Scream Angel

Think of human emotion as a geography, with peaks of pleasure and valleys of pain. Imagine a drug that flips the valleys and makes them peaks, too. You react now to an event based not on the pleasure or pain that it brings, but solely on the intensity of the emotion created. Pain brings pleasure, grief gives joy, horror renders ecstasy. Now give this drug to a soldier. Tell them to kill. Not in the historically acceptable murder of war, but in a systematic corporate strategy—of xenocide. They will kill. And they will revel in it. Welcome to the world of Scream. Jason Trelayne is a Screamer, a soldier forced to take part in the enslavement or death of entire races. But Trelayne falls in love with Philomela, a Scream Angel, an alien who produces the addictive drug. Does he love her for her beauty, for the drug she gives him, from guilt for what he has done to her people? And does she love truly him as she swears? Or is he simply her only hope for freedom, for her and her entire race? Forced to choose between freedom and love, what will they do? "...a multi-layered tale about a circus that features a pair of ‘angels’ who have the ability to produce a drug that produces pleasure based on intensity of emotion. Factor in that the owner of the circus is in love with one of the angels as well as addicted to the drug she produces, and the story quickly becomes one that holds the reader’s attention until the very end." —SpecFicWorld "Smith describes a disturbingly plausible military application for the narcotic ... The basic concept behind the drug strikes me as one of those rare ideas that seems at once so perfect and so natural that someone must have come up with it before; but if someone has, I haven't heard about it, and regardless Smith exploits the potential of the idea extraordinarily well here." —Strange Horizons "...remind[ed] me of the reasons I love the author’s writing: his characterisation, attention to detail and recurring themes of love, faith and redemption."—SF Crowsnest Reviews "A visceral work [...] a true pearl of the fantastic literature. Breath-taking."—Café de Ontem "The story has so many layers that I'm still sorting them out. And like an onion, I'm not sure if I'll ever find the final layer."—Tangent Online "A dark and powerful story with a first line that sets the tone for what is to come: 'They stopped beating Trelayne when they saw that he enjoyed it.' (A++)"—Fantasy Book Critic "Scream Angel was especially horrifying and compelling, and I wound up re-reading it again after I had finished the book."—Fluidity of Time

Some things are best left undisturbed... Necromancers, revenants, even a summoned demon or two - they're all in a day's work for the men of the Echo Team and their enigmatic leader, Cade Williams. But nothing could prepare them for the fury they are about to face... When a Jesuit priest wanders out of the New Mexico desert, telling wild stories about a secret research installation and bloodthirsty demons hunting through its halls, the Echo Team is called in to deal with the situation. Their orders - investigate the facility, determine exactly what happened there, and deal with any infernal presence that might exist. But the being they encounter there beneath the desert sands has found a way to break the bonds of Hell itself and doesn't plan on going back easily. This time, their foe might prove to be too much for even the best the Templars have to offer. Fans of the Dresden Files, Mercy Thompson, and Jane Yellowrock will love this hard-hitting dark fantasy adventure that pits modern Templar knights against fallen angels and other supernatural enemies. If you like supernatural thrillers or dark fantasy with a touch of horror, this series is for you! Joseph Hutton, the New York Times bestselling author of Hunters Rise, presents the thrilling new Echo Team novel featuring Knight Commander Cade Williams and the men of the modern Templar Order. Don't miss it!

Some things are best left undisturbed... Necromancers, revenants, even a summoned demon or two - they're all in a day's work for the men of the Echo Team and their enigmatic leader, Cade Williams. But nothing could prepare them for the fury they are about to face... When a Jesuit priest wanders out of the New Mexico desert, telling wild stories about a secret research installation and bloodthirsty demons hunting through its halls, the Echo Team is called in to deal with the situation. Their orders - investigate the facility, determine exactly what happened there, and deal with any infernal presence that might exist. But the being they encounter there beneath the desert sands has found a way to break the bonds of Hell itself and doesn't plan on going back easily. This time, their foe might prove to be too much for even the best the Templars have to offer. Joseph Nassise, the New York Times bestselling author of The Heretic, presents the thrilling new Templar Chronicles urban fantasy novel featuring Knight Commander Cade Williams and the men of the Echo Team!

How would one know their role & life purpose unless one receives clear & practical instructions of what God wants & expects of him or her? Here comes the need for Prophethood. Thus, God has sent thousands of Messengers & Prophets to mankind to convey His Message & communicate to us. Every nation on Earth received a Prophet. They all preached the same general Message that there is only one deity worthy of worship. He is the One & Only God, without a partner, son, daughter, or equal. God sent Messengers & Prophets to guide humanity from worshipping created beings & to worship their Creator, the Creator of all things. The Prophets came to teach their people about who their Creator is, how to build a relationship with Him, & how to love Him. The Prophets taught their people that life is only a test, where the successful will enter Paradise eternally, & the unsuccessful will enter the ultimate punishment in the afterlife. Out of the Infinite Mercy & Love of God, God continued to send Messengers with Books from God to guide humanity-- starting with Prophet Adam, including Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Jacob, Moses, Prophet Jesus, & Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon them all. Many of the Prophets are found in Jewish & Christian traditions. All the previous Messengers & Books other than the Holy Quran & Prophet Muhammad were sent down only to a specific group of people & were only meant to be followed for a particular period. For example, Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, was one of God's mightiest Messengers, who were sent down with the same general Message of all the previous Prophets but was only sent to the Children of Israel—the nation that lived before us, as their final Prophet because they were disobeying the commandments of God & veering away from the laws sent down by the previous Messenger, Moses, PBHM. Whenever God would send Messengers with Revelation, after they passed, people would distort & change the Revelations of God. What was pure Revelation from God-- would be polluted with myths, words of men, superstitions, irrational philosophical ideologies, & idol worship. The religion of God was lost in a plethora of religions. Such as how Prophet Jesus PBHM, was sent to reform the previous Message sent before him by the previous Messenger, Moses, PBHM. Prophet Mohammad came to reform Prophet Jesus’ Message since it was distorted by his followers & did not survive in its original form. When humanity was in the depth of the dark ages, God the Almighty sent his last & final Messenger to mankind, Prophet Muhamad, peace be upon him, & his final Revelation, the Quran, to redeem humanity. ❤️ Prophet Muhammad—A summarized story of God’s Last & Final Prophet ❤️ aims to introduce Prophet Muhammad PBUH, derived from early Islamic Sources, helping you better understand who Prophet Muhammad was & instill a love for him. Studying the story & life of Prophet Muhammad is the best way to develop that love for our Prophet. Studying the life of Prophet Muhammad is an obligation given to us by our Creator & helps us better understand God’s final Book, the Holy Quran, & its context. Sources from the Quran, Hadith, & Seerah (Sirah) Books from Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Hisham, & Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar-- Ar Raheeq Al Maktoum by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri). This Islamic Book on Prophet Mohammad includes Prophet Muhammad biography, Sunnah, manners, life, quotes, last sermon, quotes, prayer book, saying, & more! Check out ★ The Sincere Seeker’s Online Islamic Book Store ★ which contains Muslim Books for Children, Adults, new converts to Islam, Islamic books for women, dua books, Hadith in English, Seerah of Prophet Muhammad books (story of Prophet Mohammad), Quran (Koran) Books, Books on how to pray, Children Islamic books, Ramadan books for kids, Eid gifts, & more!

A military unit, three angels and hordes of demons in the face of the apocalypse.The one whose name shall not be mentioned, in his deviousness, proposes to the Creator the apocalypse on Earth to clarify once and for all, to whom it will belong. To the surprise of his angels, the Lord agrees, but under certain conditions, and sends the archangels Michael and Gabriel to Earth to keep an eye on the agreed arrangement. Acontrol group, the employees of a gas station on the highway, will play a leading role during the apocalypse, and that is why they will come under special attention of not only the evil forces, but also of the archangels, who will try to prevent any breach of contract and any wickedness of the competitors. Of course, they will have their hands full. So will the army, which is trying in vain to suppress the invasion of hundreds of millions of beasts from hell. Will evil succeed? Is wickedness stronger than goodness, and will our protagonists, with a little help from angels, succeed in thwarting all the insidiousness and traps of the forces of evil and saving humanity? Read this adventurous, epic novel.

The Pinks Sneakers Club is no more! In the face of a biological catastrophe that could threaten mankind, the girls are thrown into chaos as they race to stop a pharmaceutical company from getting their hands on a virus.

Master storyteller Bob Hartman uses the gospel of Luke as a basis for 70 stories about Jesus, His birth, life, teaching, death, and resurrection. Bob uses a wide variety of narrative forms to produce stories that will delight new Christians and Bible veterans alike. There are stories for individual and group performances, stories for the major festivals, and stories for a variety of age groups.

Winnipeg is divided between two worlds: one is comprised of human beings and the other of supernatural beings, some of whom have been gifted with special powers and magic. Supernatural beings, animals shaped like humans, believe their ancestors are their gods, dutifully follow the rules of their tradition, and understand their purpose is to eradicate the human race. Hero is a young adult, magician supernatural being who has been sent with his brothers to the world of human beings to destroy humankind. But everything changes during his important mission when Hero surprisingly feels his magic pushing him against his own desire to protect Angel, a mysterious human being who appears different than others in her race. When Hero breaks the rules of his tradition and battles against his own family to protect Angel, he becomes a traitor who now must learn why his magic warns him when Angel is in danger as fate leads him to places he never imagined. In this fantasy tale, a young supernatural being with magical powers on a mission to destroy the human race crosses paths with a mysterious being that causes him to question everything he has ever known.