Author: Robert Davis
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491736798
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In the kingdom of Ra, eighteen-year-old Dan is an accomplished warrior, co-leader of his sibling group, the Hammer-Axe Six, and in line to become the king of Ra. In order to succeed, the three-time Hammer-Axe champion and warlord needs a great conquest to provide him with credibility. Led by his inherited warrior heart, Dan begins to plan an attack on the Southern Jungle. Unexpectedly, the Hammer-Axe Six are confronted and then mentally controlled by a group of telepaths called the Tat. The Tat are determined to eliminate the Hammer-Axe Six, at all cost, in order to prevent war. In addition, a Lightning Jinn is trying to intervene for purposes unknown to Dan. Consequently, an avalanche of unforeseen events takes place. As Dans blind ambition leads him to take on risky challenges, turmoil builds and leads to cavalier behavior as he wonders whether he can live up to everyones expectations. However, one thing is certain: he cannot fulfill his destiny without help from the Hammer-Axe Six. In this exciting fantasy, only time will tell if a young warrior destined to become a king will succumb to his inner urges and change his fate forever.
Expectations of a King
Author: Robert Davis
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491736798
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In the kingdom of Ra, eighteen-year-old Dan is an accomplished warrior, co-leader of his sibling group, the Hammer-Axe Six, and in line to become the king of Ra. In order to succeed, the three-time Hammer-Axe champion and warlord needs a great conquest to provide him with credibility. Led by his inherited warrior heart, Dan begins to plan an attack on the Southern Jungle. Unexpectedly, the Hammer-Axe Six are confronted and then mentally controlled by a group of telepaths called the Tat. The Tat are determined to eliminate the Hammer-Axe Six, at all cost, in order to prevent war. In addition, a Lightning Jinn is trying to intervene for purposes unknown to Dan. Consequently, an avalanche of unforeseen events takes place. As Dans blind ambition leads him to take on risky challenges, turmoil builds and leads to cavalier behavior as he wonders whether he can live up to everyones expectations. However, one thing is certain: he cannot fulfill his destiny without help from the Hammer-Axe Six. In this exciting fantasy, only time will tell if a young warrior destined to become a king will succumb to his inner urges and change his fate forever.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491736798
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In the kingdom of Ra, eighteen-year-old Dan is an accomplished warrior, co-leader of his sibling group, the Hammer-Axe Six, and in line to become the king of Ra. In order to succeed, the three-time Hammer-Axe champion and warlord needs a great conquest to provide him with credibility. Led by his inherited warrior heart, Dan begins to plan an attack on the Southern Jungle. Unexpectedly, the Hammer-Axe Six are confronted and then mentally controlled by a group of telepaths called the Tat. The Tat are determined to eliminate the Hammer-Axe Six, at all cost, in order to prevent war. In addition, a Lightning Jinn is trying to intervene for purposes unknown to Dan. Consequently, an avalanche of unforeseen events takes place. As Dans blind ambition leads him to take on risky challenges, turmoil builds and leads to cavalier behavior as he wonders whether he can live up to everyones expectations. However, one thing is certain: he cannot fulfill his destiny without help from the Hammer-Axe Six. In this exciting fantasy, only time will tell if a young warrior destined to become a king will succumb to his inner urges and change his fate forever.
War Against the Mafia
Author: Don Pendleton
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497685540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The first book in the classic vigilante action series from a “writer who spawned a genre” (The New York Times). Overseas, Mack Bolan was dubbed “Sgt. Mercy” for the compassion he showed the innocent. On the home front, they’re calling him the Executioner for what he’s doing to the guilty. In the jungles of Southeast Asia, American sniper Mack Bolan honed his skills. After twelve years, with ninety-five confirmed hits, he returns home to Massachusetts. But it’s not to reunite with his family, it’s to bury them—victims in a mass murder/suicide. Even though Bolan’s own father pulled the trigger, he knows the old man was no killer. He was driven to madness by Mafia thugs who have turned his idyllic hometown into a new kind of war zone. Duty calls . . . Introducing an action hero “who would make Jack Reacher think twice,” this is the first book in the iconic series of vigilante justice that has become a publishing phenomenon (Empireonline.com). With more than two hundred million Executioner books sold since its debut, the series continues to stimulate. Gerry Conway, cocreator of Marvel Comics’ The Punisher, credits the Executioner as “my inspiration . . . that’s what gave me the idea for the lone, slightly psychotic avenger.” The series is also now in development as a major motion picture. War Against the Mafia is the 1st book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497685540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The first book in the classic vigilante action series from a “writer who spawned a genre” (The New York Times). Overseas, Mack Bolan was dubbed “Sgt. Mercy” for the compassion he showed the innocent. On the home front, they’re calling him the Executioner for what he’s doing to the guilty. In the jungles of Southeast Asia, American sniper Mack Bolan honed his skills. After twelve years, with ninety-five confirmed hits, he returns home to Massachusetts. But it’s not to reunite with his family, it’s to bury them—victims in a mass murder/suicide. Even though Bolan’s own father pulled the trigger, he knows the old man was no killer. He was driven to madness by Mafia thugs who have turned his idyllic hometown into a new kind of war zone. Duty calls . . . Introducing an action hero “who would make Jack Reacher think twice,” this is the first book in the iconic series of vigilante justice that has become a publishing phenomenon (Empireonline.com). With more than two hundred million Executioner books sold since its debut, the series continues to stimulate. Gerry Conway, cocreator of Marvel Comics’ The Punisher, credits the Executioner as “my inspiration . . . that’s what gave me the idea for the lone, slightly psychotic avenger.” The series is also now in development as a major motion picture. War Against the Mafia is the 1st book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Executioner's Current
Author: Richard Moran
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307425800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
A "fascinating and provocative" story (The Washington Post) of high stakes competition between two titans that shows how the electric chair developed through an effort by one nineteenth-century electric company to discredit the other. In 1882, Thomas Edison ushered in the “age of electricity” when he illuminated Manhattan’s Pearl Street with his direct current (DC) system. Six years later, George Westinghouse lit up Buffalo with his less expensive alternating current (AC). The two men quickly became locked in a fierce rivalry, made all the more complicated by a novel new application for their product: the electric chair. When Edison set out to persuade the state of New York to use Westinghouse’s current to execute condemned criminals, Westinghouse fought back in court, attempting to stop the first electrocution and keep AC from becoming the “executioner’s current.” In this meticulously researched account of the ensuing legal battle and the horribly botched first execution, Moran raises disturbing questions not only about electrocution, but about about our society’s tendency to rely on new technologies to answer moral questions.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307425800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
A "fascinating and provocative" story (The Washington Post) of high stakes competition between two titans that shows how the electric chair developed through an effort by one nineteenth-century electric company to discredit the other. In 1882, Thomas Edison ushered in the “age of electricity” when he illuminated Manhattan’s Pearl Street with his direct current (DC) system. Six years later, George Westinghouse lit up Buffalo with his less expensive alternating current (AC). The two men quickly became locked in a fierce rivalry, made all the more complicated by a novel new application for their product: the electric chair. When Edison set out to persuade the state of New York to use Westinghouse’s current to execute condemned criminals, Westinghouse fought back in court, attempting to stop the first electrocution and keep AC from becoming the “executioner’s current.” In this meticulously researched account of the ensuing legal battle and the horribly botched first execution, Moran raises disturbing questions not only about electrocution, but about about our society’s tendency to rely on new technologies to answer moral questions.
The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 7
Author: Mato Sato
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975380649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Half a year has passed since Menou’s battle with Master Flare. Still on the run from the Faust, she searches for a way to restore Akari, her dearest friend. Her hunt leads her to the Starhusk, one of the Four Major Human Errors. A once in a decade event called “the Hatching” seems to be the key. But to have any chance of reaching the Starhusk, Menou must contend with the Inquisitor Ivory dispatched to stop her-Michele.
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975380649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Half a year has passed since Menou’s battle with Master Flare. Still on the run from the Faust, she searches for a way to restore Akari, her dearest friend. Her hunt leads her to the Starhusk, one of the Four Major Human Errors. A once in a decade event called “the Hatching” seems to be the key. But to have any chance of reaching the Starhusk, Menou must contend with the Inquisitor Ivory dispatched to stop her-Michele.
Lord High Executioner
Author: Howard Engel
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504031490
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A grisly tour of hangings, electrocutions, beheadings—and other state-sanctioned deaths that are part of the long history of the death penalty. In Lord High Executioner, award-winning writer Howard Engel traces the traditions of capital punishment from medieval England and early Canada to the present-day United States. Throughout “civilized” history, executioners employed on behalf of the kingdom, republic, or dictatorship have beheaded, chopped, stabbed, choked, gassed, electrocuted, or beaten criminals to death—and Engel doesn’t shy away from the gritty details of the executioner’s lifestyle, focusing on the paragons, buffoons, and sadists of the dark profession. Packed with all-too-true stories, from hapless hangings to butchered beheadings, this historically accurate look at the executioner’s gruesome work makes for a thoroughly gripping read.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504031490
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A grisly tour of hangings, electrocutions, beheadings—and other state-sanctioned deaths that are part of the long history of the death penalty. In Lord High Executioner, award-winning writer Howard Engel traces the traditions of capital punishment from medieval England and early Canada to the present-day United States. Throughout “civilized” history, executioners employed on behalf of the kingdom, republic, or dictatorship have beheaded, chopped, stabbed, choked, gassed, electrocuted, or beaten criminals to death—and Engel doesn’t shy away from the gritty details of the executioner’s lifestyle, focusing on the paragons, buffoons, and sadists of the dark profession. Packed with all-too-true stories, from hapless hangings to butchered beheadings, this historically accurate look at the executioner’s gruesome work makes for a thoroughly gripping read.
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The Number One Princess
Author: Robert Davis
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438996047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Her mother, while loving and caring to her children, was the ruthless and cunning, Hayee Hellcat, Queen Ramala. Queen Ramala, with the help of her Butchers, took over of tribal lands, forming her own kingdom, called the House of Ra. Her father, the Butcher Dan the Destroyer, was the womanizing Heathen King of Ra. The King won battles for his Queen, while always finding time for his own personal adventures. Named after her mother, the Ra, Ramala was the first born girl to the King and Queen of Ra. She, along with her sibling, were taught and trained by her mother in survival techniques, as well as Ruling protocol. This was done to insure their survival, in a time of tribal warfare, when most everyone would do whatever it took to become the next Ruling clan. Little Ramala loved the way her mother ordered people around and wanted to do the same. Having to live with some of the most unruly sibling, in the history of siblings, Little Ramala used ruling protocol to help her deal with them. After getting positive results, she quickly used ruling protocol on maids, servants and anyone else she could. Little Ramala was a daddy's girl and was spoiled by her father. Every little girl is a princess in her father's eyes. Living and growing up in a warring society, where she witnessed treachery, deceit, murder and mayhem, young Ramala quickly learned the ways of the world. Using the motley crew of her siblings, along with everything she learned from her mother, young Ramala decided to let everyone know that, after what they did for their Queen, they were expected to do what she wanted, after that. Everyone quickly learned, until she became Queen, she was the Number One Princess.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438996047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Her mother, while loving and caring to her children, was the ruthless and cunning, Hayee Hellcat, Queen Ramala. Queen Ramala, with the help of her Butchers, took over of tribal lands, forming her own kingdom, called the House of Ra. Her father, the Butcher Dan the Destroyer, was the womanizing Heathen King of Ra. The King won battles for his Queen, while always finding time for his own personal adventures. Named after her mother, the Ra, Ramala was the first born girl to the King and Queen of Ra. She, along with her sibling, were taught and trained by her mother in survival techniques, as well as Ruling protocol. This was done to insure their survival, in a time of tribal warfare, when most everyone would do whatever it took to become the next Ruling clan. Little Ramala loved the way her mother ordered people around and wanted to do the same. Having to live with some of the most unruly sibling, in the history of siblings, Little Ramala used ruling protocol to help her deal with them. After getting positive results, she quickly used ruling protocol on maids, servants and anyone else she could. Little Ramala was a daddy's girl and was spoiled by her father. Every little girl is a princess in her father's eyes. Living and growing up in a warring society, where she witnessed treachery, deceit, murder and mayhem, young Ramala quickly learned the ways of the world. Using the motley crew of her siblings, along with everything she learned from her mother, young Ramala decided to let everyone know that, after what they did for their Queen, they were expected to do what she wanted, after that. Everyone quickly learned, until she became Queen, she was the Number One Princess.
The Forum
Author: Lorettus Sutton Metcalf
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Current political, social, scientific, education, and literary news written about by many famous authors and reform movements.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Current political, social, scientific, education, and literary news written about by many famous authors and reform movements.
Desert Fallout
Author: Don Pendleton
Publisher: Gold Eagle
ISBN: 1426866275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The discovery of deadly biological poisons and mass slaughter at an archaeological dig in Egypt puts a previously hidden enemy in Bolan's crosshairs. It begins hot, fast and bloody as Bolan unearths a mysterious pretender to the Egyptian throne who is harnessing the bloodlust of terrorist groups to launch a Middle East endgame. Playing all factions— Muslim, Jewish and Christian—against the others, the self-proclaimed Eternal Pharaoh has the ambition and the army to unleash a storm of violence in the region that promises all-out war. This dark enemy and his predecessors have sown the seeds of their magnificent coup for generations, but never anticipated an enemy so righteous in his fury—a relentless, implacable hunter called the Executioner.
Publisher: Gold Eagle
ISBN: 1426866275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The discovery of deadly biological poisons and mass slaughter at an archaeological dig in Egypt puts a previously hidden enemy in Bolan's crosshairs. It begins hot, fast and bloody as Bolan unearths a mysterious pretender to the Egyptian throne who is harnessing the bloodlust of terrorist groups to launch a Middle East endgame. Playing all factions— Muslim, Jewish and Christian—against the others, the self-proclaimed Eternal Pharaoh has the ambition and the army to unleash a storm of violence in the region that promises all-out war. This dark enemy and his predecessors have sown the seeds of their magnificent coup for generations, but never anticipated an enemy so righteous in his fury—a relentless, implacable hunter called the Executioner.
To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back
Author: Ernie López
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 0292797028
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This prison memoir vividly recounts a life of abuse, crime, and incarceration, and reveals the harrowing reality inside America’s broken prison system. When Ernie López was a boy selling newspapers in Depression-era Los Angeles, he would face beatings from his father for not bringing home enough money. When the beatings became unbearable, López took to petty stealing to make up the difference. By thirteen, he was stealing cars, a practice that landed him in California’s harshest juvenile reformatory. So began his cycle of crime and incarceration. López spent decades in some of America’s most notorious prisons, including four and a half years on death row for a murder he insists he did not commit. To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back is the story of a man who refused to be broken by his abusive father, or by America’s abusive criminal justice system. While López admits “I’ve been no angel,” his insider’s account of life in Alcatraz and San Quentin graphically reveals the violence, arbitrary punishment, and unending monotony that give rise to gang cultures within the prisons and practically insure that parolees will commit far worse crimes when they return to the streets.
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 0292797028
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This prison memoir vividly recounts a life of abuse, crime, and incarceration, and reveals the harrowing reality inside America’s broken prison system. When Ernie López was a boy selling newspapers in Depression-era Los Angeles, he would face beatings from his father for not bringing home enough money. When the beatings became unbearable, López took to petty stealing to make up the difference. By thirteen, he was stealing cars, a practice that landed him in California’s harshest juvenile reformatory. So began his cycle of crime and incarceration. López spent decades in some of America’s most notorious prisons, including four and a half years on death row for a murder he insists he did not commit. To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back is the story of a man who refused to be broken by his abusive father, or by America’s abusive criminal justice system. While López admits “I’ve been no angel,” his insider’s account of life in Alcatraz and San Quentin graphically reveals the violence, arbitrary punishment, and unending monotony that give rise to gang cultures within the prisons and practically insure that parolees will commit far worse crimes when they return to the streets.