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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Stephen Kozeniewski
Billy and the Cloneasaurus
Stephen Kozeniewski
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Six billion identical clones make up the entire population of Earth, and William 790-6 (57th Iteration) is exactly like everybody else. In his one year of life he will toil in suburban mediocrity and spend as much cash as possible in order to please his corporate masters. When 790's first birthday (and scheduled execution) finally rolls around, a freak accident spares his life. Living past his expiration date changes 790 profoundly. Unlike other clones he becomes capable of questioning the futility of his own existence. Seeking answers in the wilderness, he discovers a windmill with some very strange occupants, including a freakish, dinosaur-like monstrosity. Which is especially strange since every animal on earth is supposed to be extinct... Dark, haunting, and blisteringly satirical, BILLY AND THE CLONEASAURUS is the story of one "man's" attempt to finally become an individual in a world of copies.
After ravenous corpses topple society and consume most of the world's population, freighter captain Henk Martigan is shocked to receive a distress call. Eighty survivors beg him to whisk them away to the relative safety of the South Pacific. Martigan wants to help, but to rescue anyone he must first pass through the nightmare backwater of the Curien island chain. A power struggle is brewing in the Curiens. On one side, the billionaire inventor of the mind-control collar seeks to squeeze all the profit he can out of the apocalypse. Opposing him is the charismatic leader of a ghoul-worshipping cargo cult. When a lunatic warlord berths an aircraft carrier off the coast and stakes his own claim on the islands, the stage is set for a bloody showdown. To save the remnants of humanity (and himself), Captain Martigan must defeat all three of his ruthless new foes and brave the gruesome horrors of...The Ghoul Archipelago.
In an alternate reality where ghosts are as commonplace as the weather, the most terrifying thing imaginable is a house not being haunted. Donna Fitzpatrick runs a surrogacy agency, where ghosts can briefly possess volunteers in order to enjoy carnal pleasures. She's also working herself into an early grave. But that's no big deal because death is no worse than puberty. That's particularly evident in Donna's twin, Kyle, a self-absorbed roustabout who spends most of his time high on sage. Kyle's been in arrested development since his motorcycle accident fifteen years ago. When Donna has a panic attack, Kyle insists she take a vacation at an abandoned mansion. There's just one small problem: there isn't a single ghost in Jackson Manor. And while an unhaunted house seems no worse than an oddity at first, soon ghosts go missing, natural disasters consume entire cities, and every afterlife on earth is threatened by the terrible secret behind . . . THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE.
Cardinal Martini approaches the figure of Stephen, the first martyr, by beginning with what is described in Chapters 6-8 of the Acts of the Apostles, 'an impressive document of a man's retrospective view in the face of death, of himself, the history of salvation, of what Christ has meant for him and the future to which he has been called.' Reflection on the figure of Stephen is important for the entire community of believers; in fact with Stephen 'the Church feels the seriousness of being both witness and servant: It understands that abandoning oneself to God does not save one from death, but it does allow one to pass through death, contemplating the glory of God; it recognises what it is that God saves us and does not save us from and what he prepares us for.'The richness of these meditations lies in this summary of things. It lies in the experience of a man who is approaching the revelation of the proximity of a transcendent and immanent God and at the same time arrives 'at the culmination of his mission as servant witness, ' experiencing the mystery that he proclaims, contemplates and adores, in his very own body.
Stephen Mangham is dead, brutally murdered in his apartment, but George, his father, has no tears to shed, no grief in his heart. He despised his son, despises the mourners, but a stranger in the cemetery, watching from afar, gives him pause for thought, and unsettles him.The Beeches, geriatric wing of a local hospital, is closed for refurbishment. Stan Perkins, a former nurse, is on the verge of marriage, but undecided as to whether or not to return to his career once the renovation is complete. Memories of recent horrors, and the death of a colleague, haunt him. D.C. Robin Coldwell is suspended from active duty and drinking heavily, but husband, Oliver, is sure that solving the Mangham murder would give her purpose and focus.Neither is prepared for the awful truth. Are you?
In 2483, a cyborg attack by the Rouges maroons 3-year-old Stephen on Terra 3. He grows up to eventually lead defense of the small colony thirty years later. Unfortunately, a violent dispute forces him flee to Terra 12 in a rickety starship. There he makes friends with Jack the barkeep, Matou the enhanced tomcat, and Nova, a mysterious young woman with a hidden past. Rouge agents force Stephen and Nova to flee, with cyborg soldiers threatening every step. When a familiar starship from Earth enters the fray, the battle truly begins. Stephen will do everything he can to save his friends, or die trying.
Stephen, an emperor goose in Hope, Alaska, doesn't quite fit in with his family. But more surprisingly he doesn't like the water. What goose doesn't like the water? Find out more in Stephen.
When Stephen Cavendish is injured in a deliberate accident while dirt biking, the beautiful Shanli Cameron comes to his rescue. Injured as she is attacked by Stephen's assailant, neither one of them understand just why or by whom.Friends of longstanding who had drifted apart over the years, Stephen and Shanli join forces to determine who it was that assaulted them not once but many times. Stephen's friends on the security team that he works for as well as their families add their resources to tracked down the culprits.None of them expected the person ultimately proved to be responsible or the why. Stephen and Shanli face him down, their faith in God tested and tried but holding firmer than ever. Their teenage crushes on each other turn into grown-up love as they fight to save their lives and each other.
