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He came from legendary magic stones. Some think him demon. Others call him kinsman and warrior. Enemies dub him "the Ghost of the Highlands."

What seven traits do the most successful authors have in common? Which strategic approaches can have the most positive effect on your author career? Where should you focus your energy and effort for maximum results? How do these components work together to help you forge a powerful path through publishing?Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who draws upon more than three decades of experience in writing, publishing and bookselling as well as his affinity for alliteration to highlight the importance of and provide examples of how these 7 P's (Practice, Professionalism, Patience, Progression, Persistence, Partnership, Patronage) can guide you on your writing and publishing journey.Regardless of whether your path involves traditional publishing or indie publishing, this book will help you understand the fundamental stepping stones to publishing success.

Sean Donovan is doing all right; he has two offshore bank accounts and an American one as well and all three are filling up nicely. His network of clients know his business plan: he is willing to acquire whatever rare or inaccessible product is needed, be it the security plans to an art gallery, a rare Etruscan goblet or a recorded conversation from a former American President. And he will steal it and deliver it to them, no questions asked nor answered.But he is becoming dissatisfied. In addition to the physical wear and tear inflicted on his body by adversaries, he is now becoming weary of the toll his newly-discovered conscience is exacting from these highly illegal exploits. A series of lies to his most recent client has caused him to think about the impact of his deeds and he doesn't like how it makes him feel. An idea begins to form; what if he was to undo his last three wrongs? And what if he nevertheless wants to benefit from turning over this new leaf?This story follows Sean Donovan as he travels from Bucharest to London to Montreal and New York. Will he repent his wicked ways? Will he quit the business before those who he has wronged catch up to him? Will he discover that three wrongs don't make a right?

Motherless, left to her step-family by her very own father, Amorette finds her escape inside the pages of the novels she helps to sell. When a nondescript title catches her attention, Amorette takes it home... and finds herself thrown into the middle of a centuries-old feud. One man stands at the center of the danger: Eadric Hawkmore. Arrogant, aloof, and with a name befitting his impossible age, Eadric is the last man Amorette wants to ask for assistance. The only problem with that? Eadric is the only person who can help. From the very first accident, to the unmasking of an ancient madman, Eadric and Amorette find themselves thrust together by fate. Will they find the love they both so desperately seek and still make it through with their lives?

Acts of Speech explores performative, public, and private religious speech and how they construct identity and difference. It blends praise poetry in honor of various Hellenic Gods, including Apollon, the Mousai, Hermes, and Mnemosyne, with more private poems in a tense dance of parasociality and intimacy. Above all, it is a time capsule of experiences frozen in syllable, verse, and image.

The spoken word of life with decision and more is forever being altered, feelings that's poetic but yet unexplainable something like the weather. I share this change with poetic sense and relationship between mother nature and our love, dread, content, and Unknown mix that lay inside yet worn out, like mother nature and creation. A connection that can only be expressed with a real melody .. being true poetry

Is being alone worse than death? Acharon has no interest in finding out. He and Sovelet are two of the last humans on Earth. They've lived an idyllic existence on their man-made island over the decades. For Acharon, these have been good times, quiet times. Life, though, has other plans. Murphy's suicide and Sovelet's medical diagnosis have shattered the illusion Acharon has so carefully crafted. There is no more sitting and watching sunsets while humanity winds down to extinction. Not if he wants to save Sovelet's life. To do so, Acharon and Sovelet must face a city gone wild. A city that hasn't seen a human in decades and has no fear of them. It is a city filled with dangers and bad memories. But Acharon will face everything to keep Sovelet alive and safe. Death will come in time, but not without a fight. Not if Acharon has any say in the matter. In the tradition of Earth Abides, Dog Stars, and On The Beach, Last Wave explores what it is to be human and what it means to be alive.

Acharon can prepare for the worst. But can he survive it? He and Sovelet have barely made it out of San Francisco alive. Now, they're heading east to join the enclave in New York city. It is the last bastion of human existence in the Western Hemisphere. From there, they'll cross the Atlantic by boat. In Paris, they'll join all that remains of the human race. But the journey has its own plans. Damage to the monorail system requires a detour. Acharon had planned for that possibility. What he hadn't planned for was nature once more dead-set on killing him. He certainly had no plans for what came shortly after. Acharon and Sovelet have made a startling discovery. A discovery that doesn't wish to be known. Now, Acharon must carry the weight of that secret into New York city. The weight is exacerbated his personal fears. How will it affect the enclave? More importantly, how will it affect Sovelet? In Last Dance, Acharon faces his own worst fear. Will he overcome it? Or is he doomed to fail?

A distress call changes everything.The ship Dewey's platoon is on responds to the signal. They jump to another solar system A supposedly unoccupied system. There they find a smuggler's ship. All its systems are failing. Fortunately, the Hospitallers have arrived in time.But they are not alone.Now, under attack, their jump drive broken, the Hospitallers are in trouble and running out of options. There's a planet, Wenshen, in the system. But, as Dewey knows, Wenshen isn't just unoccupied, it's acidic atmosphere makes it inhospitable to humans.Their choices are few.They can stay in space, and die. Or, they can land on Wenshen and die there. But if anyone can find a solution to impending death, it's the Hospitaller Orphan Corps.Suit up. Strap in. It's going to be a wild ride.Get your copy now to join the adventure, and learn what secrets Wenshen holds.

Providing aid becomes a fight for survival. When Imara lands on Abira with the rest of her company, things don't feel right. And it's not just the constant, falling snow. Bhisho's townsfolk are nervous. This makes the Hospitallers wary. Then, thieves come in the night. But the thieves aren't just thieves, they're citizens of Grabouw, the other town in the valley. The Hospitallers learn that the people of Grabouw are starving, too. Imara and her team are charged with escorting supplies, through the snow, to the other town. The welcome here is even more chilling. Imara is certain more is going on than just a shortage of food supplies. A passed note confirms her suspicions. Now, Imara not only has to get her team safely back to Bhisho, but she also needs to report the truth, even if it costs her teams' lives. Midwinter on Bhisho is the first story in the Seasons of War on Abira series. Follow Sgt Imara Fermo as she not only deals with her own demons but also struggles to understand the layers of deceptions that drive the civil war on Abira. Get the book. Get reading. The adventure awaits.

A cat with a job, and an important one, too. What's that all about? It is amazing how many times this hard working cat "saves the day."Nicholas the cat lives next door to the big fishing dock. Every day he works to help the fishermen who work at the dock.Niciholas is smart and quick with sharp hearing and piercing green eyes. He sees and hears everything. He saves a mouse, although usually he has to chase them and the seagulls off the boats. Watch out for lobsters--"{Pain. Oh, No!" Even the next door fish market needs his help. He also loves to play in the park and chase butterflies and frogs but only after his job is done for the day on the big fishing dock.What will be his next adventure? What will he save tomorrow?

From the author of the Kindle Scout winning Evelyn Marsh; and Time Management, a novel; comes this gently humorous exploration of life (and death) on the San Mateo coast. A closet novelist. An erstwhile rock star. A retiring wine importer. A crab fisherman. A dot-com widow. What do they have in common? They're all denizens of the small town of Seal Cove in Northern California, and they're all members of a loose affiliation that calls itself The Seal Cove Theoretical Society.When Tom Birmingham has a near-death experience, Fate charges him with tying up "loose ends." A disparate group of neighbors rally to his aid, each bringing issues of their own to the conversation. The discovery of a cache of Prohibition Era liquor, and the auction/party that the Society stages, reveal the often overlooked connections we find in community.

Loving her might be a blueprint for disaster.Claire Kingsley once dared to assert herself into the male world of 1890s architecture. It cost her husband both his life and an heir. Now fear controls her choices and her dreams. When offered a chance to create another design, she fights against the pull, afraid of further disaster. But disturbing news ignites a fierce loyalty to her past love and a powerful attraction to a new one-an attraction she resists…for his sake.Mark Gregory's first architectural project in town comes with the proviso that he works with a female. He balks, even though Claire stirs his heart like no other woman. Yet, with a loan payment looming, risking his business on someone of unknown talent invites failure, a word he's struck from his vocabulary.When bigotry and Claire's fears threaten an important commission, will she summon the courage to help Mark succeed, or will she destroy another man's dream?

EARTHZERO EVOLUTION - BOOK ONEWhen the Cosmic Shaper Helel grows tired of failing to complete his simulation after hundreds of thousands of attempts, he decides the only way to succeed past the end state caused by the Death Horde is to cheat. By twisting reality and introducing unique and powerful avatars (and forcing the premature evolution of humanity), Helel introduces chaos into the simulation, risking a true Armageddon in an attempt to prepare humanity for the coming alien invasion.As the Lightbringer's Sigil is triggered, all living creatures of Earth gain a third helix in their DNA, allowing them to evolve into something more. But this evolution comes with its own set of risks.355 pages.

Dave Newton and Todd King present: THE EARTHZERO EVOLUTION - BOOK TWO: THE ANSHADAR EFFECTOne year and one day after the cosmos shattering events of The Lightbringer's Sigil, EarthZero's new immortal heroes vie for control of the world with the Council of Glass, whose religious zealotry has enmeshed the fallen Soulthief, Petrus Romanus, in a gambit to awaken his latent cosmic power. But Mhyrranda, the Duchess of Dreamland, and her team of iconoclastic immortals, led by the newly risen VoidSpawn, implement a world-ranging plan to bend and bind the Dragon itself to the collective good of the world. All the while, the Dark Earth Mother, Chthon, the metacosmic dual-aspect of the Dragon, manipulates the Cosmic Shaper Helel, forcing the originator of the EarthZero simulation to play its own unique role in the Dragon's Game. The Death Horde, known as the Vanth'Vash'Var, continue to approach EarthZero for a final reckoning, even as their spies arrive upon the scene to sow havoc and discord. Meanwhile, the consequences of the Dragon's Game loom, actualized and manifested in the form of Denny's and Rachel's infant daughter, Penny, who has been born immortal: Anshadar.

Ash Jagerhund thought he found the answers to the questions that have plagued him all these years since his mother disappeared. A phone call from a stranger leads him to Rust Springs, Ohio: a quaint town with a dark secret. Violence, corruption, and misery unfold as he finds out about a local cult and the pasts of new friends. Will he find the truth or will it destroy him in the process?

The true story of BLOSSOM, an orphaned fawn, who shares love and compassion with her rescuer, ANNA, a woman dealing with her own childhood trauma, and helps a town in pain from the events of 9/11 begin to heal.*** Blossom ~ The Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury, is the author's true account of her astonishing friendship with BLOSSOM, an orphaned wild fawn with a dazzling personality, and the ten-year struggle to save her life within a hunting community. The simple compassionate act of rescuing the young doe changes the course of their lives, and those around them, as the events of 9/11 unfold and cause many in this rural community to suffer intense personal tragedy. Anna discovers a deep level of intelligence and intuition in the doe that defies the traditionally held beliefs in the divide between man and nature. Their adventures are full of fun, at times, terrifying, as awareness blurs nature's wildlife boundaries, and love grows. But ominous chatter in the community dramatizes the ramifications of protecting a deer within a hunting community, where the life expectancy for a deer is one and a half years. Blossom's story is intertwined with Anna's recollections of long childhood hospitalizations resulting from a severe injury. She became a caretaker of sorts to other hospitalized children, and an interesting parallel backstory emerges. The struggles between compassion and conflict increase the stakes when their unlikely friendship gains notoriety, making Blossom a target-to look at-or shoot at . Neighbors and hunters joined up to protect the Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury. Others bragged about using Blossom as bait and laughed about "Blossom burgers." A persistent stalker starts a campaign of terrifying warnings. Although Anna saved the fawn through care and her paramedic skills, Blossom opens the world of self-identity for her human friend. Years of surgeries left Anna with a bruised self-image and an instinct to avoid problematic people and situations. Blossom changed all that and turned Anna from complacency to the challenge of sharing the world with the Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury.Nature Memoir, Crossover YA, Series #1 - 66,500 words / 292 pages

It is said those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it. But sometimes necessary secrets trap one in an endless cycle of tragedy. Jillian, a divorced researcher, travels to Urbino, Italy, to get away from life in the United States. While she explores the winding cobblestone streets of the mountaintop town, she encounters a man from the Renaissance. Initially, she thinks he is a costumed tour guide, then she learns he is a ghost with a strange story.Rouen is cursed to wander within the boundaries of Urbino for a thousand years. Jillian is the first person in over a century to notice that he exists. Although it goes against his better judgement, he befriends the woman. Jillian feels sorry for Rouen and decides to see if anything can be done to put his soul to rest. As she turns page after page in the archives, she learns there is much more to Rouen's story than he shared. What she discovers rewrites the historical narrative of one of England's most famous rulers. Ignoring Rouen's warnings to stop pursuing secrets of the past, Jillian's discovery draws her into Rouen's world and the dangers that lurk there. Shocked to find herself living history instead of writing it, Jillian is faced with the choice of sharing what she knows with the world, or allowing Rouen to slip silently back into the shadows of the past.

The Drath: Wolf-like alien rulers of the galaxy. Unknowable, all-powerful, predatory. Melin: Desert world settled thousands of years ago by a human generation ship. Nthanda Ceelen: Ruler of the Ceelen, space-faring clan of warriors, traders and explorers who exploit the Wave Drive gifted to humanity by the Drath. Ru Shashi couldn't care less about any of it. Survival demanded all his attention as a Runner in Hexal City's Undercity caverns. Until the day that Nthanda Ceelen and the fate of the human species landed in his lap. This collects the first three books of the Drath series: Clash of Lines, Joining of Lines and Consort of the Crystal Palace.

Raelin hummed as she strolled through the Dana ballroom towards the buffet table. Cousin Daire's wedding was the biggest event of the season with everyone important invited.Even Princess Delbhana Siobhan who glowered death at them all.The feud between the Delbhana and the Dana swept up to a new level as the old Queen neared death. If, when, Princess Siobhan took her place, the Dana might finally be destroyed.Destiny of the Delbhana returns to Muirin as politics, violence and conspiracy threaten everything the Dana have built.