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The Tales of Master Trey's Flawless Outlaws
Mr. Cai - A middle-aged, divorced man who's been buried in his work for most of his life
Simon - A hip-hop artist and a world traveler
Ayuko - A smart young girl, who excels at her job at the news
Letlo - A forensics specialist who always keeps his cool
Shane - A cop who feels bound by his duties, which are becoming increasingly unclear
Amanda - A party girl with dreams of settling down
Seven - A Korean youth that is not finding the academic world is enough to hold his attention, and begins to pursue the roots of his unique martial arts style instead
Forest - A country boy who loves to hunt and spend time outdoors
Celia - A high school girl who is finding that her martial arts training is starting to interfere with her superficial lifestyle.
Our Land of Palestine
It is the year 1915, and the British and Ottoman Empires clash in a deadly struggle in the Middle East.
Tasked with keeping the Ottomans out of Suez Canal, Major Andrew Selkirk discovers that his real assignment is to retrieve a Bengali spy working for those who vow to see British rule out of India.
After landing on the west coast of Palestine, Selkirk discovers the Ottomans have taken the spy captive. Even more troubling are the plans by Ottomans and Germans to draw Afghanistan and Persia into the war against Great Britain.
Fighting a personal feud with a vengeful German, Selkirk leads his men across strife-torn Palestine: a land that everybody claims as their own.
Mudlarks & Meadowlarks
This story, highly fabricated though is, is written around my childhood understanding of a significant, singular incident in the life of my paternal grandfather.
Because of my grandfather’s life in London, on the Canadian prairies and in Toronto, I am here and writing this story about an unsung hero, a most ordinary man. I dedicate this book to him, Harry Westley, a mudlark of sorts who loved meadowlarks… and to the memory of his son, my father, Frank.
Every Storm Breaks
When a Reacher terrorist group enlists the help of a deranged serial killer, their goal is simple: bring chaos to Britain.
But when the death count starts rising, chaos comes sooner than expected.
As tensions between the London elite and the surrounding slums reach a breaking point, Charlie finds himself in handcuffs on the wrong side of the border. Government agents are closing in, and he is running out of time.
Can his friends save him in time? And when the storm comes, will anyone get out alive?
Stone and Steel
"Historical fiction at its best." - S.J.A. Turney, author of Caligula and Marius' Mules
Judea, AD 66. A Roman legion suffers a catastrophic defeat at the hands of a band of Hebrews. Knowing Emperor Nero's revenge will be swift, they must decide how to defend their land against the Roman invasion.
Caught in the turmoil is Judah: a mason who now finds himself rubbing shoulders with priests, revolutionaries, generals and nobles, drafted to help defend the land of Galilee. Denied the chance to marry, he turns all his energy into defending the besieged city of Jotapata.
But with a delusional general, friends falling each day, and the Roman army at the walls, Judah must brave a nightmare to save those he loves and preserve his honor.
Spirits' Gold
Kwame, the son of a tribal chief, wants more from life than can be found in his small West African village.
Working as a houseboy at the management residence of a foreign-owned gold mine, he listens to the conversations of the residents and fantasizes about one day traveling the world himself.
But after mysterious deaths and disappearances are blamed on the revenge of jungle spirits, Kwame overhears something that he wishes he hadn’t. Unable to ignore what has happened, he becomes entangled in a web of theft, murder and a political power struggle that will forever change his life, and the lives of everyone around him.
Short Circuit
“We all have our memories; the guitar still sang...”
This collection of twenty-nine science fiction vignettes are at turns touching, humorous, and thought-provoking. Each begin cradled in the comfort of the familiar, but take readers along a winding path to the unexpected.
Serving as poignant reminders of the ephemeral nature of life and death, these stories encapsulate what it means to be human; to be captivated by music, love, and life itself.
Written as a loving tribute to her son, Kenna McKinnon’s Short Circuit: And Other Geek Stories is a reminder of the legacy left by a remarkable man.
Thunderlands
A bolt of lightning. A crack of thunder. The lingering smell of ozone in the highly-charged air.
And the world has changed forever.
Welcome to Thunderlands. It looks the same on the surface, but there's just a hint that all might not be what it seems beneath. Even the most ordinary things may be just a touch off kilter.
Stewart Bint’s collection of 21 short stories ranges from the sublime, through powerful, puzzling, funny, horrific and different, to the unforgivably ridiculous.
Praise from readers:
★★★★★ - "A collection of short stories that left me thinking. If you’re looking for an unusual read, a different writing style, get this book."
★★★★★ - “Truly fantastic collection of stories... Highly recommended."
★★★★★ - “Funny, dark, original and thought-provoking."
Chaos Storm
The crystal skulls have been united in Sterling Temple to complete the great spell.
The flow of the seasons has returned, bringing back a life of peace and plenty. This doesn't sit well with Matheus Hawk, who is busy plotting the Realm's destruction, fanning the burning coals of his hatred for the crew of The Griffin.
An approaching storm threatens the Realm. In the north, the warrior Queen Morgasta prepares her barbarians for invasion, and across The Great Expanse marches an even greater threat: the Soul Eaters.
And with them, the Chaos Storm.
Legacy of the Tropics
A trilogy of stories that shatter the myths of stereotypical islands of paradise.
In Promises, during the late 1960s, the ketch, Mercy, sinks during a sea storm off Culebra near the Virgin Islands. Ciara Malloy assumes custody of her drowned fiancé’s son and learns a devastating secret about the boy that changes her life forever.
In Adrift, in the late 1990s, underwater photographer Lillian Avery gets caught in a rip current and swept out to sea off Kauai in Hawaii. In facing death, she finds a way to leave a message behind.
Years later, in Reunion, the two former neighbors from Puerto Rico reunite on Kauai. A hurricane wreaks island-wide havoc. Ciara is missing, presumed dead.
Re-Navigation
A gloomy seascape is of little consequence to Julia, as a ferry transports her to an isolated Welsh island, to undertake a Spiritual Development course.
Soon, Julia finds herself surrounded by new friends and questions. As their relationships deepen, so does Julia's feeling that something crucial is missing from her life.
As passion ignites and deep-buried secrets surface, Julia faces choices that will forever change the direction of her life. But at what cost?
Like The Thistle Seed
Scotland has always given generously of her people to the world. This book tells the story of some of the many hundreds of thousands of Scots who have contributed to the fabric of modern world.
In here are explorers and entrepreneurs, settlers and soldiers, politicians and missionaries, traders and police officers.
They are a diverse lot with only two things in common: they made their home in a foreign land, and they hailed from Scotland. The world is all the richer for the part they played.
The Expats
In a leafy suburb of Shanghai lives Li Yang: a local employed by various foreign families to take care of their needs.
It's the turn of the millennium, and China is evolving. At the centre of the dynamic change is the vibrant hub of Shanghai, a melting pot of cultures and businesses; a place of luck, fortune and chance. In awe of the homes in which these strange people live, the housekeeper Li Yang gets to know the families who she's working with.
What the westerners don't know is that in addition to her unusual working life, Li Yang has a turbulent home life, with her own son hiding things from her. Something is going on, but Li Yang just can't seem to work out what it is.
The Path of Dreams
Seer. Guildsman. Traveller.
As wizards unlock the secrets of the focus stones, Zya S'Vedai must confront three destinies: the fate of her foster family, the loyalty of a guild, and the future foretold by the dreams of a tribal wisewoman.
With her foster brother Tuatin somehow linked to it all, she is taken from countryside to the city - to the presence of the very Gods themselves - and driven to follow the path of her dreams.
Praise for The Path of Dreams:
"Matt Harrill is a master not only in creating a vivid world that comes to life and that you want to visit, but in creating characters that you want to visit it with. This gives his work an earthy quality that I both admire and envy." - David Farland, New York Times Bestselling Fantasy Author
Promised Soul
Just as Krista’s summer plans are almost ready, she is suddenly plagued by strange dreams and intense feelings of déjà vu.
Feeling like she’s losing her mind, Krista visits a psychic, only to feel more confused. When she arrives in England, her dreams persist, and she finds herself at the doorstep of another psychic. She needs clarity.
Finally, the words Krista was afraid to say out loud are spoken. Now, she has to figure out what it all means.
Promised Soul is a story of the past, present and future of two souls, bound together by eternal and transcending love.
Endgame
Go to Mount Calabur. Stand on the Nexus. Win the game.
Eons ago, a game to determine galactic dominance began. Now, on the distant world of Elystra, that game is reaching its conclusion.
Two mighty armies clash: on one side, Elzaria the Lightning-Wielder, backed by her brother’s army, is poised to claim the third Stone and final victory. On the other, Earth pilot Maeve and her allies are all that stands in her way.
With the fate of the entire galaxy at stake, who will make the ultimate sacrifice?
Praise from readers:
★★★★★ - "I will miss the characters in these books. A great story."
The Soul Cage
The inventor of the world's first teleportation device has been savagely murdered, and Global Inspector Burt Campbell is tasked to uncover who killed the infamous scientist.
As he delves deeper into the case, strange things begin to happen. Spirits seem to be controlling deadly objects to viciously attack him, and according to the teleporter computer, the spirits are taking orders straight from the inventor's ghost.
The only person with answers is the inventor's beautiful assistant, Penelope Preston... but she has secrets of her own.
Orchids and Neurons
We live on a planet that is a thin place - a place where time and light continually intersect. And yet we are taught to experience life as thick. When we move intentionally through the thickness that surrounds us and perceive Light, we can begin to punch peep-holes into and through Time.
I, as poet, live a solitary 4-P journey with the partners of Prose, Poetry, Photography and Prayer. In my journey of Time and Light, I’ve learned that I can free myself from the ballast of ordinary Time and soar in the Light. This is Time Travel for me. The most redemptive partner of my four is poetry. The process seizes me, and I become consumed by the emerging poem until it is complete. Poetry and prayer are closely related, at times with a loss of boundaries.
One Summer
Nathan Forrest is a lapsed Catholic, a welder, an illegitimate son, and a gifted jazz trumpeter. After he begins pursuing Dorothy - a Protestant girl from a middle-class family - they face the antagonism of mid-20th century Scotland.
Against a backdrop of decaying Westburn's doomed shipyards and bitter environment, the young lovers seek to escape the contraints of prejudice and hate.
But is their love and determination enough to bring them happiness, or will religious and social conflict consume them both?
Redemption
An international crime syndicate has arrived to New York, and they have their sights on the Nightcrawler.
The collapse of the Russian Mob and Tryzub has created a power vacuum in the underworld. Mafia capo Al Piedmont joins forces with a European cyber-criminal known as the Thinker, who has strong ties with the Jerusalem Mob and the Russian Mafia. Together, they devise a scheme to bring a $500 million shipment of heroin into New York City.
Knowing that Sabrina has ties to the Nightcrawler, she is targeted by the criminals. Her business bombed, her mentor crippled and her fiancee lost, Sabrina is devastated.
Will she be able to avenge her loss - without losing her soul and crossing a point of no return?
