Present day: Sterling Morris reaches across the aisle to select Kaki Smithson as his Presidential running mate, uniting a polarized nation. But when an assassins bullet leaves the new President critically wounded in New Orleans Charity Hospital, tenacious journalist Ronnie Tamlin set her sights on a conspiracy and gives it a name: The BENEFACTORS - an organization that may have orchestrated Kakis rise to power and Sterlings fall and the consequences may prove fatal. Flashback to 1945: WWII is coming to a close. The Nazis and the Japanese have looted their empires and are secreting vast treasure. Leading the ranks of the OSS, three brazen agents, Herbert Mannington, Anthony Laperose, and Charles Constantine aid the U.S. to victory and in doing so, commandeer unimaginable wealth. As the world rebuilds, these well-intentioned renegades remain determined to establish a new world order while the pull of unfettered power begins to erode their sense of direction. The Gold Factor, the first in the series and based on real events, is a twisting tale of intrigue that follows the rise of The BENEFACTORS, the legacy of a man who would see them stopped dead in their tracks, and the lives of four women entangled in a plot to assassinate a modern-day President.
Have you ever felt unwanted? Uncool? Unworthy? Unfaithful? Unloved? Don't worry. So have I. We all have. We live in a broken world, and sometimes the only example of Jesus Christ that we have, the Church and its people, fails to do its job. This book is a step outside of the Christian Spirituality box. In a society where everyone is frantically attempting to earn their way into bigger and better things, the church has adopted the idea that we must earn our way into Salvation, as well. Of course this isn't what's preached: we all know that we have to believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths and we're good to go. However, on a subconscious level we feel that we must clean up our act before we walk into the sanctuary; we must be near perfect in order to be Christians. As you can imagine, this causes problems. But the truth of the matter is that God accepts us as we are. Jesus loves us regardless of what we've done and what we will do in the future, and he's invited us to fearlessly enter into his family.
When the circus comes to Green Hills, Jim decides to ask for a job. When he gets the job, as night watchman, he begins to wonder why that clown is wandering around at night. Then, when trouble starts with animals getting out of their cages, Jim puts two and two together"--Page 4 of cover
Public exhibition of risky behavior, poor judgment, and unchecked egos boosts the “buzz” about our celebrities, athletic icons, and politicians. Tragically, bad conduct is our best kept public secret; we all know about it, experience it, and are challenged by it daily – but we don't publicly acknowledge it; rather, we fear doing so would reveal us to be insecure and expose us as not being a good team player. Unfortunately, our lousy social behavior translates into the playgrounds and campuses of public and private schools across America – known best as “hazing” at colleges/university (our institutions of higher learning), and “bullying” during our pre-K through high school “education.” Wesley Miller shines a light on how this public secret poisons the minds of middle and senior managers in our workplace; making our lives a living hell and souring the attitudes we bring home to our families. Our legends say, “Knowing the true name of a demon is the way of controlling the beast.” Miller gives us those “true names” so we can free ourselves – and he lets us chuckle while we name our public secret!
The age of the Viking draws to a close... ...a new age begins. Riley had always dreamed of adventures, particularly the Old Norse legends his best friend and roommate Conor always told him about. He wanted nothing more than to get away from the orphanage, to escape to a world of magic and heroes. But when an ordinary field trip goes horribly wrong, Riley discovers that a world of magic and heroes exists right under his nose, and that Conor doesn't just know about it; he is at the center of it. Conor spirits Riley and their mutual friend Valerie off to Midpoint, the world of the Sentinels. It is there that Riley learns that the "myths" Conor had told him - Odin, Thor, the Nine Realms, and countless others - are all very real. But where there are heroes, so too are there villains. Morunya Durmacil, the fallen power from the earliest days of Creation, the reason all intelligent beings fear the dark, is stirring from his exile in the Void at long last. And it can be no coincidence that the Shard of Earth, the relic that keeps the Nine Realms in balance by simply existing, appears to have been stolen. Riley and a few unlikely new friends embark on a quest to find the stolen treasure. But the Enemy has not been idle: the world of Fjallfit, home of the last Vikings, is being threatened with destruction. And though Riley and the others are determined to both save the Vikings and recover the Shard, the odds are not in their favor. Riley must come to terms with who he truly is and become a sorcerer, or more than one civilization will be destroyed. And amidst prophetic guarantees of death and loss, there remains one question: Who stole the Shard to begin with?
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