The Chimera Chronicles (Volumes 1-5)


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Welcome to Level Five where Chimeras are born. Against their will they are mutated and transformed. Created as weapons to hunt and kill on command, but who can control a monster with hatred surging through his blood? If you like the old Creature Features, you'll love these stories. Dark. Gritty. Thought provoking. And lots of fun. Volume One: Rise of the River Man Mutter has been abandoned, beaten and left to die, but he's never been truly afraid, until he arrives at Level Five in Conguise's laboratory. There are things in the other cages that are beyond his experience, beyond nature. The shots his new master is giving him are making him stronger, faster and hungry. He's always hungry just like the creatures in the other cages. He was raised to obey but he must escape before he's fed to a beast or worse becomes one. Volume Two: Feeding Fersia In saving a life, McBrid makes a deadly mistake. Now, he must recreate the deadliest monster on Level Five but to do that he must find a host. He never intends to like the girl he's transforming. Can he stop the transformation before it's too late? Volume Three: Breaking the Brush Men Glick and the others are born into a world that wants them dead. From the moment they crawl from the earth, they're hunted and killed. Can he and his friends hide from those who want to kill them and if they do, will they survive the toxic land they were born into? Volume Four: Rage of Rattus Norvegicus All Rufus has ever wanted was to keep his younger brother and sister safe, but they've been captured. Now, the only way to survive and stay together is to go to the laboratory. At first, it seems okay. There's food, water and shelter, but the shots they're given are changing them all. They must escape but how can they when his sister is pregnant? Will Rufus and his siblings escape the laboratory and if they do, can they stop their transformation before it kills them all? Volume Five: Leaving Level Five The only way out of Level Five is through the belly of a beast. Read the exciting culmination of volumes two through four and discover who lives, who dies and who escapes Level Five. The Chimera Chronicles box set a collection of stand-alone dystopian, genetic engineering story about human-animal hybrids. It’s urban fantasy/science fiction that’ll make you question who the real monsters are. Whether you’re an animal rights activist or just love your pets, this book will make you root for those in the laboratory. These books were formerly sold as Conguise Chronicles Volumes One through Five







BattleTech Legends: To Ride the Chimera


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TO REFORGE A SHATTERED LEAGUE… A MechWarrior without peer, Thaddeus Marik has become the figurehead for a new community of worlds attempting to resurrect the Free Worlds League after the collapse of the Republic of the Sphere. After defeating a Lyran invasion on the planet of Savannah and negotiating a successful alliance with the Clan Protectorate Coalition, Marik must now ally himself with Jessica Halas-Hughes Marik if the new league is to have a chance. Having Marik and his forces at her side gives Jessica much-needed credibility and greater influence on Oriente. But old hatreds die hard, erupting in a war against enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy the founding of a new league...




Chimera Chronicles: Rise of the River-Man


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Enjoy this FREE dystopian, genetic engineering story about hybrids by bestselling science-fantasy author L. S. O'Dea. Imagine a world filled with human-animal hybrids. They're stronger than us. Faster. More deadly and hungry. Always hungry. Now, step inside the laboratory and witness their creation. Created as weapons. Designed to obey. No one expected them to want revenge. This is Mutter's story. For the first time in his life he's afraid. Afraid of the shots his new master is giving him. Afraid that if he doesn’t escape, he’ll become food for one of the creatures in the nearby cages or worse... He'll become one of them. Rise of the River Man, book one, in the Chimera Chronicles is a stand-alone dystopian, genetic engineering science-fantasy story about human-animal hybrids. It’s urban fantasy/science fiction that’ll make you question who the real monsters are. If you love animals, this book will make you root for those in the laboratory. Fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky, J.N. Chaney, and K.J. Gillenwater will love this series.







Myth, Ritual And Religion Vol. 1


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Andrew Lang, a Scottish anthropologist and folklorist, wrote the landmark work "Myth, Ritual, and Religion," Volume 1. This work contributes significantly to anthropology and religious studies. In this volume, Lang investigates the interdependence of myth, ritual, and theology in a variety of cultures and communities. He delves into myths and rituals from various civilizations, including ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, and indigenous cultures. Lang studies how myths and rituals can commonly play an important role in molding a society's religious beliefs and practices. He investigates the symbolic value of myths and rituals, emphasizing their role in understanding the mysteries of life, death, and the natural world. Lang's work is notable for its comparative technique, which connects nations in order to discover universal themes and patterns in myth and ritual. He contends that these traditions and ceremonies are not merely historical relics, but they continue to influence present religious’ practices and ideals. Some stories are brutal and weird, while others creep up on you and draw you in slowly. With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset copy, this edition of "Myth, Ritual, and Religion Vol. 1" is both current and intelligible.




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The Letters of T. S. Eliot


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This fifth volume of the collected letters of poet, playwright, essayist, and literary critic Thomas Stearns Eliot covers the years 1930 through 1931. It was during this period that the acclaimed American-born writer earnestly embraced his newly avowed Anglo-Catholic faith, a decision that earned him the antagonism of friends like Virginia Woolf and Herbert Read. Also evidenced in these correspondences is Eliot’s growing estrangement from his wife Vivien, with the writer’s newfound dedication to the Anglican Church exacerbating the unhappiness of an already tormented union. Yet despite his personal trials, this period was one of great literary activity for Eliot. In 1930 he composed the poems Ash-Wednesday and Marina, and published Coriolan and a translation of Saint-John Perse’s Anabase the following year. As director at the British publishing house Faber & Faber and editor of The Criterion, he encouraged W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Louis MacNeice, and Ralph Hogdson, published James Joyce’s Haveth Childers Everywhere, and turned down a book proposal from Eric Blair, better known by his pen name, George Orwell. Through Eliot’s correspondences from this time the reader gets a full-bodied view of a great artist at a personal, professional, and spiritual crossroads.




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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.