When 11-year-old Samantha visits her grandpa's farm, she encounters Prince Buzznor, an Awokian who is on a mission to save his world from the warlike Zogs. Unknown to Sam, she has latent abilities that can save his doomed world. Sam faces hordes of catacomb dwarfs, vicious vampire bats, the monsters of the mineral flats, and the dangerous journey through the hostile Land of Geffen. Her quest ends when she finds the Crimson Crystal, the one weapon that can defeat Drogon, the tyrant leader of the Zogs. The battle is about to begin as Sam and the prince infiltrate gloomy Bottom World, the realm of the Zogs. They discover Drogon has nearly completed a secret tunnel through which his armies will invade the Awokian's Crystal Kingdom. The armies clash while Sam faces the powerful Drogon alone, inside the Black Castle.

Sam's Quest for the Crimson Crystal (Unabridged Audio Book)

Children's Books

Ben Furman

Narrated by Pat Heiss

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Black Hawk Press

Guided by an Unseen Evil Force, Pax Hordes Invade the World of Bergeron, Destroying 1000 Years of Peace Samantha Costas, Sam a descendent of the Originators, the keeper of the Crimson Crystal, and the savior of the Awokian people, is the bridge to the World of Bergeron and its lands of good and evil. Prince Buznor, Buzz, an Awokian from Innerworld on a diplomatic mission, is caught in the fighting. Seriously wounded, he calls out to Sam. The Crimson Crystal glows, signaling Sam that her friend is in danger. She leaves the safety of her home on Mile High Mountain and descends to the World of Bergeron. There she comes face-to-face with the most powerful evil she has ever encountered. She must defeat it or all is lost.

Sam's Quest: The Royal Trident (Book #2)

Action & Adventure

Sam Mae Costas is nobodys idea of a hero. She is constantly teased about her thick glasses, her small size, and her asthma attacks are embarrassing and difficult to control. When Sam is forced to spend the summer on her grandpa's farm she thinks things can t get much worse. Deep in the caverns below the farm, Prince Buznor is a young Awok on a life-and-death mission to save his world. He has to find Sam and prove to her that only she can find and control the Crimson Crystal... the one weapon that can defeat the evil threatening his people. To reach the Crimson Crystal Sam must journey through the hostile Land of Geffen, facing hordes of catacomb dwarfs, vicious vampire bats and deadly monsters. Can Sam overcome her fears, her doubts, and find the Crimson Crystal in time to save the Awokian world?

Sam's Quest for the Crimson Crystal

<p>FBI undercover agent Frank Durazo has only a short time to thwart an attack by a squadron of killer drones on world leaders gathered at the President's gravesite. Stopping the terrorist is only part of the problem; his superiors are not convinced and Durazo is on his own. To complicate matters even further, Durazo is still in love with the sister of his archenemy and where is Durazo's son, who is building top-secret micro-aerial vehicles for the U.S. military? As Durazo uncovers the secrets of the terrorists, he finds roots so entangled with his own that they lead back to his childhood in Old San Juan. In this powerfully intense book of high technology, revenge and love, Durazo is forced to re-examine the twists and the passions that take him to a hilltop over Arlington Cemetery, trying to get crosshairs on a tiny black dot 600 yards in the air.</p>

The Devil's Darning Needle

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

<p>This novel brings alive California history from a woman’s perspective while combining rip-roaring adventures and mystery with a passionate love story. January 1849, Yosemite Valley. Alone and frightened, in a wilderness cabin, Lady Clarissa is in labor with her first child. Clarissa has bravely faced numerous dangers, but this is different. Her mother died giving birth to her. Where have her friends and husband disappeared to without explanation? Are they under attack? Love—and the lovemaking—she shares with her husband, don Carlo, give Lady Clarissa the happiness and fortitude she needs to deal with the bigotry, murders and tragedies brought by the rush for gold. The massive influx of people and disease from around the world endanger her family. Determined to keep her family together and in California, Clarissa seeks haven in Yerba Buena while it becomes San Francisco. But the city proves to harbor its own perils. Her husband’s secret fight for his beloved California and its people has him in constant danger and keeps her anxious about his safety. Then she discovers her husband has still another secret. LADY AND THE DON is the second in the Saga of a Lady series, a Victorian historical romance thriller spanning two continents. Thrown into the chaos of the old west from the refinement of Victorian society, Lady Clarissa continues to face the dangerous challenges of her new surrounds. “History, mystery and romance–what a combo! Perfect escape reading!”</p>

Lady and the Don: Book 2 of the SAGA OF A LADY Series

James, Sherri Leigh

Genre Fiction