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Maauro has played many roles in the fifty millennia of her existence, android war machine, friend and lover. Now she lies buried in grief from a role she never wanted – having outlived her friends and husband. But a seachange is coming in the most unlikely form, a fleeing teenage Thieves Guild trainee, Dassa Falkayan, granddaughter of Dusko. Maauro reawakens to engage in new adventures but bearing the legacy of all that has come before.

The driving of the golden spike at promontory Summit in Utah on May 10, 1869, almost didn’t happen. No history book mentions this crucial event. Youthful Will Braddock was one of the few people who knew about this. Leland Stanford, former governor of California and now president of the Central Pacific Railroad, is bringing the golden spike to the ceremony to commemorate the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Young Irish thug Paddy O’Hannigan, Will’s long-time antagonist, sneaks aboard Stanford’s train, grabs the spike, steals Will’s horse, and races away.

We find Peak District Detective John Gammon spiraling toward depression with unsolved murders on his patch and his sister still missing. Gammon is going to need all his skills and detective cunning to get through this.

Dr. Watson returned from the village of Meiringen and has lost his closest friend and colleague, Sherlock Holmes. A confrontation with the elusive Professor Moriarty has ended in tragedy. Sherlock Holmes wakes from a coma at the Wellington Institute in England in a state of amnesia, a year of his life missing. He must rediscover who and what he is under the shadow of a serial killer who, once apprehended by Holmes, now seeks his revenge.

The secretive Order of the Rook bursts from the shadows, sweeping over the land, assassinating royal families, and seizing control of armies and cities. Those who dare resist are hunted to extinction. Now Brion races to save Brigid, Emyr, and their new child from the assassins sent to destroy them. But this time, it isn’t just about the lives of those he loves. The freedom of all lands rests in his hands and those of the friends he left behind in Morcia.

Brion is trapped in a hopeless search for his mentor and friend Redmond, who has disappeared in a kingdom on the brink of civil war. When he falls afoul of the regent Lady Adelaide, Brion finds himself beyond the bounds of the law, pursued by assassins, and accused of kidnapping the boy-king of Morcia. Now, he must pluck Redmond out of a thousand square miles of enemy territory while evading clashing armies and keeping his friends alive.

Redmond knows three things about the woman who has imprisoned his archers: She is beautiful. She is cunning. And she cares nothing for their lives. When she drugs his men in preparation for enslavement in the deadly salt mines, Redmond embarks on an audacious and impossible plan: steal the castle from her and sell it to the highest bidder.

This wonderful collection of Christmas classics is a delightful way to enjoy the wit, wisdom, and warmth of the wonderful Christmas season. In "Susy's Christmas Present", a nanny tells her young charges of her fondest Christmas memory; "Santa Claus' Letter" is a charming tale of just what can happen when two young boys don't behave as they should at Christmas time.

Dragons of every size, color, and temperament reside in this delightful collection of clever tales by Edith Nesbit. There are dragons big, small, friendly, and fierce. Let our family of narrators lead you on a journey of discovery and wonder. This collection includes one of Nesbit's stories not included in the original, "The Last of the Dragons."

Human history, recorded history that is, goes back at best 7,000 years. Beyond that, facts become myths and myths become legends, and what we know is lost in the ocean of that which we don't. Alistair Tate is about to discover just how true this is. Sepulchre: Shadow of The Siren, charts the journey of Alistair Tate and Gabriel as they discover each other and themselves whilst battling to save the people of Earth from the monster that has lain in wait for Aeons.

Are you a Christian who has an unsaved mom and is seeking answers on how to pray and talk with her about the love of Jesus Christ? If so this book is for you! Get the information you need to learn to pray effectively and talk with your mom about the free gift of God in Christ Jesus. This is a bundle of two of our best books in one: Salvation for Your Unsaved Mom: 10 Things to Tell Your Mom Before She Dies; and Prayer: Your No. 1 Prayer Book to Learn to Be a Strong Christian Prayer Warrior That Prays with Powerful Prayers in the War Room to Overcome and Defeat the Enemy.

By keeping prayer constant in your life, you can gain the strength you need to conquer any challenge. Get the information you need to walk in victory over the enemy daily. The Praying Christian Man: Learn to Be a Strong Man of God, Pray, and Walk in Victory over the Enemy is a bundle of two of our best audiobooks in one.

According to the ancient prophecies of Nostradamus, the end times are now upon us. Nostradamus and the End Times introduces the viewer to the bizarre, shadowy and terrifying cosmology of the world famous medieval seer. Learn how this humble apothecary rose to become the close confidante and advisor of the French royal family and how his grim predictions were condemned as black magick by the Church. Is the end of humanity at hand? The answer is here, dare you ignore it?

Three lives on three continents connected by one event… A young British schoolboy obsessed with school massacres, a radio journalist in India on the trail of a scoop for the BBC and the boss of an American church-owned clothing firm are the threads that run through this intricate, suspenseful three-part thriller from award-winning writer-director John Dryden.

Hong Mien was tickled by Ha Mi's words, but it was clear at it for her mobile number. You know mi did it because he wanted Tri's phone, but I didn't expect him to text her. Hong Mien tried to focus on listening to lectures, but could not. That's it! It's awkward, so Tri shouldn't have done it because he wasn't delicate at all.

Mike O'Sullivan thought the zombie virus was over, but when he and his team investigate a strange occurrence at the cemetery, they discover that twelve graves have been disturbed. The culprit? A special fertilizer created by a scientist. But this fertilizer doesn't just kill insects - it also regenerates dead cells in humans for a limited time.

Wrik Trigardt, disgraced military pilot, and his companion, the ancient android Maauro, have survived their initial battles with the Guild, Confed government and the ancient Infestor Artifact. With the aid of the beautiful and canny Jaelle and the reluctant service of the former crimelord Dusko, they have established Lost Planet expeditions to go where others dare not.

Maauro and Wrik face their greatest challenge. A new area of space is being devastated by an unknown force: colonies and ships are disappearing. They accept Shasti Rainhell’s commission to find out what has happened and search for a lost cruiser. The voyage reunites them with the deadly Olivia Croyzer of Confed Intelligence. No one can imagine what awaits them on the other end of the starjump.

Maauro and Wrik’s adventures continue, but will they do so together? Maauro having acquired the wealth and special materials she needs to reconstruct her severed arm, awakens from her repair to find Wrik Trigardt gone. Compelled by his dark past, Wrik has set off on a journey to redeem himself to the people he left behind. Lost Planet is being torn apart as the split between Wrik and Jaelle Tekala has become irrevocable.

A scientific expedition has disappeared in trackless space, and only the ‘Lost Planet’ agency has a shot at finding them and rescuing the grandson of Shasti Rainhell, secret ruler of Olympia. And so it is that star-pilot Wrik Trigardt and his female android partner Maauro, set off for uncharted stars while enemies known and unknown bar their path.