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It started as a simple experiment: How would two characters survive being homeless in the Sims 3? This is their story. Alice is a young woman struggling to cope with homelessness and an abusive father. Kev barely knows he has a daughter and yearns for love he can’t reciprocate. . . .
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Welcome to Monsilys, capital of an empire racked by intrigue, facing invasion from abroad and treason from within. A young Empress recalls her two uncles to the capital, hoping their presence will help her keep her throne . . . Cassius, a seasoned military commander with an impulsive temper and a decided preference for the company of men, and Valentin: politician, . . .
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A brutal, tragic and darkly humorous novel about growing up, sibling rivalry and the ultimate dysfunctional family. In a series of diary entries, fourteen year old Lizzie shares her secrets about coming to terms with her parents’ break-up, battling with her younger sister, and her obsession with the man she is destined to marry . . . . . .
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Beyond The Photograph is a novel where the main character Jessica Wiler accepts a new job as a photographer for weddings. During her very first wedding shoot she discovers a murder in the background of the photograph and immediately takes it to authorities. After doing so her world is turned upside down. As she is trying to build a relationship . . .
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The Nevsky Wall is a story that spans a year in the city of Leningrad, starting on the first day of summer, 1941, the day prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It follows the lives of two brothers, Alex and Viktor Rostov, and those closest to them. Alex is a newsreel cameraman who also works at Lenfilm . . .
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Hard times and poverty in rural Norway, early 1800′s. Based loosely on some poor folks who had the misfortune to be my ancestors. One of them stole some potatoes and other food to feed her family of seven. For this she received 8 months in prison, where my great-grandfather was born. These are the facts. The rest, as they say, . . .
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Every year since he was five Andrew has been forced to spend the summer at his Aunt Jenna’s farm. This year he’s about to discover his family is anything but normal, and that he has an important duty. Is he ready for such a weighty responsibility? Does he even believe any of this is happening to him? . . .
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The Germhacht Episode is the second book in the Blackfeather Chronicles. It involves art, spiritualists, tea cakes, demon artifacts, and the continuing adventures of the Blackfeather family and friends. . . .
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Beyond Knowledge is a provocative tale of growth and self-discovery which investigates the need for fathers in our families and the place of religion in a world of science. Set in a world akin to our own, but with a history gone askew, this story lays bare issues of race, sex and class as it digs into the very fabric . . .
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What do you do when you’re a single parent who can’t make ends meet and the solution is staring you in the face . . . a solution you’d rather not take, but a solution nonetheless? You drop your pride and become a part of The Pride. . . .
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“No Where” is a story about a man and his son. It is a story about what that man is willing to do to protect his boy, no matter the cost. He will give up his security, his identity, his life. And ultimately, it is a story about redemption, about family, about fighting for yourself, about rising to the challenge . . .
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The Eagle men have never been attacked before. Their palace floats high above any attackers. The only other flying creatures that would harm them are the goblins, and they hide in their caves from the sun. That all changes when a dark cloud blocks off the sky. Kareen and her husband Terin prepare for battle, but they wonder if they . . .
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It started as a simple experiment: How would two characters survive being homeless in the Sims 3? This is their story. Alice is a young woman struggling to cope with homelessness and an abusive father. Kev barely knows he has a daughter and yearns for love he can’t reciprocate. . . .
“Anna Larsdattar: Hunger in the Dale” is the story of a farmer’s family in Norway at the beginning of the 19th century. Mari Nelsdattar is a skilled midwife but at 47 she’s having problems with her own, dangerously-late pregnancy. A recent widow with 3 small children, she’s at the mercy of the laws of the local constable, the prejudices of [more . . .]
"The Nevsky Wall" is a solidly written story. The subject matter, the lives of two brothers in 1940s Russia, is a bit of a surprise from web-fiction. Online stories seem to be dominated by science fiction and fantasy. Historical drama with political overtones isn’t common, but Mark Eckard does it well.