The set of circumstances which enables life to exist is compared to a mulyi-layered window wherein each pane is a life-limiting factor. If even one pane shifts too far in any direction, life would cease to exist. Drawing on his knowledge of physics and an extensive review of scientific literature and physical evidence, the author hypothesizes multiple asteroid impact as the catastrophic event which closed the "Window of Life," ushered in the great Ice Age and produced many of the physical characteristics and phenomena of our Earth and near universe which are otherwise not properly explained....

Filled with characters as menacing as they are memorable, this chilling twist on vampire fiction packs a punch in the bestselling tradition of 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King.

Asmodeus "Sax" Saxon-Tang, a vainglorious and well-established antiques dealer, has made a fortune over many years by globetrotting for the finest lost objects in the world. Only Sax knows the true secret to his success: at certain points of his life, he's killed vampires for their priceless hoards of treasure.

But now Sax's past actions are quite literally coming back to haunt him, and the lives of those he...

For many centuries the western world has celebrated Christmas on December 25th. Some have wondered how this date was determined; it has been suggested that the early Church adopted the timing of pagan rituals associated with winter solstice, supplanting them with the celebration of the Light of the World, and that it is therefore unlikely that the date we have come to associate with the birth of Christ has any basis in historical reality. The author explores and correlates several lines of evidence from both scriptural and secular sources (as ancient as the writings of Josephus and as modern...