Farrow as the new CEO of Dorado Incorporated and instruct him to create cynicism to reduce resistance to their planned invasion. The aliens promise their reign will end all suffering on Earth and cure his ex-wife and daughter of AIDS.