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Trident

by Ann Searle Horowitz

Twelve-year-old Richard Tomlin has almost given up on finding his dad. Instead, he focuses all of his energy on being the youngest swimmer ever on his team to qualify for Junior Olympics. But everything changes when his new goggles transport him to the Lost City of Atlantis! Confronting shapeshifters and dark magical forces, Richard channels his inner science geek and the power of positive thinking to stay alive. As he struggles to tame the magic of his goggles, his strong-willed twin, Luc... more

The Mountaineer's Painting: A Ghost Story

by David Francis Curran

Kevin Frost finds a handsome frame at a yard sale. But for some reason the glass in the frame is painted over. He buys the frame and uncovers a breathtaking mountainscape. That night he begins to have dreams about the painter's fatal climb. And when he wakes the painting has changed. This is a love story, a ghost story, and a murder mystery. If you loved the Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze movie GHOST you will love this book. if the Sylvester Stallone movie CLIFFHANGER scared you, this book will scar... more

Zibs for Sale

by Lois Wickstrom

A retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Shirl visits an alien bakery and accidentally steals a Zib. She thought it was a free sample. The baker doesn't accept Earth money. Shirl must wash dishes to pay for the Zib. But there's no hot water. So, first she has to fix the alien engine before she can wash the dishes to pay for the Zib. The engine needs wires. The alien baker lets her go to the flying saucer to take wires out of her radio, that she needs to get home. She has the chance to esc... more

A Cry to War

by Enosadeda Odiase

A generation has passed, and the devastation of war is slowly fading away but the scars remain, lingering in the hearts and minds of many. In an era of peace, King Ewuare remains conflicted, torn between opening closed wounds or allowing his reign of peace and prosperity to continue. As the King tries to resolve his moral conflict, the gods have a different agenda. Sinister and supernatural forces amass on the summit of the Agbon mountains, deep into the clouds, where no man dare stray, where... more

A Dance for The Gods

by Enosadeda Odiase

Journey through ancient Africa by immersing yourself in this riveting story. View the world through the eyes of the enthralling characters as they dance to the hymns played by whatever gods they serve. King Ewuare is dead; another King has been captured. Now, vultures are circling to devour the once-great kingdom, Mombaka. Across all five kingdoms below the Moon Sea, new alliances are being forged to replace old ones as Kings and Queens vie for power. After betraying and leading her husband t... more

The Message

by Michael Hansen

At the end of World War II, in disregard of international agreements, Soviet Union imposed communism in the areas given to it as Sphere of Influence. With this, a new value system was introduced into people’s lives with consequences no one could predict. Reviewing his life in communist Romania, the author shows how a changed way of thinking determined a changed way of living, how Marxism altered the nation’s psychology and, in the end, ruined its own goals.

Drained

by Marc Daniel Acriche

Can you trust your family? Can you trust your friends? Because you may just have to choose.

New York City, 2048. Superstorms, and the politics of privilege, have left downtown Manhattan in tatters with electricity rationed, neighborhoods condemned, and hope destroyed. When high school senior Casey Parker and her best friend Jennifer are ripped from their comfortable, prep school lives, the pair find themselves in the dangerous world of the resistance. With family on both sides... more

Warlocks & Sorceresses: The Timeless Grimoire

by Antonio Galarza

In 1907 Wiltshire, Calne, Victor Waltz, gets blasted out of his suitably normal teenage life in the Edwardian English countryside as his strange seizures and the dreams they invoke grow exponentially until he can no longer avoid them. He fights every day of his life with this demonic parasite known as a Veil that threatens his existence. High Enchantress Amber Wolflight, a powerful Sorceress charged with gathering new underage recruits for the Division of Global Magic Affairs, pays the Waltz... more

NAIMERA: Absence of Grace

by michael ganzberger

AGENT MIKE MURPHY is leaving the FBI to join SGSI, a top-secret defense tech company, contracted to the US government. When Mike’s new boss - Peter Strauss - learns that his daughter, Grace, has been kidnapped in Guatemala, he turns to Mike for help. While Mike’s connections track Grace’s kidnappers, Strauss shows Mike that he and SGSI possess their own special resources… resources beyond anything Mike could ever have possibly imagined. He introduces Mike to the NAIMERA: advanced, mission... more

Through this strange window

by Edgar Smith

This is a collection of short stories dealing in the supernatural and metaphysical, while posting intriguing philosophical questions and pushing the reader through, at times, uncomfortable pathways. Themes such as identity, death, the beyond, hell, the occult, aliens, and fate are discussed throughout the book in a series of powerfully engaging (at times, disturbing) tales.

Last Strand

by Jennifer Estep

Every bloody thread has been leading to this . . . I’ve battled a lot of bad guys in my time, both as Gin Blanco and as the notorious assassin the Spider. But I’ve never faced off against anyone quite as powerful and deadly as the dastardly leader of the Circle secret society. Just when I finally have a lead on how I can defeat the evil group once and for all, new information comes to light that throws me for a loop. Suddenly, everyone and everything I love is in imminent peril of being de... more

Oval Man

by Mary Davis Gage

Oval Man, a superhero from outer space must stop Triangularus, resident of Planet Isosceles, from stealing all the triangular slices of cheese pizza on Earth. Can Oval Man and his faithful sidekick pup named Ovaltina stop Triangularus before another child’s lunch disappears into thin air? A large gap exists in children’s literature where science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) blend seamlessly. This shortfall led to the creation of Oval Man, an indie book aimed at 2nd-4th gr... more

The Sallow Scourge

by E Stuart Marlowe

On the cusp of becoming maidens, twin Queens Allison and Joie Wynpenny have spent the past year trapped inside their castle. The Sallow Scourge has their kingdom in its grip. Whether curse or contagion, the wisemen do not yet know. What is known is that it causes the afflicted to commit severe bodily harm, while disrupting the balance of magic throughout the realm.

Both queens decide that something drastic must be done, though each has a very different solution. Allison vows to seek out... more

Dark Apprentice: Fall of Magic Book One

by Val Neil

A psychopathic wizard. An immortal mage. An epic battle of wills. Nikolai doesn’t want much out of life: sex, immortality, and the power to disembowel anyone who crosses him. But with dark magic forbidden, his only option is Medea–a mage so deadly even the Enforcers give her a wide berth. Despite dire warnings that her apprentices don’t survive, Nikolai won’t stop until she agrees to train him. After all, he’s a killer himself. Barbaric and brutal, the training is a far cry from what Nikol... more

A Song of Sirens

by Pandora Pandora

A new era has dawned, giving rise to women called Sirens. Imbued with god-like powers of the Universe, they are a force unlike any the World has ever seen. Will the Sirens use their amazing powers to help or destroy humanity? With the birth of every new Siren, heroines and villains will be forged in the fire that shapes the fate of the World.

Nevaeh Walking the Halls

by marcel ray duriez

Nevaeh was never unusually inadequate at talking to boys—or anyone other than her best friend and fellow outcasts, due to the human trafficking, she was placed into at the age of 4. A deranged, loving narrative story focusing on the thoughtful look of a young girl, facing pain- as she bares her soul.' A Small-town in Pennsylvania, Nevaeh May Natalie was born in 1996 that is bullied by teachers and students alike, said to be braindead within a class. Made to be Sped-Ed yet is brilliant. Nevaeh Ho... more

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