Two members of a team who descended into the Huautla cave complex in Mexico describe their perilous and deadly trek into one of the world's deepest caves.The Huautla in Mexico is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, possibly the world. Shafts reach skyscraper-depths, caverns are stadium-sized, and sudden floods can drown divers in an instant.With a two-decade obsession, William Stone and his 44-member team entered the sinkhole at Sotano de San August...

William Stone died on 10 January 2009 aged 108. He received a hero's funeral. Born in rural Devon, he joined the navy during the First World War, travelled the globe just before the British Empire's light began to fade and saw action in some of the most significant sea battles of the Second World War. Afterwards, he returned to Devon to run a barber's shop, an altogether more peaceable existence.As time passed, he became one of a dwindling number of men still alive who had served i...

There was once a time when J.P. and Nola Girdner must have felt that their entire lives had become unraveled. Confused, saddened, disappointed, and frightened, the couple discovered a serious health problem that would shake up their lives forever. The Girdners, along with their four children, would have to pull up stakes and leave everything that was familiar: their home, farm, church, and friends, and move to an unknown place, knowing that they would have to completely rebuild their lives...

War Stories"Monsters hide in the dark. But in JacQ’s world, the shadows fight back."The Rift shattered reality. It bled nightmares into the streets of London—constructs powered by forbidden magic, murderous cults bound to ancient rituals, and entities that defy time and death. But standing between humanity and annihilation are the agents of the Cardinals.JacQ the Ripper leads a team of misfits: Evelyn, a blade-wielding enforcer haunted by her past, and Finch, an ecce...

When an EMP plunges the United States into darkness, Mark Caldwell must lead his wife, Sarah, out of a collapsing city where lawlessness reigns, but their daughter, Hope, is missing, and finding her becomes his first priority.With no power, no communication, and danger at every turn, survival becomes a desperate struggle against both ruthless survivors and the chaos of a society unraveling. Their only hope lies in a cryptic promise from Mark’s estranged brother, Jimmy, a prepper wi...

I am Kate Stonehill and I am writing my story down in case future generations need it. Recently, I have discovered the form of the Storyverse. What is the Storyverse you ask? Stories are real, they are connected by a pan-dimensional web. The Storyverse is the entirety of that Pan-dimensional web. You see, this story starts with two rings. The twin rings of Stonehill. Those rings are binding rings. Binding ...

William Greenhill has been begged by the royal family of aquilla to save their youngest daughter… dark forces are amassing including the greenough Clan byproduct of the green hill clan. Everything eventually converges on the royal family of aquilla and their hide out. With this terrifying power on the loose, can anything save the little girl whose life is about to turn to ruins?

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.the second Shakespearian war has taken a toll on everyone. from Tessa going blind, to monsters in the dead of night, attacking people. powers not seen for centuries are becoming commonplace, and it is Tessa's first year at Mount Colour Academy. Abagail will lour Tessa to her hideout, claiming she wants to be destroyed, but it is a trap. a madman has made a device that can temporarily take away a practitioner's power and is using it in t...

Behold the origin story of the great temperance storm of the storyverse series. In this book you get to learn how temperance became Shakespeare's apprentice and how Abigail 's villainous career started. Behold the origins of the grandmother of Tessa storm, and protector of the storyverse. If you've ever read the story the series and wondered where Abigail started or how te...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tessa is used to being the voice of reason for her family. She's okay with helping out at her mother's comic book store, taking care of her chaos gremlin little brothers, and wondering what she should do with her life. Then her immortal grandmother–a veteran of the first Shakespearan war–says it's time for Tessa to join the ancient family business and awakens her ability to enter stories and draw upon their power.Now Tessa's thr...

Book 3The second Shakespearean war has come and the dangerous forbidden lord Abigail Shakespeare is back and ready to conquer the Storyverse. First, she needs to retake her old hideout, now the Storyverse School, putting thousands of kids in the firing line. Winning the war means recovering the powerful Ring of Everything she secreted on the school grounds, and she’ll stop at nothing to get it.Tessa Storm’s life has been thrown upside down. Her best friend’s mother has been...

Book 5Storyverse and the Long Weekend from HellThe second Shakespearian war has taken a toll on everyone. Tessa is going blind from her battle with Abigail, long-dead powers have been dredged into regular use by the war, and monsters are taking advantage of the war’s aftermath. It is Tessa's first year at Mount Colour Academy, and she’s bracing herself for a chaotic year as the outside world interferes with her studies once more.It doesn’t take long. There’s a madma...