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The Rise of the Maccabees: A Historical Novel (Lions of Judea Book 1) by Amit Arad

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The Rise of the Maccabees: A Historical Novel (Lions of Judea Book 1) by Amit Arad

Jerusalem, 180 BCE. For 800 years the Zadokite priesthood has led the Jewish People. But the world is changing. Without, Rome is rising, crushing the other powers of the ancient world beneath it. Within, a power struggle inside the House of Zadok is a golden opportunity for interlopers, who seek to unseat them from the throne. The delicate balance which has allowed the Jewish Nation to survive in this age of Empires is threatened.

On the background of these tumultuous times, Judah, scion of a minor priestly lineage, comes of age in Judea. While experiencing love, friendship, and conflict he slowly transforms into the warrior and leader his people are waiting for.

This is the incredible story of Matityahu the Priest, Judah Maccabee and his brothers, and the Hellenizer Eupolemus. Together, they embark on a struggle for the survival of the Jewish people against the powerful Seleucid Empire.

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Our Last Days

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About Our Last Days:

How would you defend your family and your home if the grid went down and overwhelmingly dark forces arrived to take your lives and everything that you had?

Former soldier Roy Foster, a hardened veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and his wife Josie and daughter Alex are living peacefully out in their peaceful and beautiful homestead in the countryside of the Inland Northwest.

Even when an electromagnetic pulse attack knocks down the entire power grid across America to descend the country into a living hell of perpetual chaos and death reminiscent of the Medieval Ages, the Fosters believe they are safe and secure in their well-stockpiled and secluded rural home.

But everything changes when a surprise home invasion forces Roy to shoot one of the intruders, the brother to the mad leader of an armed and dangerous ex-convict gang scavenging for supplies in the countryside and preying on the innocent.

Vowing vengeance and in desperate need of the Fosters’ stockpile, the gang prepares to launch a deadly and well-coordinated attack on the Foster homestead.

Facing overwhelming odds, the Fosters are faced with a critical decision: either abandon their homestead and their stockpile with it, or stay and fight to defend what’s theirs… and most likely die in the attempt.

Our Last Days is a realistic and unpredictable EMP survival thriller novel filled with non-stop action, excitement, and suspense. It’s perfect read for fans of SHTF fiction, action/adventure, and post apocalyptic fiction.

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Legacy of War by Ed Marohn

About Legacy of War by Ed Marohn:

Legacy of War is a mysterious and action-packed journey, a return to Vietnam by the main character, psychologist John Moore, years after the war ended for him where he served on the killing fields of that war as a young captain commanding an infantry company with the 101st Airborne (Airmobile) Division. With his dark war memories is his pain and depression over his wife’s death from cancer some three years ago.

The story begins in Moore’s Charlotte, North Carolina’s office, where he is conducting therapy of Tom Reed, a Vietnam War vet with PTSD. Reed shocks Moore by revealing his war crimes. By the next day, Reed has committed suicide. Distressed that he might have failed to prevent the suicide, Moore proceeds to investigate the suspicious death, which leads to the CIA’s Phoenix Program in the war–instrumental in killing over 81,000 Vietnamese: both communists and non-communists. Prompted by the CIA and former Colonel Tin, of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Moore returns to Vietnam to assist in the capture of his nemeses: former CIA agent Todd Ramsey and a corrupt South Vietnamese colonel. Moore’s arrival in Vietnam exposes his past war demons when he must work with past North Vietnamese Army enemies and hostile descendants. As he struggles to find Loan and Ramsey in the dark jungles, Moore becomes attracted to the Vietnamese National Policewoman Agent, Hieu, assigned to work with him, and battles with his ethics about falling for a married woman. The anguish over killing again in present-day Vietnam weighs on Moore. The novel concludes with his final understanding of why fate placed him back in Vietnam.

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The Decoys by Jeffrey Mechling

The Decoys by Jeffrey Mechling

In the third Tim and Mary Ann mystery novel, the pair are sent to San Francisco to investigate a retired CIA Agent only to discover that a contract has been placed on their lives but why? Read the exciting follow up to The Safe House and find out.

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Unknown Omega by V.T. Bonds

About Unknown Omega by V.T. Bonds:

HER
I live in a world where resources are scarce. Where most of the land on the planet has morphed to desert, with towering sand dunes and few workable lands.This is what we’ve been told is true. We fight for what little resources remain within our crumbling city walls, accepting whatever treatment our officials give us.
I’ve known nothing else. Since before my memories began, I’ve lived with the Chieftain. I was orphaned at his doorstep as a child. I’ve cooked and cleaned for him. I’ve also been corrected and punished by him almost every day since I arrived.
I should have broken already. My willful spirit should have fallen in line, accepting the fact that this is my life. But no amount of lashings, sore muscles, or mistreatment has caused me to lose myself.
But one look into this stranger’s eyes, and I begin to crumble, just like the walls surrounding my city.

HIM
We have never failed a mission. There is no task beyond us. Wherever Command sends us, we go. As Alpha Elites, our unit is the most secretive and capable on the planet.
We have a new mission; retrieving information and collecting samples from the most derelict city on the planet.
Finding my Omega soulmate is not a part of the mission.
Will this be our first failure?

This story is not for the faint of heart. It is a dark action-packed Omegaverse story set in a world where violence and sexual situations occur. Scenes are not glossed over. Sensitive readers please abstain.

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Sex, Drugs & Corruption: Welcome to Peru

About Sex, Drugs & Corruption: Welcome to Peru:

This is the adrenaline filled story of two carpenters from California who end up taking on the Peruvian government. Faced with losing their property in the Amazon jungle to corrupt officials, they start growing medical marijuana to make ends meet.

This keeps them in the fight, but it puts their lives at risk. As the court case progresses, they accidentally uncover an unprecedented amount of corruption. From illegal gold miners to crooked construction companies, everyone wants a piece of the property. Join them on this dangerous journey as they frantically search for justice…

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REVELATIONS: Sunken Treasure lost worlds (Risky Business Chronicles Book 2) by Hep Aldridge

REVELATIONS: Sunken Treasure lost worlds (Risky Business Chronicles Book 2) by Hep Aldridge

The Saga continues…
As the mystery deepens from the peaks of the Andes to the ocean floor off Florida’s Space Coast, Colten X. Burnett, and the Risky Business team are confronted by new perils and discoveries in their extraordinary quest for both treasures and what might be explosive, historical findings.

New friends and new adversaries make their quest a suspense-filled thrill ride.

Will they find the elusive treasure galleon, is the legendary golden library in Ecuador real?

REVELATIONS – Volume 2 of the Risky Business Chronicles will engulf you as a virtual participant in this amazing adventure.

It is the second book in Hep Aldridge’s action and adventure series about Dr. Colten X. Burnett and the Risky Business team.

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Downfall – Book 1 of the Helots’ Tale by David Cairns of Finavon

Downfall – Book 1 of the Helots’ Tale by David Cairns of Finavon

This is a deeply-researched historical adventure story. A true story. It opens in 1814, in the smog-shrouded streets of London. It follows the struggles of Robert Bright and Mary Ann Goulding as they make their way in life. The highs and the lows of growing up, hunger, Dickensian poverty, the resurrectionists, the hustle and bustle of Covent Garden market, riots and Luddites, Newgate prison, a death sentence. They are destined to meet, but not yet. Both convicted of minor crimes within a few months of each other, they are separately transported to Van Diemen’s Land, to serve their sentences. Their stories, with intriguing twists and turns, are interwoven with actual events to create a three-dimensional atmosphere and page-turning historical drama.
The author has created characters that leap off the page and the reader is taken back in time to re-live momentous events that are life-changing for all involved.
Reviewers have commented,
~’the author’s irrefutable ability to bring characters and crucial occurrences to life with his wonderfully descriptive narrative, makes for a most immersive and engaging reading experience’ ~’I’m loving the story and just knowing how important this story is to my being here is quite powerful’
~’found myself transported back in time’.

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The Crocketts: Western Saga One

About The Crocketts: Western Saga One:

SADDLE UP FOR A NON-STOP RIDE IN VOLUME ONE OF A NEW WESTERN SAGA – FROM THE MAN WHO BROUGHT YOU THE CHANEY BROTHERS WESTERN SERIES.

During the Civil War, they sought justice outside of the law, paying back every Yankee raid with one of their own. No man could stop them… no woman could resist them… and no Yankee stood a chance when Win and Joe Coulter rode into town.

After their parents are murdered by a band of marauding Yankees, Win and Joe Coulter join William Quantrill and his gang of bloodthirsty raiders to seek revenge on the attackers.
Someone’s about to mess with the Crocketts, and that means someone’s about to be messed with back. Win and Joe don’t like getting shot at, especially by varmints who don’t have skill enough to kill them.

The Crocketts: Western Saga 1 includes: Trail of Vengeance, Slaughter in Texas, Law of the Rope and The Town That Wouldn’t Die.

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Adalbert

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Adalbert is an intelligent but restless young man who is determined to make his own way in the world and cast himself from the shadow of his famous father Astrolabe. His mother Asperia attempts to keep him and his twin sister isolated from the evils of the world, but events unfold that make this quite impossible. This epic novel takes place in the 12th century. If you enjoy knights, castles and damsels in distress this is the book for you.

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The Sword of the Republic

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A secret dating back to the earliest days of the Roman republic and a fabled treasure lies buried in the hills of the south of France. Amid the turmoil of the French Revolution, a simple peasant boy and girl and a woman steeped in the lore of the perennial philosophy are locked in a race against time to discover an ancient talisman upon whose arcane power the future of the fledgling French republic resides. Pitted against the two young lovers are powerful forces who will stop at nothing to ensure that the might of the ancient Roman republic does not rise again.

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The First Mile is the Hardest: 7 Life Lessons Taught by the Trail by Debbie Wood

The First Mile is the Hardest: 7 Life Lessons Taught by the Trail by Debbie Wood

In this very candid book, author Debbie Wood, a mom, grandmother, avid hiker and serial entrepreneur shares her deeply personal journey from the life that was “supposed” to make her happy to the life that truly does. In a word, this book is all about “change.”

The First Mile is the Hardest is equal parts memoir, tell-all, self-help guide and reader journal structured as seven engaging, user-friendly Lessons.

Each Lesson begins with a Trail Tale from Debbie’s hiking life that illuminates the theme of the Lesson and corresponds to a circumstance in Debbie’s life that she very much wants to overcome. With the trail as her teacher, Debbie finds the life parallel, applies what she’s learned hiking and transforms her situation. Then, via Journal Exercises at the end of each Lesson, she invites the reader to pick up their pen and do the same. As the book progresses, the Lessons build on each other and the reader is on their own journey with Debbie out on trail just ahead, leading the way.

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Redemption: Episode One: Messenger of God: Iran Attacks

About Redemption: Episode One: Messenger of God: Iran Attacks:

An orphaned teenager stands in front ot three graves, alone – facing an uncertain future. He joins the Air Force at the lowest enlisted level and rises to become one of the Air Force’s hottest fighter pilots.
Flying a combat fighter patrol on the Iraq/Iran border he discovers how Iran will answer the US withdrawal from The Iran Nuclear Deal; the recent designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization and the assassination of Iranian general Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani.
Messenger of God: Iran Attacks provides a dramatic answer to Iran’s response.
It introduces Captain Zandi, an Iranian fighter pilot, also know as “Mar.” the Farsi name for snake, whose destiny may be linked to Harry’s.
This story also tracks the response of Harry Miles to the unprovoked attack and you will discover how Harry turns VICTORY into DEFEAT.

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Home Fires

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Top Texas Ranger investigator, Jake Morgan, heads home to wait out an administrative leave of absence from the Rangers, but Jake’s return to his Midwest town turns perilous when he asks probing questions about the bizarre death of his best friend, Gage Burnell. Morgan’s return home fans the embers of his first love, Pam Mitchell, whose family members are the most likely suspects in the murder of Burnell.

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Pink Piglet: Beginning Reader (Literacy Series Book 2) by Patti Toler

Pink Piglet: Beginning Reader (Literacy Series Book 2) by Patti Toler

What’s needed for children’s beginning reading skills? The Alphabet!

The Literacy Series helps children learn by mastering beginning reading skills. Each book provides letter recognition of both capital and lower case letters Aa-Zz, phonics, and a sight word list. The books are helpful for children becoming independent readers with strong core reading competencies.

The Literacy Series is an important component to beginning reading programs for quickly teaching children to learn how to read. Each book contains 32 hand painted water colors for artistic enrichment.

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Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War by Richard Thomas Lane

Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War by Richard Thomas Lane

An untested lieutenant. An unwinnable war. An impossible choice that could tear his platoon apart. Korea, 1950. Lt. Jonas Stuyvesant’s privileged upbringing hadn’t prepared him for the hardships of war. But when North Korea launches a surprise attack, he and his ragtag platoon suddenly find themselves on the front lines of a war not even Washington expected. And instead of North Korean peasants armed with pitchforks, Jonas and his fellow soldiers find themselves up against armored Soviet tanks and battle-tested hardened soldiers. Outgunned and outnumbered, his platoon retreats from Osan through Taejon on down the whole length of the Korean Peninsula until their backs are pressed against the sea. As the war-weary troops hunker in for a final stand, a twist of fate gives Jonas a chance to leave the deadly frontline far behind. Before their attackers close in, Jonas must make an impossible choice: leave his brothers-in-arms facing the enemy alone or sacrifice everything to stand by their side to the bitter end. Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War is a visceral work of historical fiction covering the first three months of America’s forgotten war. If you like under-examined military history, gritty details, and soldiers’ perspectives, then you’ll love Richard Thomas Lane’s story of courage under fire. Buy Forgotten Valor to march into an action-packed story of courage in the combat zone today!

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Gunslinger: Killer’s Brand

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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST-SELLING AVENGING ANGELS SERIES COMES BOOK SIX IN THE HEART-POUNDING WESTERN ADVENTURE!
Shortly after finding a murdered man with a strange brand on his forehead, Connor and Abby Mack, along with their mentor, River Hicks, come to the aid of a black settler being menaced by a band of gunmen.

Upon arrival in town to report the murder and the incident, they’re confronted by a powerful rancher and his four sons, who have aspirations of taking over the entire territory. The beleaguered sheriff is of little help. The settler is charged with the branded man’s murder and is also accused of being the leader of a band of masked killers, known as the Phantom Riders, who have been terrorizing the countryside.

Drawn into the web of deceit, Connor, Abby, and Hicks start their own investigation, but they’re unaware that the three of them are being stalked by a cold-blooded assassin who specializes in long-range killing. Battling against overwhelming odds the trio engages in a desperate struggle to uncover the truth behind the killer’s brand.

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The Valiant Few by Jim Shapiro

About The Valiant Few by Jim Shapiro:

In a time long before history as we know it, the earth was divided into The Four Quadrants. Different in geography and cultures, the Quadrants had already had long, full histories when our tales begin.
The stories of this time originate in the Near Quadrant, an area that had been dominated by the Bendorians for hundreds of years. Their mounted Lancers had established and kept the peace, but as the story begins there is change in the air and danger on the horizon. A threat is approaching Bendoria from the Far Quadrant, an invasion that none may survive. The Korluz Horde is coming.
Into this treacherous time step the Bendorian Scouts, a newly reorganized band of bold men. They will attempt to unravel the mysteries of this life-altering threat to Bendoria and possibly uncover even deeper treachery. Can such a valiant few stand successfully to save the Bendorian culture from doom? Adventure, battle, betrayal, and comradeship await as you read The Valiant Few.

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Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War by Richard Thomas Lane

Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War by Richard Thomas Lane

An untested lieutenant. An unwinnable war. An impossible choice that could tear his platoon apart. Korea, 1950. Lt. Jonas Stuyvesant’s privileged upbringing hadn’t prepared him for the hardships of war. But when North Korea launches a surprise attack, he and his ragtag platoon suddenly find themselves on the front lines of a war not even Washington expected. And instead of North Korean peasants armed with pitchforks, Jonas and his fellow soldiers find themselves up against armored Soviet tanks and battle-tested hardened soldiers. Outgunned and outnumbered, his platoon retreats from Osan through Taejon on down the whole length of the Korean Peninsula until their backs are pressed against the sea. As the war-weary troops hunker in for a final stand, a twist of fate gives Jonas a chance to leave the deadly frontline far behind. Before their attackers close in, Jonas must make an impossible choice: leave his brothers-in-arms facing the enemy alone or sacrifice everything to stand by their side to the bitter end. Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War is a visceral work of historical fiction covering the first three months of America’s forgotten war. If you like under-examined military history, gritty details, and soldiers’ perspectives, then you’ll love Richard Thomas Lane’s story of courage under fire. Buy Forgotten Valor to march into an action-packed story of courage in the combat zone today!

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Ten Minute Tales of the Old West by Ramsey Brewster

Ten Minute Tales of the Old West by Ramsey Brewster

A rip-roaring collection of western short stories free of sex, swearing and slow-moving filler describing every rock, bush and cactus in the desert.

It’s action, adventure, and drama at its finest featuring good guys standing tall against bad guys at their dastardliness.

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