Download or read book Ronin Boys written by Jonathan Forrest and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Forrest presents a collection of twelve stories that reveal the darkest secrets and explore the depths of horror. In the novella Ronin Boy a boy without name wielding a katana is sentenced to a place of torture and torment beyond imagination. He must now navigate his way through a world of madness, an ever-changing nightmare landscape where the laws of reality no longer exist. In Secret Spitters Society three eleven-year-old friends sneak into a grandmothers wine cellar and invent a drinking game. Each boy tells a secret and takes a sip of wine. If the secret is false, the teller spits out the wine; if the secret is true, the boy swallows. What other secrets reside in the cellar? A hellish monstrosity lurks on the far side of a tall fence; a warped madness compels a child to venture deep into a sandstorm; and unspeakable terrors transpire within a cornfield as Forrest weaves random slices of life into an emotional presentation that lures the minds eye into a fascinating and complex darkness where Vile Little Things await.
Download or read book Unadulterated Dystopia The Advent of Mayhem written by Leonard Betts and published by The Write Order Publication. This book was released on 2024-06-29 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story revolves around the lives of FOUR friends and their families - depicting their last two years of schooling, the graduation years, and a couple of years after the completion of their graduation - in 'WORLD 1'. The story spans from 2050 to 2058. The Economy, Polity, Infrastructure and the Society of ARIANRANDO (a fictitious nation in SOUTHEAST ASIA) have gone through changes as per the NEED OF THE ERA. THE PANDICATE - atop the LEGISLATIVE and the EXECUTIVE - has the highest authority. The JUDICIARY is still independent. Everyone wears a WATCH around their wrists, that sends real-time data regarding an individual's heart-rate and other vital signs to the concerned authorities. The FOUR friends will soon be at the centre of pandemonium, as they are trying to learn and wade through the intricacies of life. The PROJECT to de-throne the LEADER of THE PANDICATE is reaching its culmination; but something unfathomable awaits every individual in the end.
Download or read book Tribe of Legend Book 1 The Awakening written by Markee Drummer and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tribe of Legend: Book 1—The Awakening is an epic coming-of-age story highlighting the bond between a brother and sister living in the inner cities of South Florida. The pair of siblings strive to discover who they are while taking on staggering social stereotypes and stigmas placed upon them by society and institutions in their surrounding environment. Fighting to carve out and take hold of their own individual identities, the young teenagers will soon find themselves on an arduous journey of growth. An ordinary outing in the city on a Friday evening for the brother and sister with friends suddenly turns into a nightmarish gauntlet of running into reality-breaking encounters and mysteries that will challenge the unity and loyalties of close relationships. In addition, it reveals to the siblings that the world around them has much more beyond its veil to show them, than what the average eyes will allow itself to see, and lost secrets of the past affecting the balance of the cosmos are directly linked to the siblings.
Download or read book The Fallen Knight Volume I The Beginning written by L. A. Mix and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Delisted
Download or read book Rebelina written by Rakhi Kapoor and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is a Rebel? A rebel is an individual who does not conform to norms. Women have been fighting for equality and seeking justice in various aspects like equal wages, reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternal leave, sexual harassment, domestic violence, the right to education, etc. Not all rebellions spillover on the streets. Every woman who acts according to her free will for the greater good in her daily routine is a rebel, leading her own revolution. She may be a little girl. She could be a woman in love, a wife, a mom or an expectant mother, a career woman or a loving grandmother. Here are fourteen powerful stories where these rebels take various challenges head-on and live their life on their own terms. The women in the stories make their mark in their own way, symbolizing a revolution against a cause, no matter how big or small. This book is dedicated to every woman who stands up for herself. She refuses to fit in and blend with the crowd. She dares to be different and break the rules. She is courageous, wise, kind and compassionate. She is a fighter and doesn’t give up on herself easily. She leads a rebellion against ignorance. She has a burning desire to live an extraordinary life.
Download or read book Nichu a Japanese School written by John Calhoun Singleton and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1982-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ronin s Mistress written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ronin's Mistress is a brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from Laura Joh Rowland--an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politician's ear for intrigue." (The New York Times). Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide? Sano Ichiro, demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend--while his own fortunes hang in the balance.
Download or read book West of Wicked written by Jonathan Forrest and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published author Jonathan Forrest presents his third booka collection of ten short stories that reveal the darkest secrets and explore the depths of horror. In Secret Spitters Society, three eleven-year-old friends sneak into a grandmothers wine cellar and invent a drinking game. Each boy tells a secret and takes a sip of wine. If the secret is false, the teller spits out the wine; if the secret is true, the boy swallows. What other secrets reside in the cellar? In A Boy Named Blaze, seven-year-old Blaze becomes a man on the day the bad men came and changed his life forever. The short story West follows two young homeless boys and the human and nonhuman dangers they face as they travel west. You could say it was a forgone conclusion that Ralph Reekers was going to have a tough time of it regardless of his actual scent. Had he smelled like a bouquet of fresh picked roses he more likely than not would have still had to endure a time, be it short-lived, of childhood where those nasty, mean kids would have made fun of him because of his name and he would not have liked it much.
Download or read book The Girl Forged by Fate written by Brittany Czarnecki and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A betrayal nineteen years in the making. Seventeen-year-old Ivy Blackbourne wants nothing more than to become a knight and help defend her home from southern raiders, but her father's law forbids it. King Magnus has his reasons for this law and will do anything to protect his family, but it might be too late. The war has spread to the kingdom of Godstone and Magnus is forced to send Ivy away for her protection but also to begin her training. Ivy soon meets a boy named Finn, whose past will links their fates together, and as their relationship grows so too does the danger. King Magnus has been betrayed. His wife is being targeted and his son is being hunted. Ivy soon finds herself fighting for her life trying to get back home, but home is no longer safe. There is one man behind it all, and he'll stop at nothing to get his revenge on the king who took everything from him. "The Girl Forged by Fate" is perfect for fans of Sarah Henning's "The Princess Will Save You," Victoria Aveyard's "Realm Breaker," and George R.R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones." Readers will fall into the action-packed fight scenes, cheer for a budding romance, and be left with a vengeance in their heart with an ending they never saw coming.
Download or read book Prem Kissa written by Pravin Maharaj and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prem was six years old, and the only son to his parents but from the outset, after their daily storytelling evenings with, their grandfather, Baba. He gave all the children stories from the past, when they were noticeably at a young and tender age. Being a brahmin, he hated the caste system in which he grew and lived in, during his growing up days. His life started in a rural area of Deganga, in India, and grew up in an extended family. As a young adult, he graduated as an educated teacher, from an established university. Prem remained a bachelor for a short time only, whilst he lived on the farm, with his mum, until he was twenty-two years old. Soon he was introduced to and then married a pretty damsel. He grew up to be an elegant, handsome and charming person and his journey abroad highlights his attributes, friendliness, career, aligned with his explorative ideals, romance and dreams in all of his endeavors. He was the only member of his family that wanted to get away from the poor life in India, and decided to get away to London, which leads to the second book.
Download or read book Bloodline written by Andrew Hart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-05 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King is dead, and so are his sons. All except one. Matthew, son of King Turin, nephew of the newly appointed steward Janus, comes to terms with his father's death, realizing that there might be more to the story than he previously thought. Matthew gives up his right to the throne, and sets out on a quest to find those he believed long dead, the entire time guided by a mysterious lamb. Bloodline is a story of love, friendship, and the pursuit to unite a kingdom.
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Download or read book Memoirs of a Broken Hearted Girl II written by Latonya D. Young and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie has spent two years under armed guard. Now the walls are beginning to close in. Her life and the lives of her children are at risk. She still hasn't gotten over the brutal murder of her husband and those recurring nightmares that replay that awful moment, night after night, are driving her insane. She's itching at the bud to pay the men who murdered her husband a visit, but her love and respect for Jack is holding those desires at bay. Jack has given up too much for the safety of Sophie and her sons, for her to foolishly go off and risk her life, while seeking revenge. A string of midnight phone calls forces her to face that Taryn won't give up on having her, and their son. When Taryn murders another of Sophie's loved ones just to prove a point, it brings out the bad girl that she tried to control, and now that she has been unleashed, murder and revenge are the name of the game, and no amount of coaxing from Jack can keep Sophie from acting impulsively.
Download or read book Memoirs of a Broken Hearted Girl written by Latonya D. Young and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in the lap of luxury, in the sunshine state, Sophie soon finds that there is a thin line between love and hate. Between her overbearing stepfather and his desires to be more than her stepfather, and her overprotective uncles, it seems that murder and mayhem are the only thing that are keeping her sane. When the murder of a friend's father bring the police knocking on Sophie's door, it brings new enemies into her life, as well as an unsuspecting ally. The investigation into the murder leads Sophie half way around the world in pursuit of revenge and down a road full of deceit, and disaster. Love seems to keep eluding Sophie, and murder keeps finding its way to her doorstep. But when she meets the man of her dreams, it doesn't matter that he is already taken. . Her stepfather is determined to keep her in his life. If it means the murder of every man who shows Sophie affection. His one and only desire in life is to have Sophie by his side and murder is a small price to pay.
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Ancient Oriental Imperial Treasures of Rare Artistic Distinction written by Yamanaka & Company and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Forever Princess written by Nikki Jefford and published by Nikki Jefford. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never underestimate a Fae princess in pink. It started out as a dare. Get the name and number of the cute guy at the club. I don’t back down from dares . . . and I definitely don’t cower for vampires. Turns out cute guy is undead guy with terrible taste in she-vamps. The vixen tries to steal his clan’s magic cup, excuse me, I mean Eternal Chalice. But I intervene. Instead of a thank you, the guy’s imposing older brother attempts to compel me into forgetting everything that went down. I don’t think so. Guess they’ve never met an elf-Fae before. Fabian is the no-nonsense, commanding head of his clan. He thinks it’s his duty to keep me safe. A rival clan is after the chalice and now they want me, too. Apparently, my elven Fae blood is like an aphrodisiac to them. My newfound friends need me more than they realize. Mr. Moody Broody definitely needs more sparkle in his life. Me? I should really keep away from crazed bloodsuckers who want to drain me dry.
Download or read book Selected Papers from the 1992 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History Hosted by the Command and Staff College of the Marine Corps University written by Society for Military History (U.S.). Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
