Ice Island

What happens when a reluctant spy discovers his greatest mission is protecting the woman who stole his heart? Cole Tanniyn thought his days of danger were over when he traded his sword for a lute. But when the king sends him north as an undercover minstrel to investigate mysterious disappearances from the infamous Ice Island prison, Cole's carefully ordered world changes —especially when Mistel Wepp, the fiery-haired songstress he's falling for, secretly follows him into mortal peril. She was supposed to stay safe. He was supposed to stay focused. Neither of them expected to fall this hard.

In Floyd’s village, turning eighteen means one thing: you’re out. Sent into the world on his “Journey,” he’s supposed to come back a man, bearing epic stories to tell by the hearth. Except Floyd thinks the whole tradition is stupid, reckless, and borderline homicidal. And he’s not wrong. Armed with zero wilderness skills and a stubborn sense of sarcasm, he’s cold, wet, lost... and about to become easy prey for press-gangs and worse. Enter Faux: a beautiful, dangerous, shape-shifting elf who claims she’s there to keep him alive. She can turn invisible, conjure anything she ...

In the second installment of Maria DiRico's new Catering Hall Mystery series, Mia Carina is back in the borough of Queens, in charge of the family catering hall Belle View Banquet Manor, and keeping her nonna company. But some events - like murder at a shower - are not the kind you can schedule.... 

Reveals evidence of advanced ancient technology, anomalous ancient maps, time travel, crystal science, ancient Armageddon, and Atlantis in the Bible Explores the true age of the Sphinx, the Stone Age high-tech found at Gobekli Tepe, the truth of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), the Zep Tepi...

He has reached the peak of the mortal world. But beyond that peak lies a door no one has ever opened. After defeating enemies once thought untouchable, Zhou Yi’s name now shakes the world. Clans fear him. Ancient masters watch him. Even the strongest warriors alive must treat him as an equal. Yet to stand at the peak of the mortal world is not enough. Far in the frozen north, a mysterious island appears only once every thousand years. It is said to hold the final secret left behind by vanished immortals—a path to a realm beyond all mortal power. For countless generations, the world’s ...

Updated throughout with recent developments and additional illustrations Reveals how solar outbursts caused the end of the last ice age, unleashed catastrophe upon ancient advanced civilizations, and led to six millennia of a Solar-Induced Dark Age Includes evidence from solar...

To escape a dangerous threat to his people, a village leader hires Jarreth, a renegade sea captain, to find them a new home. Their survival depends upon it. The savvy captain will soon discover that a promising island paradise is populated with dangerous ape-like creatures. Worse, some of his men go missing. Should he retreat and regroup or risk losing more men in an all-out battle? After all, the primates have no intention of giving up their island home without a fight. Jarreth, however, has no intention of leaving his men behind. There will be blood. Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE to ...

1781. Following the catastrophic betrayal of Benedict Arnold, the Continental Army faces a threat deadlier than British bayonets: the "Black Dog" of despair. The glorious mania of Saratoga is a distant memory, replaced by the freezing, visceral hell of the Winter of 1780. Captain Elias Thorne is a man hollowed out. Haunted by the execution of John André and the escape of the traitor Arnold, Elias has lost his faith in heroism. Stationed in the starving encampments of Morristown, he watches the army rot from within. When hunger turns to rage and the Pennsylvania Line erupts in mutiny, Elias...

When a military deserter steals a dead man’s identity and becomes “John Lee,” he sets sail on a research ship to return to England with his new identity. However, when Dr. Pikeham discovers that John Lee is an impostor, instead of turning him into the authorities, he offers him a job as his personal aide and protector on forays to dangerous, primitive islands to continue his work of studying and cataloging the native animals. Then comes a typhoon, blood-thirty pirates, and some very bad luck... And one very mysterious island. When the damaged ship limps ashore, the crew will encounter...

A gripping new novel inspired by a real place and events from the author’s family, Trouble Island is the standalone suspense debut from historical mystery writer Sharon Short. Many miles from anywhere in the middle of Lake Erie, Trouble Island serves as a stop-off for gangsters as they run...

An icy wind blows over the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence as a tiny harp seal pup is born. When her mother swims away to join the adult seal herd, Seal Pup must quickly learn to care for herself in the harsh, wintry landscape. Appropriate for ages: 3-9.

He has reached the peak of the mortal world. But beyond that peak lies a door no one has ever opened. After defeating enemies once thought untouchable, Zhou Yi journeys into the frozen north—only to find a land on the edge of catastrophe. Beast hordes are sweeping across the icy plains. Ancient predators are awakening beneath the frozen sea. And a mysterious island that appears only once every thousand years is about to return. For generations, the strongest warriors alive have tried to reach it. All have failed. This time, they may finally have found a way in. But the key is the woman ...

Winter has blanketed Frostfall Island and while most of the tourists are long gone, there is still plenty of activity. A hockey tournament brings a large group of ice enthusiasts to Frostfall. Anna and the gang are looking forward to the diversion. Aside from adding a bit of chaos to an otherwise sleepy, snow-covered island, the event stirs up controversy and brings to light old family grievances.

Escape to the Cornish coast this spring with a trip to the beautiful Emerald Cove, where the sea sparkles in the sunshine, the sand glitters like gold, and true love is in the air. From the bestselling author of Sunrise over Sapphire Bay comes this gorgeously romantic and uplifting tale. Skye...

Who's Killing Astronomers on Hawai‘i's Big Island? In this stand-alone sequel to Out and In: a mystery thriller, concert cellist and part-time sleuth Marie (Donovan) Ingles and her handsome attorney husband Ryan semi-retire to the Big Island of Hawai‘i, only to join an FBI investigative task force. One by one, four international astronomers fall prey to a serial killer. Is he an anti-astronomy activist? Ryan’s team represents two who are charged, but if they’re not guilty, who is? The island erupts in panic and protests. Again, Marie Must Fight for her Marriage. Between the chaos of...

At the edge of the world, an impossible relic from the fables of antiquity has risen from the frozen wastelands of Antarctica. Professor Logan and his exploration team rush to investigate this historic find, but this unique discovery puts their lives in peril when they unearth the remnants of a long-forgotten civilization left buried beneath the ice. Within the twisting labyrinths below the melting glaciers, they uncover an ancient culture that had perished from a mysterious cataclysm. They soon realize it was a polar shift which had caused their destruction, and our world was presently ...

It was a simple errand. Collect a package. Save the world. ‘Part James Bond, part Philip Marlowe, and all hero’—Jeffrey Deaver But when Bill Kemp’s contact washes up dead on the frozen banks of the Danube, where the Iron Curtain falls across the map of Europe, he’s thrown into the...

WATER AND ICE is both an exciting, newly-discovered sea story, and a detailed reference book that belongs in the book-collection of anyone interested in maritime or immigration history. Arthur Mattson’s original research into the maritime history of Long Island and the Port of New York in the 1830s tells of: • Two dramatic shipwrecks and rescue attempts on the South Shore of Long Island. • A mass grave in the village of Lynbrook, containing 139 victims. • Merchants, sailors, passengers, and tall ships in the Age of Sail. • The brave men and women (and the cowards) involved in the ...

"You have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation", said Retired Navy Admiral William H. McRaven and former U.S. Special Operations Chief in 2017 about Trump, in front of the American Press, and in wake of the series of dramatic & disruptive events unfolding now, one can only respect and admire him even more than ever. Campaigning on the radical promises of MAGA & America First, sweeping domestic reforms & ending forever wars; Trump’s return to the White House for a second term in 2025 has so far been as ...

'I want to take you on the rollercoaster of my life - throughout all the highs and lows, I have learned a lot. And hopefully, these lessons will feel useful to you too.' If life on both sides of fame has taught Ekin-Su anything, it's that the most important relationship you have is the one with...