Kirjahaku

Humanity had been at war with Humanity for fifty years when a greater threat, in the form of the Shi-az-ee, came along.The Shi-az-ee blamed Humanity for an atrocity that they did not commit, and embarked on a holy war, vowing to destroy them all.Due to public pressure in both systems of humanity, the war between them came to an end, and the combined fleets turned their attention to the Shi-az-ee.But hidden in an unlikely place, lurked the true enemy, waiting and watching, and seeking its revenge.

Recovering from a heart attack, Larry is being overprotected by his colleagues, which in itself is providing more stress than he needs, so he decides to take some time out with a visit to Gregory's cafe.A conversation overheard in the cafe attracts Larry's attention, and becomes more intriguing when a day later he witnesses the murder of the principle speaker. On the spur of the moment as he kneels beside the dying girl he makes a promise. He promises to find the murderer, whatever it costs. It is a promise that he will find has a much higher price than he would willingly pay.An imposter in MI6, murder, embezzlement, and terrorism, are just four of the hazards that he has to face, as he struggles with the bizarre, in the form of an almost identical twin to himself.When Margaret, Larry's adopted daughter, fails to return from assignment, Larry fears the worst, and thus begins a race against time to ensure that those fears are not realised.

Erun Oncant, the ordinary son of ordinary parents, lived in Cardoney. That is, until chosen by a dying dragon to be the rider for her unhatched daughter. As he took the sword from her dying body, it became instilled with magical powers, and all that remained of her flowed into it. The egg hatched into the first ever yellow dragon, a colour never seen before and only talked about in legend, and with the help of Princess Lelia from the Kingdom of Vanticor, he cared for her, as she grew to full size. Her name, inherited from her mother, became Corella. Tensions between surrounding Kingdoms had developed into all out war under the influence of a wizard of immense power. All feared that Cardoney would be next. Erun and Corella forged an inseparable bond, and together, they set out to foil the evil machinations of the wizard and restore peace to the world.

The title story is a science fiction short based on the work of two well known authors, but those that follow it, may stretch your imagination by taking you into all that is weird and wonderful. A ghost in love, a fortune from a Leprechaun, an evil twin, a time traveller, a door to Narnia, the revenge of a witch, and a visit from some aliens are just a few of the things that, hopefully will make you laugh, cry or be terrified. Our hero moves into a new house, and it's haunted, His sister is a holy terror on legs and impossible to control. He takes the blame for all her misdeeds. Then he meets the ghost. Both are immediately attracted to each other. But that is the least of their problems. One twin is an astronaut, one a murderous criminal. The second has always coveted his brother's success, but his criminal past betrays him. So he schemes in an effort to take his brother's place. Just two of the thirty-two stories, set in the past, present and future that are waiting inside.

Daisy Weal is gifted with extraordinary powers. Her early years were spent learning how to control them, learning how to fit in and learning how to be human.Daisy has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when the Crenian comes to earth.His race had been wiped out by a genetic shift that had been introduced centuries ago, and instinctively his first act is to attack Daisy, before he realises that her powers are at least equal to his own.Eventually he joins forces with her and together they unravel the mystery of his race's condition, and set out to prevent the same thing from happening to the human race.Daisy and the Crenian are getting uncomfortably close to the truth and, as a diversion, the President of the United States is kidnapped and Daisy's friends start to disappear.She discovers that a sinister plot is being hatched by the being that she has seen as her friend and mentor. Once more she calls on the Crenian and together they meet the enemy in a final confrontation.

Enjoy this light-hearted, tongue in cheek Science Fiction story, for Young Adults and Adults.Even though Daisy Weal herself does not appear in this story, it is still part of the series, falling between `Daisy Weal and the Last Crenian', and `The Star Queen', and is the fifth book in the series.The flagship of the Star Fleet, HMSS `The Daisy Weal', named in memory of her, was heading towards the desolate planet of Cren to deliver an archaeological and survey team.When passing through a binary system, an accident happened, and a beam of energy from an unknown source penetrated the ship killing all passengers and crew instantly.The ship's semi-sentient bio-processor took evasive action, and escaping on emergency thrust, it inadvertently twisted space and performed an unintended, and previously thought impossible, hyper jump.As a result, it ended up completely lost, but finds that it has been programmed with an overpowering urge to find a way home.

Five hundred years had passed since Daisy has come to this little planet with the three suns, and four hundred and fifty since her husband had died. As she sat by his graveside, the thought came to her that after all this time it really was time that she got over him.An unexpected visit from a starship, and her first contact with another human being in almost five centuries, awakens in her the need for human companionship, and convinces her that it is time to return to Earth.So together with the Lentor, an intelligent and telepathic, dog like creature who has adopted her, she shifts through the dimensions to arrive back into a place far different from the England of her memories.But not only is it different, something is not quite right. It is as if an evil is lurking, changing, affecting and influencing in areas where it can do the most harm. Some power is planning the overthrow of a society that has lasted for hundreds of years, and not with benevolent intentions.

Harry the eight year old son of Malcolm and Natalie Firth, engages Larry Dexxman to find his mother, but he has no idea of the can of worms that Larry is about to open.Larry's wife Penny, Neil and Denise his two new assistants, and Sally his tiny Shih-Tzu/Yorkshire terrier cross, embark on a mission to find her.With the help of MI6, they delve into the murky depths of Malcolm's life and are astounded and horrified to find that he has links with Vincente Vasquez, a known villain, suspected of drug smuggling and murder.When Special Branch shows an interest in his case, Larry finds that he has unwittingly become embroiled in an ongoing espionage investigation, which seems to be inexorably linked to Natalie's disappearance.Whether Natalie is alive or dead is a moot point, when keeping himself, his friends, and Harry alive, becomes the order of the day.

Erun Oncant, the ordinary son of ordinary parents, lived in Cardoney. That is, until chosen by a dying dragon to be the rider for her unhatched daughter.As he took the sword from her dying body, it became instilled with magical powers, and all that remained of her flowed into it.The egg hatched into the first ever yellow dragon, a colour never seen before and only talked about in legend, and with the help of Princess Lelia from the Kingdom of Vanticor, he cared for her, as she grew to full size. Her name, inherited from her mother, became Corella.Tensions between surrounding Kingdoms had developed into all out war under the influence of a wizard of immense power. All feared that Cardoney would be next.Erun and Corella forged an inseparable bond, and together, they set out to foil the evil machinations of the wizard and restore peace to the world.

This book is an Omnibus edition of two books'The Yellow Dragon' And'The Diamond Sword of Tor'

Sudoku puzzles are done mainly in Japan where not many crosswords are done. The name `Sudoku' roughly translates as 'Number Place'. A simpler version was created by a Swiss mathematician in the 18th century and today's puzzles are thought to have evolved from that. The first puzzle in the UK appeared on the front page of `The Times' on the 12th November 2004 and they have, since then, appeared daily on the back page. Today, however, they appear everywhere, in books papers and magazines.

Cindy Lost was an ordinary girl with an ordinary mother. That is, until she set the cat's tail on fire by waving a stick at him. After that everything became weird. Gnomes coming out of her mother's glass cabinet, being just one example, and large Black birds asking to be let into the house being another. Her introduction into a world of enchantment and all things magical was tempered by the knowledge that something evil was lurking there. Finding out that her mother was not as she seemed to be, and was suspected of being the infamous Black Witch, Cindy set out to unmask the real culprit, and prove her mother's innocence.

A Massive explosion that destroyed the underground station, when Larry Dexman was walking past...A strange drone that flew overhead and dropped a bomb, when Larry was taking Sally to the Vets...A missile fired from an adjacent building into his bedroom almost completely destroying the building...Two armed assailants driven out of Gregory's cafe, by Larry and an MI6 sniper...An encounter with a machine gunner in a London street...Two of his friends both murdered in their beds for no apparent reason...Despite having no idea why, Larry has to finally face the fact that someone is really, really, determined to see him dead.But when the who and the why are finally revealed, despite not believing that it could be possible, he must be ready, or face the consequences.

Rear Admiral Gale Harkness's ship, the Argos, under the command of Captain Bernice O'Reilly is despatched on a mission to discover the fate of two remote outposts of humanity that have gone silent. To discover that both colonies have been totally obliterated, with the exception of one young girl, is a shock in itself, but when Gale and her crew are assaulted by hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanoes that seem to have no basis in nature, she has to ask whether an alien intelligence is involved. Narrowly escaping from an artificially produced Nova, the crew of the Argos discover a moon that shows the remnants of a nuclear explosion and some intact artificial structures. A landing party is sent, but is forced to abandon their ship and as a result become marooned. What they find provides answers to many of their questions, and who or what the Taldi'na are, is finally revealed.

Five hundred years ago, humans burst through a portal between realities bent on conquest. With the help of the Elves from this reality, they tried to eradicate the dragons. Things did not go well, and the invaders moved the Elves to safety between realities and withdrew. The power used to move the Elves backfired through the portal damaging the invaders' reality severely, and the dimensional key in the form of a Diamond sword was left behind. But now after five centuries the sword hidden behind a disguise of steel, has found its way into the hands of Erun Oncant, Sovereign King of Cardoney. A child at play caused the portal to allow a single team of humans through, and they need to recover the key to return home. When they don't find it in the castle they kidnap the Queen, to coerce Erun into returning it.

Larry agrees to find the sister of a fifteen year old boy who turns up at his office. Having run away from parents that he claims are abusive, he and his sister had been living rough until she disappeared.Larry visits the boy's parents, in Cromwell's Seat, a village some ten miles outside of London, only to hear that MI6 are investigating suspected espionage centred on the local police station.Dragged reluctantly into that investigation, while trying to solve the disappearance, he is suddenly arrested when the boy's mother is found hanged from the seventh tower of a series carrying new power lines.Clare Haines, a constable working for his friend Superintendent Blake Reece, comes to his aid, and he is released.The murder of a constable in an unusual manner, a face seen, and vaguely remembered, an MI6 agent who is not quite as he appears to be, a reluctant traitor, the almost fatal shooting of Penny and the death of his friend, finally brings everything to a head at the foot of the tower.

The passenger liner the Star Queen, suffered mysterious damage to its jump engines and emerged from hyperspace, close to the sun, at half-light speed on a collision course with Earth. Distress signals were sent out as the ship scorched into the Earth's atmosphere to explode devastatingly just before impact.600 years later, and 600 light years away, the distress call is intercepted by a warship of Her Majesty's Star Fleet. The distress call is a radio signal, presumably because of an FTL coms failure, and it is soon realised that its origin is the start of the twentieth century, before space travel was discovered.

With virtually nothing happening except divorce cases, Larry is getting bored. So much so that when he is approached by a five year old to find her stolen Panda, he jumps at the chance.But when the one escalates into seventeen, and then a murder in front of him, followed by an attempt on his own life, and the death of his friend, he realises that there is more to this affair than was at first realised.It seems that an eighteenth Panda may be the key to the puzzle, so all of his efforts are channelled into an intensive search for it.When the truth is revealed, and the extent of the criminal activity becomes known, Larry risks all to protect those around him, and bring the perpetrators to Justice.

Rear Admiral Gale Harkness's ship, the Argos, under the command of Captain Bernice O'Reilly is despatched on a mission to discover the fate of two remote outposts of humanity that have gone silent.To discover that both colonies have been totally obliterated, with the exception of one young girl, is a shock in itself, but when Gale and her crew are assaulted by hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanoes that seem to have no basis in nature, she has to ask whether an alien intelligence is involved.Narrowly escaping from an artificially produced Nova, the crew of the Argos discover a moon that shows the remnants of a nuclear explosion and some intact artificial structures. The landing party is forced to abandon their ship and as a result become marooned. What they find provides answers to many of their questions, and who or what the Taldi'na are, is finally revealed.

Five hundred years ago, humans burst through a portal between realities bent on conquest. With the help of the Elves from this reality, they tried to eradicate the dragons. Things did not go well, and the invaders moved the Elves to safety between realities and withdrew. The power used to move the Elves backfired through the portal damaging the invaders' reality severely, and the dimensional key in the form of a Diamond sword was left behind.But now after five centuries the sword hidden behind a disguise of steel, has found its way into the hands of Erun Oncant, Sovereign King of Cardoney.A child at play caused the portal to allow a single team of humans through, and they need to recover the key to return home. When they don't find it in the castle they kidnap the Queen, to coerce Erun into returning it.The sword means nothing to Erun, so he would willingly trade it for his beloved wife. That is if the sword is willing to be given up.