![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm a big military science fiction fan and this is another the aliens come out of the sky and humanity gets its collective ass err, I mean keister, yeah that's it keister, kicked. I started this with a mild hope I'd like it. Yep, went with 5 stars on this one and am planning to go download the second in the series in a very few minutes. Craig lives in Virginia with his wife, who loves him even though he perpetually refuses to clean the garage. The ExForce series, as it is known to fans, has gone on to 10 books/audiobooks, many of which have hit the NYT best-seller list, with a 11th book releasing June 2021 and 14 books planned.Ĭraig has also published a spin-off series, ExForce: Mavericks an ExForce audio drama, Homefront a fantasy trilogy, Ascendent and a young adult space opera, Aces. The Columbus Day audiobook was a huge hit, and a finalist for an Audie Award as Audiobook of the Year. The breakout success of Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, Book 1) reached new heights when Podium Audio released it in audio format, narrated by Audie Award Winner R.C. Within 6 months of his first ebook release, he was able to quit his day job and pursue a full-time writing career. ![]() Writing fiction at nights and on weekends, he finally independently published three novels on Amazon. If you want to stay up to date on releases, receive promotion alerts and speak to me directly, please join my Facebook Page:Ĭraig Alanson used to create financial reports for a large IT services company. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He soon embarks on a quest for identity that leads him around the globe. ![]() ![]() Assured by faceless authorities that there has been no mistake, and given a date to report, he falls in with political undesirables and succumbs to their attempt to recruit him. Will decides to keep his reactivation a secret, and deal with the claims from his dark past alone. But is this merely human error at work, a bad mix of circumstances-or tangling of the skein of Fate? In the tradition of Robert Ludlum's Bourne Identity and follow-up novels, this literary action-adventure tale tests whether one's present choices, and even ultimate destiny, need be determined by one's past.ĬLOTHO’S LOOM tracks the struggles of a husband and wife to reunite against forces arrayed to keep them apart. Already in a relationship made tenuous by the demands of dual professional careers and their own dearth of interpersonal experience, he and his wife are completely estranged by the blunder on the part of the government. William Wyrd, an introverted history professor at long remove from his youthful days as a Marine sniper, is drafted to serve overseas in the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Queering Your Craft combines queer aesthetic and culture (like DIY culture and an emphasis on chosen family over formal covens) with pagan and metaphysical spiritual practice in a way that is commonplace but has not been written about until now. While there are books that address magick for resistance and queer myth, until now there has not been one that specifically addresses the practice of queer magick from an LGBTQ+ standpoint. Witchcraft has always belonged to the outsiders and outcasts in society, yet so much of the practice enforces and adheres to the same hierarchy we face in the world at large-a hierarchy that isolates and hurts those living beyond society’s binaries and boundaries. Mat Auryn, author of Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick, and Manifestation Through creative and unique journal prompts, introspection, rituals, and spells, Snow achieves this beautifully, and herein lays the perfect guide for the queer witch to stand in their power and stand beside others truly queering our craft with compassion and pride.” “As evident through the pages of this book, Snow holds a vision for the queer aspirant who hears the call to witchery, to find healing, empowerment, strength, and pride through their craft. ![]() ![]() In 1912, Japan gifted 3,020 cherry trees to the United States to celebrate their growing-friendship. The Japanese people pay close attention to these forecasts and turn out in large numbers at parks, shrines, and temples with family and friends to hold flower-viewing parties. This tradition continues today as the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the public track the cherry blossom front as it moves northward up the country. The imperial households, poets, singers, and other aristocrats would gather and celebrate under the blossoms and it has been passed down through the generations. ![]() The Chronicle of Japan, the second oldest book in classical Japanese history, records the tradition of cherry blossom viewing parties being held as early as the third century. It has been celebrated for many centuries and holds a very prominent position in Japanese culture. The cherry blossom is considered a national flower in Japan. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are no longer believing, although many are in the masses. They are imaginary problems, and in the subconscious, many people are becoming aware of this. It is just another tool, like the diseases, to find excuses to give people a reason to be afraid and not unify, but to trust that the government will solve their problems. ![]() D: Another fear the government is trying to promote is terrorism. But nevertheless, there are enough of those positive messages being broadcast at this time, that like a domino effect, they are no longer stoppable. Subject matter such as murder, death and betrayal, attacks and such that keep the consciousness focused on these matters, as opposed to portraying in the media images of hope and inspiration. The media and the movies are showing you their desperation as they insist in presenting to the masses information that is completely negative and fear-based. A: But the diseases are extremely blown out of proportion, and they are not epidemics as they are portrayed to be. D: Yes, if enough people accept it as their reality. And like anything else that is talked about, or thought about, it can become reality in the physical. But for the most part, they are only in the energetic fields. “These diseases are not really there, are they? A: They can be if people choose to allow those energies to enter into their body. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() More worryingly, the aliens who abducted me are back, and thanks to the translator in my ear, they can find me. I’m convinced that Aehako can never love me if he knows the full truth. It’s hard to push away the sexy, flirtatious Aehako when I long to grab him by his horns and insist he take me to his furs.īut I’ve got a terrible secret-a few of them, actually. Human women are treasured here, and one alien in particular has made it clear that he’s interested in me. But when Aehako comes along, everything changes.Īs one of the humans stranded on the ice planet, I should be happy that I have a new home. Kira plans on remaining single on this alien planet-she doesn’t want a mate anyway. The third novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, an international publishing phenomenon-now in a special print edition with bonus materials and an exclusive epilogue! ![]() ![]() Indie actor Graham Douglas isn't overly picky when it comes to film roles. The Problem? Emma is experiencing a building desire to be normal, and starring in a silly, modernized adaptation of one of her favorite novels - opposite the very hot Reid Alexander - isn't going to advance that aspiration. Nailing the lead role in a wide-release film sent her agent, father and stepmother into raptures, and should have done the same for her. Emma Pierce just got her big break after more than a decade of filming commercials for grape juice, department stores and tampons, and more recently, bit parts in made-for-TV movies. The universe is lining up nicely to grant whatever he wants, as usual, until he's confronted with unexpected obstacles on location - like a bitter ex-girlfriend and a rival for the first girl to spark his genuine interest in years. ![]() ![]() His costar is a virtual unknown with whom he had blazing hot chemistry during her auditions. When Hollywood It Boy, Reid Alexander, arrives on location to shoot his next movie, his goals are the same as always: film another blockbuster hit, and enjoy his celebrity status to the fullest while doing so. ![]() ![]() There's not much of a plot.Īnd before you get all impressed that I know that term, I'd like to mention that I only learned it in 2010 by listening to an interview with Neil Gaiman where he was discussing American Gods. It's mostly just a series of adventures and visits to interesting places. ![]() I'm fairly sure the formal term for a book like this is a picaresque. But instead when I thought about this book, I mostly wanted to get through with it I could start reading a different, more engaging, book together with my boy. When thinking ahead to reading time at night, I want to be excited. Overall, I found reading it to be a bit of a slog. But I'd heard about it, and it was in my house (somehow) so I decided to give it a try. I never read The Phantom Tollbooth before, so it had no particular nostalgic appeal to me. I've been reading a chapter or two out loud to him every night when we can manage it. I just finished this book with my oldest boy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His presence slowly destabilizes what remains of the family until disaster strikes once again. Constance is taken with Charles, but Merricat suspects him of sinister intent. That is, until a cousin, Charles, shows up and installs himself in the household. Constance was tried and acquitted for the murders, but the surviving Blackwoods are reviled by their neighbors and live in isolation. The three Blackwoods used to be seven, but tragedy befell the clan six years earlier, when the sisters’ parents, their younger brother, and an aunt died after someone slipped arsenic into the family’s sugar bowl. The story centers on Merricat and Constance Blackwood, two sisters who live with their ailing uncle on their family’s sprawling Vermont estate. ![]() Published three years after The Haunting of Hill House-and just three years before Jackson’s untimely death- We Have Always Lived in the Castle is an eerie, elegant masterpiece that forever cemented its author’s reputation as the grande dame of macabre fiction. Shirley Jackson is probably best remembered for “ The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, but her 1962 gothic mystery We Have Always Lived in the Castle is widely regarded as her greatest literary achievement. ![]() ![]() ![]() A series of breakneck twists and turns puts the two generations on a collision course, culminating in a stunning showdown that will force Ben, Chon, and O to choose between their real families and their loyalty to one another. As the trio at the center of the book does battle with a cabal of drug dealers and crooked cops, they come to learn that their future is inextricably linked with their parents’ history. Spanning from 1960s Southern California to the recent past, The Kings of Cool is a breathtakingly original saga of family in all its forms-fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends and lovers. Now, in this high-octane prequel to Savages, Winslow reaches back in time to tell the story of how Ben, Chon, and O became the people they are. Among the most celebrated literary thrillers, Savages was a Top 10 Book of the Year selection by Janet Maslin in The New York Times and Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly. Don Winslow Savages: A Novel Paperback by Don Winslow (Author) 4.2 3,429 ratings Book 1 of 1: Savages See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 46.48 28 Used from 2.08 7 New from 37.94 4 Collectible from 29. In Savages, Don Winslow introduced Ben and Chon, twenty-something best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O. Her body she spends most of the series in a coma. Chase Sui Wonders’ Samantha Yeung is shot in Central Park. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel, The Force, and The Border The series, written in its entirety by Schwartz and Savage, begins on July 4, 2003. ![]() |