Reluctant Friends - format ePub

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....

The story humorously tells about the life and struggles of Leviathan. The giant speaks of his extraordinary perfections: enormous size, unprecedented beauty, and keen intelligence. Leviathan initiates...

This narration is about love and war. Ukraine, 17th century.A young boy, a Jew, fell in love with a Cossack girl, and she responded to him with hot feelings. Their passion was not destined for a happy...

The events of the book took place two centuries ago. Educated European Jews, the enlighteners, laughed at the ignorance of their Ukrainian tribesmen, the simple hasids. Other opponents of the hasids were...

The great love of a youth and a girl ends in tragedy - both are burned in the flames of a merciless war between common sense and insanity. The fate of other main characters involved in the irreconcilable...

Two old men, both the God-fearing righteous from the same town, enter Paradise. On Earth they were ideological opponents, but life in Paradise reconciled them and they became friends. They meet a young...

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...

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...

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 narrative is based on the Biblical legend of a hero named Jephthah. In order to gain God's support, the military leader swore to sacrifice to Him the person who would be the first to congratulate...

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...

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...

The reader learns of the brilliant beginning of the Jewish sage Matan's career, of his happy marriage, of his family, and of his and his wife's bitter old age. The children, whom the father and mother...

The king's wife loved flowers, but she had no land to grow them. There was a peasant's vineyard adjoining the king's house. She thought she should buy this land and make a flower garden. The king offered...

Soul Food is a collection of 4 short stories that ranges in different themes for people to relate to including a goofy sibling rivalry, an intense game between childhood friends turned enemies, a hopeful...

In this dark, anti-hero, paranormal romance trilogy, an entire species of shapeshifters is at risk of extinction. It will take a woman who doesn't know about this world working with—and trying not to...

Small-town magic and Christmas miracles are just fairy tales… until they're not.Nancy Harmon loves everything about her little hometown of Christmas Tree Hill, from the twinkling holiday lights to the...

Javier and Ilan both have missions. However, with Bethany kidnapped and Valko Slavkov on the run, Javier needs help.He finds it in the most unlikely of places: Djamila Sykora's old unit, the New Berne...

DanteMy father didn't ask if I wanted a wife.He announced it at the dinner table.Now I'm promised to the daughter of the man who should be my enemy.She's beautiful, defiant, and every word out of her...

Jean came back to town for her best friend's wedding. Simple, right?Wrong.At the restaurant, she sees him—Rick Martin, her first love, the one who still holds her heart. And Claire? She's about to marry...

In the aftermath of the Feed's collapse, a city drowns in a flood of uncurated memories, its streets echoing with lives lived and lost. Echoes of Becoming, the ninth volume of T.Kgosimore's THE ALGORITHMIC...

A soul-stirring Christian Christmas romance about love, faith, and the beauty of God's transformation.In the quiet town of Maple Hollow, Faye Morris runs a cozy coffee shop where everyone feels at home—except...

Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, Fortress Besieged recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien, who after aimlessly studying in Europe at his family's expense returns...

In the spring of 1983, America crumbles under a sudden, ruthless invasion by an unlikely alliance of Chinese, Russian, and Iranian forces. As cities burn and the nation reels, a small band of survivors...

Dare you step into the Forest of Eaters,Where every living thing is likely to eat ya? Pint-sized corters, Hardbit and Slice, want only a quiet life tailoring. The nearby Forest of Feasters, with widespread...

Journey to Maine's fog-bound coast, where weather, memory, and tide shape every story. Echoes in the Fog: Literary Reflections on the Liminal Spaces of Maine's Coast gathers 58 poets, essayists, storytellers,...

Would you give up your family for love?Jinhua has always been the good daughter, doing everything that's expected of her. Finally, it's all paid off as she's engaged to the Prince of Cerisa – the highest...

Becoming a powerful demon's familiar might be the best thing ever. But what's the catch?Rory Soletsa is a 17-year-old in a low-magic dimension. He is a student at a magical academy who is supposed to...

All Aurelia ever wanted was freedom, and she finally has it. Having escaped Skala and her murderous father alongside the thieves of Shadow's Bastion, she finds herself in a new city with new opportunities…and...

A mythic past. A technological future. And a nation caught between gods, ghosts, and code.India is on the brink. A designer drug tearing through the shadows. A national land database wiped clean overnight....

The Lullabies of Quiet Waters is a tender collection of soft, heartwarming stories that invite you to slow down, breathe deeper, and rediscover the quiet magic hidden in everyday moments.Across ten gentle...

Poppy the Parrot dreams of having her very own peach tree, imagining its sweet, golden-pink fruit and sharing it with her forest friends. Determined, she sets out on a grand adventure, starting with finding...

Ari Igurashi was a gloomy loner who despised insects—especially ants. Bullied for his relationship with a girl named Keiko, his resentment toward the world only grew. After a heated argument with her,...

Those late-night horror shows hosted by the likes of Svengooli, Doctor Shock, and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark left us hiding under blankets as the Wolfman, Frankenstein, and Dracula stalked the moors...

A Mythical Discovery is a novella that takes place between A Mythical Case of Arson and A Mythical Case of Murder in the Mythical Pet Sitting cozy mystery/fantasy series.Don't look a gift newt in the...

When Joel Webb shot and killed his supernaturally backed serial killer brother to save two young women, he had no idea how the ripples from it would disrupt his life. For three years, everything he's...

Starborn Descent: Book One of the PussyCat Messages TrilogyTwo golden-eyed Persian feline brothers tumble from the Ethereal Realms into the neon hush of Las Vegas—on a mission to guard a woman destined...

In the 15th century, Sarah Holloway lived in the woods at the edge of the village, flaxen-haired and barefoot, her fingers forever green from crushing herbs that save what learned men cannot. Villagers...

Celyn Berry needs a Christmas miracle. While helping her nieces write letters to Santa, she adds a letter of her own to the package. She asks that her deployed Marine brother come home in time for the...

On the seventh day of Christmas, romance went digital. The geese did not approve.Neva Prevette, the Ministry's most reluctant coder, just unleashed a matchmaking disaster that's gone from "miracle" to...

Who would you become in the aftermath of the collapse of society? Twenty years after the sudden end of most of the population, amidst the sparse and paranoid remnants of humankind, a teenage girl known...

Dragons are no longer traditional. They now have a union. Chaos and humour abound in human and dragon confrontation.

A burning sky. A quiet African village. A girl who falls from a world of royalty into the arms of a boy who has never been seen by the world at all.When a private aircraft crashes deep in the ancient...

From bestselling author Kosuke Onishi, ESQ, comes another captivating work of modern legal romance, blending emotional depth, cinematic storytelling, and striking realism. Known for his elegant prose...