Twins, Ryan and Aurora, are abandoned by their drug addict mother at a young age and forced to live with their abusive father Marc Smith. Brutal injuries land Aurora in hospital and Marc Smith in prison, resulting in the children being put up for adoption. The mysterious killings of their beloved adoptive parents brings about a revelation of their true nature, by a close relative. Will they be able to live up to this incredible new life? Will their true nature be enough to give them the strength needed to survive the big task?
Twenty minutes wore wearily away. Falling ever more densely, the snow drew an impenetrable wan curtain between Amber and the world of life and light and warmth; while with each discordant blast the strength of the gale seemed to wax, its high hysteric clamour at times drowning even the incessant deep bellow of the ocean surf. Once Amber paused in his patrol, having heard, or fancying he had heard, the staccato plut-plut-plut of a marine motor. On impulse, with a swelling heart, he swung his gun skywards and pulled both triggers. The double report rang in his ears loud as a thunderclap.
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
William Claiborne was born in 1587 in England. His parents were Edmund Cliburne and Grace Bellingham. He emigrated in about 1621 or 1622 and settled in Virginia. He married Jane Bullen. Details his political career in Virginia and Maryland.
From the darkest streets of Venice in the 16th century to the lonely beaches of Yucatan today... From the Île Saint-Louis in Paris to Hitler's Germany... the vampire Scarlet Lips leads a merciless war against the mysterious organization called "the Dawn," with the fate of the human race in the balance... Spanning the centuries, Scarlet Lips crosses the paths of Dragut, the Black Lys, the Prince of Night and the Partisans... She struggles to defeat a fantastic conspiracy which threatens not only her survival but also that of her race, the legendary Twilight People... Marv Wolfman (Tomb of Dracula), Jean-Marc Lofficier (Dr. Strange) and Mario Guevara (Solomon Kane) have crafted here a saga imbued with blood and wonders, illuminating the entire Hexagon Universe with a crimson glow!
The early twentieth-century American novelist Louis Joseph Vance created the popular character Michael Lanyard, a criminal-turned-detective known as ‘The Lone Wolf’. His sensation thrillers and whirlwind adventure stories were well-regarded for their imaginative, gruesome and engaging qualities. He published many bestselling books and established his own motion picture production company, whose films were distributed by Paramount Pictures. Many of his works were adapted for the silver screen, winning countless new admirers across the world. This eBook presents Vance’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time and informative introductions. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Vance’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels * Five ‘Lone Wolf’ novels * Features 25 novels in total, with individual contents tables * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, post-1925 works cannot appear in this edition (including three ‘Lone Wolf’ novels). When new texts become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Lone Wolf Series The Lone Wolf (1914) The False Faces (1918) Alias the Lone Wolf (1921) Red Masquerade (1921) The Lone Wolf Returns (1923) The Novels Terence O’Rourke, Gentleman Adventurer (1905) The Private War (1906) The Brass Bowl (1907) The Black Bag (1908) The Bronze Bell (1909) The Pool of Flame (1909) Fortune Hunter (1910) No Man’s Land (1910) Cynthia of the Minute (1911) The Bandbox (1912) The Destroying Angel (1912) The Day of Days (1913) Joan Thursday (1913) The Trey O’ Hearts (1914) Nobody (1915) Sheep’s Clothing (1915) The Dark Mirror (1920) Linda Lee Incorporated (1922) Baroque (1923) Road to En-Dor (1925) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
The early twentieth-century American novelist Louis Joseph Vance created the popular character Michael Lanyard, a criminal-turned-detective known as ‘The Lone Wolf’. His sensation thrillers and whirlwind adventure stories were well-regarded for their imaginative, gruesome and engaging qualities. He published many bestselling books and established his own motion picture production company, whose films were distributed by Paramount Pictures. Many of his works were adapted for the silver screen, winning countless new admirers across the world. This eBook presents Vance’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time and informative introductions. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Vance’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels * The complete ‘Lone Wolf’ novels — never published in their entirety before * Features 28 novels in total, with individual contents tables * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Lone Wolf Series The Lone Wolf (1914) The False Faces (1918) Alias the Lone Wolf (1921) Red Masquerade (1921) The Lone Wolf Returns (1923) The Lone Wolf’s Son (1931) Encore the Lone Wolf (1933) The Lone Wolf’s Last Prowl (1934) The Novels Terence O’Rourke, Gentleman Adventurer (1905) The Private War (1906) The Brass Bowl (1907) The Black Bag (1908) The Bronze Bell (1909) The Pool of Flame (1909) Fortune Hunter (1910) No Man’s Land (1910) Cynthia of the Minute (1911) The Bandbox (1912) The Destroying Angel (1912) The Day of Days (1913) Joan Thursday (1913) The Trey O’ Hearts (1914) Nobody (1915) Sheep’s Clothing (1915) The Dark Mirror (1920) Linda Lee Incorporated (1922) Baroque (1923) Road to En-Dor (1925) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Readers everywhere are clamoring for books like Downton Abbey, the hit PBS Masterpiece Theater series that’s taken America by storm. Those readers have become enthusiastic about The Danforths of Lancashire by award-winning author Murray Pura. In this stunning conclusion to the saga, we find Lord Preston and his family are gathered in London in the late 1930s for what turns out to be a homecoming. The family is finally all together again, gathering in a way they haven’t been able to do for years. But looming ahead is the summer and fall of 1940 when both the Battle of Britain and the Blitz will occur. Though the family is blissfully unaware of this soon-to-be reality, Lord Preston, privy to top secret info in his position in the government, has grave concerns; the gravest he's ever had, that England will be invaded. The Danforth family patriarch does his best to hide his fears with a cheerful exterior, but is he successful?
In A Flash Contained within this latest volume from Sinister Saints are over 100 Young Adult flash fiction stories of the unexpected, guaranteed to send a shiver down the spine and keep you awake at night!
