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Adventurers, explorers, kings, gods, and goddesses come to life in this riveting story of the first great epic-lost to the world for 2,000 years, and rediscovered in the nineteenth century
Composed by a poet and priest in Middle Babylonia around 1200 bce, The Epic of Gilgamesh foreshadowed later stories that would become as fundamental as any in human history, The Odyssey and the Bible. But in 600 bce, the clay tablets that bore the story were lost-buried...
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Sigma Force novels volume 10
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A military research station buried in the remote Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California broadcasts a frantic distress call that ends with a chilling order: "This is sierra, victor, whiskey. There's been a breach. Failsafe initiated. No matter the outcome: Kill us... kill us all." The site is part of TECOMM, the U.S. Army Test Command. When help arrives to investigate, they discover that everyone in the lab is dead -- not just the scientists,...
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Delve further into the secrets of the Lost Library world with these collected short stories!
Clara and Logan's stories include: Rage, Forgiveness, Love, and Moving.
Also included is:* Revealed, Max Thornton's introduction to the Texas Lycan pack, * Krampus Gone Wild, a Christmas story featuring Lizzie and John, and * The Covered Mirror, a Halloween story set in the Lost Library world. Author's Note: The stories included in this collection have been...
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Cotton Malone novels volume 2
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Cotton Malone's teenage son has been kidnapped, and an anonymous e-mail from those responsible proves they will stop at nothing to get their hands on a coveted prize: the legendary lost Library of Alexandria, which vanished 1,500 years ago.
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1798. Three people, two brutal murders, and a single promise... Golo Eck is searching for the lost library of The Lynx, Europe's first scientific society,Fergus, his friend and fellow adventurer, is on the trail of it in Ireland, when he becomes embroiled in the uprising of the United Irish against the English.His only hope for escape is Greta, courageous messenger for the Irish Cause.Following the bloody battles of New Ross and Vinegar Hill, Fergus...
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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.
All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.
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• The Eye of the Goddess - Samuel Parr
• The Lost Library - Mahmud El Sayed
• By the Scars Shall You Know - Daniel Ausema
• The Girl Who Drew the World - L.D. Oxford
• The Heebie-Jeebie Beam - E.C. Fuller
Cover art by Carol Wellart.
68) Spirited Legacy
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Spectral visitations in a magical library
Lizzie receives an offer she can't refuse: an internship working in the Lost Library, home to hundreds of spelled books. And, to make the deal even sweeter, her prospective boss has offered to act as her magic mentor. What's a girl to say, but yes? Except...there are the questions of her unresolved love affair, her recently acquired archenemy, and a haunting past.
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The 11th novelette in The Refuse Chronicles.As with most novelettes of The Refuse Chronicles, these stories revisit secondary or incidental characters from The Symbiot-Series."Seven Days in Pnakotus" features Dr. Genevieve Cadeaux of "The Hunt: Symbiosys".Set in the desert wasteland of Australia, this 11th chronicle returns to a very basic style of horror.The orbiting A.I., Sentinel has located the lost Library City of Pnakotus. A UNCGSC...
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Not only is the Earth HOLLOW, but it is inhabited by Advanced Civilizations! Discover the existence of people who live in peace and brotherhood in the Center of our Earth, which is HOLLOW, with an Inner Central Sun, and oceans and mountains still in their pristine state. Visit the Library of Porthologos where all Earth's records are preserved. Discover the Lost Library of Alexandria! YES - Our Earth Is HOLLOW "And there's more to the Core than...
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"Part Indiana Jones, part Chessmen, The Baetylus Stone, by Michael Lee Morrison is all adventure." - Graham Brown, author of The Eden ProphecyHaunted by the sins of his father from WWII, Cason Lang has been ostracized by the academic and archaeological communities alike. Having spent the last decade trying to claw his way out of his father's shadow, he is presented with a unique opportunity promising to fulfill just that. The Huntsmen, a secret government...
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"While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the...
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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.
Forty-eight great science fiction and fantasy stories and an equally great serialized novella. All the stories we published in 2022.
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From the Editor
January
• My Synthetic Soul - Karris Rae
• In the House of Geometers - David Cleden
• Silo - J.S. DiStefano
• Shades of the Sea - J.A. Prentice
February
• A Lie in the Sand - Devin Miller
• Heartbeat...
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Making his first appearance in The Refuse Chronicles' novelette, Das Ghul, now the Māori chieftain's full story is told!Follow the 1850 Māori warrior in his nautical adventure to the South Pacific gyre, from forbidden and lost islands, cannibalistic tribes, volcanic isles, sleeping tiki-gods, and discover the Secret of the Lost Library City itself!From the wastes of the Australian Great Sandy Desert to the desolate tundra of Grænland. From his...
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The journey of a lifetime; find out why book clubs everywhere are taking the challenge to solve the riddle! Old Flames and Heroes is a swashbuckling tale of luck, love, and lake monsters which will sweep your whole family into a wondrous adventure, from the mind of award-winning novelist Mord McGhee. Read and see why this novel was a Silver Falchion Finalist, Top Ten Fantasy, and Newbery nominee.Giant bears, singing pirates, boogeymen, and heroes....
76) Red Star falling
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Luke Daniels volume 2
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2024.
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Wrapping up his latest assignment for the Magellan Billet, Luke Daniels receives a surprise visit from the head of a former-CIA operation named Sommerhaus -- a failed attempt to assemble an espionage network within the Ukraine on the eve of the Russian invasion. Sommerhaus ranks high on Luke's list of painful regrets for it was during this mission that his friend, CIA case officer John Vince, was captured by Russian operatives and supposedly executed....
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Don Rosa library volume 5
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2016.
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Scrooge McDuck strikes Klondike gold in the latest collection of the world-renowned Duck comics.
78) Paradise lost
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"John Milton's Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen angel, Satan, is a profound meditation on fate, free will, and divinity, and one of the most, beautiful works in world literature. Extracted from the Modern Library's highly acclaimed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this edition reflects up-to-date scholarship and includes a substantial introduction, fresh commentary, and other features - annotations...
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Love's Labour's Lost, the first work to bear Shakespeare's name on its title page, differs greatly from his other early plays both for its highly unorthodox ending and its extraordinary use of language. This new edition presents a highly readable, modernised text of the play, freshly edited from the first quarto published in 1598.
80) The lost stone
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Kingdom of Wrenly volume 1
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Eight-year-old Lucas, Prince of Wrenly, is eager to explore and Clara, daughter of the queen's seamstress, knows the kingdom well, so they team up to find a lost jewel and visit all of the land's main attractions as they search.
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