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A mystery that retirees and snowbirds will love. Widowed, disheartened and with the frailties of old age wearing him down, a reluctant snowbird finds himself packed up and shipped south by his overbearing family. Leaving behind the only home he has known for the past seventy nine years,...

For thousands of years the immortal Gilgamesh has presided over the legendary Ur-Bar, witnessing history unfold from within its walls. Some days it is a rural tavern, others a fashionable wine shop. It may appear as a hidden speakeasy or take on the form of your neighborhood local. For most patrons...

In a zombie-filled dystopia, Lysent Corp reigns supreme -- with a stockpile of antivirals. Chasing a Cure To earn access to the pricey antiviral, Audra signs up as a tagger, finding people's wandering zombie family members. But with time running out for her sister, Audra entertains another...

Every journalist seeks out the story of a lifetime, but Lisa’s story might put an end to hers. Tasked with yet another fluff piece praising healthcare company Lysent Corp, headstrong Lisa Pearson feels more like a public relations specialist than a newspaper reporter. But when she receives...

In a universe of opportunities, Captain Frankie and the crew of the Atalanta Empress are coming up empty. Their day started off OK, but a giant ship attacked their little ship; they lost their jobs to a gimmicky transport scheme; and their mechanic quit after they crash-landed on a planet overrun...

Losing their jobs to IT!™ is one thing. Losing grasp of known reality is another. Trapped in subspace, the Atalanta Empress floats outside regular space-time -- and into the middle of a multidimensional smuggling operation. It has IT!™’s name written all over it. Seriously, it’s...

Quantum space is a tricky thing, especially if you’re doing the tricking. Things are looking up for Captain Frankie and the crew of the Atalanta Empress. First, they’ve returned to the mostly empty, vastly limiting, and highly loved regular spacetime. Second, they landed a new job (OK –...

“‘Honesty is the best policy,’ Tom, you may depend on it,” said a youth to his companion, one afternoon, as they walked along the margin of one of those brawling rivulets which, born amid the snows of the Rocky Mountain peaks, run a wild and plunging course of many miles before finding comparative rest in the celebrated goldfields of Oregon.

First published in 1869, “The Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky Mountains” is a Western fiction novel aimed at children by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. Presented as a series of stories told by “mountain men”, it revolves around the early trappers and hunters of the Rocky Mountains...

This is and adventure story of exploration in the wilds of Canada. R. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books.   Robert went to Canada aged 16, and spent five years working for the Hudson's Bay Company....

Collected here in this omnibus edition are five of the great Pirate novels and a number of wonderful short stories. You'll go in search of adventure in 'Kidnapped' by Robert Louis Stevenson, 'A Brush with the Chinese' by G. A. Henty, and 'The Madman and the Pirate' by R.M. Ballantyne. Authors include...

What do spelling tests have to do with apple pie? Nothing, unless you're in Ms. B's fourth grade class, in which case hold on to your pencil and your spatula, cuz…somethin’s cookin’.Will Taylor isn’t looking forward to the fourth grade with its four paragraph essays, multiple...

"Fred Temple was a tall, handsome young fellow of about five-and-twenty. He had a romantic spirit, a quiet gentlemanly manner, a pleasant smile, and a passionate desire for violent exercise. To look at him you would have supposed that he was rather a lazy man, for all his motions were slow and...

In "The Island Queen," Paulina, Dominick and Otto Rigonda manage to escape in a life boat after their ship is destroyed at sea, and soon find themselves stranded on an uninhabited coral island. Thankful to be alive, they begin to explore their new island home, learning by necessity the skills...