Alien Days

Most parents dread the day their kids grow up and meet life head-on as adults. Significantly fewer moms watch their kids leap across dimensions to save a friend from a devouring evil. It's okay though, mostly. Samantha Moon has a case to keep her mind occupied while her daughter is off doing her thing. It’s not as if Tammy is completely helpless. Crazy thing about being part of a magical bloodline... it passes down to the next generation. With Elizabeth's influence over the family gone for good, the younger Moon is coming into her own as a force to be reckoned with. Sam probably can’t ...

Bad Buffalo is the meanest, smelliest, fastest-shooting outlaw in the West... and three states to the East. He’s got rotten teeth, a foul mouth, and zero patience for anything except whiskey, women, and shooting things that annoy him. But when he takes aim at an acorn perched on a squirrel’s head, he triggers the weirdest adventure of his life. Because that squirrel is actually Dia, a shape-shifting forest sprite who needs his help to save the world. Turns out, there are wormholes popping up all over the frontier—literal magic-eating worms that suck the life out of the land, devour ...

Like his father Herald, a WWII Congressional Medal of Honor Winner on D-Day, Michael Smith serves his country in the Vietnam War. A Marine Gunnery Sergeant, Michael’s Swiftboat is out on patrol one night when he is captured by an unexpected enemy. They ask him to join a different cause, the salvation of the human race! Now Michael must choose to forsake his life on earth along with his family and friends in order to save their future!

A 17 year old high school student named Emma Hayes is contacted by an alien named Srenyi from the galaxy Centauras A. Srenyi provides Emma information about a calamitous event set to befall earth in one million days. The revelation sets off a stunning chain of events on earth, resulting in an ordinary teenage girl finding herself forced into a heart-pounding race against time as she accepts the challenge to save the human race. Events on Centaurus A offer s startling glimpse into what extra-terrestrials are like- or perhaps more terrifyingly, what humans are really like.

The latest thrilling collection of “Vampire for Hire” stories featuring vampire private eye, Samantha Moon, including: Silver Hammer - When a silver hammer appears in the hands of one of Samantha Moon’s closest friends―along with a bloodthirsty need to use it―the vampire detective is about to discover just how clever the Universe can be... When Sam Met Santa - When Santa Claus shows up at Sam Moon's door, it's hardly the strangest thing that's ever happened to her. What happens next, however, is another story... One Swallow - A murdered wife. A desperate husband seeking revenge. ...

THEY CAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY - impossibly brutal creatures, raining down from the skies, seemingly indestructible, tearing the world apart, leaving the remaining survivors of earth huddled together...in hiding...until they can think of a plan to stop these beasts.

Deep within the cold, primordial forest and the Algonquin people's consciousness lives the Wendigo: a towering, emaciated being with translucent skin draped over its skeletal frame like a veil of mortality. Its hollow eyes gleam like fiery coals, emanating a malevolent crimson glow that mirrors its unquenchable craving for human flesh. An extraterrestrial shifter, stranded on our planet millennia ago, assumes the forms of not only humans but also hideous creatures in order to survive. The story of the Wendigo spans millennia, entwining native folklore with modern-day mysteries.

David Osage must rescue the mysterious young Navigator - she’s the key to sending the Fosk-ha away forever. But he has to keep his sister from turning into a monster, even though they need that monster to fight the enemy. Although uneasy, Earth’s fighters must form an alliance with an alien overlord who has an agenda of his own. Can they choose the winning side, and if they do, can they live with it? The Fosk-ha have never lost a war, but the battle for Earth will be like nothing human or alien has ever seen.

Alien empires are reeling from war. Their arrogant elite are desperate for glory. A human hero just robbed them of that. Ex-Marine A-10 Pilot Derek Hamilton just wants to run space freight and find his girl. The galaxy has other plans… and why is it so hard to KILL a Human from Terra, anyway? Derek Hamilton helped to end the 1,000 year Slave War between the Brinlo and Hogantha. Now, Earth is in ruins and war machines are unwinding everywhere across the galaxy. The Elite Houses were furious a mere Terran had the skill to kill the hated Brinlo Battle Commander Jorad Zen. It was their right....

Amrevet Days is the Atlantean equivalent of a honeymoon, but taken approximately eight months after the wedding. By custom, the newlyweds must escape to a secret location to enjoy each other. Now that Gwen is the Imperatris, married to the stunningly handsome Imperator of the most powerful nation on Atlantis, they have the entire planet at their disposal.

The truth isn’t out there anymore. It’s arriving in nine days. When linguist and government analyst Dr. Lena Morales is assigned to debrief the last surviving member of a secret alien exchange mission, she expects Cold War paranoia—not cosmic reckoning. But Colonel Thomas Raynor has been carrying a secret for decades: Earth is not alone, and we’re not as special as we think. In 1965, twelve Americans traveled to the planet Serpo. Only eight returned. What they found on that world shattered the boundaries of science, faith, and identity. Now, a countdown clock of alien origin is ...

When Peter discovers an old skull hidden in his bedroom, it's time for an urgent meeting of the Secret Seven. Setting off to investigate, the friends see a gigantic hole in the grounds of a local hotel. Could there be any connection between the two strange events? The Secret Seven are determined to solve the mystery. It's time to look behind the green door of the Secret Seven's shed again. Enid Blyton's much-loved detective club are back in a superbly entertaining new adventure.

Hunzuu is desperate to find the One World. The world on which the Son of God, the Anointed One was born and lived as a human. Hidden from the Commonwealth of Worlds’ trillions of inhabitants, the One World’s location is unknown. While working as an engineer aboard the star freighter Sittace, Hunzuu stumbles on a shadowy plot involving the One World. Vowing to find the One World and protect it, Hunzuu embarks on a journey that will lead him to dangers he could never imagine and a contagion that threatens the Commonwealth.

In a story torn from today's headlines, 17 year old Emma Hayes is once again at the center of worldwide tumult. Days after becoming the youngest, and first female president, Emma is faced with the greatest challenges that any president has ever faced. Tumultuous events on earth, as well as on the planet Daxana, have once again forced Captain Sean Somers and Srenyi from Centaurus galaxy back into action. Can President Hayes survive the calamitous events on earth? The questions raised in this riveting tale will provide every reader a mirror into the very soul of the human race!

Sonny Starr, an eleven year old boy from London is thrilled to be selected with nineteen other children to attend the world’s space academy that orbits the Moon. The excitement soon turns to terror when his team’s spacecraft is advised to sail far beyond Pluto and then becomes lost into the outer reaches of our solar system. His team’s hopes of survival become pinned on the adult commanders in whom they must trust, because surely they know what they’re doing. But then that is the danger, they know exactly what they are doing! Sonny Starr and his crew of four other gifted children ...

Mina Barrett is the CIA’s best defense against the Dominion. She’s young, charming, intelligent, motivated… and she’s a vampire. Twenty years ago, vampires revealed themselves to the world. Society hadn’t expected them to be real at all, much less a species entirely separate from humans. The government feared hostile foreign powers would also seek to exploit their psychic talents, and put out a call for recruitment. After a childhood spent in isolation, Mina saw a chance for adventure and signed on the dotted line. Unlike the Dominion, she doesn’t feel humans are inferior ...

Jade is fourteen years old and excited about finally being old enough to move out on her own. She’s got her help lined up, a moving van rented which her friend and room-mate, Tally, a big silver Cat, will be driving since Jade’s driving skills leave a lot to be desired. She’s all packed and ready to go. Apparently, though, you just can’t have a moving day without something going wrong. Go figure.

The stakes are higher, the enemies deadlier, the adventure non-stop - join the fight to save humanity in the latest instalment of the epic saga. When a super-smart ape reveals to Arthur and Elliot that they missed something important while investigating Hellinix, the four heroes must return to Level-8, the vault at the center of the corporation's rot, to uncover their ultimate goal. Elliot has lost his sword, Arthur has fallen for Elliot's best friend, Millicent is struggling to fit in with the team, and Stanley just wants to know where the mangoes are. Can they keep their minds on the ...

When Samantha Moon gets a late-night visit from Max—the 500-year-old alchemist who runs the Light Warrior Academy—she’s expecting talk of demons or cosmic threats. Instead, he shows her a silver hammer that mysteriously appeared in his hand after meditation. Worse, he’s gripped by a terrifying compulsion: to kill three victims, just like the lyrics of the old Beatles song. But murder isn’t on Sam’s agenda. Together with Max and her telepathic daughter, she hunts for the real target: not innocent people, but something much worse stirring in local cemeteries. Silver Hammer is a ...

How big is our galaxy? Is there life on those distant planets? Are we really made of star dust? And where do stars even come from? In An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space, we finally have the answers to all those questions and more. With clarity, wisdom, and a great deal of enthusiasm, McDonald explores the curiosities of the big blue planet we call home as well as our galactic neighbors - from Martian caves to storm clouds on Jupiter to the nebulae at the far end of the universe.