Winter Adventure

The planet had fallen off the map. Lost on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Allman discovers himself hunted by an ancient race. The descendants of earlier colonists have reverted to a savage tribal culture of sacrifice, pillage and violence. When Karl falls in love with an outcast girl, he has only one goal: Escape. But escape is a distant dream on this nightmare planet.

Celebrate the magic of kindness—one snowflake at a time! In Winter’s Kindest Gift, a joyful group of snowflakes twirl and tumble through the crisp winter air on a special mission: to share kindness wherever they go! Each tiny flake is unique and wonderful, showing little readers that our differences make us beautiful—and that small acts of kindness can make the world sparkle even brighter. With gentle storytelling, this heartwarming winter tale is perfect for inspiring children to embrace their individuality and spread kindness like snowflakes on the wind.

Meet married couple Chris and Marty. At midlife, they unexpectedly find themselves weighing the responsibility of parenthood against the possibility of one more grand adventure. After securing care for their 12-year-old son, they set off to undertake one of the hardest challenges on the planet: Ski 570 miles from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole. With no guide or resupply. Riveting and inspiring, The Expedition is about the power of family and community, the adventurous spirit that dwells within us all, and breaking through to feel fully alive.

The Soviet plan to cut Finland in half failed spectacularly with the destruction of the 163rd and 44th Divisions at Suomassalmi and The Raate Road. Undeterred by the disaster, Soviet High Command crafted a new strategy to bisect Finland, targeting the crucial crossroads in the town of Kuhmo. Learning from their mistakes, they deployed the formidable 54th Mountain Division, seasoned in Arctic warfare, to achieve the objective. When ten thousand Red Army soldiers stormed across the border, the Finnish 9th Division, led by Colonel Siilasvuo, raced to intercept them. After days of fierce combat...

Nail ran bare foot and naked out the back door of the sod and sandstone cabin, and across the frozen prairie, she was soon gasping for air. She didn’t feel the bitter cold, for she was scared for her life. The tall prairie grass that was up to her knees had slowed her run, and she could barely see where she was going in the dark of night. Tonight was no exception the wind blew over the plains as it often did, making the already freezing night even colder. She was at the Verdigris River when she finally stopped. Here she fell to her knees and coughed up the bright red blood. Blood that she...

Follow Brian and Sherri as they start out a simple pair of radio hosts who stumble upon an ancient wizard. From the beautiful parks of East Tennessee to the vast magical lands of Yohan'anan'da, Brian and Sherri are thrust into a fantastic adventure to save two worlds. Through Evil ice fairies and wicked blood mages the darkness will consume Earth unless courage is stronger than fear.

Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast with only his loyal dog, Rowdy, for company. He has stayed alive for two winters—hunting and fishing and trading food, and keeping out of sight of the Wilders, an armed and dangerous gang that controls the north, led by a ruthless man named Ramage. But Finn’s isolation is shattered when a girl runs onto the beach. Rose is a Siley—an asylum seeker—and she has escaped from Ramage, who had enslaved her and her younger sister, Kas.

Exiled from the Smoky Mountains for gunning down a man in self-defense, Breck Wallace tries to make a new home in St. Louis, even tries his hand at romance, but some men are too wild to settle down. Breck is soon back on the trail, where a vicious gang of trappers, after his goods, picks up his scent and begins to dog his every step, until Breck’s only choice is to bed down for the winter with a tribe of friendly Indians. In the frigid, brutal cold of a Rocky Mountain winter, he hopes to find peace...but death is not done with Breck Wallace.

Tracing a group of ruthless outlaws from its genesis during the American Civil War all the way to a final bloody stand in the Oklahoma territories, The Winter Family is a hyperkinetic Western noir that reads like a full-on assault to the senses.

Retired FBI Agent Duncan Wyatt and his exotic-dancer girlfriend Lo-Lo Del Ray, the heroes from Key West Takedown, return in an all new mystery/thriller Key West Winter Blues. Recruited out of retirement once again by his former boss Deputy Director Morgan, Wyatt agrees to casually keep an eye on the Hell’s Invader’s motorcycle club, a vicious band of drug dealers and murderers from California that apparently relocated to the Florida Keys. Led by club president Ben ‘Bunny’ Kendrick, the Hell's Invader’s seem benign enough, at first. Once Wyatt makes contact, the fun and the danger ...

‘The Dead are not alone. There is something in the mist and it talks to them.' In a remote clinic in 18th-century Italy, a lonely girl writes to her mother. She tells of pale English aristocrats and mysterious Russian nobles. She tells of intrigues and secrets, and strange faceless figures that rise from the sea. And she tells about the enigmatic Mrs Pond, who arrives with her husband and her physician. What she doesn’t tell her mother is the truth that everyone knows and no one says that the only people who come here do so to die.

When Old Bear Le Vrette goes to town for supplies, he sees his dead wife in the face of Lilly Grace Hanson. He forces the young girl to go with him into the mountains. Now a desperate father and a U.S. Marshal must turn to the one man who knows the mountains as well as Bear Le Vrette.

Although the 163rd Division was destroyed at the Battle of Suomassalmi the danger is far from over. The Soviet 44th Motorized Rifle Division is still a powerful force that outnumbers the Finns three to one. In addition to the forces of the 44th, Soviet High Command has dispatched reinforcements to rescue the beleaguered fighters of the 44th, further skewing the odds. Amongst this new force is a group of trained snipers. Now, plagued by a swarm of snipers, the Finnish 9th Division is losing their hold on the trapped men of the Soviet 44th Division. To make matters worse, the enemy sniper ...

"The first time I saw him was at a bar called Ophelia’s on a misty Thursday night. I was there to drown my sorrows after a trying day, he was there to escape the storm. After a brief yet incredibly cruel exchange, the handsome stranger bolted before I had a chance to tell him off. Tearing after him in heels and barely able to keep up in the freezing rain, I ended my chase when I realized where he was going. They say never to judge someone unless you know their story. I never could have anticipated his..."

After 9/11 the US Government vowed that any similar attack on American soil would be thwarted, and the newly created Homeland Security knew that the only way to achieve this end was to have the very best intelligence. A group of elite officers from the police, the FBI and the CIA are recruited to form a special branch within the new organization, operating in deep cover, their contact with each other and with other agencies strictly compartmentalized.

In 1911, a young John Shaw from South Carolina had his first taste of flying. In 1926, two years after the plane crash death of his best friend, he attempted a solo flight record in a refitted 1923 Curtiss Jenny. Then, with half the journey completed, his plane was caught in a storm, went down, and for 17 years he was listed as missing, presumed dead. The Longest Winter is a work of fiction, the tale of one man's life. His story is one of despair and courage, tragedy and triumph.

The year is 1806, and a new French Empire is rising from the shadow of the Reign of Terror. The citizens who shouted “Death to Kings” now chant “Vive l’Empereur!” for Napoleon, who is seeking to consolidate his power. While the peace and prosperity he promised is decadently enjoyed in Paris, fear spreads across Europe, and a new coalition has united against him.

In un futuro non troppo lontano, un killer silenzioso e freddo come l’inverno, si muove tra le opprimenti pareti di metallo delle colonie orbitali in cui gli esseri umani hanno dovuto esiliarsi. Non sa nulla del suo passato, gli scienziati del Progetto Newman gli hanno tolto tutto, anche il suo nome, per trasformarlo nella macchina da morte chiamata Winter. Cresciuto lontano da ogni contatto umano, immerso in un mondo di sangue e violenza, si ritrova a vivere in una realtà fatta di deboli ipocrisie e un classismo non meritocratico.

An SBS Gurkha soldier's account of how his tough Nepali upbringing and the lessons learned in his army life enabled his record-breaking conquest of all 14 of the world's 8,000m peaks in under seven months. What happens when ambition meets limitless imagination? Enter Project Possible: a seemingly unreachable goal to climb all 14 'death zone' mountains in record time. The previous record was seven years, 10 months and six days. I did it in six months.

Betrayal. Bitter resentment. Unwavering loyalty. One man inspired all three... And expected nothing in return...he’d learned not to. Then, when time was more precious than anything money could buy, he wanted one thing for himself. Just one thing. It began all about him...or so he believed. And should have known better. He excelled at keeping his emotions carefully hidden. Then she became his everything. Nothing was the same... He’d do anything to protect her...anything. This is Book Three of the 6-part Married to Memories Until Someday short-story series. Book 3 of 6.