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Venna encounters a swamp monster that inconveniently eats her clothes; she then turns to a sprightly milkbug herder named Suhl for some much-needed help. Meanwhile, two Krogs - Geezur and Blok - are dispatched to capture the downed Venna. To a Krog, however, one human looks very much like another....

With this work, author Bill Campbell conducts a gleeful evisceration of the social tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracy theories running rampant in today’s popular culture. All the rappers in Koontown are being killed, and everybody thinks it is vampire crack babies who are doing the killing. Desperate, the police reach out to Genevieve Noire, a former supermodel and homicide detective now working as a private eye, to save the day.

When a heist goes terribly wrong and the binding spell holding 17-year-old Neva's powers at bay is shattered, the half-human thief knows she's in trouble. Neva has always hidden her Da'Valian heritage while working risky jobs to make a name for herself and serving at her family's tavern, but she won't be able to hide much longer.

Athens is a city of harmony. Of poetry and plays. Of civilized speech and quiet negotiations. But something is stirring in the wind. The dark shadow of war. The looming threat of the Persians thundering in to scorch the earth. And that all that stands between peace and utter destruction are the rabid dogs of Sparta....

Elizabeth had faced many dangers in her visions. The horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto. The long march of the Navajo. But tonight presented her with a new face of evil. The Spanish Inquisition. Spain Destiny is Book 19 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series.

Eternal Time Shadows is a gently cliff-hangered short-story series. The sequence leads up to a happily ever after ending. Elizabeth and Robert race against time to assemble the pieces of their past - from the war-torn shadows of the Warsaw Ghetto to the doomed decks of the Titanic, from the dark terrors of the French Revolution to the harsh cruelty of the African slave trade. They grasp for clues during the Scottish rebellion and the Incan civil war.

The frigid cold of winter was nothing new - but the tense rivalry between Robert and his cousin, Ramsey, seemed to have escalated to new heights. And when it erupted into a sword battle, Elizabeth knew there was only one place to be. By Robert's side.

For many, the Yukon Gold Rush brought a life of adventure. An escape from the confines of society and an opportunity for wealth beyond all imagining. But to Sadzi, it seemed the flood of prospectors boded only hardship for her village. Until the man of her visions arrived... Yukon Destiny is book 17 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series.

Elizabeth staggered out onto dry land from the dark confines of the convict ship which had been her home these past six long months. Only one thing had kept her whole and alive when typhus and scurvy claimed lives on all sides. The vision of Robert's tawny eyes.

Elizabeth had been raised a dutiful Yoruba member of the Oyo Empire. The Yorubas' continual wars with the neighboring Nupe and Masina states were simply a part of life. Even when Elizabeth converted to Christianity with her family, she never questioned it. With the Empire's victories and conquests came the spoils of war - the slaves.

Inti enjoyed a peaceful life in the terraced gardens of Machu Picchu. The old king had died after 80 long years of life, and his two sons looked as if they would lead the Incan Empire into a new period of peace and prosperity. And then, her beloved Otorongo came thundering up the road from the capital city, dark concern in his gaze.

Elizabeth's father had told her that her dreams meant nothing. They were just the tormented imaginings of a young woman serving as a nurse in a traumatic battlefield. But she knew better. And when Robert arrived to rescue her, a rebel in a sea of Union uniforms, her dreams became reality. Civil War Destiny is book 11 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily-ever-after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

Life in Lhasa was serene and unending. We were gently watched over by the Dalai Lama. The indominatable mountains surrounded us, protecting us, much as my love Rabten had protected me since childhood. All was as it should be. And then Rabten, my steadfast beloved, had a vision. Tibet Destiny is Book 12 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily-ever-after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

Box set one contains volumes 1-10 of the Eternal Time Shadows series. This includes: Destiny Interrupted, Venice Destiny, Pompeii Destiny, Scotland Destiny, Japan Destiny, Navajo Destiny, Warsaw Destiny, Titanic Destiny, Paris Destiny, and Caesar Destiny....

The famous Library of Alexandria was facing total destruction, brought on by Caesar burning his ships in the harbour. But Elizabeth could not focus on that massive loss of knowledge. For she knew Robert was out there somewhere - in the raging battle against overwhelming odds. Without her help, he could surely die.

Elizabeth had faced so much with Robert by her side. Dark assassins. Army soldiers. But now, they faced a threat that could not be reasoned with. The mob of the French Revolution.

Elizabeth and Robert had faced tragedy before. But this was of a different nature. Titanic had been called "unsinkable". And Elizabeth knew in a few short days that it would do just that. It would be lost forever in the depths of the frigid ocean. Titanic Destiny is book eight of a gently cliff-hangered short story series.

Elizabeth loved helping her family run the tavern on the village green. She even accepted that she would soon have to marry. If only it didn't have to be to the butcher with his quick temper. And if only she didn't keep having these dreams about a man she had never met before...a man named Robert...Medieval Destiny is book 13 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily ever after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

Fall in love...beneath a Venetian moon...At a masquerade by moonlight. Alessandra Velocchi, a young Venetian noblewoman, attends a masquerade at the Doge's Palace, not knowing it’s a night that will change her life forever when she encounters a mysterious masked man...She risked everything for his art...A mysterious masked man named Giovanni Capriccio, who is a talented painter on the run from the authorities, begs for Alessandra's help. Drawn to him, she agrees. But it could mean breaking both their hearts...

She was one of 31 aliens who escaped the slave ship where she had been kept captive all of her life. Now she could live a quiet, peaceful existence on Earth, free from pain and misery. Or so she had hoped, until that fateful night when she was caught in her true form. From that moment, Challa the Alien Girl became one of Lawson Hall’s best draws to his traveling sideshow carnival.