For Marie finding the perfect home for her family and herself was a dream come true, well thats what she thought until strange circumstances turned her world upside down. Upon moving into the unique old house, they thought all their dreams had come true, especially when they found the antique necklace hidden deep within the walls in a secret compartment. Little did she know that this would trigger a chain of events which would change her life forever and send her on a journey of adventure, sorrow and discovery and put her on a mission to restore humanity before all is lost.
When the reclusive mathematician Jeremy Grady is murdered, it's up to his estranged brother Jack to find out why. Jack's search leads him on a far-flung journey -- from Brazil, India, Peru, and beyond -- as he unravels the mystery that links the Seven Wonders of the World, and discovers that Jeremy may have hit upon something that's been concealed for centuries. With the help of scientist Sloane Costa, they discover a conspiracy to hide a roadmap to the Garden of Eden -- and the truth behind a mythological ancient culture. With a heart-pounding pace and panoramic backdrops, Seven Wonders is an electrifying read, and will be the first in a trilogy.
To find out the truth and join with his Vampire mate, Blake may have to pay a steep price—his sanity. It's not that Blake Hollister doesn't want to be the mate of the town's resident hottie Vampire, Adam Harkin—just the opposite. With everything else in his life going to hell, that's the one thing that Blake wants more than anything. But fate has other ideas. Blake is Dormant, meaning his magical powers never manifested when he came of age, leaving him doomed to be forever connected with magic, but never able to access it. Sex between magical beings and non-magics is risky at first and becomes exponentially more dangerous, and Adam isn't willing to harm his mate, effectively pausing their relationship until some solution can be found. At the same time, darker things are manifesting in Kelvin. Secrets buried in the ruins of the town's old amusement park, Wonderworld, threaten to destroy the fragile peace. And when Blake finally convinces Adam to give sex a shot despite the risk, the destructive effects on his mind that he tries to hide threaten to drive him insane. Blake's once structured life begins to shatter—days turn into fractured memories of events he can't be sure really occurred, a broken slideshow of nightclubs, theme parks, and torrid sex. Dreams and reality, past and present, betrayal and loyalty are all on a collision course, and at the center stands the mercury-eyed fantasy whom Blake is beginning to think he might love—if the long-forgotten truth about Adam's brutal change from human to Vampire doesn't turn the entire town against each other first...
"[Dunsany's] rich language, his cosmic point of view, his remote dream-worlds, and his exquisite sense of the fantastic, all appeal to me more than anything else in modern literature."--American author H. P. Lovecraft One of English literature's most original talents, Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the eighteenth Baron of Dunsany, created many of the best fantastic tales in the language. This collection of 33 stories includes all of the tales from two of his finest collections, including "The Three Sailors' Gambit," "The House of the Sphinx," "The Wonderful Window," "The Bad Old Woman in Black," "The Watch-Tower," "The Three Infernal Jokes," "The Secret of the Sea," and 26 other literary gems.
The Book of Wonder (1912) is a short story collection by Lord Dunsany. Published at the height of his career, The Book of Wonder would influence such writers as J. R. R. Tolkein, Ursula K. Le Guin, and H. P. Lovecraft. Recognized as a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction, Dunsany is a man whose work, in the words of Lovecraft, remains “unexcelled in the sorcery of crystalline singing prose, and supreme in the creation of a gorgeous and languorous world of incandescently exotic vision.” The Book of Wonder, Dunsany’s fifth collection of stories, contains fourteen of his finest tales of fantasy and adventure. In “The Hoard of the Gibbelins,” originally published in London weekly The Sketch, is the story of Alderic, a Knight of the Order of the City. Courageous and strong, he ventures to the island realm of the Gibbelins, where a horde of treasure is rumored to be held at the base of a treacherous castle. In “Chu-Bu and Sheemish,” two idols held in the same ancient temple compete for the adoration of their worshippers. As Chu-Bu and Sheemish attempt more and more astounding miracles, they risk striking fear in the hearts of their superstitious people. Humorous and inventive, Dunsany’s tales of high fantasy continue to delight over a century after they first appeared in print. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lord Dunsany’s The Book of Wonder is a classic of Irish fantasy fiction reimagined for modern readers.
Journey to Worlds of Wonder… Discover two universes: a myth inspired urban fantasy, and a future with technology so advanced it is nearly magical. In I Bring the Fire, Loki, the Norse God of Mischief, takes on Odin, leader of the Nine Realms...Because sometimes the hero is the wrong guy at the right time, and sometimes the hero is drunk. In the Archangel Project, Commander Noa Sato launches a desperate mission to save her people from genocide, aided by a clueless pleasure ‘bot named 6T9, a ten-legged weasel, and a professor who may be more than what he seems. These tales and more await you in this collection of three full-length novels and four tales of wonder. Download it today! Included in this Collection: URBAN FANTASY Wolves : I Bring the Fire Part I (A Loki Series) When Amy prays for help, Loki the Norse God of Mischief and Chaos isn’t the savior she has in mind. Loki can’t resist her summons, but he can insist she help him outwit Odin, leader of the Nine Realms. The start of the USA Today Bestselling series with myth, magic, and mayhem. Someday My Count Will Come : An I Bring the Fire Novella Blood may be thicker than water, but family is where you make it. Atomic : An I Bring the Fire Short Story Sigyn is prophesied to be the consort of a king. Instead she marries a fool. Centuries after his chaos destroys their marriage, the fallout begins. SCIENCE FICTION Archangel Down : Archangel Project Book One Commander Noa Sato doesn’t believe in aliens. She’s wrong. In the face of genocide she must hatch a daring plan with a ragtag crew to save the lives of millions—and her own. Every step of the way she is haunted by the final words of a secret transmission: The archangel is down. Carl Sagan’s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe : An Archangel Project Novella Sometimes intelligent life is right in front of your whiskers. Starship Waking : Archangel Project Book Four On an icy, barren world, a starship dreams of doom…Her nightmares will force an alien race to make contact with the most unlikely of heroes—6T9, a pleasure 'bot struggling to find purpose, and Volka, a lonely mutant on a repressive homeworld. The galaxy will be shaken to its core. The starship is waking. Let There Be Light : A Short Story Beneath the harsh gaze of Proxima Centauri, a lone researcher is battling against time. To survive and find her way home, she’ll need more than science. KEYWORDS: FREE Science Fiction, Space Opera, Alien Invasion, Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Humor, Space Colonization, Galactic Republic, Mutants, Cyborgs, FREE Urban Fantasy, Loki, Odin, Sigyn, Norse Myths, Fae, Mythology, Elves, Portal Fantasy
