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Before Journey's End, there was a beginning. The wealthiest and most powerful reigning king—King Solomon—may have died three thousand years ago, but because of his heavenly blessed wisdom, the scientific and religious world as we know it today is about to erupt as guarded truths of the beginning of times are now soon to be exposed.

When 15-year-old Agatha's mother falls gravely ill, she is shipped off to the coast of Maine to live with her aunt, Edith Philipa Gordan, an eccentric writer who hasn't finished a novel in decades and paints birds obsessively. What begins as a dull summer immediately takes a turn toward adventure with the arrival of Edie's old beau, Horatio Macleay, and his handsome nephew. With WWII looming on the horizon, Agatha and her new group of friends race against time and across continents to complete their mission before it is too late.

This story points to human nature; its seeming repetitive side relative to the use of violence and bad behavior. Change appears through centuries out of reach despite the presence of good people. In this story, a solid navy father-daughter family crime war is the path taken often.

Ora is a beautiful, naive girl who was raised in captivity. While in her dreary circumstances, she is introduced to the dark and handsome Luca. After an unfortunate event that leaves Ora both free and alone, she follows Luca back to his home, Argo. However, her dream of making this beautiful paradise her home is shattered when an unknown assailant attacks the village.

Twenty-five-year-old Kristine Anderson leads a very busy life of working a full-time job as a nurse and caring for her terminally ill mother. She doesn't have the time for or need any more complications in her life. When she unexpectedly becomes involved with one of her elderly patients, she makes a promise to the dying woman that invites troubling implications into her life.

These colorful characters of the 1930s and '40s lived life’s circumstances as adventures. They lived at a time when they were called upon to build a city and a history-making dam, to grow a fledgling spit of a town in the desert into what would become the world-famous Las Vegas. They were rugged individuals on a desert frontier living ordinary lives during an exceptional time in our history and rose to the occasion. They survived Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and made wartime sacrifices.

In a land where control of the Elements is key, two friends find themselves in the middle of a battle that will either maintain or destroy creation. Will Light keep the balance, or has Darkness found an advantage that will give them the upper hand? Each will follow their own path to discover the answer. Travel to a world on the cusp of war, choose your side, and choose your Champion.

Katherine, the new administrator of the posh but 200-year-old assisted living château called the Ambassador's Retreat, doesn't believe in God - certainly not in angels. Will she be able to solve the mystery behind a dying resident claiming to see angels coming to take her to heaven? The episode puts the elderly clients into a theological uproar. The chairman of the board gives Katherine one week to reassure the godly residents that whether or not they saw the angels will have no bearing on whether they go to heaven. He will fire her in one week if she can't calm the storm.

When his quaint small-town life became stifling and suffocating, Hunter Davis left his family and friends behind for the bright lights of New York City. With a new ability to spread his wings, Hunter found success in the business of fine arts and high-society schmoozing. After years of successfully avoiding the sea side residence, Hunter is called upon to pitch in at the family business when his father is injured.

Under the Red Oak Tree is a thoughtfully written and thought-provoking story at the intersection of the justice system and human experience. The author accurately portrays life within prison walls and offers a reminder that even within the darkest struggles of life, the hope of the gospel remains a light that transcends the bleakest circumstances. This story reminds us that the presence of God is uncompromisingly dependable since no one is ever disqualified from redemption and grace.

The birth of Siamese twin girls in the town of Spanish Fork, Utah, in 1849 causes quite a stir. Residents flock to the Chatham Ranch to see the babies and offer their condolences for the loss of the mother, who did not survive the birth. When the attempted sale of the twins by their father to a passing circus fails, they are kidnapped by circus owner Colonel Phantastic. Young Deputy John Walker is sent to Salt Lake City to retrieve them and is surprised when the twins’ sister Zelda joins him on the train.

Alexandria Tillie Bush, a 21-year-old college student, went home to visit her parents in Glenwood, New Mexico, on her summer break. During her visit, her grandfather, Len Hudson, once a prospector for gold in the Mogollon Mountains, bequeathed an adventure for Alex to find his buried treasure in the rugged Gila Wilderness. What Len Hudson didn’t realize when he asked his granddaughter to venture into the wilderness was that her life, and everyone who accompanied her, would end up in a dangerous and deadly quest.

During daily walks, I have gathered a lot of thoughts about my fellow walkers. Oftentimes I have thought, "What's their story?" as I have passed by them and said hello. The manner in which a person responds to a greeting is quite telling. Watching a person's mannerisms, eye contact, and general facial expressions tell a passerby a lot. These 40 short stories are a fictional reflection of the day-to-day stories that anyone could be experiencing as they walk the daily walk of life in this modern time in America, in the beautiful park with the oaks.

John LaRue was professor of herpetology at Louisiana State University when a green anaconda wrapped around him one night at John's previous research place. The LSU professor was rescued by Jacob Gigue, his assistant. Both were guarding the Atchafalaya River Basin from constrictor snakes transported from the Everglades of Florida by a narcissistic criminal parading within academic circles as an international scientist.

Her story sheds light on a little-known segment of a 20th-century diaspora, a mass-exodus from Europe by some "huddled masses yearning to be free". This oppressed group fled the dire poverty of Sicily and southern Italy to endure a subsistence lifestyle bestowed by the owners of the coal mining industry and early American factories. She was surrounded by a clan of families.

Archaeologist Dr. Benjamin Maschel receives a mysterious letter inviting him to an unknown location on the other side of the world. Once there, he is quickly informed by Jahar, a wise old guardian of the descendants, that his genealogy and life's purpose is nothing he has believed to be the truth.

Scarlett, who lives in Nashville with her adoptive mother, Bridgette, had just been in a car accident nine months earlier - only her recollection of the story is quite different from everyone else around her. But after she meets a young man named Memphis at church, she begins to figure things out, little by little, through a series of flashbacks.

Compiled with psalms, prophecies, and short stories, North and South Gate is a tale of two voices that reveals each of man's final destinations.

A beleaguered couple is inexorably drawn into the frothing vortex of a worldwide war. God intervenes to erect a mighty shield protecting Israel and much of the world from nuclear annihilation. The mysterious past embraces Laura and Ben in unexpected ways.

Jason feels safe with his imaginary relationship with Brittany, appreciating her beauty whenever the subtle opportunities present themselves. Suddenly everything changes when they attend a biology class together at the beginning of the next semester. Jason from the "other side of the tracks" is faced with some of the harshest realities of life when Brittany engages him to discover what is causing her friend's mental suicidal condition.