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Acclaimed editor Edmund R. Schubert hangs up his editorial hat to explore issues both global and personal in this exquisite short story collection. Life, death, aliens, zombies, love, loss, apocalypse, space travel - these are just a few of the topics Schubert looks at in This Giant Leap. In this volume listeners will find science fiction, horror, fantasy, and new genre blends, all told with Schubert's characteristic heart and glorious writing style.

After John Savage and Alyssa Moore realized that mankind was on the brink of an extinction-level event, they seek the one relic that could elevate mankind to the next step of evolution - or be destroyed by it. As John and Alyssa discover the secrets of man’s future through the written prophecies of the doomsday calendar, one thing is for certain: in the mountains of Tibet, a sleeping giant has awakened. And the only thing that may save them is the Emerald Tablet.

When a cardinal is taken captive by an ISIS faction in Damascus, a team of Vatican Knights is dispatched to secure the cardinal's release. But having been ambushed and taken hostage themselves, only one man can bring them out. After Kimball Hayden walked away from the church months before, he is summarily called to duty by Vatican principals to rescue his team. But as Kimball works in the Dark to serve the Light, he discovers the truth behind the ambush and follows the trail of the betraying source directly to the Vatican.

Anyone can start to live a more simplified lifestyle if they are genuinely ready for a drastic change in their lives! Being a minimalist is not just about throwing out old belongings that you have collected over the years. It is a mindset and a change of pace! While the de-cluttering of your precious living space is a crucial step in the process, once you start to rid your life of unnecessary items, a spark will ignite, and you will ask, "What else is dragging me down?"

The discovery of a young woman's naked body sends Jason out to a disturbing scene. What he finds is a case with no shortage of twists and a growing list of suspects. Vanessa is back, and together they'll struggle to sort through the wreckage of a fatal affair.

Ashley Quinton is on the verge of madness after the release of a killer she helped put behind bars 19 years ago. Upon the exact moment of his discharge, she immediately receives calls from a local payphone from someone who tells her things only the killer would know. And then she begins to see items connected to her past - items that were given to her by this man when she was a child, only for them to disappear in a haze of smoke and mirrors before others can confirm her claims.

A 911 call sends Jason and Torres out into the early morning darkness. What they find will be their worst nightmare. Identification of the body, and the discovery of who the 911 caller was, will send Jason down a dark path of suspicion, accusations, and fear. Ultimately, he must prove things are not as they seem, and more importantly, remove his own Shadow of Doubt.

More than a year ago, John Savage and Alyssa Moore nearly lost their lives after discovering the Temple of Eden. Now, two more temples have been discovered: The Temple of God, which holds the answers to mankind's inevitable fate, and a third temple that houses Earth's future once mankind has been eliminated.

The great disruptor of the 21st century is our attention span, and the Internet and computational technologies have opened up a Pandora's box of endless distractions. We are not merely entertaining ourselves to death (to echo Neil Postman's prophetic words), we are becoming entertainment ourselves as we moment-to-moment reveal our innermost selves on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and new emerging forms of social media. What all this will eventually portend nobody precisely knows.

On June 25, 2013, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision in Shelby County v. Holder, invalidating a key provision of voting rights law. The decision - the culmination of an eight-year battle over the power of Congress to regulate state conduct of elections - marked the closing of a chapter in American politics. That chapter had opened a century earlier in the case of Guinn v. United States, which ushered in national efforts to knock down racial barriers to the ballot.

A common man of modest means, world-weary George McLast decides to forget all his problems and take the trip he and his beloved wife had only dreamed about before she passed away three years earlier. Despite all the unnerving feelings he's been getting in his chest, his son's disapproval, and his precarious financial situation, he sets out across America following the same route John Steinbeck took in 1959 with his pet poodle Charley.

Works of Paul Chek inspired me to write this book. I hope to show listeners that there is a purpose to life, and that it is the lessons we are learning in our everyday lives that give our life this purpose. I also feel there is something happening to the planet at this time, and we are privileged to be here. We are being guided and helped in many ways, which have not previously been open to us. As more and more people take an interest in matters which are "not of this world", the purposes of our true existence will come more into focus.

Dean Cassidy looks back on a life filled with hardship and remembers Theresa Wayman, the bright spark that lit up his world when he was 18. As an adult, many years later, Dean becomes a successful author but still can't move past his betrayal and loss of Theresa. Beyond Nostalgia is a poignant story about growing up, making choices, learning to forgive, and moving on.

Unemployed doorman Thomas Soles has had it. Sick and tired of watching so many families lose their "dream" because of corporate America's insatiable lust for profit, he sits in the kitchen of his rented tenement and writes a book about the tragedy.

It begins as a drinking club in an academic backwater on the Stanford University campus of the late 1970s. A post-Nixon/post-Mao generation of China scholars plots to make a better world. Suddenly, the US recognizes the People's Republic of China. Intense demand arises for the unique skills that the Mandarin Club members possess. Now, yesterday's dreamers are today's policy makers and pundits, patriots, and spies.

David's Gifts takes you on a journey through life as a young couple grow up and meet and start a family. Their children are everyone's dream. One gifted child, one talented child, and one adorable baby. The oldest child is a gifted boy with an extremely high IQ who questions the need for a Creator. His search for truth helps his father (the writer in the first person) rediscover his faith, the other "gift" the title refers to.

When New England antiques dealer Annie McCormick sells a religious relic to Curt Devereaux, the charming owner of a new museum on Jarritt's Island, she could not be happier. But when the relic she delivers turns up missing and Annie learns the ghostly secret of the sinister old mansion-turned-museum, her dream adventure becomes a nightmare that puts her life...her very soul...at risk!

A woman and her daughter return home from a night out celebrating the coming holiday. They make a terrifying discovery that will change this Christmas and every one that comes after. Called to the scene is detective Sean Sparks - the fresh face on the homicide team - and this will be his first case as the lead investigator.

In On the Wagon, the eighth installment in the Tales of Dan Coast series, Dan decides to give temporary sobriety a go….just to prove to himself and his friends that he can do it. When boredom overtakes him, he and Red decide to look into the disappearance and possible murder of a local woman. With no suspects, no apparent motive, no weapon, and a case that's 10 years cold, is she really even missing? Is she really even dead? Join Dan, Red, and Skip as they piece together what little clues they have and fumble their way through another action- and humor-packed case.

In Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943, a place where ashes rain down on a daily basis to cover the ground with a mantle of gray, a rebel force of Jews band together in a fight for survival. Frederic Becher, an SS guard who falls in love with a Jewish girl, lays the groundwork for the creation of one of the most formidable forces in the world - the juggernaut that would eventually become the Vatican Knights.