A new force has awakened in the galaxy.Thalia has defeated the Justines, the Krepyons, and the Sisterhood. After claiming his Earth son Lorenz, the Maca of Don returns to Earth for a family reunion.But the planet has changed: it's the 1970's, and one of their family members is trying to dismantle their business. Another has killed four men, and the doctors are beginning to suspect that there's something strange about the MacDonald family.Meanwhile, ...

The first four books in 'Chronicles Of The Maca', a series of science fiction novels by Mari Collier, now in one volume!Earthbound: Marooned in 19th century West, Llewellyn meets young frontier woman Anna. The two become friends and comrades, their fates forever intertwined. They find themselves together in the prairies of 19th century Texas, the bordellos of Civil War-era New Orleans, to Prohibition in the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the vastness of space. Bu...

As Brother Amos grows to be the Teacher for all of Tonath, he must stand against the heresies of the Silver Institute in Anoth and the Green Institute in Greenland.Jack Donald has returned to his birth planet, but cannot find proof of long ago documents. Venta Strauss struggles to provide a haven for the poor, and Grant Vidal is the Green Marauder, accustomed to taking what he wants.These are the three people who struggle to find their way in a new part of their world. One ...

Antoinette is in danger.After Red O'Neal delivers a beating to his half-brother Daniel for courting his sister Antoinette, she is sent to a convent until agreeing to marry an older, wealthier man.But after Antoinette manages to send a letter to her betrothed Lorenz MacDonald about the danger, he rescues her. Soon after, a neighboring ranch is attacked by Comanche raiders, and Antoinette and her mother-in-law are caught in a fight for life and death....

Marooned in 19th century West, Llewellyn meets young frontier woman Anna. The two become friends and comrades, their fates forever intertwined.They find themselves together in the prairies of 19th century Texas, the bordellos of Civil War-era New Orleans, to Prohibition in the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the vastness of space.But can they survive hardships through history, the enmity of their southern neighbors and the Civil War, to return to his home planet and exact ...

Tonath is a planet in danger of being torn apart. Only one can inherit the knowledge to one day save the Tonathian people, and her name is Marika.It’s been seventeen years since her father passed. Coming of age, she inherits a cattle hold, a trust account, and many gifts. One special gift is a chest, which comes with instructions that will guide her to the Bergman Mountains.With a spaceship and the knowledge of three ancient civilizations, will she have time to access it al...

After the destruction of a Golden One spaceship, the Maca of Ayran is hunting down the one responsible.Having ignored the orders of his superiors, he has formed an alliance with Lillie, daughter of the Guardian of Flight.After an unknown alien vessel attacks them near a De'Chin mining outpost, they come across a female prisoner with shocking news about their common enemy: the Draygons. Unable to penetrate the Draygon mind with their telepathic powers, they ...

Eighteenth-century poetry was dominated by men of education and wealth, and bookcases sagged under the weight of volumes by Swift, Johnson and Pope. When Stephen Duck's The Thresher's Labour was published in 1730, however, it was a sensation – highlighting the plight of the working class in verse was hereto simply unthought of.Duck's poem came to the attention of Mary Collier, a washerwoman working in Hampshire, who was astounded to read Duck's dismissal of women as work-s...

Twisted Tales from the Desert - an anthology of short stories with twisted views and endings.In this collection you will find humor, murder, a love story involving a ghost, an inhabited ghost town, a Fairy Godmother tale unlike anything you would expect, and more.This book contains adult content and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.

In the past century, more and more Americans have been migrating from rural areas and urban centers to suburban communities. As a result, the majority of American youth are educated in the suburbs, and the ways in which they learn to be citizens are shaped by their suburban surroundings. Because many of these communities are designed to support a "placeless" lifestyle of a transient yet demographically similar population, they are often disconnected from a regional history and culture. For...

As seen through this collage of favorite pictures, you can see that Costa Rica represents a myriad of colors and shapes. The animals and the plant life present a feast to the eyes with their colorations. As a rainforest area, it is unique in its terrain and topography. As part of the Ring of Fire on its Pacific coastline, it is still subject to active volcanic activity, including earthquakes and lava flows.Many tourists come to visit Arenal and other active volcanoes and to be part...

Margaret C. Collier is a retired educator living in Orlando, Florida with her husband and Springer Spaniel, Carly. Her youngest son is with the army, now in Germany and her oldest son is with the Air Force, living in Colorado Springs with his wife Lindsey. Her daughter and son-in-law Robert living in PA. She holds a BA degree in Art Education from the Maryland Institute of Art, an MA from in Elementary Education and Special Education from Marshall University and the College of Graduate Stu...