Friday, November 30, 2012

Sci Fi

Good Morning Fans. Have you ever wished you could exist in an alternate world? Think maybe, things would be better? Books are that alternate world for me. I love to lose myself in a great story, forget what surrounds me in real life. I hope you enjoy these, Sci-Fi books free! 



Deep Into the Game: S.W. Tanpepper's GAMELAND (Episode 1) (Volume 1) (S. W. Tanpepper's GAMELAND)
SERIES DESCRIPTION:
In the center of Long Island's forbidden wasteland, overseen by an omni-powerful corporation known as Arc Properties, is GAMELAND, a virtual reality arcade where the rich and privileged act out their base fantasies employing zombies as avatars. Connected to their Infected Undead Players via neural implants (government-mandated in the event of an outbreak) and using remote gaming controllers, Operators pit the Undead against one other in a high stakes game of violence, money and power. For the poor, the televised action on state-controlled Media streams is both horrifying and powerfully addictive.

Volunteering to become an Undead Player is illegal, but the lure of fame and money attracts some to The Game.

On a whim, a small group of computer hackers and gamers decides to sneak onto the island, hoping to catch a glimpse of the uncontrolled Infecteds, unimplanted victims of the outbreak that took place there over a decade earlier. But while breaking in turns out to be a lot easier than any of them could have ever imagined, getting back out winds up being a hell of a killer. As they soon discover, when you play The Game, you play to win. Losers go home dead. Or Undead.

12|21|12

The world ends for someone every day. One day it will end for everyone.

Yesterday's Gone: Season One

The post-apocalyptic serial thriller series with more than 200 5-Star Reviews!
On October 15 at 2:15 a.m. everyone on Earth vanished.

Well, almost everyone.

A scattered few woke alone in a world where there are no rules other than survival... at any cost.

A journalist wanders the wretched reality of an empty New York, in search for his wife and son.

A serial killer must hunt in a land where prey is now an endangered species.

A mother shields her young daughter from danger, as every breath fills her with terror.

A bullied teen is thrilled to find everyone gone. Until the knock on his door.

A fugitive survives a fiery plane crash. Will he be redeemed, or return to what he's best at: the kill?

An eight year old boy sets out on a journey to find his missing family. What he finds will change him forever.

And there's a few people who aren't surprised that this happened at
all. In fact, they've been dreaming about this day for years.

These survivors aren't alone...

Someone or something is watching them.

And waiting...

Strangers unite.

Sides are chosen.

Will humanity survive what it never saw coming?

The Rise of Planet Rubicon - Part One

The story is about Jack, a teenager who lives in a dysfunctional Missouri family. Jack loves chemistry and astronomy. His is fascinated looking at photos of planets, stars and galaxies. He wants to major in Aerospace Engineering and even work for NASA in some capacity. Yet, the environment he lives in is not encouraging at all.

His parents constantly fight. A father who gets out of control after a few drinks, a mother who just feels obligated to deal with her son, and a sister who, when not being cruel, just tolerates him, describe the place Jack is growing. While he has good grades at school, his family situation attracts jokes, stares, and feelings of pity from his peers.

Often, he gets bullied. Feeling that he is neither accepted nor loved, he often visits his imaginary world--planet Rubicon--a place where things are as he would like them to be. In this world people focus on their passions, never get bullied or laughed upon, and everyone's opinion is valued.

This imaginary world has the potential to manifest itself into Jack's life. Whether this world becomes a reality or not depends on Jack's:

* Absolute clarity of purpose.

Secrets: The Hero Chronicles (Volume 1)

The Midwest lies in complete ruins after a catastrophic disaster kills tens of thousands and leaves hundreds of thousands injured. Nicholas Keller emerges out of the devastation as a shining light of hope for all. But his newfound fame comes with a price that his aunt will not let him pay. They flee into the shadows in order to protect his secret. However, as Nicholas begins his sophomore year at his fifth school in five years, strange and unexpected things begin to happen. He soon tumbles into a web of doomed love, extraordinary talents and a secret past, which threatens the lives of everyone he cares about. It's up to Nicholas to confront the truth, even if it means his own death.

Ghost in the Machine (Corwint Central Agent Files)

"Love is like a wormhole. You stumble on to it blindly, it sucks you in and takes you somewhere completely unexpected, but you sure have one hell of a ride. You can’t fight it, because that would tear your ship apart. You can’t control it, either. All you can do is set your thrusters on glide and let it take you where it's going to take you."

The empathic race of Vesparians move through the universe unseen and without existing. Suddenly finding herself thrown into open existence by her Director, Orynn tries to change the fate of her people's future while desperately seeking to reconcile past mistakes. Will the darkness hidden within her spirit and the lies that surround her life bring her world crumbling down around her again, or will her heart finally be released from the protective bindings she has placed around it?

Mechatronic Automaton. Machine. Soulless construct. Ethan has never denied the truth of his nature or pretended to be anymore than the sum of his parts. When the logic that governs his system is thrown out of balance by an unexpected encounter, can he evolve beyond the confines of his programming to realize the truth? That deep down, we are all machines, but we are all alive.

In the first book of the Corwint Central Agent Files series, C.E. Kilgore introduces a universe full of dynamic characters, diverse cultures and interwoven story lines that will continue to develop as the series continues.

Wool

Thousands of them have lived underground. They've lived there so long, there are only legends about people living anywhere else. Such a life requires rules. Strict rules. There are things that must not be discussed. Like going outside. Never mention you might like going outside.

Or you'll get what you wish for.

Dangerous Evolution

A renowned scientist disappears from her private moon, far out on the fringes of human space—pushing mankind to the brink of war with the only other intelligent species in the galaxy.

A war they will lose.

Light years away, a madman becomes convinced that nature’s blueprint for life is flawed; setting into motion a misguided plan that will kill billions.

An investigator sent to find the missing scientist ties these two events together, cutting through an elaborate web of subterfuge and deception, until finally, the truth is revealed.

A horrible truth, that blurs the line between friend and enemy, and threatens the extinction of all sentient life in the galaxy.

Enigma Black

When she was just seventeen, the course of Celaine Stevens' life was permanently altered with the murders of her father, mother, and brother in one of a series of mysterious and violent explosions occurring across the country. Struggling with picking up the pieces, she's haunted by the memory of that day and her promise of retribution against those responsible for her misery. But just as she seems to be getting her life back on track, an encounter with a mysterious stranger promises her the vengeance she desires, ultimately turning the former target into the assassin.

However, as she soon learns, all choices come with consequences. And the consequence of her choice threatens to destroy the very fabric of her being.

Above Ground

From the author of the zombie love anthology "Hungry For You" comes a brand new dark fantasy series...

The first glimpse of sun may be her last.

When Lilith Gray goes above ground for the first time, she hardly expects to stay there — much less be trapped on the surface with no way home.

Hunted by trackers and threatened by the infected, Lilith is on the run, desperate to return underground. Her only hope for survival lies with a taciturn werewolf with a dark agenda of his own.

Lilith’s old carefree life has been reduced to one choice:

Adapt. Or die trying.

The War of the Worlds

The Vector

Eva thought she could outrun the plagues, but she was wrong. The bio-hackers that ripped the world raw are targeting her hometown, and this time there may be no escaping it.

Now, hunted by police who think she’s a hacker herself, Eva must brave the rotting city streets to find her mother before it’s too late. But with a ruthless agent known as a “Healer” on the prowl, it may only be a matter of time before Eva becomes another victim of his blood-soaked carnage.

In this snowy, ash-strewn apocalypse, Eva’s greatest fear is this new threat may not be coincidence at all... it may be personal.


Season Of The Harvest (Harvest Trilogy, Book 1)

Publisher's note: Don't miss the second book in the trilogy, BITTER HARVEST, which is now available (ASIN B009AEIIVK)!

If you’ve enjoyed stories by James Rollins, Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, get ready to strap yourself in for a roller coaster ride of terror as you learn that you truly are what you eat…

At a genetics lab where a revolutionary strain of wonder food crops is being developed, FBI Special Agent Jack Dawson’s best friend and fellow agent, Sheldon Crane, is brutally murdered. The killer was looking for very special seeds that Jack’s friend had taken from the lab, and tore his body apart trying to find them…

Jack is convinced that Naomi Perrault, the beautiful geneticist who leads a group of suspected eco-terrorists, is behind the murder. But when FBI agents who aren’t quite who they claim to be show up on Jack’s doorstep after a bomb devastates the FBI lab in Quantico, destroying the evidence from his friend’s murder, Naomi becomes Jack’s only hope of survival.

Framed for murder and confronted by the terrifying truth of what the genetically engineered seeds stolen by his friend are truly for, Jack joins Naomi in a desperate battle across half the globe to save humanity from extermination…

The Time Machine (Enriched Classics (Pocket))

The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, travels over 800,000 years into the future. He lands in the year 802701: the world has been transformed by a society living in apparent harmony and bliss, but as the Traveler stays in the future he discovers a hidden barbaric and depraved subterranean class. Wells's transparent commentary on the capitalist society was an instant bestseller and launched the time-travel genre.
The Time Machine inspired the international bestseller The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma. As a gift to our readers, we are including the first three chapters of The Map of Time in this ebook edition.

Hartz String Theory
Übernerd Mike Thomas works in the engineering lab late at night-using borrowed equipment to bridge relativity theory and quantum physics by experimenting with hexavalent Cesium and standing microwaves. He comes to the attention of various entities, including the Sovereign Union of Vagabonds, the Agents of Karnage, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Polly, the pretty clerk who works in Document Control. Will he survive long enough to reinvent the world and get the girl?

Cerulean Dreams
Orion, the last city of men. Deep within the desert, a secret lay waiting. Young women found dead in the street. A corporation that controls the sleep of a populace that never sees the light of day. Alexander Marlowe seeks to unravel the mysteries of Orion as he helps a young girl, Dana, flee the city. The closer they come to the truth, the greater the danger that hunts them. Follow them as they search beyond the boundaries of everything they have ever known for answers.

The Discovery of Socket Greeny (The Socket Series)
Work has always come first for Socket Greeny's mother, ever since his father died. But when she shows him the inner workings of the Paladin Nation, he discovers why.

Paladins traverse the planet through wormholes to keep the world safe, but from what, they won't say. Although his parents were not actually one of them, Socket is different. He soon finds himself in the center of controversy and betrayal when he's anointed the Paladin Nation’s prodigy. He didn't ask for the "blessing" of psychic powers and the ability to timeslice and he doesn't want to be responsible for the world. He just wants to go home and back to school and be normal again.

But, sometimes, life doesn't give us that privilege, his mother tells him.

And when the world is soon threatened and the Paladins are forced into the public eye, Socket discovers what his mother means. If he doesn't embrace his true nature, life as we know it will change forever.

The One Thousand
It is the late 1960s...

What better place than prison to recruit psychopathic killers? So thinks Benny, possessed by a thousand alien entities which he intends to share around with the other inmates before unleashing hell on Earth in the form of a murderous rampage. Only William Stafford, a Vietnam War veteran unjustly convicted of killing a girlfriend, can stop him. But to do so he has to break back into the prison he has just escaped from...

The Phoenix Conspiracy
Calvin, an intelligence operative, is sent to eliminate a dangerous traitor. But, as he chases his prey across the stars, he realizes they are both pawns in a shadowy chess game. One that threatens humankind everywhere.

If he is to uncover the conspiracy he must confront--and embrace--the darkest elements of the galaxy. And throw himself, his career, and everyone he loves into the line of fire.

The Phoenix Conspiracy is the first of a series.

Awaken
Starseeds are extraterrestrial spirits capable of unexpectedly “awakening” inside chosen human beings at key points in history. Existing in two forms, “Black Seeds” aim to destroy life whilst “White Seeds” endeavour to preserve it.

After millions of years of conflict, only a handful of Starseeds remain on Earth and it is now they begin their final battle…

Franz Richter has had his past burned out of him. He is the architect of a shattering weapon capable of wiping out all life, but he must reclaim those memories if he is to stop its detonation and banish evil from the face of the world…

Arena One: Slaverunners (PART ONE) (Book #1 of the Survival Trilogy)
From Morgan Rice, #1 Bestselling author of THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS, comes the first book in a new trilogy of dystopian fiction. This file contains Part One of the book only (24,000 words).

New York. 2120. American has been decimated, wiped out from the second Civil War. In this post-apocalyptic world, survivors are far and few between. And most of those who do survive are members of the violent gangs, predators who live in the big cities. They patrol the countryside looking for slaves, for fresh victims to bring back into the city for their favorite death sport: Arena One. The death stadium where opponents are made to fight to the death, in the most barbaric of ways. There is only one rule to the arena: no one survives. Ever.

Deep in the wilderness, high up in the Catskill Mountains, 17 year old Brooke Moore manages to survive, hiding out with her younger sister, Bree. They are careful to avoid the gangs of slaverunners who patrol the countryside. But one day, Brooke is not as careful as she can be, and Bree is captured. The slaverunners take her away, heading to the city, and to what will be a certain death.

Brooke, a Marine’s daughter, was raised to be tough, to never back down from a fight. When her sister is taken, Brooke mobilizes, uses everything at her disposal to chase down the slaverunners and get her sister back. Along the way she runs into Ben, 17, another survivor like her, whose brother was taken. Together, they team up on their rescue mission.

What follows is a post-apocalyptic, action-packed thriller, as the two of them pursue the slaverunners on the most dangerous ride of their lives, following them deep into the heart of New York. Along the way, if they are to survive, they will have to make some of the hardest choices and sacrifices of their lives, encountering obstacles neither of them had expected—including their unexpected feelings for each other. Will they rescue their siblings? Will they make it back? And will they, themselves, have to fight in the arena?

ARENA ONE is Book #1 in the Survival Trilogy, and is 85,000 words.

The Marlowe Transmissions #1: Scavenger's War
When the apocalypse came, it wasn't like anyone expected. There wasn't a nuclear holocaust, or zombies, or World War 3. There was only a well-intentioned experiment to unlock the human mind. The experiment worked, and people got what they wanted: psionic powers. But they soon found out that some things weren't meant to be discovered.

Dez Marlowe has been traveling the Wastes alone for longer than he can remember, fighting wild, blood-thirsty Scavengers and avoiding empath hunters. Like everyone else, he's just trying to survive as best he can in a chaotic and lawless world. Tired of aimless wandering, Dez gains entrance to Detroit, now a walled city ruled by the iron-fisted dictator Terrence McHale. Instead of peace, however, Dez only finds more trouble in the form of a lovely girl who just happens to be Terrence McHale's only daughter. She's run away, and Dez finds himself volunteering to go get her.

Finding her proves to be the easy part.

Novella: approx. 40,000 words.



Thursday, November 29, 2012

For the Guys

Good Morning, as our page grows, I figure, why not find something for the men! So here's some Action, War, Adventure, Shoot Em Up books! Enjoy


WESTERNS

No Good Like It Is
"No Good Like It Is" is a winding tale of violence, tolerance, and changing racial acceptance. In it, two hard-bitten Confederate cavalrymen barely survive the Civil War, riding with the famed Eighth Texas Cavalry. They then must struggle home to the Texas Panhandle, while accumulating enough misfits and strays to populate a small village. This rowdy historical fiction is filled with rich characters, both real and should-have-been. A sequel, "What Goes Round," is in the works.

Sagebrush
Still half asleep, Michael looked up at his parents sitting on the buckboard of their covered wagon and saw an arrow penetrate his father's chest. Then he saw his mother being dragged from the wagon by two Indians. His mother fell from the wagon and disappeared from his sight and from his life forever. Now he was all alone.

Sons of Thunder
SONS OF THUNDER
Killing was nothing new for the Thunders'. They'd lived by the gun since the day they were old enough to pull the trigger...

A SIMPLER TIME WHEN FAMILY MEANT EVERYTHING
Pop Thunder had brought his boys up to know that nothing was free and that anything they wanted would have to be taken, one way or the other and consequences be damned. When that motto eventually gets Pop lynched for cattle rustling his boys' destinies are sealed, their path of revenge chosen for them as they take justice into their own hands to even the score the only way they knew how.

WHEN BLOOD WAS THICKER THAN WATER 
Of course, there's always a price to be paid when vigilantes act above the law, and right or wrong, the Sons of Thunder will have to muster their diabolical wits to stay one step ahead of the law, and a trio of dangerous men determined to see them die.

Bonus Content: A preview of Rollo's next novel, The Franciscan.

The Man With No Past (contemporary western action) (A path to nowhere)
An amnesia ridden man wakes up, beaten and left for dead. When he finds a friend in the old farm family that helps him back to health, he sees it his responsibility to help them rid themselves of the drug dealers after thier property. Follow this modern lone ranger in this first of a series of short stories as he searches for clues to his past, and the owner of the ring on his left hand.

A Darkened Landscape
A trilogy of Western Horror short stories crafted to sweep you back in time to a darker, bleaker landscape. Here demon-spirits haunt the mountains, ghost towns are perilous places for lost travelers, and the woman on the gallows might not be entirely human. Your spine will tingle, your blood will chill, and you'll have a glimpse into the darkness of the past. 

Three short stories of horror in the Old West:

Darkness in the West – A raven-haired woman is being hanged for a killing spree that would have required supernatural ability to carry out.

A Mouth So Dark – Traveling in search of the girl he lost, a young ranch hand finds her in the bleak heart of a remote ghost town.

The Flood – A troublesome young man appears at the unlikeliest moment to lead an undeserving town to safety from the ravages of a flood.

Algor X. Dennison brings you tales of the macabre in a setting turned black where it once was dusty brown. Courage blends with terrifying darkness and innocence bleeds into horrific revenge. Will you be able to read on?

WAR

Playing with Matches
Emil Radle is a dedicated Hitler Youth member. He’s loyal to the Fuehrer before family, a champion for the cause and fan of the famous Luftwaffe.
Then one day they take the Jews away, including his childhood friend, Anne. Still, there must be a good reason, right? It must be for the good of a great and glorious Germany.

When his friends Moritz and Johann discover a shortwave radio, everything changes. Now they listen to BBC broadcasts, news reports that tell both sides. Now they know the truth. The boys band together to write out the BBC news and covertly distribute flyers throughout their city. An act of high treason that could have them arrested or...worse.

But when Germany’s losses become immense, even their greatest resistance can’t prevent them from being sent to the eastern front. 

Will Emil survive the battle? And will he ever see his family again?

9/11 Trilogy
Challenging, edgy short stories set before, during and after 9/11. The first story is set in Afghanistan and Pakistan and looks at the formation of Al-Qaeda. The second story is set in Manhattan on September 11, 2001. The trilogy concludes with a vision of life in the aftermath of that fateful day.

Ground Zero (The Thrilling Military Action Series)
September 11, 2001 was supposed to be John Alvarez’s day off. Instead he was called into work. He was one of thousands who found themselves busy working just like any other morning. Then the first plane struck the North Tower. Minutes later the second plane hit the South Tower, only a few floors above from where John and his colleagues stood watching the chaos unfolding across the way. Quickly panic and fear filled the air. Then the towers collapsed and John’s story begins.

But John also has a secret. Why did his landlady warn him not to go to work the morning of the attack? Is there more to the surprise attack on America than John or anybody else knows? Was it orchestrated by bin Laden and Al Qaeda or by a larger organization nobody would ever suspect? 

Against his parents will, John enlists in the Army and is deployed to Afghanistan where flashback’s of 9-11 and IEDs plague John’s conscience. John is on a mission to find the truth behind the terrorist attack and will do anything to discover it. 

Lethal Force
Lethal Force: 

Special-forces soldier turned mercenary Steve West is dropped onto a remote Scottish island. His every movement will be tracked for ‘Lethal Force’, the most expensive video game ever made. He’s been told it’s just a story. But within seconds Steve is fighting for his life. And a deadly manhunt has begun...

‘Lethal Force’ is a short story from Matt Lynn, the best-selling author of the ‘Death Force’ series of adventure thrillers, including ‘Death Force’, ‘Fire Force’, ‘Shadow Force’ and ‘Ice Force’. 

Improvised Explosive Device
A military convoy on the road in Iraq is ambushed with devastating consequences.

Garrison (a military fantasy novelette)
On the contested Iron Flats, two young recruits face their first battle. Will they die? Will glory cover them or ignominy taint their name? Only the morrow will tell.

Watching over them is enigmatic veteran, Von. He knows that when soldiers fail, the army relies on veterans to fix them... whatever it takes...

Starship Troopers meets archers and spider-cavalry in this military fantasy story from an author who knows what life is like inside the military.

This Greyhart Press book is a novelette, a story size suitable to read in a single sitting. At 12,000 words, if this was a paperback, it would be about 48 pages.

ADVENTURE

Versim
Imagine falling asleep and waking up in a different place or century and becoming a different person, maybe even a superstar. That's the job of Harken Cole. He's a top Entertainment Specialist, and his role is to immerse into rendered worlds, the new form of entertainment in the twenty-sixth century. Sometimes he's the hero, sometimes the villain. He's whatever his bosses choose to boost the drama's ratings. Playing the star has made Hark a loved celebrity. But no job is perfect.

To fulfill a promise to a dead friend, Hark illegally enters a peaceful storyline set in old twenty-first century Manhattan. He quickly realizes something's not right: Hark discovers the drama may drastically change when a rogue horror director, Miesha Preston, begins inserting monsters, zombies, and other abominations to destroy the peaceful narrative and its people. If Hark doesn't stop Preston, everyone immersed--including himself--will die. And dying in a rendered world means dying in real life. Saving this world is now as important as fulfilling his promise to his friend, and he will do whatever it takes to succeed--even if it means flipping his own world upside down.

Attacked! (Last Plane out of Paris, Part One)
Split into 6 parts, this account of one of the darkest times of World War 2, told through the eyes of two British airmen, is a rip roaring tale that will have readers eagerly turning the pages right through to the end.

At roughly 9,000 words, Part 1 of the action/adventure serial known as Last Plane out of Paris, is an enjoyable action packed read.

After signing up to hinder the German advance, Bill Edwards finds himself in France after crash landing. He makes his way to the town of Nancy only to find that things are not what they seem.

Why isn't anyone talking?

Why is the plan doomed to fail?

And, with the Germans closer than they had ever imagined, what propels him to travel deeper into France?

Ambushed! (Last Plane out of Paris, Part Two)
At roughly 11,000 words, Part 2 of the action/adventure serial known as Last Plane out of Paris, is yet another enjoyable action packed read.

As the team travel to 
Metz to meet Marcel, the aircraft designer, they get the feeling that someone is following them. As they arrive at the meeting, shots suddenly ring out!

Pursued, they flee the town and make their way back to 
Nancy. When the team arrive at midnight at the meeting place, all is not as it seems.

What strange substance is floating on the surface of the lake? And who or what are behind the clump of bushes? As gunshots ring out across the lake, who will survive the deadly ambush?


Pursued! (Last Plane out of Paris, Part Three)
At roughly 11,500 words, Part 3 of the action/adventure serial known as Last Plane out of Paris, is yet another enjoyable action packed read.

Pursued by strangers, the team flees the town of 
Nancy and heads south, where a plane is waiting to take them home. When they are ambushed, they are forced to head into the nearby mountains. But, as they reach the top of the first climb and start to descend, they realize that their brakes don't work.  
 
Suddenly, on one deadly corner, the vehicle flies off the road and plummets into the nearby ravine!Who will survive? Who gets kidnapped? And what is the meaning of the strange lights that flash on the nearby hillside?

Kidnapped! (Last Plane out of Paris, Part Four)
At roughly 11,500 words, Part 4 of the action/adventure serial known as Last Plane out of Paris, is yet another enjoyable action packed read.

Split up, the team tries to reconnect at the French town of 
Saint-Dizier. But, before they can, Marcel is kidnapped!

Forced to work fast, they travel to 
Reims in an effort to rescue the aircraft designer, knowing that the front line is just a few miles north of the town. Getting a lead, they pursue a car through town. After many twists and turns, the chase ends when the car ahead breaks down. 

Suddenly, a German tank tops the hill and heads towards them. Before they can reach the other car, a tank shell tears apart the vehicle! Is Marcel, the man whom they came to rescue, dead?

Either way, how can they get out of town with the French soldiers already gone? To make matters worse, their car breaks down and German fighters appear overhead. All seems lost... but is it?


Warleader - A Blood and Tears Short Story
As a young warrior in the elite Kifzo army of his father’s tribe, Tobin lives a life consumed by the relentless training demands of his uncle. Despite his best intentions and hard work, he struggles to cope with his father's indifference toward him and his brother's outright hatred.

A chance opportunity may change all of that. Tobin’s father gives him, his brother and three other young Kifzo each a small squad to lead on a key mission. The squad leader who succeeds will be named Warleader and will command the entire tribe’s army. Tobin sees this as his best chance to step out of the shadow of his brother and earn the respect and recognition he’s always desired.

Warleader is a short story of approximately 9,200 words. It is a prequel to the epic fantasy Rise and Fall: Book One of the Blood and Tears Trilogy. 

Free Excerpt included of Rise and Fall: Book One of the Blood and Tears Trilogy.



ACTION

Q - A Thriller
‘Q – A Thriller’ A Love Story in Hell

How far would you go to rescue your lover? Would you go to hell on earth? Ex-soldier Felix Chapman embarks on an audacious attempt to rescue his wife after her abduction in a vicious modern day piracy attack off West Africa. She is lost in a brutal anarchic country ruled by warring tribes. There are no laws, no police, no diplomatic treaties and no hope...

If you're kidnapped by pirates and your police, military and government can't help - pray that someone, somewhere, decides: "It's time to go to war!"

Gehenna (West of Hell #1)
An outlaw trapped in a jail cell.

A prostitute boarded up in a saloon.

Flesh eaters roaming the streets.

When a local woman is brutally attacked by two unknown men, their bodies mangled by arrows and axes, the residents of Gehenna are thrust into a nightmare they can't comprehend.

The dead are rising in the streets of the Old West. And they're hungry.

Weighing in at nearly 30,000 words, Gehenna sets an explosive pace from the very first chapter and never slows down.

blue Fall (The Tournament, Book 1)
There was a time, long ago, when wars were won and lost based on the outcomes of single battles between heroes. Entire countries were moved. Empires rose and fell.

In Blue Fall, that time has come again.

A routine investigation throws a hapless insurance agent down the rabbit hole, into a world where the rich and powerful place wagers on the greatest game on earth. They call it the Tournament. It offers competition without limits. It is beholden to no man, constrained by no law, and it is extremely dangerous. But where does the true power lie in this World Cup of Warfare? With those who place the bets, or with the deadly players themselves? And how much longer can it possibly remain a secret?

LZR-1143: Within (A Zombie Novella)
No power. No news. No windows. 

No help.

No hope.

In this 20,000 word novella, set in the infection-ravaged world of Bryan James' frightening and sobering universe of zombie mayhem, a normal night shift becomes a surreal test of courage, strength, and selflessness as an unknown illness takes hold of the country. Inside a reinforced bank office building, insulated from outside news for hours, the men and women inside work obliviously, unaware of the rising tide of horror. 

As society outside crumbles, the power fails. Phone lines are down. Communication is impossible, and those trapped within know nothing of the world without. 

Outside the single locked door, an incessant pounding punctuates the oppressive darkness of this modern catacomb, as the employees trapped inside struggle to understand what is happening.

But soon, they will be fighting to merely survive as they come face to face with the threat that appears from where they least expect it: within.

LZR-1143: Perspectives
In a world overrun by the living dead, every victim has a story. These are some of those stories. This collection of six short stories from a world ravaged by the LZR-1143 virus tell the tale of six different people, all of whom fell victim, in different ways, to the deadly plague. 

From the pilot of a commercial aircraft, overwhelmed in midair, to the lonely soldier stranded high above a world of the undead, the six characters each face their own fears and mortality in different ways. 

This 20,000 word short-story collection features a unique selection of characters from the original zombie novel by Bryan James, LZR-1143: Infection, and from the recently released sequel, LZR-1143: Evolution. Each character appears only fleetingly in the longer novels, but each has their own unique thread in the LZR-1143 storyline, all of which are exposed in these short excerpts from their final hours alive. 

The collection includes The Pilot, The Boy, The Inmate, The Fry Cook, The Subway Passenger, and The Sniper. In The Pilot, a commercial aviator sees his last flight end in a way he never could have imagined. In The Boy, a family trip is cut short, and a lonely homecoming is not at all as he anticipated. We see the surprising genesis and true identity of a traveling companion in The Inmate, while The Fry Cook reveals the final moments of a teenage fast food worker. In The Subway Passenger, we learn that in the case of zombie apocalypse, you’d probably rather be aboveground. And in The Sniper, the surprising truth that there are some fates that cannot be fought, even with a fifty caliber rifle.

Lost Valley: The Discovery (A Serial Novel, Part 1)
Two boys have disappeared in the isolated mountains northeast of the remote Alaskan village of Manatuk, a forbidden region where ancient terrors are rumored to exist…and where local guides refuse to enter. Search and rescue specialist Luc Moon is tasked with the impossible: finding the boys on his own.

During the search, Luc discovers clues to a remarkable lost world, a world hidden deep within a forgotten valley. Now in a life-and-death struggle, Luc―and those closest to him―must survive against legendary creatures and a ruthless billionaire determined to keep the discovery to himself.

The Devil's Sword
A fencing tournament turns deadly! Can three young fencers thwart a plan to bring America to its knees? 

Kevin, Rachel,and Ben are young fencers eager to compete in an upcoming tournament at Nellis Air Force Base. But when they arrive,they become unwilling pawns in a twisted plan to steal the ultimate weapon. A plan that somehow revolves around the tournament. Now, battling for their very survival, they must find a way to stop the two brilliant arms dealers behind it all. But the arms dealers hold all the cards. And far more is at stake than just their lives . . .

The Devil's Sword is a gripping thriller that is sure to be enjoyed by fencers, non-fencers, kids, and adults alike.

Milwaukee Deep
Michael Burton is confused. Yesterday he went to work and today he's alone, naked and wounded on a Florida beach. The missing day stretched for 18 years but he has aged only 24 hours. 

The FBI is called in and the CIA knows more than it is letting on. Michael is caught in the yawning gap between the truth and what the US Government want you to know.

Will Michael remember what he needs to know in time, or will the greatest ever cover-up in America’s history be silenced by the men on Capitol Hill?

As the FBI attempt to uncover the truth, they must contend with an underlying fact – that the CIA will do everything in its power to see Michael Burton eliminated.

Milwaukee Deep is a secret that must be preserved at any cost…

Shanghai Gold
1949. Shanghai is in turmoil as the Communist army approaches. In the ensuing chaos, a young crime lord loses a treasure of priceless value. 
2008. Dean Lashure discovers a roll of film in an ancient camera, but he does not realize that what he is about to see will change his life forever. What starts out as a romantic treasure hunt turns into something darker and far more dangerous when the Hong Kong Triads get involved. Finding the gold is suddenly only the beginning..

Valley Of Death, Zombie Trailer Park
Just a few miles outside of Albuquerque New Mexico there's something horribly wrong in a remote valley. To their eternal regret some people have mistaken the screams echoing in the hills as coyotes singing to the moon. When Josey drives his truck down into the valley he quickly learns the horrifying truth. It's not coyotes howling- it's men or what used to be men. Josey discovers that the valley is home to the depraved, the noble, the damned, the innocent, the beautiful, and of course the walking dead. When the least dangerous thing you encounter is an angry rattlesnake you know you've made a wrong turn in Albuquerque.

The story is over 110,000 words in length. It's eighteen chapters of adventure, excitement, horror, and thoughtful humor.

What kind of zombies are they? 
There has been an interesting but ultimately pointless debate going on for years about what constitutes a zombie. Is it a dead person who walks around causing mayhem? Or is it someone who is violently insane and seeks only to kill and destroy? Why not both?

Nestled in a remote valley, the residents of The Albuquerque Springs Trailer Park have lived out there lives nearly forgotten by the rest of the world. The trailer park is home to dozens of illegal immigrants, a hermit who has turned his back on society, a veteran of World War 2, a grumpy old woman, a family of Meth cookers known to local police officials as the Redneck Gourmets, and a beautiful young woman, are just a few.
Life was peaceful, quiet, and boring until a deadly industrial accident killed Juan, one of the illegal immigrants. His friends and neighbors promised to dispose of the victim's body. Unfortunately, he came back and disposed of them- one mouthwatering bite at a time.

Short Fuses (Four free short stories)
Four free short stories from bestselling author Stephen Leather, plus opening chapters of six of his bestselling thrillers.

The short stories are: Breaking In (where a burglar gets more than he bargained for when he breaks into a London house), Strangers On A Train (where a mugging on a train doesn't go to plan), Inspector Zhang and the Hotel Guest (where the Singaporean detective solves a mystery) and Cat's Eyes (the backstory of a Bangkok go-go dancer).

There are also tasters of six of his bestselling novels, including The Chinaman, The Vets and The Birthday Girl.

PANDORA
He hadn't heard from his reclusive uncle for ages. He gave the two of them another glance - they certainly didn't seem like the kind to abduct twenty-something computer programmers. Accepting the offer of a lift, Lucas hesitated only to point to his moped. 'You couldn't have just said that at the start, and not slashed my tyres?' She gave him a suggestive smile. 'It's not like you'll need it again...' Lucas is saddened to hear about the death of his Uncle, and then shocked to discover what - and who - he has inherited. Immediately, his day-job is gone and he's thrown into a worldwide chase for three ancient masks, previously only whispered of in myth. The mystery deepens and the stakes grow ever higher as the true story of Pandora's Box is revealed.

The Delphi Chronicle, Book 1 - The Manuscript
The Delphi Chronicle is a serial trilogy - a story that unfolds over three installments, with each continuing in the next episode, usually with a cliffhanger ending, on all but the last installment. This first book, The Manuscript, chronicles the saga of NY private eye Michael Derrigan, as he unwittingly comes into possession of a manuscript that will change the world order if its secrets are aired. Clandestine factions of the U.S. government will do anything to keep the story buried, & a trail of butchery follows Derrigan as he races for his life in a chase that spans from New York, to Mexico, to Havana. An epic roller-coaster ride of a thriller, The Delphi Chronicle's unflinching & often disturbing twists & turns question the nature of reality & of the integrity of our governments in a post-modern world of lies, deceit and betrayal. 

Aftermath: Found (Aftermath Zombie Series)
In the wastelands of America silent predators stalk their victim. For a survivor in these ruins they must learn to run and hide. Except for one lone man who would rather be found. Armed to the teeth he finds it easier when people don't know his name. For one lone survivor, she will learn to become his voice.