Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Abitha Scarborough is a psychological specialist and a junior curator in the Ministry of Decorum, the wing of the Alterian Government that deals with manners, etiquette, decorum, espionage, misinformation, and propaganda. She and her family felt secure in their position in life, until they got the news that Abitha was being transferred to Joffrey Collins, the asylum for dissenters and criminally insane. This is not a good thing for the family. In a desperate attempt to stop the ruin of their family and the loss of everything they love, Abitha's daughters, Portia and Ursula, along with their closest friends in the informal gang they call The Renaissance Boys, decide to embark on a quest for the Tinkerer's Mainspring. Thought to be a myth, the Tinkerer's Mainspring is an ancient artifact, handcrafted by the rebels of old. If they can find the Mainspring, they can change everything. But they aren't the only ones looking for it — Lazarus Glass is close behind. Can The Renaissance Boys find the Mainspring and save the family before Lazarus can seize it?
The Tinkerer's Mainspring
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Abitha Scarborough is a psychological specialist and a junior curator in the Ministry of Decorum, the wing of the Alterian Government that deals with manners, etiquette, decorum, espionage, misinformation, and propaganda. She and her family felt secure in their position in life, until they got the news that Abitha was being transferred to Joffrey Collins, the asylum for dissenters and criminally insane. This is not a good thing for the family. In a desperate attempt to stop the ruin of their family and the loss of everything they love, Abitha's daughters, Portia and Ursula, along with their closest friends in the informal gang they call The Renaissance Boys, decide to embark on a quest for the Tinkerer's Mainspring. Thought to be a myth, the Tinkerer's Mainspring is an ancient artifact, handcrafted by the rebels of old. If they can find the Mainspring, they can change everything. But they aren't the only ones looking for it — Lazarus Glass is close behind. Can The Renaissance Boys find the Mainspring and save the family before Lazarus can seize it?
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Abitha Scarborough is a psychological specialist and a junior curator in the Ministry of Decorum, the wing of the Alterian Government that deals with manners, etiquette, decorum, espionage, misinformation, and propaganda. She and her family felt secure in their position in life, until they got the news that Abitha was being transferred to Joffrey Collins, the asylum for dissenters and criminally insane. This is not a good thing for the family. In a desperate attempt to stop the ruin of their family and the loss of everything they love, Abitha's daughters, Portia and Ursula, along with their closest friends in the informal gang they call The Renaissance Boys, decide to embark on a quest for the Tinkerer's Mainspring. Thought to be a myth, the Tinkerer's Mainspring is an ancient artifact, handcrafted by the rebels of old. If they can find the Mainspring, they can change everything. But they aren't the only ones looking for it — Lazarus Glass is close behind. Can The Renaissance Boys find the Mainspring and save the family before Lazarus can seize it?
Devil May Care
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Cooper Bishop is suffocating. Careening toward a dead-end future in the small Appalachian town of Festus, he dreams of escaping to the crashing waves of the California coast. Cooper longs to break free from his neglectful, alcoholic father and the haunting memories of his family’s broken past. He’s obsessed with writing stories greater than his own life experience, so when opportunity presents itself, Cooper and his friend Solomon seize it, setting off on the devil-may-care adventure of a lifetime. But the open road might not bring the freedom Cooper expects. Living by Solomon’s wits and Cooper’s imagination, the two friends scrape their way toward Hollywood as fact and fiction weave Cooper’s life together with the story he’s creating about screenwriter Eddie Vale. In this intricately developed literary departure, bestselling authors Sean Platt and Johnny B Truant explore the powerful force of story and how seemingly inconsequential choices create shockwaves that resonate for decades.Platt and Truant’s masterful narrative will unravel you and challenge your understanding of success, family, and courage.
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Cooper Bishop is suffocating. Careening toward a dead-end future in the small Appalachian town of Festus, he dreams of escaping to the crashing waves of the California coast. Cooper longs to break free from his neglectful, alcoholic father and the haunting memories of his family’s broken past. He’s obsessed with writing stories greater than his own life experience, so when opportunity presents itself, Cooper and his friend Solomon seize it, setting off on the devil-may-care adventure of a lifetime. But the open road might not bring the freedom Cooper expects. Living by Solomon’s wits and Cooper’s imagination, the two friends scrape their way toward Hollywood as fact and fiction weave Cooper’s life together with the story he’s creating about screenwriter Eddie Vale. In this intricately developed literary departure, bestselling authors Sean Platt and Johnny B Truant explore the powerful force of story and how seemingly inconsequential choices create shockwaves that resonate for decades.Platt and Truant’s masterful narrative will unravel you and challenge your understanding of success, family, and courage.
Suicide Flats
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Hell waits for one man. There have always been rumors about the dead place in the city of Fortune: a vast circle where nothing grows known as Suicide Flats. It’s a place where people go to die. Where dark shadows emerge at night, denied by the government that pretends it has no presence in Fortune. Where you can feel the pull of something not-quite-right, drawing lost souls to once-beautiful Cecret Lake at its center — a lake that one day eight years ago turned black as ink. Officially, Fortune is an anomaly. Yet scientist Eldon Porter knows what the secretive agency GEN knows but hasn’t divulged to the public: Suicide Flats is a thin spot between our plane of existence and another. That other plane is a realm of heat and sulfur — a place without an official name, though even the scientists call it by its unofficial one: Hell. Minister Callum MacReady has run out of faith. His son is dying, and every week he stands in front of his congregation and tells them lies so that they — not he — can feel better. He tells the people of Fortune that God has a plan. That life is joyous. But as young Nathan worsens, Callum knows the truth: There is no plan. There is only grief and pain. But one day, when Callum finds himself in Suicide Flats at the shore of the ochre lake, he suddenly finds that he feels no pain at all. His worst thoughts and feelings have inexplicably left him … siphoned away, it seems, by a hungry and malevolent being waiting on the other side of a rift between worlds — a rift that’s been lurking beneath Cecret’s black water for centuries, just waiting for a reason to open. As Hell opens wide and demons rise, Eldon and Callum find themselves in a race against time. Fortune is the world’s canary … but soon enough, under the onslaught of unholy creatures, Fortune is destined to fall. Suicide Flats is a stand-alone novel in the world of Gore Point by artisan author Johnny B. Truant: a terrifying and unsettlingly beautiful ride into the mouth of chaos.
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Hell waits for one man. There have always been rumors about the dead place in the city of Fortune: a vast circle where nothing grows known as Suicide Flats. It’s a place where people go to die. Where dark shadows emerge at night, denied by the government that pretends it has no presence in Fortune. Where you can feel the pull of something not-quite-right, drawing lost souls to once-beautiful Cecret Lake at its center — a lake that one day eight years ago turned black as ink. Officially, Fortune is an anomaly. Yet scientist Eldon Porter knows what the secretive agency GEN knows but hasn’t divulged to the public: Suicide Flats is a thin spot between our plane of existence and another. That other plane is a realm of heat and sulfur — a place without an official name, though even the scientists call it by its unofficial one: Hell. Minister Callum MacReady has run out of faith. His son is dying, and every week he stands in front of his congregation and tells them lies so that they — not he — can feel better. He tells the people of Fortune that God has a plan. That life is joyous. But as young Nathan worsens, Callum knows the truth: There is no plan. There is only grief and pain. But one day, when Callum finds himself in Suicide Flats at the shore of the ochre lake, he suddenly finds that he feels no pain at all. His worst thoughts and feelings have inexplicably left him … siphoned away, it seems, by a hungry and malevolent being waiting on the other side of a rift between worlds — a rift that’s been lurking beneath Cecret’s black water for centuries, just waiting for a reason to open. As Hell opens wide and demons rise, Eldon and Callum find themselves in a race against time. Fortune is the world’s canary … but soon enough, under the onslaught of unholy creatures, Fortune is destined to fall. Suicide Flats is a stand-alone novel in the world of Gore Point by artisan author Johnny B. Truant: a terrifying and unsettlingly beautiful ride into the mouth of chaos.
The Engine Convergence
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
In the ten years that have passed since Eila Doyle was banished and disappeared, the world has changed. Athenia has taken control of all ten engines through military occupation. International tensions have never been higher. When the entire body of the International Senate is assassinated, the whole world is clearly headed to war. King Godwyn wants to lead the celestials off the Island of Evergreen to take over the engines and rule the world. Leviathan is opening interdimensional doors between worlds to let The Might seep out. Spirit Daemons spawned from engine pollution become manifest and wreak havoc across the land. And the city of Stensue threatens all life with The Implement. Can Eila return to take her place in the order of things and help restore harmony to all the engines? Or is this truly the end? The Engine Convergence is book five and the final installment in The Dream Engine Series. Find the answers you’ve been waiting for.
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
In the ten years that have passed since Eila Doyle was banished and disappeared, the world has changed. Athenia has taken control of all ten engines through military occupation. International tensions have never been higher. When the entire body of the International Senate is assassinated, the whole world is clearly headed to war. King Godwyn wants to lead the celestials off the Island of Evergreen to take over the engines and rule the world. Leviathan is opening interdimensional doors between worlds to let The Might seep out. Spirit Daemons spawned from engine pollution become manifest and wreak havoc across the land. And the city of Stensue threatens all life with The Implement. Can Eila return to take her place in the order of things and help restore harmony to all the engines? Or is this truly the end? The Engine Convergence is book five and the final installment in The Dream Engine Series. Find the answers you’ve been waiting for.
City of Fire
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
All’s quiet where Hell remains. Months after the sundering that nearly collapsed our world into the demon plane, the city of Fortune has become unnervingly normal. Rifts no longer open. Fiends no longer cross over. The few that remain are captives, including their king: a mammoth horned beast known as “the dreadnought.” The city is far too calm, as if waiting for a terrible shoe to drop. The only Hell left lives inside Adrian Porter’s dreams, stirred by the nearby dreadnought. Each night, Adrian sees his captured girlfriend Laurel tortured in flame. For once, his brother Ray is the sensible one. As Adrian battles guilt and regret, life must go on. But Adrian’s dreams aren’t just dreams. They’re messages: Laurel calling from her infernal prison. The planes have begun to shift again, and the military fears an attack as the next gambit in humanity’s longest con takes shape. Desperate to uncover the truth, Earthside forces recruit Adrian and Ray to lead a covert expedition into Hell itself. But what awaits them on the other side is a twisted reflection of their own world: plots and schemes, a resistance, a tyrannical leader in a war for control. With each revelation, the true scope of the fiends’ plan comes into focus … and Adrian realizes the only way to ensure humanity's survival may be to make an unthinkable sacrifice. In this epic tale of honor, obsession, and the blurred lines between good and evil, the Porter brothers must decide how far they’re willing to go to save both worlds from annihilation. Brace yourself for a mind-bending journey where nothing is as it seems — and the only certainty is that when the final battle begins, existence itself will tremble.
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
All’s quiet where Hell remains. Months after the sundering that nearly collapsed our world into the demon plane, the city of Fortune has become unnervingly normal. Rifts no longer open. Fiends no longer cross over. The few that remain are captives, including their king: a mammoth horned beast known as “the dreadnought.” The city is far too calm, as if waiting for a terrible shoe to drop. The only Hell left lives inside Adrian Porter’s dreams, stirred by the nearby dreadnought. Each night, Adrian sees his captured girlfriend Laurel tortured in flame. For once, his brother Ray is the sensible one. As Adrian battles guilt and regret, life must go on. But Adrian’s dreams aren’t just dreams. They’re messages: Laurel calling from her infernal prison. The planes have begun to shift again, and the military fears an attack as the next gambit in humanity’s longest con takes shape. Desperate to uncover the truth, Earthside forces recruit Adrian and Ray to lead a covert expedition into Hell itself. But what awaits them on the other side is a twisted reflection of their own world: plots and schemes, a resistance, a tyrannical leader in a war for control. With each revelation, the true scope of the fiends’ plan comes into focus … and Adrian realizes the only way to ensure humanity's survival may be to make an unthinkable sacrifice. In this epic tale of honor, obsession, and the blurred lines between good and evil, the Porter brothers must decide how far they’re willing to go to save both worlds from annihilation. Brace yourself for a mind-bending journey where nothing is as it seems — and the only certainty is that when the final battle begins, existence itself will tremble.
I Am John Titor
Author: Sean Platt
Publisher: Sterling & Stone LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
In the world of internet legends, time traveler John Titor is the ultimate prize. Idealistic filmmaker Ramon Jimenez is stuck shooting mundane reality shows when he longs to create documentaries that change the world. But needing to keep food on the table has put his ambitions on hold… Until Ramon spots a broken-down car linked to John Titor, an infamous internet legend who, at the turn of the century, claimed to be a time traveler from 2036. This could be the break he’s waiting for – if he can find a fresh angle. RJ tracks down six different witnesses – each claiming to know “the real” John Titor. But their stories don’t add up. One says Titor was sent from the future to stop a world-ending war. Another insists he was nothing more than a bored college kid creating an internet hoax to impress his frat brothers. A third claims to have been set up to take the fall in an elaborate heist orchestrated by Titor in 1970s New York. As RJ dives deeper, the lines between fact and fiction blur. Who was John Titor? Was he really from the future, or just a cleverly spun hoax? The closer RJ gets to the truth, the higher the stakes become. I Am John Titor is a time-traveling epic that jumps between decades, genres, and timelines as RJ tries to solve the mystery of the true legend of John Titor.
Publisher: Sterling & Stone LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
In the world of internet legends, time traveler John Titor is the ultimate prize. Idealistic filmmaker Ramon Jimenez is stuck shooting mundane reality shows when he longs to create documentaries that change the world. But needing to keep food on the table has put his ambitions on hold… Until Ramon spots a broken-down car linked to John Titor, an infamous internet legend who, at the turn of the century, claimed to be a time traveler from 2036. This could be the break he’s waiting for – if he can find a fresh angle. RJ tracks down six different witnesses – each claiming to know “the real” John Titor. But their stories don’t add up. One says Titor was sent from the future to stop a world-ending war. Another insists he was nothing more than a bored college kid creating an internet hoax to impress his frat brothers. A third claims to have been set up to take the fall in an elaborate heist orchestrated by Titor in 1970s New York. As RJ dives deeper, the lines between fact and fiction blur. Who was John Titor? Was he really from the future, or just a cleverly spun hoax? The closer RJ gets to the truth, the higher the stakes become. I Am John Titor is a time-traveling epic that jumps between decades, genres, and timelines as RJ tries to solve the mystery of the true legend of John Titor.
The Pandora Core
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Eila, Eve, Abbie, and their small band of allies find themselves on the run again. Fleeing North from the all-but-ruined Waldron’s Gate, they are on a quest to carry the precious core of the Blunderbuss to safety. But they are not alone. Pursued by a creature calling itself Leviathan, as well as by operatives from Waldron’s Gate, and soldiers from Stensue, this rag-tag band has to draw on all of their collective courage and skills at each step of the journey. As the rebels press on, Juliette journeys to Athenia in a desperate gambit for allies and worldwide consensus on confronting the coming crisis. But has she overplayed her hand? Their treacherous odyssey takes Eila and her friends through the lands of Thesic and Aerohead on their way to their ultimate destination: The Celestial Gate. The Pandora Core, book four in The Dream Engine Series, ratchets the tension up to eleven, turning the careful world of Alterra and its foes beyond inside out.
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Eila, Eve, Abbie, and their small band of allies find themselves on the run again. Fleeing North from the all-but-ruined Waldron’s Gate, they are on a quest to carry the precious core of the Blunderbuss to safety. But they are not alone. Pursued by a creature calling itself Leviathan, as well as by operatives from Waldron’s Gate, and soldiers from Stensue, this rag-tag band has to draw on all of their collective courage and skills at each step of the journey. As the rebels press on, Juliette journeys to Athenia in a desperate gambit for allies and worldwide consensus on confronting the coming crisis. But has she overplayed her hand? Their treacherous odyssey takes Eila and her friends through the lands of Thesic and Aerohead on their way to their ultimate destination: The Celestial Gate. The Pandora Core, book four in The Dream Engine Series, ratchets the tension up to eleven, turning the careful world of Alterra and its foes beyond inside out.
Axis of Aaron
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Ebon Shale is desperate to forget, but terrified of being forgotten.... Desperate to forget the sudden death and illuminated betrayal of his new wife and longtime girlfriend, Ebon Shale flees to the quiet seaside town of Aaron, a place that's been calling him back since he was a child. But once there, Ebon feels lost. The small town's citizens are as odd as its energy, and seem to shift the reality before him. Will Aaron help Ebon forget, or will it swallow him whole?
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Ebon Shale is desperate to forget, but terrified of being forgotten.... Desperate to forget the sudden death and illuminated betrayal of his new wife and longtime girlfriend, Ebon Shale flees to the quiet seaside town of Aaron, a place that's been calling him back since he was a child. But once there, Ebon feels lost. The small town's citizens are as odd as its energy, and seem to shift the reality before him. Will Aaron help Ebon forget, or will it swallow him whole?
Tinkers
Author: Paul Harding
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
ISBN: 1942658613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Special edition of Paul Harding’s Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel—featuring a new foreword by Marilynne Robinson and book club extras inside In this deluxe tenth anniversary edition, Marilynne Robinson introduces the beautiful novel Tinkers, which begins with an old man who lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past, where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. The story behind this New York Times bestselling debut novel—the first independently published Pulitzer Prize winner since A Confederacy of Dunces received the award nearly thirty years before—is as extraordinary as the elegant prose within it. Inspired by his family’s history, Paul Harding began writing Tinkers when his rock band broke up. Following numerous rejections from large publishers, Harding was about to shelve the manuscript when Bellevue Literary Press offered a contract. After being accepted by BLP, but before it was even published, the novel developed a following among independent booksellers from coast to coast. Readers and critics soon fell in love, and it went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize, prompting the New York Times to declare the novel’s remarkable success “the most dramatic literary Cinderella story of recent memory.” That story is still being written as readers across the country continue to discover this modern classic, which has now sold over half a million copies, proving once again that great literature has a thriving and passionate audience. Paul Harding is the author of two novels about multiple generations of a New England family: Enon and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tinkers. He teaches at Stony Brook Southampton.
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
ISBN: 1942658613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Special edition of Paul Harding’s Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel—featuring a new foreword by Marilynne Robinson and book club extras inside In this deluxe tenth anniversary edition, Marilynne Robinson introduces the beautiful novel Tinkers, which begins with an old man who lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past, where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. The story behind this New York Times bestselling debut novel—the first independently published Pulitzer Prize winner since A Confederacy of Dunces received the award nearly thirty years before—is as extraordinary as the elegant prose within it. Inspired by his family’s history, Paul Harding began writing Tinkers when his rock band broke up. Following numerous rejections from large publishers, Harding was about to shelve the manuscript when Bellevue Literary Press offered a contract. After being accepted by BLP, but before it was even published, the novel developed a following among independent booksellers from coast to coast. Readers and critics soon fell in love, and it went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize, prompting the New York Times to declare the novel’s remarkable success “the most dramatic literary Cinderella story of recent memory.” That story is still being written as readers across the country continue to discover this modern classic, which has now sold over half a million copies, proving once again that great literature has a thriving and passionate audience. Paul Harding is the author of two novels about multiple generations of a New England family: Enon and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tinkers. He teaches at Stony Brook Southampton.
The Vampire Maurice
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The mob is out for blood — literally! At the height of prohibition, the real threat on the streets of 1929 Chicago isn't Al Capone and his empire built on bootleg whiskey; it's the vampire mafia. And the liquid they trade is of an altogether deadlier variety. In this hidden world, the vampire mafia is bootlegging an addictive and deadly synthetic blood called Thrill. When the vampire Maurice discovers their blood-running operation, he must act to stop the flow of bootlegged blood, or risk the power balance of the vampire world tipping entirely into the hands of those who have been corrupted. But the mafia doesn't take kindly to interlopers, even those with fangs. The Vampire Maurice is book one of a side series set in the world of the bestselling Fat Vampire world.
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The mob is out for blood — literally! At the height of prohibition, the real threat on the streets of 1929 Chicago isn't Al Capone and his empire built on bootleg whiskey; it's the vampire mafia. And the liquid they trade is of an altogether deadlier variety. In this hidden world, the vampire mafia is bootlegging an addictive and deadly synthetic blood called Thrill. When the vampire Maurice discovers their blood-running operation, he must act to stop the flow of bootlegged blood, or risk the power balance of the vampire world tipping entirely into the hands of those who have been corrupted. But the mafia doesn't take kindly to interlopers, even those with fangs. The Vampire Maurice is book one of a side series set in the world of the bestselling Fat Vampire world.