In The Claws Of The Red Dragon

Personal narrative of a Catholic priest from the Voivodina region regarding the sufferings of the ethnic Danube Swabian Germans under the Tito partisan government in Yugoslavia during the decade after World War II.

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"'The Crusade has begun'... "There's an old myth in the Archipelago," he went on softly, shaking his head. "A legend, really...I recall it mentioned a Crusade, but those events happened seven centuries ago. We always thought it was only a story." It has been nine years since John, Jack, and Charles had their great adventure in the Archipelago of Dreams and became the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica. Now they have been brought together again to solve a mystery: Someone is kidnapping the children of the Archipelago. And their only clue is a mysterious message delivered by a strange girl with artificial wings: "The Crusade has begun." Worse, they discover that all of the legendary Dragonships have disappeared as well. The only chance they have to save the world from a centuries-old plot is to seek out the last of the Dragonships -- the Red Dragon -- in a spectacular journey that takes them from Sir James Barrie's Kensington Gardens to the Underneath of the Greek Titans of myth. With friends both familiar and new, they will travel through an extraordinary landscape where history, myth, and fable blend together to tell the oldest story in the world. And along the way, the Caretakers of the Geographica will discover that great deeds alone do not make heroes, and that growing up may be unavoidable...but growing old doesn't have to be.

Nathan Lamb, a clairvoyant and the lead CIA agent of CPAT, must lead his team against Al-Qaeda, ninjas, and time. Nathan Lamb is ex-military and is a former San Francisco police officer who has been recruited by his former military commander, Victor Price, into the CIA. The head of Al-Qaeda has pronounced his anger and wages an all-out war against not only the United States but also Barry Barton, the governor of California, for executing the terrorists son for bombing a federal building. Victor Price, director of the CIA, has a dark secret that affects not only himself but his family and job. He has demons that only he can confront and conquer. He has given Lamb the task of putting together a team of individuals from various backgrounds of military and law enforcement in order to protect the governor and his family from the brutal attacks of Al-Qaeda. Nathan Lamb leads the Hades team of special agents, and his second in command is Terri Martinez, who leads the Omega team. Lambs premonitions lead him to face off with terrorists and deadly ninja attacks. The Red Dragon warriors are the fiercest and deadliest ninjas known to humankind; they are made up of an entire clan of individuals who have been cursed and made to wander in darkness for eternity. Murderers for hire, the Red Dragons are brought in to assassinate the governor and his family. However, they didnt count on Lamb getting in their way! Lamb calls on his old grandmaster, Lin Po, for assistance in combating the Red Dragon. Follow along as Nathan Lamb uses his skills, resources, and agents to fight evil and protect the innocent.

After transmigrating into a weak noble body, Marvin discovered that he was familiar with the world, this was the game he played in his previous life and... Damn! He only had six months before the Great Calamity! As a former top player, he would obviously fight to save the world... Yeah, no. Time to plan and prepare for the upcoming events, better to use that knowledge to get ahead rather than fight with gods. Follow Marvin's journey through this new world.

The Dragon Alliance Republic, the beacon of light and hope of freedom for the world, is now being threatened by dark clouds on its horizon. In Dark Storm, the second book in the Dragon Alliance series, the dragons and sorcerers of the Morgathian Empire on the offensive. Mkel and his might gold dragon, Gallanth the most powerful rider and dragon in the Alliance are faced with both formidable challenges from the evil chromatic dragons as well as difficult decisions that could cost their lives and those of their soldiers. They must also be on guard as their adversary, the evil arch dragon Tiamat and her Talon Covenant, starts to execute their diabolical plan. Meanwhile, a large-scale battle erupts in the fire giant lands as their huge army tries to invade the eastern border of the Alliance. The dragon riders, targeted by a secret order of assassins, must prepare to fight the deadliest threat the Alliance has since the Great War.