Kerens-h-tein

EBook Description: The omission of a single character in the surname of her forbearers provokes transatlantic yearnings in already restless language teacher Sharon Kerenstein. It presents a modern tale of trying to juxtapose a need for making sense of the past with the inevitable yearning for a better future. Are we doomed to merely become the fruit of those who preceded us, or do we have at hand the capability of shaping our own destiny? Is it indeed true that we are nothing more than the sum of those people, places and events which have shaped our past, far removed from any chance for betterment in real time? Reveries and experimental syntax abound as we follow Sharon on a journey filled with surprise and unexpected self-discovery.

Arland is the retainer for Lord Du-Arl of Ill-Defye, the monarch of his noble house and as such great responsibility is placed upon his security and well-being but to defy an emperor can have definite consequences and its effects can be more wide spread than anticipated. Imperial Justice tells the tale of where that road to justice starts and how the innocent can get caught up in the larger political games of the ruling elite.

Closer Than Breathing

The book tells the story of Ben, a young gay man new to the metropolis, who is confronted by a series of odd, eccentric people, including drug dealers, goths, psychics, veteran author Loyd Larcher and ageing rock stars Rick Schwagger and Heath Prityards. He survives by engaging the world with goodwill and good humour. He makes use of opportunities along the way to achieve success, ghost writing a rock star�s autobiography, and finding true love with a level headed and down to earth boyfriend. Whilst the straight world around them becomes ever more weird and out of control, the couple are determined to be true to themselves and each other.

Chronicles of a Mercenary Captain

The Dales of eastern Tyremthius have always been divided by the aspirations of the local lords and as such mercenaries are always in demand to bolster numbers upon the battle field. With spring looming the war is set to resume and the mercenary force led by Elrean Crothus is sent on a critical mission that will aid the coming offensive. Find out what it is like to work as a Captain for the Guild of Swords in this short story as Elrean Crothus is not only embroiled in a border war between two nations but also a conflict from within as she battles not only the legacy of her family but also the arrogance of her subordinates.

Magestic

Magestic is the story of a time traveller, sent back from 2025 to 1985 to fix the world. A calamity awaits in 2025, the world needing to take a different course. Wars need to be avoided, certain politicians disgraced before taking office. But the traveller spends most of his time and energy building up a medical rescue charity. Imagine telling someone, in 1985, what mobile phones would be like in the future, the internet, girls with tattoos and peircings.

Ivory

Martin Roberts has made a successful career from painting, but is finding that his creativity is slipping away � stifled by his family life. That is until he is responsible for running a teenage girl down in his car.

Miraculously the girl survives, but stranger than her lack of injuries is her striking physical appearance; stark white hair and skin, and jet black eyes. Being mute her condition and background remains a mystery, but when a black blind man arrives to collect her from hospital Martin learns that she is a prostitute and he is her pimp.

Sunburnt � Life In The Sun

I knew I was in deep shit after I polished off the entire second bottle of the Little Penguin Chardonnay. I knew I was in trouble because I lost my car keys and I couldn�t get home and I had no cab fare and my alcoholic boyfriend was a jerk off. Three strikes in a row. My luck was running out.

Harvest

Craig Digby lives in a high-rise block of flats, one of three towers that make up the Heights estate at the heart of Camden. He is striving to make a life for himself away from the family business that would stifle his creativity as a photographic artist, and to escape the shadow of his dutiful and successful older brother. It will soon become a struggle for survival. Unbeknownst to the residents of the estate, the construction of the towers and their number was influenced by a long-forgotten landmark. Lightning strikes Craig�s tower and completes a ritual started two-thousand years ago. Something stirs beneath the tower. Loving parents find that one of their children has been taken from her room. The front door is locked. The flat is nine storeys up. It is only the beginning.

Headspace

Shadow was a zero, a nothing, one of a growing underclass thrown up in the wake of the vast corporate leviathans which daily swallow ever-growing tracts of a crumbling society. The Net was his home, as it was to six billion others, the virtual worlds behind the eyepiece a new underworld where hackers cut deals and peddled terrabyte chunks of ripped-off corporate cake. But it was just data, the elaborate VR tapestry was an illusion spun by hi-res stereo optics. Cyberspace was just an electrical mirage, no more real than TV or hi-fi.

An Amorous Thing

An Amorous Thing is a short story collection by Kody Boye. Featuring affection and the things it does to us, AAT contains 15 tales of the beautiful, the strange, and the downright horrific.

The Poor House

This fictional delight is about the healing and abundant life that comes when we learn to submit ourselves entirely to God and God�s kingdom in this life. Anthony Perry uses real life experiences in a fictional backdrop to create a life changing and transforming work. This book will challenge and stretch your view and beliefs about what it means to be a Christian.

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