Koko Takes a Holiday

Koko Takes a Holiday
Author: Kieran Shea
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-07-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1783298995

Five hundred years from now, ex-corporate mercenary Koko Martstellar is swaggering through an easy early retirement as a brothel owner on The Sixty Islands, a manufactured tropical resort archipelago known for its sex and simulated violence. Surrounded by slang-drooling boywhores and synthetic komodo dragons, Koko finds the most challenging part of her day might be deciding on her next drink. That is, until her old comrade Portia Delacompte sends a squad of security personnel to murder her.

Koko Takes a Holiday

Koko Takes a Holiday
Author: Kieran Shea
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2014-06-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 178116861X

Five hundred years from now, ex-corporate mercenary Koko Martstellar is swaggering through an early retirement as a brothel owner on The Sixty Islands, a manufactured tropical resort archipelago known for its sex and simulated violence. Surrounded by slang-drooling boywhores and synthetic komodo dragons, the most challenging part of Koko’s day is deciding on her next drink. That is, until her old comrade Portia Delacompte sends a squad of security personnel to murder her.

Off Rock

Off Rock
Author: Kieran Shea
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2017-04-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1785653393

A “fast-paced, high-energy” space adventure that is part sardonic heist caper and part homage to science fiction B-movies of the 1970s (Booklist) “Five awesome and entertaining words to describe this one: Bank heist set in space. Yes, please.” —io9 In the year 2778, Jimmy Vik is feeling dissatisfied. After busting his ass for assorted interstellar mining outfits for close to two decades, downsizing is in the wind, his ex-girlfriend/supervisor is climbing up his back, and daily Jimmy wonders if he’s played his last good hand. So when Jimmy stumbles upon a significant gold pocket during a routine procedure on Kardashev 7-A, he believes his luck may have changed—larcenously so. But smuggling the gold “off rock” won’t be easy. To do it, Jimmy will have to contend with a wily criminal partner, a gorgeous covert assassin, the suspicions of his ex, and the less than honorable intentions of an encroaching, rival mining company. As the clock ticks down, treachery and betrayal loom, the body count rises, and soon Jimmy has no idea who to trust.

Koko

Koko
Author: Peter Straub
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2011-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307773957

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story comes “an inspired thriller” (The Washington Post) about four Vietnam vets linked by a shattering secret and their global hunt to track down a brutal killer. Koko. Only four men knew what it meant. Now they must stop it. They were Vietnam vets—a doctor, a lawyer, a working stiff, and a writer. Very different from each other, they are nonetheless linked by a shared history and a devastating secret. Now, they have been reunited and are about to embark on a quest that will take them from Washington, D.C., to the graveyards and fleshpots of the Far East to the human jungle of New York, searching for someone from the past who has risen from the darkness to kill and kill and kill.

It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear

It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear
Author: Vicki Lansky
Publisher: Book Peddlers
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1931863644

KoKo Bear Can Help Children * learn what divorce means * deal with changes in their everyday lives * talk about their feelings * recognize that their feelings are natural * be assured that their parents still love them and will take care of them * understand that divorce is not their fault

Politically Correct Holiday Stories

Politically Correct Holiday Stories
Author: James Finn Garner
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Total Pages: 99
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780783815367

The author sets the record straight on beloved seasonal tales--including "A Christmas Carol" and "The Night Before Christmas"--freeing them from sexism, ageism, and political imperialism

Ninety-Two in the Shade

Ninety-Two in the Shade
Author: Thomas McGuane
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 146685829X

Tiring of the company of junkies and burn-outs, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a more wholesome life. But things fester in America's utter South. And Skelton's plans to become a skiff guide in the shining blue subtropical waters place him on a collision course with Nichol Dance, who has risen to the crest of the profession by dint of infallible instincts and a reputation for homicide. Out of their deadly rivalry, Thomas McGuane has constructed a novel with the impetus of a thriller and the heartbroken humor that is his distinct contribution to American prose. "Full of surprises and rewards and an exhilaration one feels only rarely." Newsweek on Ninety-Two in the Shade.

The Beckoning Cat

The Beckoning Cat
Author: Koko Nishizuka
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781610034234

In this story based on a Japanese folktale, an impoverished boy named Yohei shares his dinner with a cat that appears on his doorstep. When Yohei faces a crisis, the cat remembers his generosity and brings help.

Easy Freedom

Easy Freedom
Author: Liz Berry
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2018-07-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781981214648

Cathy Harlow, a brilliant young painter, has at last given in to the pressures around her and agreed to marry rock musician superstar, Paul Devlin, and to keep his baby. But Cathy is still filled with doubts, for her art is the most important thing in her life and at only seventeen she desperately fears being overwhelmed by Dev and his fame and money. Her relationship with Dev has inflicted wounds, which she can't forgive or forget. She feels threatened too, by Dev's best friend Chris, who sees Cathy and Dev and himself, as bound in a kind of mystical triangle. Cathy's struggle to overcome the stresses of her new life and her attempts to find herself and regain her lost freedom makes an unusual and compelling love story that leads to a moving climax. Set in the vivid worlds of rock music and art, Easy Freedom is a gripping story about redemption and forgiveness, and also has much to say about the real problems faced by a girl with a vocation.

Taken

Taken
Author: Koko Brown
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781500383664

The playboy... Khalid Francois Duis is a man who isn't afraid to take what he wants. And what he wants is Olivia Bryant. As his best friend's sister, she was supposed to be off limits but Olivia quickly becomes a fever in his blood he simply can't shake. He will do whatever it takes to have her with him and underneath him, even it means kidnapping. The independent woman... Olivia Bryant vows to never marry, instead choosing to focus on her career. But a clandestine encounter with Khalid threatens her resolve. Though her mind says no, her body screams yes! Her only option is to reject the arrogant industrialist who believes a woman's place is in his bed. When Olivia rejects Khalid's advances, he takes matters in his own hands and whisks her away to placate his obsession. From the tempestuous passion of their first encounter, across stormy seas, to a beautiful oasis in Africa, Olivia becomes his prisoner and a slave to Khalid's all-consuming seduction.