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After the disappearance of a suspect and a hastily organized election, the power balance in Leadville and the friendship of Sheriff Gannon and Marshal Spencer are thrown into turmoil. But the unknown forces driving the election, push both men to decide on which side of justice they are willing to reside; lawman or outlaw.

The year 1964: Life on the North Dakota farm hasn’t always been easy for Marjorie Trumaine. She has begun working as a professional indexer to help with the bills - which have only gotten worse since the accident that left her husband, Hank, blind and paralyzed. When her nearest neighbors are murdered in their beds, though, Marjorie suddenly has to deal with new and terrifying problems. Sheriff Hilo Jenkins brings her a strange amulet, found clutched in the hand of her murdered neighbor, and asks her to quietly find out what it is.

Dark Lands tells the story of two people from different sides of the nation that struggle to survive after a devastating attack breaks the back of the United States. It is a journey in which the whole world is sent spiraling towards a dark future where humans are an endangered species. Jonathan Fisher is an average man living in Minnesota whose very sanity is tested when everything about his normal life is ripped away in an instant. He is left to survive in a new world full of victims, brigands, and a man-made plague that turns its victims into violent, mindless cannibals.

Some people don't know when to leave bad enough alone. Just when it seemed that Smoke Jensen's life had settled down to something resembling normal, he'd all but forgotten the vicious young gunfighter who called himself Sundance. Smoke had hoped to teach that twisted kid a lesson by shooting off his ear. But the lesson didn't take. Now, after years on the run, Sundance's hunger for revenge has pushed him over the edge.

The completion of a new railroad line from Colorado to Texas is a dream come true for Smoke Jensen and the other ranchers of Big Rock. But this dream turns into their worst nightmare when the first herd they load onto the train is stolen by a vicious gang of kill-crazy rustlers. This is no ordinary train robbery. It’s an inferno of slaughter that includes the friendly rancher who volunteered to take Smoke’s place on the trip. Now Smoke is saddling up and riding out—to get the prairie rats who murdered his friend.

Everything is all fun and games until living on the "wild" side becomes the rule instead of the exception. It's good to be bad... within reason, of course. And in this case? It's very, very good.

Reece Quaid doesn't want to be known as "The Man Who Killed Smoke Jensen." But when the legendary mountain man shows up in the middle of a stagecoach robbery, Quaid has no choice but to shoot him. He didn't even know his victim was the famous Smoke Jensen—until he goes through his pockets and finds his papers. That's when Quaid comes up with a plan. Since he resembles Smoke, he'll simply assume his identity. Rob some banks. Hold up more stagecoaches. And shoot anyone who tries to stop him. Soon the whole world will be asking. Has Smoke Jensen gone bad?

This story is of my great-grandfather. The woman on the cover is a portrait of my great-grandmother, who he painted. This is what this story is about! As I was told by my great-grandfather during my young life, I became a writer, and I thought it would be good to tell his story. My great grandfather, Ernst Fuchs, was a Jewish and quite a famous Artist in the 1930s, born in Vienna, Austria.

Carina: My life has been a hard one. Sometimes seeming unbearable. But things have been on the upswing in years since I took the reins back. That was, until I seen Emery Stanner, C.E.O. of Stanner Enterprises on the news. Something about his eyes, his face, brought the nightmares I’ve fought for years to keep away. All the therapy, all the hypnosis, went right out the window. Now, I’m hellbent on getting closer to him. To getting rid of the nightmares for good. By getting my revenge.

Embark on a mesmerizing journey above the clouds with Max, Lily, and their winged companion, Azure, in "The Skyward Quest: Kids Stories Book." This enchanting collection of adventures takes young listeners on a whirlwind exploration of a magical world where floating islands, rainbow bridges, and celestial beings await discovery.

It’s a place that we all want to go. The islands of Puget Sound and specifically Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. It’s a peaceful beautiful place with a small population of unique and interesting characters. A fishing industry that is always busy and yet there are also causal fishermen that are always fishing but never catching anything. Characters that we can all understand and identify. A new deputy sheriff, Vince Murphy, has moved here with his kids. He’s been raising them on his own since his wife left him while they were still infants.

Embark on an epic journey beyond the stars with "Asteroid Gold," a riveting sci-fi thriller that pushes the boundaries of space exploration. As the HALO Group pioneers historic missions to the Asteroid Belt, they face an unseen adversary—the enigmatic Privy-13. In a race against time, technology clashes with manipulation, and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.