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Savage Survival [MultiFormat]
by Darrell Bain
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Darrell Bain's finest novel to date. Savage Survival is a coming of age novel like no other and Lyda Brightner is a character you'll remember forever. Raped at eleven. Forced to kill. Subjected to suffering in one brutal and horrible environment after another, with no parents or guardian to protect her as she grows up. Millions of earthmen have been captured by invulnerable aliens and are being put through the strangest and most terrifying survival tests ever imagined. Young Lyda Brightner's fir... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 86697 - Reading Time: 247-346 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Suspense/Thriller
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Space Time Inc. [Book 1 - The Experiment] [MultiFormat]
by James Pittaro
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The year is 3809AD . The Altex Corporation has many research and development facilities, scattered around the far corners of the Imperium. Mankind has reached across these vast distances using the newly developed H-Drive technologies, and has also being toying with the very nature of the universe itself. But these experiments have unforeseen consequences, as a squad of Altex Corp space marines are about to find out. Fast paced action, set in an amazing future universe. (Published: 2010)
Words: 41445 - Reading Time: 118-165 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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The Gray Isles [The Chronicles Of Ealiron, Book Two] [MultiFormat]
by F.T. McKinstry
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In the Gray Isles, a northern realm cloaked in legends and storms, lives a secret. For thousands of years it lay in the otherworld, known only in the imaginations of sailors. Now, it has surfaced; first to Eadred, a wizard banished by his kind after being cursed by a witch; and then to Hemlock, a fisherman's son orphaned by the sea. When their paths collide, a change is set into motion that the heavens watch with dread; for the legends tell, it heralds the birth of an immortal and the death of t... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 58957 - Reading Time: 168-235 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Hunter's Rede - [The Chronicles Of Ealiron - Book One] [MultiFormat]
by F.T. McKinstry
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Lorth of Ostarin is an assassin trained by a wizard unknown to his kind. He is paid very well to employ both the primeval darkness of a hunter and the ordered light of a mage, an uneasy combination he does not question until he returns home after a long assignment and trips into a turbid river of war, politics and the violation of all he holds dear. Lawless and adept, he picks no sides and takes no prisoners. When his wolfish ways get him imprisoned for crimes he did not commit, he discovers the... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 105150 - Reading Time: 300-420 min.
Category: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
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The Kazak Guardians - Book 1: Lynn's Rules [MultiFormat]
by C R Daems
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If the Kazak Guardians had a recruiting poster, it would have read: WANTED: A select few insane men to fight professional Assassins with super-human abilities. Good medical plan provided. Because surviving the training program to graduation was dangerous, even the first challenge to gain entrance could get you killed. But training was the easy part. Staying alive afterward was the hard part. Kazaks guarded individuals whose lives were deemed critical to the security of the United States. These ... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 85678 - Reading Time: 244-342 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The L'Arobi Frame [MultiFormat]
by E. L. Noel
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For thousands of years man has traveled the galaxy using the corridors generated by the L'arobi Frame. Now, the Ami-Den Alliance seeks to gain control of the mechanism to satisfy their lust for conquest. There's only one problem... no one knows where it is. Two thousand years in the future, the Lord Mallick, leader of the Ami-Den Alliance, devises a brutal and brilliant plan to conquer the galaxy. Using corridors that tie one planet to another, Mallick's magnificent gunships have arrived at Cemb... more info>> (Published: 2004) EPIC eBook Award Finalist, Dream Realm Award Winner
Words: 91325 - Reading Time: 260-365 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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The Laughing Hounds [MultiFormat]
by C R Daems
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After what were thought to be dogs kill her mother and attack her, Annette discovers she has become the last female descendant of a line of women who, for over a century, fought and died fighting Countess Lenuta, her sons, and their packs of Werehyenas. Annette learns she has inherited her ancestors' unique ability to make Tone-wood sing; Tone-wood is the only weapon that can kill the Werehyenas. As such, she represents the last threat to their existence. With only Annette remaining, Countess... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 93864 - Reading Time: 268-375 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller/Horror
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The Original Sex Gates [MultiFormat]
by Darrell Bain
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The Original Sex Gates Novel! This is the Sex Gates novel as originally written by Darrell Bain alone. It has a widely divergent, completely different ending, and it contains one more major character and several more supporting ones. In this original version, all questions are answered and all issues resolved in this one book. It is being published now in response to all the fan mail and interest the trilogy generated-and continues to generate. The Sex Gates has already become a science fiction ... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 101720 - Reading Time: 290-406 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Suspense/Thriller
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Twisted Tails II [Time on our Hands Volume 1of 2] [MultiFormat]
by J. Richard Jacobs
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Does time exist as a separate dimension? Does it have a unique place with definable limits in space? Does it move independently according to its own purpose? Or does it only move when other things move, completely dependent on prevailing conditions and binding dimensions in its surrounding space--a causal result bound to the whole? Perhaps it's just a simpleminded construct humans have concocted to explain the inexplicable. Is it vaguely possible that it's a set of branes slightly out of sync an... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 70097 - Reading Time: 200-280 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Under The Forgotten Oak - The Journey Out And In [MultiFormat]
by Charles J. Schneider
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What if God is not at all what people envision? Imagine a powerful energy portal that stretches from one end of the galaxy to another--created by, and with, the universe as the sustaining reservoir of life for Earth as well as a connected sister world where the ancient deities actually live and breath. What if Satan is actually a renegade thread of this interplanetary gateway; and the future of two worlds, and three dimensions, rests entirely on one single human being's actions? Under the Forgo... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 50021 - Reading Time: 142-200 min.
Category: Fantasy
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10,000 BC: The First Geniuses [MultiFormat]
by Simon Drake
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For humanity the transformation from savagery into civilization can only be led by heroes and geniuses, and new inventions, like the concept of zero, the first books and the use of metals, come at a heavy price. The tribes on the Peninsula are victims of cannibalism, plunder and genocide, from a marauding tribe of scavengers escaping the ravages of the mainland. To add to the hardship of the tribes on the Peninsula, the climate is changing, the game of the woods are few, and many predict a great... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 74753 - Reading Time: 213-299 min.
Category: Mainstream/Suspense/Thriller
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3015 [MultiFormat]
by Laura Davis
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By 3015, the world has changed a great deal; it is now divided into two main blocks comprised of The East and The West. Many of the old prejudices appear to have disappeared. A 'gene' for homosexuality has been discovered and has subsequently wiped out all justification for discrimination based on sexual orientation. However, some long for a return to the old values. A clandestine group called 'The Moralists' is still out there and are a constant threat to those with the 'gene.' When an alien ra... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 137551 - Reading Time: 393-550 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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A Bard's Eye View [Tales of Fortannis] [MultiFormat]
by Michael A. Ventrella
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"A Bard' Eye View is a wild and weird collection of fantasy stories that present some of the freshest writing around. Derring-do with a great sense of fun. Highly recommended." -- New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry, author of The King of Plagues and Dust & Decay "Rollicking good fun perfect for a beach read, subway read, airplane read--heck, just buy it and read it! Mirth, mayhem and magic in an intriguing world." -- Gail Z. Martin, author of the Chronicles of the Necromancer serie... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 75822 - Reading Time: 216-303 min.
Category: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
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A Bullet for the Environment [MultiFormat]
by George W. J. Laidlaw
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This is an era where the youth or doubters no long accept what is told to them. No longer are they willing, like their parents to believe those in power are truly responsible and caring. Too many examples of their failure in parliament or from disasters seen on the nightly TV news have proved that trust is no longer possible. The governments' line, as well as the positions taken by big companies fall on disbelieving minds. In the case of the environmental protection carried out by oil and gas co... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 67925 - Reading Time: 194-271 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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A Circle of Arcs [MultiFormat]
by Kate Saundby
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The much-acclaimed A Circle of Arcs, which is a unique blend of time travel, actual historical figures and speculative fiction. The sequel to A Circle of Arcs, A Distant Bell is in the works and is anxiously awaited by her readers. Joan of Arc and an alien sorcerer, time travel and a centuries-old mystery, Gilles de Rais on a modern city street, why? (Published: 2000)
Words: 77525 - Reading Time: 221-310 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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A Climb To Ecstasy [MultiFormat]
by Max Ibach
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Max Ibach has fashioned another hemline ripper for his audience that takes place on a ranch in beautiful Idaho. When Uncle Charley dies, Jamie Sage inherits six million dollars, an Investment banking business, and a forty thousand acre ranch. The ranch adjoins the magnificent Frank Church, River of no Return Wilderness Area. Big Horn Ranch is eighty miles from a town of any sort. Miss Sage, a gorgeous redhead, turns the place into a guest ranch following advice in her deceased uncle's will. Miss... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 50009 - Reading Time: 142-200 min.
Category: Erotica/Erotic Romance/Romance
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A Corpse is a Corpse [MultiFormat]
by Richard W. Browne
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It started with a corpse sitting in Jim's office chair... Who's Waldo? Jim sat across from the dead man, an unfired gun in his hand. "Who the hell are you, Waldo?" he said in the angry tone that helped keep the fear bottled up. "How did you get in here? What are you doing at my desk?" Sitting in the chair opposite the body, he stretched out one leg in deference to the dress sword at his side. The weapon's scarlet tassel clashed with the burgundy fabric of the chair, as did the red plume in his h... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 76805 - Reading Time: 219-307 min.
Category: Humor/Mystery/Crime
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A Distant Bell [MultiFormat]
by Kate Saundby
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The long awaited sequel to A Circle of Arcs, this fast-moving historical time travel has been likened to riding a kayak through the rapids. If you were blind and could only see in your dreams, would you ever want to wake up? (Published: 2003)
Words: 66030 - Reading Time: 188-264 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Dream of Drowned Hollow [MultiFormat]
by Lee Barwood
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There are spirits afoot deep in the Ozark hills of Blackburn County, Arkansas. Things happen. Ghosts walk. Elemental creatures dance to the wild music of the rhythms of Nature. And those who've lived in the hills for generations can see them. But now there's activity of another kind ravaging the hills; bulldozers, chainsaws, and hunters of man and beast. As old-growth trees fall to developers, rivers are dammed, hollows are flooded, and residents are driven from land settled by their many-times-... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 128900 - Reading Time: 368-515 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Fat Boy is Missing [MultiFormat]
by George W. J. Laidlaw
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Losing a father in a post war military air disaster is cruel; growing up without a father leaves a scar for life. The military had for over 20 years successfully avoided telling the truth to the families who lost loved ones and to the world when in 1950 a US Peacemaker, the B-36 was lost over British Columbia, Canada, carrying nuclear weapons. Sarah Redbourne has started to raise the eyebrows of the archaeological world with her pre-Aztec discoveries down in the Yucatan peninsula, yet a letter f... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 60191 - Reading Time: 171-240 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller/Historical Fiction
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A Female Vampire [MultiFormat]
by Katharina Katt
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Melody Chalis survives each vampiric night by feeding off of the blood of her lovers until one night when she is confronted by Eric, the elder vampire. She can either join him, or face a horrible death by the sun. (Published: 2002)
Words: 39005 - Reading Time: 111-156 min.
Category: Erotica/Horror
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A Journey Towards Love [MultiFormat]
by Alexandra Adams
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Astur of Benizar purchases a virginal slave, Karan of Kithar. He urges her to sleep with him and serve him during an imminent journey by caravan, in return for his setting her free afterwards. She refuses, unless he swears to slay her at that time to free her of shame. He manages to insert a possible alternative to the death Karan desires into the oath he swears. Shared hardships, mutual concern for people grown dear to them, and the ever-present dangers they face draw the pair close. Having fal... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 111818 - Reading Time: 319-447 min.
Category: Romance/Historical Fiction
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A Letter About Damascus [MultiFormat]
by Betty Bain
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Darrell and Betty Bain spent a year working in Saudi Arabia. While there, they took two vacations, one to Damascus and one to Bangkok. Betty wrote letters to the folks back home describing what they saw and did. Darrell was so impressed with his wife's descriptive powers that he made copies of the letters. They've remained in his files for almost twenty seven years now. While embarking on a remodeling of their office, Darrell found the letters and re-typed them, then submitted them for publicati... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 3060 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Mainstream/General Nonfiction
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A Line of Blue Fire [MultiFormat]
by D.M. Recktenwalt
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There is a power in the land. The mages have long known of it, and drawn on it. But the world is in flux, the gentle ways of the Mother being threatened by the growing influence of Her Brother/Son H'lal, the Warrior God. Hagen Templeborn is a product of both, born to a Priestess of the Mother, and sired by an angry, ambitious Priest of the new god. Along with his foster brother and sisters, he is student to the traveling mage Tanqui de Laqline, devoted to She Who Made All, who now walks the trea... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 142118 - Reading Time: 406-568 min.
Category: Fantasy
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A Lingering Passion [MultiFormat]
by Lee Barwood
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A haunting revived and set in motion by an obsessed producer's search for the truth of his family history reaches out to ensnare the cast of a revived play. As cast members face old ghosts, both their own and those bound to a century-old theater, love and jealousy clash as greed and fear drive the living and the dead alike. Producer Stan Richards, obsessed with his family history and his own drive for fame, resolves to find the truth about his great-grandfather in the Ozarks town where he perf... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 112445 - Reading Time: 321-449 min.
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