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After a dishonorable discharge from the military on trumped-up charges, all Ben wanted to do was stay under the radar and be left alone. Someone with his talents and training is not soon forgotten or left alone. Ten months of peace and quiet are about to come to an end, starting with a bar fight and a visit from a special operations officer with orders to bring him back into the fold.

Abolitionism was the movement that strove to end slavery in the United States. The abolitionists saw slavery as a stain and an affliction on the United States and made it their goal to eradicate slave ownership. Abolitionists produced anti-slavery literature, sent petitions to Congress, and ran for political office.

Magic is waning. The ancient dragons of Torinth that once darkened the sky with their numbers are all but extinct. Older than even the dragons, the elementals, spirits of earth, sky, water, and fire, have slumbered for millennia, leaving the races of Torinth to fend for themselves.

The homecoming was short lived. Some might conclude that four ships, three women, and an unruly teenage daughter would constitute a happy ending. But dangerous forces still move in circles around Benjamin, his family, and friends. Word had arrived foretelling the prospects for peace and a first job for the fledgling Reaper Inc. Family in tow, locked and loaded, they leave for parts unknown to aid in securing peace and safety for the people of the Colonial Alliance. But when someone is out to kill you or eat you, making it there alive might be all you could hope for.

The battle with the World Eaters had taken its toll on Benjamin Jamison. Ghosts of the past haunted him, year after year of war and skirmishes, and blood and guts had caught up with him. His relationship with Tazleaha, queen of Cjittan, has fared no better. He has had no messages from her for weeks. Unfortunately, there is no rest for the Reaper as he takes his band of privateers and heads to the next location the Khalnalax have been planning to decimate: Idaline.

A bible for atheists is about how to be a good human if one doesn't believe in gods or God. It states positively what many atheists believe. In this improved second edition, it puts forth a system of belief based on reason and science and common sense into a coherent structure, starting from basic principles, to answer the big questions about our human origins, the puzzle of fate and free will, ethics, how to manage the emotions, why some binds bring new capabilities, friendship, love and mating, the nature of beauty, constructive thinking, rights and freedom and liberty, and more.

Looking to keep the heat? In Sweet Love, best-selling editor Violet Blue creates a world of lusty and in-love couples who live out their fantasies with delicious results. These powerful scenarios are recipes for romance that real couples can use as inspiration for memorable explorations of their own. This delectable collection will have you wishing for role-playing, exhibitionism, spankings, surprise threesomes, and much much more.

Whether you are a foreign investor seeking a United States green card or a domestic developer sourcing capital for your latest project, the United States EB-5 visa program offers unique opportunity. In an industry known to be difficult to understand, The EB-5 Handbook breaks down the EB-5 program into its simple basics - investment, economic growth, and green cards. In The EB-5 Handbook, investors and developers alike will learn how to get started on their EB-5 journey.

In the wake of his destruction, Benjamin Jamison and his team fled Athena and the Alliance, quite possibly to never return. Offered sanctuary in a palace in the capital of the Cjittan Empire, by the Queen who followed him on his rampage, the crew of the Claymore was living the dream. With Binda of Trillond, living the dream is about to be literal. Her prophetic dream points to an enemy emerging against the Cjittan Empire after a thousand years of peace. One man alone will strike the first blow against the enemy invaders. He will show them how the Reaper handles empires at war.

Short stories of Holiday Horrors to brighten and frighten your Christmas spirit.

Recovered from his captivity aboard the Cjittan Generations Vessel, Benjamin Jamison has decided it is time...time to get to the bottom of what really happened to his family while there are no demands on him. Not an investigator by trade, he goes about getting information the only way he knows how - forcefully.

Daniel Westford needed a place where he could become invisible far away from his native Oregon and he found it in Grindrod amongst the farms, cattle, and timber. For six years he keept everyone at arm’s length, including his lover, Border Patrol officer Layla Stormcloud. It was one their weekends together, and a shooting star flew across the heavens. It’s just as well they only watched it and didn’t make a wish because this shooting star changed course and plummeted to the earth. The revelations awaiting them at the crash site will change everything.

Russia and China are increasingly revisionist in their regions. The Middle East appears to be unraveling. And many Americans question why the United States ought to lead. What will great power competition look like in the decades ahead? What impact will geopolitics have on globalization? And what strategy should the United States pursue to succeed in an increasingly competitive world? In this book, Thomas Wright explains how major powers will compete fiercely even as they try to avoid war with each other.

Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright's Aftershocks offers a riveting and comprehensive account of one of the strangest and most consequential years on record. Drawing on interviews with officials from around the world and extensive research, the authors tell the story of how nationalism and major power rivalries constrained the response to the worst pandemic in a century. They demonstrate the myriad ways in which the crisis exposed the limits of the old international order and how the reverberations from COVID-19 will be felt for years to come.

You will be introduced to Serial Killers and follow them on their killing sprees. Each story is an unedited account by the Serial Killers, themselves. Documented footage through the eyes, and brains that others question and study. This is a collection of Serial Killer Newsletter Issues 1-3.

Hello fans and welcome to another issue of TSKN. Here in issue three you will find our first confession from an artist at work. His story of his first kill will leave you wanting to hear more of his art and the growing gallery. Do you like the stories your grandparents told you as a kid? We have one that will leave you wishing for those fairy tales you miss. Did you ever want to build your own friend the way you wanted them. Read Build-A-Friend and you may change your mind. The whole card is ready to take on TV in Ace of Spades and it may not turn out the way our hero wants it to. Finally, ...

Hi, welcome to The Serial Killer Newsletter issue #2. My name is MG (Midnight Gore). I love films and stories in the horror genre that go past boundaries and extremes. At TSKN we love to offer stories from a certain niche in a one on one environment to the reader from the protagonist or antagonist, depending on how you really look at it. We want our readers to have the actual thrill of being invited into the frenzy and roller coaster ride of the kill. A reader asked me, “Are the stories in TSKN true?” My joyful reply was, “TSKN is only a beacon to the inner dwellings of the chaos that...

The nature of existence is such that we will always find ourselves hurtling toward a string of sequential cataclysmic events. Unfortunately, humanity is lacking in the "proactive measures" department. Let's fucking talk about that.

At the two-year mark, it is now clear that the president is dominating the struggle against the national security establishment to determine the administration's foreign policy.

An Anthology of dark tales from top writers, including Rod Glenn, Ricki Thomas and C W Lovatt. 23 short stories of murder, revenge and the supernatural. Lunatics and fanatics, wicked curses and monstrous creations, supernatural entities and demonic playthings. Savour every morsel. Authors include, Rod Glenn, Ricki Thomas, Poppet, I S Paton, C W Lovatt, Jo Reed, A J Kirby, Mark Sinclair, Tony Wright and Kirsty Neary.