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In 401 B.C. Xenophon, disciple of Socrates, accepts a friend’s invitation to participate as an observer with a group of Greek mercenaries hired by a prince of Persia called Cyrus the Younger. He gathers a mighty army and launches a campaign against the Pisidians. This sets in motion the vicious cycle of lies and bloodshed,…
Monica Pink is an extremely inquisitive young girl. She really, really loves pets and she wants to help them sort out their problems. After a tragic family accident, Monica is sent to see Dr Dickson the school ‘shrink’ but he is not just her shrink, he is also her archenemy. Monica uses what she learns…
Through the magic doors but where do they lead? Why not follow George and his best friends Thomas and Paul as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime during the school summer holidays. Their journey begins when they start playing at the old quarry, a place where their parents forbid them to go. You…
Why get this book? This endearing book is excellent at outlining the importance of friendship and teaches young readers especially preteens not to ask for pets as Christmas presents if they are unprepared to take responsibility for them thereafter. The Main Story Buster is an energetic young puppy who was picked up by a family…
1940: A love story shattered. As France collapses, Lieutenant Luc de Fontenac weaves his way though disaster, fighting and searching for Odile Molina, the woman he loves. Meanwhile Odile – who is Jewish – is risking her career and her life. With a thousand French soldiers dying every day, it’s madness to drive back towards…
A prisoner in a WWII concentration camp discovers a superpower that could keep him alive – he can make the commandant laugh by telling jokes. Pushed to ends of his wit and humanity, Gagman is propelled into a spiralling madness in which he would sell his soul for a gag simply to live another day….
The tragic tale of the doomed, but ever-defiant band of perhaps not-so-miraculously re-embodied supranormals known as the Damnation Brigade continues in the second mini-novel extracted from the open-ended saga of ‘Wilderwitch’s Babies’. Wilderwitch may be D-Brig’s last living member. The main reason she has survived so long is that Demon Queen Lilith got hold of…
Wendy Winkworth visits her hometown and is hired by a local teacher to find out if his ex-con mother is going to show up and ruin his chances of marrying the love of his life, who is also the richest girl in town. Meanwhile, the sheriff is trailing Wendy, either because he likes her or…
SUPER-SIZED FIRST EDITION! Canyon Pointe city attorney Harri Winters hates supers. They sure hadn’t been around to save her parents when she was a kid. She never dreamed she’d change her mind… Until the day a new superhero rescues her from Professor Venom’s attack at City Hall. The mayor accuses her of conspiring with the…
Aisha Franklin knew a romantic relationship with a client could get her disbarred. What she didn’t expect was to find herself pregnant after her doctors said it would never happen. And she sure didn’t expect to develop superpowers herself. But shortly after she tells Captain Justice he’s going to be a father, he begins acting…
Liam leads an exciting life as the son of a 4th generation waterman. He and his dad, Sean, make their living catching fish, crabs, and oysters on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland using their boat, Alyssa’s Mermaid. There is beauty and bounty in the Bay but there is also something mysterious. What could be in…
Liam leads an exciting life as the son of a 4th generation waterman. He and his dad, Sean, make their living catching fish, crabs, and oysters on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland using their boat, Alyssa’s Mermaid. There is beauty and bounty in the Bay but there is also something mysterious. What could be in…
Everyone loves a hero…but sometimes we can’t help but root for the villain… Indulge both impulses with this nostalgic flipbook anthology–The Side of Good / The Side of Evil. After all, everyone is the hero of their own story and sometimes a change in perspective can make a world of difference. Superheroes inspire us to…
Six tales of monsters, the dead rising, and the terrors of Portents. The unwritten rule of the city warns of danger in the night. That is when myths and legends-long thought lost to the world-claim Portents for their own. Explore the city’s immersive history as a young Alejo Ruiz is introduced not only to the…
A dark cabal has usurped the designs of Nikola Tesla’s and built a global relay grid of electromagnetic towers. The structured data streams of this new matrix are as ubiquitous as oxygen. Before the conspirators can make everyone’s reliance on the data they control as vital as the biological need for oxygen, a final piece…
Now in full color! They called him a “good for nothing loser” and said he’d never amount to much … They said he couldn’t get a date to save the planet, and he’d never have real friends … They said his study of Piffchi, ancient Blobolian martial art, was a waste of time … They…
