Stay in Earth's slums or carve out a life in Earth's Military Forces. Two brothers make a choice that will change their lives forever.Mark and his brother Tyler survived the slums with a gun in their hand and a blade in their sleeve. While it won't get them hired at a corporation, the Troopers are always looking for trained killers.The EMF offers education, medical care, food, and real pay. They have a chance at a new life, one where they don't have to worr...

Dante O'Donnell is white, gay, and getting older every day. He has wasted his better years on starstruck dreams and the wrong men, so now he's working as a concierge for a vacation-rental outfit in Palm Springs, where the guests have far more baggage than what's packed in their suitcases. But when he finds a dead body floating in the swimming pool at one of his rentals, his own troubled past comes back to haunt him. So he turns for help to Jazz Friendly, a Black woman who, when she was a P...

The EMFC Reclaimer returns home to the Sol System, its people still fresh from combat. The crew are in for some much needed R&R as they take on fresh reinforcements. But leave is cut short when an encoded message arrives.The EMF at Masoul are facing something that no one saw; they need the best; they need the crew and Troopers EMFC Reclaimer.When the Reclaimer engages on Masoul, one thing becomes immediately clear . . . Masoul might just be the be...

This updated third edition of what has become a modern classic provides a succinct overview of the fundamental concepts of international trade law. Written by two leading scholars with 70 years of collective experience in the area, it discusses the basic structure and principles of trade law alongside specific GATT and WTO legal rules and institutions.Key Features:Presents accessible analytical summaries of trade lawConsiders key legal concepts in diverse hi...

A Lone Wolf Pilot, a Debt of Honor, and Pirates on the Federation FrontierFighter pilot Beau Ward was always willing to bend the rules to get the job done. His "independent" attitude got him bounced around the Federation Fleet for years—until he took it too far.A long-standing debt has been called in, and he's the one who must pay it back.Beau’s actions land him a last chance command in the frontier system of Tardex with the order to assist...

Eric has learned much about the ways of power since arriving in this strange world. Winning a place among the mighty Nords wasn't easy, but his heroics have earned him a seat at their table.As spring comes to the land, Nord thoughts turn from staying warm to raiding.They've invited Eric to come along. But not all is right in the ripe lands the Nords raid every season. Troops are based where there should be none, and their adversaries are building a navy.

How We Started Joel retired in 2008 and while enjoying retirement by pursuing various hobbies, came to the realization that the changes in the financial world following the 2009 recession made "absentee ownership" of retirement funds impractical. Joel made the decision to become more involved in his retirement investing. After numerous discussions with his older brother, an option trader with decades of experience, Joel opened an account to experiment with options trading. Over the next fe...

Join Joel Spring for one brief season in the life of an avid outdoorsman. Stories of dogs and deer, friendship and adventure, heartache and triumph are set against a backdrop of the vivid colors of autumn. From the first few wisps of cool north wind in September, through the frigid mountain cold of a late December morning, the author treats you like a welcomed friend.Spring's carefully crafted prose revisits the ghosts of hundreds of past hunts with good dogs and good friends will ...

JamieIt’s not exactly what I’d call the ideal situation—being introduced to your bio-dad’s best mate only to realize he’s the sexy older guy you hooked up with a couple of weeks ago—but it’s also not the worst thing to ever happen in history. The way I see it, this is fate. The universe is throwing Shay Kelly in my path again because it knows how much I’ve been dying for another shag with him.I have four weeks before I need to go back to London, an...

The smash-hit horror anthology based on the hit Shudder TV series is back and CREEPIER than ever!?? The Creep challenges comics' biggest names to shock readers like never before! And with a ghoulish roster including GARTH ENNIS (Preacher, The Boys), BECKY CLOONAN (Wonder Woman), MICHAEL WALSH (THE SILVER COIN), ZOE THOROGOOD (IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH), and NICK DRAGOTTA (EAST OF WEST), readers may die of FRIGHT before finishing this volume! DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T WARN YOU. Colle...

THE LAMB tells the personal story of the honor of being chosen to be the Passover Lamb. Only one of his kind, the Lamb realizes that he was hand-picked by his Creator for this special event. We've all been chosen for something great in our lives. This is one special Lamb's story...

This moment in history, says Joel Kramer, is a historical crossroads when "the moral order, the glue that has held civilizations together, begins to unravel"--a time to escape authoritarian constraints and move into self-trust and creativity.