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Eighteen-year-old Aidan Salt isn't a superhero. With his powerful (and unpredictable) telekinetic abilities, he could be one if he wanted to, but he doesn't. He's unambitious, selfish, and cowardly, and he doesn't want to have to deal with all the paperwork required to become a professional superhero. But since the money, fame, and women that come with wearing the cape are appealing, he decides to become the first supervillain the world has seen in more than 20 years: Apex Strike.

Growing up behind the impenetrable walls of an English fortress, young Magdalen does not know that she is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful English prince and his murdered French mistress - or that she has been a pawn in the struggle between England and France ever since she slipped from her dying mother's womb. All she knows is that she longs for excitement. And then one day, as if in answer to her prayers, the splendid figure of Guy de Gervais, a true knight in shining armor, rides into her cloistered world and spirits her away.

Win Taiwan Without Fighting (Almost) is a fictional portrayal showing how China can regain Taiwan in a single weekend without interference from outside powers and literally without firing a shot. All the pieces are in place. It's just a matter of waiting for the right conditions.

It's the 25th century, and the American President has taken over the world. Meanwhile, after a cleaner unplugged his cryogenic freezing machine by accident, Detective Inspector Capstan wakes up to find that he's been in a state of suspended animation for more than 400 years. As he's forced to adjust to life in the future, he finds himself reinstated as a policeman, and together with the great-great-great-great-grandson of his former subordinate, Sergeant Dewbush, he's put on the case of a missing cow.

I have a dangerous secret. I'm more than a human, but less than a dragon. My name is Isobel Drake. I thought I was the only one of my kind, a freak pretending to be human. But when a dragon warrior unexpectedly appears to demand my help, I realize for the first time in my life that I'm not alone. Like me, Tam appears human. Like me, he's hiding his true nature. Too bad he’s made it clear that I’m a lesser creature. Yet he needs me because of my unique skills. I was raised as human. I know my city inside and out. My brand-new business advertises that I can find anything, or anyone.

When three families are viciously massacred in the forest of the Pacific Northwest and three young girls disappear, Dr. Ken Turner and his colleagues suspect the hybrid creatures they discovered in the jungles of Africa who were kidnapped by shady government agents. They find themselves back in pursuit of the half-human, half-chimpanzee creatures, and their missing colleague Dr. Melon. Their quest begins, at risk to their careers and reputations, in the little town of Willow Creek and the surrounding Trinity Forest where the mythical bigfoot is said to roam. Who or what will they find?

When Dr. Ken Turner and his colleagues decide to search for rumored half-human, half-chimpanzee creatures, he gets more than he bargained for. Now, with time running out, he must risk his career and life to find and protect these creatures before a group of shady underworld agents find them.

Take a journey with a young army officer and an airline stewardess as they fall in love and prepare to share their lives together, when Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait. As quickly as destiny brought them together, it separates them and puts them worlds apart. Bob promises to ask Allison a question when he returns home: Will she marry him? A question that she’s resolute to answer, "yes".

Doctor Ravi, alien qualified trauma surgeon, or space vet, is humanity’s last hope - only he’s a train wreck. His unpeopled rebel leader grandma has just informed him of a government cover-up involving an extinction-level attack by Earth’s archenemy, the Munchers. Earth’s wartime victory was a lie. To make matters worse, the planetary government has disbanded the military.