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The Chicago Rat Shifter: The Complete Trilogy (The Chicago Rat Shifter)
by Michael La RonnContains Books 1-3 of the exhilarating series that proves that the best heroes come in small packages! Meet Cyrus Grant, rat shifter. Covered in trash? Check. Getting washed through a sewer in a thunderstorm, fighting for his life? Check. Hunted by a mad scientist and an evil fae? Ugh. Just another day in the life of a rat shifter… All Cyrus wanted to do was find a job so he could stop sleeping on his sister's couch. Getting turned into a rat? Not on his to-do list. Aren't shifters supposed to be lions, bears, and dudes with hairy man chests? Somebody missed the memo. Cyrus must survive the city’s paranormal underbelly, and worse—the brutal world of rats. If he can’t, he’s a dead rat walking. The Chicago Rat Shifter series is a fast-paced, full tilt urban fantasy that proves that the best heroes come in small packages. V1.0
Year of the Rat (The Chicago Rat Shifter #3)
by Michael La RonnThe final chapter in the imagination-defying urban fantasy series by bestselling, award-winning author Michael La Ronn! Cheesy jokes. Dates. A bachelor pad of his own. After saving the world (twice), Cyrus Grant deserves to enjoy the single life and relax…until a demon possesses his sister. The cure: a ruthless nightclub owner who peddles dangerous magic. He offers anything for a price. And he doesn’t mean dollars. It takes a rat to fight a rat… Year of the Rat is the page-turning final book in the Chicago Rat Shifter series that explores what happens when we face our inner demons. Scroll up and click the buy button today! V2.0
Reaper's Way (The Good Necromancer #1.5)
by Michael La Ronn"Merry Christmas, Kate. Why did you show up on my doorstep all of a sudden? Wait, Kate, why are you bleeding?" My friend Kate is dead. Did I mention that she was a grim reaper? Thanks, Santa. Not exactly the gift I asked for. Now I get to play Sherlock Holmes on the most wonderful day of the year. I get the feeling that whoever is behind Kate’s murder wants to finish me next. As my undead servant Bo likes to say, shizzle is afoot… Reaper’s Way is a standalone novella in The Good Necromancer series, taking place after Book 1. V1.0
Death Moon (The Good Necromancer #5)
by Michael La RonnBoy, did I step in something deep now… Problem #1: I've never seen a wolf in my life. Now, three wolf shifters are trying to rip me apart in a parking lot. Problem #2: I left my gun at home. Problem #3: My undead servant is inside the store, chatting his face off. Lester Broussard: premium canine food? Sheeeeet… These wolves are about to get a taste of necromancer. When I’m done, they’re going to wish they never took a bite. V1.0
Rat City (The Chicago Rat Shifter #2)
by Michael La RonnThe first date was going great…until all hell broke loose. Cyrus Grant put his life back together after becoming a rat shifter. New job, new friends, new dating life.Best of all, he landed a first date with a beautiful woman at a French bistro. Go Cyrus! Of course the date is super awkward. Of course he spills a glass of wine on himself while cracking a terrible joke. And OF COURSE a giant, human-sized rat bursts through the window trying to kill him. Just another day in the life of a rat shifter… Cyrus and Becca are back in another spell-binding adventure that will push them both to the brink. If you thought the last adventure was a page-turner, you won’t be able to put this one down. Click the buy button to get your next fix of The Chicago Rat Shifter! V2.0
Dead Rat Walking (The Chicago Rat Shifter #1)
by Michael La RonnMeet Cyrus Grant, rat shifter. Covered in trash? Check. Getting washed through a sewer in a thunderstorm, fighting for his life? Check. Hunted by a mad scientist and an evil fae? Ugh. Just another day in the life of a rat shifter… All Cyrus wanted to do was find a job so he could stop sleeping on his sister's couch. Getting turned into a rat? Not on his to-do list. Aren't shifters supposed to be lions, bears, and dudes with hairy man chests? Somebody missed the memo. Cyrus must survive the city’s paranormal underbelly, and worse—the brutal world of rats. If he can’t, he’s a dead rat walking. The Chicago Rat Shifter series is a fast-paced, full tilt urban fantasy that proves that the best heroes come in small packages. V2.0
Shadow Deal (The Good Necromancer #1)
by Michael La RonnSeven years ago, I swore I would never talk to demons again.I stopped practicing the dark art of necromancy when a demon double-crossed me and killed my wife. I’ve spent the last seven years in quiet solitude. Now the demon is back from the other side and wants to finish what he started. Word on the street is that he wants to hang my head on a necklace. Sheeeeet… So here I am, back in the game. You know, making deals with grim reapers, casting dark spells, binding souls to dead bodies. Typical necromancer stuff. But I’m using my powers for good this time. When I’m done, this demon is going to beg for mercy. Shadow Deal is a riveting fast-paced urban fantasy series featuring Lester Broussard that will keep you spellbound. Scroll up to buy your copy today! V3.0
Blood Magic (The Good Necromancer #2)
by Michael La RonnNothing good ever happens when my phone rings. I’m seriously considering installing a pigeon messenger service in my home. First call, a detective wants to investigate my necromancy. He’s with the Paranormal Crimes Division, and he’s not taking no for an answer. Second call, a mysterious woman threatens to render me cadaverous if I cooperate with the detective. Sheeeeet… What does a necromancer do when they’re backed into a corner? They practice some cold hard magic. It’s going to take a whole lot of it to get out of this one alive. Time for a supernatural rendezvous… Scroll up and click the buy button to buy Blood Magic today! V2.0
Spirit Chaser (The Good Necromancer #3)
by Michael La RonnLester Broussard: Necromancer. Dark Artist. Grandpa??? Yeah, you heard that right. It took my breath away too. All I want is to celebrate my dead parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary with a quiet little séance. Do a deal with the Lich King, revel in old memories with my mom and dad, and enjoy a weekend for a change. Then, my daughter who I haven't seen for seven years shows up at my doorstep with a baby. If you think that's crazy, I haven't even made it past the first chapter. The next time I want to have a quiet night, I'm going to spend it at a hotel. In the meantime, I've got an appointment with the Lich King…and some diapers to buy. Sheeeeeet… V1.0
Mortal Terms (The Good Necromancer #4)
by Michael La RonnPop! Pop! That's the sound of a gang gunfight in front of my house. Never a dull moment in the hood. Rrrring! That's the sound of a real estate agent calling to offer me a boatload of money for my historic house. Half a million dollars and I'll never have to hear another shooting again. No, I’m not taking the money. The only way I’m leaving my house is in a body bag. "Say what???" Speaking of bodies, that's what the police are saying when the dead body in front of my house vanishes in broad daylight…in front of hundreds of people. Coincidence? Of course not. But I'm not solving any supernatural problems today. Why, you ask? I'm taking my grandson Malcolm to the zoo, that’s why. The world is just going to have to find another necromancer to solve its problems for a change. …Don't see it? Me either. Sheeeeet, here we go again. Scroll up and buy your copy of Mortal Terms today! V1.0
Under The Silence: A Warchild Mosaic Novella (Warchild Mosaic)
by Karin LowacheeTwenty-year-old Ryan Azarcon is still healing physically and emotionally from an assassination attempt, coming to terms with life aboard his captain father's exiled military ship Macedon. He's struck up a workable friendship with Jos Musey, a former spy and now peace negotiator with new alien allies and their human sympathizers, of which Jos is a part. Politics is one thing, but trying to navigate the fraught waters of complicated relationships is its own battleground. Especially when the nature of it all begins to unexpectedly change. Under the Silence serves as an intimate continuation to the award-winning novel Burndive, the second published novel in the Warchild Mosaic.
Andre's Attendant
by Stephen A. ThebergeThe story begins in the 2030s. The Great Purge, a plague infinitely worse than Covid, wipes out a large part of the world’s population. After his long convalescence, Andre, a wealthy writer, is now a paraplegic as well as blind. He engages Jared, a solicitous personal care attendant, and manages to remain more or less independent in his boyhood home on the East Coast. <P><P> Andre also invests in android development. After all, androids are very much needed to fill many jobs after the deaths of so many humans. But neither Andre’s motives nor those of a great many others are entirely altruistic. <P><P> The story moves quickly into the worlds of mob bosses, drug deals, prostitution, and even art forgery, but also into the emotional realm of growing attachment between Andre and Jared. <P><P> What people thought were their servants soon get more ambitious ideas, and they move into the world of politics. They twist religious texts into cloaks of respectability and justification for their actions. The results of their power grab, of course, are disastrous for humankind. Only the epilogue offers a hint of rebellion and a ray of hope. <P><P> Succinct, often moving, and chillingly plausible, this is a tale of near–future possibilities that we can only hope are not just over the horizon here in 2023.
Brazilian Science Fiction Film: A Critical History (SUNY series in Latin American Cinema)
by Alredo SuppiaThis book offers a pioneering critical history of Brazilian science fiction (SF) cinema, from its first appearances in the mid-twentieth century to the present. Though frequently overlooked by scholars, SF cinema from the Global South has reinvigorated the genre in recent decades. In this comprehensive study—the first of its kind in either English or Portuguese—Alfredo Suppia draws out the unique features and universal resonance of SF film in Brazil, a country that has fittingly been called "the land of the future." In Suppia's analysis, Brazilian SF stems from and responds to a long history of inequality in which everyday reality has often resembled a movie-like dystopia. Analyzing both short and feature films in the context of social, political, and economic transformations, Suppia rethinks SF film in general from a southern perspective.
Systems from Hell: Problem Definition and the Literary Portrayal of Failure in Our Public Policy and Social Institutions (SUNY series in New Political Science)
by David A. RochefortThis book approaches contemporary fiction as a medium for policy advocacy, one whose narrative devices both link it to, and distinguish it from, other forms of public discourse. Using the framework of political agenda setting, David A. Rochefort analyzes the rhetorical function of problem definition played by literary works when they document and characterize social issues while sounding the call for systemic reform. Focusing on a group of noteworthy realist novels by American authors over the past twenty years, this study maintains that fictional narrative is a potentially influential instrument of "empathic policy argument." The book closes by examining the agenda-setting dynamics through which a social problem novel can contribute to the process of policy change.
Pangu's Shadow
by Karen BaoThere are no second chances in the Pangu Star System. Ver and Aryl, apprentices at the most prestigious biology lab among the system’s moons, know this better than anyone. They’ve left behind difficult pasts and pinned their hopes for the future on Cal, their brilliant but demanding boss. But one night while working late in the lab, they find Cal sprawled on the floor, dead. Murdered. And they immediately become the prime suspects. Their motives seem obvious. Ver, who left her home moon to study the life-threatening disease wracking her body, had a hopeless attachment to Cal that could’ve become twisted by jealousy. Aryl, on the other hand, clashed with workaholic Cal because she valued more in her life than research. To clear their names, Ver and Aryl put aside their mutual suspicion and team up to investigate Cal’s death. As they search for the real murderer, they uncover secrets that have shaped all of Pangu’s moons… and must decide what kind of future they really want.
Beyond Tragedy: A Story of Shanann Watts
by Vonda KnoxWhen Shanann opened her eyes the world was foggy. Something was terribly wrong yet she wasn’t certain what had happened. Her grandmother, who had passed long ago, was standing in her kitchen surrounded by brilliant light and an indescribable fragrance. With great love Gran handed Nico to Shanann and she marveled over her precious newborn son as her three-year-old daughter CeCe happily danced around the room. <P><P>Longing to go with Gran, Shanann moved towards the light until she suddenly realized that her older daughter, four-year-old Bella, was not with them. Shanann was greatly comforted when Gran took Nico and CeCe into a place of safety and love, yet all faded into confusion and a desperate urgency when they left and she was consumed by her need to find Bella. Shanann was quite surprised, yet very comforted when she discovered Speaks With Stars, a Native American man, drumming by his fire in her front yard, a place his people had known for centuries before Shanann and her husband Chris, purchased their home in Frederick, Colorado. <P><P>Speaks With Stars let Shanann know that she was not alone and that he would be by her side. With his guidance and wisdom Shanann came to realize that she and her three children had been brutally murdered, and she now must reconcile herself to the events that were thrust upon her physical life, and the new journey of self-realization and wonder that had begun.
Mines (Trails Ser. #4)
by April D BrownKlapit mine abandoned to the ghosts. Shelpit mine nearly empty after half a generation. The orphans are now adults, struggling to find a future in Shells. <P><P>Corandra feels her ancestors have cursed her. Which seems to be proven when she digs up a box in a forbidden location that brings a devastating illness to the villa. <P><P>Rusty fears her future as the dig leader is at stake because the mine she found as a child is now empty. With no practicable skill, she has no guaranteed place among the villa. <P><P>Ambrena's foster sister/mother Tanna fears Tanna's daughters will replace her as apprentice healer in the villa. Leaving her alone, adrift, without a purpose. <P><P>Rusty and Ambrena believe they have been truly banished when they are sent together to find Corandra's mother, to bring their wayward fellow orphan sister home to Shells.
Cursed Prince
by C. N. CrawfordMy heart hasn't beat in a 1,000 years. I haven't uttered a word in prison, and the guards keep their distance. If they get too close, they die - until at last, my magic binds my soul to another. <p><p> Unfortunately, the person destined to save me is a night elf - the enemy of my kind. And yet, when I see her in the cell across from mine, an ember starts to burn in my chest. When we escape together down the palace walls, it’s almost like I can feel again. <p><p> As we journey to find the magic that will save us both, attraction simmers between us. But I keep my secrets close. Because, if she finds out what I am, she will find a way to kill me, even if it means sacrificing herself to do it.
Once Bitten (Shadow Guild: The Rebel)
by Linsey HallVampires aren't real, right? <p><p> People say I'm a weirdo. Sure, my idea of a party is a mini box of wine and hanging out with a feral raccoon, but it works for me. <p><p> When I’m accused of murder, things get crazy. One, I learn that I have magic. Two, there’s a secret magical city hidden right in London itself. And three, my only hope is a vampire who’s sexy as sin and scary as the devil himself. He's called the Devil of Darkvale, and he all but owns Guild City. <p><p> Some say I should just quit and turn myself in. Not a chance. I’m going to solve this murder myself, which means surviving in a new world of witch parties, magical guilds, and a vampire with a tortured past. The vampire and I are like colliding stars, and the heat is irresistible. I should avoid him, but if I want to save my own life, he’s my only hope.
Secondhand Shadow
by Elizabeth BelyeuFrom the pen of Shelly Greene writing as Elizabeth Belyeu ...It's supposed to be a symbiotic relationship: the Shadow serves and protects the human Lumi, the Lumi feeds and cares for the Shadow. But when Damon’s Lumi died young and severed the bond between them, he declined to go with her like a good little Shadow. Yes, it hurts. Yes, he's cold and hungry all the time. And yes, his own people call him an abomination. But for the first time, Damon's life is his own, and he’s never going back.Or so he thinks, until he meets Naomi, a pregnant college student, and bonds to her as his new Lumi. Which has never happened to a Shadow before.Naomi has enough problems on her plate, juggling college and a crappy survival job, preparing for a baby, and getting over her cheating ex-husband. The last thing she needs is a dark, brooding fellow like Damon depending on her physically and emotionally, and hating her for it. But a vigilante among Damon's people has his sights set on Naomi -- and they both know Damon is her only chance for survival.
The Real-Life Unicorn from Space (The Adventures of Glitterstar #1)
by Andrew D FrenzThere are billions of planets across the universe. Have you ever stopped to think - what if unicorns really do exist - on one of those planets in a distant galaxy? Clara has. <p><p>Clara is a normal girl living a normal life, except for one thing: Clara is a true believer in unicorns. When her dad explains that there are no unicorns on Earth, Clara becomes convinced that they must live on a distant planet. She sets out to find a real-life unicorn, and in doing so, stumbles upon an adventure that will change her life forever.
A String of Stories: From the Heart to the Future
by Ann ChiappettaA demon deer and a ghost cat. Sibling rivalry and sexual awakening. Self-image and self-confidence. The chance for an offworlder to breathe free at last on a new planet. Those are just some of the diverse themes of these remarkable stories. Some endings are happy, some are sad, and some are intriguingly open-ended. But once you step inside the author’s world, you cannot emerge unmoved.
The Deadrock Enderman: An Unofficial Minecraft Creepypasta Novel
by Ray SavageThis book is a creepypasta book which means that it is a tale of horror meant to induce fear in its readers. However, there is no foul language or innapropriate scenarios of any kind and is approved for all readers. There are no scenarios meant to cause disturbing imagery in the mind of the readers through gore, acts of torture, or other illicit acts of that nature.
Frankenstein Abridged: A Translation in Plain & Modern English
by Mary Shelley Brock ParksReducing the original text by almost forty pages, this abridged version of Frankenstein also updates the language of the original novel for modern readers. Sentence by sentence, we have replaced outdated vocabulary and convoluted paragraphs in a way that is true to the original text but easier to follow. This version also provides careful edits of overly long and redundant scenes so that the main story moves along at a faster pace.
The MetSche Meridian
by Stephen A. ThebergeThe MetSche saga concludes…. <P><P> Young Dawn, a descendant of the MetSche rogues who fled to the planet Luggahro 50,000 years before the story opens, soon learns of her role in the time travel that this book features. But all too soon, her initial excitement and feelings of pride will turn to very different emotions. <P><P> One by one, most of the characters from the previous two novels are introduced: the evil Padma, the attractive alien Jared, various human doctors, and visually impaired Andre, the central human character. He is deeply affected by the aliens’ actions, both helpful and harmful. A cruel alien ironically named Glee brings him quite the opposite of that. <P><P> The story tosses us into a maelstrom of planetary history, time travel, mind games, instances of kindness, and looking back at the past, sometimes with alien assistance. Only the section concerning Andre’s 12–week stay at the vision rehabilitation center roots us firmly in our earthly here and now. That sojourn brings Andre needed grounding and emotional growth. <P><P> The story ends, much as it began, with hope and determination to take on whatever the future may bring.