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Maine in the 30s: a beautiful country of hard-working people. Harvey is one of them. After graduating high school and not being able to play college baseball, he decides to stay home and try his luck in the newspaper business, but finding little reward in this menial job. All he really cares for is baseball. It was in 1936 when he saw the Pittsburgh Crawfords and decided he wanted to be like them, regardless of skin color. By sheer chance, he is recruited to play with the Staten Island Chaparrals, a newly founded barnstorming team. And even though there's resistance against a young man from...

PIRATES RULED THE CARIBBEAN CENTURIES AGO. IN THE 1930s, THEY WANT IT BACK. The independent nations of the Caribbean live in peace, prosperity and enjoy the benefits of latest technology. But when ships and planes start disappearing in great numbers, they fear for their sovereignty. Rumor has it the biggest force of pirates in the history of the Caribbean is preparing for their revenge. Nobody can stop this new dark power. Nobody but Captain Chager and his Airborne Army, a force of mercenaries operating all over the globe. They lead the united forces of the Caribbean nations in defending ...

In high school, Jesse Wolfson was a star. Some years later, his life is a mess. Having lost his scholarship after a career-ending injury and following several false starts, he ends up in Las Vegas, working menial jobs at a hotel & casino. Secretly, Jesse hopes to become a successful playwright. But the only writing job he could get is for a third-rate erotic flick. After a chance encounter with a girl he went to high school with, who's struggling too, Jesse's life is transforming drastically. They virtually have nothing except for themselves. Only their mutual affection promises atonement. ...

Fullerstone City - heaven and hell, metropolis and Gomorrah. The place where a man's dreams can come true - or turn into a nightmare. Between the towers, there is a different world lurking if you dare scratching the surface. It is a world full of violence, betrayal and death. Around the turn of the century, people are fighting for their place, regardless of the color of their skin. During the late twenties and thirties, police detectives like Rex McNeal are standing their ground against the crime lords that have taken over great portions of the city, where the alcohol is flowing in huge ...

WHEN SALADIN TOOK JERUSALEM, THE HOLY GRAIL WASN'T THERE... In 1936, Cliff Parish is forging crystal skulls to make ends meet. But he’s also a prolific adventurer and expert on archaeology and history, hired by affluent customers to find artifacts for their personal collections. In Yucatán, a mysterious man shows him a map. Rumor has it, the map gives away the location of the famous city of El Dorado. Cliff knows this treasure hunt promises more than just ordinary gold. But he’s not the only one hunting those treasures. And what they discover continues a journey begun in 1187 AD. When ...

THOSE THAT GO OUT ON RECONNAISSANCE AND HUNTING DISAPPEAR. THE WORLD HAS FROZEN. AND ALMOST ALL HOPE WITH IT. Big White – a climate event cooling the surface of the Earth below freezing point – has devastated the planet. Those that survived live in shelters, patrolling the land in search of any rations left or animals like deer to hunt. Those are called Rangers, trained and fit individuals risking their lives providing for the rest of their colony. Terry and Bull are one of those small Ranger teams. And when they’re sent out to locate the Outpost, a station the colony has lost contact...

WHAT WILL BECOME OF YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES YOU’RE DRIFTING IN AND OUT OF LIKE A SHADOW ON THE WALL? WILL YOUR GOOD-LOOKS SAVE YOU AGAIN? OR WILL THERE BE HELL TO PAY… Meet Duke Arrowsmith – part gentleman, part British eccentric, having worked his way up from the docks and housing projects of Leith to the finest neighborhoods of Edinburgh. These days, he’s only serving the most solvent upper crust customers, rolling through town in his signature red 92 Lotus Excel SE. Duke is a drifter and a mystery. And when he meets Emily, a girl to die for, his world is starting to fall ...

In the near future, the world has been devastated by climate change, covering great portions of the northern continents in ice and snow and the south in almost uninhabitable deserts. There are rumors of a "blessed country" on the West Coast of North America, but nobody looking for this paradise ever returned to verify its existence. Gangs of anarchists, the so-called "rebels," attack, rob and kill anyone in the snow-covered areas of the former US. The only hope for most people is The Colony, and the Black Rider is its best driver, taking spare parts and other goods to the mines and outposts...

SILENCE FOLLOWED PURGATORY. IT WAS EVEN MORE DEAFENING THAN THE NOISE OF THREE TOMMY GUNS DISCHARGING ALL THEIR FIFTY BULLETS EACH AT RAPID FIRE… The city is drowning in crime and bootlegged liquor. Someone has taken control of Fullerstone City's underground – and neither of the gangs nor the FCPD are able to stand their ground. When two of the leading crime lords are assaulted at Jay's Restaurant by three men wearing tengu masks wielding submachine guns, public order is at the verge of falling apart. In the line of fire is Rex McNeal, renowned Detective of the FCPD. But the department ...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE HIRED TO KILL A MAN NO BOUNTY HUNTER DARED CHASING BEFORE YOU… After a tough cattle drive and three rounds of boxing against bigger men than himself, Ace Westfield's head is aching. All he wants is a good meal, a drink and a bed for the night. But he's a dangerous bounty hunter on the prowl, taking any chance to make money and attracting people's interest. When he is approached by a mysterious woman trying to hire him as assassin and willing to pay any price, Ace has no way of knowing what he is getting himself into. Soon, he is on his way to a Texan small ...

WHAT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO IF THE GIRL YOU LOVE WAS JUST OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE... The circus he grew up in is the only world Angus Forrester ever knew since the tragic death of his parents leaving him orphan. Even though he has travelled almost every corner of the North American continent, it has become a small world to him. Not much better than the cages the animals are kept in between the shows. When a girl stumbles into his life on Long Island, young and beautiful and privileged, just about to finish high school and start college, Angus questions his life, asking himself if there is a ...

WHO CAN SAVE YOU FROM YOURSELF WHEN YOU MASTER EVERYTHING EXCEPT HAPPINESS? Amy Caruso's life should be a dream. Born into an Italian-American blue collar family in California she became an engineer in electric mobility and relocates to Osaka. To experience a different culture, but also to unchain herself from conventions and expectations. But Amy finds herself unable to adapt to this new world. Caught between her job and meeting the "Expatriates," a group of westerners, she realizes that she's foreign matter in a foreign country. Her decision to start all over and assimilate with the ...

A young man comes to a small town to host a radio show that will air in the middle of the night. All he is supposed to do is fill the time with content. But he decides to take his new show more seriously than that, generating a following centered around the young folks at the local high school. Larry Adams is one of those students, who struggle with their daily life and the changes and decisions they will soon have to face. Things start changing in Bayview, and it seems that it has to do with the new radio show but Larry is not fully convinced of that. Like anyone else, he does not ...

Jeremy Wilder is a private eye in Fullerstone City. In the shadows cast by big business and the art deco skyscrapers, his daily business is to dig in the swamp of corruption, crime and murder. When the wife of one of the most influential entrepreneurs in town hires him to investigate a series of art robberies, he ends up at a dead end and teams up with "Fox" Mahoney, a fellow private detective. Together they dig deeper, until they find themselves entangled in a web of lies. Things more and more get out of hand, they deal with gangsters, cutthroats and corruption. They explore the underbelly...

Who hasn't thought of brewing their own beer yet? With this guide it is possible to learn how to brew craft beer at home – and it is simpler than you might think. Anyone with simple equipment will be able to brew their own beer from malt with basic equipment and widely available ingredients. In addition to the needed equipment, basic recipes are described, followed by the actual step-by-step brewing process from mashing over hopping and fermentation to conditioning. In order to be able to develop your own recipes, ingredients and processes are explained in their function as well as ...

1691 – A FAMOUS CAPTAIN AND HIS CREW LAND ON AN ISLAND TO BURY THEIR TREASURE. BUT EVEN THE FEARED PIRATES ARE HELPLESS IN THE FACE OF ANCIENT POWERS BELIEVED TO BE MYTHICAL... 1933 – Orson Elwood is a respected filmmaker in Hollywood, working for Saturn Pictures. Despite his success, he's struggling financially. When he learns about the treasure Captain Red Carp and his crew lost on an island, Orson decides to shoot THE RED BUCCAANEER – a swashbuckler flick supposed to be his cover during the search for the treasure. For a job like that, he needs an expert. A treasure hunter ...

Hollis Grant is a young, not formally educated scriptwriter, who has to fix the script for a monster film just three weeks after being hired. Finding himself in a strange, new world he always wanted to be a part of, he is struggling with various restrictions that hamper his efforts and he wonders whether this is the shiny beacon and dreamscape that he had been dreaming about before becoming a part of it himself. An aspiring artist is trying to find a way to make a name for himself with his paintings, but has to learn that there is no place for him back home, so he travels abroad to China, ...

THE DESERT SANDS OF EGYPT HOLD MANY SECRETS, SOME OF WHICH SHOULD’VE STAYED BURIED FOREVER After hearing an interesting theory concerning the Battle of Kadesh at university, Aaron Green, descendant of a wealthy family from Massachusetts, is determined to take an expedition to the Middle East and start his own research. After securing sufficient funding, he tries to win over Ace Westfield, one of the most feared bounty hunters in the still existing Wild West, to accompanying them and to provide security. Westfield saves his life when he is attacked by bandits but declines the offer. The ...

A man seeking gold in British Columbia, finding himself entangled in the mythology of the old and rough country, wondering if the local stories about a curse are true; two friends walking to a blues concert far out on the countryside, having a peculiar chance encounter with a guitar picker; a young woman pursuing luck in Hollywood, attempting to write the next trailblazing screenplay, struggling to pay the rent and not to lose herself in daydreaming along the way. "In Search of Fiery Skies" contains eight short stories about people trying to make it. They do not always know what they are ...

THE LIMELIGHT IS BRIGHT AND SHINY. BUT WILL IT WARM YOU AND GET YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT? In Paris, Curtis McLeod is catapulted from being a nobody and a self-taught writer to celebrity by winning the love of a shooting star. In the spotlight, Curtis is living a dream life, admired by many, envied by all. But there’s a secret he’s hiding. Hotel Elysée – the center of his endeavors, and his European escape. The place Curtis keeps running to, trying to escape the dream life he always wanted but struggles to live. Living two lives at once, Curtis starts wondering if his luck will last. Or ...