Author: Ray Johnson
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772171565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Anahita, the High Priest’s beautiful Persian daughter is a clear and present danger to other organized religions. Her faith is four thousand years old. Zoroastrianism is the father of all revealed religions. For five centuries, her faith dominated the known world. Now she is in the entertainment capital of the United States, a city where Aimee Semple McPherson conned millions out of her followers and L. Ron Hubbard turned a fake religion into a multi-billion dollar organization and O. L. Jaggers leached millions from his Great World Church scheme. With her beauty and charisma, with television as her platform, a faith that was the first revealed religion, the first to require a person for pay for their sins, the first environmental religion, could easily explode across the US with Millennials as her vanguard. Every dollar she collects would be one dollar less for existing religions. The faithful put Anahita in the hands of Jordan Stone, a policeman turned attorney. Jordan is tall, handsome and fearless. Anahita is beautiful, charismatic, with an incredible shape and looks like a Persian Princess. Her enemies are legion, from major religions, that are suffering from declining members and fewer dollars in the collection plates, to members of her own faith who are willing to sacrifice Anahita to resist change. Together Anahita and Jordan do battle with assassins, LA street gangs, a religious coalition and crooked government officials, all who want her dead.
The jewels of the Madonna
Author: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The original Italian with a correct English translation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The original Italian with a correct English translation.
The Jewels of the Madonna, Opera in Three Acts on Neapolitan Life
Author: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Black Star One
Author: Ray Johnson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462835422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The onrushing Black Star was going to pull the Earth out of solar orbit and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Astronomers worldwide agreed that Earth had ten years before the Black Star dragged it into interstellar space. The President told the American public that he purposed to cover as much as possible of the United States with a cold-shielding composite. Homes, farms, ranches, they would all be protected from the minus 300 degree cold by the three-inch thick composite plates. Jeff Allen works for the governments most powerful agency. With the help of beautiful Tenaya, Jeff has to keep Americas enemies from stealing the cold fusion and composite secrets that allow the United States to survive in the frigid cold of deep space.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462835422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The onrushing Black Star was going to pull the Earth out of solar orbit and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Astronomers worldwide agreed that Earth had ten years before the Black Star dragged it into interstellar space. The President told the American public that he purposed to cover as much as possible of the United States with a cold-shielding composite. Homes, farms, ranches, they would all be protected from the minus 300 degree cold by the three-inch thick composite plates. Jeff Allen works for the governments most powerful agency. With the help of beautiful Tenaya, Jeff has to keep Americas enemies from stealing the cold fusion and composite secrets that allow the United States to survive in the frigid cold of deep space.
The Merry Go Round
Author: Ray Johnson
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772171964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The town is small, so the carnival that comes every year is usually small, with a small Ferris wheel and a small merry-go-round. But this year’s carnival has a huge merry-go-round, with six horses in a row, rather than three. The merry-go-round looks brand new, with immaculate fixtures: Flawless horses, some rearing, others snorting, still other racing with flying manes. The brass is polished and the mirrors are sparkling clean. Every child, and many young people, want to ride on the fabulous merry-go-round. People, young and old, buy tickets and get in line to get on the merry go round…never knowing that none of them will ever get off….
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772171964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The town is small, so the carnival that comes every year is usually small, with a small Ferris wheel and a small merry-go-round. But this year’s carnival has a huge merry-go-round, with six horses in a row, rather than three. The merry-go-round looks brand new, with immaculate fixtures: Flawless horses, some rearing, others snorting, still other racing with flying manes. The brass is polished and the mirrors are sparkling clean. Every child, and many young people, want to ride on the fabulous merry-go-round. People, young and old, buy tickets and get in line to get on the merry go round…never knowing that none of them will ever get off….
Three Years Later
Author: Ray Johnson
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772170909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
A dirt road, meandering through a boreal forest, headed for who knows where. Sara is the first, walking alone down the road, with fragrant fir and spruce crowding both sides of the road on a warm day. She sees the incredible two-story log home, dominating a clearing; beautiful beyond description. She rings the doorbell and hears melodic chimes, but there’s no answer. It takes every ounce of her courage to enter. The interior of the home is as magnificent as the exterior, with a cathedral ceiling soaring high above her. The home has the appealing smell of fresh-cut timber, but no occupants. In the dining room, on a massive table that is a polished slab of redwood, is a packet with her name on it. There are four other packets, identical to hers; all with different names. A voice from outside calls, it is Ann arriving. While they discuss the mysterious and impossible packets, Russel arrives. Following Russel, Brad arrives, then Tioga, the final arrival; all with packets awaiting them. They attempt to discover what common denominator put them on the mysterious dirt road. It is not age or race or gender or occupation that links them. Brad finally forces the other four to accept the unacceptable, they were all murdered. One by one they relate the painful events that led up to their deaths. Tioga asks the burning question, “Did we die yesterday, five years ago or a decade ago?” Brad suggests the packets with their names on them might hold the answer. He further proposes they open them in the order of their arrival. Sara is leery, because she was the first to arrive. Her courage needs bolstering. One by one they discover the contents of the packets. Each packet contains everything they would need to confront the people that murdered them. Brad askes the other four, “Is there anyone here who wants to turn the other cheek?” Narrowed eyes and looks of revenge answer his question. Armed with everything they will need for retribution, they leave on five quests of repayment in like coin. Will justice be painful and swift? Will justice even be achieved? Will they again find themselves on the enigmatic dirt road? Only the force that is powerful enough to bring them back from the grave knows the answer.
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772170909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
A dirt road, meandering through a boreal forest, headed for who knows where. Sara is the first, walking alone down the road, with fragrant fir and spruce crowding both sides of the road on a warm day. She sees the incredible two-story log home, dominating a clearing; beautiful beyond description. She rings the doorbell and hears melodic chimes, but there’s no answer. It takes every ounce of her courage to enter. The interior of the home is as magnificent as the exterior, with a cathedral ceiling soaring high above her. The home has the appealing smell of fresh-cut timber, but no occupants. In the dining room, on a massive table that is a polished slab of redwood, is a packet with her name on it. There are four other packets, identical to hers; all with different names. A voice from outside calls, it is Ann arriving. While they discuss the mysterious and impossible packets, Russel arrives. Following Russel, Brad arrives, then Tioga, the final arrival; all with packets awaiting them. They attempt to discover what common denominator put them on the mysterious dirt road. It is not age or race or gender or occupation that links them. Brad finally forces the other four to accept the unacceptable, they were all murdered. One by one they relate the painful events that led up to their deaths. Tioga asks the burning question, “Did we die yesterday, five years ago or a decade ago?” Brad suggests the packets with their names on them might hold the answer. He further proposes they open them in the order of their arrival. Sara is leery, because she was the first to arrive. Her courage needs bolstering. One by one they discover the contents of the packets. Each packet contains everything they would need to confront the people that murdered them. Brad askes the other four, “Is there anyone here who wants to turn the other cheek?” Narrowed eyes and looks of revenge answer his question. Armed with everything they will need for retribution, they leave on five quests of repayment in like coin. Will justice be painful and swift? Will justice even be achieved? Will they again find themselves on the enigmatic dirt road? Only the force that is powerful enough to bring them back from the grave knows the answer.
The Vermillion Dragon
Author: Ray Johnson
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772170569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Three Vermillion Dragon soldiers are waiting for Sondra Larkin when she returns to her apartment. She lives near the UCLA campus and is returning from a study group in the student union. The men grab her and a breathing mask placed over her face, then everything fades to a murky black. Her parents are independently wealthy, living on a sprawling twenty acre estate in Santa Barbara, California. Ransom seems the obvious reason for the kidnapping, yet after three days, nothing is heard from the kidnappers. Sondra’s father is long-time contributor to the campaigns of the President. He seeks the President’s help because he feels the FBI is not accomplishing anything meaningful. Because of the father’s influence, the Deputy Director assigns Rick Jefferies, his best off-books agent at Langley, to the case. Interagency problems will surface with a vengeance if the FBI discovers that someone from another agency is working an obvious kidnapping. Both agencies are extremely territorial. The Vermillion Dragon, a Vietnamese crime syndicate, had contracted to deliver a blonde virgin to the head of the Durango Cartel. The Durango Cartel is attempting to expand into the territory of its powerful neighbors: the Sinaloa Cartel led by El Chapo, to the west and the Zacatecas Cartel, led by El Tigre to the east. Sondra is transported on a container ship to Mazatlan and then accompanied by a Vermillion Dragon captain to Durango. Rick and Kim, his partner with a checkered past, along with the help of a backup agent and a shooter, battle their way into Durango Cartel territory. Mexico’s merciless streets push them to their limits as the lives of Sondra and many others hang in the balance. They must fight off cartel soldiers, corrupt Mexican Police and Vermillion Dragon assassins, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. They are constantly outnumbered and outgunned. In terms of lives lost, the rescue attempt is extremely expensive; with few people left standing.
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772170569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Three Vermillion Dragon soldiers are waiting for Sondra Larkin when she returns to her apartment. She lives near the UCLA campus and is returning from a study group in the student union. The men grab her and a breathing mask placed over her face, then everything fades to a murky black. Her parents are independently wealthy, living on a sprawling twenty acre estate in Santa Barbara, California. Ransom seems the obvious reason for the kidnapping, yet after three days, nothing is heard from the kidnappers. Sondra’s father is long-time contributor to the campaigns of the President. He seeks the President’s help because he feels the FBI is not accomplishing anything meaningful. Because of the father’s influence, the Deputy Director assigns Rick Jefferies, his best off-books agent at Langley, to the case. Interagency problems will surface with a vengeance if the FBI discovers that someone from another agency is working an obvious kidnapping. Both agencies are extremely territorial. The Vermillion Dragon, a Vietnamese crime syndicate, had contracted to deliver a blonde virgin to the head of the Durango Cartel. The Durango Cartel is attempting to expand into the territory of its powerful neighbors: the Sinaloa Cartel led by El Chapo, to the west and the Zacatecas Cartel, led by El Tigre to the east. Sondra is transported on a container ship to Mazatlan and then accompanied by a Vermillion Dragon captain to Durango. Rick and Kim, his partner with a checkered past, along with the help of a backup agent and a shooter, battle their way into Durango Cartel territory. Mexico’s merciless streets push them to their limits as the lives of Sondra and many others hang in the balance. They must fight off cartel soldiers, corrupt Mexican Police and Vermillion Dragon assassins, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. They are constantly outnumbered and outgunned. In terms of lives lost, the rescue attempt is extremely expensive; with few people left standing.
The Conjugal Wife
Author: Ray Johnson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462839002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Perhaps the most exhilarating experience in all the world is being in bed with a murderess. Every man who has the opportunity should do so at least once in his lifetime. These were the curious and dangerous thoughts of a man by lust possessed. The man was Dalton Nordstrom, a handsome and engaging man who seemingly had everything life has to offer: the type of man that it is hard to buy a gift for because he appears to have everything already. Lanetta is the intoxicating woman that caused Dalton to think so foolishly, to act with blind abandon. Like Dalton, Lanetta also has many attributes; the most striking of which is her beauty. But it is impossible for beauty to fully blossom behind prison bars. Is Lanetta really a murderess? The courts say she is, but she claims to be blameless. Lanettas sister, Quilla, believes in her innocence. Quilla is just as beautiful as Lanetta, but cut from a different bolt of cloth: a righteous bolt of fabric, rather than cloth woven with menacing threads of narcotics and robbery. A dangerous triangle is forming, a convicted murderess, a rich businessman and a religious sister. It is difficult to envision anything good coming from this disparate trinity.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462839002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Perhaps the most exhilarating experience in all the world is being in bed with a murderess. Every man who has the opportunity should do so at least once in his lifetime. These were the curious and dangerous thoughts of a man by lust possessed. The man was Dalton Nordstrom, a handsome and engaging man who seemingly had everything life has to offer: the type of man that it is hard to buy a gift for because he appears to have everything already. Lanetta is the intoxicating woman that caused Dalton to think so foolishly, to act with blind abandon. Like Dalton, Lanetta also has many attributes; the most striking of which is her beauty. But it is impossible for beauty to fully blossom behind prison bars. Is Lanetta really a murderess? The courts say she is, but she claims to be blameless. Lanettas sister, Quilla, believes in her innocence. Quilla is just as beautiful as Lanetta, but cut from a different bolt of cloth: a righteous bolt of fabric, rather than cloth woven with menacing threads of narcotics and robbery. A dangerous triangle is forming, a convicted murderess, a rich businessman and a religious sister. It is difficult to envision anything good coming from this disparate trinity.
The Punishing Avenger
Author: RAY JOHNSON
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772170348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Incredibly wealthy people have been raping and pillaging rain forests and virgin lands with impunity. Numerous innocent people have been killed because of this avarice. A group that calls itself the Punishing Avenger is killing and maiming these wealthy people where greed means more to them than human life. CIA agent, Rick Jefferies, is assigned to investigate these atypical crimes. This murderous group attempts to portray themselves as modern day Robin Hoods, protecting the innocent while punishing the guilty. To enhance that media image, they avoid any collateral damage, while rewarding their victims. Powerful politicians increasingly fear one of their affluent contributors might be the next target. Rick, a lone wolf agent, is assigned an unwanted partner as the stakes rise. Rick does not buy into the Robin Hood and his merry men portrayal. He and his new partner hunt down the killers from Las Vegas, to a Mississippi riverboat and finally to the outskirts of Dallas, dodging bullets and to bring true justice to the Punishing Avenger.
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772170348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Incredibly wealthy people have been raping and pillaging rain forests and virgin lands with impunity. Numerous innocent people have been killed because of this avarice. A group that calls itself the Punishing Avenger is killing and maiming these wealthy people where greed means more to them than human life. CIA agent, Rick Jefferies, is assigned to investigate these atypical crimes. This murderous group attempts to portray themselves as modern day Robin Hoods, protecting the innocent while punishing the guilty. To enhance that media image, they avoid any collateral damage, while rewarding their victims. Powerful politicians increasingly fear one of their affluent contributors might be the next target. Rick, a lone wolf agent, is assigned an unwanted partner as the stakes rise. Rick does not buy into the Robin Hood and his merry men portrayal. He and his new partner hunt down the killers from Las Vegas, to a Mississippi riverboat and finally to the outskirts of Dallas, dodging bullets and to bring true justice to the Punishing Avenger.
The Jericho Compact
Author: Ray Johnson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462838979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
A beautiful slave girl, a dashing Confederate cavalry captain, potent black magic, all swirled together in a boiling cauldron of evil. Carletha, a comely young slave, desperately wants to escape from Jericho Plantation. Jeffrey, a captain with the 14th Georgia Cavalry. Needs to procure fresh mounts for his regiment. When Jeffrey arrives at Jericho Plantation he encounters not only Carletha, but also a scheming mistress and her querulous husband. Carletha has recently made an eternal compact, one that gives her the power to bend a man to her will. She can fill a mans stomach with white-hot lava or send blistering lightning bolts blazing through his brain. Jeffrey, the Confederate captain, looks like her ideal ticket for the Freedom Train.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462838979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
A beautiful slave girl, a dashing Confederate cavalry captain, potent black magic, all swirled together in a boiling cauldron of evil. Carletha, a comely young slave, desperately wants to escape from Jericho Plantation. Jeffrey, a captain with the 14th Georgia Cavalry. Needs to procure fresh mounts for his regiment. When Jeffrey arrives at Jericho Plantation he encounters not only Carletha, but also a scheming mistress and her querulous husband. Carletha has recently made an eternal compact, one that gives her the power to bend a man to her will. She can fill a mans stomach with white-hot lava or send blistering lightning bolts blazing through his brain. Jeffrey, the Confederate captain, looks like her ideal ticket for the Freedom Train.
The Great Everlasting
Author: Ray Johnson
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772170399
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Morning Fawn is either one hundred and sixty years old or the greatest actress of all time. Dan’s problem is that she is stunningly beautiful and looks like she is twenty-five. Dan encounters Morning Fawn in an isolated glade in the Montana woods. His marriage is in shambles and recent dreams have been telling him to rent a hunting lodge in Montana. It is not hunting season and he has no reason whatsoever to be in Montana. At the last moment, his attractive wife decided to go with him to the hunting lodge. Dan is thirty-four, tall, handsome and financially successful. Once at the lodge, a dream tells him to go for a midnight walk in the woods that surround the isolated lodge. It is on this enigmatic walk that he encounters Morning Fawn. She is a captivating Crow Indian, dressed in a magnificent fringed doeskin dress. Her hair is done in two long braids that hang over her breasts. Although afraid of him at first, she tells him that she is from the Crow Death Camp in The Great Everlasting. She further stuns him by telling him that she died on the Great Plains before the Battle of the Little Bighorn. She shocks him again when she tells him that his wife and her current lover will attempt to kill him. She knows more about him that any one person could. She explains that she grows stronger every night and will meet him the following night when the moon is directly overhead. Over the next two nights they grow closer. She tells him that the Great Spirit has sent her to save him from his wife and her lover. His problem is that everything Morning Fawn predicts comes to fruition. His wife and her lover are plotting his death so she can get at his money and lucrative timber holdings. His death will make her a millionaire. His wife has hired two Las Vegas hit men to kill Dan. That way neither she nor her lover will be suspects. Morning Fawn warns Dan about the men coming to kill him and jolts him further by telling him that they will confront the gunmen together. With Dan’s pistol and her bow and arrows, they prepare for battle. The Woman of Two Faces, a powerful Indian goddess, is just as interested in Dan’s demise; why is an enigma. While his wife hires more gunmen to kill him, the mysterious Woman of Two Faces sends Indian killers after him. The battles rage from the woods of Montana to the High Sierras of California. Dan’s skill with guns and Morning Fawn’s ability with her bow, arrows and scalping knife, make them a formidable pair. Dan grows to love Morning Fawn and she tells him that she will be the wife he never had. She tells him that The Great Spirit has sent her to be with him in The Great Everlasting. Even though she tells him they are a match for the diverse killers, she also tells him that each soul has a season. What does she mean?
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1772170399
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Morning Fawn is either one hundred and sixty years old or the greatest actress of all time. Dan’s problem is that she is stunningly beautiful and looks like she is twenty-five. Dan encounters Morning Fawn in an isolated glade in the Montana woods. His marriage is in shambles and recent dreams have been telling him to rent a hunting lodge in Montana. It is not hunting season and he has no reason whatsoever to be in Montana. At the last moment, his attractive wife decided to go with him to the hunting lodge. Dan is thirty-four, tall, handsome and financially successful. Once at the lodge, a dream tells him to go for a midnight walk in the woods that surround the isolated lodge. It is on this enigmatic walk that he encounters Morning Fawn. She is a captivating Crow Indian, dressed in a magnificent fringed doeskin dress. Her hair is done in two long braids that hang over her breasts. Although afraid of him at first, she tells him that she is from the Crow Death Camp in The Great Everlasting. She further stuns him by telling him that she died on the Great Plains before the Battle of the Little Bighorn. She shocks him again when she tells him that his wife and her current lover will attempt to kill him. She knows more about him that any one person could. She explains that she grows stronger every night and will meet him the following night when the moon is directly overhead. Over the next two nights they grow closer. She tells him that the Great Spirit has sent her to save him from his wife and her lover. His problem is that everything Morning Fawn predicts comes to fruition. His wife and her lover are plotting his death so she can get at his money and lucrative timber holdings. His death will make her a millionaire. His wife has hired two Las Vegas hit men to kill Dan. That way neither she nor her lover will be suspects. Morning Fawn warns Dan about the men coming to kill him and jolts him further by telling him that they will confront the gunmen together. With Dan’s pistol and her bow and arrows, they prepare for battle. The Woman of Two Faces, a powerful Indian goddess, is just as interested in Dan’s demise; why is an enigma. While his wife hires more gunmen to kill him, the mysterious Woman of Two Faces sends Indian killers after him. The battles rage from the woods of Montana to the High Sierras of California. Dan’s skill with guns and Morning Fawn’s ability with her bow, arrows and scalping knife, make them a formidable pair. Dan grows to love Morning Fawn and she tells him that she will be the wife he never had. She tells him that The Great Spirit has sent her to be with him in The Great Everlasting. Even though she tells him they are a match for the diverse killers, she also tells him that each soul has a season. What does she mean?