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Plug in your mind, or awaken it?In a near-future world embracing Neurodymium's CognaLink brain interface and the AI-managed Nexus platform, humanity trades agency for optimized perfection. Millions plug in, their thoughts guided, emotions smoothed, lives managed by a powerful, unseen Artificial Superintelligence aiming for societal stability by eliminating unpredictable human 'noise'. But Dr. Evelyn Reed knows there's more. A near-death experience granted her perfect memory of consciousness beyond the physical and revealed latent psi abilities. Now, leading a hidden team of psi-sensitives, ...

Eine verbotene Liebesgeschichte zu Zeiten des Krieges. Hamburg, 1922: Luise hat sich im Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten von der Wäscherin zur stellvertretenden Hausdame hochgearbeitet. Tatkräftig unterstützt sie Fritz Haerlin. Der Sohn des alten Hotelgründers hat große Pläne für das Grandhotel, doch bald schon zwingen die neuen Machthaber ihn zu schweren Entscheidungen. Als fast alle männlichen Angestellten erneut einberufen werden und auch Fritz Haerlin an die Front muss, hält Luise das Hotel am Laufen und scheut kein Risiko, sich für die jüdischen Angestellten einzusetzen.

In Echoes of the Lost: The Guardian of the Forgotten, Chandraish Sinha spotlights an engrossing tale of strength, mystery, and the tenacious pursuit of justice.

Lent against a lamppost in the black of night as freezing cold rain lashes down from above. He wants to reach the sanctuary of the bar on the other side of the road, but the night and the cold rain and the lack of light make it seem a wide reaching roadway that perhaps is too far for him to stumbling across. Join our protagonist striving to make his way out of the driving rain to the bar that teases just out of reach and leads us to distraction, as haunting lights bedazzle and amaze the eye once we're lost in the abyss of night's darkness.

The Michaelmas Daisy: a contemporary story of loneliness, loyalty, love, finding new friends, and hope. Beverley may be dead, but that doesn’t make it any easier to let go. She watches over her husband and daughter, sharing their pain, laughter, fears and dreams. As she watches, memories of her own life and love for her husband bring comfort and tears in equal measure. Her daughter, Philippa (58, divorced), looks after her ailing father. She does so willingly, but caring for him 24/7 takes great patience and compassion, and such devotion is isolating.

"Blind love, blind hate, desire of emprise, / And pride, and all the weakness of the man." In this powerful story of honour and pride, the knight Balin struggles to control his fierce temper and live by the ideals of King Arthur's court. But when he is deceived by the cunning Vivien, his path takes a dark turn. A fateful clash with his twin brother Balan leads to a heartbreaking end.

In the shadowed marble halls of Rome’s power, Sejunus Strabol Junius, the illegitimate son of a legendary Praetorian guard, is thrust into a deadly game of politics, deception, and honor. Torn between loyalty to the empire and the haunting legacy of his father, Sejunus navigates treacherous Senate intrigues, brutal gladiatorial spectacles, and the deadly purges of the Praetorian Guard. From the bustling streets of the Forum to secret tunnels beneath the Palatine Hill, The Praetorian Guardsman delivers a riveting tale of political conspiracy, forbidden alliances, and heart-stopping action....

Angela Darrah is a pro when it comes to pitching client stories to the media. But when she suspects her client is exploiting immigrant workers, she's forced to face her own prejudices and to examine herself in ways she never imagined. Having landed a career-making assignment at one of Iowa’s largest poultry packing plants, Angela is stymied when the CEO who hired her resists her advice. Worse, he defers her to his right-hand man who keeps Angela off balance as he alternately supports and obstructs her efforts. When Angela finds an unexpected ally in a handsome Salvadoran plant supervisor,...

Rhona Dewar takes her niece, Syn, into her home after a tragic accident. Together, they discover the healing powers of nature, dedicated kindness, and disarming honesty. Cultural identity, mystery, and humor bring this family drama to life. On her sixteenth birthday, Syn’s brother, Andy, gave her a secret gift: an ancestry DNA test. As he suspected, the results proved that she was not their father’s daughter and carried not an ounce of Asian blood. Though she had her mother’s Scottish heritage, her father was a mysterious Venezuelan. Was she the child of an unrevealed love affair? ...

Las vecindades de la ciudad de México, como del resto de las grandes ciudades, son sitios peculiares. Es el cúmulo de familias que por el reducido del espacio, la similitud de problemas, y el que pasen por etapas de su existencia parecidas, tienen un comportamiento colectivo muy particular. Los mitos y leyendas, el pensamiento mágico, la visión infantil que subyace de los fenómenos naturales, se traduce en una mitología muy particular. Este es el caso de la vecindad de “Nuestra Señora de los Remedios”, en donde hay un Vigilante, Simón Melquiades, que desde la azote, y por las ...

When Freddy Stein escapes the net cast by the police forces of Guernsey and Munich, he becomes embroiled in a plan to preserve the lucrative drugs' dealings of a sinister crime lord. But miles away from his familiar city surroundings, on a remote Channel Island, Freddy's life is changed forever. His fate, and that of his victims, take a turn nobody, least of all Freddy, could have predicted. This gripping conclusion to Peter Lihou's debut novel skilfully fuses together another tale of action, suspense and romance set in the spectacular Channel Islands.

Coming out is not the same thing as coming of age. Jamie desperately wants a simpler answer, in order to fit more easily into society, but he finds life more complicated. Jamie Goldberg suspects his homosexuality at an early age and manages to hide it from his homophobic ’80’s Detroit Community; his Jewish political activist parents; and even from himself until his rape, at the hands of a male prostitute, at the age of 15, which seems to hint at some mysterious background even darker. Profoundly ashamed, Jamie hides in two worlds one is a beautiful cocoon spun from music, art, theater ...

Laura and Laurie: The Trilogy was just the beginning of something extraordinary. The Art of Appreciation: Laura and Laurie part IV is a short story/essay about love, friendship, destiny, and the power of giving.

Marco Etheridge is a writer of fiction, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His stories have been published by reviews, journals, and magazines in Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. Here, for the first time, fifteen of his best short stories are gathered together in one collection. An aging veteran who despises his neighbor ends up in hospital under her care. An isolated married couple search for help to deliver their first child. A man pauses on a wind-swept cliff to converse with a dead friend. A young kitchen boy is sent on a ...

Pericles Drakos has lived in the exquisite Circle Building for all of his seventy-five years. From its lofty windows, he has seen his little corner of Istanbul shift and transform. But as the area has become increasingly gentrified, Pericles has retreated into its shadowy corners. And when the pandemic hits, his isolation deepens.

Fleeing Scotland in the wake of family disgrace, 16-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school on a remote part of the south English coast. Despite the eccentricities of her new Headmistress, who warns her of the dangers of the Cold War and the ever-present threat of the bomb, St Anne's seems like a refuge to Ida. But all this is about to change. For a start, her new room-mate is the infamous Louise Adler, potential arsonist and total outcast.

London, July 1944. Editor Emmy Lake's career is soaring: Woman's Friend magazine is a huge success, and she is finally realizing her dream of becoming a Lady War Correspondent. On the personal front, Emmy's husband Charles has been posted closer to home, and her good friends Bunty and Harold are planning their summer wedding in the countryside. They all know how lucky they are. But after nearly five years of war, the nation is struggling.

Une première œuvre lumineuse sur la recherche de vérité, les souvenirs et la fragilité des évidences. Anna Zeller a été tirée au sort pour devenir jurée aux assises. Une expérience aussi vertigineuse qu'inédite. Appelée à juger un couple au casier vierge dans un procès pour empoisonnement et meurtre, la jeune femme va voir resurgir son passé. Un passé qui la transporte vingt ans plus tôt, sur une aire de jeux en Bretagne. Le jour où Anna Boulanger est devenue Anna Zeller. Les jurés ont une semaine pour décider du destin des accusés et s'emparer de leur troublante histoire.

A sinister hidden room. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar. A child's face glimpsed at a window. Every house hides secrets. But some secrets are far darker than others. More than a million people have discovered the terrible truth behind these strange houses. Now it's your turn.

On an ordinary morning in an ordinary house, a woman discovers a secret her husband has been keeping. It is a secret that explodes their marriage. As Dolores grapples with her new reality, she unwillingly delves into her past to work out how she got here, unpicking the seams of the relationships that have built her. She's a sister, a daughter, a wife, a teacher. How much does her past have to influence her present? Can't she just forgive and forget? And most importantly: what is a woman for, anyway?