Twisted Peace Colors Hidden In Shadow

This book is about looking into mortality knowing that around every corner death could be waiting. Its about enjoying your short time here not worring about the petty things. It is also about the first six chapters of Cain The First drop The first vampire from his own perspective as he was given the ultimate punishment to feed only of blood and eat of only ash. How Lucifer tricks him and how the rest of the vampire population came into being. How without the story of Cain and Abel none of the other tales you have been told would even exist. I hope you enjoy and are looking forward to the rest of the novel coming out soon Dennis Beggs

"I'll do anything--I'll even preach!" As a boy, Dave cut a deal with God to save his life. Decades later, Dave and his friends are on his final street-preaching trip. "Jesus came for all, so we should go to all!" With that attitude, Dave fights spiritual resistance as he and his young family endeavor to leave the life they've known and join a team of missionaries stationed in an increasingly militant Islamic country. "God's calling is clear," Dave's pastor reassures him. Yet Dave is unaware of how catastrophic his sin will be . . . or the dangers his children will face . . . or how deep the calling will go . . . in the land where shadows hide the sun.

In the captivating novel, "A Bond Never Broken," Andromeda Cirillo, heir to the New Moon pack, dreams of becoming a protector of the werewolf realm, defying her Alpha lineage. Meanwhile, Alexander Lykiaos, the next Alpha King, is destined to be with Andromeda as his fated mate. But as war looms between realms, their love is tested. Andromeda's parents, Alpha Jaron and Luna Elise, guide her path, while Alexander's brother Hector covets the throne and seeks power with the cunning Anastasia. As the kingdom of Calir hails their beloved prince, threats from vampires, witches, and rogue wolves emerge, uniting the once-rivaling factions. Facing daunting challenges and temptations, Alexander and Andromeda's bond is put to the test, and they must confront their true destinies. With a world at stake and alliances forming, the tale culminates in a thrilling battle against an unknown evil, a powerful sorcerer threatening to consume all realms. "A Bond Never Broken" weaves a tale of love, sacrifice, and courage, where two fated mates must embrace their roles as Alpha King and Luna, to preserve their love and protect the werewolf realm from dark forces. But, will they see their destiny?

It is no secret that men are in trouble today. From war to ecological collapse, most of the world’s critical problems stem from a distorted masculinity out of control. Yet our culture rewards the very dysfunctions responsible for those problems. To Matthew Fox, our crucial task is to open our minds to a deeper understanding of the healthy masculine than we receive from our media, culture, and religions. Popular religion forces the punitive imagery of fundamentalism on us, pushing most men away from their natural yearning for spirituality and toward intolerance and domination. Meanwhile, many men, particularly young men, are looking for images of healthy masculinity to emulate and finding nothing. To awaken what Fox calls “the sacred masculine,” he unearths ten metaphors, or archetypes, ranging from the Green Man, an ancient pagan symbol of our fundamental relationship with nature, to the Grandfatherly Heart to the Spiritual Warrior. He explores archetypes of sacred marriage, showing how partnership becomes the ultimate expression of healthy masculinity. By stirring our natural yearning for healthy spirituality, Fox argues, these timeless archetypes can inspire men to pursue their higher calling to reinvent the world.

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

Five hundred years after the War of Fire, the ability to use magic is a death sentence and dragons are remembered as a curse. But a hidden clutch of unhatched dragons sing for their riders...and six lives are changed forever. A thief, a soldier, a simple young woman, a rejected healer, a man dedicated to his Watch, and another sent away by a father who knows the truth. Each with a growing magic inside them and no choice but to leave the lives they had behind. The elements of magic are drawn together as the dragons’ call leads them on a journey where they learn everything they've been taught to believe about magic and dragons is wrong. A journey that forges friendships and love into unbreakable bonds. When an evil from the past rises again and one of their own is captured, they will risk everything to save a future none of them thought possible.

Rita Dove (b. 1952) was elected Poet Laureate--the first ever African-American to hold the position--in 1993, in recognition of work that combines racially sensitive observation with searing and immediate personal experience. She is best known for her substantial body of poetry, although she has also been recognized for her many accomplishments in drama and fiction, written in both German and English. Crossing Color, written by a well-known Americanist in the European community, is the first full-length critical study offering a comprehensive biographic and literary portrait of Rita Dove and her work.