A Mysterious Predator Hunts for Those with Magic.Life may be nothing more than a Gift.Since Jet Black discovered The Sorcerer’s Guide, a book with a mind of its own, he has uncovered Elemental magic, clashed with mythological creatures, and obtained the first tablet piece of the Phoenix.Jet has only scratched the surface of the new magical world around him. War is on the horizon, but his promising development is about to co...

First came the comet. Then came the sickness. Then they came. The zombies. The plague has taken its toll and the population has been decimated. The survivors of the plague are now trying to survive what has now come. The zombies. It's a zombie invasion and they must be dealt with or it will be the end of the world. Book Two is the continuing saga of a world on the brink of destruction brought on by the zombie horde. From the a...

At just fifteen years old, Veronica Fancourt is already turning heads with her compelling stories, inspired by her vivid dreams. Her latest publication is a gripping tale of heists and cathedrals, entitled "The Countess's Keep." It's captured the imagination of everyone who chances to read it, including someone for whom it is no mere fantasy. Meanwhile, an employee of a coffee roaster in Trieste discovers her bosses are more than ordinary businessmen. She finds herself tied up in a dark wa...

A boy. A train. And Santa Claus. Sam Reynolds is in trouble. He’s been placed in detention by the school and on restriction by his dad for fighting. The cause of the fight? A story. It was a story his grandfather told him of a trip he took by train when he was a boy. To the great city of the north. The North Pole. He came back with a large circular object dropped in the snow by a man he could see only from a distance. In the center of ...

Hell just came open. Millions in stolen money, an abandoned mine, and a ghost town. What could possibly go wrong? Strange voices on a disused telephone, that's what. Two men drive into the Sierra Nevada to find a mine. Not to sightsee; to find stolen money. It is there but that isn't all. Someone fixed their truck so it won't start. They cannot leave. They enter the ghost town to find help. They find it but it will come at a price, a h...

A boy. And a jewel of great power. And evil men are after him to get it. Daniel Tompkins is a normal boy with normal kinds of problems. He isn’t doing as well in school as his mother wants him to and he doesn't really fit in very well. But now a bully has zeroed in on him.  He wants money from Daniel and will take it out of him in pain if he doesn’t get it. "Bring it to me tomorrow or else!" Daniel doesn’t want to go to school bu...

He is the Keeper.He is the guardian of Astra.And he was alone.But not anymore.A transport pod lands on the surface of the planet. It carries a visitor there for apurpose.He is there to kill the Tanis, the head of the Nine Kingdoms.The Tanis will be there for the Refreshing. In three days.Only one stands in the way of the assassin. He is Talyn, the Keeper of Astra. And theassassin must go through him to get to the Tanis.

Startling and scandalous, this is an intimate insider's story of Osama bin Laden's retinue in the ten years after 9/11, a family in flight and at war.From September 11, 2001 to May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden evaded intelligence services and special forces units, drones and hunter killer squads. The Exile tells the extraordinary inside story of that decade through the eyes of those who witnessed it: bin Laden's four wives and many children, his deputies and m...

Mumbai, 2008. On the night of November 26, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists attacked targets throughout the city, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the world's most exclusive luxury hotels. For sixty-eight hours, hundreds were held hostage as shots rang out and an enormous fire raged. When the smoke cleared, thirty-one people were dead and many more had been injured. Only the courageous actions of staff and guests—including Mallika Jagad, Bob Nichols, and Taj general manager Binny Kan...

We’re in the money!Many things come with instructions. Unfortunately, money isn’t one of them. Most people learn how to use it—or lose it—by trial and error. Dollars & Sense is a basic operating instruction manual for money that will teach readers about the history of money, the way our American economy works, and how to make important decisions about personal finance.From skulls, sheep, and shells as barter in ancient civilizations to credit, interest, and collate...

Edgar Allan Poe's most celebrated stories, as heard on BBC Radio - plus bonus documentaries and two thrilling original dramasThe master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe has inspired generations of horror writers with his chilling Gothic tales, and is also credited with inventing the detective fiction genre in The Murders in the Rue Morgue.This radio collection features five of his classic tales - The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale ...

Across five hundred light-years, the scientists of Thaar discover that Earth is running out of time. They have a way to save humanity, but first they must find someone who can hear their telepathic warning. Against astonishing odds, they make contact with Dr. William Cross, a gifted rocket engineer who has just been reprimanded at work, abandoned by the woman he loves, and is well on his way to finishing a bottle of whiskey.Unfortunately for the aliens, Cross assumes the voice in h...