Feral Creatures

Feral Creatures
Author: Kira Jane Buxton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2022-06-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781538735251

In this stunning follow-up to Hollow Kingdom and Seattle Times/Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller​, the animal kingdom's "favorite apocalyptic hero"is back with a renewed sense of hope for humanity, ready to take on a world ravaged by a viral pandemic (Helen Macdonald). Once upon an apocalypse, there lived an obscenely handsome American crow named S.T. . . . When the world last checked-in with its favorite Cheeto addict, the planet had been overrun by flesh-hungry beasts, and nature had started re-claiming her territory from humankind. S.T., the intrepid crow, alongside his bloodhound-bestie Dennis, had set about saving pets that had become trapped in their homes after humanity went the way of the dodo. That is, dear reader, until S.T. stumbled upon something so rare--and so precious--that he vowed to do everything in his power to safeguard what could, quite literally, be humanity's last hope for survival. But in a wild world plagued by prejudiced animals, feather-raising environments, new threats so terrifying they make zombies look like baby bunnies, and a horrendous dearth of cheesy snacks, what's a crow to do? Why, wing it on another big-hearted, death-defying adventure, that's what! Joined by a fabulous new cast of animal characters, S.T. faces many new challenges plus his biggest one yet: parenthood. Includes a Reading Group Guide.

Hollow Kingdom

Hollow Kingdom
Author: Kira Jane Buxton
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 153874581X

A finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor! "The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead" in this big-hearted, boundlessly beautiful romp through the Apocalypse, where a foul-mouthed crow is humanity's only chance to survive Seattle's zombie problem (Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author). S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (i.e. "those idiots"), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos ®. But when Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, S.T. starts to think something's not quite right. His tried-and-true remedies—from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis—fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. S.T. is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he suddenly discovers that the neighbors are devouring one other. Local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of Seattle's dangerous new predators. Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a cowardly crow whose only knowledge of the world comes from TV. What could possibly go wrong? Includes a Reading Group Guide.

Feral Kingdom

Feral Kingdom
Author: James H. Duncan
Publisher: Kung Fu Treachery Press
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2019-04
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781950380183

James H. Duncan is the editor of Hobo Camp Review and the author of Nights Without Rain, Dead City Jazz, What Lies In Wait, and We Are All Terminal But is Exit Is Mine, among other collections of poetry and fiction. Between jobs at daily newspapers, overnight security posts, and magazines like Writer's Digest, he spends most of his time wandering train station platforms, quiet dive bars, and roadside diners looking for a hot meal, a good rest, and a little inspiration. He also reviews indie bookshops at his blog, e BookshopHunter. For more about his work, visit www.jameshduncan.com

Ritual

Ritual
Author: Jennifer Engel
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2016-11-27
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1365567222

Friendship, motherhood, the bounty of nature, mythology and the tarot are subjects explored in a series of poems found in Ritual, Sacred Moments in Everyday Life, written by Tina Brady and Jennifer Engel. The authors met and became friends in 2011 and soon discovered that they have a similar passion for poetry. They often read poetry together, bouncing ideas off one another and edit each other's work. This ultimately led to their collaboration on Ritual in 2015. In its unique format, Ritual contains 28 pairs of poems, one written by each author, on a similar subject. In Ritual, the reader will find personal visions on love and hate, life and death, the mundane world and a spiritual relationship with both the earth and the universe.

WICKED

WICKED
Author: Beth Henderson
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460360095

Working as an amateur photographer in San Francisco's sordid Barbary Coast, Lilly Renfrew stumbled upon the grisly stabbing of a prostitute. Fleeing the murder scene with the killer fast in pursuit, she crashed into a man as handsome as sin who vowed to protect her! As a former con artist, Deegan Galloway knew every back alley of the Barbary Coast, but as a newly accepted member of the upper classes, he was stifled by his boring, respectable life. When a beautiful damsel in distress begged his help in unearthing a murderer, he couldn't resist joining in the search. But he never imagined he'd be in danger of losing his heart.…

The Night Will Be Long

The Night Will Be Long
Author: Santiago Gamboa
Publisher: Europa Editions
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2021-11-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1609457129

Investigating a mysterious firefight in Colombia leads a journalist into a world of corrupt churches in this gripping thriller by the author of Necropolis. When a horribly violent confrontation occurs outside of Cauca, Colombia, only a young boy is around to witness it. But no sooner does the violence happen than it disappears, vanished without a trace. Nobody claims to have seen anything. Nobody claims to have heard anything. That is, until an anonymous accusation catalyzes a dangerous investigation into the deep underbelly of the Christian churches present today in Latin America. The Night Will Be Long is a dark, twisting thriller filled with moments of humor and pain—a story that will stick with readers long after they turn the last page. Praise for The Night Will Be Long “This intelligent police procedural from Gamboa . . . refracts decades of turbulent Colombian history through the experiences of dramatically drawn characters. . . . a colorful story with solid grounding in historical detail.” —Publishers Weekly “For my money, there may be no more ambitious, accomplished writer than Gamboa at work in international noir today. Gamboa brings a searching, penetrating style to the prose and unwinds a genuinely compelling and provocative story that interrogates the very nature of violence and truth.” —Crime Reads “An engrossing thriller set in a modern-day Colombia haunted by the legacy of decades of armed conflict. . . . Gamboa has crafted an effective thriller that thrives on his empathetic imagination.” —Shelf Awareness

Daring to Date Again

Daring to Date Again
Author: Ann Anderson Evans
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2014-11-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1631529102

Ann has two kids, two careers, two divorces, a pile of friends and sings soprano in the church choir. But after twelve years single, she is sick of celibacy. She’s been through enough to know that marriage is not what she was brought up to expect, and that love can be slippery and uncertain. With a re-awakened libido and a longing for adventure, she steps outside her comfort zone—embarking on a boundary-pushing, soul-searching journey into the world of online dating. Ranging from Montclair, New Jersey to Harare, Zimbabwe, Daring to Date Again: A Memoir is a compelling, often racy memoir of one woman’s late-life adventures with sex and dating in the modern world. As she rollicks (and bawls) her way through dozens of relationships, Evans tackles some touchy topics with humor and insight: the morality of dating married men, whether women over sixty should consider having children, what age difference is too much, and more. Daring, frank, and a little bit nutty, Daring to Date Again is a story about what happens when a lonely, sex-starved sixty-year-old woman decides to put herself on the market again—but on her own terms.

LitRPG Double Series 2

LitRPG Double Series 2
Author: Adam Drake
Publisher: Adam Drake
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2021-01-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Here are the second installments for both ongoing LitRPG series by genre author, Adam Drake. Shadow Hunting (Shadow For Hire Book 2) The most powerful player in the gaming universe wants me dead. Now I have a price on my head with tens of thousands of bounty hunters out to kill me. But I can only run for so long. I need to put an end to this madness once and for all. If I'm going to die, it will be on my own terms. The tables must be turned. Time to go hunting. Kingdom Level Two (Kingdom Series Book 2) A baptism of fire for a neophyte king. Resigned to his fate, Robert must adapt to his new role as King of Anika. Expected to cleanse the kingdom of its many festering problems, he starts by trying to gain levels and useful skills. But the daunting task quickly becomes a lesson in humility as he finds himself underpowered and overwhelmed. Desperate for gear and experience points, he stumbles upon a secret place so terrifying he questions whether he can be an adventurer king at all. For here he must learn the one true skill that matters above all others: Survival. litrpg, fantasy, gamelit, rpg, cyberpunk, series, action, progression, adventure, video games, mmo, role playing games, vr, virtual reality, thriller, wuxia, cultivation, science fiction, bundle, collection, omnibus

The Kingsburg Elixir

The Kingsburg Elixir
Author: Saitarg
Publisher: Saitarg
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Frank Xavier retreat to the East Coast to rehabilitate himself and an old Cape homestead. While hiking with his dogs Harry and Henry, he comes across an osprey nest and the dogs take off. Frank follows them to the end of the land mass where he discovers a mysterious island. He comes across a paralyzed chestnut stallion who has been swept off Sable Island and beached on a patch of marram. Franks meets Kate Sutherland, a healer, who launches a plan to resuscitate the horse with an elixir made from a long lost treasure. But enchantment takes hold and the elixir has a strange effect on the dogs.