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Whether it's history itself getting lost in the stone silence of a lighthouse or the time flow of medieval armor clashing from the grave into the now of your mind, this year's honor roll of top stories from Tell-Tale Publishing will pull you up in your chair and set your pulse racing. But that's what you want...isn't it? There will be thoughtful dilemmas to keep you pondering, moral choices and choices for the oldest of reasons - love - and, above all, the test of love versus fate.

A thriving fur trade post between 1830 and 1860, Fort Clark, in what is today western North Dakota, also served as a way station for artists, scientists, missionaries, soldiers, and other western chroniclers traveling along the Upper Missouri River. The written and visual legacies of these visitors have long been the primary sources of information on the cultures of the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, the peoples who met the first fur traders in the area. This book is the first account of the fur trade at Fort Clark to integrate new archaeological evidence into the history.

The unthinkable has happened: ISIS, covertly assisted by Pakistan's intelligence services, has acquired nuclear weapons and the ability to deliver them anywhere in the world. They begin with an attack at Bagram Airfield, America's largest military base in Afghanistan. A second weapon is detonated in Battery Park in New York City. The blast levels a square mile of Manhattan, including the Financial District. Hundreds of thousands perish. The American economy is in chaos. Banks close their doors.

Indie Walker started college with a basketball scholarship and a plan to stay focused on his studies. His roommate and best friend Daniel is one of the most popular guys on the wrestling team. When a power outage during a winter storm forces them to get closer than ever before just to survive the night, their relationship changes forever. Neither are gay but the physical chemistry they have is undeniable. Unfortunately, Daniel's issues at home might be too severe for them to overcome.

Big Hot Kisses is a wingy collection of tawdry, "true" tales of lust, sex and passion. So come along on an irreverent, often humorous journey through some everyday "love" stories, where at some point you may surprisingly find yourself confronted with a familiar mirror image called real life.

Not long ago, J. Matthew Sleeth had a fantastic life and a great job as chief of the medical staff at a large hospital. He was living the American dream—until he saw an increasing number of his patients suffering from cancer, asthma, and other chronic diseases. He began to suspect that the...

Recently deceased and squishy as hell, Alan, a newly minted Illusionist, is forced to flee for his life. He needs time to deal with his loss, both in-game and IRL, but first he'll have to escape his crazy ex, the treacherous Firebrand, Thalia Daceran. On his way to safety and revenge, he'll team up with Titus, the Imperial spymaster, as well as a crew of pirates, commandos, and even a shapeshifting Mimic with a taste for blood. His path leads to Wyrdtide, a gaslit city hidden in mists and governed by dark demigods. But even with Alan dead, the world marches on.

Alan Campbell thought he'd gotten his dream job working on a revolutionary VRMMORPG with Osmark Technologies, until the project was canceled. He has one weekend to dive into an untested world full of intrigue, violence, and corruption to prove that Viridian Gate Online works, but the AIs running the game have their own plans for his soul. Set a year before the events of Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm, Viridian Gate Online: Nomad Soul takes you back to when VGO was just a game, or so it seemed.

Southern Afghanistan, 2005. NATO forces are battling the Taliban across Kandahar Province. In a terrifying twist, the rebels unearth a tactical nuclear bomb lost in the final days of the Soviet occupation. The years buried in the sand have damaged it, so the Taliban seeks the help of al Qaeda to secure replacement parts through its contacts in Saudi Arabia, the Opium Cartel, and the Russian Mafia. Doing so, however, inadvertently alerts the Americans, the Russians, and the Israelis.

Illusionist and novice spy Alan Campbell just got out of one relationship only to have another woman walk into his life: the Lady Camilla Favonius of the Imperial Inquisition. He's close to broke and left without orders. She wears plate armor in the field and around her heart. Is the lady just what the Plague Doctor ordered, or will his efforts to get a job and woo her only leave him jaded...or dead?

In a tense standoff, the National Guardsmen anxiously awaited the arrival of the Flying Eyes, their fingers twitching on the triggers of their rifles and machine guns. Suddenly, eight of these eerie entities dove toward them. The men opened fire, and amidst the chaos, one of the Eyes soared upward, blood and tears spilling from its wound. To their astonishment, a mysterious glaze enveloped the injury, healing it as if by some dark magic. With its sinister gaze fixed upon the soldiers, the realization of the horror they faced settled in‚Aîthese disembodied beings were not just attacking; ...

When an EMP hits, Mark must lead his wife from a lawless city to find their missing daughter. With no power or communication, danger is everywhere. Their only hope: Mark’s estranged brother and his secret off-grid homestead.

When a middle-aged man returns to a small town claiming to be a teenager abducted by a cult 30 years prior, a former detective steps out of retirement to uncover the truth. But picking at old wounds tends to make them bleed. After a scholarly 14-year-old girl vanishes on Halloween night, uncompromising yet isolated private investigator Arden Briar dives deep into the Georgia underground to find the victim. Faced with overwhelming odds, Arden enlists the help of the victim’s damaged father, a veteran with a short fuse. Will Arden’s temporary alliance be the solution or her downfall?

When an EMP brings the United States to its knees on Halloween, Lance Cooper must rescue his family and fight to survive amid the terror descending upon the city.

What happened to Mallory Shubert? Two detectives, both coming off of recent tragedies, are forcibly paired together to recover a missing child. But as they pull back the layers of the case, they discover more secrets, more lies, and more trouble than either are prepared to face. It’s a race to find the missing girl before time expires, but the detectives must overcome their personal trauma in order to succeed. The Girl in the Tide Mysterious. Fraudulent. Deadly.

An unputdownable Small Town Kidnapping Mystery Boxset with a brilliant twist! When a child disappears from a winter hiking trip in the woods, a retired detective is forced to confront the past he thought he'd left behind. When a child disappears from a winter hiking trip in the woods, local police believe the child wandered off and got lost. Extensive search parties return from the woods empty-handed. The child has vanished into thin air. No footprints in the snow. Nothing.

When the abduction of a nine-year-old child sends a small town into a frenzy, Detective Sally Lawson is tasked with finding the person responsible. But when evidence points to a janitor employed at the museum where the child was the last seen, Lawson isn’t sure they’ve caught the right man. Desperate to solve the case before another child disappears, Detective Lawson must uncover the truth before worried parents bring the town to the brink of chaos.

When an adolescent boy is kidnapped from summer camp, the cops come up empty-handed—no leads, no suspects, and no motives. All Jacques Tillery wants is to peacefully retire from private investigation, but when the case piques his interest, Jacques discovers a string of similar unsolved kidnappings from decades past. As he digs deeper, Jacques realizes there may be a shocking link between the old kidnappings and the boy’s recent disappearance.

No power. No law. Just the fight for survival. When an EMP wipes out power, chaos takes over. Dr. Annabelle Wheeler is trapped in a psychiatric hospital overrun by violent inmates. Across the city, Hazel, Lucy, and Katherine are kidnapped by a ruthless gangster. With no power or law, two ex-Marines race through a crumbling city to save their daughters.

A teen's suicide leads to a frightening pattern within a small town where nothing is as it seems. Details about the case remind Sam Hopewell, a local investigative journalist, of what happened to his older cousin back in the ‘90s. Sam prepares to confront his darkest memories, but if he can’t overcome his past, more innocent lives might be taken. Renowned Miami detective Anna Dedrick returns to her rural birthplace with hopes of leaving behind the vices of the big city. That dream shatters when the town’s pride—an African-American child prodigy—goes missing.