Step into the world of Planetary
Wars: Rise of an Empire in this cinematic
excerpt. Experience the suspense, emotion, and sci‑fi intrigue as Anastasia
drifts between stasis and awakening, where every heartbeat carries the weight
of empire and every moment threatens collapse.
From interstellar conflict to the shadows of
betrayal, the stakes couldn’t be higher. This cinematic excerpt offers just a
glimpse of the adventure that awaits within the pages of the novel.
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An emperor’s triumph. A chilling vision. A man haunted by his past. Step
into the world of Forgiving Nero in this cinematic excerpt,
where intrigue, emotion, and psychological tension collide as Nero relives his
glory and confronts the specter of his downfall.
From the grandeur of Rome to the shadows of betrayal, the stakes couldn’t be
higher. This cinematic excerpt offers just a glimpse of the drama that awaits
within the pages of the novel.
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A crown won in the eye of a storm. A
queen who refuses to be broken...
Princess Anna of Denmark sails for Scotland
to marry King James VI, but storms ravage her fleet, igniting a deadly
obsession with witchcraft in her new home. Arriving in a strange and paranoid
court, Anna finds her new husband’s bed is a treacherous place.
Surrounded by whispering courtiers and
shifting alliances, Anna refuses to remain a passive pawn. When the court takes
her children to raise them away from her, the young queen draws her line in the
sand. From the windswept castles of Scotland to the glittering, dangerous
English court, Anna is restored to her rightful place in history.
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Tony
Riches is a full-time UK author of historical fiction. He lives with his wife
in Pembrokeshire, West Wales and is a specialist in the lives of the early
Tudors.
As
well as his Elizabethan series, Tony’s historical fiction novels include the
best-selling Tudor trilogy and his Elizabethan series.
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In the frozen shadows of Rome’s Appian Way,
December 25th, 19 CE, a four-year-old prodigy walks among the mourners, her
heart untouched by grief. Julia Agrippina, born with a mind sharper than any
gladius and a soul devoid of fear, sees her father’s funeral not as an end, but
a beginning. In a world of snarling mobs and scheming kin, she learns the first
lessons of power: to deceive, to kill, to outmaneuver.
Guided by the cunning Sejanus and shadowed by the wild-eyed Messalina,
Agrippinilla navigates a labyrinth of betrayal where every ally hides a dagger.
As winter’s chill cloaks The Eternal City, whispers of poison and treachery
swirl around her family’s throne. The Prophet’s warnings echo faintly, but for
a child who embraces, fate is merely a game to be won.
Via Malorum IIplunges deeper into Rome’s
heart of vice, where ambition is a blade that cuts both ways. A chilling
prequel to the visceral saga, this tale of a psychopath’s genesis blends Stoic
wisdom with blood-soaked intrigue. In the war of all against all, who will rise
when the snow falls red?
The author is a 59-year-old
Canadian male based in Calgary. The author has always had a tendency of
combining genres like horror and action along with drama, psychological
thrillers, giallo, and sometimes even comedy.
It really depends on how the
author feels from moment to moment as they write because the author likes to
entertain themselves first and then hope that a smattering of other people out
there in the world will like it as well.
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A gripping historical novel
full of intrigue, dark secrets, and deadly struggles for power!
France in the 17th century – an
age of conflict, love, and honour, where any means are justified in the pursuit
of power.Henri
de Beauvoir is a man who will stop at nothing — even making a pact with the
devil — to achieve his sinister ambitions. As the ruthless cousin of the
Marquis de Beauvoir and Duke of Hertford, he spins a perilous web of deception,
intrigue, and betrayal to bring about his cousin’s downfall.
A secret enemy from the
past threatens to destroy the Marquis.
·Danger lurks in the
shadows — always ready to strike.
·An unexpected love may
change everything.
When the fate of the Marquis hangs in the balance, a
deadly game of cat and mouse unfolds — one where every move is could prove
fatal.Can Henri carry out his dark plans, or will the secrets
buried in his past become his downfall?
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Michael Stolle, award-winning and best-selling
author, was born and educated in Europe. His enduring passion for history has
deeply enriched his understanding of the human experience. Through his
exploration, he has arrived at a powerful insight: the core essence of humanity
is timeless, remaining as relevant today as it was in the 17th century.
Stolle started his writing journey in 2012, and since
then, he has enthralled readers worldwide, selling over 250,000 copies of his
books. His compelling narratives offer an immersive experience that breathes
life into the richness of history, inviting readers to engage with the past in
an intimate and vivid way.
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Deadly Secrets • Desperate Measures •
Endgame • Escape from Berlin Hidden Lies • Illusion • Pandemic • Revenge
Where Every Second
Counts — And No One Is Safe
In a world driven by power, deception,
and the thin line between truth and annihilation, Scribbler Tales: The
Thriller Collection delivers eight pulse‑pounding stories where danger is
relentless and survival is never guaranteed.
A fugitive races the clock as a deadly
pathogen spreads. A government agent uncovers a secret no one was meant to
know. A desperate escape across a hostile border becomes a fight for life. A
web of lies tightens until the truth explodes.
Each story begins with a single spark —
a betrayal, a discovery, a threat — and ignites into a high‑stakes battle where
every choice has consequences. When enemies close in and time runs out,
characters must confront the moment that defines them: fight, flee, or fall.
A Note from the
Author
I wrote Scribbler Tales: The
Thriller Collection to explore the tension that rises when ordinary people
are thrust into extraordinary danger. Thrillers are about pressure — the kind
that cracks foundations, exposes secrets, and forces characters to make
impossible decisions.
These stories dive into espionage, bio‑threats,
political intrigue, and the razor‑thin margin between disaster and survival.
Each character faces a truth they can’t outrun and a threat that demands
everything they have left.
This collection is a journey through
fear, courage, and the relentless pursuit of escape, justice, or redemption.
About the Book
Deadly Secrets • Desperate Measures •
Endgame • Escape from Berlin Hidden Lies • Illusion • Pandemic • Revenge
Danger closes in from every direction
in this gripping anthology of eight high‑stakes thriller stories.
Classified experiments unravel. Enemies
strike from the shadows. Borders become battlegrounds. And the truth — once
uncovered — becomes the most dangerous weapon of all.
From espionage and bio‑terror to covert
operations and desperate escapes, each tale delivers the full spectrum of
thriller fiction: conspiracies, betrayals, ticking clocks, and the relentless
pressure of being hunted.
Perfect for readers who crave fast‑paced
suspense, shadowy intrigue, and stories where the stakes are life
and death.
Note: This collection contains
previously published stories from the Scribbler Tales series.
Ready to Enter the
Crossfire?
Open Scribbler Tales: The Thriller
Collection and step into a world where danger never blinks.
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Born into privilege as the daughter of the Tsar’s favored
vodka maker, Mila appears to have everything: wealth, status, and a household
devoted to her happiness. But behind the gilded doors of her family estate, she
is trapped by the cruelty of a stepmother whose greatest wish is to give birth
to her own child.
Each summer on Ivan Kupala Eve, Russia turns its gaze to river bends and forest
floors in search of the legendary Fern Flower—a mythical bloom said to grant
fortune, power, and the deepest desires of the heart. Only one person had ever
found it.
But in the fiercely competitive ranks of the Imperial Ballet School, talent is
never enough. Though Mila wrote the ballet and her gifted musician friend
composed its score, rivals question whether Mila is worthy of claiming the
coveted lead role.
As World War I intensifies and revolution ignites, the Russia Mila knows begins
to collapse. Family secrets surface, loyalties are tested, and the people she
loves begin to disappear. When her parents flee and her young brother’s life
hangs in the balance, Mila is faced with an impossible choice: remain with the
found family who helped her chase her dreams or risk everything to save the
person who needs her most.
With Russian folklore, imperial grandeur, and the fierce beauty of
ballet, The Fern Flower is a
sweeping tale of ambition, friendship, sacrifice, and the magic that survives
even when the world is falling apart.
Bestselling author, Kathleen Shoop, PhD’s
novels have won awards in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), Eric
Hoffer Book Awards, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Readers’ Favorite,
and more.
Kathleen has more than 20 years of
experience in the classroom and has been featured in USA Today and the Writer’s
Guide. She co-coordinates Mindful Writers Retreats and co-coordinated the
2023 Pennwriters Conference.
She frequently teaches and is a regular
presenter at conferences for writers.
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Doña Beatriz Galindo is an uneasy
witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel of Castile and her husband, Ferdinand,
King of Aragon. A holy war pushing the Moors out of territories ruled by them
for centuries.
Beatriz does not want a life like other
women. She desires power over her own destiny. Even if this means walking a far
harder road.
A passionate and respected scholar,
Beatriz serves her friend Queen Isabel of Castile as her advisor. She also
tutors the queen’s youngest child, Catalina of Aragon.
Dedicated to Queen Isabel and her
children, Beatriz guides the young Catalina of Aragon to walk her own hard life
road.
But can she prepare Catalina to be
England’s queen?
Award-winning Australian author of Tudor
historical fiction, specialising in Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon novels.
Wendy J. Dunn is an award-winning
Australian author, playwright and poet fascinated by Tudor history – so much so
she was not surprised to discover a family connection to the Tudors, not long
after the publication of her first Anne Boleyn novel narrating the Anne Boleyn
story through the eyes of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder. Her family tree reveals
the intriguing fact that one of her ancestral families – possibly over three
generations – had purchased land from both the Boleyn and Wyatt families to
build up their own holdings. It seems likely Wendy’s ancestors knew the Wyatts
and Boleyns personally.
Her second novel, The Light in the
Labyrinth, set during final days of Anne Boleyn's life, revisits the Anne
Boleyn story through the eyes of her niece Catherine Carey. The Duty of
Daughters and All Manner of Things tell the story of Katherine of
Aragon. Shades of Yellow tells the story of a woman writing a novel
about Amy Robsart.
All Dunn's award-winning works weave
together the lyricism of poetry with the pulse of history, creating stories of
love, loss, and the endurance of the human spirit.
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Renaissance Rivals, the long-awaited sequel
to the global bestseller Leonardo’s Swans, tells the story of the
brutal rivalry between two of history’s most fascinating power women: Isabella
d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, celebrated in her own lifetime as “The First Lady
of the World,” and Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara, daughter of the infamous
Pope Alexander VI and one of the most maligned women in history.
Before Maggie O’Farrell’s doomed duchess in The
Marriage Portrait, there were the women who built the courts, forged
alliances, and commanded works of artistic genius. In both Renaissance
Rivals and Leonardo’s Swans, Essex invites readers to
step back one generation into the glittering courts of Renaissance Italy, where
beauty, intellect, marriage, and ambition could determine the fate of nations.
This book is available to read on #KindleUnlimited.
Karen Essex is the national and international bestselling
author of RUN, DARLING, KLEOPATRA, PHARAOH, LEONARDO'S SWANS, STEALING ATHENA,
DRACULA IN LOVE, AND BETTIE PAGE: LIFE OF A PINUP LEGEND. All feature iconic
women—powerful women that seduced the world and ruled it.
Essex is also an active screenwriter and speaker, and an
award-winning journalist. She divides her time between Los Angeles, New
Orleans, and Europe. Her novels are
published in twenty-nine languages.
Leonardo’s Swans,
the prequel to Renaissance Rivals, was a runaway bestseller in Italy and
won the prestigious Premio Roma for Foreign Fiction.
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Marie was born a girl. That was only her first mistake, according
to her father.
In an era when daughters and wives are not supposed to be concerned
with matters outside the home, Marie is determined to prove him wrong. To do
this, she must break down barriers placed on women in society, overcome
difficulties that befall her, surpass hardships from the Great Depression, and
then face an inevitable relocation.
Marie steps into her community and into the hearts of many people
to give her time and help with their needs. She wants nothing in return other
than her father's acceptance as a worthy woman and yet, she gains much in
return, even if it is not her father's praise. This is Marie’s story—of a rise
from her girlhood angsts to become a leading lady—and much more.
This definitive biography is the empowering true story of one
trailblazing woman who, in the mid-1900s in small-town America, changed her
community and beyond for the better and forevermore.
Elle
Mott is a creative nonfiction author who weaves advocacy and strength into her
writing, empowering readers to find their purpose.
“Marie
Conner, A Leading Lady" is her third book. She is also the author of “Out
of Chaos: A Memoir” and “People Helping People.” Her next book, releasing this
fall, will be as a contributing co-author to “When Women Talk, Notes From the
Future: What I Would Tell My Younger Self.” Her other publications have been
featured in literary journals, news magazines, and anthologies.
She
has a background working in libraries, both at the college level and, for more
than ten years, at the public library in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. While
library work is her livelihood, writing is her passion.
Elle
grew up in Oregon and now makes her home in the suburbs of northern Kentucky
with two cats and several pet birds.
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Last of the Völsung line of kings descended
from Odin, Sigurd is one of the elite Sjórúlfar—the fearsome Sea Wolves
of southern Norway. Endowed with the divine blood of the wolf, he seeks glory
at the Sólhjarta Summer Solstice Tournament to avenge his father’s
death.
Brynhildr, daughter of the Raven King, is
the Sun Falcon shieldmaiden and gifted seeress who has glimpsed her fate as a
Valkyrie in a seiðr vision. When her father decrees she must wed the
tournament’s champion, she summons Freyja for guidance—only to learn her future
is bound to Sigurd.
As the Norns tighten the intricate threads
of fate, Brynhildr must guide Sigurd toward his destiny as a dragonslayer—by
defying the web of wyrd and incurring the wrath of Odin.
Jennifer Ivy Walker has an MA in French literature
and is a former high school teacher and professor of French at a state college
in Florida. Her novels encompass a love for French language, literature,
history, and culture, incorporating her lifelong study, summers abroad, and
many trips to France.
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