Beginning in a time where space travel is not just a dream, humankind has extended its reaches all over the universe. Unfortunately, this brings the Gbaba, an ancient, highly advanced alien race, to our doorstep, where, after a multiple decade battle, they destroy us. As a desperate ploy to survive, humans run to a far off galaxy where they abandon the technology that brought the Gbaba to our doorstep. Safehold, aptly named for its purpose, was our chance for salvation.
In the dead of winter, when its wrath is at its peak, something stirs. Something so evil and full of hate, there are no words that can describe it. In the small village of Chust, Tomas and his son, Peter, make their livelihood as woodsmen. As attacks upon livestock occur, rumors of the Shadow Queen drift back and forth around the village. When the wandering gypsies come to Chust, painful memories of the past flood through Tomas. An ancient evil has once again risen, and Tomas must go out to face it.
After several weeks of boredom and confinement aboard the USS Dan Daly, Lieutenant William "Wild Bill" Brannigan and his team of SEALS a.k.a. Brannigan's Brigands finally get a new assignment. There new mission (Rolling Thunder) is to patrol part of Afghanistan close to the Iranian border. After being shipped out to Shelor Fields, an air force base, they familiarize themselves with their new weapons and the DPV's (Desert Patrol Vehicles).
Blackbury, a small town near London, is where a young teen named Johnny Maxwell lives. After dreams of the night Blackbury was bombed during WWII, nearly 60 years ago, his friends think he is starting to lose it. While walking back from the movies one night, Johnny and his friends, Wobbler, Bigmac, and Yo-less, stumble upon a homeless woman named Mrs. Tachyon. She appears to be injured, so while she is in the hospital Johnny keeps her cart in his garage. Later that day he discovers that the cart can be used to travel through time!
Seen a ghost? Then perhaps your tale, along with others, is in Haunted Homeland. This book is about American and Canadian ghost stories. Crammed with detail, it tells not just about the ghost, but also about all the accounts of everyone claiming to have seen it. It includes lists of when those particular people were born, and when they died. It even lists how they died. Its grim facts can chill to the core, as you read spooky tales about ghosts and phantoms, poltergeists and specters.
Superheroes are people that protect the weak from villains, injustice and other evil things. That is exactly what 14- year-old Joshua Blevins wanted to be. His only problem was that he didn't have any superpowers. After being denied entry to the "Burlington Academy for the Superhuman" he gave up all hope. Then he used his mentors help, Captain Fearless, to give Joshua a new identity and a false superpower. Now, posing as Chance Fortune, he enters the Academy. He rises in social status and in combat teams, becoming his team's captain.
