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In The Meth Chronicles Two, BLM, meth users Katie, Kyle and Molly learn the hard way that the recreational drugs they use to enhance a weekend of gambling in Reno, have a source...and that source turns out to be more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. Soon the trio learns just how fragile life can be, and how the simplest of mistakes can be magnified into a life or death struggle for those taking things for granted and letting drugs casually come into their lives. The Meth Chronicles second volume is a journal of three gritty stories that go into the depraved nadirs of the meth ...

Our tale begins where I’m from the Sun: The Gustafer Yellowgold Story leaves off. Emboldened from a putterbike race victory against his arch-nemesis, young sunling Gustafer Yellowgold heads to Earth to cure his ultra-rare case of Ice-Cream-Cone-Heart. Back on the Sun, Gustafer’s older brother, Ben, faces the heat from Mission Control when the journey doesn’t go as planned, and young Gustafer’s fate hangs in the balance.

Good cuckolds deserve a reward, don’t you think? Sometimes watching isn’t enough. Sometimes a devoted husband needs to roll up his sleeves (and maybe more) and help with the cleanup. You know what I mean. 😉 Inside this steamy anthology, you’ll find eight sizzling tales of eager cuckolds going above and beyond to make sure their wives—and their lovers—have the ultimate experience. From daring escapades to outrageous encounters, these stories will entertain, titillate, and leave you imagining scenarios you never dared to dream of… but maybe secretly crave. Get ready for a wild ...

Epic High Fantasy: Shattering realms, dark alliances and the war before the first battle No armies march yet, but in Fallgar, Astinhod and the Nordland, the decisions have been made. Xaroth's influence grows. Beneath the volcanoes of Fallgar, the orc shaman Gorzod Greywing holds his alliance together by force. Gray Dwarves, Mist Elves, Ogres and Undead arm themselves for the coming war. Every ruler pursues his own goals. None trusts the other. While this alliance takes shape, the free peoples begin to falter. In Astinhod, political unity shatters. Betrayal and murder shift the balance of ...

Near the end of a compilation of English crime running to over 700,000 words, a murderer's own confession names the book itself as his corrupter. François Courvoisier, the valet who cut the throat of Lord William Russell in 1840, wrote from the condemned cell that he had been undone by "a book containing the history of thieves and murderers" — an exact description of the Newgate Calendar he is quoted inside. The anonymous compiler who called himself Camden Pelham prints the confession in full, without comment, and moves on to the next case. This volume — the first of two — reprints, ...

I have family I didn't know about, a magical heritage laying its claim, and a mystery I apparently need to solve. But when a back-alley brawl leaves me marked with a bizarre Celtic crest on my back, I become a beacon for all things whacked and weird.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan. “I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right...

“A full master of the epic fantasy.” —Tulsa World One of the world’s most acclaimed fantasists, New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb returns to the world of her popular “Tawny Man” trilogy with Dragon Haven—the second book, following Dragon Keeper (“Imaginative, literate...

Over 2,000 pages of action-packed military sci-fi adventure in one massive boxset! Humanity survived the end of the world. Unfortunately, the galaxy noticed. Major Ethan Irons thought surviving Earth's near-extinction was the worst thing that could happen to him. Then an alien fleet arrived, dragged humanity into a galactic war they didn't start, don't understand, and are spectacularly unqualified to win. Now Ethan finds himself fighting for the survival of the human race while navigating alien empires, ancient grudges, interstellar politics, and enough backstabbing to make Game of Thrones ...

Epic High Fanatasy: Seven lost artefacts, political intrigue and a war across three continents The peoples of Wetherid survived the war. Twenty years later, a power awakens that is worse than anything they have known. Two decades have passed since the Battle of Ib'Agier. The old companions have laid down their weapons. Vrenli lives with his family in Tawinn and guards the Book of Wetherid. Gorathdin rules at the side of Queen Lythinda over Astinhod. Borlix, the dwarven paladin, has hung up his axe. Then Master Drobal returns with a warning. Deep beneath the volcanoes of Fallgar, the orc ...

From the cold-blooded murder of a man well known in London’s Bohemian society to a sinister tradition in an old Tudor manor house, these six cases from the early years of Holmes’ career in the 1880s present a singular collection of mysteries for the world’s first consulting detective to resolve. In this new collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories, well known author Denis O. Smith accurately recreates once more both the atmosphere and the excitement of Conan Doyle’s well-loved original Holmes tales.

Holy Man. Wise Sage. Giant Killer. Before Noah, before the Flood, the world is wicked beyond imagination. Fallen angels called Watchers rule as gods and breed evil offspring called Nephilim giants. But one man stands out from the rest: Enoch, he who walks with God, but also loves his wife and family with all his heart. Then God gives Enoch a frightening duty: He and his family must become giant-killers. But those very monsters are now coming after them.

When a friend asks Alastair Stone to question a disturbed child who's committed a horrific act, Stone has no idea what kind of rabbit hole he's starting down. His investigations uncover more instances of appalling crimes, all committed by people with no history of violence. And other people have turned up missing.

In the months following the Awakening, Christian's group of survivors grows, but they are still outnumbered by the hordes of zombies and scabs plaguing the world. With their security at risk, they must move to safer ground. When Christian and Boomer get separated from the group, Christian is caught in a life or death struggle forcing him to reveal his immunity and hope he can trust the one person who knows his secret.

The ancient clutch of vampires known as the Ravens thought they could devour me, but I’ve hunted too long to be anyone’s prey. With Caleb—the last slayer—and Tobias—the wolf who's somehow become my friend—at my side, I will see their nest reduced to ash. But every victory comes with a price. The deeper I descend into the world of hoods, wolves, and slayers, the more I uncover about what I am—and what I was born to do. Court intrigue, family betrayals, and impossible choices dog my every step.

Dina DeMille isn't your typical bed and breakfast owner. Her inn defies laws of physics, her dog is secretly a monster, and the only permanent guest of the inn is a former galactic tyrant with a price on her head. The inn needs guests to thrive and guests have been scarce, so when an arbitrator shows up at Dina's door and asks her to host a peace summit between three warring species, she jumps on the chance.

This book, yes, this book, was read by me with more attention than the holy Bible." Those words were written in Newgate by François Benjamin Courvoisier, the valet who cut the throat of Lord William Russell in 1840 — and they are printed here, in full, on page 563 of this volume, inside the very compilation he is describing. This is the second and concluding volume of Camden Pelham's Chronicles of Crime, reprinted complete and unabridged from the T. Miles & Co. edition of 1891: more than a hundred cases from 1816 to the early 1840s, including the Cato Street conspirators, the Pentrich ...

In the heavily white suburban neighborhood of Rollingwood, Texas, just a couple miles away from Austin, lives the Jensen, Pessoa, O'Connor and Sun families. Karen, Melissa, Sharon and Sophia are all housewives with husbands that share one common theme, they all cannot seem to please their wives anymore. Whether it be their ability to get hard, or to stay hard, it's not enough for these housewives of Rollingwood. Their lives have been altered by the arrival of the neighborhoods first black family, the Joneses. Most of the housewives have already experienced the dominant power of the big ...

The war for humanity's survival isn't over. It's getting worse. Much worse. The galaxy is burning, ancient enemies are rising, and entire worlds are falling. And somewhere out there, powerful forces are playing with technologies that were never meant to exist, threatening not just humanity's future, but the future of the entire galaxy. Major Ethan Irons has already survived alien invasions, impossible battles, genocidal empires, and enough near-death experiences to qualify as a medical mystery. Unfortunately, the universe isn't finished trying to kill him. Leading a battered alliance of ...

Kitiara discovers that a former lover, Tanis Half-elven, and his friends were responsible for the death of Highlord Verminaard. This revelation puts Kit in danger, for Emperor Ariakas hears of the connection and suspects Kit of having arranged the assassination.