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Save Him by William M. Hayes ch2
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B16Y3JWD
Military scientist Rydel Scott has discovered time travel. He also believes he's received a message from God. The message: go back in time and save Jesus Christ from being crucified.
When a secret mission involving one of his inventions goes horribly wrong, Rydel obsessively tries to learn what caused the system failure and, in doing so, stumbles upon a physics-bending ability to travel through time.
Overworked and massively sleep-deprived, Rydel believes he has received a message from God—save God’s son. And the man of science embarks on a world-changing quest to rescue Jesus. As he covers his tracks to journey back undetected, he neglects to factor in the consequences of a devastating butterfly effect. And he’s terrified to discover The Unit, a highly-trained team of elite soldiers, is hunting him down to stop him from making choices that could upend all of human history. Will The Unit find Rydel before he alters the past? And, if they find him, can some members of the elite force be persuaded to join Rydel on his mission to save Jesus Christ from the cross?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B16Y3JWD
Save Him by William M. Hayes ch1
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B16Y3JWD
Military scientist Rydel Scott has discovered time travel. He also believes he's received a message from God. The message: go back in time and save Jesus Christ from being crucified.
When a secret mission involving one of his inventions goes horribly wrong, Rydel obsessively tries to learn what caused the system failure and, in doing so, stumbles upon a physics-bending ability to travel through time.
Overworked and massively sleep-deprived, Rydel believes he has received a message from God—save God’s son. And the man of science embarks on a world-changing quest to rescue Jesus. As he covers his tracks to journey back undetected, he neglects to factor in the consequences of a devastating butterfly effect. And he’s terrified to discover The Unit, a highly-trained team of elite soldiers, is hunting him down to stop him from making choices that could upend all of human history. Will The Unit find Rydel before he alters the past? And, if they find him, can some members of the elite force be persuaded to join Rydel on his mission to save Jesus Christ from the cross?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B16Y3JWD
Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey ch2
https://amzn.to/3dA5nTS
The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.
Phèdre nó Delaunay is a woman pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Her path has been strange and dangerous, and through it all the devoted swordsman Joscelin has been at her side. Her very nature is a torturous thing for them both, but he is sworn to her and he has never violated his vow: to protect and serve.
But Phèdre's plans put Joscelin's pledge to the test, for she has never forgotten her childhood friend Hyacinthe. She has spent ten long years searching for the key to free him from his eternal indenture, a bargain he struck with the gods - to take Phèdre's place as a sacrifice and save a nation. Phèdre cannot forgive - herself or the gods. She is determined to seize one last hope to redeem her friend, even if it means her death.
The search will bring Phèdre and Joscelin across the world, to distant courts where madness reigns and souls are currency, and down a fabled river to a land forgotten by most of the world.And to a power so mighty that none dare speak its name.
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Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey ch1
https://amzn.to/3dA5nTS
The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.
Phèdre nó Delaunay is a woman pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Her path has been strange and dangerous, and through it all the devoted swordsman Joscelin has been at her side. Her very nature is a torturous thing for them both, but he is sworn to her and he has never violated his vow: to protect and serve.
But Phèdre's plans put Joscelin's pledge to the test, for she has never forgotten her childhood friend Hyacinthe. She has spent ten long years searching for the key to free him from his eternal indenture, a bargain he struck with the gods - to take Phèdre's place as a sacrifice and save a nation. Phèdre cannot forgive - herself or the gods. She is determined to seize one last hope to redeem her friend, even if it means her death.
The search will bring Phèdre and Joscelin across the world, to distant courts where madness reigns and souls are currency, and down a fabled river to a land forgotten by most of the world.And to a power so mighty that none dare speak its name.
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Frostbite: A Werewolf Tale by David Wellington
https://amzn.to/3rOP6xO
When a strange wolf's teeth slash Cheyenne's ankle to the bone, her old life ends, and she becomes the very monster that has haunted her nightmares for years. Worse, the only one who can understand what Chey has become is the man - or wolf - who's doomed her to this fate. He also wants to chop her head off with an axe.
Yet as the line between human and beast blurs, so too does the distinction between hunter and hunted...for Chey is more than just the victim she appears to be. But once she's within killing range, she may find that - even for a werewolf - it's not always easy to go for the jugular.
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Frostbite: A Werewolf Tale by David Wellington
https://amzn.to/3rOP6xO
When a strange wolf's teeth slash Cheyenne's ankle to the bone, her old life ends, and she becomes the very monster that has haunted her nightmares for years. Worse, the only one who can understand what Chey has become is the man - or wolf - who's doomed her to this fate. He also wants to chop her head off with an axe.
Yet as the line between human and beast blurs, so too does the distinction between hunter and hunted...for Chey is more than just the victim she appears to be. But once she's within killing range, she may find that - even for a werewolf - it's not always easy to go for the jugular.
https://amzn.to/3rOP6xO
Forever's Too Long by Helen Krummenacker
https://amzn.to/3wha4I4
In 1947, former police officer Rafael Jones has just opened his own private investigation business, and he already has two cases. One has him helping Interpol locate some stolen Russian art from the time of the last czar. The other has him checking out a mysterious cult.
Little does he know the two cases are connected and will bring him face to face with the legendary mad monk of Russia who supposedly died in 1916.
Will Rafael's world, or his very existence, ever be the same again?
https://amzn.to/3wha4I4
Forever's Too Long by Helen Krummenacker
https://amzn.to/3wha4I4
In 1947, former police officer Rafael Jones has just opened his own private investigation business, and he already has two cases. One has him helping Interpol locate some stolen Russian art from the time of the last czar. The other has him checking out a mysterious cult.
Little does he know the two cases are connected and will bring him face to face with the legendary mad monk of Russia who supposedly died in 1916.
Will Rafael's world, or his very existence, ever be the same again?
https://amzn.to/3wha4I4
Another Fairy Bastard by Ron Randall
https://amzn.to/3dr8YCc
Murder, Mayhem, and Magic
College prepares you for many things, and the Army even more, but neither prepared Dalton Graham for the murder that occurred across the hall, or the fact that he was its intended victim.
Assailed and assaulted by inhuman, magic wielding villains who want nothing more than his death - he goes on the run, protected by the mysterious and lethal Umi Nitaku, who is equal parts shy stranger and beautiful angel of death.
As they flee from one danger to another, he begins to discover the arcane ability that is his birthright, and the reason why it has entire houses of the Eloim united against him.
He will need all his courage and cunning if he is to avoid a violent death and a shallow grave.
He will need the truest of friends and powerful magic if wants to be anything more than....
Another Fairy Bastard
If you like the snarkiness of Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series, the romantic angst and powerful female characters in Kim Harrison's The Hollows, or the resourceful wizard in the action packed Dresden Files by Jim Butcher; then you are sure to love Dalton Graham in Another Fairy Bastard.
https://amzn.to/3dr8YCc
Another Fairy Bastard by Ron Randall
https://amzn.to/3dr8YCc
Murder, Mayhem, and Magic
College prepares you for many things, and the Army even more, but neither prepared Dalton Graham for the murder that occurred across the hall, or the fact that he was its intended victim.
Assailed and assaulted by inhuman, magic wielding villains who want nothing more than his death - he goes on the run, protected by the mysterious and lethal Umi Nitaku, who is equal parts shy stranger and beautiful angel of death.
As they flee from one danger to another, he begins to discover the arcane ability that is his birthright, and the reason why it has entire houses of the Eloim united against him.
He will need all his courage and cunning if he is to avoid a violent death and a shallow grave.
He will need the truest of friends and powerful magic if wants to be anything more than....
Another Fairy Bastard
If you like the snarkiness of Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series, the romantic angst and powerful female characters in Kim Harrison's The Hollows, or the resourceful wizard in the action packed Dresden Files by Jim Butcher; then you are sure to love Dalton Graham in Another Fairy Bastard.
https://amzn.to/3dr8YCc
"Elder Blood: A Story of Ancient Prophecies and Political Conspiracies" by E. A. Setser
https://amzn.to/2J4Rf8C
Everyone has their secrets.
In Berinin, a new Chieftain Heir is born, but only his grandfather and a child from ArcNos know the truth of his birth. In Ferya, a denial of paternity fractures a family. In Ivaria, the plight of an orphan motivates his adoptive father to seek a child of his own blood.
These four children - MeiLom of ArcNos, Galo of Berinin, Eytea of Ferya, and Vielle of Ivaria - are part of a long-forgotten line of hominids called Hybrids.
Soon after, an ArcNosian soldier walks into the clutches and care of a shadow group with technology paling all of Ouristihra. Thus begins his rise to power, flanked by The Avatars of Fate as they preach the doctrine of The Epimetheus Trial.
With their hands firmly in the Northland powerhouse, The Avatars' focus is twofold. Topple the rest of the continent. And eradicate the Hybrids.
Derelicts, rebels, and refugees come together to overthrow the new power structure and drive out The Avatars. Nobody knows where they came from or what they're ultimately after. But one thing is certain.
"We need to operate under the assumption that nobody is coming to our rescue."
https://amzn.to/2J4Rf8C
"Elder Blood: A Story of Ancient Prophecies and Political Conspiracies" by E. A. Setser
https://amzn.to/2J4Rf8C
Everyone has their secrets.
In Berinin, a new Chieftain Heir is born, but only his grandfather and a child from ArcNos know the truth of his birth. In Ferya, a denial of paternity fractures a family. In Ivaria, the plight of an orphan motivates his adoptive father to seek a child of his own blood.
These four children - MeiLom of ArcNos, Galo of Berinin, Eytea of Ferya, and Vielle of Ivaria - are part of a long-forgotten line of hominids called Hybrids.
Soon after, an ArcNosian soldier walks into the clutches and care of a shadow group with technology paling all of Ouristihra. Thus begins his rise to power, flanked by The Avatars of Fate as they preach the doctrine of The Epimetheus Trial.
With their hands firmly in the Northland powerhouse, The Avatars' focus is twofold. Topple the rest of the continent. And eradicate the Hybrids.
Derelicts, rebels, and refugees come together to overthrow the new power structure and drive out The Avatars. Nobody knows where they came from or what they're ultimately after. But one thing is certain.
"We need to operate under the assumption that nobody is coming to our rescue."
https://amzn.to/2J4Rf8C
https://amzn.to/2yMjLGM
"Heaven's End" by Roger Wilco
At the end of all creation, when Hell is unleashed on Earth, the Bible foretells of seven years of tribulation. For those humans not taken in the Rapture, they are left to fend for themselves as those years pass without ceasing. Amidst the chaos of a demon infested world, full of giant Nephilim, grotesque abominations, and zombies, Judy Bishop fights to save her children with the help of a rogue angel and an artificial life form with a mind of her own.
https://amzn.to/2yMjLGM
https://amzn.to/2yMjLGM
"Heaven's End" by Roger Wilco
At the end of all creation, when Hell is unleashed on Earth, the Bible foretells of seven years of tribulation. For those humans not taken in the Rapture, they are left to fend for themselves as those years pass without ceasing. Amidst the chaos of a demon infested world, full of giant Nephilim, grotesque abominations, and zombies, Judy Bishop fights to save her children with the help of a rogue angel and an artificial life form with a mind of her own.
https://amzn.to/2yMjLGM
https://amzn.to/3bjS1Xn
"Impact" by Douglas Preston
Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world.
A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater.
A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated, the data missing.
High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting.
https://amzn.to/3bjS1Xn
https://amzn.to/3bjS1Xn
"Impact" by Douglas Preston
Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world.
A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater.
A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated, the data missing.
High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting.
https://amzn.to/3bjS1Xn