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Jonathan Heklarr, a teenage boy from Colorado, didnt think he had a purpose. His mother was murdered when he was a child and his alcoholic, abusive father is hard to avoid. But under the influence of close friends, Jonathan begins to turn his life around. However, just when things start to look up for him, his life is torn apart. The school bully is more sinister than he seems. Jonathan finds three mysterious books about a land existing only in the human mind. And a destiny is thrust upon him by a creature symbolic of courage and bravery. A destiny to change his life and save our world from creatures born of nightmares and evil... Live. Believe. Become.
Still recovering from the tragic loss of his mother, typical teen Jonathan excels at sports, strives to keep his girlfriend happy, and at times fights with his abusive, alcoholic father. Then Jonathan's world is swept off its axis when he is knocked into a coma and sent to the Land of Dreams--a place filled with nightmarish monsters, fantastic creatures, and limitless adventures--where Jonathan discovers he is the future Griffin King, protector against nightmarish Rankers.As Jonathan journeys across the corrupted Land of Dreams gathering allies, he learns he must conquer the demons in his past to defeat the Rankers, find his way out of his coma, and bring peace to his own life and the Land of Dreams. Although he may not be quite ready to take on the role of guardian of dreams and destroyer of nightmares, he learns that perhaps he's found something worth fighting--and maybe even dying--for.
For months Jonathan has journeyed through forest and jungle, desert and bog, on a quest to reach the capital city where he will be crowned the King of Dreams. Along the way he has suffered loss and pushed through challenges, transforming from a reluctant boy to a young man who sees the value in protecting the dreamworld from nightmarish Rankers. However, Jonathan's latest discovery, that he can open a secret portal to the nightmare isles, haunts his thoughts. Perhaps he can open this portal and enter the isles covertly, ending the long war before anyone close to him gets hurt?but doing so requires that he commit an act of evil?The long war against the Rankers has affected Jonathan's friends ...
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THE SURFING YEAR BOOK OFFERS the complete package of news, features, results, opinions, and photography, providing an insider's view of everything that matters in each of the world's surfing regions-Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia and Japan, South and Central America, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. An extended Surfing Year Book awareness campaign is underway at Surfersvillage.com, the world's biggest surfing news Web site, with more than twenty-two million visitor sessions a year. Surfersvillage will also utilize its large family of publishing partners around the world to advertise the book's arrival in all surfing markets. With each regional section offering text in English an...
Life on the edge of the desert has never been easy, especially for the jackal prostitute and sword dancer, Zayn. After selling his wares at auction to a hyena sellsword by the name of Naji, Zayn realizes Naji can help him find a better life, Just as Zayn's dreams are coming true, problems from Naji's past catch up to him. The jackal will have to move quickly to save the hyena or risk losing him forever.
Seventeen-year-old Keri likes to plan for every possibility. She knows what to do if you break an arm, or get caught in an earthquake or fire. But she wasn't prepared for her brother's suicide, and his death has left her shattered with grief. When her childhood friend Janna tells her it was murder, not suicide, Keri wants to believe her. After all, Janna's brother died under similar circumstances years ago, and Janna insists a visiting tourist, Sione, who also lost a brother to apparent suicide that year, has helped her find some answers. As the three dig deeper, disturbing facts begin to pile up: one boy killed every year; all older brothers; all had spent New Year's Eve in the idyllic town of Summerton. But when their search for the serial killer takes an unexpected turn, suspicion is cast on those they trust the most. As secrets shatter around them, can they save the next victim? Or will they become victims themselves?
Oriko, a magical girl with the gift of foresight, knows the fate that awaits all who accept Kyubey's offer of supernatural powers. But when she is struck with a terrible vision of the future-of the devastation caused by a single, powerful witch-she decides to prevent the girl from becoming a magical girl in the first place. To draw Kyubey away from the girl's potential, Oriko directs him instead to Yuma, an orphan who is all too eager to gain powers that will enable her to protect herself-powers that will ultimately lead to her own destruction...
This is a story about Bulgy the Bus. He came to work on the Island of Sodor during the busy season. He thought he was better than all the engines, so he tried to take their passengers away...