Thundercorp No. 5


Book Description

Three decades post the cataclysmic alien invasion in 2044 that laid waste to Earth’s outdated infrastructure, human civilization’s struggle to rise from the ashes drags onward with no end in sight. A sliver of hope for a return to a new normal comes in the form of massive spherical warehouses constructed in low Earth orbits by an aeronautics wunderkind named Julis Hart. His company, Thundercorp, revitalizes stagnant economic commerce via merchandise-laden drones screaming down from the sky and delivering items within an hour anywhere in the world. However, a vociferous minority stake in the new world order balks at the orbiting eyesores and destroys five warehouses in an eco-terrorist blitz. Working as a drone tech aboard the last remaining Thundercorp, No. 5, Hannah, the only child of Rachel and Owen Haig, (see the full-length novel titled The Golden Ellipse) becomes Julius Hart’s final hope. She is thrust into a pitched battle for survival and a race against time to abandon the besieged warehouse with Hart’s top-secret technology before the advancing eco-terrorists succeed in detonating it out of low Earth orbit over North Africa.




The Blue Spark


Book Description

The climactic third novel in The Powers That Be trilogy, THE BLUE SPARK, envisions humankind’s destiny through a transformative sacrifice. Book Three in The Powers That Be trilogy, THE BLUE SPARK, paints a thought-provoking, action-packed vision of a post-invasion dystopian world with humankind on a razor’s edge between science and morality, loyalty and betrayal, hope and despair, courage and fear, evolution and extinction. A transformative sacrifice seals humankind’s destiny at the end of a celestial path. Sometimes, history repeats. THE BLUE SPARK picks up the narrative after Book Two, THE LOST SHIP, injecting readers into an intricately detailed and all-too-plausible near-future world grappling with a never-ending analog reality amid the chaos and corruption. The 510-page novel introduces the trilogy’s lynchpin, Hannah Haig (Rachel and Owen’s daughter), and a host of intriguing new characters joining the multi-generational cast of human and non-human heroes and villains. Matching wits through a complexity of interwoven storylines and gripping character arcs, the epic saga culminates with an against-all-odds celestial sacrifice to preserve humankind’s destiny in a crowded universe.




Doc’s Brain


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Crackling science fiction adventure—think Indiana Jones meets Jurassic Park—as young Prof. Richard King, aka Doc, seeks an incredible knowledge in the Amazon. A young Professor Richard King, aka Doc, ventures into the depths of the Amazon in search of an alien shipwreck and the incredible knowledge within the hulking superstructure’s decayed, overgrown decks and holds. After a stomach-turning flight to Manaus, Brazil on a Ford Tri-Motor and a treacherous upriver journey deep into the heart of the Amazon, Doc and his local guide, Ephrain, make contact with a circumspect tribal elder warning that others have already passed through his village in search of the shipwreck. With no time to lose, the pair hack a trail through the dense jungle to a precipitous ravine gouged hundreds of years before by the crashed ship. Descending a sheer cliff, Doc treks into a lost world teeming with exposed gem deposits, exotic orchids, and creatures long thought extinct before discovering others had already reached the ship. Now what? Encountering cannibals, spies, traitors, and creatures straight out of Edgar Rice Burroughs, a knowledge embedded in Doc’s brain illuminates humanity’s future in a radiant blue glow.




Lost Cactus - The First Treasury, New Edition


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Revised and updated, Lost Cactus - The First Treasury, New Edition comic strip anthology is loaded with paintings and artwork along with science fiction short stories, essays, sketches, and artist liner notes filling the margins throughout the 164-page full-color book. About Lost Cactus The brainchild of author and artist John Hopkins, LOST CACTUS is the codename of a secret research base in the far reaches of the American Southwest. The eponymous comic strip and its shared universe of science fiction graphic novels chronicle the trials and travails of Doc, an ageless and enigmatic scientist working hand-in-glove with The Powers That Be and a cadre of alien advisers. Meanwhile, the genetic mutant duo of Bentley Bee and Ty the Dinosaur lead a comical cast of genetic misfits on far-out misadventures ripped from urban legends and conspiracy theories, resulting in chaos, bedlam, and hysterical larks. Enjoy your trip to Lost Cactus!




The Golden Ellipse


Book Description

In a domed granite chamber deep beneath the Giza Plateau, a proto-pyramidical beacon pulses a warning into the cosmos for millennia while dark spectral forces conspire to terminate the signal by removing its infinite power, the golden ellipse. * * * In 1944, a German spy unwittingly looted the golden ellipse, but in the fog of world war, it ended up in the hands of a brash American fighter pilot who buried the prized contraband in the desert before his paranormal demise on a daring air raid in the south of France. * * * In 2044, a young couple fresh off a space tourism touchdown in Toulouse is hijacked from their honeymoon onto a heart-pounding odyssey to locate the legendary gold relic and restart the beacon’s signal before time runs out. It’s just the fate of the world. No pressure. Book One in THE POWERS THAT BE trilogy, THE GOLDEN ELLIPSE, is an epic sci-fi action adventure introducing Rachel and Owen Haig—intrepid newlyweds in a tech-driven near-future world of 2044 replete with AI and humanoid replicants. Their perilous quest culminates in a harrowing pitch-black descent beneath the Giza Plateau, where fates collide as alien invaders tear open Earth’s skies. Drawing parallels between the Great Pyramid's mysterious origin and Fermi's paradox, The Golden Ellipse is an epoch-spanning story rich in history and paranormal intrigue with an eclectic cast of 3-dimensional characters, gritty dialogue, dark humor, and a clandestine organization known simply as The Powers That Be, chartered to foster humankind's destiny in a crowded universe. Includes an excerpt from THE LOST SHIP The Powers That Be Book Two










Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook


Book Description

Now in its sixth edition, Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook has been and continues to be the standard resource for any professional in the pipeline industry. A practical and convenient reference, it provides quick solutions to the everyday pipeline problems that the pipeline engineer, contractor, or designer faces. Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook assembles hundreds of shortcuts for pipeline construction, design, and engineering. Workable "how-to" methods, handy formulas, correlations, and curves all come together in this one convenient volume. - Save valuable time and effort using the thousands of illustrations, photographs, tables, calculations, and formulas available in an easy to use format - Updated and revised with new material on project scoping, plastic pipe data, HDPE pipe data, fiberglass pipe, NEC tables, trenching, and much more - A book you will use day to day guiding every step of pipeline design and maintenance







Intermediate Accounting, Volume 1


Book Description

Intermediate Accounting, 13th Canadian Edition has always been, and continues to be, the gold standard that helps connect students to the what, the why, and the how of accounting information. Through new edition updates, you will be able to spark efficient and effective learning and inspire and prepare students to be the accounting professionals of tomorrow. To help develop a deeper understanding of course concepts and move beyond basic understanding, students work through a high-quality assessment at varying levels, helping them learn more efficiently and create connections between topics and real-world application. This course also presents an emphasis on decision-making through Integrated Cases and Research and Analysis questions that allow students to analyze business transactions, apply both IFRS and ASPE, and explore how different accounting standards impact real companies. Throughout the course, students also work through a variety of hands-on activities including Data Analytics Problems, Analytics in Action features, Excel templates, and a new emphasis on sustainability, all within the chapter context. These applications help students develop an accounting decision-making mindset and improve the professional judgement and communication skills needed to be successful in the evolving accounting world.