Download or read book It Takes Death to Reach a Star written by Stu Jones and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WE ALL HAVE DEMONS. SOME DEMONS HAVE YOU.The world you know is dead. We did this to ourselves.The epidemic struck at the end of the Third World War. Fighting over oil, power, and religion, governments ignored the rise of an antibacterial-resistant plague. In just five years, the Earth was annihilated. Only one city survived-Etyom-a frozen hellhole in northern Siberia, engulfed in endless conflict.The year is 2251.Two groups emerged from the ashes of the old world. Within the walled city of Lower Etyom dwell the Robusts-descendants of the poor who were immune to the New Black Death. Above them, in a metropolis of pristine platforms called lillipads, live the Graciles-the progeny of the superrich, bio-engineered to resist the plague.Mila Solokoff is a Robust who trades information in a world where knowing too much can get you killed. Caught in a deal gone bad, she's forced to take a high-risk job for a clandestine organization hell-bent on revolution.Demitri Stasevich is a Gracile with a dark secret-a sickness that, if discovered, will get him Ax'd. His only relief is an illegal narcotic produced by the Robusts, and his only means of obtaining it is a journey to the arctic hell far below New Etyom.Thrust together in the midst of a sinister plot that threatens all life above and below the cloud line, Mila and Demitri must master their demons and make a choice-one that will either salvage what's left of the human race or doom it to extinction ¿
Download or read book Death s Reach written by Bruce R. Cordell and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a "Dungeons and Dragons" adventure for the 21st to 23rd level, providing adventure hooks, setup information, tactics, and features of areas.
Download or read book New Friends written by and published by Multiply Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jesus Army's New Friends course covers seven friendly sessions helping you to experience the life-changing love and power of Jesus Christ plus the Feast Day and Celebration Weekend. New Friends is a Multiply 'Let's talk' Booklet for those wanting to experience living Christianity, a Coursebook for an introduction to the Christian faith.
Download or read book The Future of God written by Carl E. Braaten and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recent movement in modern religious thought believes that the place to start in theology is at the end--eschatology. At a critical time in history, when many are unsure of the future of faith in a secular age, here is a call for believers to participate in God's activity in the future tense. The basic theme in these pages is the idea of the future--in the language of Christian hope and in the interpretation of history. The rediscovery of the role of eschatology in the preaching of Jesus and of early Christians, says Dr. Braaten, has been one of the most important events of recent theological history. Eschatology has not always been taken seriously. Theologians have often defined it so that the dimension of the future was allowed to slip into an eternal present. God was thus viewed only in vertical terms--as being "above us." The author feels that this loss of hope in the future precipitated the crisis known as the death-of-God movement. In this book Dr. Braaten joins those thinkers who are looking to eschatology as a point of departure for a total recasting of the Christian message. He presents a constructive and systematic outline of the theology of the future, and puts forth an understanding of God--shared with early Christianity--as being "ahead of us." The thrust of this theology of the future is an ethic of revolutionary change, derived from the Christian vision of the kingdom of God. Christianity's eschatological faith is shown to be closely connected to the revolutionary concerns of the modern world, both as the sponsor of its driving images and as a companion in the struggle for its realization. The final chapter turns to an ethic of revolution, based on the politics of hope.
Download or read book 7 Hours written by Tyndale and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death comes for everyone. But what if you were given seven more hours? Would you go back and relive a previous time in your life? Or would you live those seven more hours, starting now? In this collection of seven full-length novellas, seven writers come together to tackle the questions of life, death, and time as we know it. Each author has taken the same concept, featuring a mysterious central character, and spun their own story. Stories include: Rearview, Escapement, Teardrop, Recollection, Whole Pieces, All of Our Dreams, and The Last Night of Alton Webber. 7 Stories. 7 Writers. 7 Hours.
Download or read book Unmasked written by Kevin J. Anderson and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From undercover robots to shape shifting soldiers, the twenty-one stories in this wide-ranging anthology explore what happens when the mask comes off. We all wear masks, whether they are the literal costumes of superheroes and bank robbers or the metaphorical shrouds that obscure our real selves. Unmaksed explores these attempts to conceal, the mysteries beneath, and the price we pay when they’re stripped away. Authors ask what happens when your secret identity is revealed. When the monster is unleashed. When the superhero’s child has no power. When Death himself is caught unawares. Here are twenty-one tales of speculation and fantasy that center on magical masks, gas masks, death masks, superheroes, secret identities, disguised robots, alien symbionts, a Napoleonic thief, a swindling demon, and even a hidden clown.
Download or read book Death s End written by Cixin Liu and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mutually assured destruction has led to decades of peace between humanity and the Trisolarans, but a new force is awakening and this delicate balance can no longer hold... Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent. Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early twenty-first century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle? Death's End is the New York Times bestselling conclusion to Cixin Liu's tour-de-force series that began with The Three-Body Problem. "The War of the Worlds for the twenty-first century . . . Packed with a sense of wonder." --The Wall Street Journal "A meditation on technology, progress, morality, extinction, and knowledge that doubles as a cosmos- in-the-balance thriller." --NPR The Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death's End Other Books Ball Lightning (forthcoming)
Download or read book Kingdom of the White Sea The Trilogy written by Sarah M. Cradit and published by Storyville Press. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 2072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crown woven together by lies. A kingdom with the power to unravel them. The bestselling epic fantasy trilogy, Kingdom of the White Sea, in a single collection. When the cruel usurper king demands the firstborn daughters from every lordship in the realm, the lords and ladies have no choice but to obey, or invite war. The four young women, though, have their own plan. One that will send the realm into a chaos that will change the lives and futures of everyone in it. This collection includes all three books in the trilogy—and over half a million words of treachery, bravery, and redemption: The Kingless Crown- 610 pages The Broken Realm- 690 pages The Hidden Kingdom- 736 pages "This is the new series Game of Thrones fans have been waiting for!"- Melanie, Melanie's Muses "A riveting tale of suspense, secrets, and magic you won't want to put down."- International Bestselling Author Rebecca L. Garcia "One word. PHENOMENAL. A must read! Completely sucked me in from page one. 10/10!"- Aubrie Nixon, Fantasy Author of Secret of Souls "The first of an epic series that will no doubt have a cult following. Simply superb."- Award Winning Author Julieanne Lynch "Cradit has no doubt established herself in the epic fantasy genre with this novel. I cannot wait to return to the Kingdom of the White Sea. I'm hooked!" —Greg Wilkey, Bestselling Author of YA and NA Fiction "Captivating like gold. Mesmerizing like diamonds. A new fantasy to trail blazes like Sarah J Maas and Leigh Bardugo!"- Laura, The Literary Vixen and #NerdGirlVixen
Download or read book Getting Wrecked written by Kimberly Sue and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Wrecked provides a rich ethnographic account of women battling addiction as they cycle through jail, prison, and community treatment programs in Massachusetts. As incarceration has become a predominant American social policy for managing the problem of drug use, including the opioid epidemic, this book examines how prisons and jails have attempted concurrent programs of punishment and treatment to deal with inmates struggling with a diagnosis of substance use disorder. An addiction physician and medical anthropologist, Kimberly Sue powerfully illustrates the impacts of incarceration on women’s lives as they seek well-being and better health while confronting lives marked by structural violence, gender inequity, and ongoing trauma.
Download or read book Sorrowful Sands written by Chera Carmichael and published by Chera Carmichael. This book was released on with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Possible Rogue Spirit on the loose? Yes. Soulbond acting up again? Yes. Accidental kidnapping with the soulmate he’s already rejected? Also, yes. Ryder doesn’t need any more complications where Soula Deveraine is concerned. Unfortunately, his enemies don’t care about that. Between juggling the ongoing investigation, his information network’s breakdown and Soula’s recent attempts to help—he’s got his claws full. Too full to do anything about the incoming threat. Soula’s not sure she can keep on ignoring the changes between her potential soulmates and the increasing unease from the side effects of Ryder’s investigations. When her normal workday is turned upside down because of him—things might not be so simple ever again. Can he accept Soula’s help? Or will her presence make everything worse? Can she accept what he has to offer? Or will her heart shatter for good this time?
Download or read book Hy Brazil written by Gerald Killingworth and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1591 and nineteen-year old Edward Harry sails to Ireland as secretary to the famous poet Edmund Spenser. Confident of his own talents, Edward expects to make his fortune as the English impose their rule on the embittered Irish. His life is blown off-course when an excursion in a small boat off the coast of Kinsale in County Cork leads to a landing on the fabled island of Hy Brazil, the Elven realm. All is not well in Hy Brazil. The island is riven by a savage civil war and Edward Harry and Calvagh, his Irish companion, are drawn into the very heart of the conflict. This is a beautifully-crafted tale of strange magics and one young man’s struggle to cope with an extraordinary destiny. Praise for Hy Brazil 'A vivid, unusual and intelligent fantasy in a style reminiscent of Cloud Atlas, supporting many elements of genuine folklore in a fascinating, well-characterised, historical mix. Gerald Killingworth writes about the fairyland of Hy Brazil as if he'd actually been there.' – Herbie Brennan, bestselling author of The Faerie Wars series 'From the chance-driven, incalculable Elizabethan world of Walter Raleigh and Edmund Spenser, in an Ireland promising fabulous realms beyond barely-imagined horizons, Gerald Killingworth has fashioned an engrossing fictional universe that Shakespeare would call ‘fantastical’ and I loved every moment of my voyage across it.' – Jonathan Keates, prizewinning biographer and novelist. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Download or read book Humus written by Fabienne Kanor and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While researching in Nantes, a port city enriched by the slave trade, celebrated French novelist Fabienne Kanor came across a chilling report written in 1774 by the commander of a slave ship, Le Soleil. Captain Louis Mosnier recounted the loss of valuable "cargo" when fourteen African women escaped from the ship’s hold to leap overboard rather than face enslavement. Half of them drowned or were eaten by sharks. From this tragic incident, Kanor has composed a powerful, polyphonic novel in which each woman tells her own vivid story. Their disparate lives from differing cultures, conditions, and perspectives intersect through their violent mistreatment, profound sense of disorientation, and collective act of resistance. These intertwined narratives reveal the brutalizing effects of slavery, not only on the victim but also on the oppressor: the master can no more escape its dehumanizing effects than can the slave.
Download or read book Love and Hope written by Arlene Jordan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and Hope is an engaging true story about an incredible forty-year love affair. “Happily ever after” does not mean there are no tears. Death is sandwiched between vibrant lives. This incredible love story begins in LA when a Hollywood Jewish man meets a lustfully youthful woman. He dates the wealthy and influential, and she’s a younger Christian woman from the Midwest. This story reveals how life changes from a happenstance meeting and changes again when one of them is no longer there. It is a story of hope and renewal because of, not in spite of, tremendous sorrow. Women read romance stories because they long for passionate, life-changing love and happy endings. They are searching for romance after marriage in their ordinary life. This love story is about life after marriage, a tenderness which gives a glow to the ordinary, mundane things we all live with every day. It gives people hope that mediocre relationships do not have to be the norm. “This memoir is compelling, and as I read her love story, I experienced her joy and her pain. The ‘Helpful Suggestions’ addendum is priceless.” —Ken Rotcop, award-winning author and screenplay writer (www.pitchmart.com).
Download or read book Brand written by Henrik Ibsen and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Betrayer written by Yuan Jur and published by Waadoom. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tora: A world deliberately kept off the evolution of the space-time Continuum grid. Tora is a Level 10 security world, there isn't another more closely watched. A planetary prison for one unique criminal. On the surface several pre-industrial cultures evolve amidst other stranger races. The reality is very different. No one enters or leaves the Toran world without special permission from the Superverse Citadel Council. In the last sola day, unworldly foul play has been detected in the Napoleonic setting of Weirawind City, haven for the Flaxon culture. The crime triggers major concerns for off-world authorities at Superverse Karmic Administration Services. Wardens, Uniss and Dogg are sent to investigate. Concern rests with the security of the planet's singular mysterious prisoner, a being living amongst them who none of the world's races are aware of. Uniss and Dogg arrive to find evidence of murder and mayhem creeping through Weirawind streets, but what they discover is far worse than a mere local travesty. Instead, what is discovered is a threat to the survival of all existence.
Download or read book Aborinth Tears of Ascension written by Sharron Andrades and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Aborinth, a rare malicious being, trades places with her prey and becomes hunted by an unknown deadly creature, she takes refuge in a tiny village that she and her companion, Griev, a magnificent wolf of lore and legend, happen to uncover from under a blanket of deceptive magic. What they stumble upon inside this tiny village will change their lives and those of the villagers forever! A horrific chain of events begins to unravel before them upon Aborinths arrival, and she is to blameor is she? Razel, their fierce and feisty witch, vanishes within days of being captured by a sadistic warlock who aims to utilize her powers for his masters gain. Their neighboring wizard Taanis, once thought to be one of their own, has a secret that begins to unravel before his mystical eyes. The remaining children born to their clanEelios, Meeyuri, Zaria, and Wysperbegin to take on new abilitiessome even more deadly than the adults! One childs abilities become sentient and aware of their host, whereas another learns that he can shadow walk among the dead. This gripping tale is a feast for the imagination as well as a brewing cauldron of mystery, high adventure, and deadly twists and turns! There is something new lurking behind every tantalizing page!
Download or read book Mark written by Donald Juel and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament Series (ACNT) is written for laypeople, students, and pastors. Laypeople will use it as a resource for Bible study at home and at church. Students and instructors will read it to probe the basic message of the books of the New Testament. And pastors will find it to be a valuable aid for sermon and lesson preparation.
