Download or read book The Twisted Fate written by Thomas Blood and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up is hard, but some of us can't overcome the damage. Charles, is emotional damaged growing up, and nothing gets any easier for him when he reaches adulthood. Pushed over the edge, Charles becomes a twisted killer who manages to focus his anger on those who prey upon the weak. Charles becomes a monster that hunts monsters. Through his acts, Charles starts to spread fear to those who strike fear into the hearts of the innocent. The only question left is whether or not Charles can be saved.

Download or read book The Twisted Gate written by Matt Glicksman and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demons are humans. They are the forgotten. The war has raged for centuries, and the story has remained unchanged. The Devil sends his army to eradicate humanity and claim the kingdom he once swore to protect. However, Candelux--the priest guild--stands in his way, forcing him to cower in hiding. That cycle is about to be broken. The humans bask in serenity as evidence of the demon threat seems to wane, but terror looms on the horizon. A demon lord rises to lead the Devil's cursed soldiers to victory, and in his wake, there is only death and destruction. The Twisted Gate is the first book in a four-book series.

Download or read book The Twisted Fate written by A.S Bhuiyan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 1901 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you are stuck between two choices that will be life changing? Which one will you choose, do the one that will forever end your problem and give you peace of mind or simply do nothing as you and your family fall into the never-ending abyss of misery? Nick, Lisa, and their mom, Angela, have to make a decision quick as every day becomes more difficult to deal with Davis. One day Davis is killed, and the family is in deep water. Dealing with the death of her husband, Angela is devastated; she tries to hold on to her last memories of him, but most of them are hurtful. Nick alienates himself from his mother and sister and indulges in marijuana; on the other hand, Lisa is trying to stay strong for her brother and mother as she struggles to keep the family from tearing apart. Everyone tries to prove their innocence as time closes in on the real culprit. With only three of the family members present during the murder, who can it be? Who has been pushed to the limit? Who has twisted everyone’s fate? Is it Nick, Lisa, or their mom?

Download or read book The Traitors Gate written by Avi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 1849, the year John Huffman’s father is sentenced to London’s Whitecross Street Prison. He’s been put away for gambling debt—leaving fourteen-year-old John and his family out on the street. But it seems gambling is the least of their problems: Father Huffman is accused of treason. Surrounded by a cast of sinister and suspicious characters, John’s not sure what to believe…or whom.

Download or read book The Twisted Chassis written by Martin Du Plessis and published by Mark Du Plessis. This book was released on with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although this is based on a true story, there is a good deal of fiction in it; you decide which is which. I had the displeasure of owning a panelbeating business for eight years and during those long hard years I was often tempted to succumb to devious individuals offering get-rich-quick schemes. Thankfully I didn’t. Because I would not accommodate them, I received less and less work and the little I did get I had to do at give-away prices. In the end honesty cost me my business, my home, furniture, cars and pride. Thank God for my wife who stood by me through it all: That was ten years ago and I still have nightmares. This book should be read by everyone who has ever had anything to do with the motor trade

Download or read book Murder at Half Moon Gate written by Andrea Penrose and published by Wrexford & Sloane Mystery. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Lord Wrexford discovers the body of a gifted inventor in a dark London alley, he promptly alerts the watchman and lets the authorities handle the matter. But Wrexford soon finds himself drawn into the murder investigation when the inventor's widow begs for his assistance, claiming the crime was not a random robbery. It seems her husband's designs for a revolutionary steam-powered engine went missing the night of his death. The plans could be worth a fortune ... and very dangerous in the wrong hands"--Amazon.com

Download or read book Shadow Gate written by Kate Elliott and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The captivating, bestselling Spirit Gate swept readers into the turbulent world of the Hundred, where the peace and order of life under the protection of the immortal Guardians has given way to chaos and violence. In the face of a vast horde of marauders led by a rogue Guardian, the bravery and resourcefulness of a lone eagle-reeve and others who risk their lives for the common good have prevented death and destruction from overwhelming the Hundred. Now in Shadow Gate, the enthralling sequel, the source of corruption of the Guardians is still a mystery to the mortals who fight to withstand the forces that have turned against them. And when three new Guardians emerge, a struggle begins among the immortals, with nothing less at stake than the future of the land and its gods. With all the color, excitement, and narrative power that have made Kate Elliott an enormously popular writer, Shadow Gate weaves a powerful spell of action, romance, and magic that will entrance legions of readers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book A Gate at the Stairs written by Lorrie Moore and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From “one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation” (The New York Times) comes a piercing novel of race, class, love, and war in America. Twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the daughter of a gentleman farmer, has come to a university town as a student. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny for a mysterious and glamorous family, she finds herself drawn deeper into their world and forever changed. “An indelible portrait of a young woman coming of age in the Midwest in the year after 9/11…. Moore has written her most powerful book yet.” —The New York Times

Download or read book Child of Fire written by Harry Connolly and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray Lilly is living on borrowed time. He’s the driver for Annalise Powliss, a high-ranking member of the Twenty Palace Society, a group of sorcerers devoted to hunting down and executing rogue magicians. But because Ray betrayed her once, Annalise is looking for an excuse to kill him–or let someone else do the job. Unfortunately for both of them, Annalise’s next mission goes wrong, leaving her critically injured. With the little magic he controls, Ray must complete her assignment alone. Not only does he have to stop a sorcerer who’s sacrificing dozens of innocent lives in exchange for supernatural power, he must find–and destroy–the source of that inhuman magic. BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Harry Connolly's Game of Cages and Twenty Palaces.

Download or read book The Sign of the Twisted Candles written by Carolyn Keene and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2022-07-10 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of solving the mystery of an old man's disappearing fortune, Nancy both starts and ends a family feud and reveals the identity of an orphan of unknown parentage. The Sign of the Twisted Candles is the ninth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. As the second volume written by Walter Karig, it was originally published in 1933 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.

Download or read book Circle of Enemies written by Harry Connolly and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former car thief Ray Lilly is now the expendable grunt of a sorcerer responsible for destroying extradimensional predators summoned to our world by power-hungry magicians. Luckily, Ray has some magic of his own, and so far it’s kept him alive. But when a friend from his former gang calls him back to his old stomping grounds in Los Angeles, Ray may have to face a threat even he can’t handle. A mysterious spell is killing Ray’s former associates, and they blame him. Worse yet, the spell was cast by Wally King, the sorcerer who first dragged Ray into the brutal world of the Twenty Palace Society. Now Ray will have to choose between the ties of the past and the responsibilities of the present, as he and the Society face not only Wally King but a bizarre new predator.

Download or read book Stallion Gate written by Martin Cruz Smith and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a novel about the most important ten seconds in history. Stallion Gate, a magnificent successor to Gorky Park, is a powerful sensual idyll, a blend of love and betrayal, of humor and cultures in collision, of jazz and war. In a New Mexico blizzard, four men cross a barbed-wire fence at Stallion Gate to select the test site for the first automatic weapon. They are Oppenheimer, the physicist; Groves, the general; Fuchs, the spy. The fourth man is Sergeant Joe Peña, a hero, informer, fighter, musician, Indian. Oppenheimer and Groves have hidden Los Alamos on a mesa surrounded by vast Indian reservations. It is the most secret installation of the war, the future encompassed by the past. To it come soldiers, roughnecks and scientists, including Anna Weiss, a mathematician and refugee from the Holocaust with whom Joe falls in love.

Download or read book Deadhouse Gates written by Steven Erikson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second novel in the awe-inspiring Malazan Book of the Fallen series. "Gripping, fast-moving, delightfully dark, with a masterful and unapologetic brutality reminiscent of George R. R. Martin." -- Elizabeth Haydon In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha'ik and her followers prepare for the long-prophesied uprising known as the Whirlwind. Unprecedented in size and savagery, this maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust will embroil the Malazan Empire in one of the bloodiest conflicts it has ever known, shaping destinies and giving birth to legends . . . Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, Deadhouse Gates is a novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Eirkson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--a new master of epic fantasy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Stranger in the Twisted Realm written by Kay Kenyon and published by Winterset Books. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prince who will conquer all the kingdoms of myth. The woman who must stop him. Not all myths are harmless. Yevliesza, formerly of earth and now of the Mythos, knows that one of the mythical realms is based in darkness. Volkia. This warlike kingdom has shattered the rules of magic, bringing all the realms into peril. When Yevliesza is sent to Volkia on a diplomatic mission, she arrives at a nest of vipers. The cunning ruler of Volkia, Prince Albrecht, appears to welcome her, but suspects that she is linked to a rare and world-altering power. One that he intends to harness for conquest. To preserve the Mythos, Yevliesza must never reveal that power. But she has left behind a trail of evidence, and worse, she possesses a damning arcane tracery--etched upon her very skin. Now she is in the hands of a ruler who is determined to bend her to his will, whether through a twisted courtship or outright coercion. Unless she can outwit him. The prince has formidable allies, but one is supreme: the twisted being who hovers over the realm, guiding the Volkish and seeking revenge on Yevliesza’s homeland. And especially on the girl with the Lost Power. Book two of a high fantasy quartet from acclaimed science fiction and fantasy world-builder Kay Kenyon. Watch for Servant of the Lost Power, Book 3 of The Arisen Worlds, coming February 20, 2024. KEYWORDS: high fantasy, portal fiction, coming of age, women's fantasy, chosen one, royal destiny, slow burn romance, forbidden love, fantasy romance action adventure, myths and legends, saga, sorcery, myth world, dark magic

Download or read book The Twisted Blackmailer written by T. L. Garrison and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing's ever easy when Sherlock Holmes is involved. Joanna Watson needs sports and academic scholarships if she is going to make it all the way to med school. That means keeping out of trouble, and her school record squeaky clean. But upon befriending the mysterious New Girl, Joanna has her perfect record ruined, skips school for the first time in her life, and finds a blackmailer aiming a gun in her direction. All she knows is that she's going to get grounded... if they get out of this alive.

Download or read book Twisted Fate written by John Boyd and published by Surrounded by Links. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TWISTED FATE THRILLER DRAWS ON AUTHOR'S INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Major Robert Davis has almost captured Bin Laden. He's rescued the U.S. President's son from kidnappers and met with the Castro brothers to prevent a war between the U.S. and Cuba. Now, with his Colombian-born mother recovering from a heart attack, all he wants is to resign from military intelligence and help her with the family's international manufacturing company. And then the President calls. In John Boyd's debut thriller, TWISTED FATE, Davis-the only person to have found Bin Laden-must travel to Colombia on a black mission to stop a planned terrorist attack on the U.S. by the revolutionary FARC and its secret leader, Gilberto Rodriquez. Supported by Bin Laden's organization, Rodriquez has the attack plan in motion, but he has not counted on Robert Davis. With the help of his brother and team, including a nerdy genius with a sophisticated tracking device, Robert races against time, with his life-and the life of the woman he loves-at stake. "Rich with details and author integrity. This book pulls you into a world of intrigue, secrets and danger. Robert Davis is the perfect blend of sex appeal and courage." --Thriller novelist Bonnie Hearn Hill John Boyd was an international construction executive and traveled the world living in Asia and South America. This is the first of the Robert Davis series.

Download or read book The Gates written by Iain Rob Wright and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world ending thrill ride of epic proportions. With so many characters and so many twists, it's like the horror equivalent of Game of Thrones. Iain Rob Wright is sick and twisted. - David Moody, author of the Autumn series. What will you do when the world ends? That's a question that needs answering quickly when the gates to Hell open up all over Earth. Taking place across the globe is an apocalypse like no other, and humanity will find itself at war against a smart and merciless foe. Follow the struggles to survive with several characters as things go from bad to worse. Humanity is dwindling. Guy Granger is a Coast Guard captain in search of his kids. Mina Magar is a photojournalist taking pictures of horror she could never have imagined. Rick Bastion is a fading pop star with his head in a bottle and no hope for his future. Tony Cross is a soldier stuck on the Iraq-Syria border, but fighting insurgents is no longer a priority as a new threat emerges. Follow them all as they fight to stay alive. When the gates open, all Hell will break loose!