Download or read book Welcome to the Multiverse written by Ira Nayman and published by Elsewhen Press. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hilarious science-fiction comedy novel follows the first case for Noomi Rapier, rookie investigator with The Transdimensional Authority - the organisation that regulates travel between dimensions. When a dead body is found slumped over a modified transdimensional machine, Noomi and her more experienced partner, Crash Chumley, must find the dead man's accomplices and discover what they were doing with the technology. Their investigation leads them to a variety of realities where Noomi comes face-to-face with four very different incarnations of herself, forcing her to consider how the choices she makes and the circumstances into which she is born determine who she is. Ira Nayman's new novel is both an hilarious romp through multiple dimensions in a variety of alternate realities, and a gentle satire on fate, ambition and expectation. Welcome to the Multiverse (Sorry for the Inconvenience) will appeal to comedy fans who have been bereft of much good science-fiction fare these last eleven years. Ira's style is at times surreal, even off-the-wall, with the humour flying at you from unexpected angles; he describes it as fractal humour. Anyone who has read his Alternate Reality News Service stories will know how funny Ira is. The characters we meet from around the multiverse deserve to become firm favourites with all fans of science fiction comedy.

Download or read book The Triumph of Babylon 5 written by Baz Greenland and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-01-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Babylon 5 revolutionized genre television. First aired in 1993, the space opera series is highly respected for everything it was trying to achieve on television at a time when Star Trek was king. Its use of story arcs and long-form storytelling in science fiction can be felt in everything from Battlestar Galactica to Lost and The Expanse. Much of its legacy has been about its struggle to survive. From the rivalry with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, to the collapse of the Prime Time Entertainment Network, the cancellation of spin-off series, and the failed big screen attempts--the behind-the-scenes details on Babylon 5 are as fascinating as anything we have on screen. This work explores the complex history of Babylon 5, the career of showrunner J. Michael Straczynski, and the behind-the-scenes drama to stay on the air, with many attempts to continue the franchise. Featuring interviews with cast members from the podcast A Dream Given Form, a lengthy two-part interview with Peter Jurasik (Londo) and a chat with Patricia Tallman (Lyta) and others, this book gives insights into what it was like to be part of Babylon 5, chronicling the show's highs and lows and examining the legacy it left behind in genre television.

Download or read book The Lurker written by James V. Smith, Jr. and published by Dell. This book was released on 1989 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something horrible lurking in the shadows, watching and waiting for the right moment to attack . . . and only one woman can stop it. Reporter Laren Hodges knows she must find a way quickly--before she is the next victim! Spine-tingling horror from the author of Beastmaker.

Download or read book Gate of Evil written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a dwarf girl sleepwalks from her home in Arnoch and wanders barefoot into the Farfall Mountains, foul play is suspected. Reports come in of similar abductions all over Medryn-Tha, and the culprit is believed to be a bane of the Abyss, a monster known as the Lurker. Not wishing to place any more of his people at risk, Arnoch's king, the Nameless Dwarf, insists on going after the missing girl by himself. It is a decision he will live to regret... if he's lucky.

Download or read book Bad Penny written by Stephen Heger and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tormented Minds. Government Plots. Lovecraftian Horrors. Leather-clad post-op super-heroines. Knife-wielding maniacs. Perverted dentists. Religious Zealots. And a sheep named Shannon. This on has it all. Bad Penny is a collection of twenty-six short stories and one vovella that range from the frightening to the grotesque to the comedic absurd. Stories of the human, inhuman, and the inhumane.

Download or read book The Tainted Relic written by The Medieval Murderers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: July, 1100. Jerusalem lies ransacked. Amidst the chaos, an English knight is entrusted with a valuable religious relic: a fragment of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ. The relic is said to be cursed: anyone who touches it will meet an untimely and gruesome end. Several decades later, the Cross turns up in the possession of a dealer, robbed and murdered en route to Glastonbury. Investigating the death, Bernard Knight's protagonist, Crowner John learns of its dark history. In Oxford in 1269, the discovery of a decapitated monk leads Ian Morson's academic sleuth William Falconer to uncover a link to the relic. In 1323, in Exeter, Michael Jecks' Sir Baldwin has reason to suspect its involvement in at least five violent deaths. Thirty years later, several suspicious deaths occur in Cambridge - and, once again, the tainted relic has a crucial part to play. Finally, it's despatched to London, where Philip Gooden's Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate.

Download or read book Thicker Than Water written by SF Mazhar and published by SF MAZHAR. This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hadrian is dangerously close to winning the war. He has three of the four Elemental legacies. All that stands between him and complete dominance? Fourteen-year-old Aaron Adams. As a confused and guilt-ridden Aaron struggles to deal with a power that was never meant for him, he finds the worlds are crumbling under the brute force of Hadrian’s warfare – the ruthless vamage will stop at nothing to steal the legacy Aaron holds to become the supreme ruler of the realm. Even if it means calling on his deadliest warrior: his son, Kyran. The Scorcher. Will Kyran turn his back on the bond he shares with Aaron, and do as he is commanded? Can blood prove to be thicker than water?

Download or read book Roots of the Ancestors written by R.A. Sisco and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innocuous hunting trip into the forests of Western Oregon takes an unbelievable twist for three childhood friends. Join Rich, Sonya, and Evan as they are pulled into a world of elemental magic and terror they never knew possible. With the help of their ancestors, they will learn the strength and skill needed to combat the wicked Erra in an attempt to thwart his plans to corrupt the planet. This fast-paced, thrilling adventure is but the beginning for the trio as they ready themselves for the battle ahead.

Download or read book The Writing Desk written by Rachel Hauck and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This happily ever after romance tells the captivating story of two women bound together across time by a shared dream and a mysterious writing desk. Tenley Roth’s first book was a runaway bestseller. Now that her second book is due, she’s locked in fear. Can she repeat her earlier success or is she a fraud who has run out of inspiration? With pressure mounting from her publisher, Tenley is weighted with writer’s block. But when her estranged mother calls asking Tenley to help her through chemotherapy, she packs up for Florida where she meets handsome furniture designer Jonas Sullivan and discovers the story her heart’s been missing. A century earlier, another woman wrote at the same desk with hopes and fears of her own. Born during the Gilded Age, Birdie Shehorn is the daughter of the old money Knickerbockers. Under the strict control of her mother, her every move is decided ahead of time, even whom she’ll marry. But Birdie has dreams she doesn’t know how to realize. She wants to tell stories, write novels, make an impact on the world. When she discovers her mother has taken extreme measures to manipulate her future, she must choose between submission and security or forging a brand new way all on her own. Tenley and Birdie are from two very different worlds, but fate has bound them together in a way time cannot erase. “Rachel Hauck enchants us again! Tenley and Birdie are bound together by the understanding that creativity is a guiding force and that their stories must be told. A tale both bittersweet and redemptive, The Writing Desk is your must-read.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author This sweet, split-time read is a standalone novel, though characters in this story appear in Rachel Hauck’s book, The Fifth Avenue Story Society. Includes discussion questions.

Download or read book Trailsman 256 The High Country Horror written by Jon Sharpe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skye Fargo hunts down a murdering mountain monster! Stranded in the Lost River Mountains, a wagon train of forlorn greenhorns have one chance to survive the harsh mountain winter—a man they call the Trailsman. Skye Fargo can help the men hunt for food, and keep the women warm through those long winter nights, but even he isn’t prepared for the Lost River Lurker. According to legend, the beast is half man, half bear, and totally insane. And if anyone is to get out of those mountains alive, it’ll be up to Fargo to finish the legend for good.

Download or read book The Power of Social Networking written by Tara Hunt and published by Crown Business. This book was released on 2010 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traverse the landscape of Web 2.0 to become a player. Embrace the chaos! [This book} weaves stories from Moleskine, 37Signals, Threadless, Willitblend, and Gary Vaynerchuk into a compelling story of the way business is now done.--Seth Godin, author of "Meatball Sundae."

Download or read book WARP Book 3 The Forever Man written by Eoin Colfer and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riley, an orphan boy living in Victorian London, has achieved his dream of becoming a renowned magician, the Great Savano. He owes much of his success to Chevie, a seventeen-year-old FBI agent who traveled from the future in a time pod and helped him defeat his murderous master, Albert Garrick. But it is difficult for Riley to enjoy his new life, for he has always believed in his heart of hearts that Garrick will someday, somehow, return to seek vengeance. Chevie has assured Riley on numerous occasions that Garrick was sucked into a temporal wormhole, never to emerge. The full nature of the wormhole has never been understood, however, and just as a human body will reject an unsuitable transplant, the wormhole eventually spat him out. By the time Garrick makes it back to Victorian London, he has been planning his revenge on Riley for half a century. But even the best-laid plans can go awry, and when the assassin decides to include Chevie in his retaliation, the three are tossed once more into the wormhole with no idea where—or when—they will end up.

Download or read book Breaking the Lore written by Andy Redsmith and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical, mischievous mystery perfect for fans of Douglas Adams and Ben AaronovitchHow do you stop a demon invasion... when you don’t believe in magic? Inspector Nick Paris is a man of logic and whisky. So staring down at the crucified form of a murder victim who is fifteen centimetres tall leaves the seasoned detective at a loss... and the dead fairy is only the beginning. Suddenly the inspector is offering political asylum to dwarves, consulting with witches, getting tactical advice from elves and taking orders from a chain-smoking talking crow who, technically, outranks him. With the fate of both the human and magic worlds in his hands Nick will have to leave logic behind and embrace his inner mystic to solve the crime and stop an army of demons from invading Manchester! Praise for Breaking the Lore ‘Funny~ Quirky ~ Entertainin’ Reader Review ‘This turned out to be a whole lot of fun. Plenty of laughs and some interesting ideas too’ Reader Review

Download or read book The Earl s Captive written by Lorna Read and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September, 1821. When her father announces that she must marry the ancient, grim-faced vicar, Lucy decides upon a desperate plan. Stealing his prized stallion, she escapes across the moors, only to fall into the hands of notorious horse thieves and the cheating arms of their rough but charming leader. She is forced to take part in their crimes, but when she tries to deceive Philip, son of the Earl of Darwell, Lucy meets her match. Philip gives her an ultimatum: go to the gallows, or help him recover the deeds of Darwell Manor and his mother's lost jewels. Now, Lucy has to win back her freedom while losing her heart to handsome, aloof Philip... who doesn't trust her an inch. This book contains adult content and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.

Download or read book Cash City written by Jonathan Fredrick and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A West Virginia PI is out to avenge his son’s murder in this debut crime novel. For the past seven years, Nick Malick has been haunted by the violent death of his young son. In his gut, Malick knows who did it. But the psychopath is in prison for another crime, scheduled to be released in a year. To exact his revenge, all Malick has to do is wait . . . and survive. Having lost his marriage and career in the wake of the tragedy, Malick scrapes by as a private investigator in the blue-collar town of Cain City, West Virginia. His latest case tasks him with finding a young woman gone missing. Seems simple enough. But when his investigation exposes a link between a corrupt police force and a powerful drug cartel, Malick finds himself at the center of an explosive criminal conspiracy. Turns out, when there’s no one to trust and a whole lot of people want you dead, survival and revenge aren’t so easy. “Quick and nimble, peopled with unforgettable characters, Cash City provides everything I hope to find in a hard-boiled crime novel.” —A.F. Carter, author of The Hostage

Download or read book Children s Speech Sound Disorders written by Caroline Bowen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children’s Speech Sound Disorders Concise, easy-to-understand overview of current practice in articulation disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, developmental dysarthria, phonological disorders, and structurally based speech sound disorders Children’s Speech Sound Disorders provides reader-friendly explanations of key aspects of the classification, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of speech sound disorders, with clinically applicable insights from 58 distinguished contributors who draw on their current work in the child speech field in providing expert essays. This bestselling guide with international appeal includes case vignettes and relatable real-world examples to place topics in context. Children’s Speech Sound Disorders also delivers information on: The evolution of current practices, working with families, telepractice innovations, and important new speech acquisition norms Phonetic, stimulability, perceptual, phonological, and motor-learning-based interventions, and facilitating phonological awareness development in children with speech sound disorders Treatment target selection, phonemic placement and shaping techniques, and goal attack strategies for a range of sounds including affricates, compensatory errors in cleft lip and palate, fricatives, /ɹ/, and vowels Lifelong speech and psychological consequences of childhood apraxia of speech and measuring speech intelligibility in children with motor speech disorders Multilingualism, language variation, and the application of constraint-based nonlinear phonology across languages Drawing on a range of theoretical, research and clinical perspectives and emphasising treatment fidelity, quality client care, and evidence-based practice, Children’s Speech Sound Disorders comprises an indispensable collection of research-based clinical nuggets, hands-on strategies, thoughtful discussion, and inspiration for academics, clinicians, educators and students in speech-language pathology/speech and language therapy.

Download or read book Playing With Fire written by SF Mazhar and published by SF MAZHAR. This book was released on with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunters have gathered. Battle lines are drawn. War is about to begin. The realm of mages is in chaos. With his powers now unlocked, Hadrian the vamage is preparing to take the realm as his own. The only ones who can stand in his way are the Elementals, armed with the mighty Blades of Aric. Fourteen years old, Aaron Adams discovers that he is one of the four Elementals who can use these powerful weapons. But when family secrets are finally revealed, Aaron finds himself caught between doing what his parents ask of him and what the mages expect from him. Aaron faces a choice: pick up his sword and join the fight, or stand back and pray the world doesn’t burn to the ground around him. Book Two in the Power of Four series.