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Of Aztecs and Conquistadors is the definitive collection of Juan Pablo Jalisco's poetry. The selection featured in this audiobook will carry the listener on a journey not only through the vast beauty of the land that is Mexico, but also serves as a journey through the ages that have helped to shape this at times wild and rugged, but always romantic and awesomely beautiful country and its people.

When six gifted children vanish around the globe, an investigation reveals genetic experimentation, dubious funding and the disappearance of a research assistant. Searching for proof of the Exodus, biblical archaeologist Lynne Raven meets enigmatic billionaire heir Connor Mackenzie. As the two grow closer, a disturbing link to the abductions and a past rife with secrets, visions, and voices changes their lives. In pursuit of the truth, can the two unravel the mystery of a prophecy...or be left chasing the wind?

A global nuclear holocaust. A vicious serial killer stalking the streets of Paris. A mystery in Mexico. This collection from the award-winning novelist and screenwriter Brian L. Porter showcases some of his finest short stories. These and many others are contained in this exciting collection. After Armageddon also features a guest appearance by horror author Carole Gill, who contributes her short story "Raised".

When Kevin Murdock, martial artist and outdoorsman extraordinaire, is revived from suspended animation aboard a transport pod, he and his nine fellow occupants have no idea what to expect. Murdock argues for caution after seeing something strange: animals also inhabit their new environment, all of them larger than their Earthly counterparts. Conflict soon erupts between Murdock and James Whittier - a politician with a lust for power and control.

Lefty is a black hitman working for the Chicago mob. Tasked with eliminating a mark, he kills the man and his wife, only to learn they have an infant daughter. Realizing the child is now alone in the world, Lefty takes her in and decides to raise her as his own. Years later, Lefty embarks on a trip across the country to pick up a freelance contract: A once-in-a-lifetime hit with a two million dollar paycheck. Together with two-ex-colleagues and his daughter, they head to Detroit to take on a sadistic mob boss's son.

Ranat Totz has spent most of his life robbing the tombs of the dead for enough tin to buy his next drink. But after he decides to loot the body of a wealthy priest he finds in an alley, he's arrested and convicted of murdering the man. Realizing he's got nothing to show for his life, Ranat begins a desperate gamble to solve the crime he didn’t commit, so he can clear the only thing of value he has - his name. And maybe have another drink on the way.

During his senior years, John, a retired high school English teacher, decided to finally write his memoirs. His story begins at a young age, with his first visit from a spirit playmate his own age. To John, Jason is just an ordinary child like him, and John never gave much thought to where Jason came from or where he disappeared. As years passed by, more playmates followed, and as John got older, his playmates shared more and more information about the spirit world with him.

After Red O'Neal delivers a beating to his half-brother Daniel for courting his sister Antoinette, she is sent to a convent until agreeing to marry an older, wealthier man. But after Antoinette manages to send a letter to her betrothed Lorenz MacDonald about the danger, he rescues her. Soon afterward, a neighboring ranch is attacked by Comanche raiders, and Antoinette and her mother-in-law are caught in a fight for life and death.

David’s trial by fire awaits. The unwitting hero and captain of the mystical sailing ship, Moon Singer, has yet to learn that his deafness is his greatest gift. This "disability", along with his possession of three sacred artifacts: The Singer Crystal, The Rose Crystal, and The Wind Rose Compass, bestow David the power to save the lives of everyone he loves. Yet he feels that all the miracles he brought home on the Moon Singer have dissipated. He's just as deaf as before, his sister's paralysis has returned, and his anguish over his mother's death is stronger than ever.

Losing his job at the local newspaper after a series of unflattering doodles, William Bridge is called to help his uncle Albert keep his shop going. He immediately falls in love with Sally, the latest shop volunteer, despite formidable opposition from her autocratic stepmother, Lady Courtney. Following a break-in and lost orders, an SOS sent to Albert’s maverick brother Neil changes everything.

In this collection of short stories, you’ll meet vampires, zombies, elves, and aliens. You’ll step into an old haunted house. You’ll even witness a trial of the Kafkaesque sort, set in the distant year 2668. But you’ll never guess how any of these stories are going to end. Twisted Tales from the Northwest are chilling, subtle stories of latent horror. There’s not much blood spilt, but still, maybe you should refrain from listening to this one at night.

Sex and the mafia collide with higher education to make English professor Willard Slick’s tenure very tenuous. When “Slick Willie” asks Dudley College students to write about their sexual experiences, students, parents, faculty, and the college president are up in arms. Unfortunately for Slick, so is the head of New England’s crime syndicate.

Dream Lover and Other Tales includes seven paranormal and supernatural stories. The collection includes "Glint", "Dream Lover", "Ben Franklin's Dream", "The Mayor's Cow", "The Maestro's Gift", "Tracks in the Snow", and "The Messiah of Harriman".

It's 1854, and the 113th Regiment of Foot is commissioned to Sevastopol during the Crimean War. As the great storm of November 1854 rages, Jack and his friend Ben - a naval officer - are rescuing survivors from a wrecked ship. Jack finds out that one of the survivors is Helen Maxwell, his former sweetheart.

On a distant planet, xenobiologist Janine Meriwether finds herself haunted by a recurring dream: being dragged to her death by the Nartressan seaweed. Soon, she learns of three others - a traumatized emergency responder, a troubled seafood mogul, and a high-priced escort - who share the same nightmare.

Final days of the Earth are here. Mal is a 16-year-old girl who fights for survival in a dangerous, unforgiving world. When the Death Dealers - aliens that hunt in silence - begin harvesting people from her village, she is forced to flee into the wilds surrounding her home. With her three friends, Mal must learn how to cope and survive. But soon, she is confronted with a truth that will not only change her world, but the future of the whole species.

Dundee, Scotland, 1862. After the mill of businessman Matthew Beaumont burns to the ground, Detective Sergeant George Watters is sent to investigate. Soon, George discovers that this is not the first property that has been targeted. When a man is found dead in the hold of a trade ship, George discovers a shocking connection between Beaumont and foreign powers threatening the very country.

The Earth is no more. Escaping the premature nova of Sol, humanity's last survivors flee their doomed home using an experimental drive that takes them to the far side of the galaxy. With 10,000 survivors, dwindling resources, and rapidly diminishing hope, the fleet is on the verge of breaking point. Gaia, their new home, offers one last chance of survival for the human race. But when Major Tom Merrick and Captain Juliana Curran lead the expedition to explore this new frontier, they learn that Gaia is a world fraught with peril and deadly secrets.

When 13-year-old Greenwick wakes up in a forest, he has no memory of how he got there - or who he is. To make matters worse, he finds himself accompanied by a strange, yet friendly grizzly bear. Confused at first, the two travel across a vast, magical world, bumping into danger and those who claim to prevent it. Thrown into a conflict between nations, beasts, and spectres, Greenwick begins a journey of self-discovery and adventure. Soon, coincidences begin to feel more like fate. But can Greenwick and his new friend find their true destiny in this strange world?

It's the 1960s, and Joe has fled the big city only to end up in the small resort town of Applewood. Writing for the Gazette, Joe's life is uneventful until strange events begin to unfold. A young girl drowns off a motorboat, and a local farmer plants a hoe in his wife's back. The assistant manageress of the bank vanishes without a trace. Why is the whole town going crazy?