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Postponing Armageddon

by Adele Abbot

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-80-0

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-81-7

When history goes off course, can it be nudged back? The second coming of Jesus Christ was supposed to take place in the thousandth year of His era, but it did not happen as scheduled.

For in the year 1016, the long-lived thirteenth apostle (who was chosen to replace Judas), sets off on a perilous journey across Europe with a priceless and powerful treasure—twelve parchment scrolls inscribed by the twelve apostles. Matthias knows that if the scrolls can be read at the proper time at Glastonbury Tor in England, their powers will be initiated. History would be rewritten and the world would be restored to the glorious state originally envisioned by his Lord and God.

But Matthias is not the only one who knows what the power of the scrolls can do—nor is he the only ancient being with an agenda. For these primordial clans know that if the scrolls are ever put to use, they and their families will disappear, as if they had never existed…

What is the price they — and the rest of humanity — will pay for postponing Armageddon?

Postponing Armageddon was a finalist in the
2011 Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now
contest for aspiring debut novelists, sponsored by Sir Terry Pratchett and Transworld Publishers.

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Bounty Hunter's Moon

by Lee Pierce

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-35-8

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-36-6

Weary of hunting men for a living—first as a Texas Ranger, then as a bounty hunter—Pharaoh Smith sets out on what he hopes will be a fast and lucrative bounty to end his long career. But nothing's ever been easy for Pharaoh, and right on cue his latest manhunt quickly spirals into death and deception on an epic scale as bounty hunters, outlaws, crooked lawmen and bullets light up the Old West in this thrilling adventure novel.

When three armed men rob a Wells Fargo Stage and kill a passenger, a one thousand dollar reward is offered for their capture. But as fate would have it, Pharaoh isn't the only manhunter on the crooks' trail. Two bounty hunters with unsavory reputations, Shadrach “Sweet Tater” Johnson and Roscoe Buffalo Soldier, are also on the trail to claim the reward money. But after attempts are made on all of their lives, Pharaoh and the others realize that this is about something more than a stage robbery.

A thousand dollars split three ways isn't what any of them had in mind, but the three bounty hunters are forced to form an uneasy alliance to figure out what's really going on before they all end up dead.

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Building a Better Monster: Legend of the Chupacabra

by Christopher Treagus

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-52-7

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-53-4

If enough people believe in something, can that belief make it real? Explore the creation of mankind's newest monster, the Chupacabra, in this mesmerizing tale of the creature's origins.

The story begins with the earliest reported sightings of the Chupacabra in the American Southwest in mid 1990s, then weaves its trail of blood-sucking destruction into the folktales of Mexico and Puerto Rico. Part vampire, part animal, part alien, the Chupacabra is blamed for the slaughter of countless animals—and humans—throughout the region.

While the Chupacabra seemed to come suddenly on the scene from out of nowhere, it would not be the first time that the collective consciousness of humanity's wildest imaginings breathed life into a myth, giving it flesh and blood and deadly purpose…

And now that we've created it, can anything stop its modern day reign of terror?

“Chris Treagus has a great talent for historical horror fiction, dragging the reader through time and space so that one feels like they're actually there. A writer to watch!”
—Ken Kupstis, Author,
Clownwhite
and
Voodoo Highway

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Learning Curve

by Michael S. Malone

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-62-6

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-63-3

Get an inside view of the breathless, winner-take-all world of high technology—Silicon Valley style—in this fast-paced corporate thriller.

Veteran businessman Dan Crowen is finally handed the reins of a large, successful tech firm, Validator Software—only to be ordered by its eccentric owner, Cosmo Validator, to take a step that could destroy the company.

Young entrepreneur Alison Prue is at the helm of Validator's upstart rival, eTernity. When the venture capitalists funding eTernity decide it's time to take the the hot young startup public and go head-to-head against Validator, both Alison and Dan are caught up in a global tsunami of high-tech conspiracies.

Nothing's as it seems in this high-stakes game of cat and mouse that will keep you guessing the whole way through.

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Bad Policy

by James M. Jackson

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-60-2

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-61-7

When private financial investigator Seamus McCree returns to Cincinnati after a routine business trip, he discovers that his home has become a crime scene for a brutal murder. The victim in his basement is an acquaintance from a previous corporate investigation—and endured bullets to both of his ankles, knees and elbows before the final shot to his forehead put him out of his misery.

No one has seen an “IRA six pack” victim since The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.

Now the primary “person of interest” in the murder, Seamus must use his talent for logic and hard work to prove his innocence. Soon he uncovers a trail that leads back to his Boston roots—and a poisonous family feud dating from the divorce of Boston's Irish mafia and the Provisional IRA in the 1970s.

Driven by the chilling realization that there was more behind the death of his policeman father than he ever knew, Seamus ignores warnings from the police, friends, and enemies as he continues to dig for the truth.

As the body count climbs, all trails seem to lead back to him, and Seamus is forced to go underground to find out who is framing him—and why—before he becomes the next victim.

“A mix of big money, wayward passions, Irish politics, family secrets and enough odd characters to stage a sideshow, Bad Policy is a wild romp that kept me guessing and turning pages well into several nights. Tremendous fun!”
— Jack Kerley, internationally acclaimed author,
Carson Ryder
series

“What a great story! Wry, witty and completely appealing—as if Robert B. Parker's Spenser moved to Ohio. I love Seamus McCree—a savvy PI who tackles the mysteries of life with heart and brains and humor.”
—Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity winning author,
The Other Woman

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