Avital and Her Father - format ePub

The book consists of five stories linked by a common theme. The plots are taken from the Old Testament and involve crimes and their investigation. The book differs from traditional historical literature...

Herod (Ordos), king of ancient Judaea, the eastern provincia of the Roman Empire, was born in 73 BC and died in 4 BC. Herod was a loyal vassal of the emperors, but he also loved his people. He believed...

Queen Athaliah ruled ancient Judaea in the 9th century BC. She was the daughter of the Israelite king Ahab and his non-Jewish wife Jezebel. The main content of the spiritual life of this ancient period...

The hasids gathered at the house of their mentor after a great deal of drinking on the holiday of Purim. Shlomo, the most educated hasid, expounds a theory he has invented, which he calls "The World of...

Hasids Shlomo and Shmulik tell each other their dreams. Incredible adventures happen to the heroes of the narrative in their night visions. They were first in England, then on a distant star and always...

In this narrative, Daniel and Akiva, familiar to the reader from the story "Yoni and Shosh", are the investigators. Years have passed. Daniel is now a prophet, but he has not lost his detective skills....

Respected by soldiers and commanders, Achan, a young officer in the Jewish army, falls in love with Rahab, a pagan. By committing treachery, poor Achan obtains wealth, which he intends to give to his...

A sensational event occurred in the house of a high-ranking official - his young beautiful wife was accused by two honorable townspeople of adultery. The offended husband regarded the accusation as slander....

Shlomo suffers a great grief, for which he is himself to blame, but sincerely repentant. He knows the story of Frankenstein, an evil and vengeful monster created by the imagination of a writer. Shlomo...

The author tells the famous Biblical legend of the hero Samson in a new way. There is room in the story not only for Delilah, Samson's beloved, but also for his parents, his wife, and the angel who guided...

The main heroes of the narrative are: Korach, Pharaoh's fabulously wealthy accountant; Moses, the ruler over the Jewish people; Aharon, the high priest. The Jews, fleeing Egyptian slavery to the Promised...

Two very different powers oppose each other, and each seeks to gain absolute hegemony in the world. One power is poor and spiritual. The other power is rich and pragmatic. Both powers manage to create...

Ancient people on Earth lived primitive and poor lives, they did not know how to use fire, they knew neither agriculture nor crafts. People lived in caves, hunted animals, gathered berries and roots....

Intending to reward the four inhabitants of Paradise for their righteousness, the angel Michael offers them resettlement on Mars, where people like those on Earth live. The righteous accept the offer....

Three world-famous detectives independently of each other investigate a certain crime that happened in ancient times and is described in the Bible. The results of the investigations differ. Humor and...

The story is based on two plots - ancient and modern. The main characters of both plots have the same names and the same aspirations. One of them is the Biblical personage, the military leader and prophet...

Cosamian Dastou is the last living Saint. His immunity to the Social Cypher, a system of mass-hypnotism that regulates and controls modern life, means that some people worship him, and many think of him...

How do you save someone you love when they have become the most dangerous person in the galaxy?Captain Barnaby Blackwater was a friend, a pirate, and a hero. Now he commands the Crocodile Cult, the most...

                                                     A Powerful Second-Chance Sports Romance Where the Heart Is the Real Battlefield ⚾ Drama On and Off the FieldFor veteran umpire Brad Perkins, baseball...

A startling tale of  astrophysics gone wild.Experienced Astronaut Dev Camber prepares his spacecraft for landing.But not one bit of his training prepared him for for the  escalating mayhem swallowing...

When It's Winter in Our HeartsClara Bellmonte loves Raymond Trust, a humble gardener. Then, at seventeen, her father informs her that the time has come to introduce her to Raphael Monie, the young man...

The British government faces an ultimatum from a vigilante quartet who threaten to execute a minister for passing an unjust law. As the deadline approaches, the police lock down the city, but the four...

A young detective infiltrates a gang of counterfeiters, only to find himself trapped in a house of secrets dominated by a menacing patriarch. The investigation focuses on a specific, locked room where...

The majestic and dangerous river serves as the backdrop for a colonial commissioner who rules with a firm but fair hand. Facing witch doctors, tribal disputes, and external agitators, he relies on his...

A judge known for his merciless sentencing is forced to confront the reality of the criminal world when he becomes a target himself. Stripped of his robes and authority, he must navigate a dangerous underworld...

A quiet life is shattered when Diana is identified as the lost heir to a Balkan throne, drawing the attention of assassins and political schemers. She is swept into a vortex of international intrigue...

A young man leads a life of profligacy and vice, but at every turn, he is thwarted by a whisperer who shares his name and appearance. This spectral twin acts as a moral check until a violent confrontation...

A narrator details the calculated precision of a murder, claiming his acute senses are proof of sanity rather than madness. However, the perfect crime unravels when the killer begins to hear a sound that...

A painter trades his wife’s spirit for the vibrancy of his art, stroke by obsessive stroke. As the colors on the canvas flush with life, the woman in the chair turns to marble, sacrificed to the immortality...

Two angels glide through the cosmos, observing the physical stars born from the passions of their past speech. They realize that the vibrations of their voices have the power to create and destroy celestial...

A cataleptic constructs a coffin with escape hatches and bells, terrified of waking up underground. His worst nightmare seems to come true in a confined wooden space, only to be revealed as a claustrophobic...

Rats become the unlikely saviors of a man strapped beneath a scythe swinging in a measured descent. Just as the heated iron walls force him toward the central pit, a hand reaches out to snatch him from...

A razor-wielding fugitive with superhuman strength leaves a trail of carnage that no human could replicate. Dupin looks past the gruesome details to the impossible window, deducing that the culprit is...

A mutiny is only the beginning of a voyage that includes cannibalism and a ship of the dead. The survivors drift into a milky, warm ocean where the water is not like water, approaching a shrouded white...

Through the gaslight of London, an observer tracks a decrepit figure who refuses to stop moving until the sun rises. The pursuit reveals a soul so terrified of solitude that it must endlessly swim in...

Kate commands an organization of thieves with military precision, targeting a shipment of gold in a heist that relies on perfect timing. The tension mounts as the plan encounters unexpected obstacles,...

A female thief with a distinct code of honor plagues the wealthy elite, stealing not for greed but to balance the scales of justice. Her exploits become the stuff of legend as she outwits the best detectives,...

A mysterious figure in a slouch hat haunts the criminal gangs of London, delivering a rough justice that the courts cannot provide. The police are torn between hunting this vigilante and using the evidence...

In a twist of metaphysical terror, a sinister doctor masters the art of projecting his spirit into the bodies of unwilling victims. A young man must fight a battle on a spiritual plane to regain control...

A dying criminal leaves behind a fortune and a coded will, sparking a deadly contest between honest heirs and the London underworld. The mysterious Angel must decipher the complex gambling codes before...

While the police tear apart furniture and probe with microscopes, the stolen document sits openly in a card rack. Dupin exposes the thief's arrogance, proving that the best camouflage for a secret is...

An ebony clock dominates the seventh room, its hourly chime freezing the blood of the revelers. When a figure dressed as a corpse stalks through the colored chambers, the Prince learns that no fortress...

A foul odor emanates from a pine box in the captain's cabin, fueling the narrator's wild theories about its contents. Only when the ship goes down does the tragic truth emerge: a husband would rather...

In a paradise of multicolored grass and flamingos, a lover questions if finding new happiness is a betrayal of the dead. The spirit of his first love returns not to haunt, but to absolve him of his earthly...

At Botshelong Hospital, love doesn't arrive with roses.It arrives with tension, ambition, jealousy… and temptation.Nsizwa is a 25-year-old cleaner from Daveyton—handsome, disciplined, and admired by many....

Soul in the WallsBy Riaan HayesMae Harper thought buying the old house on Breaker Road would be a chance to start over.The place was cheap, quiet, and far away from the life she wanted to forget. The...