Author: Dominic N. Ashen
Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 1644501635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
*Named a Distinguished Favorite in the LGBTQ Fiction Category of the 2021 NYC Big Book Awards!* An orc will take a human into his arms! When David went exploring with his friends, he figured they might come across some old ruins or maybe even fight a few monsters. He never expected that he'd wind up captured by an orc and turned into his pet; he expected even less that he'd actually like it! It all started when he was sitting in a jail cell, so desperate to escape that he agreed to trial by combat: The Ritual of Steel & Thunder. He opens the fight strong, but when his competitor manages to overpower him, things start to heat up and he realizes he may have signed on for more than he bargained for. Captain Khazak Ironstorm is the orc ranger responsible for David's arres—and after defeating him in combat, his new owner. Initially amused by his slave's antics, something deeper begins to grow between them—something dark that draws Khazak in as much as it troubles him. More confounding than that are the feats of agility and speed his new pet seems able to perform as if they were nothing. What he does know is that if there is anyone capable of taming this barbaric human's behavior, it's him. A tale of romance mixed with some humor, adventure, and a heaping helping of kink. Read all about the journey of David and Khazak as they learn to understand each other and uncover the mysteries of the magical world around them. Readers who love kink, BDSM, Dom/sub, and other elements of gay/male-on-male romance will love what this story has to offer.
Steel & Thunder
Author: Dominic N. Ashen
Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 1644501635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
*Named a Distinguished Favorite in the LGBTQ Fiction Category of the 2021 NYC Big Book Awards!* An orc will take a human into his arms! When David went exploring with his friends, he figured they might come across some old ruins or maybe even fight a few monsters. He never expected that he'd wind up captured by an orc and turned into his pet; he expected even less that he'd actually like it! It all started when he was sitting in a jail cell, so desperate to escape that he agreed to trial by combat: The Ritual of Steel & Thunder. He opens the fight strong, but when his competitor manages to overpower him, things start to heat up and he realizes he may have signed on for more than he bargained for. Captain Khazak Ironstorm is the orc ranger responsible for David's arres—and after defeating him in combat, his new owner. Initially amused by his slave's antics, something deeper begins to grow between them—something dark that draws Khazak in as much as it troubles him. More confounding than that are the feats of agility and speed his new pet seems able to perform as if they were nothing. What he does know is that if there is anyone capable of taming this barbaric human's behavior, it's him. A tale of romance mixed with some humor, adventure, and a heaping helping of kink. Read all about the journey of David and Khazak as they learn to understand each other and uncover the mysteries of the magical world around them. Readers who love kink, BDSM, Dom/sub, and other elements of gay/male-on-male romance will love what this story has to offer.
Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 1644501635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
*Named a Distinguished Favorite in the LGBTQ Fiction Category of the 2021 NYC Big Book Awards!* An orc will take a human into his arms! When David went exploring with his friends, he figured they might come across some old ruins or maybe even fight a few monsters. He never expected that he'd wind up captured by an orc and turned into his pet; he expected even less that he'd actually like it! It all started when he was sitting in a jail cell, so desperate to escape that he agreed to trial by combat: The Ritual of Steel & Thunder. He opens the fight strong, but when his competitor manages to overpower him, things start to heat up and he realizes he may have signed on for more than he bargained for. Captain Khazak Ironstorm is the orc ranger responsible for David's arres—and after defeating him in combat, his new owner. Initially amused by his slave's antics, something deeper begins to grow between them—something dark that draws Khazak in as much as it troubles him. More confounding than that are the feats of agility and speed his new pet seems able to perform as if they were nothing. What he does know is that if there is anyone capable of taming this barbaric human's behavior, it's him. A tale of romance mixed with some humor, adventure, and a heaping helping of kink. Read all about the journey of David and Khazak as they learn to understand each other and uncover the mysteries of the magical world around them. Readers who love kink, BDSM, Dom/sub, and other elements of gay/male-on-male romance will love what this story has to offer.
Steel Thunder on the Eastern Front
Author: Stackpole Books
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811712095
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A visual history of the artillery used by both sides on the Eastern Front in World War II • Hundreds of photos, most of them from private collections around the world • Depicts artillery pieces, other equipment, and the men who crewed the guns • Color insert shows preserved guns and ammunition • Ideal reference for military history fans, scholars, modelers, and reenact ors • Perfect complement to the narrative accounts in the Stackpole Military History Series
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811712095
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A visual history of the artillery used by both sides on the Eastern Front in World War II • Hundreds of photos, most of them from private collections around the world • Depicts artillery pieces, other equipment, and the men who crewed the guns • Color insert shows preserved guns and ammunition • Ideal reference for military history fans, scholars, modelers, and reenact ors • Perfect complement to the narrative accounts in the Stackpole Military History Series
Thunderclap
Author: Dez Burke
Publisher: Pink Lotus Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
THE PLAYER HAS MET HIS MATCH... Sam… I admit it. I’m a player. I adore women and they love me. I’ve never met a woman that I couldn’t wrap around my body with only a smile and a sexy wink. Until Lila blew into town. For the first time in my life, my tricks aren’t working. I want her and she thinks I’m nothing more than a two-bit thug. It’s time for the player to up his game. Lila… I can sketch Sam Mason with my eyes closed. Every line of his tattoos, every muscle in his arms. Even the crinkle around the corners of his blue eyes with every easy smile. I know him well...every detail. He's been my mark for weeks. Nobody said going undercover as an agent for the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special units division was going to be easy. Working my way into the Steel Infidels Motorcycle Club’s inner circle will take time. Then again I’m a patient and determined woman. Sam Mason may be the sexiest man alive but he’s still going down. This time the player has met his match. Thunderclap is a fully complete standalone motorcycle club romance novel with no cheating and a HEA! 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Publisher: Pink Lotus Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
THE PLAYER HAS MET HIS MATCH... Sam… I admit it. I’m a player. I adore women and they love me. I’ve never met a woman that I couldn’t wrap around my body with only a smile and a sexy wink. Until Lila blew into town. For the first time in my life, my tricks aren’t working. I want her and she thinks I’m nothing more than a two-bit thug. It’s time for the player to up his game. Lila… I can sketch Sam Mason with my eyes closed. Every line of his tattoos, every muscle in his arms. Even the crinkle around the corners of his blue eyes with every easy smile. I know him well...every detail. He's been my mark for weeks. Nobody said going undercover as an agent for the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special units division was going to be easy. Working my way into the Steel Infidels Motorcycle Club’s inner circle will take time. Then again I’m a patient and determined woman. Sam Mason may be the sexiest man alive but he’s still going down. This time the player has met his match. Thunderclap is a fully complete standalone motorcycle club romance novel with no cheating and a HEA! 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Steel Tiger
Author: Mark Berent
Publisher: Mark Berent
ISBN: 0399135383
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Vietnam, 1967. America's most daring fighter pilots faced their greatest challenge in a desperate war. Now on his second tour, Major Court Bannister is hunted by a new, more determined breed of enemy and haunted by his brother's shocking act of treason.
Publisher: Mark Berent
ISBN: 0399135383
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Vietnam, 1967. America's most daring fighter pilots faced their greatest challenge in a desperate war. Now on his second tour, Major Court Bannister is hunted by a new, more determined breed of enemy and haunted by his brother's shocking act of treason.
Steel Beach
Author: John Varley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101656093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
A science fiction epic from "the best writer in America" (Tom Clancy)—Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley. Fleeing Earth after an alien invasion, the human race stands on the threshold of evolution. Their new home is Luna, a moon colony blessed with creature comforts, prolonged lifespans, digital memories, and instant sex changes. But the people of Luna are bored, restless, suicidal—and so is the computer that monitors their existence...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101656093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
A science fiction epic from "the best writer in America" (Tom Clancy)—Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley. Fleeing Earth after an alien invasion, the human race stands on the threshold of evolution. Their new home is Luna, a moon colony blessed with creature comforts, prolonged lifespans, digital memories, and instant sex changes. But the people of Luna are bored, restless, suicidal—and so is the computer that monitors their existence...
Thunder and Steel
Author: Dan Abnett
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781849700238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An omnibus of Dan Abnett fantasy novels, also including unpublished short stories and a new introduction for the author. Across the Old World, the powers of Chaos seek to bring corruption and death, poisoning the minds of men and filling them with hatred and fury. Only the bravest dare stand against them – two Empire soldiers, marching into the cold wastes of Kislev to face the barbaric Northern hordes, where one will lose his soul to the Ruinous Powers. The high elf Gilead Lothain, who seeks to strike at the servants of the Dark Gods in a quest for vengeance that can never end. The ranks of the noble White Wolves, who stand to defend the majestic city of Middenheim until the last man, never backing down in the face of their enemies. Thunder and Steel is an epic collection of Dan Abnett’s Warhammer fantasy, including the novels Riders of the Dead, Gilead’s Blood and Hammers of Ulric, plus short stories and the full graphic novel of The Warhammer.
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781849700238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An omnibus of Dan Abnett fantasy novels, also including unpublished short stories and a new introduction for the author. Across the Old World, the powers of Chaos seek to bring corruption and death, poisoning the minds of men and filling them with hatred and fury. Only the bravest dare stand against them – two Empire soldiers, marching into the cold wastes of Kislev to face the barbaric Northern hordes, where one will lose his soul to the Ruinous Powers. The high elf Gilead Lothain, who seeks to strike at the servants of the Dark Gods in a quest for vengeance that can never end. The ranks of the noble White Wolves, who stand to defend the majestic city of Middenheim until the last man, never backing down in the face of their enemies. Thunder and Steel is an epic collection of Dan Abnett’s Warhammer fantasy, including the novels Riders of the Dead, Gilead’s Blood and Hammers of Ulric, plus short stories and the full graphic novel of The Warhammer.
Storms & Sacrifice
Author: Dominic N. Ashen
Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 1644503417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Will love be enough to save them from the coming storm? After a rocky start, David is settling into his new life with Khazak, the orc who is his... Owner? Friend? Lover? He's still figuring that out, and with his friends in jail for the next two months, he's got time. Or at least he will when he's not working with Khazak and the other rangers to keep the city of V'rok'sh Tah'lj safe. It would also be nice if the weird dreams he's been having would stop. He's done a lot of growing (and not just emotionally), but he can't say this is where he saw himself winding up after leaving the knight academy. At least it's only temporary, right? For his part, Khazak has been all too happy to have David around. It's not that things were boring, he was just used to his routine before the troublesome human entered his life and shook things up. Now he has someone to talk to, share his meals with; they're even working together. Plus, he finally has someone to take to the upcoming Uzu'gor festival like he's always wanted. Unfortunately, what starts with a simple robbery leads to the uncovering of a plot far more sinister, one that threatens not just the limited time he has left with David, but the entire city. A story full of humor, romance, mystery, and kinky outdoor orc festivals! Readers new and old will love this chapter in the continuing tale of David & Khazak and their developing relationship. If you love gay/male-on-male romances that feature kink, BDSM, and Dom/sub elements, all set in an anachronistic fantasy world, this book is for you!tale of David & Khazak and their developing relationship. If you love gay/male-on-male romances that feature kink, BDSM, and Dom/Sub elements, all set in an anachronistic fantasy world, this book is for you!
Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 1644503417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Will love be enough to save them from the coming storm? After a rocky start, David is settling into his new life with Khazak, the orc who is his... Owner? Friend? Lover? He's still figuring that out, and with his friends in jail for the next two months, he's got time. Or at least he will when he's not working with Khazak and the other rangers to keep the city of V'rok'sh Tah'lj safe. It would also be nice if the weird dreams he's been having would stop. He's done a lot of growing (and not just emotionally), but he can't say this is where he saw himself winding up after leaving the knight academy. At least it's only temporary, right? For his part, Khazak has been all too happy to have David around. It's not that things were boring, he was just used to his routine before the troublesome human entered his life and shook things up. Now he has someone to talk to, share his meals with; they're even working together. Plus, he finally has someone to take to the upcoming Uzu'gor festival like he's always wanted. Unfortunately, what starts with a simple robbery leads to the uncovering of a plot far more sinister, one that threatens not just the limited time he has left with David, but the entire city. A story full of humor, romance, mystery, and kinky outdoor orc festivals! Readers new and old will love this chapter in the continuing tale of David & Khazak and their developing relationship. If you love gay/male-on-male romances that feature kink, BDSM, and Dom/sub elements, all set in an anachronistic fantasy world, this book is for you!tale of David & Khazak and their developing relationship. If you love gay/male-on-male romances that feature kink, BDSM, and Dom/Sub elements, all set in an anachronistic fantasy world, this book is for you!
Rolling Thunder
Author: Mark Berent
Publisher: Mark Berent
ISBN: 0399134395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
As hostilities escolate in late 1965, the fates of three men intertwine in Vietnam.
Publisher: Mark Berent
ISBN: 0399134395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
As hostilities escolate in late 1965, the fates of three men intertwine in Vietnam.
Rain of Steel
Author: Stephen Moore
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 168247531X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The last Pacific campaign of World War II was the most violent on record. Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher’s Task Force 58 carriers had conducted air strikes on mainland Japan and supported the Iwo Jima landings, but his aviators were sorely tested once the Okinawa campaign commenced on 1 April 1945. Rain of Steel follows Navy and Marine carrier aviators in the desperate air battles to control the kamikazes directed by Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. The latter would unleash ten different Kikusui aerial suicide operations, one including a naval force built around the world’s most powerful battleship, the 71,000-ton Yamato. These battles are related largely through the words and experiences of some of the last living U.S. fighter aces of World War II. More than 1,900 kamikaze sorties—and thousands more traditional attack aircraft—would be launched against the U.S. Navy’s warships, radar picket ships, and amphibious vessels during the Okinawa campaign. In this time, Navy, Marine, and Army Air Force pilots would claim some 2,326 aerial victories. The most successful four-man fighter division in U.S. Navy history would be crowned during the fight against Ugaki’s kamikazes. The Japanese named the campaign tetsu no ame (“rain of steel”), often referred to in English as “typhoon of steel.”
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 168247531X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The last Pacific campaign of World War II was the most violent on record. Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher’s Task Force 58 carriers had conducted air strikes on mainland Japan and supported the Iwo Jima landings, but his aviators were sorely tested once the Okinawa campaign commenced on 1 April 1945. Rain of Steel follows Navy and Marine carrier aviators in the desperate air battles to control the kamikazes directed by Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. The latter would unleash ten different Kikusui aerial suicide operations, one including a naval force built around the world’s most powerful battleship, the 71,000-ton Yamato. These battles are related largely through the words and experiences of some of the last living U.S. fighter aces of World War II. More than 1,900 kamikaze sorties—and thousands more traditional attack aircraft—would be launched against the U.S. Navy’s warships, radar picket ships, and amphibious vessels during the Okinawa campaign. In this time, Navy, Marine, and Army Air Force pilots would claim some 2,326 aerial victories. The most successful four-man fighter division in U.S. Navy history would be crowned during the fight against Ugaki’s kamikazes. The Japanese named the campaign tetsu no ame (“rain of steel”), often referred to in English as “typhoon of steel.”
Iron Thunder
Author: Avi
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 1423140621
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
When his father is killed fighting for the Union in the War Between the States, thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll must take a job to help support his family. He manages to find work at a bustling ironworks in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, where dozens of men are frantically pounding together the strangest ship Tom has ever seen. A ship made of iron. Tom becomes assistant to the ship's inventor, a gruff, boastful man named Captain John Ericsson. He soon learns that the Union army has very important plans for this iron ship called the Monitor. It is supposed to fight the Confederate "sea monster"--another ironclad--the Merrimac. But Ericsson is practically the only person who believes the Monitor will float. Everyone else calls it "Ericsson's Folly" or "the iron coffin." Meanwhile, Tom's position as Ericsson's assistant has made him a target of Confederate spies, who offer him money for information about the ship. Tom finds himself caught between two certain dangers: an encounter with murderous spies and a battle at sea in an iron coffin
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 1423140621
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
When his father is killed fighting for the Union in the War Between the States, thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll must take a job to help support his family. He manages to find work at a bustling ironworks in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, where dozens of men are frantically pounding together the strangest ship Tom has ever seen. A ship made of iron. Tom becomes assistant to the ship's inventor, a gruff, boastful man named Captain John Ericsson. He soon learns that the Union army has very important plans for this iron ship called the Monitor. It is supposed to fight the Confederate "sea monster"--another ironclad--the Merrimac. But Ericsson is practically the only person who believes the Monitor will float. Everyone else calls it "Ericsson's Folly" or "the iron coffin." Meanwhile, Tom's position as Ericsson's assistant has made him a target of Confederate spies, who offer him money for information about the ship. Tom finds himself caught between two certain dangers: an encounter with murderous spies and a battle at sea in an iron coffin