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On the vast Colony Ship Trailblazer, the adventurers Ken and Janae are seeking to find out what is happening. People, animals, and circumstances seem to be turning against them in frightening ways. Strange events are unfolding, and the various groups and habitats are still a mystery. Knowing they need to gain some understanding of the situation and try to restore their broken artificial intelligence system, Kimberly, they set off to get back to their equipment and find some measure of security.

Sherlock Holmes himself would have us believe that, once a case was finished, it – or the people involved – never crossed his mind again. “A client is to me a mere unit,” he once told Watson, “a factor in a problem.” And yet, in a career spanning multiple decades and thousands of cases, he must have occasionally re-crossed paths with previous clients – and the occasional villain as well! This anthology, with twenty-nine brand new stories, spread over three volumes, reveals some of those sequel investigations.

As the gargantuan multi-generational colony ship plows through space, many light years away from the dead home world, Ian believes that his partner, Mabel, is still alive. Despite the official reports of her death, Ian will seek to find her. Yet, the strange biomes are a challenge, and the only friends he has are a strong-willed, youthful cadet who has abandoned her post, and two artificial intelligence systems. Those AIs must work covertly, and that makes all of them fugitives.

For the first stage of terraforming Venus, it took a century to move the planet further from the sun and establish a stable orbit where heat would be dissipated. Now, 85 years later, the other terraforming stages continue using various methods.

On an Earth which is toxic, radioactive, and nearly dead, Mabel and Ian are two adventurers who live in Dome 17. There have been missions sent out into the wastelands to try to reconnect to other domes, but none have succeeded, yet. When it is discovered that Dome 17 may suffer a similar fate to those other domes, a risky and last-ditch plan is attempted. Teams will be sent looking for any of the seven great intergenerational colony ships which were launched a century ago. Yet, all those ships have been lost for decades.

In this thrilling final book (book seven) of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen must face their deepest fears. What will become of them? Not only do they have to deal with fearful situations, but every occupant of the entire colony ship is facing dangers from within and without. What will become of the Colony Ship Warren? Will anyone survive?

What happens when a United States military dog unit lands on a small island controlled by the Japanese military during World War II? This story was inspired by true events. In about 1987, the events were described to the author by a man who was there. The names are fictitious and do not reflect real people, living or dead.

A man and a dog walk through a ruined world, fighting monsters. Is everything as it seems?

When Fadey comes home from the war in space, what will he find?

What happened when an inspector, the builder, and the owner do a final walkthrough of a disaster shelter?

In book six of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen are pursued by the apex predators of the galaxy. They encounter some new people, but are they friends or foes? And are the apex predators the only threats they face? Or are some nefarious forces working within the Colony Ship Warren?

This is a story for children of all ages, and is suitable for grandparents or parents to listen to with their children. It is the story of a wondrous electric elephant and the people who encounter it. Big as a house, this wondrous electric elephant is able to move and do amazing things, depending on who is piloting it and whether or not some cats have sneaked into the inside of the electric elephant.

In book 5 of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen find themselves trapped in a vacant place surrounded by deserts. Yet they soon realize that they cannot sit idly by while the Colony Ship Warren is threatened. They risk a dangerous trek to escape and find some assistance. Yet in the vast recesses of the Warren, there awaits horrors which Beth and Allen cannot imagine. What will happen if Beth and Allen encounter one of those horrors?

The choice of bringing a book out of the dustbin of history and making it more easily available to the general public should be an easy decision, right? Not in the case of The Wonderful Electric Elephant written by Frances Montgomery. Listeners can hear exactly what Frances Montgomery wrote and decide for themselves what they think of it. Parts of this novel are a vile stain on history and society. But, I must also add that she wrote some innovative ideas and had some imaginative concepts which were ahead of her time.

In Book 4 of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen continue to strive to understand what is happening on the ship. However, they are hindered by some terrifying events and form unlikely alliances. Just what awaits as they seek out the answers to why people are dying? Just why is the Warren so eerie?

Beth and Allen are isolated in a strange part of the colony ship Warren. They have faced extreme dangers before, but now, something else is after them. Something which can only be described as a nightmare.

Allen and Beth have reached the Colony Ship Warren, but danger abounds. They are lost in one of the vast biological habitats and cut off from most of their equipment and most importantly, out of contact with their artificial intelligence system, Elsa. How will they work through the bizarre places, strange creatures, and confusing customs of a devolved human culture? Worst of all is the haunting notion that an enforcer animal might be after them. Is the grootslang a myth? Legend? Or a real threat?

Oh God. It Hurts! Is an audiobook about the hard questions in life. This audio version was created specifically for an audiobook and is updated and expanded from the print version. Why is there pain? Why do people suffer? How does God fit into all of this? This audiobook asks lots of questions and shares the author's own personal stories, as well as those of his sister. Many of those stories are unpleasant and troubling.

Aaron and Erin Thibodeaux are not brother and sister, but their similar names cause all kinds of chaos at summer camp. When they make a pinkie promise, they have no way of knowing how it will play out - especially when their paths do not cross again until 14 years later! But should every youthful promise last a lifetime? Full of light-hearted humor and Christian values, this sweet romance is sure to warm your heart like the summer sun at Faith Stream Camp!

The world nearly ended in 2044. Less than 30 years later, the survivors on Earth launched seven great colony ships to seed humanity to other planets. Those ships were not heard from again. A century later, the only place people are known to survive on Earth is Dome 17. Beth and Allen live there. They are adventurers who have explored other domes, but everywhere else is dead. Is Done 17 just the last one to fail?