Psychiatric nurse Phoebe Bernhardt loves her youngest brother with all her heart. When he becomes one of the first victims of a bizarre epidemic of paranoia and aggression, Phoebe will stop at nothing to save him. She’ll even work with the strange, antisocial woman who literally crashed into her life.
The stranger, a software engineer named Mila, blames the plague on technology… but she’s hiding something. Is Mila a possible path to a cure – or is she the cause of it all? Or will she just prove to be indifferent to the fates of thousands of people, including Phoebe’s brother?
Searching for the answers will force Phoebe to face her fundamentalist religious family and her own assumptions about who she is – and drive her to the brink of death.
Absence of Mind is a technothriller and the second book by near-future science-fiction author H.C.H. Ritz. If you’ve enjoyed books like Daemon and Freedom by Daniel Suarez or Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson, you’ll love this exciting, fast-paced, and compelling story. Start the adventure today!
Addleton Heights is a steampunk novel for everyone (even those who don't know what steampunk is!). It's witty, fun, exciting and inventive, and is packed with characters you really care about. George Wright Padgett hits all the right notes!
New Year's Eve 1901: Six hundred feet above the Atlantic Ocean, the platform city of Addleton Heights balances on massive, soot-covered metal stilts. A grisly double murder interrupts the party in the floating mansion of the city's most powerful man, and for reasons unknown, he coerces detective-for-hire T.H. Kipsey into taking the enigmatic case.
George Wright Padgett weaves a cat-and-mouse mystery through a steampunk, alternate-American history that will thrill readers of Cherie Priest's Boneshaker and Christopher Beats's steam-noir Magnocracy series. Join Kip as he races against time to unravel the clues that will thrust him across the city, up to the clouds, and into the depths beneath Addleton Heights.
Firefly with aliens, Star Wars without the force … and a dash of the American Revolution.
A former naval starfighter pilot, Maarkean Ocaitchi once fought to protect the Alliance and its principles of freedom and democracy, but his sister’s rebellious past forced them both into a life of smuggling. He nevertheless refuses to believe her assertions that the whole system is corrupt… until she is arrested and condemned to death as a traitor. Now, Maarkean must decide where his loyalty lies, and will either spark a rebellion or help crush the spirit of democracy once and for all. The experience will challenge everything he thinks he knows about resistance, loyalty, and friendship.
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Firefly with aliens, Star Wars without the force … and a dash of the American Revolution.“I like a little rebellion now and then…The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.”— Thomas Jefferson
Unlike her brother, Saracasi Ocaitchi has always known that her loyalties belong to the ideals of freedom and democracy, not the government of the Alliance, and that protecting those ideals would require a fight. But now that the rebellion she has dreamed about has finally begun, she must come to terms with what that truly means: for herself, for her brother, and for all of the people who will die in the coming war.
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Firefly with aliens, Star Wars without the force … and a dash of the American Revolution.“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”— Thomas Jefferson
Zeric Dustlighter has been a soldier his entire adult life. Give him a gun and tell him who to shoot, and he’ll get the job done. He always knew he was never cut out to be in command. But now, cut off and trapped behind enemy lines, Zeric faces his worst nightmare: the fate of thousands of lives—and possibly the entire Union—is in his hands.
Asperger’s on the Inside is an acutely honest and often highly entertaining memoir by Michelle Vines about life with Asperger’s Syndrome. The book follows Michelle in exploring her past and takes the reader with her on her journey to receiving and accepting her diagnosis.
Instead of rehashing widely available Asperger’s information, Michelle focuses on discussing the thoughts, feelings and ideas that go along with being an Aspie, giving us a rare peek into what it really feels like to be a person on the spectrum.
A must read for all those who enjoy deep personal stories or have a loved one on the spectrum that they wish to understand better.
FBI Agent Jason Sparks investigates a historian's murder, uncovering a conspiracy surrounding $150 million in Confederate gold lost since 1863. When his daughter is kidnapped for leverage, Sparks must decode cryptic Civil War letters to find the treasure. In parallel, Union spy Jackson Prescott infiltrates the original Confederate plot on Lincoln's orders. Both men's fates converge at Gettysburg's Devil's Den, where the past and present collide in a deadly confrontation that will determine whether history's buried secrets stay buried—or destroy everything they've sworn to protect.
When the President’s Chief of Staff is murdered alongside a history professor, FBI Agent Jason Sparks and Secret Service Agent Bethany Taylor investigate a conspiracy involving a 150-year-old document. In 1864, Colonel Andrew Brison undertakes a dangerous mission for Abraham Lincoln in this dual-timeline thriller.
“Why was I angry after reading A.K. Klemm’s The Bookshop Hotel? Because I wasn’t ready to end my time with her characters.”
—Melinda McGuire, Hefner Falls
The Bookshop Hotel took a deep breath… for so long, the building had longed for heavy hearts to grow light and for weary souls to find laughter.
Returning to her hometown of Lily Hollow, AJ Rhys sets out to fulfill her childhood dream of restoring the old hotel on Aspen Court. Only after the renovations are in full swing does it become clear that the hotel is having an effect on the town and everyone in it. Memories still haunt both AJ and Lily Hollow, but they begin to release their grip as the hotel binds its patrons together.
The first book in a series, The Bookshop Hotel is a story of family, tragedy, forgiveness and the power of books. Join AJ and the residents of a small town where the past is never far away and secrets remain just below the surface. Don’t miss the sequel, Lily Hollow!
Return to the quintessential American small town, Lily Hollow. Learn more about our favorite complicated and lively locals, and about everyone’s favorite bookstore, The Bookshop Hotel.
In the first book, A. K. Klemm made us fall in love with the colorful and surprising folks of this cozy community. Come back and discover decades of heartache, a patriarch who hid some secrets until he died, and a lost manor in the woods. Welcome back to Lily Hollow!
Renowned horror writer Gavin Curtis is in a rut until he stumbles upon a mysterious typewriter, a forbidden antique that ignites boundless inspiration within him. But everything has its price, and he will soon discover that his talent, charm, wealth, and fame are no match for the ruthless evil that he’s unleashed. Pitted against a destructive entity from another realm, he races against time to save himself and those he loves.
From author George Wright Padgett comes an unsettling story where dreams can come true, but so can the nightmares.
Tense, authentic, compelling – a tumultuous 24 hours in Beijing, as witnessed by those involved.
Each year, howling winds from the Gobi send desert grit swirling into Beijing which then mixes with the existing pollution, causing fluorescent yellow skies and toxic, throat-burning smog. On one such day in March, youthful activists decide to gather in Tiananmen Square right outside the Great Hall of the People where the National Congress is in session. They are understandably fearful of what can happen to protesters in China but none could have predicted the unthinkable scenario and far-reaching climax which takes place during that single 24 hour period.
Based on true experience: During his many years in Beijing, the author experienced every aspect of that vast city, including the climatic conditions described.
