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The world, as we know it, no longer exists. Two thousand years of destruction left very few people alive in villages and living rough. There are some occult happenings and common, everyday primitive comings and goings. Two men decide to get out of the village life and settle in the wilderness by a lake. A mysterious find opens up a new life for them. The problem is this: They don't know what it is, how it can be used, and why should they even. Our lead actor is a good hearted older man that causes problems everywhere he goes. He is not well known getting things done other than what he doing at the exact minute you may speak to him. He has tunnel vision to the nth degree Fortunately he ...

This is the story of a man who by chance, is given luck, longevity, and protection in the form of a coin. Death cannot befall him while he is in possession of this coin. The coin will bear his scars and he will age two years for every ten of his life. Triumph and tragedy will be his companions on this journey to answer the ultimate question: Is such a gift a blessing or a curse?

The war against the Ancients is not going well. Sights of the Ancients are beginning to appear more often than before. And still... Six days later, Lior uncovers incredible secrets about his Granny. A great journey around the world ensues. Heartbreaking losses, and great moments of happiness are uncovered amidst the constant state of disarray. Hidden artifacts are revealed providing new hope for the war. Can an average seventeen year old mortal defeat gods and goddesses in the ultimate battle and rid the world of evil? This is BOOK TWO of THREE

What if the greatest test God gave to Abraham wasn't a test at all? What if God didn't ask him to sacrifice Isaac? What if Abraham wanted to kill him?

The Journal of Virgil Fray Lovejoy, 'My Struggle Through the Civil War,' (Small Print Version) is a gripping novel taken straight from the letters, newspaper articles, first-hand accounts, and journals of Civil War soldiers. This extensively researched work is the brainchild of author Chris Jacobellis who spent over 30 years as a Civil War living historian hobbyist. Follow Virgil from his days as a college student to his farm during the last days of the Civil War. Take this journey back in time before political correctness, when the truth was pure and factual, not contrived to serve a particular agenda. The language is rough and honest. Virgil Lovejoy will grow as a man and a human bei ...

When the founder of the California missions, Junipero Serra, has his heart cut out the day of his death in 1784, it is stuck in a ceramic jar, and rode off on horseback. Within the day, it is lost and for the next two hundred years the heart, floating in brandy, is handed from owner to owner until it ends up at the El Fornio Historical Society in modern day California. During the annual Old Spanish Days festival, the heart is stolen and curator Hank Peabody, Jr., and his “cousin” Janet Librado are called to action with their band of misfit friends to find the thief of the heart and set things right. “Whoever controls the heart” Janet reminds Hank, “Controls history.” Hank, however ...

536 Ad The Worst Year in History. As war, volcanic eruptions, lethal cold, starvation and the Black Death kill nearly half of Earth's population, a little group of persecuted Christians must find a way to survive

Is there really a Virgin Birth narrative in the earliest New Testament manuscripts, or has the nativity story of Jesus been misinterpreted? Was Mary, the mother of Jesus, really "impregnated" with child? Or was she, rather, "found" with child? Was Mary really shocked that she was going to get pregnant? Or was she, rather, shocked that her son was expected to become the one who would fulfill the Jewish messianic mission and reign "for ever"? Join DS Waggoner on a journey back in time to discover unknown facts about earliest New Testament manuscripts, as they were presented to her by an elderly Jewish man in a library.

A western bounty hunter that doesn't kill must go through the west and face his enemy, while also facing his morality at the same time.