Download or read book The Draka The Giant written by Liane Zane and published by Zephon Romance. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With supernatural stakes never higher, everything rides on her. Three years ago, Alžběta Černá, an officer in the Czech military intelligence, learned that she’s got angel blood. In fact, she’s one of the Elioud, the hybrid race tasked by Archangel Michael to protect humanity. A lone wolf, Beta ignores her newfound ancestry. She suspects she’s not cut out for the Elioud mission. Worse, she has to team up with András Nagy, a Hungarian Elioud warrior who drives her wild with exasperation—and desire. After András saves her life during a failed mission, Beta’s entire existence is upended. And she’s not the same woman she was. Something dark has descended upon her. So she flees. From her best friends and their Elioud mates. From András, who’d given himself to the taciturn Czech, body and soul. Back to the VZ where she’s sent on a years-long deep-cover assignment that subsumes her. Heartbroken at Beta’s untraceable disappearance, András becomes a stone-cold Elioud killer. Just in time to face the growing Dark angelic threat: emboldened daemonic hordes attack humans throughout Central Europe. András tracks a particularly nasty band of daemons one night to Prague where he picks up a trace of the woman he’d loved and lost—only to realize that they are now on opposite sides.
Download or read book Marching Through Georgia written by S. M. Stirling and published by Baen Books. This book was released on 1991-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the possibilities of alternative history by changing the participants and the stakes in World War II
Download or read book Secret Prince s Bride Imperial Draka Book 2 written by Alyse Zaftig and published by Taylor Neptune. This book was released on with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A half dragon meets her mate. Xuan, one of the Yore, has watched his sister find her happy ending with two mates and twin dragon babies. He doesn’t know where he fits anymore, since they aren’t fighting on the streets just to survive. He opened an antique shop, but he feels strange being an ex-thief. Arienne is trying to evade the sinister attentions of Lord Georgius. She’s at the age where she’ll be in an arranged marriage soon, but she hasn’t felt anything like love. Until the day that she meets Xuan in his antique shop. But with an overbearing noble mother, will Xuan and Arienne be able to find a happy ending?
Download or read book The Healer written by J.P. Moonshine and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creator had become aware. He began to process thought in the midnight darkness of the void. He had no concept of time or dimension. He only knew that he existed. He was left alone in the dark void only with his thoughts. He did not understand what light was, but he was beginning to understand what loneliness was. His first emotions bordered on despair and sorrow. There was no concept of joy and happiness to build a foundation upon. Great storm clouds began to form with his rage. He searched for inner peace then took stock of his surroundings.
Download or read book Drakas written by S. M. Stirling and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2000-11-01 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THINK ABOUT HISTORY. NOW MAKE IT WORSE . . . The Domination of the Draka begins as a British possession in Africa, but soon becomes far more. Absorbing refugees after the American Revolution, and later the Civil War, the Draka become a people bred to rule with an iron fist. They permanently enslave the peoples of Africa, when they do not simply kill them. But this does not slake the Draka thirst for power. Sweeping across the world, the Draka empire engulfs nation after nation, shackling into servitude all who are not Draka. Europe, Asia, and finally all the Earth and its colonies throughout the Solar System fall before the might of the Draka. But empires are not faceless monoliths; they are made of individuals, complex humans with their own hopes and dreams. And so one might ask: Who are the Draka What sort of people does the Domination rule The Draka would have many different answers . . . . . . and this is their story. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). " . . an exciting, evocative [and] horrifying read." ¾Poul Anderson "A vivid alternate reality . . . truly a tour de force." ¾David Drake "A potent, unflinching look at a might-have-been world whose evil both contrasts with and reflects that in our own." ¾Publishers Weekly ". . . superb action scenes, interesting characters, and a detailed if somewhat grisly world." ¾Chicago Sun-Times
Download or read book The Flower The Blackbird written by Liane Zane and published by Zephon Romance. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the conflict between primeval supernatural enemies heats up, her choice will tip the balance. Six months ago Anastasia Fiore, an intelligence officer in Italy’s foreign security service, led an even more secret life on the side. She ran off-the-books missions with her friends Olivia and Beta, American and Czech foreign intelligence officers. The three women shared the same goal: take down predators. And then Stasia’s life got way more interesting. After a complicated, surreal mission that went sideways, Stasia learned that she has angel blood, making her an Elioud. She’s seen what Elioud warriors are called to do, and she’s not interested. Stasia can handle herself with a traditional surujin, a British WWII combat knife, or a 9mm handgun. But she prefers crafting a cover identity so compelling she can charm what she needs from her target instead. In fact, she’s so skilled that the Carabinieri’s Art Squad requests her help tracking down a stolen Rembrandt painting. That’s what she was doing when Miró Kos, a Croatian Elioud she’s already chained, slashed, and drugged, showed up. He was there tracking the buyer, and whether Stasia likes it or not, she’s now inside another surreal mission. One that will make her question what her Elioud blood means. And what the quiet, intense warrior means to her. For his part, Miró cannot let another woman come before his duty. Or near his heart. As Stasia sets out to recover the Rembrandt, she and Miró discover that there is more than a stolen painting at stake. And more than one Dark Irim stalking Stasia.
Download or read book The Guardian Initiative written by Liane Zane and published by Zephon Romance. This book was released on 2024-08-22 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prequel to the Elioud Legacy series In the end, you don’t need a hero in the field. You need a team. A year after high-risk missions to stop terrorists, arms dealers, and criminals, CIA officer Olivia Markham no longer operates in the field. Instead, she runs a clinic for immigrants in a backwater Balkans capital. Olivia has also found a modicum of peace—and someone to love. Her career trajectory? A safe desk job at Langley. Until the day terrorists attack the clinic, upending Olivia’s world and sending her back into active fieldwork. Olivia, whose protective instincts often collide with her duty, now finds herself once again walking a tightrope between pursuing Agency operations and her own. When Captain Alžběta Czerná of Czech military intelligence calls for help to free a young trafficking victim, Olivia convinces Anastasia Fiore of Italian foreign intelligence to join their unsanctioned mission. But Olivia has made more than one enemy during her short career—inside and outside of the Agency. Shocking allegations rocket her to the top of the CIA’s most wanted list just when a terrorist targets her. And more than her career is at stake. Much more. As Olivia sets out on what could be her final mission, Stasia and Beta initiate their own operational protocol for their friend. Set a year before THE ELIOUD LEGACY series, THE GUARDIAN INITIATIVE tells the story of how Olivia Markham, Beta Czerná, and Stasia Fiore team up to aid the victims of their intelligence targets—regardless of the consequences.
Download or read book The Covert Guardian written by Liane Zane and published by Zephon Books. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prequel to the Elioud Legacy series Every hero starts somewhere. She's going to take the fast track from student to trained covert operative. Six months ago, Olivia Markham testified in the grueling murder trial of her cousin Emily's killer. When her boyfriend Jamie surprises Olivia with a trip to Ibiza, party island of the world, her family and friends urge her to go. After all, Emily had been her best friend, the one she'd planned to room with at Brown University her freshman year. Olivia gets her chance to let loose—only not in the way anyone could foresee. What was supposed to be a vacation dancing and drinking on the beach trying to move on from her cousin's death turns into a nightmare terrorist attack instead. As men with automatic weapons and knives move through screaming, swimsuit-clad, and drunken tourists, Olivia can't flee. She has to do something. Even if it kills her. So she stops and confronts a knife-wielding man who'd just slaughtered a young couple. It was a foolhardy act. But Olivia's presence of mind and surprising fighting skills don't go unnoticed—or in vain. A team from the Special Activities Division, the CIA's ultra-clandestine paramilitary unit, miraculously intervenes. What happens next changes the course of Olivia's life forever. Set six years before the ELIOUD LEGACY series, THE COVERT GUARDIAN narrates Olivia Markham's genesis from idealistic college student to trained intelligence operative. "I took the opportunity to read The Covert Guardian twice. What an intriguing plot - what interesting characters - what wonderful geographical and cultural contexts. Zane is one helluva researcher. I'm a fan!!!!" Ted Fichtl, Col. USA, Retired
Download or read book The Harlequin Protocol written by Liane Zane and published by Zephon Books. This book was released on 2024-01-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prequel to THE ELIOUD LEGACY trilogy She was trained to follow orders. She chose her conscience instead. Berlin, 2011—The War on Terror is ten years’ old and shows no signs of abating. While on a high-stakes operation to unearth a terrorist cell on the verge of a devastating attack, newly minted CIA officer Olivia Markham spots a young woman being harassed by a group of immigrants. Unable to stop herself, she intervenes. For better or worse, her actions affect the mission objective. The instincts that made Olivia a stellar CIA recruit threaten her ability to work in the field. But Olivia’s instincts won’t be denied. Even as she faces opposition within the CIA, Olivia meets two other operatives from other agencies whose instincts match her own: Captain Alžběta Czerná of Czech military intelligence and Anastasia Fiore of Italian foreign intelligence. Yet each action outside the wire risks her future at the CIA. As what’s right becomes lost in the fog, Olivia must balance her official and unsanctioned covert activities. Until the dangerous mission that forces her to write her own operational protocol. Set two and half years before THE ELIOUD LEGACY series, THE HARLEQUIN PROTOCOL tells the story of Olivia Markham’s transition from trained field operative to unsanctioned guardian. "If I loved Olivia before, I am insanely mad about her after this. She is a superb character." -- Ted Fichtl, Col. USA (retired)
Download or read book The Harlequin The Drang e written by Liane Zane and published by Zephon Romance. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a dangerous hidden world filled with supernatural conflict, she may be the key to winning everything. Olivia Markham lives a complicated life. By day, she is a star CIA officer working a cover as a graduate student in Vienna. By night, she is a self-appointed, kick-ass superhero wearing a harlequin's hood and wielding a wicked bō. Life is about to get more complicated. The sexual predator that Olivia tracks one July evening to Vienna's Stadtpark calls himself Asmodeus, a demon’s name. Olivia doesn’t care what he calls himself. She’s just there to save an innocent young woman. What Olivia doesn’t know is that Asmodeus has followers he calls bogomili after an ancient sect of believers. She suddenly finds herself fighting to save her own life against these vicious, soulless creatures whose mission is to release souls from the bonds of a corrupt world. Across the Stadtpark another hears Olivia’s battle with the bogomili. He is a drangùe, a powerful warrior with supernatural abilities who is duty bound to save innocents from Asmodeus. This drangùe will stop at nothing to defeat his age-old enemy—even if it means risking everything to bring Olivia into his world. A world in which the drangùe has his own cover identity. He has good reason to distrust this beautiful young woman who hides secrets that could get him killed or worse.... But the drangùe must keep Olivia close in order to stay one step ahead of Asmodeus. The only problem is that the closer he keeps her, the more the drangùe wants to keep Olivia in his life. And that is not part of his long-term battle plans.
Download or read book Beauty of the Beast 1 The Mystic Rose Part B A Vow Of Love And The Challenge written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Type: novella and the word count is about 45,100 words. A new approach to the classic fairy tale. The story of Beauty and the Beast with a twist. What if the woman was the one turned into the creature? A realm of adventure and peril mingled with romance, friendship, and sword and sorcery. Join Pluck in this novella series as she travels through a strange land of danger and intrigue as she finds allies and foes alike in her search to lift her monstrous curse. Begin this action-adventure epic dark fantasy series for free by reading the first book, Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part A: The Flower, The Sword, and The Kiss. A story like Beauty and the Beast but with more action and menacing darkness. In the second story, Pluck was desperate to receive the one thing that would end her curse but would Prince Edward give the Kiss to his wife, dooming Pluck to remain in her monster like form? What would Pluck do to them if Edward did betray her? Beauty Of The Beast Epic Dark Fantasy Action Adventure Sword and Sorcery Novella Series: 1. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part A: The Flower, The Sword, And The Kiss 2. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part B: A Vow Of Love And The Challenge 3. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part C: Hearts Betrayed And Blood Revealed Enter a world of fairytale wonder and fantasy adventure as you journey with Pluck. As a child, she saved her beloved prince by taking a curse upon herself. The curse turned her into a feline-like creature called a Necrom, and as a result, she lived in exiled until she was a young adult, but a time has come for her to leave her seclusion and rejoin her prince and hopefully received the one thing that will release her from her curse, the Kiss. From the first book... Prologue: A Bit of History On the planet Terra when recorded history began, Man coexisted with the Necroms. Necroms were intelligent cat-like humanoids. The dawn of this period was known as the First Age of Magic. In the Second Age of Magic, a war broke out between Man and the Necroms and by the middle of the Second Age, Man was nearly wiped from creation. Those who survived fled Wellspring and journeyed across the sea into the unknown, finding new homes and creating fortified domains. In the Third and final Age of Magic, Man established five island kingdoms and named them, Commery, Fletching, Morgog, Swelldom, and Hort. In the First Age of Metal, Man turned from the lost art of magic to the might of weapons as they discovered iron then steel. Large armies were created, and Man fought amongst themselves, forgetting the Necroms into myth. For generations, the wars continued until an arranged marriage between the two strongest kingdoms of Commery and Morgog ceased the bloodshed, and so Man established the first Emperor and Empress and the tradition of Amalgamation. When both the Emperor and Empress of the Five Kingdoms died, the two strongest kingdoms' heirs married and crowned a new dynasty and so began the Age of Amalgamation. Enjoy this fantasy science fiction series where Man learns that they are not alone in their world. Fairies, elves, dwarves, and other fantastic creatures abound in Wellspring and come to life.
Download or read book Beauty of The Beast 2 Daughter Of A King Part B Serviatrix s Flight And Shadows Revealed written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Type: novella and the word count is about 42,900 words. A new approach to the classic fairy tale. The story of Beauty and the Beast with a twist. What if the woman was the one turned into the creature? A realm of adventure and peril mingled with romance, friendship, and sword and sorcery. Join Pluck in this novella series as she travels through a strange land of danger and intrigue as she finds allies and foes alike in her search to lift her monstrous curse. Begin this action-adventure epic dark fantasy series for free by reading the first book, Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part A: The Flower, The Sword, and The Kiss. A story like Beauty and the Beast but with more action and menacing darkness. In the fifth story, Pluck finds that's she's trapped underground with Kabal with no way out and she desperately searching for a way to return to Votar. Beauty Of The Beast Epic Dark Fantasy Action Adventure Sword and Sorcery Novella Series: 0. Beauty of the Beast Mystic Rose Prequel: Alba 1. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part A: The Flower, The Sword, And The Kiss 2. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part B: A Vow Of Love And The Challenge 3. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part C: Hearts Betrayed And Blood Revealed 4. Beauty of the Beast #2 Daughter Of A King: Part A: Serviatrix's Plight
Download or read book The Domination written by S. M. Stirling and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this omnibus of Marching Through Georgia, Under the Yoke and The Stone Dogs, S.M. Stirling traces the rise of the Domination of the Draka and its long struggle with the United States and the American-led Alliance for Democracy. In this alternate history, the Americans who rejection the Revolution did not scatter to the four winds and Canada; a slight change in the course of events brought them to the new Crown Colony of Drakia instead... starting with the Cape of Good Hope and soon encompassing the whole of the right subcontinent of Southern Africa. Soon burning resentment and limitless ambition spurred the expansion of the people who called themselves the Draka. There they built the Domination, an empire of inconceivable wealth and savagery, founded on conquest and slavery. It grew until it spanned the African continent, and then in the Great War of the early twentieth century, to include much of Asia as well. In the Eurasian War, Germany and the Soviet Union exhausted each other and the Draka stepped in, leaving the Domination triumphant from the English Channel to the China Sea. Only the United States and its allies stood between the Draka and their dream of an enslaved humanity. By the 1990s, the Draka commanded the stuff of life itself, mastering biotechnology until they could create new species at will... and transform themselves into the Master Race of their savage dreams. The Alliance for Democracy traveled another path, into the mysteries of the physical universe and the technology based on such knowledge. The final confrontation would settle which was more powerful... or leave the earth a lifeless rock where nothing human remained but bones. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Download or read book Sheepfarmer s Daughter written by Elizabeth Moon and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 1988-06-01 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter may be the daughter of a humble sheep farmer in the far north end of the kingdom, but she dreams of so much more. After refusing her father’s orders to do the sensible thing and marry the pig farmer down the road, Paks, runs away to join a band of mercenaries, dreaming of daring deeds and military glory. But life in the army is different than she imagined, and her daydreams at first seem to be turning to nightmares. But Paks refuses to let her dreams die—and does her duty with honor and integrity. Her path is an arduous one, but it will transform her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restore a lost ruler to his throne. The Compton Crook Award‑winning first novel from Nebula‑winning author Elizabeth Moon. The first in the Paksenarrion Trilogy—now with an all‑new introduction by the author. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Download or read book The Stone Dogs written by S. M. Stirling and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-standing cold war between the ruthless Draka, occupiers of Europe and Asia, and the American-led Alliance turns fiery when the Draka manipulate life's genetic code to create the ultimate secret weapon.
Download or read book The Iron Dragon s Daughter written by Michael Swanwick and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book: “Combining cyberpunk’s grit with dystopic fantasy, this iconoclastic hybrid is a standout piece of storytelling” (Library Journal). Jane is trapped as a changeling in an industrialized Faerie ruled by aristocratic high elves and populated by ogres, dwarves, night-gaunts, and hags. She is the only human in a factory where underage forced labor builds cybernetic, magical dragons that are weaponized and sent off to war. When the damaged dragon Melanchthon tempts Jane with promises of freedom, the stage is set for a daring escape that will shake the foundations of existence. Combining alchemy and technology, a coming-of-age story like no other, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter takes place against a dystopic mindscape of dark challenges and class struggles that force Jane to make costly decisions at every turn. A finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1994 Locus Award, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter a is one-of-a-kind melding of grimdark fantasy and cyberpunk grit from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide. It engages the reader in a nihilistic world in which nothing is as it seems and everything comes at a steep and often horrific price.
Download or read book Daughter of the Yellow River written by Diana Lu and published by Image Global Imapct. This book was released on 2006 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Diana Lu was three years old, her world turned upside down. China's Cultural Revolution was under way, and Diana's family was forced to leave their comfortable, educated, middle-class life in the city. They relocated to an impoverished coal-mining village at the edge of the Gobi Desert, where they were to be "re-educated." Life in that remote place was a constant struggle against hunger, cold, and fear.
