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Join the adventure through dystopian worlds, to outer planets and into a speculative future. Welcome to the Future Days Anthology. Seventeen authors imagine a future with thrilling tales, starships, unlikely heroes, and exotic aliens, all of which combine to make Future Days a must-listen sci-fi fantasy short story collection.

Abby White and her fellow college interns at the Chicago Tribune have no idea of the peril they will encounter when they find the scoop of their young lives. A full-blown mafia war in 1920s Chicago leads to a dangerous cat-and-mouse that forces them to risk it all. Three of the surviving interns struggle to elude the long arm of the mafia only to become immersed in the looming specter of World War II. Midwesterner Abby becomes a foreign correspondent in Berlin, rubbing elbows with the German elite.

Samuel Gale has lost everything. He lost his home, he lost his way of life, and he’s about to lose his sanity. The praises of his fellow refugees bring him little comfort. They brand him a “hero”, when he feels more like a scared little boy. What he needs is a driving force, a purpose, an inner fire. What Sam doesn’t realize is that powerful forces are watching him. The Guardian of the Wind is soon to find himself right in the center of a very deadly game.

An diesem Tag vor fünf Jahren verschwanden der Mann und die kleine Tochter der Psychiaterin Olivia Hofmann. Seit fünf Jahren ist auch der Mörder der vierzehnjährigen Lisa Manz auf freiem Fuß. Der ehemalige Inspektor Levi Kant hadert bis heute mit sich, diesen Mord nicht aufgeklärt zu haben. Bis ausgerechnet die Psychiaterin Olivia Hofmann ein Lebenszeichen von Lisa Manz erhält ... Lebt Lisa Manz doch noch? Wer ist dann das Mädchen, das auf so grausame Weise verbrannt ist? Als Levi Kant gemeinsam mit Olivia Hofmann den Fall neu aufrollt, stoßen sie auf ein böses Geheimnis.

When Marrington Castle is overtaken by a dark and ancient evil, Abigail Cross finds herself in the precarious situation of protecting Queen Rebekah. Charged with a quest to summon the Avant Champion, can she save the kingdom or doom everyone to everlasting devastation?

The great thing about a long life like Barry Magers' is that there is plenty about which to write. A 1940 war baby met his father only after losing his mother at the end of the war. His unique perspective on the quirks, tragedies, and mundanities of life kept him going through the hard times.

When surrounded by constant war, the people are starved for a hero. Samuel Gale grew up hearing stories of epic warriors, fantastic sorcerers, and of his father fighting on the front lines. So, when magical spirits call upon him to discover old family secrets, the once farm boy from a sleepy village is thrust into events that will shape the world, and Sam must play a role he doesn’t completely understand. Join him on his adventures through magical ruins, bandit infested woods, and much more. Come see just how incredible the world of Teva can be....

Out of the wastelands left behind by nuclear war rose Arcadia. Anna, a robotic detective designed to appear human, was created to defend this futuristic city from all who might wish to harm its people, including those from within. Join Anna on a thrilling case filled with suspense, corruption, and greed. Can Anna discover the truth before her enemies come down upon her? Who can she trust in this quest to discover just who really has the city's future in their hands? Discover a world where not just the androids are hiding things below the surface. A word of caution: Arcadia is not as safe as its name implies.

Antonio, the son of a high-ranking Mafia member, hates how his life has turned out but has lost all motivation to change it. He has nothing left of himself. He just does whatever his father tells him to do without complaint. Stephanie used to be a normal girl with a normal family and a normal life. But everything changed one day when her parents never came home from work. The only thing they left behind was a book of weird symbols and a locked box with no key. Antonio and Stephanie's fates are intertwined long before they ever meet.

Whether your heart is burdened or bursting with joy, nothing satisfies quite like talking things over with another woman. Regardless of the paths our lives take, all women are "sisters"-we speak a common language; we share a universal bond. Because the hopes and dreams that both burden and give flight to a woman's heart dwell within all of us, we create relationships that are intensely rich, precious and prized. Thus, we comfort and encourage each other; we help each other through life's ups and downs; we know each other's experiences as if they were our own; we are a blessing to each other. As this book of beautiful, inspirational life lessons reveals, sharing the experiences of our lives imbues us with a wisdom the soul reveres: Nothing happens without God's permission.

Treat yourself to a glimpse into the dark future world of New Orleans, where humanity's base desires have overshadowed common decency, and very few are willing to stand in the way. With 10 stories by seven well-known independent authors, High Tech/Low Life is guaranteed to please.

Sharla-Jean Bromley returns to her hometown after a 17-year absence with vengeance in her heart. From the very beginning, her plans go awry when she meets devastatingly handsome Josh Morgan, the man to whom her father left half of his multi-million dollar lumber mill. Josh, suspicious of Sharla-Jean’s reasons for returning to town after such a long absence, vows to keep control of the company he feels is rightfully his. She is equally determined to prove she can run her father’s mill, even though it means working side-by-side with Josh.

In einem verlassenen Gewächshaus findet die Berliner Polizei drei Leichen. Äußerlich scheinen sie unverletzt, doch auf den zweiten Blick offenbart sich die grausame Wahrheit: In ihren Körpern befindet sich kein einziger Tropfen Blut mehr. Der Verdacht fällt auf Freya von Rittberg, eine exzentrische Künstlerin, die mit Blut malt. Doch trotz intensiver Ermittlungen kann ihr nichts nachgewiesen werden, denn jemand scheint eine schützende Hand über sie zu halten. Das BKA schleust seine beste Undercover-Ermittlerin ein: Targa Hendricks heuert bei Freya als Leibwächterin an.

Eminent ecologist Jeremy B. C. Jackson and award-winning journalist Steve Chapple traveled the length of the Mississippi River interviewing farmers, fishermen, scientists, and policymakers to better understand the mounting environmental problems ravaging the United States. Along their journey, which quickly expanded to California, Florida, and New York, the pair uncovered surprising and profound connections between ecological systems and environmental crises across the country.

Niemand kommt dem Bösen so nahe wie Targa. Targa Hendricks hat keine Freunde, keine Liebe, nichts zu verlieren. Doch vor allem hat sie keine Angst! Als Undercover-Ermittlerin des BKA ist es ihre Aufgabe, Serienkiller auf frischer Tat zu überführen, und dazu gibt es nur zwei Wege: Targa muss sich einem Mörder ausliefern - oder ihn glauben lassen, sie sei wie er. Falk Sandman ist Hochschuldozent, charismatisch, clever und besessen von den letzten Worten Sterbender - seiner Opfer.

Airship 27 Productions offers up another quartet of new, original pulp heroes by today’s finest pulp writers. Four thrill-a-minute tales of suspense, mystery, and action that keep the true spirit of the classic pulps alive and well for today’s listeners. These four stories include "A Waltz in Scarlet", "Cult of the Stranger", "The Cult of Kali Kill", and "The Grey Mantis Strikes".

Is anybody out there, and what do they want with us? In June 1992, veteran reporter C.D.B. Bryan attended the Abduction Study Conferences at M.I.T. In this remarkable audio program, Bryan recalls the 4 days of the conference, during which he met with scientists, psychiatrists, physicians, and folklorists who have studied the growing phenomenon of alien abductions.

When Santa's true love, Linnea, is kidnapped, he and his loyal High Elf friends embark on an enthralling journey across the perilous lands of Euchaia in a desperate bid to bring her safely home, little realizing that much more is at stake than Linnea's life. By the end, the very survival of all High Elves is in jeopardy, and Santa makes a fateful choice between his love for her and the destiny of the elves.

These days we are living longer than ever, yet we're more run down, anxious, overweight, exhausted, stressed out, depressed, and all-around more unwell than ever before. The quantity of the days we live is up, but the quality of those days is down. Way down. What if there were a simple, everyday way to change this? What if a healthy life were easily within your grasp - body, mind, and spirit? The good news is that it is!

As Alexa Silven's wedding day advances, her enemies determine that even Kevlar won't protect her. Sending a drone over the prison courtyard, they create a distraction that allows a notorious criminal to escape. Despite wedding event security, her enemies gain entrance to the reception. Suspense intensifies as the newlyweds fight to survive their wedding day.