Books at Bookhabit.com http://www.bookhabit.com 2008-10-06 19:04:14 Too many we began to measure by money, to replace with them. And what if to manage absolutely without money? Whether it is possible? http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=541 It is hard to tell the difference between the Real World and Dreams. Whenever we think we might be dreaming, pain seems to come and reminds us that we are fully in the midst of the Real. A long time ago, when the Dream World tried to overpower the Real, it was stopped by seven Sigils (guardians) and chaos was created in the process. Today, Connor Hayden - bar tender, band member, and exiled musical angel - will be chosen to stop the Dream World's newest attempts on destroying everything the Real World has created, and with the aid of Danka (the angel of vice), Ion (the time keeper), Aramis (one the God of destruction), and a mysterious girl named Samantha, he will try to stop the Dream... and keep his mind as sane as possible in the process. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=174 "Knowledge is power, David, we must guard it well. ... [Solomon] was not simply collecting the books for their monetary value ... he was collecting them for their inhumanly massive social and intellectual power. Solomon feared these books. He feared what people, reading them, might do." David is born to two mothers in two different worlds. His first mother exists only in the world of myth and history, a barely remembered figure cursed by God. David inhabits this other world in his dreams. Between his dreams and the surreal empire which Solomon, his guardian, is building for him, David struggles to break his myth-mother's curse. Read about the author at fetmilner.com. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=82 These are the stories, and exploits of seven Lesbian friends, who without prejudice, manipulate and play with; the women in their lives. They are non-typical females by most standards, and it would be impossible to pick them out of a crowd; let alone a line up. These forty-something women, have joined forces in a coven of sorts, which prides itself on its growth, independence, loyalty, and it's ability to adapt. The ties that bind them are not laced with secrets, nor are they saturated with lies. For them, the answers come easy; ask the right questions, demand and speak the truth, and know your enemy; and exactly how pissed she is at you. If dating is a game; then they are it's connoisseurs, if love is a drug, then they are it's chemists, and if the truth can be had; they will write it. They say two heads are better than one, now imagine what a Bitch with seven heads can do… http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=643 Baked Alaska was a ridiculous idea at the time: the human race goes mad over fears about global warming and an ice age. Little did I know... http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=396 Can blind men see? The real question is what can't they see? Prepare for the epic intellectual journey of our age. Who was God and where did he come from? What's the difference between God and the Lord God? Who are the false prophet, the dragon and the beast? Why are they the only one's marked for certain death on judgment day? What did they do to us that was so bad that they WILL DIE? Are you ready? Do you have the courage? Are you prepared for the unveiling? Are you prepared to see again? Why haven't you heard of the UFO in the bible? Why don't you remember the helicopter in the bible? Why did the first man Adam divorce his first wife? And why don't you know her name? Why are women considered SO POWERFUL that they have to promise to obey a man when they get married? What are the secrets behind the veil? What was hidden in the Holy of Holies? Who were the pyramids really built for? And why do we worship these men as Gods? Is it a lie that the world will end in December 2012? You cannot afford to miss this potent REVELATION. John wrote the first Revelation. Jeremiah said, "But Lord they won't listen to me." But in a time that requires a new prophet, with the prophecy for a new millennium, a prophet who is a humble man will rise up to REMOVE THE VEIL OF SECRECY. Are you ready for THE TRUTH? "Whatever is covered up will be uncovered, and every secret will be made known." Luke 12 vs 2 http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=1042 Chaos Gate is a fantasy for younger readers. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=1092 Two monarchs and their wordless quarrel amidst their unsuspecting subjects... A sculptor commissioned by a witch to create a statue of the princess... The Moon and the trial he is in... Love comes to different beings in different forms. And sometimes, it brings with it choices that have us sacrificing for that one person who has stolen our hearts. If it's romance with a dash of fantasy you're looking for, this anthology of five short stories is the book for you. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=833 The ancient tale of Jack and the Beanstalk told with more action, magic and giants than ever before. After a plague destroys his village a boy named Jack kills the giant Oggmagog with a bit of bravery and a lot of wit. He gains the attention of the dying King Arthur who sends him on a quest to retrieve his sword Excalibre from Albion, land of the giants, and save Britain from certain destruction. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=590 Difficult way from elements of activity of demons to perfection tops. Even demons should study! http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=683 Book 1 in the CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON series by T. M. Moore, a chronicle of the Xosan, living vampires from the ancient planet Antellus who were once human but were transformed by a dragon's blood. They are stories of science fiction, fact and fantasy, myth and history, tragedy and triumph; set in a universe as real as the reader's own and intermixed with real historical events. The epic series begins in 2256, and nothing is ever what it seems to be. Follow the adventures of Antonia Bellero, a hybrid on a manhunt for a war criminal. Through a quirky twist of fortune she winds up serving on the IFDC dreadnought "Destiny's Forge", where she finds danger and romance. She becomes the catalyst for change in the lives of everyone she meets. But when she comes to the end of her quest, her own past is revealed and her fate shaped by destiny. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=703 When Reida finds herself in the strange and dangerous land of Beyond she's not terribly thrilled to discover that she is now expected to team up with two fellow humans and go on a quest. She's already less than fond of either of her travelling companions... and the prospect of traveling through a strange land in search of a place filled with dragons and dangerous convicts strikes her as less than appealing. However... someone has to do it. For out in the Edge of Beyond, are the only four men who can lead an army against the usurpers slowly conquering the land. Fighting their way past 'psychotic Snow White lookalikes' and mond-controlling vampires, the three questors find allies in very strange places and learn that sometimes... just sometimes all is not what it seems. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=83 Being a survivor of the Roswell UFO incident of 1947, seventeen year old Grace Gregory and her two brothers are use to keeping secrets and looking over their shoulders. But after a crash her brothers caused, her life and those around her begin to spiral out of control as their secrets are revealed and other alien survivors reappear in their lives - including their mother who is supposed to be dead. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=804 Fairies work hard to secure their existance. Witchita and the Sazibees are about to end the fairies existance forever.....But our Illse won't stop trying to do her bit,even if she always gets it wrong.Go on an adventure with Illse! http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=553 Entering adulthood through tragic circumstances, Justin must first become part of the very system that he has vowed to destroy. As a Freewarrior and Sorcerer he is assigned to apprentice as the squire of the very man who killed his parents. Torn between love and violence, with vengeance within reach, he finds that he must save the very Freewarriors that he is sworn to distroy. He must also fight with and against his allies. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=518 Giddeon's War Tales of Avian Book Two By: Craig Grant Giddeon's War takes fantasy to where Watership down meets Jonathan Livingston Seagull and beyond. There are no humans or any of the usual fantasy chacters such as dwarfs or goblins found in this book which makes it quite unique. The main charcter is this story, Giddeon, appears in the last part of Book One as a student in the Flying School. This book has strong narrative drive and builds to a stunning conclusion. An old Darkness returns and the weasely Wuzals grow in power. Led by Bale, a black mage, the Island of Verosa falls to the Wuzals. If they take the Island of Cercon next, they can reach the mainland and threaten all of Avian. This would be a disaster for Birdkind. The Council of Eagles is divided and no longer acts as the Defender of the Realm. They refuse to take action when asked for help, so the Dodon Alliance faces the Wuzals alone. When Giddeon, the young Dodon Mentat, returns from the Flying School he must successfully mastermind the defense of Cercon against the greatest Wuzal invasion Avian has ever seen, or Birdkind will face a dark future. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=77 Surprising adventures of the soldier of the Second World War, at will of a case the become... In the co-authorship with Drakosha http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=744 Sadie Bell believes that love is the single most limited thing in the world. And for a young girl whose passionate distain for limits includes many things, including the ocean and age, placing love at the top spot is definitely making a statement. But when Sadie is spurred into a sudden thirst for adventure and exploration of the world around her, she soon discovers that sometimes things don't go quite as planned. Sometimes, you might stumble upon a mystical seaside clearing that has a strangely supernatural atmosphere. Sometimes, you might happen upon a mysterious boy with strange marks on his shoulderblades in this clearing. And sometimes you will discover that the thing you've been running away from your whole life...is perhaps the biggest adventure of all. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=456 I could live 450 years. And I have seen as women have died out. Remained only sexinen, muminen and men. Horror! http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=543 It was the scratching that woke him. Not knocking, as one could expect so late at night if the horses had got out or the dog had been chasing a neighbour's sheep, but a light scraping tap that shivered down his spine. A shadow passed by the entrance to the room and melted swiftly into the black of the door. He heard the scrape of the bolt as it was drawn back slowly and carefully in answer to the persistent tap, then lowered voices, urgent hisses, the words smothered in the night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fourteen years ago, the ruling disnerenti of Ibnaket were assassinated, their murderer styling himself leader in their place. In a time when any threat to the rule is crushed, Tveren and his father find themselves fleeing their remote village, fearing for their lives. Elsewhere, Rena is fighting to keep her sanity as strange things inexplicably happen to her, disturbing her previously normal life. Comments very much appreciated! http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=527 Legend of the Dark Dragon: Guardian of Souls pulls the reader into the book almost immediately during the opening dream sequence, and the fast moving battles that immediately follow. The characters are diverse in many ways and whether good or bad, or somewhere in the hazy line between, the reader feels very passionate about them. Whether that strong emotion is love, hate, or even fear, the reactions are just as strong. The story follows several characters, and several time lines, but the objective of peace is one any reader will identify with, though the price of peace in this war-stricken land is one that only the truly brave and noble are willing to pay. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=206 Where border between good and harm? How to pass last way? http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=767 Once, in the normal morning of normal day, my poor body my divine soul has visited. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=614 King Minos' tyranny ended with his life. With an herb from the enchanted wood of Hon his wife PasiphaĂ« resurrected her son, the Minotaur Asterion. She then asked the physician Lapyx, the second son of the artisan Daedalus, to construct a reproduction of his father's Labyrinth. It was her plan to seal the beast and other half-forms like him in the forest to guard the secret of eternal life. She feared their sacred evolution would be forever lost in time and knew that only the forest of Hon could protect the ancient creatures from extinction and preserve their majesty. The source behind Hon's secret is a Stone of Power, one of the seven magic stones of the gods. A band of mortals must face the Minotaur and the remnants of the ancient world in order to capture the Stone of Power and save the new world from decaying under the brutality of war, famine, and pestilence. Only the most ancient of pagan secrets can save the Christian kingdoms from falling back into the world of darkness. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=919 Introducing Narg. Grizzled hero of many a battle. His latest mission, to seek out and dispose of a dastardly necromancer, seems simple enough. However, these things have a way of turning out rather more complicated than they first appear... http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=131 It is the story about a married man, that after another bad married desicion, winds up divorced. Faceing personal and financial misery he hits the lottery. The rest of the story is a whirlwind adventure about what he does with his newfound wealth. All the while discovering more about himself than he ever knew existed and maintaing old friendships and making new ones. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=872 Conventional rehabilitation had failed and was long abandoned. A new system had been implicated to ensure societies slow, generational convalescence. Nothing is as it seems in this unflinching glimpse at an unforgiving future. David Lounsbury explores the human factor absent from most modern science fiction. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=498 Primordial is a dark urban fantasy, intelligent pulp loaded with vampires who drain energy, not blood. Think of Blade and Underworld in print, combined with the psycho-social ideas of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, or of a Frank Miller graphic novel with no graphics. But Primordial is more than violent pablum. It journeys deeper, crashing almost continuously through layers of philosophical themes. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=596 Prophecy's Tool Tales of Avian Book One by: Craig Grant This book takes fantasy in a new direction, where Watership Down meets Jonathan Livingston Seagull, on the border of Fantasy and Science Fiction. There are no humans or fantasy charcters such as elves or goblins in this book, which is a strength and a weakness. Comments from my readers indicate that it is suitable for a wide range of readers and it has been compared favourably with Harry Potter and the books of David Eddings. Avian is a Realm in the Entirety where intelligent birds are the dominant life form. It is a natural world, with wild places and birds with character. Some have special powers. Technology is limited but there is rune magic and the the Glarkin, who has been meddling in Avian affairs for a very long time. It is The Time of Tumult and Birdkind faces a dark future as the Darklings sweep across the Entirety, for Birdkind is divided and the Windwarriors are no more. However Elwin the Eagle, who is the Tool of Prophecy has the ability to change Birdkind's dark future if he lives long enough. For Elwin is an Amari half-breed, who must fight to survive in a Darien Keep, as he grows in power. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=75 The 4th book in the CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON series by T. M. Moore, a chronicle of the Xosan, living vampires from the ancient planet Antellus who were once human but were transformed by a dragon's blood. They are stories of science fiction, fact and fantasy, myth and history, tragedy and triumph; set in a universe as real as the reader's own and intermixed with real historical events. The year is 1984. Michael Burton is a reporter who becomes part of the story when he covers the war between the dragon tongs in Chinatown San Francisco. He falls for a beautiful Chinese cop who tries her best to protect him, and forms an unlikely alliance with the Red Dragons. But when his grandmother is murdered, Michael meets with a fullblood who kills for a living to find out why. The answers only serve to deepen the mystery. Michael is captured by the leader of the Black Dragons, Xuan Longyan, and is forced to fight to save the woman he loves. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=705 For the past 160 years, giant birds have been reported in the skies above the Black Forest region of northern Pennsylvania. Now, it's up to one man and one woman, to find out where they came from, and where they've gone. Failed Ph.D. candidate and erstwhile assistant museum curator Ian McQuade is rescued by cartographer Alma Del Nephites, after an ill-fated expedition into the Amazon Basin. They travel to meet the enigmatic CEO of a secretive organization, where the two are given the opportunity to seek out proof of the existence of thunderbirds. A madman's journal will lead them into the heart of a 700 year-old mystery, where cutting edge technology designed to locate and identify such creatures will collide with an ancient power that has hidden and protected them for centuries. Ian must face his past, in order to believe in a future that couldn't possibly exist. With lightning in their eyes and thunder in their wings, who will control the fate and destiny of the thunderbirds? http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=1035 Have you heard of the tale of the end of the Age of Violence? A time when humanity stood on the brink of utter extinction by its own doing? Then come, listen, hear of an Age of savage heroes, and of treacherous villains. A time when demons walked the earth and the empires of men crumbled beneath the blood soaked sky, of an Age torn asunder by the majestic terror of the mushroom clouds. A time when noble monsters were born from polluted ashes while much worse came to rule the world. Let me tell you of the quest of the seven, seven survivors, judges, and executioners. Let me tell you of their many paths, all coming together in the end. Let me tell you of the salvation of the world. Let me tell you of the Reckoners. The year was 2052. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=417 "Song of the Heartland" is a collection of poems in the Gaelic tongue and Scottish brogue, and also includes a Gaelic/Scottish dictionary. These poems are a joy to experience and a pleasure to read. The author recommends reading the poems out loud for the full adventure. Enjoy reading of the everyday subjects such as life and death, joy and loneliness; all set in the gorgeous mystery of the Emerald Isle and read in the beautiful tongue of the Scots. Includes a Scottish/Gaelic dictionary of the words used in the book. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=879 For years, ever since the Great War consumed their former lives, seventeen-year-old Jonathan and his ragtag band of children have been on the run-stalked by the deranged, charismatic Colonel Verrater, whose mission is to conscript young fighters to send to the Front. As the story opens the band of orphans and draft resisters have been cornered in an unused mine. But fate intervenes when they stumble upon a cache of ancient weapons with demonic powers, relics from a technological culture far beyond any they have known: the Souled. Perhaps the most remarkable of the relics is an airship they dub the Celestial Whale. Now the children have a chance to take control of their own destinies. But to do so, they will have to grapple with the scars of war; the ever-vigilant Colonel; and the soul-consuming properties of their newfound weapons. They must discover the secret of the Souled before they perish . . . or worse. Listen to Richard talk about his writing and his book here http://bookhabit.com/newsdetail.php?nid=27 http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=249 Sword of Fyre is the story of Gabryela, a girl who, when abandoned by her father, must uncover the truth of his disappearance and face down the fire within her. Gabryela is the daughter of the local blacksmith in the small town of Paelin. One night, her father leaves with the promise to return, but no sooner has he left before Gabby's house burns down and she finds herself hunted. She searches for her father, her every move forced by the people relentlessly searching for her. Her view of the world moves from simple to complicated and confusing; her best friend is a thief who stands to die for his crimes, she is beginning to start fires when her emotions get the best of her, and she struggles to define the line between defending herself and harming others. Armed only with her father's final gift to her, a sword he crafted that has strange power all on it's own, Gabby discovers a world of Ancient, immortal beings alongside the human world, a war that will define the fate of both worlds, and two kings that could hold her life in the balance. She learns her father wasn't the man she thought he was and with that knowledge comes massive burdens for her shoulders. All comments are greatly appreciated! **New Revised Version Just Posted, Check it Out!** http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=205 The Alchemist is an adventure story with a decidedly metaphysical crosscurrent. The writing is at its best when author, Richard Donald, is setting a scene. The opening at the rugby match is so well crafted I could almost smell the muddy turf, and hear the vertebra crunching. He is also adept (reminiscent of Ian Fleming or Tom Clancy) in identifying the military hardware that is used. Donald's sense of place is also exceptional and also helps the reader suspend disbelief in what is far outside the common experience. The script is devoid of humour, except for a couple of fat guy pratfalls, but this is no distraction in a movie about arms dealers, terrorists, religious fanatics, metaphysical abstraction and spiritual enlightenment. Whether a reader appreciates this story or not, he or she would surely acknowledge that Richard Donald has vast story telling talent. Webb Johnson, Reader (Edited) http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=7 Magicians go among us... The magic exists - round us... And it - only the beginning. And it - only the end. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=725 Book 6 of the CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON series by T. M. Moore, a chronicle of the Xosan, living vampires from the ancient planet Antellus who were once human but were transformed by a dragon's blood. They are stories of science fiction, fact and fantasy, myth and history, tragedy and triumph; set in a universe as real as the reader's own and intermixed with real historical events. Charity Rakham is a young English girl who learns about womanhood the hard way when her father and fiance' are killed by the dread pirate Blackbeard. Sold into slavery, she becomes a maid to a woman of means who is murdered, and she is framed for it. Now a fugitive, she rescues a hostage of the king of thieves who offers her love and the dragon's blood. Charity gains justice when she becomes the captain of the most fearsome pirate ship on the Caribbean Sea. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=707 Imagine finding a mystical grove of cottonwoods, surrounding a deep and foreboding pond. Dive deep into the waters and find a pouch which holds a tangled mass of leather string into which are tied dozens of tiny objects; and when you begin to unwind the string, the world around you changes. The string is the shaman's stylea-a life ball, used to record the events of a person's life. This lifeball belonged to Raven, and the two boys who found it - Joel and David - by unwinding it in the sacred grove of trees have suddenly found themselves transported to the time of the People, the natives who long ago inhabited the place we now call Washington State. Linked together by a shared dream, the two brothers and the must find the courage and resourcefulness to find their lost father and reclaim him from Coyote. Their only clues are the small totems tied into Raven's stylea, each of which represents an important event; but now, in Raven's rediscovered ball, there are 8 new items. These become the map for the adventure. This fantasy is a parable about brothers and how they learn to love and trust each other. It is filled with Native mythology and all its creatures, from the Coyote to the Sasquatch. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=631 THE LOST KINGDOM tells a story of four misfit kids who are lured into another dimension by a mysterious rat named Mickey. The children find themselves in a faraway land full of danger and excitement. Their mission: to defeat an evil sorcerer, hunt for a secret treasure, and help a brave knight return his kingdom to its former glory. During their incredible journey, they find courage and strength they never realized they possessed. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=231 Book 5 in the CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON series by T. M. Moore, a chronicle of the Xosan, living vampires from the ancient planet Antellus who were once human but were transformed by a dragon's blood. They are stories of science fiction, fact and fantasy, myth and history, tragedy and triumph; set in a universe as real as the reader's own and intermixed with real historical events. In 1878 Robert St. John enlists in the British army to serve in Afghanistan. On the way there he meets two strangers who change his life forever. He becomes a hero, is knighted and recruited by Disraeli to form Her Majesty's Secret Service. He is menaced by Count Vladimir Drakulya, who wants the information he keeps secret. Robert loses everything but his life, but finds a new purpose when he reunites with an old friend to help rid London of the evil haunting it. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=706 When the world's greatest paranormal investigator is called away to prevent Doomsday, his children are left with a troubled ghost, a hidden study full of old secrets, and a mysterious baby sitter. It's the first day of summer vacation, and the kids are in for the strangest night of their lives. Listen here to Nathaniel http://www.bookhabit.com/newsdetail.php?nid=42 http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=388 How many times have you hacked down a zombie without thinking about it? Ever wondered who the shadowy force behind that dungeon is? Maybe spared a thought for the poor denizens who are sat around in those chilly Crypts waiting for the next victim? Perhaps it's time to see the story from the other side... http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=148 Book 2 in the CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON series by T. M. Moore, a chronicle of the Xosan, living vampires from the ancient planet Antellus who were once human but were transformed by a dragon's blood. They are stories of science fiction, fact and fantasy, myth and history, tragedy and triumph; set in a universe as real as the reader's own and intermixed with real historical events. Imagine that everything you knew or though you knew about humanity's evolution is turned upside down by just a few days spent on the surface of Mars. Jonathan Kraine is an explorer and archeologist who discovers a ruin beneath the surface, and learns the answers to the greatest mysteries of all time through his friendship with a fullblood Xosan named "Andru". http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=704 Tane Cuchullain Tipene is a Maori youth from a remote marae (village) in rural New Zealand. We meet Tane in the prologue, witnessing the death of both parents during a botched police raid. The experience charts his journey to join the Mastiff motorcycle gang in his later teens. His initiation is colourful story, taking him through the gang, into prison and ultimately back home. Tane's destiny transforms from posting a blog on Maori sovereignty to a current affairs website. His views are spotted by an influential journalist who circulates the posting through her networks. The story explodes into a media storm. Overnight in Maoridom, Tane is hailed as the new 'Tohunga' - a mythical figure foretold to emerge and unite the notoriously tribal Maori and lead them to a long desired homeland. Judith Eugenie Dalton is NZ's Prime Minister. A 40 year old, single, career politician; she leads a fracturing coalition government with a tenuous grip on power. Groomed from birth to develop into a ruthless political leader; she has sacrificed her youth, life and secret desire for love to serve the political party founded by her recently deceased father. Judith will do whatever it takes to lead the Liberal Progressive Party (LPP) to a second consecutive term in office; to honour the vow she made to her father on his deathbed. Globally, all western world democracies are under the control of a species called the 'Chosen'. Human in all respects, the Chosen are unique in possession of a mutated gene known as AZG. At its base cellular level, AZG enhances their ability to use hypnotic suggestion techniques. The Chosen have infiltrated all positions of power since the industrial revolution using their ability. Genetic purity is the ultimate Chosen objective. At 82%, Judith is the highest born Chosen in New Zealand and one of an elite group who control all governments in the western world; their status and influence governed by individual AZG purity. The Chosen manipulate the general or 'drone' population using a subliminal mind control program known as EFFD. The program has developed from primitive hypnosis into a modern version administered by microbe through the water supply. The microbe activates behavioural suggestion trigger phrases embedded in the media, with television, radio and hit / chart music the primary carriers. John Charston is the American Ambassador to NZ - a maverick, highborn Chosen bachelor who plays outside the rules. His deployment to NZ was due to a misdemeanour on his last diplomatic posting. John's only way back into the coveted European Chosen inner circle is to deliver on his primary intelligence objective; a strategic nuclear missile base on Mt Ruapehu. However, the Maori consider the mountain 'tapu' (sacred) and have vetoed any type of development. John seduces Judith. Primarily to develop leverage against the Maori, he also finds the highest born Chosen female in NZ an irresistible challenge. He is assisted by his long-term confidante and valet, Plimmer, an undercover field operative for the global Chosen Ruling High Council. Judith perceives John as the ultimate Chosen catch, and a fortuitous last chance to connect with an AZG compatible life partner now the dominating influence of her Father has passed. John also provides her with a suitable fall back position should the Liberals lose the looming election and her career ends in political oblivion. She falls hard for John, but due to doctored condoms planted by Plimmer, inadvertently falls pregnant from their liaison. Judith faints during a caucus meeting and rushed to the private Chosen hospital. Her unborn child is identified with 94% AZG - the highest genetic purity ever recorded in the history of the Chosen species. The global Chosen Ruling High Council immediately becomes involved, secretly aware that AZG over 90% stops human cell degeneration. After decades of multi billion dollar research and failed selective breeding programs, Judith's child has the genetic footprint that will give them immortality. To secure Judith's cooperation, the Council must break their prime directive prohibiting use of EFFD in the democratic process. The rule is based on historical experience of engineering results in western democracies, which at one low point, created the circumstances that brought Hitler to power. The Council will do whatever it takes to ensure the safe delivery of Judith's child. They suggest installing a newly developed, prototype version of EFFD to program the Maori to simply vote Liberal at the next election and abandon all desire for sovereignty. To install the new program, the Maori gather in their tribal groups at mass meetings in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. Their participation assured, lured by the promise to formalise their independent state. Tane, with his newfound status as the Tohunga, is deeply involved in planning and preparation for the 'Homeland Hui'. At the mass meetings, an error in the dosage of the new microbe causes all three groups to experience cerebral cortex overload. As 300,000 Maori embark on a psychotic rampage, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch transform into war zones. Judith escapes the carnage and flees to her deserted, nuclear protected home to contact the High Council and get an urgent reversal program beamed out via the media. In her panic at the horror of death and destruction she has witnessed, she omits to disarm the property's security system. Concluding her discussion with the Council, the nuclear warheads around the perimeter of her home arm and fire - Wellington is obliterated. Judith retreats to her fallout bunker to recontact the Council. They agree to mobilise and despatch immediate military assistance from Australia and the U.S.A. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=792 In the U.S. Geological Survey, there are over 100 tribal and 2300 location names, in the United States alone, for a creature that walks in myth and legend throughout the 25,000 square miles of the Pacific Northwest. As a young boy on a family camping trip, 9 year old Ian McQuade encountered one of the giant, apelike beings. The experience changed his life forever, limiting his academic prospects and ruining his professional career. Now, twenty years later, an anthroplogist and a Ph.D. in his own right, Dr. McQuade sets out on an urgent mission for Cyril Pritchard and the Chimaera Foundation in pursuit of Bigfoot, without partner Alma Del Nephites. In the process, two of the greatest mysteries about Bigfoot will be uncovered, in a desperate race against time. One must remain a secret at all costs. The other must be revealed, before it is too late... http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=1036 Two thousand years ago, the Roman Ovid wrote about people turning into animals and plants. Those were simple times! Imagine animals, plants, fungus, and rock turning into human form now! The confusion, the complexity, the anguish. And, what do they want? Peace and quiet, to tell their story, world conquest? Only by reading these transformations can you find out ... (my deep thanks to V. Reason and A. Caratheodory for ideas and words) http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=570 Dreibrand Veta has killed for his country. At the frontlines of imperial expansion, he seeks to rebuild the fortune of his noble family. In his daring travels he encounters the rys, a race far more powerful than the human empire that bred him. Dreibrand cannot defy the rys Queen Onja nor defend his companion, Miranda, and her children from the wicked tyrant Queen. Desperate for help, Dreibrand and Miranda join Shan, a rys with emerging powers who plans to challenge Onja. In Shan’s pursuit of the rys throne, he exerts his magical powers, gathers his allies, and incites rebellion among Onja’s human subjects. Great wealth and power will reward the kings, warriors, and spies that align themselves with the rys pretender, but defeat could mean worse than death. Onja can imprison souls and her genocidal rage is legendary. Everything is at risk for Shan’s union of renegades. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=1005 "Unwanted" is a story about the struggle of a man who is caught in a war as he fights for a daughter he has learned to love, while battling against an acient world which will not accept her. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=893 Book 7 in the CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON series by T. M. Moore, a chronicle of the Xosan, living vampires from the ancient planet Antellus who were once human but were transformed by a dragon's blood. They are stories of science fiction, fact and fantasy, myth and history, tragedy and triumph; set in a universe as real as the reader's own and intermixed with real historical events. The year is 2361. Megan Thereau is a journalist who is invited to Nagrasanti to cover an important debate, only to discover that the peaceful community is threatened from within as well as without. The dragon's blood is calling for its due on the eve of their emergence from isolation and exile, while an adept of an ancient evil tries to invade and destroy the peace they have built. Megan learns that she possesses a great gift, but her greatest gift is in her compassion for others, and her search for true love ends not with a human but with a Xosan. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=708 Along the coastal waterways of Georgia's tidal marshes, there lives a monster that makes the Altamaha River its home. Over 20 feet in length, with a snakelike head atop its long neck, the Altamaha-ha has been sighted dozens of times by those who live along its namesake. A pregnant female struggles to return upriver and give birth. She is bound by those who captured her before, and pursued by others who already killed her mate for where she can lead them. A place marked as the abode of dragons by the Tama Indians, it is also the location of a treasure buried in the final days of the Confederacy. Drawn to the river and caught up in events centuries in the making, Ian becomes the unwitting pawn in a quest for world domination. He soon learns of his link to the Altamaha-ha, and that he must save it, if he is to save himself. Aided only by a few colorful locals, McQuade must defeat the enemies of the Foundation, before its technology is turned into a doomsday device. http://www.bookhabit.com/book_details.php?book_id=1037