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Starflight to Destiny

Patrick Dearen
Starflight to Destiny Book PDF

Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645408338

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Starflight to Destiny by Patrick Dearen Pdf

A deep-space archaeological dig shrouded in mystery . . . Clues to the location of a legendary power in the reaches of the galaxy . . . A man and a woman, each holding half the answers, both defying a totalitarian government. Together, Blake Sharrel and Rhonda Gregory embark on a starship quest to find the Leijan, an enigma that holds the fate of the cosmos. It's an epic journey filled with peril: a crew of pirates ready to slit their throats, a planet where intruders are crucified upside down, and a chase across countless light years of unexplored space. From one planet's Valley of the Skull to another planet's City of the Skull, and on to a derelict spacecraft orbiting a black world, it will be a Starflight to Destiny. “A genuine thrilling and utterly entertaining read. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys classic science fiction.”—Shaun Raymond Hoadley, illustrator for books by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

The End of Nowhere

Patrick Dearen
The End of Nowhere Book PDF

Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798890220493

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The End of Nowhere by Patrick Dearen Pdf

2023 FINALIST, PEACEMAKER AWARD OF WESTERN FICTIONEERS 2023 FINALIST, WILL ROGERS MEDALLION AWARD It's 1917, and the Mexican Revolution has the Big Bend of Texas aflame. But the firestorm is no greater than the one inside newspaper reporter Jack Landon. Disillusioned, he flees down the road to nowhere and finds himself in Esperanza. Populated by people of Mexican heritage, the small village on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande is a target of Texas Rangers Company B, which unjustly considers it a bandit den. Jack befriends a teenaged boy and his adult sister, Mary, who teaches in the Esperanza school. As Jack assimilates to life in Esperanza, the threat of Rangers looms large. Eventually a day of reckoning descends, and it envelops Jack and Mary and the entire village. This novel is based on what actually happened at Porvenir, Texas, on January 28, 1918—the darkest moment in Texas Rangers history.

Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier, Revisited

Patrick Dearen
Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier Revisited Book PDF

Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780875653884

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Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier, Revisited by Patrick Dearen Pdf

First published in 1988, Castle Gap and the Pecos Frontier was acclaimed by reviewers as “superb,” “significant,” and “utterly delightful.” In this revised edition, Patrick Dearen draws upon the latest in scholarship to update his study of the Pecos River country of West Texas. It’s a land wild with tales that blend history, geography, and folklore, and from his search emerge six fascinating accounts: -Castle Gap, a break in a mesa twelve miles east of the Pecos River, used by Comanches, emigrants, stage drivers, and cattle drovers; -Horsehead Crossing, the most infamous ford of the Old West; -Juan Cordona Lake, a salt lake where sandstorms and skull-baking sun defied early efforts to mine salt vital to survival; -The “bulto” or ghost who wanders the Fort Stockton night; -Lost Wagon Train, a forty-wagon caravan buried in the sands; -The lost mine of Will Sublett, who found gold and kept its location secret unto death. Although linked by the search for treasure, the stories are as varied as the land itself. They speak eloquently of the Pecos country, its heritage, and its people.

Grizzly Moon

Patrick Dearen
Grizzly Moon Book PDF

Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798890221681

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Grizzly Moon by Patrick Dearen Pdf

Spur Award-Winning Author WINNER OF THE ELMER KELTON AWARD For nineteen years, Wash Baker has been haunted by firing into the night at what he thought was a grizzly, only to kill his young son and narrowly miss a second boy, Trey. Now, in 1899, confirmed tracks of grizzly—a species of bear unknown in Texas—have been found at a Davis Mountains camp meeting attended by Wash and his daughter, Grace. The congregants include Trey, now an adult and courting Grace, and Trey's father, Ed Mulholland. Long ago, Mulholland's big talk about the dangers of a grizzly led Wash to panic and fire the fatal load of buckshot. With all of them now striking out to hunt down this confirmed grizzly, Wash has a chance to right the wrongful shot and perhaps deliver judgment on Mulholland. Meanwhile, up from Mexico has come twelve-year-old Rosindo Mesa, seeking to kill the same grizzly before the next full moon in order to free his dead father's wandering soul. This novel is based on the actual 1899 hunt for the only documented grizzly ever found in Texas. "A quick-paced and fun read that will appeal to readers with an interest in historical fiction set in the Old West. . . . A riveting read that is a highly recommended pick for personal reading lists and community library Western Fiction collections." —Midwest Book Review "Patrick Dearen paints a vivid setting, bringing the flora and fauna of the region into precise focus . . . He does a good job developing characters with deep psychological wounds and bringing them to final resolution." —Roundup Magazine of Western Writers of America

Haunted Border

Patrick Dearen
Haunted Border Book PDF

Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645407485

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Haunted Border by Patrick Dearen Pdf

2022 Elmer Kelton Award Winner Spur Award-Winning Author Patrick Dearen "Fast-paced, gripping, and exciting . . . An unusual but interesting concept for a western story."—Historical Novel Society. In 1870, Jake Graves faced a choice: allow Comanches to carry off his sister, or shoot her. Unwilling to fire, he has been tortured for decades by the brutal end that he could have spared her. The incident bred in him a hatred for Indians that persists to this day in 1917 on the Cross C Ranch on the Texas-Mexico border. Now Jake learns that his daughter Dru wants to marry Apache foreman Nub DeJarnett. Even before Jake can process the news, Mexican bandits kidnap Dru and her cousin Ruthie. The bandit leader, Rentería, considers himself a tlahuelpuchi, a shape-shifting agent of evil, and he needs the women’s blood to survive. Whether man or monster, Rentería is a killer. Through a stretch of Chihuahuan Desert teeming with mystery, Jake and Nub take up the chase on horseback, for Rentería believes that Dru is his reincarnated sister and plans to slay her on the Rio Grande where his sister became his first kill. Haunted Border is based on a taped account by a survivor of the true-life Brite Ranch Raid of 1917.

The Illegal Man

Patrick Dearen
The Illegal Man Book PDF

Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645407584

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The Illegal Man by Patrick Dearen Pdf

Spur Award-Winning Author A story that could have come out of today’s headlines, this revised edition of the acclaimed novel explores a Mexican national’s desperate attempt to provide for his family. Ricardo has known only poverty in Mexico, but he dreams of a better life in the United States. He enlists a “coyote” to smuggle him across the Rio Grande, a river that separates not only one nation from another, but one world from another. The Illegal Man is also the story of Ann Rawlings, a recent widow struggling to preserve her West Texas ranch. There is a troubled Border Patrolman and her bigoted foreman, who considers Mexican ranch hands to be little more than animals. For Ricardo, it’s a world in which he will suffer hardship and indignity, but one he will gladly endure to support his family. The Illegal Man grew out of a newspaper series by Patrick Dearen, who interviewed Mexican and American officials and accompanied Border Patrolmen along the Rio Grande. He based his character Ricardo on an actual Mexican national he interviewed on a West Texas ranch. “A warm, gripping novel that explores a subject of intense interest to all Americans. Wonderfully told, this novel should endure.” —Norman Zollinger, two-time Spur Award winner. “A vivid description of what a common man goes through seeking work in a different country than his own. It is a powerful story filled with adventure, sadness, persecution, and loneliness.” —San Angelo (Texas) Standard-Times. “Dearen's writing is so perfect, so descriptive, so charged with emotion, it sucks the reader into the very marrow of the story. . . Stretches the mind and the heart as the good and the bad in life play out on its pages . . . It is a good story: a story of love, of justice, and of redemption.” —Permian Historical Annual. “A beautifully written story that speaks eloquently.” —Roundup Magazine.

Apache Lament

Patrick Dearen
Apache Lament Book PDF

Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645403647

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Apache Lament by Patrick Dearen Pdf

Spur Award-Winning Author 2019 Elmer Kelton Award Winner Eight months have passed since Sam DeJarnett lost his wife and unborn child to Mescalero Apaches, and now he is one of ten Texas Rangers pursuing those very hostiles in 1881. He lives only for vengeance, and the fresh Mescalero trail in the snow is leading straight into the bitterly cold Sierra Diablo of Texas. In the Mescalero band is Nejeunee, a twenty-year-old woman with a baby. She has lost her husband to the Indaa, or white men, and she lives every moment in hatred. High in the Diablo snows, Sam the Apache hater and Nejeunee the Indaa hater are fated to meet, and what follows will test everything each of them has believed about the other's race. This novel is based on actual events.

Dead Man's Boot

Patrick Dearen
Dead Man s Boot Book PDF

Author : Patrick Dearen
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645404637

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Dead Man's Boot by Patrick Dearen Pdf

Spur Award-Winning Author * ELMER KELTON AWARD FOR FICTION, ACADEMY OF WESTERN ARTISTS * WILL ROGERS BRONZE MEDALLION AWARD FOR WESTERN FICTION * FINALIST, PEACEMAKER AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL, WESTERN FICTIONEERS Clay Andrews is like a dead man, adrift in an uncaring dark. But he's also searching, and in 1869 he has ridden to the Pecos River to find answers. Back in Central Texas, Clay's sister has died, and only on this river might he learn why. The person perhaps responsible may have fled here, but no one enters this no-man's-land except at his own peril. Comanches are on the prowl, and across the Pecos, Mescalero Apaches range all the way to the mysterious Guadalupe Mountains. In a dead man's boot, Clay finds a map to rumored gold in the Guadalupes. When Comanches approach, he flees upriver and finds Lil Casner at a lone schooner. Long abused in an arranged marriage, she must fend for herself while her obsessed husband combs the Pecos for the very map Clay has discovered. Upstream at the Bar W Ranch, two other haunted figures await. One is an experienced cowboy who has come to the Pecos for reasons that strangely parallel Clay's. The other is a shiftless cowhand in whose mind lurks something evil and deadly. Comanche attacks . . . a kidnapping . . . a chase through Apache country to Skeleton Cave and on to the Guadalupes. For Clay, the answers will never come unless he rides into a mountain range where Indian spirits may guard a golden hoard.

Destiny: Morning Star

S. C. Mitchell
Destiny Morning Star Book PDF

Author : S. C. Mitchell
Publisher : Lake Scrawls Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Destiny: Morning Star by S. C. Mitchell Pdf

A new beginning. The Destiny colony ship, Morning Star, offers navigator Zana Blaze hope of a real future, away from the besieged planet, Earth, on a new, pristine world with abundant resources, far away from the savage bootheel of the Korg Empire. But all is not what it seems aboard ship, and the crew must deal with threats from without and within. With the lives of thousands of colonists in cryo-sleep at stake, Zana and her friends must make hard decisions if the colony is to have any chance of survival.

The Brightest Night (Wings of Fire #5)

Tui T. Sutherland
The Brightest Night Wings of Fire 5 Book PDF

Author : Tui T. Sutherland
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545634038

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The Brightest Night (Wings of Fire #5) by Tui T. Sutherland Pdf

WINGS OF FIRE comes to a thrilling conclusion in this action-packed finale! It all comes down to this: The Dragonets of Destiny must finally bring the epic war to an end, reconcile the seven tribes, and choose the next queen of Pyrrhia... and make it out alive.

The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire #1)

Tui T. Sutherland
The Dragonet Prophecy Wings of Fire 1 Book PDF

Author : Tui T. Sutherland
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545443173

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The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire #1) by Tui T. Sutherland Pdf

A thrilling new series soars above the competition and redefines middle-grade fantasy fiction for a new generation!The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy -- a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice.Five dragonets are collected to fulfill the prophecy, raised in a hidden cave and enlisted, against their will, to end the terrible war.But not every dragonet wants a destiny. And when the select five escape their underground captors to look for their original homes, what has been unleashed on the dragon world may be far more than the revolutionary planners intended . . .

The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire #4)

Tui T. Sutherland
The Dark Secret Wings of Fire 4 Book PDF

Author : Tui T. Sutherland
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545578042

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The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire #4) by Tui T. Sutherland Pdf

The New York Times bestselling WINGS OF FIRE saga soars to the mysterious land of the NightWings, where Starflight must face a terrible choice -- his tribe, or his friends? In the shadows, trouble is brewing. . .The mysterious NightWings keep everything hidden, from their home and their queen to their allegiance in the war. Now they've kidnapped their own dragonet of destiny, and Starflight is finally meeting the rest of his tribe -- whether he wants to or not.The NightWings have also kidnapped several innocent RainWings, now trapped in the dark, barren, miserable place that is the NightWing kingdom. Starflight wants to help the RainWings, but he's busy saving his own scales and trying to find a way back to his friends. The fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons, and with no one to save him, Starflight will have to find a way to be brave . . . before it's too late.

The Starflight Handbook

Eugene F. Mallove,Gregory L. Matloff
The Starflight Handbook Book PDF

Author : Eugene F. Mallove,Gregory L. Matloff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1989-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015013482909

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The Starflight Handbook by Eugene F. Mallove,Gregory L. Matloff Pdf

"The Starflight Handbook is an compendium of the many and varied methods for traversing the vast interstellar gulf."--Publisher.

Star Flight

Andre Norton
Star Flight Book PDF

Author : Andre Norton
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781618246066

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Star Flight by Andre Norton Pdf

UNKNOWN WORLDS-UNKNOWN DANGERS The Stars are Ours: Dard Nordis is a hunted man. His brother was murdered for covert activities as a scientist in a world in which scientists and engineers are blamed for the global war that smashed civilization. The global dictatorship of Pax has ordered their execution. Now he is on the run, trying to find the secret stronghold of his brother's friends and colleagues¾a hidden place where the few remaining scientists are desperately building a spaceship to escape to the stars. Star Born. Centuries after the desperate flight from Earth, Pax has been overthrown and humanity again reaches for the stars. Rof Kurbi's spaceship reaches the planet Astra, but he and the crew do not know that the planet already has a colony established centuries ago by the fugitive humans from Earth. Nor do they know that the apparently friendly natives of the planet are actually the malevolent remnants of a corrupt civilization that all but destroyed itself millennia ago¾and that they are plot-ting to eliminate all humans from Astra, both the recent arrivals and the star born colonists. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). _The Grande Dame of science fiction.Ó¾ Time

Star Flight

Phyllis A. Whitney
Star Flight Book PDF

Author : Phyllis A. Whitney
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504046923

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Star Flight by Phyllis A. Whitney Pdf

A movie star’s suicide draws a young woman into the deadly shadows of a Hollywood scandal in this novel from “a master of suspense” (Mary Higgins Clark). More than fifty years ago, Victoria Frazer and Roger Brandt were the most popular stars of the silver screen—until a notorious and tragic love affair on set in the Appalachians destroyed their lives. It was there, at the foot of Rumbling Bald Mountain in Lake Lure, North Carolina, where Victoria drowned herself, and where Roger would remain—drifting into obscurity as a tortured recluse. Now, a half-century later, screenwriter Lauren Castle has arrived at a Lake Lure resort in the wake of a more recent tragedy: the suspicious death of her husband, a documentary filmmaker who was investigating the legendary Hollywood scandal. Lauren’s husband held the most closely guarded secret of all: She is Victoria’s granddaughter. Only one other person knew her secret, the couple’s close friend, Gordon Heath, whom Lauren is inexplicably drawn to. Now she must solve a mystery that links two generations, has claimed more than one victim, and has yet to reach its deadly and final fade-out. New York Times–bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author Phyllis A. Whitney “is, and always will be, the Grand Master of her craft” (Barbara Michaels). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author’s estate.