A Shadow's Whisper (The Shadow of Argion Book 1)

 

A Shadow's Whisper

(The Shadow of Argion Book 1)

Every man has a shadow—a voice that tempts, pulls, and whispers promises of power. Some fight it and rise above. Others give in and fall.

In the kingdom of Argion, dark days have begun. Duvessia has seized the throne of Norbai, her ambitions threatening to plunge the land into chaos. Jak only wanted a quiet life, but when Duvessia’s elite warriors come for him, he’s forced to run for his life—dragged into a conflict far greater than he understands.

Meanwhile, Princess Helena of Sennelin is on a desperate mission to secure her kingdom’s future, and it all depends on finding Jak. As armies gather and kingdoms fall, Queen Treance entrusts a young commander with holding the line against Duvessia’s forces.

But something far worse stirs in the shadows. An ancient power awakens, seeking someone to wield its strength and bring about the end of Argion.

The battle for the world has begun, and the line between hero and villain is fading. When the shadow whispers, who will answer?

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District #3: A Vincent Calvino Novel

It is the year 2036. Like the rest of the world, Thailand has been irrevocably transformed by the full fury of climate change, leading to profound social and political upheaval. Bangkok, now a city of semi-autonomous districts, serves as a microcosm of this turmoil. In District #3, Calvino, a determined investigator, delves into the mysterious death of a reality show winner's husband amidst a backdrop of chaos where crazies, freaks, Fliers, and Al agents roam the streets of Bangkok. As extreme weather events wreak havoc on daily life, an evangelical preacher exploits the reality show to propagate his message among the Thai populace. Calvino's role expands beyond mere investigation; he finds himself entangled in a celebrity security detail aboard an oligarch's opulent superyacht. Here, neo-feudal lords gather to bid for a Thai bride and celebrate Freedom Day, illustrating the stark inequalities that have emerged in this new world order. District #3 is a story in the tradition of Huxley's Brave New World and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. The narrative revolves around the fragile relationship between the powerful few and those who fight for survival. The neo-feudal lords gather for a lavish celebration while Calvino’s client becomes the entertainment. His investigation uncovers an unsettling connection between exclusive compounds in the Blue Zone and a groundbreaking reality space known as π. The intertwining themes of climate change, social inequality, and political chaos are vividly depicted as characters navigate a social landscape marked by desperation and repression. Private eye Vincent Calvino’s client draws him into a case that offers him a front-row seat to the workings of an underground climate change resistance movement.

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3 Scary Good Coloring Books

    3 Scary Good Coloring Books 

Magical Creatures:

65 Images to Color When You Need to

Go Down a Rabbit Hole

A coloring book of 65 images for inner your goth or inner magical creature that is lurking inside of you. This coloring book contains images featuring magical coffee cups, skulls, spiders that see into the future, witches, possessed cars, chalices that don’t seem to ever run empty, cute animals from other worlds, and the occasional vampire. The images will ignite your imagination to what other realms can hold for you to see and feel.

What colors call the images are all within you and only you have the power to unleash those combinations.

When you want something that won’t haunt you and go bump in the night, this is the goth coloring book for you!

Images that can ignite the magic within you and you can unleash that magic with your coloring!! Have a hauntingly magical spooky time coloring!

As a bonus, there is a recipe at the end of the book for you to create something spookily good at the end of this book.

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Witches, Vampires, and Cell Phones: 50 Images to Color 

A coloring book with 50 pages of witches, vampires, and witches and vampires with cell phones. Unleash the inner goth, the inner witch and inner vampire all while staying with current times. Even though there are no spells or magic in this book, just a place to unleash your inner artist and unwind. The witches can become spooky, beautiful, haunting, and scary depending on how you color them in. The vampires can be spooky, haunting, or as handsome as your heart desires depending on the colors you use.

There are various types of vampires and witches for your coloring desire.

Along with scenes containing vampires and witches with their cell phones making them just like you and the one you desire!

When you want to be witchy without the actual magic or wake up like a vampire, this is the goth coloring book for you.

Have a hauntingly spooky time coloring!

As a bonus, there is a recipe at the end of the book for you to create something spookily good at the end of this book.

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Brighten Your Mood With Coloring:

Things to Color When its Deary Outside or

When Your Heart is Cold

A coloring book that takes you from the forests, meadows, and daylight creatures to the creatures that roam the darkness. The rabbit that has not left the church in centuries and drinks from the priest’s chalice to fairies and nymphs, that though look innocent, are anything but. To the witches to avoid, lest they cast a spell on you, through the darkened forests with a full moon staring down at you, to the maybe not so innocent spirit at the end of your journey. 

Color your way through the magical forest, that looks so innocent, but is not. What danger lies underneath is for you to discover!

The 68 images can be made as spooky and scary as you need to pull yourself out of your funck. 

Nothing is as it seems with this coloring book. 

Take the journey and see where it takes you. Enjoy the hauntingly good time coloring your way through the magical forest

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The CHRONICLES of CHAD RYKER: SUPERNATURAL JUSTICE: BOOK ONE: Shadows of St. Ignatius

 

The CHRONICLES of CHAD RYKER:

SUPERNATURAL JUSTICE: BOOK ONE:

Shadows of St. Ignatius

Shadows of St. Ignatius Step into the world of Shadows of St. Ignatius, a gripping young adult supernatural thriller where ancient secrets collide with modern high school life. Chad Ryker, a humble yet accomplished freshman at St. Ignatius Academy, is thrust into a hidden world of shadowy figures, forbidden rituals, and chilling prophecies. As strange visions and newfound abilities disrupt his idyllic life, Chad uncovers a centuries-old society—the Order of the Shadow—determined to exploit his mysterious lineage. With the help of his brilliant best friend, Kara, and conspiracy-savvy Leo, Chad must confront the darkness threatening his school and the powerful artifact at its center: the Heart of Ignatius. Battling sinister forces and his own fears, Chad faces an impossible choice—embrace his dangerous heritage or risk everything to protect those he loves. Perfect for fans of suspense and adventure, Shadows of St. Ignatius is a spine-tingling tale of courage, friendship, and the eternal fight between light and darkness. Are you ready to face the shadows?

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The Transformation of CHARLOTTE POOLE

by

Meg North

I only wanted to be cured! That's what I told Adam Damon. Cure me. Save me. I've been sick for years. My doctor told me I'm going to die in a matter of weeks. No one can heal me. Only you ... 

His solution was to strap me to his miracle invention: the Damon Machine. 

Electrodes on my skin pumped hundreds of volts right into my body. Buzzing and zapping like I was filled with wasps. 

That cure almost killed me. But I lived through it - and I woke up into the nightmare of what he'd done! 

He didn't heal me. He made me into something much, much worse. Lightning in my hands! High velocity electric voltage coursing through my veins. I can kill people with just one touch. 

And now I've got to work with the madman who transformed me.

Because if I don't control these dangerous powers, I'll be a menace to society. And if I can control them? Then the world needs me like it's never needed anyone before. 

Join me, Charlotte Poole, on my unbelievable journey of transformation from a regular teenage girl into one of the most influential - and powerful - people of the1880s. It's all here, in the "Charlotte Poole" series.

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IMMORTALITY BYTES: Digital Minds Don't Get Hungry

  

IMMORTALITY BYTES:

Digital Minds Don't Get Hungry 

"Living forever... it's almost worth dying for." Pitch: “When an idealistic hacker’s ex-girlfriend nears inventing digital immortality, an indicted tycoon compels him to steal it.” Accolades: 1.) Publishers Weekly’s BookLife Reviews — “✓EDITOR’S PICK” 2.) Won “Best Science Fiction: Cyberpunk” in the 7th Annual American Fiction Awards (2024) 3.) Won “Best Humor/Satire” in the Storytrade Awards (a Reedsy “Best Writing Contest” 2024) 4.) Won "Best Science Fiction” and "Best Political Fiction" in the American Writing Awards (2024). 5.) Earned 5-Star Reviews from Manhattan Book Review, ReaderViews, and ReadersFavorite. 6.) “feels like an American Douglas Adams.” — San Francisco Book Review 7.) “a supercharged, high-stakes, cyberpunk thriller... Our Verdict: ✓GET IT” — Kirkus Reviews Blurb: In an all-too-possible, not-so-distant future dominated by AI, universal basic income, and “subtirees” living pod-bound lives of leisure, idealistic, semi-slacker hacker Stu Reigns dreams of more. When Stu’s brilliant ex, Roxy Zhang, develops digital immortality, the world’s powerful elite scramble to secure their eternal existence. Enter Chuck Rosti, a merciless, terminally ill tycoon made more dangerous since he’s on the brink of conviction for massive fraud. His plan? Coerce Stu into helping get Roxy’s groundbreaking invention so “Feds can incarcerate my corpse.” Caught between a sick billionaire, a Russian mob, digital mind clones, and a shrewd, devout Southern matriarch, Stu gets tangled in a twisted, high-stakes, ‘inverted heist.’ But as betrayals mount and revenge includes murder, Stu and new allies must race to save lives and seek justice in humanity’s digital immortality. Fans of smart cyberpunk, like Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, or sci-fi with humor, as in Andy Weir’s The Martian or John Scalzi’s Redshirts, will love Immortality Bytes. Other Comparable Books: READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline, BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley, and PLAYER PIANO by Kurt Vonnegut.

Author's website: https://corpaniaproductions.com/immortality-bytes

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THE GHOST OF BERTHA MAE

THE GHOST OF BERTHA MAE

by

Carolyn Parnell

Yvette Hardin was born to a narcissistic mother who detested her from the moment she entered the world. Over the years, her mother, Bertha Mae, began to strike, curse, belittle, neglect, and demand Yvette do household chores. 

When Yvette had time to be alone, she prayed that her mother, Bertha Mae, would not scream her name, demanding her to get her stinky, lazy behind up and cater to her. She daydreamed about a better life and prayed that one day her mother would love her. 

Several days after Yvette graduated high school, her mother died, leaving her without an answer, and feeling lost. Frightfully, she wasn't finished taunting her.

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The Roundabout: A Coalition Series Book - 8

Recently outclassed and outgunned by advanced civilizations, the Coalition embarks on an unprecedented program to develop new weapons. A crisis emerges when mercenaries hijack convoys of vital materials.

Mikal Rush, a junior lieutenant in a local defense squadron, is chosen to infiltrate the mercenaries to discover who is behind the attacks. As a child, Rush was found roaming the streets of Katann. His lack of societal markers and piloting skills make him the ideal choice for the dangerous mission. Rush is joined by Ensign Plia Salkey, a Wylin Ensign with comparable skills who is equally unknown.

The danger of discovery is a constant companion as they join the ranks of the mercenaries and rapidly rise in the ranks. Their nerves are frayed as the danger ratchets up to a thrilling crescendo.
Find out what happens when Mikal is given an impossible choice.

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A Blood Moon Over Las Vegas 

Sex, drugs and human blood

A Blood Moon Over Las Vegas is a modern, adult, vampire tale that chronicles the Las Vegas clan: An extended family that requires human blood to survive, and sex to bind them together. 

After 20 years, Reed returns to the Las Vegas clan threatening to interfere with his Uncle Franda’s intrigues. He has come back seeking revenge on the man who arranged the death of his father.

Franda’s mother, Grandma Sofi, is the matriarch of the family which runs the Desert Rest Mortuary and Crematorium. Uncle Franda controls the business with an iron fist and secretly deals drugs on the side.

Aunt Cindith knows his secret and will do whatever she must to keep her piece of the pie, setting up an epic family conflict.

The Las Vegas clan are not vampires in the traditional sense: No magic, no shape-shifting and no immortality. But they do live longer than humans and they do need human blood, which they acquire each month during the Celebration of the Blood Moon.

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Taj's Sabbatical: Book One, Sol System Enforcer Chronicles

Taj's Sabbatical:

Book One, Sol System Enforcer Chronicles

Taj was looking forward to his two-year sabbatical from the Sol System Enforcers. At the young age of 62, he was hoping for another 50 years as an Enforcer, but right now, he needed time off. Taj, and his partner Taddy, were planning travel to Festival City in the Asteroid Belt.

But, evil never rests. As Taj prepared for a peaceful retreat, his enemies had a different plan. Someone very powerful wanted Taj dead and wasn't afraid to target his family to prove their point. All Taj knew was that he must present himself in Armstrong City of Luna in a single day, or Taddy would die on the Carousel.

Taj's family all spring into action to rescue Taddy and prevent Taj from sacrificing himself. By Taj's side were Sammy and the Twins, three of the best military class synthetics found in the Sol System and fellow Enforcers ready to fight. Together with Taj's dead father Fencer, who recently transferred his consciousness into the ARK, his mother Dyani and younger brother Jayce they battle time and powerful enemies in order to survive.

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Review

The importance of family cannot be overemphasized. Most people can go to any length, even in the face of deadly odds, to protect their families. Taj's Sabbatical by Artell Smith and Troy Smith is a sci-fi and suspense thriller that tells the story of dedication to family and sacrifice above everything.

Taj, a 62-year-old enforcer, was enjoying his sabbatical when he got a message that his partner, Taddy, had been captured by Fayzaan, the evil and sadistic Crown Prince, who was hellbent on revenge. His only option was to surrender himself to save Taddy's life. Taj contacted his parents and brother, who swung into action. With the help of other enforcers and very skilled synthetics, they embarked on a dangerous journey to save Taddy and Taj.

I totally enjoyed the book. I particularly loved the fact that it was set in the future, with very amazing technological advancements and innovations. These innovations were at first difficult to grasp, but they were well described, which made them easy to envision. I also loved the bond between the family members and the core values, such as sacrifice and love, shown by the members of the family. Equally noteworthy was the sacrifice, bravery, and grit displayed by the other enforcers and synthetics, which was very heroic and commendable. The terms in the book were well described and explained, making it very easy to understand and enjoy the story. I totally loved the story.

I did not dislike anything about the book. Although I found a few terminologies a little hard to understand, they were adequately explained. There was a beautiful balance between action and emotion, which made the book way more interesting. The author's writing style was very refreshing, with very interesting innovations and technological advancements. I really enjoyed the book.

I rate this book five out of five stars for its intriguing and suspense-filled story. The book was expertly edited, and I found no grammatical errors while reading it. I wholeheartedly recommend this book for lovers of sci-fi books with intriguing technological innovations. I also highly recommend this book for individuals looking for a beautiful suspense-filled thriller novel. This book will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat. -OnlineBookClub