New Releases by David Adams

From the stories suggested by the great cave paintings of the Paleolithic period to the thought experiments of modern scientists, ''From Olympus to Camelot'' provides a sweeping history of the development of the rich and varied European mythological tradition. David Leeming, an authority on world mythology, begins with a general introduction to mythology and mythological terms, and then turns to the stories themselves. Discussing well-known figures such as Zeus, Aphrodite, Thor, and Cuchulainn, and less familiar ones such as Perun, Mari, and the Sorcerer of Lescaux, Leeming illustrates and analyzes the enduring human endeavor to make sense of existence through deities and heroes.

Literary legend David Adams Richards follows the epic Miramichi Trilogy with a startling standalone novel of concentrated power. The Raskin brothers were once proud to be producers of a much sought-after material of great benefit to society--asbestos. But now their mine is under close scientific scrutiny, with reports of serious illness linked to the place. The world is changing, no doubt for the better... But in the shadow of the mine, the values of a whole community are transforming, in more sinister ways. The Raskins'' nephew Byron, a war hero and man of wealth, urges the brothers to look for other, less toxic minerals to extract. But meanwhile his own world is unravelling in ways that are unlikely ever to be fixed. His wife Carmel, whom he vaingloriously believed he was rescuing with his marriage proposal, has become an intellectual and political poseur. She and her son Albert are contemptuous of the values of Byron and his kind, while still finding use for his wealth and property. Carmel and Albert, it seems, are heralds of a new world addicted to mimicry and empty self-promotion, to delusions and temptations. Its victims are growing in number: a college professor in town is falsely accused of sexual harassment; a young woman is slipped an hallucinogen at a party with appalling consequences for her and two boys. And what of poor, naive Eva Mott, the captivating beauty who wished to be like her talented cousin Clara? Her story and the book that bears her name will haunt you. The Tragedy of Eva Mott has all the power and brilliance--and many flashes of wry humour--of David Adams Richards at the very top of his form. It will attract controversy but its fierce authenticity cannot be denied.

Balance in Healthcare is an easy to understand guide to maintaining a balanced medium of activities for healthy living. The book points out key aspects of balance in living a healthy life, and gives information on toxic lifestyle elements that can cause imbalance. These aspects include lifestyle, diet, family relationships, spirituality, the immune system, the endocannabinoid system, the antioxidant system and the concept of energy balance in the human body. The contents are expressed in a simple way, while delving into the relevant scientific explanations and also place an emphasis on the positive aspects of relationships and spirituality. Balance in Healthcare therefore, serves as a simple detoxification reference to readers from all walks of life, enabling anyone to understand and relearn the traditional concept of balance from a scientific angle so that they can achieve their highest potential when making choices for their mental and physical well-being.

Pavlov’s Dogs, a squad of Russian Confederation spetsnaz, have been tasked with transporting a highly classified briefcase across the world of Syrene; a backwater system torn by civil infighting. The Russian Confederation, the eastern counterparts to the United Earth, want the contents of the briefcase. The Separatists want it too. Pavlov’s Dogs are charging headlong into massive shift in the balance of power in the Liv system: the Khorsky Incident. The Swarm are returning, the United Earth fleets will burn, but before war returns to humanity, the Khorsky Incident has to play itself out, and Pavlov’s Dogs have a part in it. Everything is about to change, and it all begins on Syrene. A short story set in the Legacy Fleet universe, sixteen years before the events of Legacy Fleet. A prequel to the novel Hammerfall.

Nation states often engage in espionage and black-ops, even in times of peace. Especially in those times. Russian Confederation pilot Lieutenant Borislava “Chainsaw” Lukina’s task is simple. Find the United Earth frigate Vigilance, and distract them while a spetsnaz agent attaches a tracking beacon to the ship’s hull. All they have to do is cripple their own ship and wait to be found, then engage in a risky space-walk with no backup where they’ll both be shot as spies if they’re caught. What could possibly go wrong? A novella set in the Legacy Fleet universe, sixteen years before the events of Legacy Fleet. A prequel to the novel Hammerfall.

Spout the Dragon Becomes a Firefighter By: David Adams Spout isn’t your ordinary fire breathing dragon, he is a unique water dragon. His water ability sets him apart from the other dragons. He learns being different from his peers isn’t always easy, but being true to yourself is more important. When the forest is on fire, Spout decides to help the firefighters. He realizes that being unique can lead to extraordinary dreams.

Broken and crippled from an interstellar war, Nicholas Caddy is augmented and specially trained to pilot the Immortal Armour, an engine of war arriving just in time to face down a threat much more devastating than anything the Colonized Worlds could ever conceive of. A prequel to the novel Symphony of War and featuring many of the same characters, this novel-length collection features four stories of Caddy''s war, with a bonus short story at the end. Set over a decade before the events of Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign.

Southport has fallen, and the claws of the Myriad crawl ever closer to the vulnerable city of New Panama. They reproduce endlessly, consuming their local environment and turning it into new soldiers. The Immortals expend tonne after tonne of ammunition fighting a perfectly evolved bioweapon that cares nothing for casualties. The days wear at them. Their systems begin to fail. And always, always, the Myriad advance. Nicholas Caddy must fight to save New Panama…but the stakes are higher than he could ever imagine. Part four and finale of The Immortals series set in the Universe of War, twelve years before the events of Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign.

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Works such as Joseph Conrad''s Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, Virginia Woolf''s The Voyage Out, E. M. Forster''s A Passage to India, and Evelyn Waugh''s A Handful of Dust explore the relationship between Britain and its colonies when the British Empire was at its height. David Adams observes that, because of their structure and specific literary allusions, they also demand to be read in relation to the epic tradition. The elegantly written and powerfully argued Colonial Odysseys focuses on narratives published in English between 1890 and 1940 in which protagonists journey from the familiar world of Europe to alien colonial worlds. The underlying concerns of these narratives, Adams discovers, are often less political or literary than metaphysical: in each of these fictions a major character dies as a result of the journey, inviting reflection on the negation of existence. Repeatedly, imaginative encounters with distant, uncanny colonies produce familiar, insular presentations of life as an odyssey, with death as the home port. Expanding postcolonial and Marxist theories by drawing on the philosophy of Hans Blumenberg, Adams finds in this preoccupation with mortality a symptom of the failure of secular culture to give meaning to death. This concern, in his view, shapes the ways modernist narratives reinforce or critique imperial culture—the authors project onto British imperial experience their anxieties about the individual''s relation to the absolute.

We have shown you the focus of PEACE, and through that we invite you to look at YOUR DIVINE PLAN, and to work with it through both your energy bodies and your physical bodies, by HARMONIZING the CONSCIOUSNESS and the MIND in a single purpose of PEACEFUL BEINGNESS !! The more you radiate the ESSENCE OF PEACE from within yourself, the greater the PEACE that will be achieved on the Planet itself. From a tiny acorn the oak Tree will grow! And from your INDIVIDUAL LIGHT OF PEACE, the greater Planetary PEACE will grow. This is the message I took to the BLUE PLANET eons of time ago. It is the message that I bring to YOU now. It is for YOU to determine if you run with it or ignore it, individually or collectively. I merely offer an alternative .. PEACE, LOVE AND HARMONY IN ALL HEARTS AND MINDS. From Sananda, January 21, 2001

Enlightenment Cosmopolitanism brings together ten innovative contributions by outstanding scholars working across a wide array of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Interdisciplinary in its methodology and compass, with a strong comparative European dimension, the volume examines discourses ranging from literature, historiography, music and opera to anthropology and political philosophy. It makes an original contribution to the study of 18th-century ideas of universal peace, progress and wealth as the foundation of future debates on cosmopolitanism. At the same time, it analyses examples of counter-reaction to these ideas and discusses the relevance of the Enlightenment for subsequent polemics on cosmopolitanism, including 21st-century debates in sociology, politics and legal theory.

Peace in our time. The Toralii guns are silent. Humanity’s home of Velsharn is secure. There are no more battles. No more wars. The machinations of a dying man have traded a single life for a species; Captain Melissa Liao’s world is four iron walls and pain, but her suffering buys life for mankind. Her legacy is one of struggle, selflessness, and sacrifice. Held in the grasp of the Toralii Alliance, she takes little comfort in this. Is this the swansong for war, for steel and blood and gunpowder? Is this the price of peace? Amongst the crew of the TFR Beijing, the TFR Tehran, and the TFR Washington, a chorus rings: No one gets left behind. The climactic sixth, and final, book of the Lacuna series. Lacuna Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!) Don''t miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe: Magnet Magnet: Special Mission Magnet: Marauder Magnet: Scarecrow (new release!) Magnet Omnibus I (new release!) Imperfect Faith

I am Ren of Atikala. Warlord. Conqueror. Murderer. I have many stories yet to tell, but this one is the most bloody. There was a time I thought I was a God. Something greater than inconsequential mortals; better than my kobold kin, better than elves and dwarves and everyone. Peerless. Indefatigable. Monomaniacal in my quest for superiority. Everything I had done to lead me to this point ultimately hurt me. Death was my shadow and I cast it everywhere I went. It grew larger and larger, sucking in everyone around me and swallowing them whole. Then it fell on me. This is the story about why I am not a hero. Book three of the Kobolds series. The Kobolds series: #1: Ren of Atikala#2: Ren of Atikala: The Scars of Northaven#3: Ren of Atikala: The Empire of Dust#4: Ren of Atikala: The Exile Other stories set in Drathari, the World of Shattered Dreams: - Sacrifice- The Pariahs- The Pariahs: Freelands- The Pariahs: Elfholme- The Pariahs: The Abyss (coming soon!)

Two sellswords, now pariahs, split up to escape injustice. But the ghosts of the past come back to haunt Brea the half-elf, while Kozog the half-orc finds peril lurking much closer to his chest than he could ever imagine. A novella set in Drathari, the world of Ren of Atikala. Part two of the The Pariahs series.

"Canada will NEVER be a safe haven for zombies. EVER." - John Baird, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2013 There are so many things worse than death. Let''s explore some, shall we? As inevitable as birth, death is just another part of life. No more malicious than the sunset at the end of a day. It isn''t some evil bogeyman that preys upon innocent mortals who would otherwise live forever. All good things must come to an end. But what if they don''t? What is life continued as a rotten parody of its previous existence, left to jerk and move, their mind a driver unable to drive stick? Dive into this confused mish-mash of stories set in Hugh Howey''s world of I, Zombie. Enjoy the comedic, the horrific, the stupid and the insightful. Still not fit for human consumption.

It''s 2037. I''m Mike Williams, but you can call me ''Magnet''. Everyone else does. It''s short for ''Chick Magnet'', which is good old-fashioned military humour at its finest. At age fifteen, my face picked a fight with the propeller of my family''s boat, on a shoal near Broome, off Western Australia. It was an accident, but, needless to say, the propeller won. Twelve years later, I was a not-so-ruggedly-handsome fighter pilot assigned to the TFR Sydney. Not the Captain, or flight leader, or anything similarly exciting. Nobody special, just one mostly-unmemorable pilot among the many nameless, faceless masses. I''m Magnet. This is my story. Contains: Magnet Magnet: Special Mission Magnet: Marauder Magnet: Scarecrow and a bonus story, "Magnet Saves Christmas"! This novel length collection of Magnet stories is interwoven into the Lacuna universe, taking place between Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi and Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity, but is suitable for reading as a standalone collection. Parts of the Lacuna universe: - Magnet - Magnet: Special Mission - Magnet: Marauder - Magnet: Scarecrow - Magnet Omnibus I (new release!) - Imperfect - Faith The Lacuna series: - Lacuna - Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi - Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion - Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!) - Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!)

My name is Mike “Magnet” Williams. I''ve come a long way. These days I have my own ship, the Rubens. We stole it from the Toralii Alliance. For the last year the Rubens has been tasked with ‘counter-logistical privateering’ against the Toralii Alliance, attacking their military supply network. We hit them hard, we get out, we do it all over again. Modern day buccaneers given total autonomy. We''re alone, without anothr Human within a thousand light years. If only that were true. Somewhere out in the black, around a remote moon covered in ice that''s kilometres thick, we found something. Something that was not supposed to be there. Something we were not supposed to find. Scarecrow. I can take a lot of pressure. Fighter pilots are supposed to be able to do that. Whatever the universe throws at me, I can handle it. So far I''ve faced aliens, friendly and otherwise, and I''ve seen things that so very few Humans have. I''ve dealt with it all. But not this. Not my own conscience. 15,700-word story in the Lacuna universe, set after the events of Magnet: Marauder and Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity, but suitable for reading as a stand-alone story. Parts of the Lacuna universe: - Magnet - Magnet: Special Mission - Magnet: Marauder - Magnet: Scarecrow (new release!) - Imperfect - Faith The Lacuna series: - Lacuna - Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi - Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion - Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!) - Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!)

Humans thought that they could stand amongst the older races. They believed, in their hubris, that the perils of interstellar travel could be mastered within a single generation. That they would be spared the wrath of the Toralii. Now humanity lies in ashes. The cradle of our civilization, Earth, is nothing more than a charred husk, a dead world in an empty solar system in an unremarkable corner of the galaxy. The war is over. We lost. Captain Melissa Liao and the remaining band of Humans, numbering barely in the tens of thousands, hold the future of their entire species in their hands. They must settle a new world, encounter friends and enemies new and old, and plant the seeds of hope in the ashes of humanity. Book four of the Lacuna series. - Lacuna - Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi - Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion - Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!) - Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming 2014!) Don''t miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe: - Magnet - Magnet: Special Mission - Magnet: Marauder - Imperfect - Faith

The central theme of the Bible is about life, specifically the eternal life that is God''s gift to all who believe in what he says about himself, and who accompany that belief with repentance. In this short book, we''ve pulled together many of the key bible verses that deal with this theme of life. Their combined effect is electric, especially when seen in contrast to the verses that speak of death. This book will be encouraging to born-again Christians, and challenging to those who are inclined to regard the Bible as little more than a significant ancient document. It will also alert non-believers to the heart of the Christian gospel

I am Ren of Atikala. Kobold. Sorceress. Warrior. I am many things and I have many stories to tell. This one is about my home. Home. The word has a special resonance with us all. Great or humble, rich or poor, everyone cherishes their home and if deprived of it loses a piece of themselves. I remember looking back at Atikala, its ceiling collapsed in, the homes of fifty thousand kobolds crushed under unimaginable tonnes of rock and dirt. I remembering the feeling of horror and denial that immediately set in. I wanted to reject that this had happened to me, to scream to the ceiling until the rock receded, until fate changed its mind and restored everything to the way it was. I thought that life could not be so cruel as to take everything I''d known in an instant. Oh, how I now understand that life can be capricious indeed. This is story of how I came to the surface of Drathari and unwillingly traded a life for a life. The Kobolds series: #1: Ren of Atikala #2: Ren of Atikala: The Scars of Northaven (Now available for preorder!) Other stories set in Drathari, the World of Shattered Dreams: - The Gods are Silent, a short story (Coming early 2015!). Keywords: free, freebie, free download, fantasy, epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, kobold, pathfinder, dungeons and dragons, open gaming content, sorceress

The words of a construct, an artificial mind, ring truer than ever. Humanity has angered a powerful foe and cannot weather the growing storm. The Toralii are coming. But instead of warships, the Toralii Alliance send an ambassador to the Sol system. The message it brings is a startling, marked departure from all other contact with the species... and one that heralds a shift in the balance of power in the Milky Way, the most significant in hundreds of years. The Toralii face a larger threat. A something their ships cannot catch, their weapons cannot touch and gravimetric interference cannot stop. The Toralii, for the first time in centuries, know the crushing grip of fear. The TFR Beijing must face an old enemy, an enemy who has not been idle; an imperfect being whose ambition seems matched only by his capabilities. Liao''s child is born into an era of war and fear, and the spectre of oblivion looms over all mankind. Book three of the Lacuna series. Lacuna Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!) Don''t miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe: Magnet Magnet: Special Mission Magnet: Marauder Magnet: Scarecrow (new release!) Magnet Omnibus I (new release!) Imperfect Faith