Frank relishes fast success and early retirement, but struggling to preserve his life's work thrusts him into a desperate battle to protect the people he cares about most. Beverly seeks a new beginning in Tarpon Springs-until those she trusts steal control of her destiny, forcing a fight for her very survival. All twelve-year-old Kevin wants is attention from the only man he respects, yet murder and the wrenching indifference of a callous legal system toward one vulnerable child proves even friendship might never be enough. Riven by tragedy, consumed by grief, all three must confront the...
Frank relishes fast success and early retirement, but struggling to preserve his life's work thrusts him into a desperate battle to protect the people...
The boy looked back. A simple pencil drawing, this depiction of a child watching from the reeds of a country pond frustrates and angers Geoffrey, unexpected reactions that stir Phrekka's lifelong passion for understanding the elusive power artists infuse in their creations. Their only clue a "Sara" signature, the unemployed graphic designer persuades the enchanting Korean-American curator to help him discover more images by this enigmatic artist. From her world of privilege and mystical spiritualism to his of heartland farms and fundamentalist values, they will cross the country in search of...
The boy looked back. A simple pencil drawing, this depiction of a child watching from the reeds of a country pond frustrates and angers Geoffrey, unex...
How can I kill my own kids? Purple-skinned Sullrob could never imagine taking his loved ones' lives, be they racially contaminated or not-but others prove all too eager to seize that honor. Am I risking my children's future? Peach-faced widower-dad Brog Pawligan tries smuggling to build a better life ground-side for his own "orbiter brats"-but what will happen to them if he gets caught . . . or worse? "Abig big big peoples an' li'l peoples," says big brown-bodied Heilen Hewed about his burgeoning community, "peoples of ev-ree colors, afrom all over th'galaxy "-but will the lethal aspirations...
How can I kill my own kids? Purple-skinned Sullrob could never imagine taking his loved ones' lives, be they racially contaminated or not-but others p...
Chicago native Rochelle DuFortier likes to imagine the future, her world a series of picture postcards so vivid they sometimes seem real. When a foolish mistake at thirteen causes her mother's death, she's sent to a secluded Hawaiian valley, an outsider "haole-girl" among pidgin-speaking boys who hurl flaming papala spears under the full moon to summon her mother's spirit. After boarding school and a prestigious university back east, the ambitious young woman is torn between chasing new career opportunities, discovering her mother's heritage in a remote French village, and meeting obligations...
Chicago native Rochelle DuFortier likes to imagine the future, her world a series of picture postcards so vivid they sometimes seem real. When a fooli...
Picture This Dante Roenik creates ad campaigns, reveling in the fine art of rendering his concepts on million-dollar canvasses financed by big-budget clients. Intoxicated by the sheer power of directing public opinion, he dares wage war against the conglomerate behind a worldwide anti-depressant increasingly associated with sporadic violence. To juxtapose his images with reality, he enlists a mixed palette of business tycoons, his fiancee/attorney, a team of corporate-spy soldiers of fortune, one resurgent news anchor, and the best TV-production crew in Chicago. But the sharp lines dividing...
Picture This Dante Roenik creates ad campaigns, reveling in the fine art of rendering his concepts on million-dollar canvasses financed by big-budget...
Been There, Noted That: Essays In Tribute To Life *Observations, Inspiration, Remembrance, & Noteworthies To Share The simple lives of everyday people in a mundane world prove extraordinary in this collection of 54 personal-experience essays by novelist Stephen Geez. The eclectic mix of memoir, commentary, humor, and appreciation covers a wide range of topics, each beautifully illustrated by artists and photographers from the Fresh Ink Group. Geez catches what many of us miss, then considers how we might all share the most poignant of lessons. Been There, Noted That aims to reveal who we are,...
Been There, Noted That: Essays In Tribute To Life *Observations, Inspiration, Remembrance, & Noteworthies To Share The simple lives of everyday people...
A Tennessee teen in the mid-1990s, Eugene Weisman enjoys pretending to defend a so-called "alien"-until the game turns deadly and his life depends on what others believe.
Hand-picked to helm Program Invigil, Colonel Chester McGovern takes responsibility for detection, isolation, and eradication-then unleashes enormous inter-military power cloaked in black-helicopter secrecy.
Tiring of the clandestine wet-work biz, soldier of fortune Flynn Durbett settles down to run a weapons-smuggling ring for governments and underground patriots-but then old obligations renew, and his own opinions matter...
A Tennessee teen in the mid-1990s, Eugene Weisman enjoys pretending to defend a so-called "alien"-until the game turns deadly and his life depends on ...
