Reagan's Journey
Summary
Today, the name Ronald Reagan is synonymous with great leadership. He led by example at a time when few thought it possible, and against the advice of experts, he went to the Berlin Wall and demanded it be torn down. He worked at keeping up the morale of his fellow citizens in honoring the sacrifices at Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, relighting the Statue of Liberty, and giving a magnificent speech for America's children on the occasion of the Challenger disaster. In the face of a tremendous personal crisis, he maintained a positive attitude. The world watched in wonder and amazement as he joked his way through the assassination attempt that very nearly killed him. And above all else, in his signature style - friendly, avuncular, easygoing - from the Oval Office, in auditoriums large and small, and on his Saturday radio programs, he communicated with us. Please join me in exploring Reagans journey.
©2011 Margot Morrell (P)2019 Margot Morrell
Children of the Storm: Nine Realms Saga
Summary
Viktor Warden isnt going down without a fight. Eternal happiness has never been high on Viktors list of desires. Hes lived a life up to his neck in danger, mythological threats, and family drama on a truly cosmic scale. But after bringing the world back from the brink of Armageddon -- more than once -- hes ready to take a break. However, it turns out that old stories, and old foes, have a way of finding their way back into the narrative...and they rest for no one. This time, his enemies are the fractured Loa who are weaponizing wraiths, deadly creatures conjured with tainted blood. The fallout from the in-fighting poses a risk to Viktor and his family. Tracing back the past that lead him to this point, Viktor will have to ally with those he never imagined hed work with, and hell have to fell enemies on a scale unlike hes encountered before, to purge the world of this growing wraith poison. To the brink of death, across time and space, Children of the Storm sees Viktor Warden pushed to the very edge of his capabilities, giving his all to preserve whats left of the world, and the family, he loves. The Nine Realms Saga: Vigiles Urbani Chronicles: Accession of the Stone Born: Nine Realms Saga Dust Walkers Shades of Fire & Ash Warden Global Series: The Wanderer Awakens Sleipnir's Heart (short story) Rise of the Storm Bringer Lamia's Curse (short story) Children of the Storm
©2019 Ken Lange (P)2019 Ken Lange
The Warden Global Omnibus: Year One
Summary
***Destiny - is it really inevitable?*** *Join Viktor as he uncovers part of his past in this collection of Warden Global books and short stories.* Hidden in the shadows is a supernatural world, filled with wonders that coexist alongside our own. Standing on the threshold of both, he fights for those who cant protect themselves. It isnt fun; it isnt glorious, but it is important. There are some hard choices that need to be made, and when hes done, nothing will be the same. Collection includes: The Wanderer Awakens, Warden Global Book One "Sleipnir's Heart" (short story) Rise of the Storm Bringer, Warden Global Book Two "Lamia's Curse" (short story)
©2018 Ken Lange (P)2018 Ken Lange
Shades of Fire & Ash
Summary
After surviving an unholy horde in New Mexico, Gavin Randall didnt think things could get much worse, but the world he walked into 11 months ago grows more dangerous with each passing day. A new threat has surfaced in the form of fanatics hellbent on destroying him, his friends, and the Archive itself. Its his job to make sure that doesnt happen, but these guys dont play fair and have found a way to stack the odds in their favor. With the primordial fires of Muspelheim lapping at his heels, can he survive long enough to fulfill his destiny, or will the world be burned to ash?
©2018 Ken Lange (P)2018 Ken Lange
Shattered Peace: Nine Realms Saga
Summary
After the chaos of the last several months, Gavin Randalls world sits precariously on the tipping point. One tiny nudge would be all itd take to make it come crashing down. So, having a head-on collision with fate and being T-boned by bad luck is a bit overkill. Thanks to one of the royals being murdered recently, the vampires are on edge. On top of that, the Black Circle is ready to step out of the shadows. To make that happen theyre coming for Gavin and anyone else they think is a threat. Hell have to face off against dangers from within and without in order to rescue those he cares about after a failed assassination attempt. Gavin must rally whats left of his close circle - and his strength - to face enemies on a scale hes never encountered. As madness reigns across the globe, Gavin must find a way to push back the oncoming darkness thats threatened to swallow them whole. Unexpected new allies arise, and friends fall. Magic and mayhem await. The Nine Realms Saga, Vigiles Urbani Chronicles Accession of the Stone Born: Nine Realms Saga Dust Walkers Shades of Fire & Ash Warden Global Series The Wanderer Awakens Sleipnir's Heart (short story) Rise of the Storm Bringer Lamia's Curse (short story) Children of the Storm
©2020 Ken lange (P)2020 Ken Lange
A Leaf and Pebble
Summary
Two friends. A few airships. One shadowy group. A phenomenal ride through a new world rich in action and adventure. In a land of elemental magic and Learner Skill, a gripping tale of two friends who narrowly avoid death while attending the school under the mountain takes place. As both are forced to flee before finishing their studies, they must unravel and attempt to thwart a plot to plunge their homeland into war after ages of peace. Balteris is an enormous peninsula with an impassable causeway leading to an unknown land. The seas around it are filled with mysterious and deadly creatures keeping the inhabitants penned into the region. Naturals, people who have an inborn talent for elemental manipulation make up a portion of the otherwise regular population. But an even smaller percent of the people study Skill, and are therefore called Learners. This study allows the Learner to manipulate raw willpower into a powerful energy force. Two of these people, Nil, a Learner, and Volant, a Natural, are forced to abandon their respective studies to save their own lives and uncover a mysterious group that has been slowly plotting to turn Balteris' five city-states into war-mongering kingdoms. Along the way, they must learn to survive, grow in their powers, and fight back against the government who thinks they helped murder their classmates.
©2019 Andrew Monroe (P)2020 Andrew Monroe
The Vigiles Urbani Chronicles: Year One
Summary
Accession of the Stone Born Death doesn't always ride a pale horse. Gavin Randall hasnt been home in nearly thirty years. Upon his return, he steps into a world he never knew existed and awakens dormant powers to discover that hes one of the rarest beings in the supernatural community - a Stone Born. Now his very existence is a threat to the established order. A mysterious death pulls him in further, forcing him to face off against family and foe alike. Gavin must reconcile the past he knew with a strange world of magic, along the way encountering new creatures and dangers hes never experienced. Will Gavin discover the truth? Or will this new world swallow him whole? Dust Walkers When newly minted vigil Gavin Randall is summoned to a small town in New Mexico, the last thing hes expecting is to have to fight a cartel of necromancers. Their undead horde tests the limits of his powers and shows him just how vulnerable he really is
and thats not the worst of it. His enemies have spent centuries preparing for a war no one within the Archive has foreseen, and he has yet to learn to control his abilities or figure out his place in this ancient conflict. With time running out, will he be able to forge the alliances he needs to survive the coming storm? Shades of Fire & Ash After surviving an unholy horde in New Mexico, Gavin Randall didnt think things could get much worse, but the world he walked into eleven months ago grows more dangerous with each passing day. A new threat has surfaced in the form of fanatics hellbent on destroying him, his friends, and the Archive itself. Its his job to make sure that doesnt happen, but these guys dont play fair and have found a way to stack the odds in their favor. With the primordial fires of Muspelheim lapping at his heels, can he survive long enough to fulfill his destiny, or will the world be burned to ash?
©2019 Ken Lange (P)2019 Ken Lange
Lamia's Curse
Summary
After Lamia escaped the island prison of Poros, Viktor knew it was only a matter of time before she showed up in his neck of the woods. Now that she has, hes got work to do. And hes going to need help, because shes not travelling alone. Lamias arrival heralds the origins of the vampire and might just give Viktor the key to their demise. But its not all good news...with Lamias maker now gone forever, there remains the question of what became of his brother.
©2018 Ken Lange (P)2018 Ken Lange
Rise of the Storm Bringer
Summary
For Viktor Warden, his former in-laws can be murder. Literally. His ex-wifes family are less than subtle when it comes to leaving messages, especially when theyre spelled out in blood. Now theyre leaving a trail of bodies in their wake, which means his long list of enemies just got longer. Even though hes used to high risk situations, the stakes take a sharp turn when his daughter is drawn into the fray with absolutely no clear way out. With all that he holds dear hanging in the balance, he must make impossible choices. Each one brings him closer to the answers hes sought about his past, edging him toward the center of a cosmic war thats been raging since time began. At every turn, he finds strange and ancient foes, all looking for new ways to wreak havoc on him, his life, and the world itself. Hell have to fight his way through a veil of secrecy to figure out whos at the center of his streak of bad luck. His only way out is through an ancient adversary determined to manipulate the future to their ends no matter what the cost. If he fails, hes dead and the world goes along with him. The Nine Realms Saga Vigiles Urbani Chronicles: Accession of the Stone Born: Nine Realms Saga Dust Walkers Shades of Fire & Ash Warden Global Series: The Wanderer Awakens Sleipnir's Heart (short story) Rise of the Storm Bringer Lamia's Curse (short story) Children of the Storm
©2017 Ken Lange (P)2018 Ken Lange
The Grandmother Paradox
Summary
When Dr. Wells, the head of the Place in Time Travel Agency, learns that someone's trying to track down the ancestors of his star employee, there are few people he can turn to without revealing her secrets. But who better to jump down the timeline and rescue Elise from being snuffed out of existence generations before she's born than the very person whose life she saved a 100 years in the future? But Juliette Argent isn't an easy woman to protect. The assistant to a traveling magician, she's bold, fearless, and has a fascination with time travel, of all things. Can the former secret agent Chandler, with his knowledge of what's to come, keep her safe from harm and keep his purpose there a secret? Or will his presence there only entangle the timeline more?
©2018 Wendy Nikel (P)2020 Wendy Nikel
The Daughters of the Darkness
Summary
"We often look to escape the everyday by seeking out the dark places where something monstrous waits in the void. Luke Phillips takes you there, where man is still well and truly on the menu." (Shannon Legro, host of Into the Fray radio podcast) 1898, East Africa. The Tsavo man-eaters kill 130 people over the course of nine months. The unusually large, pale-coloured, and maneless male lions mark history in what became known as their reign of terror. Now, history is repeating itself. A new pride of killers has arrived in Tsavo, staking out their own bloody legacy. One that includes the murdered wife of conservationist and former hunter Thomas Walker. Torn between the newfound happiness he has discovered in the Highlands of Scotland with his new fiancée and his loyalty to the man whose brother has been taken by the man-eaters, Thomas must face his past and creatures feared as myth by his friend and the people of Kenya. Arriving in Africa, Thomas finds the situation worsening as a local arms dealer and war lord declares the "critters of the bush" are under his command to drive those not loyal to him from the land. With everything not as it seems, the odds are stacked against Thomas and the small band of friends trying to restore balance to the region and its wildlife.
©2017 Luke Phillips (P)2019 Luke Phillips
Dawning: Nine Realms Saga
Summary
Its a story as old as time. Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve. A family. A murder. A reckoning. Good and evil personified. You may think you know the story, but youd be wrong. After thousands of years, Cain awakens to find that the world has gone on without him. In his slumber, humans and people of power have stopped being afraid of, well, anything. Beyond that, theyve become cruel for crueltys sake, fascinated with their ability to spread death through famine, war, and even plagues. In their minds, they have no equal. Theyre wrong. Thanks to the Norns, his brothers treachery, his sadistic stepmother, and abusive father, Cain has been out of the loop far too long. But thats about to change. Now, he must reconcile his past with his present and complete a near-impossible task to find the peace hes sought for so long. Before that can be a reality, hell need to walk the fine line between monster and man. Too much of one and not the other will release a plague upon the world. And there will be blood. Lots of it. Can he fight his baser nature long enough to do what needs to be done, or will fate get the better of him in the end?
©2019 Ken Lange (P)2020 Ken Lange
Shadow Beast
Summary
We just lost our place at the top of the food chain. Man is just meat. It is only when the bones of its prey are discovered in a remote Scottish glen that the majesty and power of one of natures most successful predators is truly revealed. As it strikes silently from the shadows and on nights shrouded in darkness, a small village falls under siege to a remarkable creature. For thousands of years mankind has had the upper hand but now - suddenly, violently, bloodily - the balance of power has shifted. When an isolated wildlife research centre launches an investigation, it is soon discovered that something out of place has made the Highlands its home and set its sights on the quiet village of Cannich. It will hunt, it will kill, and it wont let anything get in its way. Thomas Walker, a renowned wildlife specialist and former big game hunter, finds himself confronted with his past and an animal the likes of which he had never wanted to face again. As its devastating rampage goes unchecked and threatens his home, the woman he loves and his very way of life, an older and much more human adversary seeks him out. How long will any of them survive the presence of the beast in their shadow? There are nearly 2,000 reported sightings of what have become known as mystery big cats across the UK every year. Some, such as the beasts of Bodmin and Dartmoor, have become infamous. Their origin and identity remain unknown. Shadow Beast, the new chiller from Luke Phillips, offers a terrifying and deadly explanation.
©2014 Luke Phillips (P)2018 Luke Phillips, Black Beast Books
Brother of the Future
Summary
Craig is a clone killer! Each version of his brother-clone is getting smarter and more sentient. When he meets Ariel Smith, he begins to learn compassion for someone other than himself. The young teenagers experience a world where their brother and sister clones keep them living forever. In the midst of all this, they are trying to get through high school. Brother of the Future is a fast-paced novella about first love in a futuristic world.
©2019 Meredith Tucker (P)2019 Marion Tucker