The Fear Trials

The Fear Trials
Author: Lindsay Cummings
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 006228956X

Meadow Woodson has been trained to survive. This is a prequel to The Murder Complex, by Lindsay Cummings, and it is set in a blood-soaked world where the murder rate is higher than the birth rate. For fans of Moira Young's Dust Lands series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna. Meadow Woodson's father calls it The Fear Trials, and it is a rite of passage in their family. Meadow is up against her brother Koi. The Fear Trials will both harden her and make her brave. If Meadow wins, she will get a weapon of her own and the right to leave the Woodsons' houseboat without her father or mother at her side. Set in the violent, complex, and mysterious world of The Murder Complex, and introducing Meadow Woodson—a teenage girl trained to survive no matter what the cost—and her family, who are together for the last time on their houseboat in the Florida Everglades. Epic Reads Impulse is a digital imprint with new releases each month.

Owl's Slumber

Owl's Slumber
Author: Nicky James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-05-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781718991835

Imagine what life would be like if panic ruled your world at the mere thought of going to bed at night.For as long as he can remember, Finnley Hollins has been crippled by his extreme phobia of sleep. Every night is a battle, and every morning isn't without consequences. The root cause is something he's ashamed to admit to anyone. It's his war, and he will fight it alone. When an unexpected turn of events lands the stunningly gorgeous Aven Woods at Finnley's place of business, his life gets turned upside down. All it would take is one night together for his secret to be exposed. Finnley wasn't prepared to fall in love. More so, he wasn't prepared for his phobia to completely consume his life. Not only is it affecting his job and his relationship, but now it's affecting his health. What will it take for Finnley to finally admit he needs help?

The Murder Complex

The Murder Complex
Author: Lindsay Cummings
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9780062220011

An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller—set in a world where the murder rate is higher than the birthrate—by Lindsay Cummings, co-author (with Sasha Alsberg) of the New York Times #1 Bestseller Zenith. "Legend meets La Femme Nikita in this dark and dangerous bloody thriller. The nonstop action of The Murder Complex kept us guessing at every twist and turn. It's a must for fans of action-packed dystopians like The Hunger Games and Divergent."—Justine Magazine Meadow Woodson, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by her father to fight, to kill, and to survive in any situation, lives with her family on a houseboat in Florida. The state is controlled by The Murder Complex, an organization that tracks the population with precision. The plot starts to thicken when Meadow meets Zephyr James, who is—although he doesn't know it—one of the MC's programmed assassins. Is their meeting a coincidence? Destiny? Or part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr keep Meadow from discovering the haunting truth about her family? Action-packed, blood-soaked, and chilling, this is a dark and compelling debut novel by Lindsay Cummings.

Witchcraft Trials

Witchcraft Trials
Author: Deborah Kent
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780766029064

Enhanced with sidebars and colorful maps, each book in this engaging series focuses on an event or era in American history, spanning from the time before Columbus' arrival to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The Freedom Trials

The Freedom Trials
Author: Meredith Tate
Publisher: Page Street YA
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 162414599X

Evelyn Summers is imprisoned for a crime that was wiped from her memory. In order for Evelyn to be released, she—along with other “reformed” prisoners—must pass seven mental, physical, and virtual challenges known as the Freedom Trials. One mistake means execution and, with her history of being a snitch, her fellow inmates will do everything they can to get revenge. When new prisoner Alex Martinez arrives, armed with secrets about Evelyn’s missing memories, she must make a choice. She can follow the rules to win and walk free, or covertly uncover details of the crime that sent her there. But competing in the trials and dredging up her erased past may cost Evelyn the one thing more valuable than freedom: her life.

Fearless

Fearless
Author: Nicky James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2019-01-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781791772345

Maxwell Cunningham is a daddy who's spent far too many years without a boy to call his own. It's a part of his past he was sure he'd buried long ago. While in town for business, he ventures into Bottoms Up and sets eyes on a sassy, stubborn bartender whose flair and poorly hidden struggles call to him on a level he can't ignore.Krew Cruwys may be a spitfire, but he is not a boy. No way. No how. Not gonna happen. It's not his kink. Besides, Krew prefers to be free. To explore men and sex on his own terms--which doesn't include commitments or emotions. Period.When a hookup gone wrong leaves Krew in the concerned hands of the sexy silver stud he'd been snubbing all night, things get complicated.Maxwell feels a pull he hasn't felt in over ten years, but Krew is unequivocally decided that he doesn't want a daddy. Or love. Or a relationship.But what could it hurt to play a role for a night? It's only words. It's just a game. It doesn't mean anything......until, maybe, it does.**This is not exactly a Daddy/boy kink book, although, it does play in that direction at times. Any hint at a Dom/sub lifestyle is very mild**

Trials of Death

Trials of Death
Author: Darren Shan
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2014-05-21
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9780316146616

Darren begins the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire, even as the clan's blood foes, the vampaneze, gather near Vampire Mountain.

Political Trials in Theory and History

Political Trials in Theory and History
Author: Jens Meierhenrich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2017-02-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108107656

From the trial of Socrates to the post-9/11 military commissions, trials have always been useful instruments of politics. Yet there is still much that we do not understand about them. Why do governments use trials to pursue political objectives, and when? What differentiates political trials from ordinary ones? Contrary to conventional wisdom, not all political trials are show trials or contrive to set up scapegoats. This volume offers a novel account of political trials that is empirically rigorous and theoretically sophisticated, linking state-of-the-art research on telling cases to a broad argument about political trials as a socio-legal phenomenon. All the contributors analyse the logic of the political in the courtroom. From archival research to participant observation, and from linguistic anthropology to game theory, the volume offers a genuinely interdisciplinary set of approaches that substantially advance existing knowledge about what political trials are, how they work, and why they matter.

Shades of Darkness

Shades of Darkness
Author: Nicky James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2018-07-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781722881368

Six years ago, an unforeseen incident turned Rory Gallagher's life upside down. Now, he lives in darkness, fearing the sun, fearing light altogether. Rory has developed Heliophobia. As a creature of the night, Rory has learned to adapt to his unusual lifestyle. He draws comfort from shadows and safety from the nighttime hour. Unfortunately, his mind is the darkest place of all, and the one place he can't seem to escape.Finding help isn't easy, but when Rory registers with a local, twenty-four-hour counseling center, the man he meets surprises him in more ways than one. Young psychology student, Adrian Anderson, is Rory's complete opposite. How will this smart, preppy, do-gooder ever get through to the man with a chip on his shoulder who has learned to hate the world? It doesn't take long for Rory to discover they have something horrific in common. Despite rules and regulations, this sad detail helps them form a bond neither of them expected. Could Adrian be the shining light Rory needs to dispel the darkness for good?

The Devil on Trial

The Devil on Trial
Author: Phillip Margulies
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780618717170

Featuring five famous trials, this book examines the way our right to a fair trial can be threatened, when people are tempted to abandon their principles in the name of safety. Trials included are the Salem Witch Trials, the Haymarket Affair Trial, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, the trial of Alger Hiss, and the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui--the latter not yet covered extensively in any book.