Download or read book Didi and the Gunslinger Ride Again written by Patti Larsen and published by Patti Larsen Books. This book was released on 2016-07-16 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Young adult wild west science fiction) Didi’s never felt so helpless as she does right now. Betrayal has led her to slavery and the loss of her gunslinger, but betrayal also offers her a new chance at freedom. When she finds herself once again on the trail of her father and mother, she encounters truths she never imagined, family with secrets of their own and a future that holds as much uncertainty as it does promise... KEYWORDS: young adult science fiction book, young adult sci-fi book, young adult science fiction series, young adult sci-fi series

Download or read book Didi and the Gunslinger Ride Again written by Patti Larsen and published by Patti Larsen Books. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can a girl trust when she's lost her gunslinger...? Didi's never felt so helpless as she does right now. Betrayal has led her to slavery and the loss of her gunslinger, but betrayal also offers her a new chance at freedom. When she finds herself once again on the trail of her father and mother, she encounters truths she never imagined, family with secrets of their own and a future that holds as much uncertainty as it does promise... Don't miss the rest of this exciting YA sci-fi series! Didi and the Gunslinger and Didi and the Gunslinger Save the World are both available now!

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Download or read book 53 Letters for My Lover Original written by Leylah Attar and published by Pitch73 Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not your typical love story. It's not so black and white. Lines are crossed. Walls are smashed. Good becomes bad. Bad becomes very, very good. Shayda Hijazi - the perfect wife, the perfect mother, the perfect daughter. For thirty-three years, she has played by the rules, swallowing secrets, burying dreams and doing whatever it takes to anchor her family. Shayda Hijazi is about to come face to face with the one thing that can rip it all apart, the one thing she has always been denied: love. Troy Heathgate - untamed, exhilarating, dangerous - a man who does exactly as he pleases. Life bends to his will. Until he comes across the one thing he would give it all up for, but can never have. Born on the same day in opposite corners of the world, their lives collide. And nothing is ever the same again. Spanning three decades, " 53 Letters for My Lover" is a fiercely sensual, emotional ride to the heart of an epic love that defies it all - an intimate exploration of love, loyalty, passion, betrayal, and the human journey for hope, happiness and redemption. "CONTENT WARNING: This novel is a blend of women's fiction and romance. It involves infidelity and an attempted rape. If you are not comfortable with these subjects, this may not be the book for you. Ages 18+"

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Download or read book Red Gambit written by Luke Mitchell and published by Luke Mitchell. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They said the meek would inherit the Earth. As far as Jarek can tell, though, they must've been speaking Dutch or something, because those "meek" aliens sure did make a bloody mess of things. Even so, he wasn't about to make a fuss over the raknoth apocalypse. Not until those red-eyed bastards stole his exosuit. You don't steal a man's exosuit... But when Jarek's quest for vengeance runs him up against an alien stronghold and a blonde arcanist who throws around grown men like telekinetic frisbees, he soon learns there's far worse than missing exosuits to worry about. And if he and his fiery new friend don't put a stop to it, they may just be looking at Apocalypse Number Two... Don your power armor, grab your copy, and join Jarek and Rachel for a rip-roaring sci-fi thrill-ride today! Warning: This book contains big hearts, BIGGER swords, and a whole metric crap-ton of high-octane badassery. Also, swears. And snark. LOTS of snark. Read at your own risk.

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Download or read book U S Marines in Afghanistan 2001 2009 written by U S Marine Corps History Division and published by St, John's Press. This book was released on 2017-02-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a collection of 38 articles, interviews, and speeches describing many aspects of the U.S. Marine Corps' participation in Operation Enduring Freedom from 2001 to 2009. This work is intended to serve as a general overview and provisional reference to inform both Marines and the general public until the History Division completes monographs dealing with major Marine Corps operations during the campaign. The accompanying annotated bibliography provides a detailed look at selected sources that currently exist until new scholarship and archival materials become available. From the Preface - From the outset, some experts doubted that the U.S. Marines Corps would play a major role in Afghanistan given the landlocked nature of the battlefield. Naval expeditionary Task Force 58 (TF-58) commanded by then-Brigadier General James N. Mattis silenced naysayers with the farthest ranging amphibious assault in Marine Corps/Navy history. In late November 2001, Mattis' force seized what became Forward Operating Base Rhino, Afghanistan, from naval shipping some 400 miles away. The historic assault not only blazed a path for follow-on forces, it also cut off fleeing al-Qaeda and Taliban elements and aided in the seizure of Kandahar. While Corps doctrine and culture advocates Marine employment as a fully integrated Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF), deployments to Afghanistan often reflected what former Commandant General Charles C. Krulak coined as the "three-block war." Following TF-58's deployment during the initial take down of the Taliban regime, the MAGTF made few appearances in Afghanistan until 2008. Before then, subsequent Marine units often deployed as a single battalion under the command of the U.S. Army Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) to provide security for provincial reconstruction teams. The Marine Corps also provided embedded training teams to train and mentor the fledgling Afghan National Army and Police. Aviation assets sporadically deployed to support the U.S.-led coalition mostly to conduct a specific mission or to bridge a gap in capability, such as close air support or electronic warfare to counter the improvised explosive device threat. From 2003 to late 2007, the national preoccupation with stabilizing Iraq focused most Marine Corps assets on stemming the insurgency, largely centered in the restive al-Anbar Province. As a result of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) taking over command of Afghan operations and Marine Corps' commitments in Iraq, relatively few Marine units operated in Afghanistan from late 2006 to 2007. Although Marines first advocated shifting resources from al-Anbar to southern Afghanistan in early 2007, the George W. Bush administration delayed the Marine proposal for fear of losing the gains made as a result of Army General David H. Petraeus' "surge strategy" in Iraq. By late 2007, the situation in Afghanistan had deteriorated to the point that it inspired Rolling Stone to later publish the story "How We Lost the War We Won." In recognition of the shifting tides in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration began to transfer additional resources to Afghanistan in early 2008. The shift prompted senior Marines to again push for a more prominent role in the Afghan campaign, even proposing to take over the Afghan mission from the Army. . . .

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Download or read book Red Gambit written by Luke Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do a wayward mercenary and a vexed arcanist have in common?Neither of them signed up for this crap . . . "Red Gambit is, first and foremost, a good story. A rollicking good yarn, in fact." - GoodReads ReviewerIt's been fifteen years since the raknoth made a smoldering heap of Earth. But for some survivors, the problems are just getting started.Jarek Slater is a sword-slinging nomad with a powerful exosuit and a mean vigilante streak-or was until his exosuit was stolen. He wants it back.Rachel Cross is an energy-bending arcanist who wants nothing more than to find her brother and bring him home safely.When their paths collide, Jarek and Rachel are reluctantly pulled into a race across the nuclear wasteland to reclaim his suit and save her brother. All that stands between them and their goals is a vicious alien warlord, some grating interpersonal tension, and a whole bunch of violent marauders. Oh, and a mysterious alien device that may bring on the second apocalypse.Together, they might just be strong enough to pull it off. Assuming they don't kill each other first . . . Red Gambit is the first book of the Harvesters Series, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure complete with blood-sucking aliens, power armor, and energy-bending arcanists. If you like Star Wars, Halo, or the likes of Neal Asher, E.E. Knight, Chris Fox, and Michael Anderle, you'll love this series for its "fast-paced adventure," "compelling characters," and "wonderfully wise-cracking dialogue." Hit "Buy now" and experience the action-packed beginning today!

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