Author: Kevin R. Kotara
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665575344
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Under Blood-Red Skies by Kevin R. Kotara “Around here even dead men have been known to get up and walk off.” Everything is what it seems until it isn’t. A mysterious Old West tale of a bounty hunter that unfolds in a burgeoning mountain town. The stranger’s story is questioned but taken on faith until a fateful night that perplexes law enforcement and leads to a chase across the territory and a bounty put on the bounty hunter.
Across The Blood-Red Skies
Author: Robert Radcliffe
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0748129472
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Spring 1917. The average survival time of a First World War reconnaissance pilot is eighteen hours. After weeks in the thick of it, George Duckwell, reluctant novice-hero of the Royal Flying Corps, is living on borrowed time, watching in horror as a succession of comrades are shot down, burned, maimed and killed, while somehow he survives. Struggling to make sense of the conflict, George forms an awkward friendship with William 'Mac' MacBride, an enigmatic Canadian ace, waging his own private war against the legendary Red Baron, Manfred von Richtofen. But when Mac falls for George's sweetheart - front-line nurse Emily - the fragile bond that keeps the two men alive comes under threat on the eve of the most lethal conflict the modern world has known.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0748129472
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Spring 1917. The average survival time of a First World War reconnaissance pilot is eighteen hours. After weeks in the thick of it, George Duckwell, reluctant novice-hero of the Royal Flying Corps, is living on borrowed time, watching in horror as a succession of comrades are shot down, burned, maimed and killed, while somehow he survives. Struggling to make sense of the conflict, George forms an awkward friendship with William 'Mac' MacBride, an enigmatic Canadian ace, waging his own private war against the legendary Red Baron, Manfred von Richtofen. But when Mac falls for George's sweetheart - front-line nurse Emily - the fragile bond that keeps the two men alive comes under threat on the eve of the most lethal conflict the modern world has known.
Under Blood-Red Skies
Author: Kevin R. Kotara
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665575344
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Under Blood-Red Skies by Kevin R. Kotara “Around here even dead men have been known to get up and walk off.” Everything is what it seems until it isn’t. A mysterious Old West tale of a bounty hunter that unfolds in a burgeoning mountain town. The stranger’s story is questioned but taken on faith until a fateful night that perplexes law enforcement and leads to a chase across the territory and a bounty put on the bounty hunter.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665575344
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Under Blood-Red Skies by Kevin R. Kotara “Around here even dead men have been known to get up and walk off.” Everything is what it seems until it isn’t. A mysterious Old West tale of a bounty hunter that unfolds in a burgeoning mountain town. The stranger’s story is questioned but taken on faith until a fateful night that perplexes law enforcement and leads to a chase across the territory and a bounty put on the bounty hunter.
Red Skies Falling
Author: Alex London
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374306869
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In Red Skies Falling, Alex London's thrilling sequel to Black Wings Beating, the epic fantasy Skybound Saga continues as twins Kylee and Brysen are separated by the expanse of Uztar, but are preparing for the same war--or so they think. Kylee is ensconsed in the Sky Castle, training with Mem Uku to master the Hollow Tongue and the Ghost Eagle. But political intrigue abounds and court drama seems to seep through the castle's stones like blood from a broken feather. Meanwhile, Brysen is still in the Six Villages, preparing for an attack by the Kartami. The Villages have become Uztar's first line of defense, and refugees are flooding in from the plains. But their arrival lays bare the villagers' darkest instincts. As Brysen navigates the growing turmoil, he must also grapple with a newfound gift, a burgeoning crush on a mysterious boy, and a shocking betrayal. The two will meet again on the battlefield, fighting the same war from different sides. But the Ghost Eagle has its own plans.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374306869
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In Red Skies Falling, Alex London's thrilling sequel to Black Wings Beating, the epic fantasy Skybound Saga continues as twins Kylee and Brysen are separated by the expanse of Uztar, but are preparing for the same war--or so they think. Kylee is ensconsed in the Sky Castle, training with Mem Uku to master the Hollow Tongue and the Ghost Eagle. But political intrigue abounds and court drama seems to seep through the castle's stones like blood from a broken feather. Meanwhile, Brysen is still in the Six Villages, preparing for an attack by the Kartami. The Villages have become Uztar's first line of defense, and refugees are flooding in from the plains. But their arrival lays bare the villagers' darkest instincts. As Brysen navigates the growing turmoil, he must also grapple with a newfound gift, a burgeoning crush on a mysterious boy, and a shocking betrayal. The two will meet again on the battlefield, fighting the same war from different sides. But the Ghost Eagle has its own plans.
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Author: Scott Lynch
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0553903586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
In the second book of the suspense-filled Gentleman Bastard Sequence, hailed by George R. R. Martin as “fresh, original, and engrossing,” Locke Lamora faces a caper so death-defying that nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. For some, only a prize worth dying for makes life worth living. . . . After a brutal battle with the underworld, Locke and his sidekick, Jean, fled to the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But they are soon back to what they do best—stealing from the rich and pocketing the proceeds. Now, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the world’s most exclusive, most heavily guarded gambling house. But there is one cardinal rule: it is death to cheat at any game. Brazenly undeterred, Locke and Jean have orchestrated an elaborate plan to lie, trick, and swindle their way straight to the Sinspire’s teeming vault. But someone knows the duo’s secret—and has every intention of making them pay for their sins. . . . Don’t miss any of Scott Lynch’s epic fantasy Gentleman Bastard Sequence: THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA • RED SEAS UNDER RED SKIES • THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0553903586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
In the second book of the suspense-filled Gentleman Bastard Sequence, hailed by George R. R. Martin as “fresh, original, and engrossing,” Locke Lamora faces a caper so death-defying that nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. For some, only a prize worth dying for makes life worth living. . . . After a brutal battle with the underworld, Locke and his sidekick, Jean, fled to the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But they are soon back to what they do best—stealing from the rich and pocketing the proceeds. Now, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the world’s most exclusive, most heavily guarded gambling house. But there is one cardinal rule: it is death to cheat at any game. Brazenly undeterred, Locke and Jean have orchestrated an elaborate plan to lie, trick, and swindle their way straight to the Sinspire’s teeming vault. But someone knows the duo’s secret—and has every intention of making them pay for their sins. . . . Don’t miss any of Scott Lynch’s epic fantasy Gentleman Bastard Sequence: THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA • RED SEAS UNDER RED SKIES • THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
Crucifixion in Gomorrah
Author: John LaChance
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359000231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
You need a vacation, and you "need it bad." Book your passage on a rip-schooner to the Dengan coast. Here's an African explorer and there a white hunter, both of whom you will know, sweat-wet, in lustful glory. And there, underneath the baronial staircase in the governor-general's mansion, is a defrocked priest, absolutely naked in his desires for female flesh. And there are women here that, in your private life, you would never want to know, much less suffer their acquaintance because of what they've dared. So book your passage beneath the frippering sails of the Sultana on its way to the Dengan coast.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359000231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
You need a vacation, and you "need it bad." Book your passage on a rip-schooner to the Dengan coast. Here's an African explorer and there a white hunter, both of whom you will know, sweat-wet, in lustful glory. And there, underneath the baronial staircase in the governor-general's mansion, is a defrocked priest, absolutely naked in his desires for female flesh. And there are women here that, in your private life, you would never want to know, much less suffer their acquaintance because of what they've dared. So book your passage beneath the frippering sails of the Sultana on its way to the Dengan coast.
Endsinger
Author: Jay Kristoff
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250001420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
"Simultaneously published in Great Britain by Tor, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishing Limited"--Title page verso.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250001420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
"Simultaneously published in Great Britain by Tor, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishing Limited"--Title page verso.
Kinslayer
Author: Jay Kristoff
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250022940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Kinslayer is Book Two in Jay Kristoff's critically acclaimed Lotus War series that began with Stormdancer, featuring an unforgettable heroine and a stunningly original Japanese dystopian steampunk world A SHATTERED EMPIRE The mad Shogun Yoritomo has been assassinated by the Stormdancer Yukiko, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. The toxic blood lotus flower continues to ravage the land, the deadlands splitting wider by the day. The machine-worshippers of the Lotus Guild conspire to renew the nation's broken dynasty and crush the growing rebellion simultaneously - by endorsing a new Shogun who desires nothing more than to see Yukiko dead. A DARK LEGACY Yukiko and the mighty thunder tiger Buruu have been cast in the role of heroes by the Kagé rebellion. But Yukiko herself is blinded by rage over her father's death, and her ability to hear the thoughts of beasts is swelling beyond her power to control. Along with Buruu, Yukiko's anchor is Kin, the rebel Guildsman who helped her escape from Yoritomo's clutches. But Kin has his own secrets, and is haunted by visions of a future he'd rather die than see realized. A GATHERING STORM Kagé assassins lurk within the Shogun's palace, plotting to end the new dynasty before it begins. A waif from Kigen's gutters begins a friendship that could undo the entire empire. A new enemy gathers its strength, readying to push the fracturing Shima imperium into a war it cannot hope to survive. And across raging oceans, amongst islands of black glass, Yukiko and Buruu will face foes no katana or talon can defeat. The ghosts of a blood-stained past.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250022940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Kinslayer is Book Two in Jay Kristoff's critically acclaimed Lotus War series that began with Stormdancer, featuring an unforgettable heroine and a stunningly original Japanese dystopian steampunk world A SHATTERED EMPIRE The mad Shogun Yoritomo has been assassinated by the Stormdancer Yukiko, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. The toxic blood lotus flower continues to ravage the land, the deadlands splitting wider by the day. The machine-worshippers of the Lotus Guild conspire to renew the nation's broken dynasty and crush the growing rebellion simultaneously - by endorsing a new Shogun who desires nothing more than to see Yukiko dead. A DARK LEGACY Yukiko and the mighty thunder tiger Buruu have been cast in the role of heroes by the Kagé rebellion. But Yukiko herself is blinded by rage over her father's death, and her ability to hear the thoughts of beasts is swelling beyond her power to control. Along with Buruu, Yukiko's anchor is Kin, the rebel Guildsman who helped her escape from Yoritomo's clutches. But Kin has his own secrets, and is haunted by visions of a future he'd rather die than see realized. A GATHERING STORM Kagé assassins lurk within the Shogun's palace, plotting to end the new dynasty before it begins. A waif from Kigen's gutters begins a friendship that could undo the entire empire. A new enemy gathers its strength, readying to push the fracturing Shima imperium into a war it cannot hope to survive. And across raging oceans, amongst islands of black glass, Yukiko and Buruu will face foes no katana or talon can defeat. The ghosts of a blood-stained past.
White Reindeer, Kudzu Monster, & Other Tales of Wonder
Author: DJ Lyons
Publisher: PublishAmerica
ISBN: 1630840688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A collection of 32 short stories and novellas by DJ Lyons: * “White Reindeer”?Lost on a Norwegian mountain, DJ faces rock slides, raging waterfalls and other challenges. Miraculously, a white reindeer appears and leads her to safety. * “Kudzu Monster”?An unlikely love story involving a young frontier girl and the Kudzu Monster who saves her life. * “Trapped in Beaumaris Castle”?Gwyn agrees to spend the night in a haunted castle. What he sees finally puts to rest a 700-year-old question: How did the king's archer die? * “Grandmother Lyons' Tales”?True stories about a tornado, a Civil War love story, a scam, a premonition saving two lives and a scary Rag Man. * “12 Tales of Wonder” plus “12 Stories for the Young At Heart”?Exciting adventures involving ghosts, wishes, secrets, bullies, animals, amazing characters, a Broccoli Monster, fairy godmothers, magic and fun.
Publisher: PublishAmerica
ISBN: 1630840688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A collection of 32 short stories and novellas by DJ Lyons: * “White Reindeer”?Lost on a Norwegian mountain, DJ faces rock slides, raging waterfalls and other challenges. Miraculously, a white reindeer appears and leads her to safety. * “Kudzu Monster”?An unlikely love story involving a young frontier girl and the Kudzu Monster who saves her life. * “Trapped in Beaumaris Castle”?Gwyn agrees to spend the night in a haunted castle. What he sees finally puts to rest a 700-year-old question: How did the king's archer die? * “Grandmother Lyons' Tales”?True stories about a tornado, a Civil War love story, a scam, a premonition saving two lives and a scary Rag Man. * “12 Tales of Wonder” plus “12 Stories for the Young At Heart”?Exciting adventures involving ghosts, wishes, secrets, bullies, animals, amazing characters, a Broccoli Monster, fairy godmothers, magic and fun.
Tillian's War Journal
Author: Louis T. Cooley Jr.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453516018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In a faraway galaxy known as Galaxy X, there is a great nation battling for its very existence. There is a prophecy that gives hope for that nation, for that galaxy. There have been many chosen in times past, in past worlds and civilizations; but for this particular galaxy, there is a child that will be born to crush that of the serpents headhe must succeed, or there will be no more. Their world needs a new hero. This is a very cinematic story, which lives and breathes in another time and place. Louis has achieved something great and inspiring. The cover art and interior art was executed by Louis as well, he is a marvel who has taken the dragon by its horns.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453516018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In a faraway galaxy known as Galaxy X, there is a great nation battling for its very existence. There is a prophecy that gives hope for that nation, for that galaxy. There have been many chosen in times past, in past worlds and civilizations; but for this particular galaxy, there is a child that will be born to crush that of the serpents headhe must succeed, or there will be no more. Their world needs a new hero. This is a very cinematic story, which lives and breathes in another time and place. Louis has achieved something great and inspiring. The cover art and interior art was executed by Louis as well, he is a marvel who has taken the dragon by its horns.
Dream Finder
Author: Roger Taylor
Publisher: Mushroom Publishing
ISBN: 1843192772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
An Independent novel set in the world of Hawklan. Since their leader Petran died, the Guild of Dream Finders have been timid, and their ancient craft has fallen into disrepute. Petran's son Antyr, young, grief stricken and only part trained, could not begin to fill the vacuum left by his father. Increasingly he has become a bitter spectator, with neither the cynicism to become rich by pandering to the whims of the wealthy, nor the courage to offer them his skills honestly and without fear. His nightly visits to the alehouse have resulted in a dwindling of his customers, and the quarrels with his strange Companion have grown increasingly unpleasant. Then mysteriously one night, Antyr is taken to Duke Ibris of the City of Serenstadt, who has been troubled by mystifying and unsettling dreams. It is the beginning of a journey that leads inexorably to a terrible confrontation with a malevolent blind man possessed of a fearful otherworldly sight, and Ivaroth, a warrior chief determined to conquer the Duke's land and all beyond...
Publisher: Mushroom Publishing
ISBN: 1843192772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
An Independent novel set in the world of Hawklan. Since their leader Petran died, the Guild of Dream Finders have been timid, and their ancient craft has fallen into disrepute. Petran's son Antyr, young, grief stricken and only part trained, could not begin to fill the vacuum left by his father. Increasingly he has become a bitter spectator, with neither the cynicism to become rich by pandering to the whims of the wealthy, nor the courage to offer them his skills honestly and without fear. His nightly visits to the alehouse have resulted in a dwindling of his customers, and the quarrels with his strange Companion have grown increasingly unpleasant. Then mysteriously one night, Antyr is taken to Duke Ibris of the City of Serenstadt, who has been troubled by mystifying and unsettling dreams. It is the beginning of a journey that leads inexorably to a terrible confrontation with a malevolent blind man possessed of a fearful otherworldly sight, and Ivaroth, a warrior chief determined to conquer the Duke's land and all beyond...