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The Idaho Territory gold mines and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom come together for a wilderness-dwelling drifter in this tale of the Weird West.

El narrador relata un suceso de la amistad que entabló con William Legrand (un hombre solitario), quien vivía en la isla con un ya liberado sirviente llamado Júpiter. En una de sus visitas a su amigo Legrand, el melancólico hombre le comentó que había encontrado un escarabajo que parecía de oro. Legrand dibujó el insecto en un pergamino y lo entregó a su amigo para que lo observara, pero su allegado solo atinó a decir que el dibujo parecía una calavera. Legrand, malhumorado, tomó el pergamino y lo examinó; finalmente guardó el pergamino en un cajón.

The ruler of the small kingdom of Mythka has stolen some gold from the dwarven mines Crimzon & Clover watch over for King Amothy. It isn't wise to mess with a girl with a dragon, especially Clover, who decides that a one on one showdown between her and the thief king himself, in his own arena, is the best way to handle things. Don't miss this 25 page short story that is #6 in the Crimzon & Clover Short Story Series. **NOTE: The eight stories are available separately, or as an omnibus edition, in paperback and Kindle versions. After these 8 short stories, Crimzon and Clover's tale isn't over...

Jack London was one of the most prolific and imaginative writers America has ever produced. This collection includes eight masterpieces that showcase London's literary versatility and his genius at creating memorable, one-of-a-kind characters: "Moon-Face" - a study of extreme motiveless antipathy; "The Leopard-Man's Story" - passion and mayhem under the big top; "Local Color" - a wandering polymath might be too smart for his own good; "The Minions of Midas" - a tale of terrorism perhaps more disturbing today than it was 100 years ago; and much more.

To escape a dangerous threat to his people, a village leader hires Jarreth, a renegade sea captain, to find them a new home. Their survival depends upon it. The savvy captain will soon discover that a promising island paradise is populated with dangerous ape-like creatures. Worse, some of his men go missing. Should he retreat and regroup or risk losing more men in an all-out battle? After all, the primates have no intention of giving up their island home without a fight. Jarreth, however, has no intention of leaving his men behind. There will be blood. Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE to ...

A boy reincarnated with a curse. His sister, trapped at the heart of a dungeon. Will he level-up in time to save her from certain death? Lee can still hear her screams. Three months ago, the 16-year-old gamer watched in horror as his sister unplugged an old console and burst into green flames. Enraged at his failure to protect her, he jumps from his bed and smashes the console that killed her—something he soon regrets. To his horror, fire bursts out and consumes him, transporting him to a game world and into the body of a fresh corpse. In the midst of his alarm, he hears the panicked ...

Volume 2 in the Half-a-Rat, Post Apocalyptic YA Science Fiction series. Genetically modified animals struggle to survive on a future earth no longer inhabited by mankind. An Artificial Intelligence rules The City where a select group of survivors are ordered to re establish contact with a few returning humans, whether they want to or not.

Lost Face (Including Other Short Stories) is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London. It takes its name from the first short story in the book, about a European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. The book includes London's best-known short story, "To Build a Fire".

Skyler is a powerful opponent in the women’s boxing ring, but her skill and experience may not be enough to keep her alive after she’s kidnapped and dropped off on a Hennian hunting planet. Completely out of her element and desperate to survive, Skyler warily agrees to accept the assistance of Kyux, a Krocosian who claims to be her mate.

"A través de esa nube turbia, las cosas más comunes parecían cosas extrañas", recuerda la narradora de No soñarás flores. Mirada turbia, torcida, que a través de los ocho relatos de este volumen nos muestra siempre el lado más oculto de lo cotidiano.

For the animals and plants of the Arizona desert, every day is about staying alive. But it’s all the other stuff—desire, fidelity, hope, envy, grief, betrayal—that bridges the gap between science and fiction, and highlights the interconnectedness of the human and natural worlds. A wealthy Gila monster suffers from halitosis. A young peccary chooses a side in war. A rattlesnake upends the historic enmity between serpent and man. A subterranean termite princess comes home. These and dozens more characters run, hop, slither, and fly through captivating storylines.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti takes you to a mad, impossible world created by Ray Bradbury. Sun-blasted by day, cold-wracked by night - and life condensed by radiation into eight days! Sim eyed the Ship - if he only dared reach it and escape! But it was more than half-an-hour distant - the limit of life itself!<

Preston Cobb is always looking to make a quick buck selling any kind of gun he can get his hands on, but when the denizens of the weird west get in the way, Preston's his own best customer. Join Preston as he faces an ancient evil in the snowy Sierra Nevadas in "Abominable", finds romance and bloody mystery in Nevada mining country in "Silver Moon", and squares off with the undead south of the border in "Dead to Rites".

Bringing together six short stories - two of which are previously unpublished - One Last Dram Before Midnight is perfect for fans of Denzil Meyrick. These tales take us from Jim Daley's early days pounding the beat in Glasgow as a young constable to a lighthearted whisky smuggling romp involving Hamish and some ghostly pipers.

The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time, telling the epic story of the birth of England, and introducing one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Saxon-born, Norse-raised, warrior and rebel. The final Last Kingdom book was published in 2020, but for the author the story felt unfinished: there were some Uhtred tales he still wanted to tell, and over the course of writing the books he'd become fascinated by some elements of the Anglo-Saxon world that it wasn't possible to fully explore in the novels.

Some secrets don’t stay buried. They fight back. Sixteen-year-old Leah Cutter is a sarcastic tech prodigy living off the grid with her retired special-ops father and tribal-descended mother in the Philippine jungle. When she uncovers her grandmother’s encrypted wartime journal—filled with buried truths about espionage, trafficking networks, and erased history—she becomes the key to igniting a long-dormant failsafe designed to expose a global shadow operation. But someone’s watching. Red Hand, a black-ops unit erased from official records, is dispatched to erase Leah and everything...

A Romance of Wastdale, published in 1895, is a novel by the British writer A.E.W Mason. In 1921, it was turned into a film of the same name directed by Maurice Elvey and made by Stoll Pictures, Britain’s biggest studio of the silent era. The novel is set in the scenic area of Wastdale, Cumbria, situated in the Lake District National Park and surrounded by some of England’s highest mountains. Wastdale Head has been a starting point for walks and climbing trips into the mountains, in this context, this story of mountains, mountaineers, romance, and treachery unfolds.

Jack London's South Sea Tales is a collection of eight short stories set in the South Pacific. The stories include: "The House of Mapuhi", "The Whale Tooth", "Mauki", "Yah! Yah! Yah!", "The Heathen", "The Terrible Solomons", "The Inevitable White Man", and "The Seed of McCoy".

Kipling, a Nobel Prize-winner, tells the story of two Englishmen, with 20 rifles and two donkeys, setting off from India into the wild unknown to win a kingdom. Added to the adventure is a surprise ending.

A mute elven archer known only as Killer. Azyrin, a half Winter-orc shaman and his human swordswoman bride, Makha. Drake, the charming, swashbuckling rogue. The fireball-slinging pixie-goblin, Rahiel, and her mini-unicorn, Bill. These are the Gryphonpike Companions. Arriving in Strongwater Barrow, the Companions find the town riddled with plague and death. Ending the curse and saving the survivors means going into the swamps where monsters lurk and witches wait. Sounds like exactly their kind of day.