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Re Jana, a young healer and masseuse, believes that Noach's son Ham, the married object of her affection, will save her and her family if his father's terrifying predictions about a great flood sent from God come true.

"In 1881, Jacci Reed is only five years old when a man attempts to kidnap her from the steamboat her mother, Irena, works on. Badly wounded during the confrontation, Irena takes Jacci aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, a showboat tied up beside them. There, Jacci's actor grandfather tends to her mother and Jacci gets a first taste of the life she will come to lead. Fifteen years later, Jacci is an actress aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, and...

The Shadow of The Bridge is a coming-of-age historical novel, located in the remote coal-mining mountains of West Virginia. El, age 12, and Edgar, 14, avidly follow the radio broadcasts of President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Lindbergh among others, tracking the war, and dreaming of one day flying, like 'Lindy'. They sneak out at night, climb up the mountain to the 121-foot high railroad bridge, lie on the crossties, and watch the activities in their...

A breathtaking talent makes her debut with this first book in a dark epic fantasy trilogy, The Bound Gods, in which a mismatched band of mortals led by a violent, secretive man must stand against a pair of resentful gods to save their world. Part Patrick Rothfuss, part Joe Abercrombie, magic and warfare collide in this powerful struggle for a broken world. Eons ago, a pair of gods known as the Twins grew powerful in the world of Fiatera, until the...

Scarlett would never kill her best friend, perhaps a Citizen if the situation called for it, but never Rhys. There are quite a few rules in the training center, but a few are the kind that are never broken. 1. Greens are not sent into Cities without officially being promoted to Blue. 2. Blues don't kill each other. So why is Scarlett being sent into a City without the proper training? And why does a bizarre, elderly male say Scarlett will kill...

Synge's first play, originally performed in 1903, is a bleak one-act set in an isolated farmhouse in Ireland. A tramp wanders into what seems a tragic scene-a wife mourning her dead, and considerably older, husband. But when the wife leaves to find her lover, and the supposedly dead man returns to life, events take an unexpected turn.

In The Shadow Of The Hills is an epic tale of a race's struggle to survive in an unforgiving and hostile environment. Tragedy, Romance, Rebellion, Technology all have a place here. What is the mysterious "city"? And who or what is the shadowy intelligence that controls it? Can they overcome their doubts and misconceptions to make a future for both their peoples?This is the story of a people's struggle to survive when an ally becomes an enemy and destroys...

Scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan must discover who wants to kill the king in the second of this richly-imagined historical mystery series set in 14th Century France Paris, 1393. A masquerade ball at the palace ends in tragedy, with four revellers burned to death. Was it an accident... or did someone deliberately hurl a flaming torch at the dancers? Convinced it was an act of murder and that the king himself was the real target, Queen Isabeau has...

In a not-so-distant future, society's obsession with entertainment takes a deadly turn. Criminals are offered a terrifying choice: face their sentence or enter The Hunt, a brutal televised competition where survival means freedom. With armed hunters, deadly traps, and a jungle teeming with danger, contestants must outwit their pursuers and each other in a high-stakes battle for their lives-all while the world watches. Dante, wrongfully convicted and...

Ted Cronkite seems to have it all: solid middle class upbringing, good looks, education, and a wildly successful business idea. But the gambling compulsion he cannot explain threatens the most important thing in his life: a loving family. Can he shake the monkey off his back? Or will it ultimately be the undoing of his happiness? You'll laugh and cry at Ted's struggles to navigate the modern dating world. Set in Beautiful British Columbia, Ted's story...