"Lyrical in its brutality and mesmerizing in its chaos, Exquisite Corpses transforms a quiet town into a stage for elegant carnage, as a wonderfully twisted menagerie of killers descends like a fever dream, blending Battle Royale with The Silence of the Lambs."-Geoff Johns (Geiger, Green Lantern) Trick-or-treating. Clocking in for your shift at work. Going to the annual Halloween party down at the Pit. For the citizens of Oak Valley, Maine, any one of these activities could spell a gruesom...

Proud to Serve is a firsthand account of leadership, logistics, and command responsibility at defining moments in American history. It opens in the chaos of the Pentagon after September 11, 2001, where a US Army officer helps drive response and recovery operations that alter the course of his life and career, leading to battalion command during Operation Iraqi Freedom.Told with professionalism and restraint, Proud to Serve reveals the unseen work that sustains com...

There is a silence in an old Irish house that is not emptiness but attentiveness, as if walls listen for steps that left 100 years ago. Many houses that carry that silence are not palaces. They are big stone buildings on Atlantic points, ruined piles with ninety seven windows, steward's houses that inherited a mansion's name after the big house was demolished in 1941, and council houses on Galway estates built in the late 1960s. This book follows the houses you can stand in front of today....

An inheritance. A long-forgotten dream. A new life in a spacious place.Corporate life has not been treating Katie Grace well. Suffering from extreme anxiety due to a recent incident at work, she learns that she has inherited her late grandmother's Victorian house in the lake town of Aveline, in the rolling hills of the Los Padres National Forest. Maybe a new start will be exactly what she needs.Hardware store owner Sam Grant remembers Katie from when they s...

The Emperor of the galaxy has fallen, slain at the hands of his own son.Forced into exile, Katrijn was tasked with a mission sent to her by her father from beyond the grave: free the people of the Andlios Republic. Her biggest hurdle? First it's the assassins sent after her by the emperor. After years alone on the fringes of the galaxy, who will be there to help her dethrone the mad emperor and reclaim the throne. Then, it's dealing with her brother...The M...

The war is over, and there are no winners. Just a broken galaxy.Now humans and aliens must share this war-torn galaxy. None of this matters to Drake, though, he's just an artist. He's tagging along on the busted up ship Trystero, along with its ragtag crew. Together, they traverse the Demilitarized Zone between Terran and Gra'al borders, taking on any job they can find. Big or small. Human or alien.The galaxy changes when the crew encounters a derelict alie...

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler and Steve Alten, author of The Meg.An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of c...

After a lifetime of moving and change, Jan Carroll wants nothing more than to settle down and build a home. Then her father gets sick, and the stable—if solitary—life she’s made as a high school geometry teacher in Spokane, Washington, threatens to crumble around her. She wants little to do with newcomer Tina Nelson, a shallow and unreliable playgirl. Especially since their mutual friend Brooke Stanton has been not-so-subtly matchmaking…Tina, a graphic artist and musician, has vowe...

Is it possible to overcome a lifetime of barriers and finally take a chance on love?Jamie Callahan handles her job as an investment analyst, her distant relationship with her niece, and her romantic liaisons with a cool head and unaffected heart. Until she meets Kate Brown, a woman who threatens to push aside Jamie’s protective defenses and uncover the emotions hiding underneath.Kate has a mask for every occasion. She wears them to please her parents, to move ahead in her c...

Infuriating, arrogant, demanding. And disturbingly sexy. Those were the first thoughts Frankie had about Greek millionaire and volunteer firefighter Nik Kontarinis, but she was not going to fall prey to his seduction plans. She was on the island of Kathos to lick her wounds and figure out her next steps, not to become another notch on Nik’s bedpost.A villa restoration project presents the perfect opportunity for Frankie to reboot her business and her life. There is only one problem...

An illustrated history of the remarkable DH 98 Mosquito, from its unusual design and construction through to its pivotal actions the Far East.The RAF and RAAF's de Havilland DH 98 Mosquito played an important role in forcing the Japanese retreat from Burma and the Far East. Combining innovative composite-wood construction, world-class performance and beautifully balanced handling, the 'Mossie' excelled in intruder/strike and long-range photo-reconnaissance roles, d...

The hints and tips in this book, will make it easy for you to understand, and adopt the principles of hygge. Feel happy and relaxed, as you learn how to delight in life's simple pleasures.Embrace the life enhancing phenomenon of hygge. It doesn't matter how much or how little you have, hygge is a feeling of coziness, warmth, and togetherness that can't be bought or manufactured. It comes from slowing down, and enjoying the everyday wonders of life that we are often...