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As a child, Taylor sat at the feet of the great Levi and was thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Mikings' who murdered his family, Taylor became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Alexander, and avenge his father. Sustaining Taylor through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery...the land Levi called "Vinburg".
After suffering a car accident, Robert Douala is devastated due to the loss of his girlfriend Christine Rodriguez. His mood soon picks up when he meets Kathleen Wong, a beautiful mechanic at an auto repair shop. She introduces Robert to the sport of drifting and soon Robert is taking lessons. Eventually he enters the Formula D Pro Am races to earn a drift license, but must go up against Victor, the older brother of Christine. Can Robert overcome his pain and summon the endurance to beat Victor and join the drift circuit? Don't miss this action packed story!
When Artemis Knight is thrown into the world of the Gentlemen, she learns the brutal truth about the world; professional criminals run society, heroes are extinct, and police are nothing but toys to play with. Artemis Knight has been trained her whole life to be normal. Her abusive father taught her everything she needed to learn to survive in the chaotic world, but being normal is the only skill she cant master. With her friend Brendon Urlay by her side, she unknowingly squeaks by the Gentlemens radar. Until one day, one of the most dangerous criminals stops by her bakery. The rule is simple; dont upset the system. If you do, youll be silenced, permanently. As a girl in the male-dominated criminal world, Artemis has already upset the system before making a single move. Unwanted secrets, buried deep in the Gentlemens past, pour out with the mention of her father. The system has never been more off balanced, and someone needs to take the fall. The Gentlemens only threat saunters out of the shadows seeking vengeance, creating fear in the royal family of crime.
Book I/II Illustrated Novel A love is born when a rebellion rises and war is near. After, participating in a cryogenic experiment conducted by the Alliance of Nation's Meryl accidently awakens from her long sleep. After she is able to understand her situation Meryl observes the gloomy room in which she finds herself and learns that more time than a week has passed. On her first day out of cryogenic sleep she is captured. The world that she knew is now covered by a thick black cloak that doesn’t allow the sun to penetrate it and the she learns the horrifying truth. The vampires that control the earth have enslaved humans and created a New Era. Meryl is purchased by Caleb the leader of Alpha Zone and she will have to accept her new situation, but the problems have just begun.
'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN’ The Resident Magazine ‘WORDS CANNOT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE THIS ENCHANTING BOOK!’ Taking it One Book at a Time book blog 'DRAMA AND ACTION FROM THE OUTSET...THIS TRULY IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY’ The Pursuit of Bookiness Anita has never been ordinary; she’s stuck out like a sore thumb her entire life. Not only can she see the energy of others, a rare skill, but she’s won every physical challenge she’s ever entered. So when the powerful, good looking Descendants, Marcus and Alexander, mysteriously arrive in Empire, her difference attracts and keeps their attention. Once in Empire, the sudden death of ruling Body Descendant, Christiana, sets in motion a number o...
What if the characters in a vampire novel left their world--and came into yours?Amy is in love with someone who doesn't exist: Alexander Banks, the dashing hero in a popular series of vampire novels. Then one night, Amy meets a boy who bears an eerie resemblance to Alexander. In fact, he IS Alexander, who has escaped from the pages of the book and is in hot pursuit of a wicked vampire named Vigo. Together, Amy and Alexander set out to track Vigo and learn how and why Alexander crossed over. But when she and Alexander begin to fall for each other, Amy wonders if she even wants him to ever return to the realm of fiction.
"Venus Rasmussen, a powerful eighty-six-year-old woman who still runs Rasmussen Industries, an international conglomerate, believes someone is poisoning her. After Savich and Sherlock visit with her, someone attempts to shoot her in broad daylight. Who's trying to kill her and why? A member of her rapacious family, or her grandson who's been missing for ten years and suddenly reappears?"--
Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her TV presenting and her books. In a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca. She invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. She takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix. The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, Confronting the Classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertise.