Global Fiction

Haiku Anyone? Poetry Book, by author Reneé Drummond-Brown, covers natural occurrences in nature, animals and moments in time. Some common themes throughout the book focus on ethical impressions: love, loss and landscapes in poetic art form of “precept upon precept” capturing the haikus simplistic and direct expressions.

A stolen bioweapon. A global conspiracy. One shot to stop a modern apocalypse When the director of Germany’s top weapons research institute is forced to steal a classified bioweapon and deliver it to a violent paramilitary group, the entire NATO alliance is thrown into crisis. With the risk of a pandemic on the rise and international tensions at boiling point, Major Sophie Decker and her black-ops unit Department 89 are deployed to locate the bioweapon—before it’s unleashed on millions. But what Decker uncovers is more than a rogue operation. It’s part of a calculated strategy to ...

Hamartia, an accomplished and widely recognized genius of the scientific community turns his attention to solving global hunger utilizing the power of his proprietary NourishAI. Initial successes in feeding throngs of starving people in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan bring Hamartia's efforts to the attention of the United Nations. Once there, he delivers a speech that begins a chain of events that lead to he and NourishAI having total dominion over the global food chain and supply network. All goes well until NourishAI begins to exceed the scope of its programming. Will Hamartia take the steps...

A family from two nations, England and Greece, live a simple life on a tiny Greek island: Irini, Tasso and their daughter, sweet Chara, whose name means joy. Their life goes up in flames in a single day when one man starts a fire out of greed and indifference. Many are killed, homes are destroyed, and the island's natural beauty wiped out. In the wake of the fire, Chara bears deep scars across her back and arms. Tasso is frozen in trauma, devastated that he wasn't there when his family most needed him. And Irini is crippled by guilt at her part in the fate of the man who started the fire.

As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire.

Canada is collapsing. Economic and social pressures spawned by climate change have made the federation untenable. British Columbia has seceded from Canada, and Cascadia stretches from The Rockies to the Pacific, Alaska to the 49th parallel. Though a sanctuary amid global chaos, Cascadia is not safe. Internal divisions fueled by disparity and ethnicity have spawned violent protests. The beaches and borders are besieged with waves of desperate migrants and external powers conspire to obtain their natural resources on a planet all but depleted of them. The pressures and threats from without ...

A infância é o tempo de descobertas. É a fase da vida em que o ser humano recebe e retribui os sentimentos à sua volta com maior vigor e integridade. Com Miguilim, menino que protagoniza esta novela de João Guimarães Rosa, não é diferente. Contudo, a visão de mundo repleta de sensibilidade que vinca a personalidade da criança transforma o conjunto de situações que ela experimenta num redemoinho sem precedentes de sensações. Os leitores de Campo Geral naturalmente se envolvem e se emocionam ao tomar contato com as impressões e conclusões do menino sobre o mundo que o cerca.

The 98-stanza meter-and-rhyme translation of "Legenda Luceafarului" - an entrancing masterpiece by Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), the Romanian national poet - captures the essence of the original work's musicality and poetic nuance. It is the story of a young princess' longing and impossible love for the immortal star who, sharing her love, takes human form and tries to become mortal.

Read Between the Lines Poetry Book, by author Reneé Drummond-Brown, depicts precept upon precept, line upon line, little here and a little there, stroke by stroke, mark by mark, ink by ink, stripe by stripe, link by link, stain by stain, and blood by blood.

Four years later, Blake and Jasmine are back with their friends and some new faces, but life isn’t done with them yet. Secrets they thought were long ago buried resurface with a vengeance and threaten to rip apart their family. While Jasmine, Blake, Lucy, and Jeremy remain at odds, tensions build, and their bond is threatened. Just when they think things can’t get any worse, tragedy strikes unexpectedly.

High School was supposed to be fun, not a continual drama! However, there are some good parts...like Nick and a new boy in Sandy's life. Is it Devin or someone else? Hatred towards Sandy and Remmy is boiling just below the surface. Tony, Max, and the vamps continue to be surly, but for the most part, keep away from the stepsisters. An upcoming school dance seems to break the heavy mood, and Sandy in particular is looking forward to the night. Something happens that will turn Sandy's life upside down. Is this a good or bad thing...there's only one way to find out. Grab your copy now.

After a century of worsening climate changes, continual pandemics, and a greedy opportunist family feeding on the fears of an ailing populous, humans naturally choose 'Warden Bionic Alterations' just to survive. But as we all know, the greedy are never satisfied. Bionic-enhanced humans just may be too independent for those who crave complete control. Evolution of the Cyborg is not the typical familiar cyborg story. In fact, there are no mashups of monstrous half-machine beings. This story follows current events, scientific achievements, and theories of today. And it tracks the natural flow ...

Across the globe, five strangers receive a horrifying message from an unknown number. The person you love most is in danger. To save them, each must play The Game—a sinister unknown entity that has a single rule: there can only be one winner. If you lose, your loved one will die. But what is The Game—and why have they been chosen?

A Dozen Strange Tales is 12 stories from the mind of William See. Unexplainable coincidences, strange sightings, misguided adventures, legends, and outright fibs are wrapped together in one entertaining collection. Set in multiple locations during various eras of time, these stories range from unbelievably impossible to completely true. This audiobook deserves a place in your device for the times when you desire an adventure that challenges your expectations.

In a world where silence reigns and humanity has all but vanished, James Jacoby grapples with the crushing loneliness and the haunting memories of a life that once was. Left to navigate the desolate streets of his abandon city, he searches for a reason to keep going amidst the ruins of society.

Danny Larson has weird dreams. Pretty normal for a human, except Danny’s dreams are coming true and nothing will prepare him, or anyone else for what’s coming. Crisis doesn’t cover the imploding nature of the financial disaster that’s coming for everyone and anyone who uses money, the soon-to-be worthless paper that just about everyone on earth relies on to transact business. From buying groceries, cars and houses, to daily survival, money will become nothing but burnable material in a world that isn’t nearly ready for a collapse. When Danny notices his colleagues starting to act ...

Detectives are hot on the trail of a psycho killer that seems impossible to catch; meanwhile the body count continues to rise. With the killer loose to run the streets of California targeting women over 40, it seems the older the woman, the more turned on the killer becomes; having a fetish for choking the life from each victim. No one is safe walking down the street or being home alone. Your sister, your mother, your grandmother…or you may be next on the list! There’s no escaping the old lady killer!

Carley Dawson’s story isn’t just about achieving fame and fortune in the glamorous world of music production; it’s about the transformative power of pursuing one’s dreams with unwavering determination. It’s a story rooted in the familiar soil of a small Alabama town, where Carley’s musical talents first blossomed amidst the backdrop of family, friends, and the rhythmic pulse of a local bar.

Realm of the Four Parts, 1532. Gonzalo Pizarro craves the recognition received by his brother Francisco. When the young Spaniard helps capture the Incan Emperor against overwhelming odds, he’s convinced that God himself smiles on their expedition.

EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS THREATEN HUMANITY AS GLOBAL WARMING REACHES NEW LIMITS. CAN MANKIND CONTROL THEIR DESTINY? Following the Battle of Malacca, Plasticity Island expanded rapidly and seceded from the United States of America to become The Republic of Gyreland. Brent Brodie and his team take on the challenge of reducing Global Warming, surviving rising ocean levels, and controlling violent weather patterns. From the thermosphere to all the major oceans and continents of the world, the action never stops. No Country is immune from the struggle for fresh drinking water, food, and ...