Maya’s shocked to discover it’s not the heaven she imagined; in fact, a life of adventure begins the moment you die.Zachariah, her faithful spirit guide, explains the rules of the dead: in order to regain complete awareness and reunite with loved ones all souls must review their previous lives.Maya plunges warily into her turbulent pasts as a sociopathic High Priest in ancient Egypt; an independent mother protecting a dangerous secret in glorious Sparta; an Irish b...

“I Am the Lightning Flashing and Streaking!”Beneath the stars or flying up among them, the Ga’an dance a deadly dance. Apache Devil Dancers take to the skies to defeat the ruthless Gulo, an alien race bent on the destruction of humanity. Led by Captain Victorio “Tomorrow’s Wind” Nantan, the 3rd Sol fighter Wing follows a long tradition, adapting the dance to make them an ace squadron, but will it be enough?It is hard to hold faith in the face of a never-ending foe, when lif...

An anthology of 10 stories set in the Gates of Antares Universe. Antares is a universe of dimensional portals, each with different axis point. This anthology give ten short stories portraying different aspect of that Universe. Based on the tabletop wargame from Warlord Games

Ex-Confederate officer Captain Marcus Wayward and his infamous "Eight" are on a deadly mission. The Union has contracted them to find and kill the most notorious scientist in the world; Doctor Burson Carpathian, who resides somewhere in the forested interior of Arizona. Carpathian is protected by an undead horde of his own construction, and powered by the miracle fuel RJ-1027, they will defend him to the death.The chance for Wayward and his mercenaries to acquire fame, fortune, and ...

A timely resource treating addiction holistically as both a spiritual and a pathological conditionSubstance addictions present a unique set of challenges for pastoral care. In this book Sonia Waters weaves together personal stories, research, and theological reflection to offer helpful tools for ministers, counselors, chaplains, and anyone else called to care pastorally for those struggling with addiction.Waters uses the story of the Gerasene demoniac in Mark's Gos...

HEIR UNAPPARENT begins with a grave unearthed on a Spanish battlefield by archaeologist, Professor Declan. She’s excited to see a figure in full plate armor, dating to the mid-fourteenth century. However, she’s even more shocked to find a medieval journal in surprisingly good condition that attempts to explain the unusual circumstances of the Englishman in that grave. It reveals the long-held secret that the author of the journal, Lord Lyon Bailey, was actually born female. This i...

Set in Mantic Games' Warpath universe and based on its sports tabletop game Dreadball. Ex Corporation Striker Leeland Roth teeters on the horns of a dilemma: return to the sport that once defined his life, or continue to drown his sorrows in booze, babes, and back alleys. The choice is not as simple as it may seem, for Roth cannot shake the crippling guilt that plagues him day after day. But a new opportunity has arisen, and the lure of the spotlight, the drama, the fans, and the money, ma...

Five brothers. One throne. And a humble boatman.The unexpected death of Prince Mukkuen’s eldest brother, the king of Sra, sends the entire country into tumult when Mukkuen’s vicious second brother kills the young heir and seizes the throne for himself. Mukkuen and third brother Pieh flee, fearing for their lives; youngest brother Khesjit stays behind, pretending to swear loyalty to the usurper.As the fourth son, Mukkuen has never been a particularly ambitious man, and soon ...

In snowbound Ruxalia, northern kingdom of ravens and pegasi, a cult seeks to beget the Eternal Winter of prophecy.Neris, a resistance leader from the south, ventures into the frozen wastelands to recruit an old friend to her cause. But when neither idealism nor sentiment prove enough to persuade the remorseless killer-for-hire he has since become, she must resort to more drastic methods — methods that inadvertently entangle her in the affairs of a land not her own.Meanwhile...

The year is 1502, and the Eldar Gods are furious! They seek a doorway into this world, but Catherine of Aragon and Fymurip Azat have other plans. On a mission for the Hanseatic League and hot off their adventures in The Cross of Saint Boniface, they enter Spain seeking to steal Tizona, the fabled sword of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, aka El Cid, one of the finest Medieval warriors of Spain. Their way is fraught with dangers incalculable: spirit bulls, treacherous goblins, relentless wolfmen, and...

Set against the backdrop of Eastern Europe, The Cross of St. Boniface starts in the cursed city of Starybogow, then travels the Ottoman Empire as Djin and Eldar gods battle for the souls of humans

Originally published in 1983 this book gives a basic grounding in community medicine and epidemiology for district, community psychiatric and other nurses and health visitors. It provides the background necessary to an understanding of how diseases occur and spread in populations, and to an appreciation of the possible planning and prevention that such health professionals can undertake. Although the book focuses on medicine and epidemiology, it is written specifically for nurses and healt...