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True Blue
David Baldacci
Mystery & Thrillers / Young Adult
Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything: her badge, her career, her freedom--and spent two years in prison. Now she\'s back on the outside and focused on one mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the right to wear the uniform. Even with her police chief sister on her side, she has to work in the shadows: a vindictive U.S. attorney is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars. Then Roy Kingman enters her life.Roy is a young lawyer who aided the poor until he took a high-paying job at a law firm in Washington. Mace and Roy meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets.Soon, what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying and unexpected turn . . . into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.
The face of a stranger
Anne Perry
Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy
His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detecive. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire past have vanished. As he tries to hide the truth, Monk returns to work and is assigned to investigate the brutal murder of a Crimean War hero and man about town. Which makes Monk's efforts doubly difficult, since he's forgotten his professional skills along with everything else....
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Bluegate Fields
Inspector Thomas Pitt is shocked. The body of a boy, clearly from the upper classes, has been found in the filthy sewers of Bluegate Fields, one of London’s most dangerous slums. What’s more, the unfortunate boy had been violated before he was murdered. So vile a case is hardly a topic for drawing-room conversation.But when the Waybournes, the boy’s family, refuse to answer the police’s questions, Inspector Pitt begins to wonder what secrets they are trying to hide. Pitt’s wife and helpmeet, Charlotte, is determined to find out–even if it means tearing down the façades of an oh-so-proper family.Review“The period detail remains fascinating, and [Perry’s] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer“Perry is a forceful plotter and a consistently polished writer.”—*Seattle Weekly “Perry is [a] master of crime fiction.”—Baltimore Sun*“When it comes to the Victorian mystery, Anne Perry has proved that nobody does it better.”—San Diego Union-Tribune“Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon.”—*Atlanta Journal-Constitution*From the Inside FlapWhen an upper-class boy is found violated and dead in London's most dangerous slums, Inspector Pitt is shocked. But when the Waybournes, the boy's family, refuse to answer the police's questions, Inspector Pitt begins to wonder what secrets they were trying to hide. His wife and helpmeet, Charlotte, is determined to find out--even it if means tearing down the facades of an oh-so-proper family...."The period detail remains fascinating, and [Perry's] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes."THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
Reign of Terror
Frank Perry
An Army National Guard soldier leading a team on the southern border to stop drug trafficking must rescue his fiancee captured by a heartless drug lord.The third in this series with Army Major Peter Shields and Rachael Aston (after Recall to Arms and The Cobra Identity), finds the two ex-lovers trying to establish a new basis for renewing their engagement to be married. It will not be easy and may never happen given their differences, yet both are in love with the other. They come from different backgrounds and don’t always share the same vision for their futures. Both are involved with the increased pressure to secure the southern border and stop drug trafficking. Violence is escalating rapidly along both sides of the border. Both get involved in different capacities. Rachael has a diplomatic role tied to her CIA duties and Peter is activated along the border through the National Guard. Both face danger and may need each other to survive.
Chisel Hedgehog Book 1 Search for the Past
Perry Crompton
Summary: An awful mistake begins a summer-long crazy, great, and tragic adventure to search for clues to solve a mystery, and pure optimism in spirit and song maintains hope for forgiveness and success.Chisel’s whole summer will turn out to be one perilous adventure after another, in places like the jungles of Volcano Island, The Haunted Woods, Look Around Mountain, and The Cave of the Tooth.Summary: An awful mistake begins a summer-long crazy, great, and tragic adventure to search for clues to solve a mystery, and pure optimism in spirit and song maintains hope for forgiveness and success.Chisel’s whole summer will turn out to be one perilous adventure after another, in places like the jungles of Volcano Island, The Haunted Woods, Look Around Mountain, and The Cave of the Tooth.Chisel will have to develop plans of escape including disguises #1, 2, and 3, use his flying skateboard hot-air-trash-bag-balloon-plane, and create the worst stink bomb recipe in the world to subdue his pursuers. He must overcome his own fear, and despair, always looking on the bright side of life by singing his songs of optimism. Then when all seems lost he must decide whether to follow mysterious images that appear to him.Each day follow Chisel on the Master Map, listen to the songs he sings, and enjoy the pure “hootbalootin” fun, adventure, and optimism. Then journey with Chisel as he builds the world’s largest tree house (to shoot tomatoes at the Flying Squirrels with his giant sling shot), discover with him how to make gum with amazing flavors like buttered popcorn and pepperoni pizza, and see if he can find the treasure of Pootan’s Forest.Then envision Chisel saying, “Hope is free, and hope is mine, today I grab it and will not let go! And if anyone has lost it, come see me. I have plenty you can borrow.”You’ll find all this and more in Chisel Hedgehog’s tragic, but amazing, Crazy Great Summer!Show More Show Less
Kingfish
Frank Perry
Mexican drug cartel violence has spilled over into the U.S. A few people are attempting to change government policy to allow legal alternatives and stop the illicit trade. A brave lobbyist, Hunter Kohl, leads the campaign in Washington, creating a private war with the largest drug distributor in America. Kohl's life and family is in extreme danger.The book involves: mystery, love, politics, murder, intrigue, corruption, drama, adventure, compassion, and provocative policy issues.The Drug War has spilled on to U.S. Soil, killing Americans, draining our economy and corrupting government. A few brave souls are attempting to end the war which cannot be won as long as illegal drugs are demanded by the population and ruthless cartels exist to supply them. One reluctant lobbyist leads the campaign to re-write policy creating legal alternatives with regulation, and becomes the target of a powerful drug smuggler. Hunter Kohl’s family is threatened. Law enforcement is powerless to protect them against veiled threats and he must choose between continuing in his effort to stop the war or them.
Sibley's Secret
Frank Perry
Sibley’s Secret tells a tale of mystery, romance, murder, and corruption spanning a century, across two continents. It starts in Russia with the brutal fall of the Russian monarchy, continuing to modern-day America. Loves are found, lost, and refound, while searching for the missing treasure of an entire nation, lost for almost a century.Sibley’s Secret tells a tale of mystery, romance, murder, and corruption spanning a century, across two continents. It starts in Russia with the brutal fall of the Russian monarchy, continuing to modern-day America. Loves are found, lost, and refound, while searching for the missing treasure of an entire nation, lost for almost a century. The enormous gold stockpile of the Russian monarchy disappeared in the final days of the October Revolution. For almost 100 years, treasure hunters, adventurers, and governments have spent millions chasing clues to its hiding place, leaving a trail of death and corruption across two continents. The legend of Kolchak’s Gold has ignited passions across generations. Few facts are known, other than that the gold was in the possession of Admiral Kolchak, the Supreme White Russian Ruler of Siberia, during his failed attempt in 1920 to escape the Red Army, using the Trans-Siberian Railroad, which was under U.S. Army escort. The gold weighed tons and was hidden in American Army containers, marked for return to a National Guard Armory in Michigan. Kolchak was captured and executed during the journey, but the gold stayed on the train and was never seen again. Has it been found? The prospect of such enormous wealth impacts the lives of everyone even tangentially and unknowingly involved.
The Cobra Identity
Frank Perry
A soldier does something foolish, risking his life. His fiancee breaks their engagement. Then a national terror crisis further complicate options for the young couple.A Headquarters-based soldier volunteers for a dangerous field mission, risking his life, without consulting his fiancée. They’re deeply in love, but his thoughtlessness causes her to break their engagement. He must choose: his career or leave the Army for any chance of recovering their relationship. She’ll always love him but understands that he won’t really change, despite his promises. She won’t go through the emotional stress again of nearly losing him on some foreign adventure. It’s a painful decision for the career-minded military man. Should he leave the Army for a passive civilian job, or lose her forever? A national terror crisis delays the decision and could further complicate options for the young couple.
Deja Vu- A Novella
Jennifer Perry
Young Adult / Contemporary / Fiction
"The fear froze across her back and chained her forehead in sweat."Naomi Zhu is a citizen of Maple Falls, a town where locking doors is considered optional. Then, at 1:46 PM on a typical summer's day, Broc Avery is murdered. Naomi's boyfriend is accused of manslaughter. To free him, Naomi must break-free of her sheltered life and ride a whirlwind of love, danger, revenge, and bone-chilling fear."The ground rushed at her dying eyes. Although the fall itself wouldn’t kill her, the killer opening the door most certainly would..."Meet Naomi Zhu, citizen of sparsely-inhabited Maple Falls. In the last ten years, the biggest crime to hit Maple Falls was the theft of a hideous abstract art statue. Then abruptly, at 1:46 PM on an inconsequential summer day, Broc Avery is murdered. Al, Naomi's boyfriend, is accused of manslaughter. Naomi must break-free from her sheltered life and fight for the freedom of an innocent man. Along the way, she rides a whirlwind of love, danger, revenge, and bone-chilling fear.
Cameron Battle and the Escape Trials
Jamar J. Perry
Percy Jackson meets Black Panther: inspired by West African and Igbo history and mythology, this thrilling, action-packed sequel to Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms sees Cameron and his friends return to Chidani and continue their quest to save the world!Cameron's last visit to Chidani was full of discoveries: he met his ancestors, his power awoke and he stepped into his role as the last Descendant. It was life-changing. And Cameron is eager to return.He needs to find the last gift, the ring of immortality, in order to stop the queen's evil sister and he believes Chidani holds the key to saving his mother and learning what happened to his father. But he must have a plan first, and plans take time.As Cameron and his friends, Zion and Aliyah, start seventh grade, they encounter a bully, Vince, and it doesn't take them long to realise that there is more to Vince than meets the eye. He is possessed by a mmo and under this...
The Dangerous Woman Boxset
Part #1 of "The Dangerous Woman" series by Claire Perry
Paradise has never seen the like of jeopardy.Welcome to the gut-wrenching world of Alice Cornwell, Jewel of the Universe, a multi-millionaire left with her husband’s jewelry market empire after his untimely death six years ago.How did a woman’s dream career turn nightmare? All her money can seem to buy is the riotous living and ingratitude of her adult son Joseph.When Joe insists on gifting her astronomically valuable assets to the mentally disturbed Anita White, Alice is forced into positions of violence and mental duress no human can safely weather and emerge from whole. She will face her son’s searing hatred as she denies his wishes or risk losing her entire empire to his extravagant waste.Things are swiftly out of her hands. Who will reap the ultimate cost of Joe’s reckless abandonment? How many people will be put at dire risk because of the Cornwell family feud?**
Ark of the Stars
Part #1 of "Perry Rhodan Lemuria" series by Frank Borsch
After a tragic accident Perry Rhodan discovers a huge space ship, two miles long and traveling almost at the speed of light. The ship turns out to be an ark, carrying a population of humans who set out on their journey 55,000 years ago, from Earth - Lemurians, the legendary forefathers of mankind. But Rhodan is not the only one to have noticed the ark. A ship of the Akons, Earth's arch enemies, has also set its sights on this galactic mystery ...
The Starless Realm
Part #87 of "Atlan And Arkon" series by Perry Rhodan
INVISIBLE INVADERS!THEIR HOME GALAXY hung close to the horizon. If one were to consider it as the sun it would be possible to say that here it was late afternoon. Its spiral arms appeared to be slowly turning but of course that was merely an illusion. The other island universes were cold, dim light flecks of not much apparent significance. Barkon was a planet without light and now it was apparently a world without hope. Rhodan looked down at the ground. Somewhere below the Barkonides must be residing if they still lived. He had witnessed their preparations for burrowing into the planet. It had appeared to them to be the only way of surviving the long journey through emptiness."The ship!"Pucky's frightened voice was the only sound they had heard in their helmets since they had stepped onto Barkon. Rhodan whirled about. What he saw filled him with amazement—or rather it was what he failed to see. The ship had vanished!THE STARLESS REALM!
Upon This Rock
David Perry
Intrigue, terrorism, history, art, and the secrets of the Church collide in a relentless page-turning thriller"An elegant, twisty thriller in which a gay couple investigates a mysterious suicide in a scenic Italian hill town. It's not hard to imagine that this book could do for Orvieto what Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil did for Savannah." (Armistead Maupin, author of the internationally acclaimed Tales of the City)An American couple in Italy investigate the suicide of a cleric in the picturesque Italian city of Orvieto—and find themselves plunged into a conspiracy that may destroy the Catholic Church. In the stunning thriller Upon This Rock, San Francisco business executive Lee Maury and his husband Adriano come to Orvieto to soak in the city's beauty and rich history, but Lee becomes fascinated with a local tragedy, the suicide one year earlier of Deacon Andrea, a much-loved candidate for the...
From Ashes
Amanda Perry
Fantasy / Paranormal / Romance
In this stunning new book in the Chosen Storm series, Riley Storm must face a deadly enemy while coping with the loss of her soul mate. Riley Storm is Chosen by the gods. Elemental. Powerful. Abandoned. After a lifetime of being unloved and uncared for, Riley finally found someone to believe in and love. A soul mate. The one destined to be with her forever. So when Caleb rejects her right as she needs him most, Riley's left with a shattered heart, questioning where she went wrong. Now she must find a way to pick up the pieces and keep pushing forward with her training because Samael is still out to get her, and he's growing impatient. His army of Fallen grows by the day, poised to take down the Elemental world, and he plans to start with Riley and her family. Can Riley reclaim the confidence she lost, and find a way to trust in herself before it's too late? Or will evil triumph?
My Father the Whale
Gina Perry
A vivid, beautifully imagined story about the lengths we'll go in order to belong'Beautiful writing - tender and engaging. A wonderful novel' FAVEL PARRETT'Gina Perry has written from the heart to create a story of tenderness, struggle and love' TONY BIRCH For nine-year-old Ruby, travelling the country with her charismatic father Mitch and busking for a living is the only life she's ever known. Mitch has been the centre of Ruby's world since she was a baby, and much as she's curious about her mother who died soon after Ruby was born, talk of her is taboo.When repairs to their ageing Kombi strand them in a small coastal town, Ruby is drawn to the town and its people and gains a glimpse of family life starkly different to her own. But when Mitch is ready to leave, Ruby is caught between her loyalty to her father and the safety of the place that's offered her a taste of normal life, causing a rift...
Beware the Microbots
Part #35 of "The Third Power" series by Perry Rhodan
EDITORIAL REVIEW:The vital structure-compensator has been installed in the Spaceship Titan. Once more its massive bulk contains the most sophisticated destructive weaponry in interplanetary space. But the toxin-ridden Nonues have wreaked havoc among the crew. And their deadly Ionized Argon has been artificially produced. So Perry Rhodan must return to Honur, and search the treacherous valleys and desolate plains from whence it came. And Honur also harbours the dreaded Microbots… BEWARE THE MICROBOTS!
The Bonds of Eternity
Part #69 of "Atlan And Arkon" series by Perry Rhodan
ARKON STAR REALM, Alert! The Cosmic Chessboard is set for a conflict of Galactic Giants. And Perry plays a perilous part between them! But Rhodan is not alone-mysteriously, the gross body' of a creature from the stars hosts the ghost (?) of an Earthman and comes to the aid of Earthman #1. It's Arkon pitted against Druufon, the Robot Regent vs. the Druufs, as titanic interstellar powers clash in—THE BONDS OF ETERNITY!
The Man With Two Faces
Part #104 of "Posbis" series by Perry Rhodan
"BIG WORDS, Rhobal!" Cardif retorted. Rhodan's son rose to his feet and shoved the Anti aside. Stepping over to the ball of energy he seized the sphere and raised it above his head. "Go ahead-all of you! Feast your eyes on these cell activators which can give the gift of eternal life! 20 of them, waiting here for you... but you will never have them unless I give the mental order, of my own free will, for the sphere to open. They lie behind a barrier to our time, gentlemen. Do you understand that? They are enclosed by a time field and that field will remain closed unless I feel like having it open up. Well, Rhobal, do you still dare antagonize me with your threats?"Negotiations might have begun but at that moment a loud announcement came over the speaker: "Rhobal, a ship from the Solar Fleet is approaching!"More than two dozen Antis stiffened in sudden alarm and consternation. And the man who had usurped Perry Rhodan's position in the Sol System cursed inwardly. You'll read the rest in-- THE MAN WITH TWO FACES!
Secret Barrier X
Part #16 of "The Third Power" series by Perry Rhodan
EDITORIAL REVIEW:And the hotspot is Venus! Perry and the fugitive Arkonide woman, Thora, are on the planet of peril, a hot-house of horror, menaced not only by the unnatural monstrosities of the natural Venusian habitat but by deadly invaders from Earth. And the positronic brain, not programmed for certain unforeseen emergencies, has sealed off the planet!An impenetrable envelope surrounds Venus! Can Reginald Bell penetrate the barrier via the 5th dimension? If not, Rhodan must rely on his own resources to protect himself from man and monster alike, else perish in a primeval jungle far from his Mother World. SECRET BARRIER X!
Counting Costs
Part #3 of "Supernatural Vigilante Society" series by D. R. Perry
Fantasy / Paranormal / Humor and Comedy
Time's Lonely One
Part #42 of "Atlan And Arkon" series by Perry Rhodan
The dramatic events in this volume take place well into the 21st century as we leap ahead into a new epoch in humanity's history which you will witness at first hand through the eyes of a hibernator from the past, a man of many personalities, possessor of a powerful 'monoblock' & an invisibility device. The Hermit of Time.Atlan!Antagonist of Rhodan! A clash of giants ensues 12,000 light-years distant from Earth on Hellgate when the Peacelord encounters— Time's Lonely One!
Bad Things, Small Packages
Part #3 of "The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbott" series by Perry Kirkpatrick
The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children's Books
Adam Perry
Children's / Humor and Comedy / Fiction
"This takes getting lost in a book to a whole new level. I loved it!" —James Riley, New York Times-bestselling author of the Story Thieves series "A fast, fun, furiously inventive, and frequently frightful read." —Geoff Rodkey, New York Times-bestselling author of the Tapper Twins series and We're Not from Here This clever, fast-paced adventure is a mix of the Story Thieves series and Ready Player One!Oliver Nelson has a terrible secret-he's a thief. But he only steals books from the Garden Grove Library that are old, musty, brittle, or incomplete, like his favorite book, The Timekeeper's Children. No one reads anymore, and surely no one will miss them, right? Wrong. The Pribbles are famous inventors of the most popular toy in the world, alternate-reality goggles. They are also book collectors who are searching for The Timekeeper's Children, so the Pribbles hatch a...
The Worst Thing You Ever Did
Karen Perry
Faye's life is finally on track. She's got a wonderful circle of friends, a thriving career, and a husband who loves her.None of them suspects anything about her darkest secret.The only person who knows is Michael, her first love - and the trauma of what they did tore them apart.But she's managed to put it behind her. She's a different person now. The past can stay buried.And then Michael comes back. He wants to reconnect. And if she doesn't let him in, he's going to tell everyone about the worst thing they ever did...*****PRAISE FOR KAREN PERRY'Slick, engrossing, twisted and addictive. Domestic crime drama at its best. Highly recommended' Jo Spain'Like Gone Girl...it's the most gripping thing I've read for ages' Evening Standard'Truly remarkable...Grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go' Jeffery Deaver'Tense, unpredictable, blending a thriller with an intimate...
Final Exam
Carol J. Perry
A cold case update in Salem, Massachusetts . . . Life at the house on Winter Street is abuzz with preparations for Aunt Ibby's 45th high school reunion, and Lee Barrett is happy to pitch in, tracking down addresses and licking envelopes. But as a field reporter for Salem's WICH-TV, her priority is to be on top of the town's latest news before for anyone else. When the local police dredge up a vintage sports car containing human remains, Lee is thrilled to be the first reporter on the scene. Once she learns the car is connected to the cold case her boyfriend Pete happens to be investigating, her powers of investigation are quickly alerted. But it's her Aunt Libby's emotional reaction to Lee's TV report that puts her on the case. With the help of O'Ryan, her psychic feline sidekick, she'll have to unravel a tangled past of secrets and promises to stop a killer from making history again . . . Praise for the Witch City...
Christmas in Quincy
Devney Perry
** THIS BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE IN DECEMBER 2020 THROUGH A HOLIDAY ANTHOLOGY. Cleo Hillcrest would rather cancel Christmas than endure another one of her father's pretentious holiday parties, making small talk with his rich colleagues and her stepmother's shallow friends. She's leaving home to spend three peaceful and quiet days in Quincy, Montana, trading gifts and grandeur for room service and slippers. But she should have expected her family to thwart her plans. The minute she finishes unpacking her suitcase at the quaint Eloise Inn, Austin Myles knocks on her room door. As the head of her father's security team, Austin's been ordered to drag Cleo back to California. Only when she refuses to leave, he has no choice but to stay. After a Christmas in Quincy, everything between them is about to change.
Letters From the Grave
Frank Perry
Jake Ramsey fights nightmares and loneliness, living alone, flying helicopters to Louisiana’s offshore oil rigs. When a young girl mysteriously enters his life, she brings with her a connection to his past.Jake Ramsey flies workers to oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Flying helicopters is all he’s ever done for thirty years in the Army then in Louisiana. He lives alone in middle age, suffering from depression as a border-line alcoholic with no family and few close friends. His isolation stems from a recurrent nightmare as a young Army Ranger and pilot when his best friend was killed through Jake’s bravado. As a deplorable hermit, Jake’s life reverses when a young woman emerges claiming to be the daughter of his dead buddy. She transforms him and renews the joy of living after decades as a derelict. His life reforms through her inspiration and forgiveness. It’s all a shockingly effective illusion to steal his life-long investment in gold bullion coins. While discovering the girl’s charade, Jake meets and falls in love with a woman who was also fooled by the girl. Death and destruction follow as he chases the girl, only to find that she was manipulated by a maniacal killer.
Puppy Love
Part #2 of "Port Perry Girls" series by Gia Rose
Sarah’s wounded. Hayley’s guarded. Can a puppy show them how to love again? Sarah Meyer has a new lease on life. After starting a successful dog grooming business in Port Perry, she’s determined to wash off her past — until she crosses paths with her famous old flame. Longing to be true to herself, international pop star Hayley Shannon has relocated to her coastal childhood home to make her stubborn record label see things her way. But when a runaway dog leads Sarah back into her life, Hayley remembers there's more to living than glitz and glam. Against her better judgment, Sarah hires Hayley at her boutique. As grateful as Sarah is for the help — and the opportunity to reconnect with Hayley — she fears Hayley skipping town with her heart again. And Hayley’s concerned about what a second chance with Sarah might mean for her already shaky negotiations with her label. Will old wounds prove too deep, or can they be healed by puppy love? Puppy Love is second in the Port Perry Girls series of small-town romances. Though each book can be read alone, they're much more fun when read together. The series begins with Lost and Found. If you like sweet, funny, and pet-friendly romance, you’ll love Gia Rose’s Port Perry Girls! **
The Kitten Files, Season One: Cases 1-4
Perry Kirkpatrick
"I'm Mia.I know how to write.Why's that a big deal?Because... I'm a cat."Someone is telling the tabloids about Ms. Thornblood's every move. Is it the housekeeper? the cook? the maid? the handyman? The detective hired to solve the case isn't sure. Things are looking pretty hopeless until Mia, his talented cat, offers to spend a week at Ms. Thornblood's as a spy.With time running out, and an embarrassing secret about to be revealed, will Mia be able to save the day—and solve her first case?A cute, clean mystery for all ages.
Unknown Sector Milky Way
Part #45 of "Atlan And Arkon" series by Perry Rhodan
THE DAMNED OF ISAN. Victims of hydrogen war holocaust. Decimated remnants of a once advanced culture that went down to defeat in an atomic Armageddon, a Final War. It is among these unfortunate survivors of planetary warfare that Perry Rhodan and his people find themselves after the Affair of the Pseudo One, just completed, on Tolimon.Unusual adventure & exciting events await the Rhodanites in an uncharted area of space, among the despairing inhabitants of Isan in—UNKNOWN SECTOR: MILKY WAY, by Kurt Mahr
The Columbus Affair
Part #80 of "Atlan And Arkon" series by Perry Rhodan
THE INCREDIBLE had happened. —Thus begins chapter 1, ‘The Message of the Century’, of the next episode of Perry Rhodan’s ‘diary’, It continues: In clear, uncoded text the unmistakable signature appeared on the tape. Mute. Cold. Inanimate. Yet possibly signifying a turning point in human history. —And the beat goes on. ‘Cosmic Friend & Cosmic Foe 2,000 Druuf Ships... The Most Critical Moment in the Entire History of the Human Race’... ‘When Mutants Enter the Ring... The Battle for Terra’. Peril from Pluto explodes, with 4,000 Springers involved, in—THE COLUMBUS AFFAIR!
Escape to Venus
Part #15 of "The Third Power" series by Perry Rhodan
EDITORIAL REVIEW:Impetuous Thora, beauteous woman from distant Arkon, breaks the bonds of Earth and, with a robot as her only companion, rockets toward Venus as he first step toward returning home to he native world. But she reckons without SBX... and her plans are wrecked. She finds to her dismay that she has fled the frying pan, only to land in the fire of the volcanic primeval planet that is Venus, a dangerous dinosaurian world where giant slugy ugly snail-worms creep and frail flesh crawls and winged terrordactyls swoop in the long long night.This is the stirring story of-- ESCAPE TO VENUS!
Marvel's Midnight Suns
S. D. Perry
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
The official prequel novel to Marvel’s Midnight Suns, the hotly anticipated RPG developed by Firaxis (XCOM) starring iconic Marvel heroes.Blade, Magik, Nico Minoru, and Ghost Rider have joined forces to form the Midnight Suns. Trained by the Caretaker at the Abbey, a gothic fortress in a pocket dimension, this brand-new team of supernatural heroes is the world's first line of defense against the demonic forces of the underworld. With a looming prophecy of magical upheaval that threatens to unleash apocalyptic danger, the Suns must learn to work together, and quickly. But they aren't the only ones paying attention to the disruption of mystical forces.Taking advantage of the growing disorder, a mysterious group called the Triumvirate has discovered the existence of a hidden relic that would give them control over Mephisto, and they will stop at nothing to exact revenge on their shared enemy. The Midnight Suns will face their...
A Christmas Home
Marta Perry
Romance / Mystery / Christian Fiction
National bestselling author Marta Perry captures the spirit of Christmas in this first novel of her all new series set in the quaint Amish community of Promise Glen.After ten years spent keeping house and raising her younger siblings, Sarah Yoder returns home to Promise Glen determined to make a fresh start. Her new job with neighbor Noah Raber's furniture business seems promising—until she and the woodworker clash over everything from the best way to reach new costumers to how to raise his mischievous six-year-old twin boys.Though Sarah longs for a home of her own, she fights the appeal of this ready-made family, resolved to maintain a professional distance. But when she and Noah both agree to help with the school's annual Christmas program, Sarah finds her heart touched by the motherless boys and Noah's quiet strength. Thrown together at work and at the school, their feelings continue to grow, and Sarah struggles to keep Noah at arms' length. Loving Noah...
Phantom Fleet
Part #97 of "Posbis" series by Perry Rhodan
"WE STILL have some hope," Perry Rhodan said."But slim at best," Atlan replied."Hope is hope!" the Peacelord declared adamantly. "Don't forget that we have always mastered the worst situations."'"But nothing as dreadful as this," the Crystal Prince muttered glumly. And Perry Rhodan knew in his heart of hearts that his immortal friend, the Imperator of Arkon who had survived from the time of Atlantis, was right. The existence of the Imperium was at stake. A tale of the Blue System, the Akons and a ghostly group of spaceships known as—THE PHANTOM FLEET
Badlands
Part #2 of "To The North" series by Bruce W. Perry
Science Fiction / Contemporary / Suspense
Yellowstone's calderas have erupted, a super volcano that traps Brad Garner's family, in his absence, in nearby Idaho.
Soul sick and feeling he's lost everything, Garner heads from New Mexico north into the ash-strewn wasteland on a daring, possibly rash and foolhardy rescue mission, joined only by a stray dog named Tanya.
Along the way he meets a part Ute, Hispanic Indian who distinguished himself in Iraq and tends toward peyote inspired spiritual journeys, as well as two federal "fish & wildlife" officials who are close-mouthed about their actual mission to the epicenter. They might be intimately involved in an artificial intelligence experiment to study the deadly super volcano.
The Left-Handed Twin
Thomas Perry
Rescue artist Jane Whitefield leads a deadly crime syndicate on a frantic chase with only one winner in this gripping thriller.Jane Whitefield helps people disappear. Fleeing desperate situations, Jane's clients come to her for new identities, new lives where they won't be found. And when people need Jane's services, they come to the old house in rural New York where she was raised.It's there Jane finds Sara, a young woman in serious trouble. Sara's boyfriend found out she had a lover, then made Sara watch as he murdered the man. Acquitted despite Sara's testimony, now he's trying to find her and kill her.Jane can easily outsmart the boyfriend, but he has new friends: a Russian organised crime brotherhood. On learning Sara is with a tall, dark-haired woman who disappears people, the Russians become incredibly interested. They believe Jane's knowledge of past clients could be worth millions.So begins a bloodthirsty chase through the northeastern US, ending up in Maine's Hundred...
Letters to Molly
Devney Perry
Molly Alcott didn't expect to open her mailbox one summer morning and find an old letter stuffed between bills and a supermarket flyer. Penned in familiar handwriting, dated over fifteen years ago, the letter was written to Molly after her first date with the man she'll never forget.Week after week, new letters appear. Each marks an event in the history of their epic love affair. Each heals a wound. Each holds the confession of the man who still owns Molly's heart.The letters are full of promise, hope and love, but truth be told, Molly wishes she could unread them all.Because the man who wrote these letters is not the one sending them.
Challenge of the Unknown
Part #32 of "The Third Power" series by Perry Rhodan
EDITORIAL REVIEW:Perry Rhodan is on a secret mission on a planet of Arkonide descendants. With him, on a mile-long ‘liberated’ space battleship is the extraordinary Pucky, and the imperious Thora. But new mysteries arise on the planet Zalit. The Zalites are coppery-skinned aliens with copper-green hair. Their planet has become the base of the ‘Watchdogs’–telepathic, marine methane-breathing creatures from another world who establish themselves on Zalit for unknown purposes. What are their aims? Are they malevolent? A new and fantastic challenge for Perry Rhodan and his mutant allies... CHALLENGE OF THE UNKNOWN!
Unleashed Powers
Part #90 of "Atlan And Arkon" series by Perry Rhodan
Save them! Save them! Save them! This was the only thought that found room in Pucky's brain. I must save them from that flaming inferno. At least I owe them that. Who has made this attack on my home world? The Druufs? The Springers? The Aras?Oh, Perry, you must help me destroy those scoundrels! Pucky was blindly determined to get to Vagabond as soon as possible. He kept thinking desperately about the heat there: It was going higher than 135 Fahrenheit in some areas! For his own kind, the mouse-beavers, he knew this would be like the fires of Hell! All Hell breaks loose in next adventure—UNLEASHED POWERS!
A Quaint and Curious Volume
Sarah Perry
Historical Fiction
Introduced by Sarah Perry, the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent. Uncanny. Mysterious. Eerie. Gothic. It draws us in with its air of mystery and repels us with its violence and darkness. But who were the first practitioners of the now-prevalent genre? This curated book collects the works of such masters as Edgar Allan Poe, Christina Rossetti and Mary Shelley, who with flickering candles, mysterious castles and chilling ravens first frightened and delighted readers. With a brilliantly insightful introduction by Sarah Perry, the contemporary master of the gothic genre, this book will immerse and entangle you in the roots of the gothic. Just be careful not to get lost.
Enemy in the Dark
Part #85 of "Atlan And Arkon" series by Perry Rhodan
THE WORLD by which they were now surrounded gave them an eerie feeling. They were familiar with the wide open spaces of the universe or the inhospitable surfaces of other worlds but rarely ventured into the deep regions of oceans. Although deepsea cruises in land-sea-air transporters had been part of their training they had assumed they would spend all their time in the comfort of a spaceship and never seriously contemplated a life underwater.As soon as they entered the water the observer had detected small semi-metallic objects moving in the vicinity of the ship. The way they moved indicated that they must be steered. Untcher tried to contact them with the short-range intercom but received no answer.The unidentified boats finally left as if they had been suddenly called back. What happens next is part of the exciting plot of– ENEMY IN THE DARK!
A Journey: Emeline
Kathy J. Perry
A promise made to her dying father; a struggle that tests her faith; a journey that pushes her resilience and resourcefulness to their limits Emeline, a thirteen-year-old Missouri orphan, must set off on a quest across frontier America to fulfil her father's last request: to find her grandfather in Boston. Crossing this dangerous and unforgiving land alone, she must face challenges without losing her faith, rising to every test ahead if she's to survive and find a home at the end of her adventure. Will Emeline's journey bring her the family she longs for? Readers of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Louisa May Alcott will delight in this fast-paced adventure."A gripping plot populated with memorable, larger-than-life characters. Highly recommended for 12–16 year olds." –The Wishing Shelf
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Checkmate Universe
Part #74 of "Atlan And Arkon" series by Perry Rhodan
COMBAT for galactic supremacy. The Imperium of Ancient Arkon. The domain of the Druufs. And imperilled by both: Earth! The safety of the Solar Empire is at stake and Terra must somehow weaken these two warring giants. Julian Tifflor? Ah, yes, the Cosmic Decoy. He's back and he doesn't hesitate to make the move he believes most beneficial to his homeworld in— CHECKMATE: UNIVERSE!
Pighearted
Alex Perry
Nonfiction
Charlotte's Web meets My Sister's Keeper in this charming story told from the alternating perspectives of a boy with a fatal heart condition and the pig with the heart that could save his life.Jeremiah's heart skips a beat before his first soccer game, but it's not nerves. It's the first sign of a heart attack. He knows he needs to go to the hospital, but he's determined to score a goal. Charging after the ball, he refuses to stop...even if his heart does. J6 is a pig and the only one of his five brothers who survived the research lab. Though he's never left his cell, he thinks of himself as a therapy pig, a scholar, and a bodyguard. But when the lab sends him to live with Jeremiah's family, there's one new title he's desperate to have: brother.At first, Jeremiah thinks his parents took in J6 to cheer him up. But before long, he begins to suspect there's more to his new curly-tailed companion than meets the eye. When the truth is...
REAP 23
J J Perry
Future nations, surviving a devastating pandemic, collaborate in the Repopulation, Expansion, and Annexation Program (REAP) designed to send one-way missions to twenty-five potentially habitable moons or planets within five thousand light-years from Earth. Four couples staff each mission with two critical goals: populating the new planet and sending a message back that the orb is habitable. REAP 23, the twenty-third and longest mission, takes eight months of gravitational acceleration to achieve 70 percent of the speed of light. Despite extensive psychological screening and years of training, the stress of pending hibernation ending in finding a planet that is unsuitable results in conflicts on many levels. Insanity, sabotage, mutiny, violence, adultery, and death mar the ideological journey before entering ultrahibernation under the care of robots for thousands of years. After awakening, the reduced crew faces a deteriorating ship and systems. After orbiting and analyzing the...
The Plasma Monster
Part #95 of "Posbis" series by Perry Rhodan
The Solar Empire has become a major commercial power along the rim of the Milky Way. For the past 22 years a virtual stream of emigrants has been flowing out to suitable colonial worlds. Also on many of the planets inhabited by other intelligences, Terran embassies have been established as well as far-flung trading settlements. In spite of all this, however, the situation is tense. An ominous discovery has been made: there is a super power in the galaxy which is friendly neither to Arkonides nor to Terrans! These are the Akons of the so-called Blue System. This terrible race will unleash the most incredible and frightening creation humanity has ever seen...THE PLASMA MONSTER!
Perry Rhodan #92: The Target Star
Forrest J. Ackerman (ed)
The Target Star • [PR Zyklus 3: Die Posbis • 100] • novella by K. H. Scheer (trans. of Der Zielstern 1963)
The Ship of Things to Come (PR#92) • essay by uncredited
The Biography Project • (1951) • short story by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold]
The Sunken World (Part 4 of 11) • serial by Stanton A. Coblentz
Final Solution (Part 1 of 2) • serial by Andrew J. Offutt