Tales from the Dome: Heroes

Tales from the Dome: Heroes
Author: Casca Kelly Green
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2015-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1468957376

How did Impulse and Seer discover their superpowers? What happens when a disillusioned Shadowmancer comes home from active military duty? How did Void become Rosie's adoptive father, and how did Carys become Mind Melter's pet Necromancer? These questions and more are answered in these six stories, set in the years and months before Superdome. Fans of Casca Green's Superdome will find more intense action and adventure in Tales from the Dome: Heroes, the first of two companion anthologies to the Shadeshifter Chronicles, an LGBT-friendly series of superhero-centric science fiction oriented toward older teens and adults. For people just discovering the Shadeshifter Chronicles, Tales from the Dome is also a great introduction to the world and lives of these dynamic characters, exploring their origins without giving up all their secrets. In a world where everybody is dangerous, and the powerful make the rules, what defines a Hero?

Superdome

Superdome
Author: Casca Kelly Green
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2015-01-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1468954466

"Who do you become in the dark?" Mind Melter, an esper who fully embraces his over-the-top name, has everything he wants, including the unquestioning loyalty of his protégé Rosie, until he sets his sights on the Bogeyman. After pushing Rosie too far, Mind Melter?s enemies prepare to strike back and take everything away from him. Ellis Straylight is many things: soldier, shadowmancer, oldest sibling. In the chaotic world of the Dome, Ellis will learn how identity can destroy you and trust can put you back together.? In a place of false suns, alter egos, and rampant inequality, what does it mean to be a hero, and what will it take to survive? Find out in Superdome: Volume 1 of The Shadeshifter Chronicles, a series featuring diverse characters, including MOGAI and neuroatypical characters central to the main narrative.

Under the Dome: Part 2

Under the Dome: Part 2
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2014-03-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1476767289

The conclusion to King's tale of Chester's Mill, Maine, a town that's inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field, and which inspired a CBS TV drama.

Scales & Tales

Scales & Tales
Author: Kevin Sherry
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2024-04-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1524895776

For those looking to introduce RPGs to young players, Scales & Tales offers simple rules, easy instructions, and fun activities for family and friends to enjoy. With a breakdown of different heroes and creatures, an easy adventure full of silly creatures, and fun games and puzzles to play together, this book offers hours of fun without overwhelming young readers with game mechanics. Scales & Tales is a rule book, an easy instruction manual, and an activity book all in one! With clear and concise language, along with adorable illustrations, this book serves as the perfect introduction to role-playing games for kids and parents alike. Everything a new player would need to start a tabletop role-playing game: imagination starters, heroes, drawing games, monsters, epic quests, and more! Scales & Tales contains ways of augmenting your traditional "End-Boss Combat" with fun drawing games and party puzzles. Games like: Telephone, Blind drawing, and Pictionary-like games. With fun illustrations, clear instructions, and kid-friendly games to “slay” the enemy, this book will bring in players of all ages for hours of fun.

Survive the Dome

Survive the Dome
Author: Kosoko Jackson
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1728239095

The Hate U Give meets Internment in this pulse-pounding thriller about an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out during a city-wide protest. Jamal Lawson just wanted to be a part of something. As an aspiring journalist, he packs up his camera and heads to Baltimore to document a rally protesting police brutality after another Black man is murdered. But before it even really begins, the city implements a new safety protocol...the Dome. The Dome surrounds the city, forcing those within to subscribe to a total militarized shutdown. No one can get in, and no one can get out. Alone in a strange place, Jamal doesn't know where to turn...until he meets hacker Marco, who knows more than he lets on, and Catherine, an AWOL basic-training-graduate, whose parents helped build the initial plans for the Dome. As unrest inside of Baltimore grows throughout the days-long lockdown, Marco, Catherine, and Jamal take the fight directly to the chief of police. But the city is corrupt from the inside out, and it's going to take everything they have to survive.

After: The End of the World's Not All It's Cracked Up To Be

After: The End of the World's Not All It's Cracked Up To Be
Author: Shawn M. Tomlinson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2018-06-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387870165

ÒJust like me to never have any money when the end of the world comes, Ó thought Martin Fahy as he walked through the bitter, ceaseless rain. He laughed slightly and wondered what he was going to do now. Sure, he had been the one who always knew The End was coming soon, but he just couldnÕt convince anyone else. He wasnÕt a religious fanatic or anything and his predictions of the coming doom had nothing to do with apocalyptic visions or cultist beliefs. It was based largely on his continual observation of scientific predictions. And now, it all was happening. Fahy realized what heÕd always said was his prime philosophy still was true: The only way out is throughÉ

Instructions for a Heatwave

Instructions for a Heatwave
Author: Maggie O'Farrell
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2023-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1039010881

From the award-winning author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait: a sweeping family drama where a father's disappearance forces three adult siblings to come together and confront what they really know about their past. London, 1976. In the thick of a record-breaking heatwave, Gretta Riordan's newly-retired husband has cleaned out his bank account and vanished. Now, for the first time in years, the three Riordan children are converging on their childhood home: Michael Francis, a history teacher whose marriage is failing; Monica, with two stepdaughters who despise her and an ugly secret that has driven a wedge between her and the little sister she once adored; and Aoife (pronounced EE-fah), the youngest, whose new life in Manhattan is elaborately arranged to conceal her illiteracy. As the siblings track down clues to their father's disappearance, they also navigate rocky pasts and long-held secrets. Their search ultimately brings them to their ancestral village in Ireland, where the truth of their family's past is revealed. Wise, lyrical, instantly engrossing, Instructions for a Heatwave is a richly satisfying page-turner from a writer of exceptional intelligence and grace.

Tales From Thac

Tales From Thac
Author: F. P. Spirit
Publisher: F. P. Spirit
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0998471550

Dragons, pirates, magic and deceit. Thac is no place for the faint of heart… Grand Choosing: Kortiama longs to prove herself at the Day of Choosing. Yet that day will hold more for her than she ever bargained for, if she manages to survive. Price of Honor: Seishin never expected to fall in love, nor that his love would hold a dark secret. The Pirate Coast is a dangerous place, one which might hold the key to his future, if it doesn’t kill him first. Art of the Steal: Where did the enigmatic Donatello come from? Where did he learn to be a thief, artist, and swordsman? Who is the mysterious woman who broke his heart? Fortune Tellers: Fran was not always blind, nor was she always a druid. It all came down to a fateful day and a run in with a certain blonde-haired, violet-eyed fortune teller. Battle of Fish Eye Cove: Outnumbered two to one, Ves and Ruka engage in a desperate battle with a flight of evil dragons. Can the two dragon girls escape their deadly fate? These and other thrilling tales are included here in this fantastic anthology from the world of Thac…