Showing results for "Joey" in Genre Fiction

Before the lights go out, Rosalie Calder sees the pattern no one wants to admit. When an EMP shuts down the hospital mid crisis, machines die and panic spreads. Trapped inside, Rosalie must choose whether to stay and help or escape before the world collapses.

Joey is the great-grandson of Vincenzo Peruggia, the man who stole the original Mona Lisa in 1911. Along with his girlfriend, Marie, an art connoisseur, he stumbles across his father's secret room, and finds himself staring at what he thinks is a replica of da Vinci's most famous masterpiece. But it is no fake.... The Louvre has kept this secret for over 100 years, waiting for the original to come to light, and now they want it back at any cost. With Marie held hostage and the Louvre curator and his men hot on his trail, Joey is left to run for his life in an unfamiliar city.

In 1941, Manila, Philippines was the hidden gem of the Far East and set to become an independent sovereignty in a few short years. On December 8, 1941, immediately following the Pearl Harbor attack 5,200 miles away in Honolulu, the Japanese Imperial Army bombed the city of Manila and began an occupation that would last more than three years and culminate in a battle for the capital city that would go down as one of the deadliest in World War II history.

When Joey Peruggia discovers that the dead man was his long-lost uncle, he travels with his girlfriend Marie and his friend Boyce, who works for the French intelligence, to Egypt on a mission to find answers. But once they arrive, they are lured into a trap and become hostages to a crazed man and his gang of thieves. This is a man who will stop at nothing to discover what lies in the last secret chamber. All bets are off, and only the cleverest will survive this deadliest of adventures.

When a cargo plane carrying an ancient vase crashes into the Atlantic, the DGSE - otherwise known as the French CIA - immediately suspect it’s deliberate. The vase is believed to hold a key that gives entrance to a hidden cave on Easter Island: a site connected with ancient Egypt and an otherworldly portal discovered deep beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza.

It's 1980 and Neil is a burned-out local musician whose band never made it. He has put his heart and soul into his music for a decade but now has little to show for it except a dozen of tapes of his original music that nobody has ever heard. He's getting ready to take a promotion at work and give up music forever when he gets a freak opportunity to go on tour.

When Alan finds himself downriver with the writing assignment that brought him here canceled, he decided to stick around anyway. His interest is piqued after hearing the name "Joey's Bench" mentioned a few times. Could there be a story here? What Alan finds is much more than a story, plus he now has a real dilemma on his hands.

This is the story of two very different young men, from two very different worlds. Tyson is from the rough streets of Trentan, a crime-ridden, drug-infested inner-city neighborhood. Joey is from the affluent northern suburbs, a community of privilege and opportunity. The worlds of these two young men collide through a chance encounter, and as a result, they begin to question their life situations - which are at critical points. This connection sparks a shared journey of self-development, one that brings about necessary changes for both men.

A shot of bloodletting, a pinch of pyromania, self-water-boarding, and a dedicated death-watch; ah, the ingredients for any loving family. Cutting to feel beyond the numb trauma, sparking to watch the world burn and the uniforms dance to quench a brilliant phoenix, snorting water to sting the senses and bite the mundane, playing dead to ease the judgments of the world in your own troubled mind; that is what the Slater family is made of. So Twisted, Turned, and Bent, can they survive their secrets?

Joey Hopkins is a Locomotive Engineer and former Master-at-arms in the Navy. Jacob Russell is an undercover ATF agent and former Navy Seal. Their paths cross with tragic consequences when Joey is asked by a detective to help with an investigation. When the favor goes wrong, Joey kills Jacob in self-defense, not knowing that he is an undercover officer.

Ist die Welt eigentlich noch zu retten? Ja – mit Fiktion. In ihrem ersten Buch zeigt die für ihre Kurzgeschichten mehrfach preisgekrönte Autorin Joey Juschka auf, wie's geht: vor allem mit Humor. Und die Realität einfach nur ein bisschen verschieben – hin zu einer Welt, die es so noch nicht gibt, aber verdammt noch mal geben sollte!Denn so kann es nicht weitergehen: Die Straßen der Städte stinken nach Urin, für einen Toilettenbesuch muss man 50 Cent hinblättern, Tampons wechseln kann man auch nirgends so richtig, und sowieso: als Frau* allein unterwegs zu sein ist gefährlich.

Dr. Jameson Carter, an accomplished archeologist, finally finds what he's been searching for in a remote village in central France. With a team of experts, he unearths a secret room hidden beneath the floor of a 14th-century home, which holds a brass box sealed with a mysterious medallion. Inside the box, they discover an ancient diary that reveals a dark and disturbing truth about the Black Plague, which has been Stricken from History.

“Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides Bulls Island is a supremely satisfying tale of honor, chance, and star-crossed love, infused with Southern wit...

The kingdom of Struggle is being lied to by an unseen enemy, "Liar." Lurking in the sinister forest, Liar attacks the minds of the villagers by whispering subtle thoughts into the villagers' minds at night. Liar's poisonous serpents advance against a people ignorant of their true enemy—an enemy trying to convince them to murder a righteous king. Liar has been warring against the kingdom of Struggle without opposition, and his greatest harvest is truth and freedom. Poor, orphaned, and alone, the unlikely-named "Prince" sparks a rebellion.

Angel has never been off the mountain in West Virginia where she was born. Yet, she’s aware there are secrets in the house she shares with her mother Margret and grandmother. No one is allowed on the second floor, where Margret grieves for her husband. As Margret dabbles in the occult in an attempt to contact her deceased husband, she inadvertently invites evil spirits into the home.