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It is 2058. NYPD detective Nick Garvey and Lenora Allison, President of the battered and reeling United States, are battling the many remaining remnants of the murderous World Council. They must confront the forced introduction of a man-made killer plague and the destruction of the newly created Friendship City.

Lucas steps back from the world of telepathy, energy projections, and mental manipulation, as fun and exciting as it was for him to fabricate, to focus on the real world. In The Way, Joshua and Tiffany appear to have everything. But they are both in bondage to the world in very different ways. However, their lives are dramatically impacted by an unassuming couple who come to change the lives of an entire community. Follow Joshua and Tiffany as they wade through rejection, addiction, and despair. Sometimes hope is found at the bottom of the pit.

The common world has changed forever following the twenty-eight-hour electromagnetic pulses resulting from an extensive coronal mass ejection from the sun. As a result, new COVID strains and economic collapse have decimated the population. Two recent college graduates face starvation when their friend and benefactor fails to return. The young adults, joined together by hidden feelings and kinship of home, embark on a journey to rejoin their families that are hopefully still alive. A chance encounter with a grizzled prepper speeds them along, with detour after detour.

Every marriage has it's struggles. Every family has it's challenges. But when two people enter a marriage with boatloads of baggage and limited parenting skills, the challenges are guaranteed to be immense.

In this novel, you will learn the true history of Earth, from the time when Lordiah first came from planet Heofon to mine gold on earth 4,061 years ago. The last time Luna saw her father, she was five years old when he mysteriously disappeared. She grew up in foster homes, learning unique skill sets for survival. Twenty-some years later, while burglarizing a home, she accidentally encounters him, leading to an awkward reunion.

After being betrayed by the members of his cult, Rakim goes on a journey to unknown worlds. Upon his return, an unexpected facet awaits him, which determines a radical change in his life.

Dennis Camp knew little of what would come by honoring a promise to his dying mother. He would find and forge a large, diverse, and well-found family. The Camp family branches from their roots, with some members leaving the Centennial state, and some branches finding themselves pruned far before others. Old issues seem to have been resolved, yet others have found their way here.

At the age of three, Aluxes's entire village was slaughtered and she was the sole survivor. Found by the nun Mildred, she was raised in an orphanage. Just being half-human can make life difficult for some, but it is harder for Aluxes as her half is unknown, and people fear what they do not know. Surviving the harsh reality of being constant bullied by others has filled her with two desires—to become a warrior to earn the respect of others and to find out about her past.

Three 70-year-old sisters turn to the family business—cat burglary—to pay off an old debt.

As visitors and village locals come and go through the boarding house, they leave certain memories of their stays and stories. A few that come to mind and that are worth retelling are told here. Thanks for joining us on the porch, in the parlor, and in the bar.

Do you look for help and cannot find it? Do you feel alone and as if no one cares? Within these poems, you will find how in everything we do, he is always with us. We are never alone. God bless.

What is a lie to Lyla? It is simply another sentence that comes out of her mouth. She doesn't care if it is false. Doesn't care who gets hurt by it. Getting what she wants is all that matters to Lyla.

Ultimate Concerns is a collection of 27 short stories that focus on those states and events of life that are universal and of immense importance. Love, the growth of a child, relationships within and between the generations, relationships with God, the humanness of God, finding one's place in the world, the role of pain in the world, illness, and death are all addressed by these stories.

Two roads converge and two journeys end at a small, unpromising town called Stoneridge on the high plains of northeast Colorado. Roy Mathis is headed there by car, his head full of inchoate memories and reveries in search of his father, his sister, and context for a fragmented life. Fleeing his mother, who refuses to tell him anything that would help him in his quest, Roy sets his sights on the only desperate hope for a clue in the forgotten whistle-stop town.

Flow of Soul Poetry is over 35 years in the making. My poems traveled to this digital destination on a long and winding journey, a rhythmic road of recitations and redos of poetic utterances by this broken down shell of a man, who is moved by your affirmation of emotional healing and release of soul-crushing pain because of them.

Life Lessons in the Key of Life can be summarized by the following: It takes all kinds of people to make a world. The good, bad, and ugly consequences one goes through and deals with on a daily basis.

Chasm is about the struggle of a man who once was strong and faithful, but lost his way. It tells of the combat he endures in his mind to find his way back across the chasm of doubt and dismay to peace and joy. Battles within the mind are the devil's playground. Tim was fighting for his soul and didn't even realize it.

The book you are holding in your hands is the story of a brilliant young man from a noble family who was destined to be a major player in the Cold War with Russia. He meets and falls in love with a beautiful, alcoholic nurse whom he later marries and fathers three children with. Fitz's passion for his family could not hold Lib, and their marriage sadly ends in divorce. As Fitz tastes the agony of defeat, he wallows and wanders for years before finally coming to grips with what he truly wants out of life.

For a group of ship wrecked people, it's a dream come true to find themselves on the Isle of Legends, a ready to open resort with a zoo of animals genetically altered to resemble mythical beasts. While some of them indulge in the luxuries of the resort, others are skeptical of the excess around them, and of the dangers of tampering with nature to make new life.

Mark Allen lived an ordinary life, until his old sociology professor invited him to participate in a quantum physics project. It wasn't long before Mark was walking the streets of Galveston in 1900.