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He calls me free bird, yet I’m not the one who’s free. At least not as free as he is. He’s covered in tattoos, roaring down a Texas highway, and living life. I sit here, pondering what my life could be. It was only supposed to be some fun, not like this. I’m Avery, flustered Barista - looking for a diversion. I’m not like the others. I’m not ready to give in and accept my fate.

From the Drowning of the Earth, nations are born. Old fathers become kings. Early generations live for centuries. Later generations are dying younger. Giants roam. But the gods are weary of the wars of men. To banish war, they intervene. From the sons and daughters of men, they choose champions. To each champion, they give a peculiar gift, shared by no other. And upon each champion, they place also a peculiar mark, which no man can forge. By this all men know them, for they are Ringstraked.

London, April 1942. US Navy Commander Anthony Romella is handpicked to serve under the US Embassy’s Naval Attaché in London. Working with the top secret British Special Operations Executive at Bletchley Park, Tony is clandestinely deployed to a French resistance cell near the German U-boat base at Lorient.

Sangre del Unico begins The Solomon Chronicles, a series of historical fiction novels. The story begins in the year 1392 and traces the rise of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon to the united throne of Spain. With help from an unlikely group of dedicated servants of the Prophecy of Solomon, Sangre del Unico takes one along for the ride as the story weaves an altered version of how the Catholic monarchs became the most powerful force in Europe and the world.

The meaning of my writing is to decorate the heart of my friend readers and listeners with beautiful moments of life - love, hope, happiness, psychology, and smile. You are my inspiration. You reflect me to sweeten my mind in order to write beautifully for life and for you with love. I wish the poems will touch your souls as you listen to them and feel the height of psychology. The poems are life, enjoyment, and energy - but above all, love, the most important part in our lives.

Dracula is a Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, considered to be one of the most enduring and skillful examples of the modern vampire genre. It tells the story of Count Dracula, and of Professor Abraham Van Helsing, who attempts to thwart the vampire in his attempt to move from Transylvania to London, in order to find new blood and spread the undead curse. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, PhD in literature and modern studies from Yale University.

The Time Machine cemented author H.G. Wells as the father of modern science fiction. In it, the Time Traveller embarks on a staggering journey 800,000 years into the future, where he is propelled to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he encounters the highly evolved Eloi, as well as the brutish Morlocks who lurk beneath in tunnels. The Time Machine offers a harrowing and penetrating look into a proposed future for mankind, and illuminates its roots in the present.

The Boy in Wellington Boots is a true story. It faithfully recounts a childhood lost, as seen through the eyes of the young boy who lived through it and the hindsight of the adult author. The author describes, in painful and frank detail, a young kid’s struggle against the neglect, hunger, and abuse visited upon him by circumstance. The account goes on to follow the author's onward journey to maturity and beyond.

Warrec is a knight serving in the glorious legions of the Maroveyan Empire, the largest human country in Tala. Now, after nearly ten years, he is returning to his childhood home. A trip he feels duty-bound to perform to say goodbye to his estranged father and announce his upcoming marriage. His father, Duncan, is an old warrior that has fallen into depression and alcoholism. That’s when fate steps in laughing at the plans of men.

As one of London’s most desired men among women and enjoying it to the fullest, Danver gets called home by his father. The duke, with nefarious reasons of his own, forced his spare to marry his old friend’s daughter—an heir was required. He sets out to follow his father’s orders under threat of doing it, or else.

Big Bill has featured in the first two Adam & Sarah books as a homeless man who helps the police when their case involves those who are rough sleeping and vulnerable. We learned more about Bill’s background in Bedding Down, where he’s left waiting on placement in temporary accommodation.

Joseph Harwood has a problem: he has seven days to find a bride. If he does, he inherits his deceased uncle’s estate. If he doesn’t, he faces financial ruin and social ridicule. He has his eyes on Lady Rebecca, but his heart longs for her cousin Gwen, who’s out of his reach. Claude also has a problem: he has seven days to prevent his cousin Harwood’s marriage and receive the inheritance he believed would be his. Without the inheritance, he can’t pay off his insurmountable debt and will face servitude or death. His plan is to kidnap Lady Rebecca.

The Imperial Sword was developed by Pangu, the Great Creator, as a weapon used to reset the world if it deemed not suitable for life. It was never used and passed on as an heirloom from god to god.