Elbert MacAvoy can't escape his past in the jungles of Vietnam. Terrible things happened to him out there - and he himself did terrible things. Lisa Jayne, his newest psychiatrist, can't escape her future or her dead father. She blames herself for his death. Their fates entwine. Elbert's old boss wants to kill them both and use their bodies. The jungle merges with the hospital. Time has become ambiguous. But it is running out for both of them.
Elbert MacAvoy can't escape his past in the jungles of Vietnam. Terrible things happened to him out there - and he himself did terrible things. Lisa J...
A car accident separates two lovers. Yvonne knows her husband is dead. She signs for the body. But she has the feeling something has gone wrong. Valery lives when she sleeps, half a life in the shadows of hers, just as aware that the universe has taken a left turn. Meanwhile, Yvonne's brother, Isaac Asimov's biggest fan, is trapped between two worlds - and in his own madness. As the future approaches, everyone moves towards one event: the future causing their pasts.
A car accident separates two lovers. Yvonne knows her husband is dead. She signs for the body. But she has the feeling something has gone wrong. Valer...
The world is dying. People starve, the sea reclaims land at a frightening place, and civilization tries to hang on. Someone does not want to wait for the end that is coming naturally. Someone is trying to speed events along. June Blankenship, a One World Government soldier, is in the thick of it. An investigation into simple black-marketeering leads her into a web of political intrigue, violence, and artificial intelligence. Some on her team is not human - and she's afraid she knows who.
The world is dying. People starve, the sea reclaims land at a frightening place, and civilization tries to hang on. Someone does not want to wait for ...
Connoisseurs of Suffering is a powerful collection of poems exploring the potential meanings in suffering. Suffering is an inevitable part of life and, perhaps, a necessary one: if we love enough, we eventually experience loss and get hurt. The choice is not between suffering and not suffering so much as between suffering for something and suffering for nothing. The poets featured in Connoisseurs of Suffering have chosen the former path--to suffer for something--and have found meaning through the pain they endured and, in some cases, continue to endure. These poets have...
Connoisseurs of Suffering is a powerful collection of poems exploring the potential meanings in suffering. Suffering is an inevitable part...
Since the availability of aspirin in 1899, Americans have come to expect comfort and convenience. In Values of Pain, Dias explores the impact of these expectations on our emotional and spiritual lives, making a case for embracing pain in certain circumstances.
Since the availability of aspirin in 1899, Americans have come to expect comfort and convenience. In Values of Pain, Dias explores the impact of these...
