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Constantinople, 1859. It is dangerous for lawyers and lovers when civilizations clash. Under coercion, James Bingham, a struggling English barrister, joins Her Britannic Majesty's Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople. Osman Mehmed, a brilliant Turkish law student, loathes the British court, but the Ottoman government orders him to work with it on legal reform. Angry about injustices that women suffer, Rosamund Colborne initiates a relationship with James to escape a grim future dictated by her ruthless father.

Sea Star is a swashbuckling historical novel that chronicles the adventures of beautiful red-haired, green-eyed Anne Bonny, the Pirate Queen. The saga passionately brings to life Anne's rebellious Southern girlhood, her sensual awakening in the arms of a buccaneer, and the courageous mastery of her own ship and crew. Pamela Jekel's sparkling tale transports you to the exotic Charles Town of the precolonial South; to teeming Port Royal, Jamaica; and to the infamous pirate island of New Providence for duels, plundered treasures, and torrid love scenes on palm-fringed cays.

Based on The Urantia Book and other writings, Stage One follows the exploits of Mason Torvall, a member of an elite corps of galactic Marshals that keeps everything under control and moving forward. Adventures, mysteries, and all kinds of fantastic things happen constantly!

Two-hundred years have passed since one of Orijon's greatest treasures has vanished, causing a rift between the united tribes of humans, alminoids, elves, dwarves and mel-rays. Now, Prince Theos wishes to mend the rift, but unbeknownst to him, Grand Advisor Malos has his own plans for the future.

The first release of Ellanora was rushed to publication, leaving many readers wanting a fuller experience. Now the Expanded Edition is here! Hear the mind-blowing exploits of the faithful people of Panoptia as they resist being one of 37 planets to succumb to the Lucifer Rebellion more than half a million years ago. Exciting and uplifting, you will love this audiobook!

As now being told by Aura, these tales have been used to teach the children and now the grandchildren of Kurrus and Moraga. They are tools to teach them how to use the gifts bestowed upon them by the Gods. They are also a means of telling the truth about their family, truths known by few in this Realm and beyond.

Voice of the Youth tells the story of some students who united together during the summer of 2020 as they participated in a game called Jeu D'amusement.

Albuquerque is being blanketed by one of the harshest bone-chilling winters in recorded history. Cindy Anderson, who is a local television field reporter, has been reporting on heartbreaking stories in Albuquerque for many of winters. This winter, Cindy will soon find herself in the center of one of the greatest and most terrifying stories to ever unfold in this southwestern town.

Never trust the shadows. Or a stranger. Or a friend. Welcome to District 33, a crime-infested slum in which only the strongest and most savvy can hope to survive. 1984 meets The Matrix in this gripping tale of a future in which freedom is dead, love is forbidden, and the artificial intelligences (AIs) watch your every move. Their power seems unshakable, but things are never as they seem in this world of lies and illusion. Slowly but surely, they are going mad, and only Kim can stop it.

Pirate Queen Anne Bonny has a secret--a baby daughter named Kate! Anne, afraid that motherhood will undermine her fearsome reputation as the scarlet-haired scourge of the 18th-century Caribbean, is having the baby raised by friends in the Spanish colony of Cuba, unknown to the crew of the Tigress--and that Kate's father, Captain Calico Jack Rackam. But when Anne wants to go to her daughter's first birthday--now behind enemy lines in the middle of Great Britain's latest war with Spain--she turns for help to the only person she can trust: fellow female freebooter Mary Read.

Hampshire, England, 1804. Fredericka Swinglehurst, singular, warm and witty, returns home after 11 years in London, determined to lead a quiet life. But fate has other ideas. When the body of a pregnant woman is found in the grounds of the rectory, Freddy is drawn into a mystery involving murder, slavery, and the theft of a famous diamond.

"Stay home." Those are the words coming from the Prime Minister’s mouth as he announces the United Kingdom is going into lockdown for three weeks. A "silent killer" is sweeping the world, and nothing will be the same. For Lauren Kidwell, lockdown doesn’t seem like much of a change to her life. As an author living by herself in a remote cottage in the Devonshire moorland, she's used to being alone. But as the days pass and her sense of isolation grows, Lauren starts to see things. Is Lauren’s overactive imagination playing tricks on her? Or is she not as alone as she thinks?

"Wisdom is riding on a passenger train of time on a collision course with destiny, and we are all in for the ride. This book is about wisdom riding on this train." These words, as part of the introduction of the book, set the specific context and overall challenge and purpose for this book. Here, wisdom is likened to a lady riding on the train of civilization past prominence in a social, political, and spiritual direction. But the book argues in recent times, she has been forced to ride in the back of the train. Now we live in a vast field of folly. How do we find our way out?

A sinister narcissist declaring himself the Jurist has returned to Columbus to finish the mayhem he started years before. His primary targets are carefully selected, hunted, and violently terminated. Anyone who played a role in his anguish will wind up next in line for a taste of his brutal brand of justice—a crude kind of distorted justice where the only sentence is death. Homicide detective Alyssa Payne of the Columbus Police Department, along with her father, retired detective Daniel Payne, will need to pull out all the stops to save themselves and many others.

Following the harrowing events of her kidnapping, Nell is left craving answers more than ever. There's only one person she knows who possesses the answers she needs. On her 15th birthday, with the help of one silver-eyed Void traveler, Nell is ready to find her mother at last, to get the clarity and truth she's been looking for all these years. Meanwhile, Tessie must also deal with the aftermath of Nell's kidnapping—an attack which left her forever changed and struggling to cope. Powerless and afraid, Tessie turns to the only security she has left.

Wartime espionage has fascinated generation. This nonfiction audiobook tells the true stories of extraordinary women who lost their lives in the fight against the tyranny of Nazi fascism. Just as men on the battlefields of Europe and North Africa gave their lives to defeat the Nazi menace, so too did these brave women. From the unique and specific situations and experiences that led each one of them to do what they could for the war effort, to the overarching themes and beliefs in each of their lives that unified them in their opposition and resistance to oppression.

For 14-year-old Nell Parrish, there's no such thing as a calm or ordinary life. Believing she's finally found her place, her people, her purpose, on a cold winter day Nell's world is turned upside down all over again, this time at the hands of a mysterious and violent cult. Ripped from her home and crammed into the back of a van, Nell is transported to a faraway place where the air freezes one's bones and the landscape is cursed and treacherous. There's someone waiting for her there, she's told. Someone who's been searching for Nell for a very long time.

Reunited with her best friend and settling into their new home, Nell Parrish has sworn off all matters of the supernatural, hoping to put the horrors of the past behind her. Except the supernatural has a way of finding her, doesn't it? Something wicked has come to Marrow Falls - a malevolent force preying on the town's most vulnerable emotions. When Tessie's friends and neighbors come looking for help and answers, Nell can't help but get roped into the dark mystery, and soon finds herself in the throes of yet another great and ancient evil.

Robbed of her only chance at a normal life, Nell Parrish now finds herself in a strange new home where darkness and mysteries abound. Marilyn Powell and her little daughter Emmie are running toward a new life, escaping the overbearing judgement of Marilyn's parents, who want nothing more than to separate them. But when their road-trip getaway brings them to the dark and stormy seaside town of Brightport, plans change. What was meant to be a one-night stay to catch some shuteye soon becomes a nightmare, as Marilyn and Emmie become the town's latest targets.

Richard L. Pastore offers up a lighthearted rendition of the original tale of Perseus, complete with gods and gorgons. The story begins with Acrisius, king of Argos, discovering he will have a grandson who is predestined to kill him. That child, Perseus, reaches adulthood and with the aid of two gods embarks on a quest taking him to the edges of the ancient Hellenic world.