This homage to Edgar Allan Poe and his masterful short story, "The Masque of the Red Death", definitely has all the imagery down pat! From the ravens, to the ruined castle, to the utterly macabre animated corpses, to the addled Professor Fichtenburg, the visuals are strong and eminently suited to the genre. It is very easy to imagine the Gothic and often grotesque scenes. Likewise, the action scenes are fast-paced, clear, and full of lively energy. The conflicts set up in the story make for a solid story framework. The plot progresses quite smoothly with each of these conflicts and builds, the tone and characterization are clear-and the dialogue is terrific! The overall pacing of the plot is consistent, smooth, and nicely developed. The structure is typical for the Gothic horror genre. The plot progression is linear, and the chapters move forward in a logical way. The opening is engaging and introduces Ravenword in an appealing way. The juxtaposition of the modern dialogue and characters with the old-fashioned Gothic castle setting is particularly satisfying. The first few chapters provide the reader with all the need-to-know information about the characters, conflict, and premise. The ending offers effective closure and resolution. The story is written in third-person omniscient point of view. We learn, view, hear, and understand everything as the Ravenword characters do. This sets up the feeling of suspense very well, as the reader is just as baffled as Ravenword by the strange goings-on and, like them, wants to uncover the mystery. The characters are described and developed consistently, and each character has a purpose in the plot. Characters are consistent, well-developed, and effective throughout. Parson is funny, strong-willed, and emotional. He delivers the most biting (and humorous) insults, but he retains a high likability factor. Agnot, too, is a well-drawn, strong character, one who is easily visualized right from the beginning. Both Billy and Grayson are mysteriously presented (pleasingly so). The dialogue itself is great. It offers a nice distinction, in its slang and modernity, from the prose of the narrative. As mentioned before, the reader will enjoy the juxtaposition of this modern-sounding dialogue and characters with the Gothic setting.
My Favorite Color Is...Is an activity book made to help spark your children's imagination by introducing them to the world of colors. Children will be able to easily relate the color they have in their hand;with the color of the animal on the coloring page, making it easier for them to begin.The activities that fill this book will help you child learn in a more fun and exciting way
MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEVILA few years ago, Mustang Sally had to make a deal with her worst enemy in the entire world: Destroyer, the man who killed her father. He agreed to use his technology to reverse a nanotech plague and save the world. His price? A favor, to be collected from Sally at some point in the future.GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUEThe time has come for Sally to fulfill her obligation. Destroyer needs her to help him save the life of his sister, who has been trapped in a comatose state for nearly her entire life. Sally will have to enter the woman's Dream-world, with help from her teammate Minerva and Destroyer's nephew March. Once there, she must complete an epic journey through the woman's mind and find the key to unlock her consciousness and release her from her coma. She quickly discovers things that can harm her in the Dream-world have dire consequences in the real world, and Sally must swallow her pride to fight for a life precious to the man who stole a life precious to her.
HOPE WAS PLAYING FIVE-CARD DRAW WITH UNDEAD ELVIS WHEN THE WORLD ENDED.Before the world ended, Hope was a down-and-out virgin stripper. Now she's pregnant with a baby prophesied to be the world's salvation. Undead Elvis promises her that Graceland is the only safe place left even though the rest of the world has become sand and ash. Hope must undertake the perilous journey across a broken, unfamiliar landscape to reach it.Although she finds precious few allies and friends on her path, the black moments never seem to stop and somehow, she must find the resolve she needs in order to birth her child and ultimately heal the world that seems far beyond redemption.
In the distant future, in our own galactic backyard...With the Confederation on the brink of war, the Watchtower organization struggles to maintain peace despite the ongoing threat of the Secessionists. A killer is picking off Watchmen one by one. Following the philosophy of "Set a thief to catch a thief," Watchman Wisconsin Lockerbie hires cyborg assassin Jersey Jackson to track down the killer. While embroiled in the criminal underworld, they uncover a plot to build a superweapon that will tilt the upcoming conflict in favor of the Secessionists. Lockerbie, Jackson, and a motley crew of misfit aliens must set aside their differences to save the Confederation.
A multi-author collection of eighteen original superhero tales ranging from the dark to the hysterical to the downright bizarre."And Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper" by Leonard Apa: A Golden Age tale of an actor who hates playing a superhero on the radio but discovers a new role awaiting him."Sovereign's Last Hurrah" David Court: In a retirement home, elderly supervillains scheme to return an item of power to their greatest enemy."RIGHTMAN! Loses the Faith" Gary Cuba: Being a superhero is what you make of it, and what you can make from it."Dax and the Red Eyes" Adrienne Dellwo: Dax's disability prevents him from telling anyone about his brother using powers to hurt people."Dum Dum" Leod D. Fitz: Some supervillains are geniuses, and others are simply well-trained."Light Therapy" Che Gilson: Being a sidekick is a thankless job."Pinning Portugal" Elliotte Rusty Harold: A group of supervillains hatches a new scheme that naturally goes awry."When Fukayna Danced Her Libraries" Jake Johnson: Eventually even superheroes need to step away from the job."Super Frenemies" Stephen Kotowych: A group of super-powered children take on the neighborhood bully with surprising results."The Faces of the Wind" Laura Lamoreaux: After World War II, the country no longer needed superheroes, leaving the heroes with difficult decisions."Capacity Crowds" Paul McMahon: He wants to be a real superhero, but can't seem to find a villain to match him."Heart of the Matter" Robert J. Mendenhall: Cameron's powers are preventing the medical treatment that may save his life."Ebony Boneshaft, Secret Superhero" Wendy Qualls: She didn't mean to discover Ebony Boneshaft's secret identity, and when she did, it caused no end of trouble for her."Eye of the Beholder" Dave Ring: Being seen as the object of everyone's desire is a poor way to live life."I Am Hathor" Aaron Michael Ritchey & Jason Henry Evans: Balancing superheroics and motherhood is a difficult dance for Hathor."The Romulus Proposition" Tim Rohr: When the mighty have fallen, it's probably because they were pushed."Saul, Again" Eric Rosenfield: A time traveler takes a circuitous, long-term approach to facing a dangerous villain."Damn the Dark, Damn the Light" K. H. Vaughan: There's a fine line between heroism and nihilism and sooner or later everyone crosses it.
Man. Lion. Warrior.Enigmatic superhero Lionheart was always cut from a different cloth than his teammates on Just Cause, so when he learns his old kung fu teacher, Master Chou, is dying, he doesn't hesitate to travel halfway around the world to pay his final respects to the man who saved his life and set him off upon his heroic journey. Upon arrival, he discovers his old master has been murdered, and quickly becomes embroiled in a battle for the honor of his master's Cherrywood School against one of the most dangerous heroin cartels in Hong Kong: the Five Deadly Serpents. His only allies are Master Chou's two children: Qiao, the seething warrior determined to avenge his father's death, and Lihua, the lovely and dangerous fighter who steals the lion's heart.They're outnumbered, outgunned, and the Five Deadly Serpents have numerous parahumans within their ranks. Lionheart, Qiao, and Lihua only have their training, their wits, and each other. Only time and blood will tell if the three warriors can save the Cherrywood School from the many-headed serpent of the Triad.
This collection includes both previously-published and all-new stories: THE MIGHTY PECULIAR INCIDENT AT MUDDY CREEK-What starts out as something simple as a train failing to stop winds up as something mighty peculiar indeed.CLOCKWORK CHLOE-Bert Tillory can get any woman to say yes, but who is he really looking for?POSSE-Sometimes when riding down a fugitive, it's hard to tell who's the hunter and who's being hunted.HANGING THE MAGICIAN-It's one thing to capture the most notorious horse thief in the West, but quite another to carry out his sentence.ALL IN-How high can the stakes truly get for a single hand of poker?SPRING LOADED-Love and revenge, clockwork-style.All this, plus an original cowboy poem and a preview of the novel PARIAH'S MOON!
1907: A world of steam and steel, of brass and bravery. Spaceships ply the lanes above the Earth, running on coke furnaces and a prayer, while the atomic-powered Circumferential Rail runs the route between Paris, France, and Houston, Texas. Where there is cargo, and passengers of means, pirates soon follow, and this is how Jonathan Orbital, heir to the Circumferential Rail finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy surrounding a kidnapped French woman with a valuable secret.Enter the roguish space pirate Phinneas Greaves, who kidnaps the beautiful and intelligent Cecilie Renault off the Circumferential Rail in order to deliver her father's research to the highest bidder. The smitten Jonathan will stop at nothing to rescue her, but both men soon learn the global implications of the woman's knowledge, and they are forced to wage harrowing battles across the Big Black of space and the dusty landscapes of the American West, with the only certainty being that those who want to exploit this revolutionary technology will stop at nothing to acquire it.The Oilman's Daughter is a rollicking steampunk collaboration representing the best of authors Ian Thomas Healy (Just Cause Universe) and Allison M. Dickson (Strings, Colt Coltrane).
Free bird->2 Piece->Recommended to read after Exposed, but not required. HEA/No cheating
Cain - I was a fool to believe that my club and fighting meant everything to me. One look at London Layla Traverson and she proved me wrong. She'd changed so much with time, but that cool blue gaze gave her away. She was still mine and she always would be.London - Seeing Cain again swept me off my feet, but my happiness didn't matter. My best friend was in trouble and I knew what was coming for her. I had to get to Tennessee and help her, even if it meant leaving my love behind. No one had any idea that I had a secret of my own. A secret that meant Cain would be mine, forever.HEA/No Cheating
I WILL SHOW YOU FEAR IN A HANDFUL OF DUST. T.S. EliotWhen Just Cause hero Orb is murdered using a new kind of nanotechnology, Mustang Sally will stop at nothing to find and bring to justice his killer. Not even her longtime mentor Juice's dismissal from his position as team leader can distract Sally from her mission.A sensational new parahuman named Champion brings old-fashioned morals back to the world, training others to follow in his footsteps and heralding the onset of a new age of heroism. Champion isn't all that he seems, and there is a sinister side to his organization. To find Orb's killer and uncover the motive for his murder, Sally must risk everything that makes her a hero.Champion is the sixth novel in the popular Just Cause Universe superhero fiction series.
Life is a journey of experiences and lessons. Explore the lives of five women, dive into each of their unique worlds of laughter, tears, losses and triumphs . Living their lives from 0 to 100.When they are forced to stop and pay attention to everything going on around them, ugly realities are revealed. Unexpected secrets are disclosed, and ulterior motives are exposed? Can the ladies make it through these hard times? Will their longtime friendship crumble? Buckle up for a roller coaster of a read in So What!
This LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD showcases the ever popular C A G E D guitar chord and scale sequence exclusively in the THIRD POSITION for all to see and use. But, before thumbing through this book, there is some subject matter that the guitarist needs to be reminded of...even though he or she may have played for years. For example, in this book, six is the exact number of consecutive frets involved in the THIRD POSITION and it spans a full two octaves plus a perfect fourth when in standard tuning. Also when in the THIRD POSITION, the second and third fingers on the fretting hand are to remain stationary in their respective frets or "slots", initially, as their stationary qualities allow the first and fourth fingers to stretch or slide to those notes in the outermost frets. Concerning the picking hand, there is a very useful string picking pattern that occurs where that hand resides most of the time, down by the sound hole or bridge. This pattern involves every other string (one-three-five, two-four-six) and is best evidenced when the C A G E D main root note sequence is plucked alphabetically, starting with the A root as found on the first or thinnest guitar string. To discover it, start by picking the A there (first string, third finger); then C (third string, third finger); then D (fifth string, third finger); E (second string, third finger); G (fourth string, third finger) and conclude with the A on the thickest string (sixth string, third finger). The one-three-five, two-four-six string pattern naturally fits the fingers on the picking hand, helps with finger style, and is looped, forwards or backwards (six-four-two, five-three-one) as the A root notes found on the first/sixth string(s) are deemed interchangeable. There are also three musical terms that need some brief clarification for the purposes of THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULDl...those being main root notes, octaves and unisons. What are main root notes? Generally speaking, main root notes represent a specific set or cluster of root notes located in the center of the position, under the second and third fingers of the fretting hand. It should be mentioned here that there are two instances where the first and fourth fingers are involved with these main root notes, but those instances are not present in the THIRD POSITION C A G E D main root note sequence. In fact, all the C A G E D main root notes in the THIRD POSITION are fretted with just the third finger. That said, once the location of each main root note is learned, the attention then moves to their octaves. An octave is defined as the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its own frequency, some calling the interval a "perfect octave". In the THIRD POSITION, octaves are usually "one string one fret away" most of the time. This handy fact helps memorize their location even though, occasionally, two strings and or two frets are involved (the same concept applies in that there will be some sort of string skipping involved.) Last is the unison, which occurs when two or more music notes happen to sound the same pitch. In guitarland, it usually means "same note different string or fret", and the term implies that the unison occurs in the guitar position at hand. So that's it! When using this book, you'll find THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD for the THIRD POSITION uncomplicated, straightforward and super easy to use. Its picture worth a thousand words, visual based format, allows one to take full advantage of the material right away. You'll have fun discovering some fresh perspectives on the same old same old, while also adding some new twists and turns to your own technique. Plus THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD for the THIRD POSITION contains generous amounts of manuscript, tablature and fretboard paper too. To close, as always, thank you very kindly for including THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD in your repertoire of fretboard knowledge needs...Enj
Have you ever wondered why defense weapons acquisition programs and product development consistently run way over time and overbudget and still deliver products that are not fit for use?Drain the Defence Swamp examines the flawed product design methodology that virtually ensures these blowouts, especially when it comes to government projects.In this brutal exposé, you will discover the shocking truth behind the political fudging and excuses and the reasons why the situation will not change without dramatic reform. Filled with specific examples from Australian defence projects, this book shines a spotlight on existing processes and outlines a proven method for change based on decades of experience with lean product development techniques.Learn: Why the Air Warfare Destroyer will be delivered to the Australian Defence forces 3 years later and cost twice as much as planned;How ineffective development processes benefit suppliers and are covered up by decision makers;What goes on behind the scenes of defence procurement meetings;The terrifying implications of 'alternate reality' thinking in weapons acquisition;How these outcomes could be changed (and why that is unlikely to happen).
SEPARATED BY A RISING SUPERPOWER. FORCED INTO SLAVERY.WITH HALF A WORLD BETWEEN THEM, CAN TWO SURVIVORS REUNITE AND FINALLY FIND THEIR FREEDOM? Soteria is in ruins. Tyson Anderson is caught in the volatile aftermath on invasion. Just moments after declaring his feelings, he's horrified when his closest companions are captured and airlifted to Greenland's merciless slave pits. And planning a daring rescue, he risks his life to journey across oceans only to run into betrayal and a vicious old foe. Brie Kallas stands at the brink of despair. Still reeling from tragic loss and finding herself imprisoned in the brutal Elpis mines, her hopes for a different future are rapidly crumbling. But her unbreakable spirit sparks when she discovers an opportunity to manipulate the enemy and fight her way out... As Tyson struggles to strike a deal with his psychotic nemesis and continue on his mission to save his friends, he's petrified his efforts may already be too late. And while Brie's ploy to earn her oppressor's trust works a little too well, she fears she may never pull free of her perilous fate. Can the determined duo claim their liberation before they're consumed by tyranny? Fall of Wrath is the mind-blowing third book in the Soteria dystopian science fiction adventure trilogy. If you like tortured heroes, grim futures, and real-world backdrops, then you'll love L J Duncan's gripping finale.
A children's picture book for early learning with little ones on honesty and empathy. The Enough Sayer is a fictional, fun-loving character, making these life lessons entertaining for children to engage with. "I am The Enough Sayer and i say "Enough!", I'm a magical creature with purple coloured fluff. I can be annoying and I'm not tall in height, but I'm here to guide you on what's wrong and what's right. I only appear when i really need to, so please if you see me... Listen won't you?" In this book, Tilly gets an unexpected visit from The Enough Sayer, as she let's her imagination run wild and makes up lies about all of the extraordinary pets she has living inside of her house - including a Giraffe and Hippo! As the story unravels, Tilly is faced with the consequences of her actions, not only to herself but to her loved ones. This is a story about friendship, self-love, empathy and honesty.
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