Heart of Vengeance


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A pirate attack with only one survivor A conspiracy woven across the planets A vengeance that will not be denied When pirates seize the inter-planetary freighter owned by Brad Mantruso's family, he is dumped into space. Saved from death by a passing Fleet ship, he is left with nothing but his skills, a gun, and a burning desire for vengeance. Acquiring a ship, he reinvents himself as the mercenary Captain Brad Madrid. Before he can pursue his enemies, however, he finds himself dragged into an unexpected conflict when his ship's history draws new enemies to him. Beset by pirates, slavers, and a woman who might be his savior-but definitely is a spy-it will take all of his skill, cunning, and new friends to claim his revenge!




A God of Vengeance?


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With both careful and rich exegesis of the psalms, Zenger recovers these as important liturgical and theological resources for the church. It is especially helpful to pastors and others in the planning of public worship.




Psalms


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Jesus died with a psalm on his lips. For millennia, humans have been shaped by the Psalms. And before the Nazis banned him from publishing, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer published this book on the Psalms. What comfort is found in the Psalter? What praise, and what challenge? What threat? In the pages of Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible, discover the richness this book of Scripture held for Bonhoeffer, and learn to pray psalms along with Christ. First published in 1940, this classic reveals how the Psalms are essential to the life of the believer and offers Bonhoeffer's reflections on psalms of thanksgiving, suffering, guilt, praise, and lament. Now with an introduction by Walter Brueggemann and excerpts from the Psalms, Bonhoeffer's timeless work offers contemporary readers ancient wisdom and resources for the living of these days. Includes a biographical sketch of Bonhoeffer written by his friend and biographer Eberhard Bethge.




The Firebird's Vengeance


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Having journeyed to the world of Isavalta, where she discovered secrets about her family and her own latent magical powers, Bridget Lederle learns that her believed-dead daughter is alive and is a pawn in a dangerous political game.




The Fires of Vengeance


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In this "relentlessly gripping, brilliant" epic fantasy (James Islington), an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in order to reclaim her throne and save her people. Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan. If Tau succeeds, the Queen will have the time she needs to assemble her forces and launch an all out assault on her own capital city, where her sister is being propped up as the 'true' Queen of the Omehi. If the city can be taken, if Tsiora can reclaim her throne, and if she can reunite her people then the Omehi have a chance to survive the onslaught. "This gritty series set in a South African–inspired fantasy world is an intense reading experience, and the second book is just as phenomenal as the first."—BuzzFeed News "The Fires of Vengeance is epic fantasy at its finest."—Winter Is Coming The Books of The Burning Series The Rage of Dragons The Fires of Vengeance The Lord of Demons




Voice of Vengeance


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Xander has spent eleven years running from his past. Only to have it circling around on him in a dangerous matching of wits between him and the ruthless emperor of Jaguria. Finding himself appointed as the leader of a rebellion he never meant to start, he must face his past mistakes if he will have a chance to right those long ago wrongs. With the rebellion's victory against the Southern Palace of Jaguria still echoing through the land, Xander scrambles to pull his people together against the emperor's imperial army. Largely outnumbered, he will have to rely heavily on deception and trickery to overtake the lands that have been plagued with famine and misery. If he can succeed, it will bring a new era of peace to the land he'd forgotten he loves. With his faithful friends by his side, he realizes the rebellion may be his much needed redemption. Steeling himself against the destiny he's always denied, he determines to finish what his father started so long ago. If he can learn to accept who he is and who he must be, he may become the people's Voice of Vengeance.




A Farewell to Mars


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We know Jesus the Savior, but have we met Jesus, Prince of Peace? When did we accept vengeance as an acceptable part of the Christian life? How did violence and power seep into our understanding of faith and grace? For those troubled by this trend toward the sword, perhaps there is a better way. What if the message of Jesus differs radically differs from the drumbeats of war we hear all around us? Using his own journey from war crier to peacemaker and his in-depth study of peace in the scriptures, author and pastor Brian Zahnd reintroduces us to the gospel of Peace.




Vengeance Is


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It is about young naïve woman, who' life's choices are never in her control; those decisions are in other people's hands or governed by the circumstances or environment. She fights constantly with herself over moral dilemmas while trying to stays alive long enough to discover her true calling. This leads her on an adventure through time and space. From a world that couldn't accept her, thrust into a vampiric world through her DNA that welcomes her, but she can't accept. Where she discovers her biological father is a well-known vampire warrior and a world ambassador with a past seeped in violence, deception and vengeance. Worlds of violence were only power and class have relevance, Alcina is forced to accept a new life, endure or perish. Her marriage a scheme for her husband and father to gain a unique power and she was just a pawn. Who can she trust she needs allies who will be loyal to her? Her principles are tested and the all beings she trusted in her past life have betrayed her in one way or another. Her husband secret is a magnet for danger, will they survive or will his secret past destroy them. Alcina become a seasoned warrior, her morals and sanity are tested as she is plunged into worlds of greed, violence, sex, and power.




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V4 Vengeance


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Hired by a Russian museum, ex-Royal Engineer Jim Wilson is sent to the Baltic coast of Germany to find a rumored World War II U Boat base. His discovery is beyond shocking: not only does the base exist—it contains secret submarines full of V2 rocket bombs. And he is not working for a museum, but a notorious group of mobsters, the Romanov Gang.