Iraq is dangerous enough with insurgents firing, anger over US bombing of local mosques, and the general lawlessness there, but fellow Americans are supposed to be on your side. Life gets a lot more dangerous for US National Guard Sergeant Ivy Newland when the secretive spy-type she's guarding decides that she's seen too much and tries to kill her. What she's seen is the True Cross--hidden in what is now Iraq for hundreds of years since it was captured from crusaders by Saladin. The Foundation, a secretive US organization, has big plans for the Cross--but considering they tried to kill her, Ivy isn't at all certain she wants to help move those plans forward. What if, as the agent claims, the Cross is the ultimate weapon of mass destruction? Ivy, accompanied by US Army Captain Zack Herrera are chased by the Foundation, by CIA drones and CIA-sponsored pesh merga, by insurgents, and by the US Navy as they flee across Iraq, Turkey, Greece, and finally Italy. Guided by a mysterios vision, or possibly a dream, Ivy knows she must seak something first in Istanbul, then in Venice. But getting there is more than half the problem--as the power of the Cross ensures that the Foundation is never far between. Their journey lets Ivy and Zack explore a growing attraction, puts them in contact with a number of unlikely allies and enemies, and explores both the history, faiths, and people of this crucial section of the world.

Veil of the Goddess

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Preece, Rob

Thrillers & Suspense

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A Really Bad Hair Day: The Return Of Magic Plague

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Jonah Staples wants to become a bounty-hunter to make the money he needs to  advance in alchemy. Being a good researcher, Jonah tracks down Tamalaria's best bounty hunter and applies to become an apprentice. Simpa (were-lion). Portenda isn't looking for any apprentice, especially not a human with slow reflexes and poor powers of observation. Still, when Jonah somehow disarms the bounty-hunter, Portenda decides he's worth watching--even if that does mean letting the human into his home.

A Hunter And His Prey: A Tamalarian Tale (Tamalarian Tales)

Calkins-Treworgy, Joshua

When a lab experiment results in a group of scientists gaining extremely long life, they realize that if they stay on Earth, they'll soon become lab specimens. To escape this, they decide to travel to the stars. Unfortunately, the stars are already occupied.

First Contact: Escape to 55 Cancri

Ingle, Kenneth E.

Science Fiction

Seeing ghosts has always been something of a curse for Annie Neeter but when talking to a ghost makes her a suspect in an attempted murder, she realizes it's gone too far. Still, does she have any chance of convincing the sexy police detective she isn't crazy. Unfortunately, the head of the local mob is a believer and he's thinking of all sorts of ways she, and her ghosts, can help him make crime pay.

Medium in the Middle

Romance

Paranormal

To Kill a Judge

Nelson,Paul

The Van Gogh Deception

Paulson, Michael

Mystery

Flash fiction consists of writing an entire story in a thousand words or less. This constraint imposes significant restrictions on what the writer can do, but written right, flash fiction tales can pack power way out of proportion to their length. The tricks and techniques needed to write effective flash fiction, though, are different from those used for novel-length, or even traditional short stories. Until now, these tricks and techniques had to be learned the hard way...through the path of rejection. Author and editor Michael A. Kechula has written and sold hundreds of genre flash fiction stories, edited a flash fiction magazine, and mentored many flash fiction writers on their path to publication. He's taken the insights he's gained through years of effort and the many thousands of flash fiction stories he's edited and judged, and distilled them into one volume: WRITING GENRE FLASH FICTION THE MINIMALIST WAY. In this self-study guide, Kechula takes the writer through the definition of flash and genre fiction, gives some useful starting points for coming up with story ideas, shows where the usual rules of fiction may need to be reversed (e.g., in flash fiction, we tell, not show), and provides powerful insight into making every word count...and into eliminating those words that don't pull their weight.

Writing Genre Flash Fiction the Minimalist Way: A Self Study Book

Reference

Kechula, Michael A.

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Quiet Anchorage, Virginia, is like any other peaceful small town in America. Until the murder of Jake Robbins rocks Quiet Anchorage, and his fiancée Megan Connors is charged for it. Her elderly aunts, the tenacious Isabel and Alma Trumbo, then decide it's left up to them to do some shrewd detective work to unravel the knotty mystery, identify the true killer, and clear Megan's good name. Quiet Anchorage offers a pleasant small town setting, credible characters, droll dialogue, good-natured humor, and intriguing subplots. This cozy mystery follows in the tradition of lady amateur sleuths such as Anne George's Southern Sisters Mysteries and Rita Mae Brown's Merry Minor Harristeen titles also set in Virginia.

Quiet Anchorage

Lynskey, Ed

As the world lurches toward war, criminal masterminds try to carve out their own pieces of empire. One man, Dr. Shadows, fights for justice--not in upper class drawing rooms, but in smoky bars, crowded Chinatowns, teeming Asian cities, and even in ships being overrun by pirates. Accompanied by a feisty Chinese woman and a small but tough Irish fighter, Shadows uses his mind and a body shattered by the Japanese bullets that also killed his parents but rebuilt in a mountain monastery, to discover crime and evil... and confront them. Author Teel James Glenn is a long-time fan of the pulp fiction of the 1930s and creates a story that pays homage to the best of the genre while creating something new. He envisions Shadows as one of the heroes who could have been, but wasn't...until now. Glenn writes hard-charging action scenes based on his years as a stunt coordinator and fight choreographer. Shadows of New York is the first in Glenn's Shadows series.

Shadows of New York: The Mysterious Adventures of Dr. Shadows

Literature & Fiction

Glenn, Teel James

Action & Adventure

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