Alain & the Duke: A Clash at Sea Series Novella
Alain & the Duke: A Clash at Sea Series Novella

Author: A.E. Kendall (aka Vegastarchild584)

Publisher: Touch the Light Press

Published: 2022-09-25

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13:

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Find out what the 2nd son of the Marquis d' Sevigne-Chambord has been up to! Alain Tristan du Montbron, the 2nd Son of the Marquis d' Sevigne-Chambord, is in a hell of a lot of trouble. After spending a blissful night in the arms of his lover, the Duke of Atelier, he is on his way home when he is picked up by the king's forces. In his pockets the soldiers find evidence pegging him a spy in the ongoing clash between the king's forces and the Resistance that could lead him to the gallows. With his life on the line, Alain is forced to choose between keeping his visit and ultimately his relationship with the duke a secret or coming clean and incriminating them both to save himself. Will his love for the duke and loyalty to the man who stole his heart lead him to make the ultimate sacrifice leaving the duke to wonder what happened to his lover? Or will he redeem himself in this short novella by AE Kendall from the critically acclaimed Clash at Sea series.

The Wild & Zany Galactic Adventures of Commander Zhang & Lieutenant Simon, Soul Mates who Incarnate on Earth and Save the World
The Wild & Zany Galactic Adventures of Commander Zhang & Lieutenant Simon, Soul Mates who Incarnate on Earth and Save the World

Author: Vegastarchild584

Publisher: Touch the Light Press

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13:

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Warning: This sci-fi adventure is not for the faint of heart! Two intergalactic BFFs with the galaxy at their fingertips, tasked with a mission to uplift humanity. When best friends and soulmates Commander Zhang and Lieutenant Simon receive an important galactic assignment to incarnate on Earth and help humanity with ascension, the adventuresome and fun-loving duo quickly agrees to help. But from the moment their training for the earth mission begins – including the curious art of Pleaidean sexual cultivation – they quickly become obsessed with the practice and side-tracked with potentially disastrous results. Incarnating as popular actors and models and brand ambassadors into the heart of China’s booming entertainment industry, and tasked with exposing the rampant corruption – the pair have their work cut out for them. When Zhang falls asleep and forgets his assignment, Simon is left scrambling to salvage their mission and prevent catastrophe. Their zany antics and chaotic misadventures are enough to leave their beleaguered team of spirit guides scrambling yet determined to help the pair stay focused long enough to usher humanity into a new age. Dive into this wild MM romantic comedy adventure that’s bursting with larger-than-life characters, unexpected twists, and a pair of BFFs with a knack for getting into trouble. The first book in The Star Seed Series is a nonstop fun, sexy, feel-good metaphysical sci-fi adventure like no other. Scroll up and grab your copy today!

Spellmonger
Spellmonger

Author: Terry Lee Mancour

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-01-06

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9781522975038

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Minalan gave up a promising career as a professional warmage to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger in the remote mountain valley of Boval. It was a peaceful, beautiful little fief, far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies, on the world of Callidore. There were cows. Lots of cows. And cheese. For six months things went well: he found a quaint little shop, befriended the local lord, the village folk loved him, he found a sharp young apprentice to help out, and best yet, he met a comely young widow with the prettiest eyes . . . Then one night Minalan is forced to pick up his mageblade again to defend his adopted home from the vanguard of an army of goblins - gurvani, they call themselves - bent on a genocidal crusade against all mankind. And that was the good news. The bad news was that their shamans were armed with more magical power than has been seen since the days of the ancient Imperial Magocracy - and their leader, a mysterious, vengeful force of hate and dark magic, is headed directly to Boval Vale, along with a massive invading army of gurvani. The good people of Boval and their spellmonger have only one choice: to hole up in the over-sized Boval Castle and hope they can endure a siege against hundreds of thousands of goblins. When the people look to him for hope, Minalan does his best, but the odds are depressing: there are multitudes of goblins, and they want Boval Vale as a staging ground for a vengeful invasion of the whole Five Duchies. Add to his troubles a jealous rival mage, a motley band of mercenaries, a delusional liege lord who insists victory is at hand despite the hordes at his door, a dour castellan, a moody, pregnant girlfriend and a catty ex-girlfriend who specializes in sex magic - all trapped in a stinking, besieged castle with no hope of rescue, and you'll understand why Minalan is willing to take his chances with the goblins. All that stands between the gurvani horde and the people of the Five Duchies is one tired, overwhelmed baker's son who wanted nothing more than to be a simple village spellmonger!

If a Stranger Approaches You
If a Stranger Approaches You

Author: Laura Kasischke

Publisher: Sarabande Books

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1936747510

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Fifteen “alarming and gorgeous” stories from the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author about the quiet terrors of American life (The Boston Globe). Laura Kasischke, national bestselling author of The Life Before Her Eyes and White Bird in a Blizzard, both adapted for film, looks behind the quietude of domesticity to find the “strange and unexpected and sometimes extraordinary” in this collection of stories that “defies simple definition” (Booklist). In “Mona,” a mother violates her daughter’s privacy certain she’s hiding a dreadful secret. In “You’re Going to Die,” a girl delights in the cruel power she has over her ailing father. In “Search Continues for Elderly Man,” a little boy’s invitation for a lonely old neighbor to come out and play takes a shocking turn. In “Our Father,” children camouflage their sleeping dad in dirty rags to protect him. But from what?; and in the title story, a woman agrees to carry a package aboard a plane for a stranger despite—or perhaps, because of—her fantasizes about potential disaster. Populated by people coming to terms with a life that is just a little bit off—after there is a tiny mummified heart in a dresser drawer of a suburban home, If a Stranger Approaches You is “an important addition to [Kasischeke’s] own body of work and to the contemporary literature of end times” —NPR Books

The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book

Author: Neil Gaiman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-09-28

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0060530944

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It takes a graveyard to raise a child. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family.

Any Man
Any Man

Author: Amber Tamblyn

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-06-26

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0062688936

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“An explosive, shapeshifting piece of literary real estate, Amber Tamblyn’s arresting debut offers a scathing portrait of American celebrity culture and the way in which it transmutes human tragedy into a vicious circus; victims are forgotten as likes and shares swirl, and ‘news’ becomes a squalid orgy, a lurid feast. Tamblyn takes every risk in this astonishing and innovative work, and succeeds, gloriously.” — Janet Fitch, bestselling author of The Revolution of Marina M. and Paint It Black Vanity Fair's Summer Ultimate Fiction List Entertainment Weekly Summer Preview List In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture. A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, online, at home— the place doesn’t matter, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the aftermath of their assault in the form of doubt from the police, feelings of shame alienation from their friends and family and the haunting of a horrible woman who becomes the phantom on which society projects its greatest fears, fascinations and even misogyny. All the while the police are without leads and the media hound the victims, publicly dissecting the details of their attack. What is extraordinary is how as years pass these men learn to heal, by banding together and finding a space to raise their voices. Told in alternating viewpoints signature to each voice and experience of the victim, these pages crackle with emotion, ranging from horror to breathtaking empathy. As bold as it is timely, Any Man paints a searing portrait of survival and is a tribute to those who have lived through the nightmare of sexual assault.

American Gods
American Gods

Author: Neil Gaiman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2002-04-30

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 0380789035

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Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same...

The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition)
The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition)

Author: J. G. Ballard

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012-07-23

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0871404060

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From one of the most powerful and original talents in science fiction comes the story of a new world--a strange world where solar radiation fluctuations have melted the polar ice caps, flooding the land and raising the temperature of the atmosphere.

The Amber Spyglass
The Amber Spyglass

Author: Philip Pullman

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 0375846735

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Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.