Cycling Adventure

Award-winning and best-selling conclusion of an epic American journey. FIRST PLACE/GOLD MEDAL - 2016 Independent Publisher Living Now Book Awards WINNER - 2017 Book Excellence Awards "A blissful and captivating read" Faridah Nassozi "Neil shares...in an honest tone and, as great story teller's do, allows us to not only share the adventure, but also feel that adventure along with him." A cross-country bicycle adventure is the canvas for this tale of discovery along the winding backroads of America’s heartland. The second book in the “Cycling Reflections” series, Pilgrim Spokes tells ...

Merlin is alive! Ethan, Guinevere, and his friends must rescue the legendary wizard. But first, they have to find him. With only vague clues to give them direction, Ethan must pool all of his resources and knowledge before it is too late. At the same time, there's a magic-using Ogre who wants him dead, a corrupted city trying to summon an evil goddess, and the strange insect queen who wants to eat his brain. Ethan will need to use all of his cunning and unravel the mystery of the strange dragon glyph before his world collapses around him.

The hardworking dwarf has overcome many hardships. He has clashed with formidable opponents, but managed to protect himself and his domain. However, there is no break in sight. The future is an uphill battle, filled with long hours of blacksmithing and digging, and lots of adventures and surprise encounters. Nobody knows what will happen next. For now, the outpost of Gray Peak continues to hold the fort, with no intention of surrendering to the enemy . . .

UNFOLDING FURTHER continues where UNFOLDING TRAVELS left off. It is an account of ten more journeys in the author's pursuit and desire to cycle along some of the most spectacular roads and scenery the world has to offer. Despite the constraints of modern living and a chronic lack of time, the author shows that life-changing adventures should not be limited to students’ gap years or armchair accounts of explorers’ tales. With a little courage and a lot of enthusiasm, a few weeks off work is all it takes to be able to fulfil your traveling dreams. You might be a newbie or a seasoned ...

Part sporting travelogue, part political history, (Just as Well) It's Not About the Bike follows journalist Chris Atkin's 1,300 km cycle from Valencia to Gibraltar. En route, he travels through Spain’s most picturesque towns. And Benidorm. Along the way, he learns about the region’s history, from the time four hydrogen bombs fell over Spain to the politician who shot General Franco’s daughter in the bottom yet rose to become one of the country’s most powerful men. While riding across Spain, Chris also meets an array of eccentric characters.

Samantha Havardson still isn't an Apex, but that's about the only thing she's sure of anymore. Her family and her identity have splintered, and an immortal warrior named Adrestus is at fault.

My well-travelled 1972 Moto Guzzi Eldorado turned 50 in 2022, shortly after I turned 70. With more than 100,000 miles under her wheels, the old Eldorado has traversed Labrador, visited the Arctic Circle in the Yukon, and explored most of the isolated roads in northern Ontario and northern Quebec. Along the way there have been one or two roadside mishaps—some amusing, some annoying—but she has always managed to get me home. How would she fare on another epic journey? Somehow, an early season ride to photograph some of Quebec's covered bridges turned into a marathon.

From the Canadian Rockies to the Panamanian jungle, Motorcycle Therapy rumbles with comic adventure as two men, fleeing failed relationships, test the limits of their motorcycles and their friendship. Join the horn-honking, signal-flashing, wheelie-popping pair as they endure painful bee stings, painful snake bites, and (when they talk to girls) painful humiliation.

Trois mille ans se sont écoulés depuis l'extermination des Doryphores, et les hommes se croient désormais seuls dans l'univers. Or, on découvre sur la planète Lusitania l'existence des Piggies, bipèdes mi-hommes, mi-cochons doués d'intelligence. Des scientifiques sont détachés pour les étudier mais, sans mobile apparent, ils sont assassinés.

Told with humor and wit, Scraping Pegs is a bold narrative; including “rules” to help you survive the art of riding and life. Press an experienced rider beyond their glory stories, and they’ll tell you about the miles of nothingness. While showing off their road rash, they may share special moments, cruising down the road to joy, accelerating out of a corner, riding across desert sand, or up a mountain trail.

Hannah Morgan is a content producer for internet sensation and millionaire playboy, Mathew Albrecht. When she discovers his possible ties to a global terrorist organisation, her investigation becomes more troubling the deeper she goes. Could her client’s involvement also be linked to the death of her husband years earlier or is it something more sinister? Enlisting two ex-military guns for hire, a young hacker and her dead husband's AI, Hannah must confront the demons of her past to save the future.

Round the world cyclist, Tom Bruce, travelled to China with work but obviously couldn't live for a month without a bike. He purchased Valentino, an ancient rusty folding bike, for a price of £15 from Ebay. After a quick makeover, Valentino was ready to go to China so was stuffed into a suitcase and let loose on the city of Wuhan and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. This short book contains two parts. The first part contains the story of a cycle tour along the Yangtze River, where Tom cycled 160 miles on the ancient bike, climbed high mountain passes, ate with locals and travelled by ...

Jinni. Empress. Warrior. Slave. Nalia is a jinni of tremendous ancient power, the only survivor of a coup that killed nearly everyone she loved. Stuffed into a bottle and sold by a slave trader, she's now in hiding on the dark caravan, the lucrative jinni slave trade between Arjinna and Earth, where jinn are forced to grant wishes and obey their human masters' every command. She'd give almost anything to be free of the golden shackles that bind her to Malek, her cruel master, and his lavish Hollywood lifestyle.

Oichi Angelis, former Worm, along with her fellow insurgents on the generation starship Olympia, head deeper into the Charon System for the planet called Graveyard. Ancient, sentient, alien starships wait for them - three colossi so powerful they remain aware even in self-imposed sleep. The race that made the Three are dead, but Oichi's people were engineered with this ancient DNA. A delegation from Olympia must journey to the heart of Graveyard and be judged by the Three. Before they're done, they will discover that weapons are the least of what the ships have to offer.

Round the world cyclist, Tom Bruce, decided to use a spare couple of weeks to explore the beautiful Balearic Islands on his fat bike. The adventure includes a circumnavigation of Menorca on the ancient coastal path, the "Camí de Cavalls", which was used by Soldiers, patrolling the Island on horseback. He then took a ferry to Mallorca and cycled over the Northern Mountains in search of remote bike trails. He found some of the best descents he has ridden and quite possibly, the best campsite in the world. After cycling to Palma, he took a ferry to Ibiza, cycled across the Island then ...

As a lifer in the Imperial Navy, fighting in a war that has lasted generations, Lieutenant York Ballin's only hope for an honorable discharge is the grave. Neither the Empire nor the Directorate seems to care that millions have died or that millions more are doomed as hostilities continue. Ballin's only option is to hunker down, keep his crewmen and women in top condition, and try not to get them all killed.

Born into the ruins of Rzolka's brutal civil unrest, Anna has never known peace. Here, in her remote village - a wasteland smoldering in the shadows of outlying foreign armies - being imbued with the magic of the scribes has made her future all the more uncertain. Through intricate carvings of the flesh, scribes can grant temporary invulnerability against enemies to those seeking protection. In an embattled world where child scribes are sold and traded to corrupt leaders, Anna is invaluable.

Captain Jake Phillips wakes in his crash-landed craft and finds Earth transformed into a frightening new world. He faces two immediate threats that will test his survival skills to the limit. Mutated beings prowl the landscape, hunting humans and searching for the remaining resources. Without a plan in place, the battle will be lost, and humanity as Jake knows it will be destroyed. Sixth Cycle is a gritty post-apocalyptic story of survival and adventure.

After cry pilot Maseo Kaytu's white-knuckled victory over the mysterious lampreys at Ayko Base, military command develops new weapons and a new strategy. The updated mission is simple: pinpoint the Hatchery, the "spawn point" of the lampreys, and blast it into a fine powder. Kaytu's battle-tested squad tracks the enemy from remote bases to elegant cities to subterranean caverns, but the lampreys start hitting harder and faster. While the squad is winning battles, Earth is losing the war.

“What kind of home are we returning to that a man has to be able to defend himself with the sword?” These heavy thoughts preoccupy Bryndor, who is trapped in the Valley of the Cloud Walkers. Violent storms devastate the summit of the Korjinth Mountains, isolating any in the valley. He uses the time to train with the sword to understand his companion and his place in the world. In Aarindorn, Karragin leads missions against grotvonen. But something else lurks among the hordes under the mountains, something that hints at the resurgence of an evil thought long ago vanquished.