Alternative Mystery

Seventeen-year-old Anglet Sutonga lives repairing the chimneys, towers, and spires of the city of Bar-Selehm. Dramatically different communities live and work alongside each other. The white Feldish command the nation's higher echelons of society. The native Mahweni are divided between city life and the savannah. And then there's Ang, part of the Lani community who immigrated over generations ago as servants and now mostly live in poverty on Bar-Selehm's edges.

All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in fact, two modes of cognition available to all human beings - the brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed....

When the entire Soviet Union wheat crop is destroyed by a devastating string of failures, the population faces starvation. The USA is quick to offer assistance. They devise a plan to trade vital food resources with the Russians in exchange for sensitive political information. But the Politburo has other ideas: the invasion of Western Europe to commandeer the food for them... As the paths of communication breakdown the president of the United States and leaders from around the world face an appalling choice: Should they allow the loss of thousands to save the lives of many more?

Detective Mort Grant of the Seattle PD has finally decided to sell. The home where he and his late wife raised two kids feels too large and too full of old memories. His son is married and raising a family of his own, and despite desperate efforts to find her, Mort has lost touch with his wayward daughter. That is until the day she walks back into her childhood home and begs for his help. For the last four years, Allie Grant has been the lover - and confidante, confessor, and counselor - of one of the world's most powerful and deadly men.

Astronaut Frank Borman is alone and stranded on the surface of the moon. His radio is dead. He can't remember how he got there. It's early 1969 — Armstrong and Aldrin's lunar landing is still months away. The last thing Borman can remember is standing in the desert and hurriedly pulling on a spacesuit. After that… everything is a blank. At best, his portable life support system has a half an hour of air left. He'd scream in frustration, but nobody will hear and he'll only burn through his air supply more quickly. Whoever conspired to leave him here, it can't have been NASA — he knows ...

We have been trained from early childhood to believe only in what “the Science” can explain. What cannot be explained by current criteria does not exist. It’s a legend. A myth. Folklore. Delusion. This book looks to go in the opposite direction of our time’s absolute certainties. I bow to the unknown. I accept our limitations. I substitute certainties for possibilities. I use imagination to try to understand reality. Imagination and reality are not incompatible. Today, the idea of alien intervention stays distant from universities. But it has spread into sci-fi movies, books, ...

The world is in the throes of economic decay and at the mercy of terrorists. Across this post-apocalyptic landscape marches one extraordinary soldier and his band of brothers. In a novel as disturbingly plausible as it is powerfully gripping, they are headed into a battle in which they will have to come to grips with the power of technology and the true price of freedom.

Deep beneath the Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies a hidden world, formed hundreds of years ago by a group of people forced underground by a deadly plague. Living as if it were still the 19th century, they have no access to modern conveniences such as electricity or running water. The Elite, a group of powerful individuals tasked with protecting the society of the Below from threats in the Above, rule over this secluded community. When Edith, a mental health counselor, begins to question the intentions of their governing body after witnessing the elimination of a defiant colleague, ...

Aim for Neutrality. We Need Better Sources. Anonymity is Fundamental. Keep Developing. The editors know these principles. The editors follow them every day—usually. The editors may not be recognized on the street, but they craft the information that is seen on nearly every internet search. Through Infopendium, a global, crowd-sourced internet encyclopedia, the editors influence the world. Freelance journalist Morgan Wentworth attends the Global Infopendium Conference in New York expecting a straightforward story to help pay the rent. But the so-called “pendium people” are full of surprises.

Have you ever pondered the accuracy of Jesus' story? Perhaps you’ve encountered skeptics who dismiss the events and characters in the Bible as mere fiction. Could they be right? On the other hand, Christianity is the largest religion on the planet. Could they be wrong? There is evidence. So, did Jesus exist? And if so, what did Jesus say more than two thousand years ago that is still debated today? More importantly, what did Jesus mean? Real or not, Jesus was the most influential spiritual teacher in human history; he was also severely persecuted. Why? This book covers these topics and ...

For over a millennium, there has been no documented evidence of Jesus writing anything for future generations or any personal correspondence written by his earthly hands. Today, however, a discovery of monumental significance is poised to be revealed to the world for the first time. Recorded over 2000 years ago by the Messiah's own hands. Protected and concealed for centuries. Many have waited for these treasured documents to be made public. But only one person knows the true message contained within the Jesus letters. "The Lost Writings of Jesus Christ'' is a richly crafted and powerful ...

Norbert Bufka suggests alternative mysteries based on the beatitudes and corporal and spiritual works of mercy. These are action oriented mysteries designed to motivate the person praying into a more active Christian life. Bufka says he grew up praying the rosary every night with his family. This practice continued for six years in the seminary where all gathered in the chapel every evening to pray the rosary. After Vatican II settled in, Bufka discovered different ways to pray and stopped praying the rosary entirely. In recent years, he began praying the rosary again, not so much as a ...

This is the 5th novel in the 6-book Vanishing Lawyer Series. Each book is a stand-alone story but with the same main character, John Carverton who in Book 1 found himself plunked into a parallel world where he had never been born. Subsequent books have described John's various adventures in this eerily similar realm. In this 5th novel, John is sent undercover by the FBI to a retirement home in Bluefield, West Virginia as bait to attract a ring of swindlers who have been stealing the bank accounts of trusting seniors. The criminals grab onto the bait but that throws John into the most ...

The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist…Antarctica.

How would you cope with discovering an alternative version of your home town complete with an alternative girlfriend? A totally unexpected inheritance turns Tony Peterson’s life upside down. He retires from the Metropolitan Police and returns to his home city of Winchester. There, not only does he meet Carrie, a girl from his past but he also discovers something out of this world in the house he has inherited in the St Cross area of the city. A mirror in his study can transport him to another version of Winchester, to a world where World War One never happened. When one of the first ...

Senior investigator Khalid al-Zarzisi is a modern man, a product of the unsurpassed educational systems of North Africa and the Middle East. Liberal, tolerant, and, above all, rich, the countries and cultures of North Africa and the Middle East have dominated the globe for centuries. But one region has festered for decades: Europe. Now, Khalid has been sent to Rome, ground zero of backwater discontent. He and his partner Dawud have been tasked with figuring out how to protect the tinpot Grand Duke, the impoverished Pope, and the overall status quo.

Uncover a new universe of health potential with Dr. Carl Rothschild, a pioneering advocate of Red Light Therapy (RLT), who has dedicated his life to igniting the spark of vitality in others. His relentless pursuit of knowledge has yielded deep insights into what people truly seek in their health journey, leading him towards the groundbreaking domain of RLT. Driven by an insatiable desire for continuous growth, Dr. Rothschild reveals his refreshingly simple, yet remarkably potent steps to a life brimming with health and energy.

When Dahlia had the chance for a lucrative six-month computer project in Alaska, she thought it was just another well-paid adventure to a place she'd always wanted to see. This job was great, she'd been all over the world, and this time the work would be done before the dark and cold of a long winter comes. She accepted without hesitation. But the contract was extended, to her dismay, and then something else unexpected happened—she fell in love. It was the whirlwind of legend, and her new husband, a state wildlife trooper, gets stationed to the Aleutian Islands. Now she must be going ...

In a world overshadowed by the remnants of a buried past, Galia Oliver's seemingly idyllic life takes a sudden turn. The year is 2049, and her parents, Edith and Benjamin, have shielded her from the haunting memories of the mysterious underground society known as the Buried Reserve. Curiosity gnaws at Galia's core, fueled by the cryptic emails that infiltrate her inbox. The messages promise revelations that could rewrite history, secrets long hidden within her own family's past. Determined to unearth the buried truth that has haunted her parents, Galia embarks on a journey that catapults ...

Gordon Smith, the author of Spirit Messenger and The Unbelievable Truth, is an astoundingly accurate medium whos renowned for his ability to give exact names of people, places, and even streets. Gordon travels all around the world demonstrating his abilities, offering healing and comfort to thousands of people. His extraordinary skills have attracted the attention of university scientists researching psychic phenomena, as well as countless numbers of journalists and documentary producers.