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The Gamin have left Earth, and in doing so have raised many questions. Clearly we are not alone in the universe. As the alien visitor’s ships have revealed, space is not a peaceful place. The discovery of a massive construction dock in the Australian Outback surprises all. The partially built spacecraft within its confines is a baffling mystery to many, a technological marvel to others. A consortium of countries pool their resources in their attempt to complete the ‘Terran’. Will the massive vessel even be able to launch? If so, will the crew begin their journey to the stars? Or will ...

Voknor Diaries – One Gamin’s rise to power. ‘Voknor Diaries’ is the fifth installment of the Terran Chronicles Universe, and the last book of the ‘Initiation Series’. The story follows the Gamin on their plight of survival, after the devastating attack on their world by the Atlan Empire. Many years after the Exodus, one Gamin hatches, one whose path crosses humanity’s time and again; first as a master, then as a friend. Space is not safe, as all races painfully discover. Banding together may save them, but is this a temporary safety or will the Alliance hold? And what about ...

Can Saddam’s Army hold its own… …against the weight of American military might? Tanks, armored personnel carriers, helicopters, paratroopers, and amphibious assault vehicles mobilize to bring the pain for Operation Desert Storm. Will Saddam use chemical and biological weapons to try and even the score? The mighty guns of the USS Iowa and Wisconsin support one final amphibious assault. Will their 36-inch, 2,000-pound shells shatter the Iraqi defenses and open the way for the Marines? The largest tank battle since World War II is brewing. What if America didn’t stop in southern Iraq? ...

Saudi Arabia has fallen… …as America fights to hold on. Saddam declares this the “Mother of all Wars.” Iraq controls twenty-five percent of the world’s daily oil output. Prices soar as the Soviet Union moves to fill the void. The world’s first oil war has begun and wreaked havoc on global trade. Fighting around Medina and the Islamic Holy sites turns medieval. Memories of World War I trench warfare return. Will the 101st Airborne be able to stop the Republican Guard from throwing America and the remnants of the Saudi Army into the Red Sea? High above the skies of the desert, ...

.What if Saddam Hussein… …hadn’t stopped with Kuwait? Project 19 might have worked. No one knows how close Iraq came to invading Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. They wanted their money, and Saddam wanted revenge. In a world where the USSR ran a lend-lease program with the Iraqis, Saddam felt emboldened. He’d convince the world that he was just bringing their 19th province back into the fold. With an oil war going on, the Soviets threw their hats into the ring behind Iraq. If they’d had all the latest in equipment, the 100 hours war wouldn’t be so easily fought. It ...

The adventure you are about to embark upon is one of discovery and hope, as humanity comes to terms with its ‘First Contact’. When a fleet of spaceships arrive in orbit, it raises a number of compelling questions. What brings them here? Are they friendly? What will happen to us? The visitors from space do not behave exactly how we expected them to. But then, what did we really expect to happen? With the intentions of our visitors not being fully known or understood, we are powerless to do more than become bystanders to our own fate. As the series unfolds we discover that many answers ...

You want your games to be many things: creative. Innovative. Playable. Fun. If you're a designer, add "published" to that list. The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design gives you an insider's view on how to make a game that people will want to play again and again. Author Mike Selinker has invited some of the world's most talented and experienced game designers to share their secrets on game conception, design, development, and presentation. In these minutes, you'll learn about storyboarding, balancing, prototyping, and playtesting from the best in the business.

A sensational short story collection in the expansive universe of HALO, the New York Times bestselling series! Launch once more into galaxy-spanning conflict and legendary heroism…shards of an ever-expanding journey where human and alien alike find their finest hours in facing their greatest...

A lone Gen 5 Mamluk, one of the many variants of the Empire’s disposable, and secret, shock troops, wakes from stasis to find himself on a damaged shuttle. Locating a planet and landing is easy, compared to repairing the damage. Avoiding the locals, and surviving, grows more difficult as time passes. A forged pact and a betrayal, leave him barely alive. His time spent in stasis healing, increases his knowledge. Learning more than any of his kind before, he emerges more than just a weapon.

No nation has ever achieved the literary diversity of America. From nativist humor to immigrant triumph, Americans have recorded their visions and hopes better than anyone

Two years undercover. One phone call. Zero margin for error. FBI Agent Ashley Prescott has spent two years undercover as Niki Foster, earning the trust of Patriots for Freedom—an extremist militia. As the Bureau’s only window into the group—and their Chinese linguist and arms go-between—she’s the only one who can stop an imminent weapons sale and their plot to tear America apart with targeted assassinations. Then her estranged billionaire father vanishes after leaking classified intel—details that threaten to expose her and could only have come from inside the FBI. HQ plans to ...

NEW YORK BURNS New York City is on fire following an unprecedented terrorist attack, but for these extremists, the fire is just the beginning of the chaos. A Seal team hunts for those responsible, and then there’s Clay, retired Special Forces, who is just trying to get his stepdaughter, Melinda, out of the city. Melinda becomes embroiled in this dangerous adventure as fate and destiny combine to keep her in the thick of it. She began the day as any typical New Yorker, as events unfold, she proves to be anything but. The hunt for the terrorists turns global when they escape New York; I am ...

Alliance - One ship, against all odds. Cindy leads the crew of the Terran on a mission to salvage parts from the derelict Gamin spacecraft they discovered twenty-two thousand light years from Earth. The wreck holds the promise of technologies and weapons. Along the way, the crew visits the peaceful Oglans, where once again, Emma is in her element. Events spiral out of control for the crew of the Terran when they respond to a hail from Regent Voknor. Their actions have far reaching consequences. Humanity’s fate hangs in the balance as the stakes of the Atlan-Gamin war escalate.

Suppose you wake up one day to find every part of your life was a lie. Maybe not a complete lie, but not as you thought. What would you do when faced with an ‘Augmented Reality’? Joe just has! We follow along as he learns the true condition of the world, the world outside his carefully protected reality. Join his plight as he finds new surprises and new possibilities in this post-apocalyptic world. With a much smaller population and an uncertain future will he find a new home and purpose? Come along as the search for salvation goes awry…

Medical trauma affects millions worldwide yet the condition remains largely unrecognized and untreated. It is very real for those living with the ongoing effects of challenging experiences in medical contexts, that stem from conditions such as: -Chronic and critical illness -Painful procedures...

“An essential guide” (Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid. Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the shocking mortality figures obscured the fact that death is not the only adverse outcome of the...

Engaging and transforming, The Happiest Man in the World provides a unique and compelling insight into the life and legacy of a man who found true happiness in relinquishment and selfless service.

Between Freedom and Equality begins with the life of Capt. George Pointer, an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793 while working for George Washington's Potomac Company. It follows the lives of six generations of his descendants as they lived and worked on the banks of the Potomac, in the port of Georgetown, and in a rural corner of the nation's capital. Between Freedom and Equality offers a moving and inspiring look at the challenges that free African Americans have faced in Washington, DC, since the district's founding.

Do you want to learn ethical hacking/penetration testing but not sure where to begin? Does the amount of information on the web make you feel overwhelmed and confused? Or maybe you're looking to start a career as an ethical hacker and want to further your skills? How about step-by-step, methodical, literally foolproof approaches to be just weeks away from becoming a hacking genius? If so, you've found the right book! In The Beginners Guide to Master the Art of Hacking in No Time that's exactly what you'll get. In this book you will start as a beginner with no previous knowledge about penetration testing, ethical hacking and basic security. The first thing you will learn is some basic information about ethical hacking and the different fields in penetration testing.

When your name is a lie, every truth can kill. Three months after cutting a secret deal with the FBI's Deputy Director, ex-Special Agent Ashley Prescott gets her first off-the-books assignment: go back undercover as Niki and infiltrate Greenwar, a radical eco-cell executing executives of America's biggest polluters. Her way in? A dangerous cover as special assistant to the head of a powerhouse D.C. energy lobby. Access that could expose buried studies and dirty money—and paint a target on her back. The assignment is already a death trap. But her real nightmare? The FBI surveillance team ...