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Few from today's Amazon Top 100 Free.
#4 Secret of the Oil: Prequel to the Donavan Chronicles This is a prequel for the Donavan Chronicles. In the Middle Eastern conflict one group of dedicated men have contrived to build a nuclear device, not to detonate on American soil but on their own in order to cripple the industrial might of the West. One small team of DIA operatives is dispatched to ensure the failure of that plan. Nothing ever goes as planned. 4.3 out of 5 stars (10 reviews) 5 star 70% 4 star 10% 3 star 10% 2 star 0% 1 star 10% #9 The Infected: Karen's First Day (Book Two) Raising kids is tough. Keeping them alive as the zombie apocalypse begins is tougher. But that's exactly what stay-at-home mom Karen needs to do: fight fiercely to keep her young daughters safe as her husband Jim battles his way across the city, so they can escape the carnage together. On the worst day of her life, Karen finds that she will do anything to protect her family, and that the line between life and death has teeth. 4.8 out of 5 stars (60 reviews) 5 star 82% 4 star 16% 3 star 2% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% #15 The Friendly Sea (The Duty and Destiny Series, Book 1) The Duty and Destiny Series is a superbly-crafted collection of historical novels with a strong naval/seafaring theme. The series follows the naval career, loves and business dealings of Englishman, Frederick Harris, a brave but reluctant mariner. Despite his disinclination, he is seemingly destined to become a Master and Commander of his own ship. Book One - The Friendly Sea: The second son of a Hampshire landowner, Frederick Harris has no expectations worthy of the name. He takes to the sea as a profession, rather than from love of the seafaring life. Early in the French Revolutionary War he seizes the chance to shine in a bloody sea battle. After promotion, he is sent to the Caribbean where he gains further promotion and the patronage of a senior admiral. 4.5 out of 5 stars (12 reviews) 5 star 66% 4 star 17% 3 star 17% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [Note: I read the following book a couple of years ago, felt it was too brief, too superficial, that it should have had more information about Tesla] #33 Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century If you want to learn about one of history’s most fascinating minds and uncover some of his secrets of imagination—secrets that enabled him to invent machines light years ahead of his time and literally bring light to the world—then you want to read this book. 4.1 out of 5 stars (3,217 reviews) 5 star 50% 4 star 27% 3 star 12% 2 star 5% 1 star 6% [Note: the following book only has one review so take it for what its worth] #36 Sleeper Cell: Book 0- The Beginning A lone FBI agent. An enemy hell-bent on America’s destruction. The clock is ticking. When a wide network of sleeper cells are activated, America faces a new terror threat unlike anything it’s ever witnessed. At the height of the attacks, one FBI Agent finds himself in the middle of a race against time with an enemy hell-bent on his nation’s destruction. Special Agent Craig Davis has spent months pursuing and investigating sleeper cell leads, and his first major bust of a ring of foreign ISIS militants leads to a conspiracy beyond even his own grasp. The enemy is plotting and something major is in the works. Soon Craig and his FBI team discover that the intent of the ISIS sleeper cells is not to simply commit acts of terrorism, but to declare outright war upon the United States. Their enemy: the American people and their government. 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 review) 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% |
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My notes on free books
The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Canning and Preserving: Your Quick and Easy Guide to Fresh Food All Year Long (Canning Recipes, Canning for Beginners, Canning Guide) Canning Allows You to Enjoy Your Favorite Fresh Foods, Anytime--Year Round! Nearly all fresh produce is picked during a season of just a few short months and many varieties just don't keep well. Canning will satisfy your craving for delicious, local produce all year long! You can save money, stay healthy, and even enjoy foods from your garden during the winter--simply by learning to can your own foods. It’s really very simple to take advantage of canning and preserving to enjoy your favorite fruits, vegetables, and even meats year round, just the way you like them. Whether you've found your Grandmas delicious jam recipe, you want to have tomatoes from your garden year round, or maybe you just don’t want to give away those few extra pounds of berries you picked, it’s time to consider home canning. Canning Is Much Easier Than You Might Think... You don’t have to be preparing for Armageddon to can your own foods. And even better, when you’re done your extra food won’t take up any of the limited space in your fridge or freezer! In much of Europe, canning and preserving food is still a routine practice today. Sometimes canning is the only reliable way to enjoy high quality, nutritious food year round. Canning has been an alternative to refrigeration to preserve food since the early 1800’s and properly done, keeps your food safe and delicious a lot longer than any refrigerator ever can. It’s not difficult to do. If you have a stove, some extra shelf space out of direct sunlight, and a recipe you want to try, it’s time for you to consider canning your own foods at home. Here's A Preview Of What You'll Learn... The different methods commonly used for home canning today What equipment you need and how to prepare it How to safely & effectively can your favorite foods Bacteria, Bugs, and More: what to avoid and why Essential tips for successful canning What you need to know about canning meat An assortment of canning recipes to help you get started fast Plus, so much more! If you’ve ever wanted a better option than the freezer to preserve your favorite foods and enjoy them all year, learning to can and preserve your food is a must. 13 reviews 5 star 85% 4 star 15% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#86.] Traveler (The Traveler Chronicles Book 1) Trav Becker is a police detective who discovers he has the ability to travel between parallel realities. But other versions of Trav also have this talent, and one of them is systematically killing every other Trav he can find. Trav must now fight to keep the very fabric of time itself from unwinding as he hunts the most dangerous quarry of all...himself. 48 reviews 5 star 81% 4 star 17% 3 star 2% 2 star 0% 1 star0% [#98.] From today's bookbub email. Never Say Spy (The Never Say Spy Series Book 1) Despite her penchant for weapons and ripe language, Aydan Kelly’s resumé reads ‘bookkeeper’, not ‘badass’. She’s leaving the city to fulfill her dream of rural tranquillity when she gets carjacked by a man who shouldn’t exist. When RCMP officer John Kane kills her would-be abductor, Aydan thinks her troubles are over. But Kane’s investigation implicates her in an international espionage plot, and criminal charges become the least of her worries when she’s targeted by the very spies Kane suspects her of aiding. Pity her enemies. Because nobody’s tougher than a middle-aged woman who wants her dream back. 447 reviews 5 star 63% 4 star 23% 3 star 7% 2 star 2% 1 star 5% [It's been free before. I read it. I gave it four stars.] |
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Few from today's Amazon Top 100 Free that may be of interest to some.
#2 LEAP (Breakthrough Book 2) A SEARCH FOR THE ULTIMATE MISSING LINK... A DISCOVERY THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN FOUND... ...AND A TECHNOLOGICAL LEAP UNLIKE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. Her hands sweating, Alison Shaw stared nervously into the giant seawater tank. One year ago, she and her team of marine biologists had stunned the world with their breakthrough. Now they were about to do it again. But an ocean away, something strange was unfolding. Along a lonely coast in South America, an experimental Russian submarine -- long thought to have been dismantled -- has suddenly resurfaced. And the U.S. Navy has taken notice, sending officers John Clay and Steve Caesare to investigate. The sub has been studying a group of unmarked soldiers, disappearing into the jungle each night beneath the cover of darkness. Something has been discovered. Something big. Unfortunately, the soldiers are about to learn that making the find of the century is one thing. Keeping it is another. 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,283 reviews) 5 star 72% 4 star 22% 3 star 4% 2 star 1% 1 star 1% #19 Calisthenics: Becoming A Greek God - Shredded Through Calisthenics And Street Workout (Bodyweight Training, Street Workout, Calisthenics) Calisthenics: Become A Greek God – Shredded Through Calisthenics And Street Workout can help you overcome the obstacles you'll face on the road to a better body. It describes the methods you can follow to change your body into something you're proud of. Whether you’re trying to lose weight or gain muscle mass, this book gives you everything you need to know for bodyweight training success. With Calisthenics: Become A Greek God – Shredded Through Calisthenics And Street Workout , you can look better, gain strength, and add healthy energy to your life. You'll also learn about going to a gym, using proper form, taking supplements, and eating right! 4.6 out of 5 stars (52 reviews) 5 star 62% 4 star 36% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 2% #18 Handro Centuries after a civilization-ending event, the world is a very different place. Handro’s life has not been easy, and while he has people that care about him, he keeps his distance, forever searching for something he doesn't realize he desperately needs. But Handro may have gone too far as he sets out on a new path that quickly grows dark and twisted. Confronted with madness and betrayal, Handro finds facing his own mortality may be easier than traveling the unexplored landscape within his soul. While HANDRO is a tale of post-apocalyptic fiction, the survival skills employed are indeed real. Hopefully, Reader, you will never have to use them. 4.6 out of 5 stars (61 reviews) 5 star 72% 4 star 23% 3 star 2% 2 star 3% 1 star 0% #21 Amazon Echo: Master Your Amazon Echo; User Guide and Manual (Amazon Echo User Guide) PLEASE NOTE: You DON'T need a Kindle to buy this book. It's available for immediate reading with your Amazon virtual cloud reader. Get the Most From Your Amazon Echo - TODAY! 3rd EDITION Why should you get an Echo? What can it do for you? This Expanded 3rd Edition of Amazon Echo: Master Your Amazon Echo; User Guide and Manual explains why the Amazon Echo is so amazing. 4.0 out of 5 stars (195 reviews) 5 star 63% 4 star 8% 3 star 5% 2 star 9% 1 star 15% #92 Slow Cooker Recipes: Deliciously Simple Low Carb Recipes For Healthy Living If you want to prepare some amazingly delicious meals with your slow cooker that are also low carb and healthy then this recipe book is what you have been looking for... This recipe book was created for people like you that want to live the low carb lifestyle but also want to eat amazing food. Use your slow cooker to help you lose weight and eat great. Each low carb recipe was chosen because it was not only delicious but it was also easy to make with your slow cooker. Eating healthy doesn't have to be a challenge anymore as I have included nutritional information with each recipe. Losing weight and watching your diet just got a little easier. You don't have to be a professional cook in order to create these amazing meals with your slow cooker. In a matter of minutes you could be preparing a fantastic meal for your family that will keep them wanting more. Your family can be eating healthy and not even know it. 4.0 out of 5 stars (97 reviews) 5 star 55% 4 star 19% 3 star 10% 2 star 6% 1 star 10% |
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Traveler (The Traveler Chronicles Book 1) Trav Becker is a police detective who discovers he has the ability to travel between parallel realities. But other versions of Trav also have this talent, and one of them is systematically killing every other Trav he can find. Trav must now fight to keep the very fabric of time itself from unwinding as he hunts the most dangerous quarry of all...himself. Wasn't this a Jet Li movie? "The One", I think it was called. don't know. The book was all but unreadable to me though. I gave it one star, but it has a bunch of 4 and 5 star reviews so others seem to like it a lot more than I did. |
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Traveler (The Traveler Chronicles Book 1) Trav Becker is a police detective who discovers he has the ability to travel between parallel realities. But other versions of Trav also have this talent, and one of them is systematically killing every other Trav he can find. Trav must now fight to keep the very fabric of time itself from unwinding as he hunts the most dangerous quarry of all...himself. Wasn't this a Jet Li movie? "The One", I think it was called. don't know. The book was all but unreadable to me though. I gave it one star, but it has a bunch of 4 and 5 star reviews so others seem to like it a lot more than I did. Different strokes. I lived it. Put me in the 4 star crowd. Never saw the JetLi movie. |
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My notes on free books
The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today [I noticed that Amazon has gone back to an old trick today of redirecting you to the top 100 paid list instead of the top 100 free list when you try to go directly to the top 100 free list. You will have to select the top 100 free tab yourself from this link.] The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Life, Liberty, And The Death Of The Republic Arguably the greatest Empire to ever exist, Rome has indelibly left a significant mark on the modern world. The posthumous influence of the Roman Republic and Empire have no equal in all of history. Their varied culture, stunning art, brilliant philosophy, and towering architecture is embedded in our modern world. Roman innovation has left behind a legacy that has remained admired and emulated for over a thousand years. They built massive networks of roads before the birth of Christ. They constructed elaborate public sewer systems over 1,500 years before the United States became a Nation, and had networks of aqueducts bringing running water. Their tactics in battle are still studied by historians and military leaders of today. Their history is filled with great conflicts, compelling love stories, and the most treacherous of leaders. Hollywood has explored their culture time and again on the silver screen. Larger than life commanders like Julius Caesar would help shape their ultimate destiny. In his book entitled The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: Life, Liberty, and the Death of the Republic author Barry Linton highlights and explains the significant struggles and contributions that have made Rome so well known. Join us as we explore the meteoric rise, monumental life, inevitable death, and eventual rebirth of Rome. 14 reviews 5 star 86% 4 star 7% 3 star 7% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#23.] |
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[I noticed that Amazon has gone back to an old trick today of redirecting you to the top 100 paid list instead of the top 100 free list when you try to go directly to the top 100 free list. You will have to select the top 100 free tab yourself from this link.] Like always, at least for me, the following link takes one directly to the top free list: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store/zgbs/digital-text/ref=zg_bs_fvp_p_f_digital-text?_encoding=UTF8&tf=1 Edit to add: This book on the top 100 free may be of interest even though there are no reviews for it yet. #83 Invisibility Toolkit - 100 Ways to Disappear and How to Be Anonymous From Oppressive Governments, Stalkers & Criminals: How to Be Invisible and Disappear in Style The Invisibility Toolkit is the ultimate guide for anyone who values their privacy or needs to disappear. Whether you're running from stalkers or hit men or overzealous cops or divorce courts, you owe it to yourself to learn how to protect your greatest asset: You and your family! Edit to add #2: Strangely when using the hot hyper link "http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store/zgbs/digital-text/ref=zg_bs_fvp_p_f_digital-text?_encoding=UTF8&tf=1" from this page it takes one to the top paid, yet if one copies and pastes the link it takes one to the free page, same goes for it being bookmarked. |
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A couple from today's Amazon top 100 free that may be of interest to some.
#9 Panglor (Star Rigger Universe) Wrongly discredited as a space pilot, Panglor Balef is doomed to die in space, if sheer luck doesn’t bring him through. But luck has never been in Panglor’s cards. Bad enough to be coerced into a mission of murder and suicide, he must also contend with Alo—a young woman, stowaway, and impossible companion. Neither of them, nor his empathic ou-ralot, could possibly anticipate the journey through space-time they are about to embark on, through a door to an insane reality from which there is almost certainly no return. It could be the discovery of the millennium, but the only way home is to journey even further into the heart of madness. 4.7 out of 5 stars (21 reviews) 5 star 67% 4 star 33% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% #30 Julius Caesar Ruler Of Rome: The Life And Times Of Rome's Most Feared Caesar Throughout the book, we will explore his early life and show how that shaped his character and then, eventually, his entire career. We will explore the highs and severe lows of his life from being forced into the army to effectively save his life, to being captured by pirates, conquests, revolts, civil war, supreme power, and of course his brutal assassination. This book does not go on hearsay, but instead it focuses on details from sources of the time. It charts his rise to power, how brutal he could be at times with people that crossed him or stood up against him. It looks at the very reasons that could have ultimately led to his assassination. Was it because he was getting too much power? Was it due to him making constitutional reforms that led to the rich getting poorer? Was it for the greater good of the Empire or was it all about personal gain? 5.0 out of 5 stars (7 reviews) 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% #60 TSUNAMI STORM The US has launched secret weapons of mass destruction on other countries. And awaits what might be cataclysmic retaliation… China is devastated by an 8.0M earthquake that leaves 70,000 people dead with hundreds of thousands injured and untold property destroyed. The Chinese government soon learns that it was no natural disaster, but rather an orchestrated attack by the American government using their High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) weapon. China ceases foreign relations with America and creates their own version of the weapon in retaliation. They plan to attack the US by sending a submarine with mini nuke mines to create a massive rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. But what neither China nor the US knows is that the attack on China was an unauthorized assault perpetrated by a US Navy Vice Admiral. Because of his arrogance and pride, more innocent people may have to pay with their lives. One of the many coastal towns in peril is Dolphin Beach, Oregon. The new mayor Willa McBride tries to protect her townspeople while her sister, the Senator Elizabeth Bechtel, tries to uncover who engineered the attack on China. What is unclear is whether the Senator’s goal is aimed toward the greater good or for her own political gain. To protect the US coast, the government sends out the submarine USS Massachusetts to locate and destroy the Chinese sub. Now it seems the only protection for the American coast is one US submarine and its heroic crew against a truly catastrophic event… 4.6 out of 5 stars (65 reviews) 5 star 72% 4 star 19% 3 star 9% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% #99 Alien Hunters (Alien Hunters Book 1) The skelkrins. Predators from deep space. Creatures of claws, fangs, and unending malice. They swarm across the galaxy, slaying all in their path. Planets burn in their wake. And now they're heading to Earth. Raphael "Riff" Starfire commands the Alien Hunters, a group of scruffy mercenaries. Galactic pest controllers, they mostly handle small critters--aliens that clog up your engine pipes, gnaw on your hull, or burrow through your silos. Riff and his crew have never faced anything like the skelkrins before. As these cosmic killers invade our solar system, will Riff be the one hunting aliens . . . or will aliens hunt him? 4.3 out of 5 stars (70 reviews) 5 star 57% 4 star 28% 3 star 6% 2 star 3% 1 star 6% |
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One from todays Amazon Top 100 Free that may be of interest to some.
#20 Rain: Rise of the Living Dead (Undead Rain Book 1) The closest Alex Harley has ever been to a zombie is on his game console. Trapped in a dead end job and spending his weekends gaming, Alex is coasting through life at his own pace. But one fateful weekend, he agrees to go hiking with his pal Mike. Mike’s girlfriend, Elena, is bringing her friend Lucy along and that is good enough reason for Alex to endure gruelling hikes along a mountain range in Wales. The day the four friends hit the mountains, the outbreak begins. Day Z has arrived. Alex’s radio receives mysterious reports of savage attacks in London before switching to the Emergency Broadcast System. The dead are rising, and the living must fight for survival. Fighting hordes of zombies and avoiding army patrols, Alex and his friends must reach the coast, and the safety of the sea. But then their problems will just begin… 4.3 out of 5 stars (88 reviews) 5 star 49% 4 star 39% 3 star 7% 2 star 2% 1 star 3% |
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Few from today's Amazon Top 100 Free that may be of interest to some.
#4 Those Who Dare (Raiding Forces Book 1) The first in a series of meticulously researched World War II novels about hit-and-run raids against Hitler's war machine by British forces - under the command of a U.S. soldier - "Those Who Dare" is sure to appeal to avid military fiction fans. By May 1940, panzer divisions had decimated Belgium and reached Calais. Lieutenant John Randal of the U.S. 26th Cavalry Regiment volunteers his expertise to help slow their advance. What unfolds is a blend of military guerrilla tactics, suspense, humour, cultural and social commentary, and war buddy camaraderie - plus a little romance between the American GI and the widowed Lady Jane Seaborn. Along the way readers meet such colourful characters as Captain David Niven in MO-9 and Captain 'Geronimo Joe' McKoy with his Travelling Wild West Show and Shooting Emporium. The author - a decorated combat veteran - covers the details of war extensively, from the five points of contact of a parachute landing fall to descriptions of a British raider's A-5 flinging ferries before the first 12-gauge shell casing hits the floor. As the novel ends, Major Randal's men, fresh from Operation Tomcat in France, learn they will deploy via sea transport within 48 hours on their next mission. The second book, which is already written, tells that tale. 4.3 out of 5 stars (105 reviews) 5 star 56% 4 star 26% 3 star 9% 2 star 5% 1 star 4% #47 American Epidemic Omnibus: An Ebola Prepper Survival Tale Greg Atkins is prepper with a mysterious past who lives his day-to-day life as a home security installation man in a quaint suburb in Nevada. Like most Americans, Greg is concerned about the Ebola virus threat in West Africa. And it isn’t soon before the disease begins to spread within the US in an unexplained phenomenon with an advanced strain even more contagious and extreme than before. No one is safe as mass panic erupts across major cities nationwide. It’s up to Greg to use his prepping skills to save himself and those he cares about before the epidemic wipes out everyone in its path. Download the thrilling “American Epidemic” series today! 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 reviews) 5 star 0% 4 star 100% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% #72 Better World (Fractured Era Series Book 1) Maeve is a metalworker, toiling in the blistering sublevels of the London. She's lost friends and family to the hazardous work conditions and fears every job she's assigned could be her last. All she wants is a little control over her life, but the oppressive sublevel enforcers ensure that’s not an option. Now, after decades of traveling, the ships have finally reached their destination: Soren, a toxic planet that may have the resources they desperately need. But mining a planet comes at a price, and Maeve and the other workers will be expected to pay it with their lives. If a better world awaits, Maeve's sure to be dead long before the fleet finds it… unless she finds a way to control her destiny and change it. 4.5 out of 5 stars (50 reviews) 5 star 54% 4 star 40% 3 star 4% 2 star 2% 1 star 0% |
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My notes on free books
The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Those Who Dare (Raiding Forces Book 1) The first in a series of meticulously researched World War II novels about hit-and-run raids against Hitler's war machine by British forces - under the command of a U.S. soldier - "Those Who Dare" is sure to appeal to avid military fiction fans. By May 1940, panzer divisions had decimated Belgium and reached Calais. Lieutenant John Randal of the U.S. 26th Cavalry Regiment volunteers his expertise to help slow their advance. What unfolds is a blend of military guerrilla tactics, suspense, humour, cultural and social commentary, and war buddy camaraderie - plus a little romance between the American GI and the widowed Lady Jane Seaborn. Along the way readers meet such colourful characters as Captain David Niven in MO-9 and Captain 'Geronimo Joe' McKoy with his Travelling Wild West Show and Shooting Emporium. The author - a decorated combat veteran - covers the details of war extensively, from the five points of contact of a parachute landing fall to descriptions of a British raider's A-5 flinging ferries before the first 12-gauge shell casing hits the floor. As the novel ends, Major Randal's men, fresh from Operation Tomcat in France, learn they will deploy via sea transport within 48 hours on their next mission. The second book, which is already written, tells that tale. 105 reviews 5 star 56% 4 star 26% 3 star 9% 2 star 5% 1 star 4% [#4. Was a bookbub selection recently. I started reading it. Good story so far, but the execution of the story could use some help. Still pretty readable.] American Epidemic Omnibus: An Ebola Prepper Survival Tale The epidemic is here! For a Limited Time get the entire best-selling “American Epidemic” dystopian series that has accumulated 100 + 5 star reviews on Amazon today. Greg Atkins is prepper with a mysterious past who lives his day-to-day life as a home security installation man in a quaint suburb in Nevada. Like most Americans, Greg is concerned about the Ebola virus threat in West Africa. And it isn’t soon before the disease begins to spread within the US in an unexplained phenomenon with an advanced strain even more contagious and extreme than before. No one is safe as mass panic erupts across major cities nationwide. It’s up to Greg to use his prepping skills to save himself and those he cares about before the epidemic wipes out everyone in its path. Download the thrilling “American Epidemic” series today! 2 reviews 5 star 0% 4 star 100% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#47. The reviews are somewhat suspicious, as they mostly seem to review the same set of similar books.] |
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The first book of this series was on the Amazon Top 100 Free a couple of months ago, the fourth book of the series is on the top free list today. Books two and three are also free. There is an omnibus edition that contains books 1 through 3 that is free as well. The Survivors: Book One (Life After War 1) The end of the world has given us a harsh, merciless existence, where nature tries hard to push mankind to the very brink of extinction. Everything is against us, between us... Untold miles of lawless, apocalyptic roads wait for our feet, and the future, cold and dark, offers little comfort. Without change, there can be no peace. Only survivors.” From dangerous trips into dark, apocalyptic cities, to patriotic rescues and furious revelations, Life After War is an action-packed fantasy series where those left alive must come to terms with their mistakes in the old world, while fighting for a place in the new one. Life After War. Magic and Reality blended into a post-apocalyptic fantasy series that you won't ever forget. 3.9 out of 5 stars ( 1,118 reviews) 5 star 50% 4 star 21% 3 star 9% 2 star 8% 1 star 12% On The Road (Life After War Book 2) 2012 was the end of the world. All society and civilizations fell, leaving the survivors to fend for themselves. Few made it. More of the same adventure, romance, and danger that made book one so addictive. Are you ready to return to Safe Haven? Adrian and the others are already there, waiting to tell you what happened next. Won't you join us? 4.0 out of 5 stars (267 reviews) 5 star 51% 4 star 22% 3 star 11% 2 star 5% 1 star 11% Safe Haven (Life After War Book 3) Angie and Marc have made it to Safe Haven and Kenn is already on the edge of murder. Will Adrian be able to stop the bloodshed or will everything he’s built start to fall? Can he keep the enemy at bay long enough to teach his people how to be survivors of this new apocalyptic world? After months of carrying the burdens alone, Adrian finally has the help he needs. Five of the six have come and he can’t wait to get things started. With Angie’s magic and his people skills, he is about to rebuild an entire country… If he can keep them out of the Slaver’s path long enough to get these special survivors to bond. If they won’t work together, everyone is doomed. 4.3 out of 5 stars (344 reviews) 5 star 59% 4 star 24% 3 star 8% 2 star 5% 1 star 4% Adrian's Eagles (Life After War Book 4) Three months after the War, Safe Haven refugee camp has made it to South Dakota and now holds six of the seven special survivors meant to lead the rebuilding of their country… But it can’t be done until they find a safe place to settle, and who can think of peace when there’s a huge camp of foreign invaders less than a day behind their group and they only want one thing? Safe Haven and everyone inside the light. Will Adrian be able to keep his people out of Cesar’s evil control long enough to finish the training he’s begun? The enemy numbers are over 300 and growing. There are currently 64 Eagles in Adrian’s army. Maybe if Marc can come up with the right plan and Angela can tell him when. He’ll also need Samantha to warn him when Nature is attacking. John will look after their health and Kenn will be banished if he can’t let go of Angie, who has found something she really wants (even though no one else, not even Brady, wants her to try for it). The Survival of America: everyone is on equal ground, working for a common goal, yet it won’t happen overnight and not everyone can handle Adrian’s version of safety, including some of his closest people. 4.4 out of 5 stars (438 reviews) 5 star 64% 4 star 21% 3 star 6% 2 star 6% 1 star 3% I read this one, or most of it. Meh. I will give the author credit for great sex scenes, which are frequent, and occasionally consensual. Otherwise it Messianic, statist, and firearm illiterate. BTW, the author is also a Big Hilary supporter, think twice before giving her any money. |
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I read this one, or most of it. Meh. I will give the author credit for great sex scenes, which are frequent, and occasionally consensual. Otherwise it Messianic, statist, and firearm illiterate. BTW, the author is also a Big Hilary supporter, think twice before giving her any money. If your talking about Adrian's Eagles (and the others from that series) yeah its meh. I wouldn't pay for it that's for sure. A somewhat good premise for a story line and characters, but the firearm ignorance, the peasants need to be lied too for their own good, and the women as "property" (even in the good guys camp) got old quickly. The other problem I had with the story line is the whole Pitcairn Islands sub plot that isn't really tied into the Safe Haven group other than one off hand comment about others will arrive at some far later point in the story line. And then the whole unlimited ammo, food and fuel too in a post apocalyptic environment is hard to believe. |
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One from today's Amazon top 100 that may be of interest to some.
#71 The World Burns: A Post-Apocalyptic Story Tension grips the country as the nuclear talks with Iran start to go poorly. This is largely ignored by the populace, and the threat of war goes unheeded. Blake has lived his life through hard work and his blog—Back Country J. He's an off-grid homesteader, blogger, and author. He has the life that preppers dream of, and he never knows it. As an on-again-off-again handyman, he learns how to fix everything in his life except loneliness, until he meets Sandra. Sandra is an army veteran who has caught his attention, and she’s also the preacher's daughter. Sparks fly the first time they meet, and the shy hermit asks her out on a date. Follow the couple as they try to survive raiders, hunger, and human nature when the balloon goes up after an EMP is set off. 4.0 out of 5 stars (122 reivws) 5 star 39% 4 star 36% 3 star 15% 2 star 6% 1 star 4% |
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One from today's Amazon top 100 that may be of interest to some. #71 The World Burns: A Post-Apocalyptic Story Tension grips the country as the nuclear talks with Iran start to go poorly. This is largely ignored by the populace, and the threat of war goes unheeded. Blake has lived his life through hard work and his blog—Back Country J. He's an off-grid homesteader, blogger, and author. He has the life that preppers dream of, and he never knows it. As an on-again-off-again handyman, he learns how to fix everything in his life except loneliness, until he meets Sandra. Sandra is an army veteran who has caught his attention, and she’s also the preacher's daughter. Sparks fly the first time they meet, and the shy hermit asks her out on a date. Follow the couple as they try to survive raiders, hunger, and human nature when the balloon goes up after an EMP is set off. 4.0 out of 5 stars (122 reivws) 5 star 39% 4 star 36% 3 star 15% 2 star 6% 1 star 4% no longer free. |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today The World's Most Dangerous Secret Societies: The Illuminati, Freemasons, Bilderberg Group, Knights Templar, The Jesuits, Skull And Bones And Others To some the name “secret society” conjures up an image of a shadowy and elite cabal meeting behind smoke-filled rooms, discussing tactics of world domination and manipulation straight out of the most far-fetched espionage thriller. To others, the image of secluded men (and occasionally women!) banding together in exotic garb to perform colorful ceremonies and impart hidden knowledge and fancy but incomprehensible titles upon one another springs to mind. But just how far-fetched and fanciful is the prospect of a secret society? Could it be that there walks among us, in any given echelon of the population, groups given to exercise inordinate amounts of power and influence over the rest of us? Could these exotic members-only clubs really pose such an immediate threat to our well-being that our very way of life is endangered? Well, quite frankly the disturbing answer to those particular questions are yes and yes. Right in our midst there absolutely exists clandestine organizations consisting of both men and women who wield a dangerous amount of influence and power over the entire world populace. In his book entitled “The World’s Most Dangerous Secret Societies” author James Jackson explores these dangerous secret organizations and its members; their beliefs, hidden agenda and their ultimate goal of a New World Order and world domination. Here are a few of some of the dangerous secret societies that will be thoroughly examined. • The Freemasons • The Illuminati • Skull And Bones • The Bilderberg Group • Council on Foreign Relations • The Trilateral Commission • The Society of Jesuits • The Committee of 300 • The Knights Templar 15 reviews 5 star 66% 4 star 13% 3 star 7% 2 star 7% 1 star 7% [#19.] Foraging: For Recreation And Survival: A Guide To Foraging WIld Plants and Herbs Found In Your Backyard (Gardening, Preping, Preppers, Foraging Book 1) You will learn what it takes to survive in the wild with just your knowledge of foraging the plants that are around you in your garden or strictly in the wild. The book is as easy to pick up and learn from for the beginner, as it is for the experienced forager who's looking for something new and more meaty. This book on foraging is what you've been foraging for ;) I will share with you the knowledge of the food that is available for foraging all around you in the wild, and even in the city! The art of foraging is not to look for what's out in the open, but to literally "forage" for what's already there. Once you learn the true skills of foraging you will never go hungry again, no matter what climate you're in! With Foraging Skills You Will Look Through The World With Seemingly "Rose Colored" Lenses, pun intended. The skills are simple and quick to pick up with the accurate and descriptive images provided in this book. In this book you will learn how to identify the plants around you to make an informed decision of what to eat, as well as what plants to stay away from. I look forward to hearing how this book has impacted you and the way you go about foraging for your meals in advance to set yourself up for foraging success! 14 reviews 5 star 64% 4 star 36% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#82.] |
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Those Who Dare (Raiding Forces Book 1) The first in a series of meticulously researched World War II novels about hit-and-run raids against Hitler's war machine by British forces - under the command of a U.S. soldier - "Those Who Dare" is sure to appeal to avid military fiction fans. By May 1940, panzer divisions had decimated Belgium and reached Calais. Lieutenant John Randal of the U.S. 26th Cavalry Regiment volunteers his expertise to help slow their advance. What unfolds is a blend of military guerrilla tactics, suspense, humour, cultural and social commentary, and war buddy camaraderie - plus a little romance between the American GI and the widowed Lady Jane Seaborn. Along the way readers meet such colourful characters as Captain David Niven in MO-9 and Captain 'Geronimo Joe' McKoy with his Travelling Wild West Show and Shooting Emporium. The author - a decorated combat veteran - covers the details of war extensively, from the five points of contact of a parachute landing fall to descriptions of a British raider's A-5 flinging ferries before the first 12-gauge shell casing hits the floor. As the novel ends, Major Randal's men, fresh from Operation Tomcat in France, learn they will deploy via sea transport within 48 hours on their next mission. The second book, which is already written, tells that tale. 105 reviews 5 star 56% 4 star 26% 3 star 9% 2 star 5% 1 star 4% [#4. Was a bookbub selection recently. I started reading it. Good story so far, but the execution of the story could use some help. Still pretty readable.] This one is still free. The writing started out a little shaky but actually got better as the book progressed. I have not written a review yet but it is going to get a solid 4 stars from me. |
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A few from today's Amazon top 100 free that may be of interest to some.
#1 The Guernseyman: Volume 1 (The Richard Delancey Novels) Richard Delancey, inadvertently embroiled in Liverpool labor riots, sidesteps punishment by "volunteering" for the Navy. Ranked as a midshipman, he is no sooner aboard than his ship sails for the port of New York. But when the events of the American Revolution and the ongoing hostilities between England and France send him back across the sea, Delancey finds himself instrumental in defending the Isle of Jersey and, later, the Rock of Gibraltar. 4.0 out of 5 stars (15 reviews) 5 star 27% 4 star 53% 3 star 13% 2 star 7% 1 star 0% #17 Poker: Everything You Need To Know About Poker From Beginner To Expert (Poker, Poker for Beginners) Are you the one who plays poker for fun? Somebody who earns a living out of it? Either way, you need the right skill and basic strategies to fully wrap your head around this tricky game. 4.7 out of 5 stars (78 reviews) 5 star 69% 4 star 30% 3 star 0% 2 star 1% 1 star 0% #75 Waldek, The Boy who Defied the Nazis (Thriller) Waldek, The Boy who Defied the Nazis (La Búsqueda in Spanish) chronicles the dramatic and heroic story of Waldek Grodek, who experienced first-hand and at a very young age the German occupation of his native Poland. Many decades later, while visiting the UN offices that granted compensation to the survivors of the Nazi concentration camps, Waldek reflects on the events that started when he was made prisoner and taken to Auschwitz and Mauthausen and, in the years following his liberation, subjected him to the whims of European and Latin American totalitarian regimes, international espionage and the Mossad. Waldek Grodek is a memorable character whose unique perspective and amazing life story deserves to be told. After more than 154 weeks, Waldek, The Boy who Defied the Nazis (La búsqueda) still occupies the top 10 ranking on Amazon Spanish language. A thriller that is well worth reading. Another book by the same author in English language: THE MANUSCRIPT, The Secret. Recently published 4.5 out of 5 stars (75 reviews) 5 star 71% 4 star 14% 3 star 11% 2 star 3% 1 star 1% |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today The Housewife Assassin's Deadly Dossier: Prequel - The Housewife Assassin Series In this full-length prequel to The Housewife Assassin series, Acme Industries black-ops agent Jack Craig is tasked with investigating the mysterious death of his organization's most prolific hit man, Carl Stone, only to fall in love with the dead man's wife, Donna--a woman he must never contact, but who may hold the key to her husband's disappearance. When Acme approaches Donna to join their organization as an assassin, Jack's undercover mission will change both their lives forever. 55 reviews 5 star 66% 4 star 16% 3 star 11% 2 star 7% 1 star 0% [#1. I tried to read another book in the series but just did not like it, but both books seem to have a lot of fans.] Killing Chase (The Better Off Dead Series Book 1) Born into a wealthy but flawed North Carolina shipbuilding family, Chase was somehow immune to the dysfunction. The sky was the limit for the 18-year old football prodigy, until one terrible event changed the course of his life and prison became his new home. Through the highs and lows of his incarceration, there was one person he couldn't forget, no matter how hard he'd tried: childhood best friend Bailey Masters. For reasons unknown to him, she'd shunned him ever since her mysterious return to Foggy Harbor at the beginning of their sophomore year. Now, seven years into a twelve-year manslaughter sentence, Chase is given an unusual second chance, one that comes with its own set of rules. Suddenly, he's thrust into a position he's not ready for: the tip of the spear in a quiet war against an American enemy. A war that could cost him his family . . . and his life. 76 reviews 5 star 63% 4 star 32% 3 star 3% 2 star 1% 1 star 1% [#3. I think this was a bookbub selection recently. I started reading it, but have not gotten all that far into the book, but so far it is OK.] Black Flagged Alpha: Prequel to the Black Flagged Series (The Black Flagged Technothriller Series Book 1) Daniel Petrovich, the most lethal operative created by the Department of Defense's Black Flag Program, protects a secret buried in the deepest vaults of the Pentagon. Blackmailed into executing one final mission, Daniel's carefully constructed "life" rapidly disintegrates into a relentless federal manhunt--and a "24-style" race against the clock to suppress the shocking truth about his past. To survive, he'll release the darkest side of his concealed identity. A dark side with few boundaries--and even fewer loyalties. Black Flagged lays the foundation for a gritty, high-octane series exploring the serpentine link between covert operations and government agency politics. 575 reviews 5 star 50% 4 star 33% 3 star 10% 2 star 4% 1 star 3% [#24. I bought this book some time ago and gave it four stars. It is not a perfect book, but still fun to read for me.] |
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A few from today's Amazon Top 100 Free. Some of these may have been free in the past.
#11 Augustus: The Life And Times Of Rome's Greatest Emperor Augustus, born Gaius Octavious Thurinus in 63 BCE, was the first emperor of Rome. From the moment his great uncle and adoptive father, Julius Caesar, died when he was eighteen, his life was one action-packed conflict after another. From the unexpected inheritance of a hefty fortune and a heap of responsibilities, to fighting off a foe who should be a friend, to seeking revenge on Caesar’s assassins, he had his work cut out for him. Throw in an affair with a beautiful woman who happened to be pregnant and married to an aristocrat, an unruly daughter, and roomful of Senators who just didn’t know how to get things done, and you’ve got one heck of a life. Augustus succeeded at many things during his nearly forty-year run as the leader of the Roman world. He reinvented the skyline of Rome, had the sewer system cleaned out and made to function, conquered Egypt and routed their plentiful grain to a starving Roman Empire, and promoted traditional Roman family values—not to be confused with traditional modern American or Western European family values—by giving attractive benefits to those who got married and had multiple children. Along with revitalizing the city, Augustus sought to promote great writers like Virgil and Horace and encourage a renewal of religious piety. Changing laws was easy enough, but changing hearts proved to be a rather difficult matter. In his book entitled Augustus: The Life And Times Of Rome's Greatest Emperor author Simon T. Bailey brilliantly captures the true essence of Augustus as well as the time period in which he ruled in ancient Rome. 5.0 out of 5 stars (5 reivews) 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [This one has been listed here before I believe, and its been on the Amazon Top 100 Free list from time to time in the past] #15 1914 (The War Years {Book 1) It’s 1914 and the great powers of Europe are on the brink of war. In Holbeck, Leeds, the Keeton family struggles to get by on their meagre wages. The six Keeton brothers couldn’t be more different, but the outbreak of World War I puts their lives on hold and sets them on a course of destruction. Danny Keeton drags his identical twin brother Charlie off to war with the idea that this will be one great adventure. At the tender age of fourteen, he soon discovers war is no place for boys. With the sadistic Sergeant Archibald Braddock and the tender Corporal Nathan Dettmer alongside them, the only goal is to stay alive long enough to make it back home. But how many of the brothers will survive the first brutal year of the bloodiest conflict in human history? 3.7 out of 5 stars (15 reviews) 5 star 53% 4 star 7% 3 star 20% 2 star 0% 1 star 20% #31 Qualify (The Atlantis Grail Book 1) You have two options. You die, or you Qualify. The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help. But there’s a catch. They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth’s population back to the colony planet Atlantis. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. Because there’s a loophole. If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. And if you are in the Top Ten, then all your wildest wishes are granted… Such as curing your mother’s cancer. There is only one problem. Gwen Lark is known as a klutz and a nerd. While she’s a hotshot in classics, history, science, and languages, the closest she’s come to sports is a backyard pool and a skateboard. This time she is in over her head, and in for a fight of her life, against impossible odds and world-class competition—including Logan Sangre, the most amazing guy in her school, the one she’s been crushing on, and who doesn’t seem to know she exists. Because every other teen on Earth has the same idea. You Qualify or you die. 4.6 out of 5 stars (46 reviews) 5 star 80% 4 star 11% 3 star 2% 2 star 0% 1 star 7% #38 Surviving The Evacuation, Book 1: London No one is safe from the undead The outbreak began in New York. Soon it had spread to the rest of the world. People were attacked, infected and they died. Then they came back. Nowhere is safe from the undead. As anarchy and civil war took grip across the globe, Britain was quarantined. The press was nationalised. Martial law, curfews and rationing were implemented. It wasn’t enough. An evacuation was planned. The inland towns and cities of the UK would be evacuated to defensive enclaves being built around the coast, in the Scottish Highlands and in the Irish Republic. Bill Wright broke his leg on the day of the outbreak. Unable to join the evacuation, he watched from his window as the streets filled with refugees, he watched as the streets emptied once more. He watched as they filled up again, this time with the undead. He is trapped. He is alone. He is running out of food and water. He knows that to reach safety he will have to venture out into the wasteland that once was England. On that journey he will ultimately discover the horrific truth about the outbreak, a decades old conspiracy and his unwitting part in it. 4.0 out of 5 stars (49 reviews) 5 star 33% 4 star 43% 3 star 16% 2 star 6% 1 star 2% #84 The Last Airship (Sam Reilly Book 1) In 1939 a secret airship departed Nazi Germany in the dark of night filled with some of the most influential people of its time. Its cargo: a complement of rich Jewish families carrying their most valuable possessions. One such item amongst them was as dangerous as it was priceless. The airship never reached its destination. In 2015 Sam Reilly, a marine biologist and wealthy son of shipping mogul James Reilly discovers a missing clue about the lost airship and what follows is a violent treasure hunt, kept secret by the most powerful men in the world today, driven by their greed and need for that which all are motivated: the opportunity for unlimited power. 4.8 out of 5 stars (33 reviews) 5 star 94% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 6% 1 star 0% |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Agent Hill Omnibus The GSF is a covert spy agency that has a presence all over the world. They operate beyond the scope of governments, corporations and politics. They're the good guys who make sure the bad guys don't blow anything up. Agent Sarah Hill loves her job. As the quick witted, fast talking number one agent at the GSF, Agent Hill has to balance locating the mastermind behind the global attack on the power grid and finding her brother and his family. But for her, those missions are one in the same. Rick Demps deceived some of the most powerful nations in the world to create the program "Global Power", which has the ability to control every power grid in every first world country across the planet. Now, he'll only turn the power on to the highest bidder, unless Sarah can get to him first. 0 reviews 5 star 0% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#24. Another secret agency trying to save the world.] |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Survival: A Beginner's Guide to Help You Survive on a Deserted Island f You Were Stranded on an Island and Could Only Have THREE things, What Would they Be? This Book Will Make you Reconsider Your Selection! If You Have Ever Wondered How Effective You Will be at Surviving by Yourself Then This is the Book for You! Within this Awesome Title you will Find many Useful tips to Ensure Your Safety How to Build and Maintain a Fire How to Acquire Food and Keep it Clean Where to get the Most Essential element, WATER Tips and Tricks for Making a shelter for Safety How to Signal for Help and Where to Travel The Dangers of Not Paying Attention to Your Surroundings This Step by Step Guide will Teach You the Fundamentals of Survival Many People in this world would have NO CLUE of what to do if they no longer had technology and the luxuries that it brings. What if you were put in a situation that forced you to survive with minimal resources, food and water? Would you be able to make it on your own? Would you be able to help others and become a leader if there were others in the same predicament? DON'T be one of the people that take things for granted and then realize they should've prepared for the worst! This book revolves around what really matters: Forming relationships and attaining survival knowledge in order to help others and yourself! Don't be Helpless, Educate Yourself and buy this book today! 7 reviews 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#19. I have yet to read it. One might think that having seven reviews and all 5-star for a book like this is a bit suspicious but I took a quick look at the reviews and did not see anything obvious that jumped out and said fake reviews to me as often happens under similar circumstances, so I am inclined to think the reviews are legit.] |
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My notes on free books The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Agent Hill Omnibus The GSF is a covert spy agency that has a presence all over the world. They operate beyond the scope of governments, corporations and politics. They're the good guys who make sure the bad guys don't blow anything up. Agent Sarah Hill loves her job. As the quick witted, fast talking number one agent at the GSF, Agent Hill has to balance locating the mastermind behind the global attack on the power grid and finding her brother and his family. But for her, those missions are one in the same. Rick Demps deceived some of the most powerful nations in the world to create the program "Global Power", which has the ability to control every power grid in every first world country across the planet. Now, he'll only turn the power on to the highest bidder, unless Sarah can get to him first. 0 reviews 5 star 0% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#24. Another secret agency trying to save the world.] The prequel to this book is also free. Agent Hill: Off The Grid- Book 0 The GSF is a covert spy agency that has a presence all over the world. They operate beyond the scope of governments, corporations and politics. They’re the good guys who make sure the bad guys don’t blow anything up. Agent Sarah Hill is the best field agent the GSF has ever seen, and while she may have a few reprimands *cough* 43 *cough* there isn’t anyone her boss, Mack Farr, trusts more to get the job done. So when one of Mack’s oldest friends is murdered, she’s sent to investigate which leads her down the rabbit hole of terrorism on a global scale. 83 reviews 5 star 49% 4 star 23% 3 star 16% 2 star 6% 1 star6% It is not very good IMO so I gave it 2 stars. |
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A few from today's Amazon Top 100 Free. Some of these may have been free in the past. #11 Augustus: The Life And Times Of Rome's Greatest Emperor Augustus, born Gaius Octavious Thurinus in 63 BCE, was the first emperor of Rome. From the moment his great uncle and adoptive father, Julius Caesar, died when he was eighteen, his life was one action-packed conflict after another. From the unexpected inheritance of a hefty fortune and a heap of responsibilities, to fighting off a foe who should be a friend, to seeking revenge on Caesar’s assassins, he had his work cut out for him. Throw in an affair with a beautiful woman who happened to be pregnant and married to an aristocrat, an unruly daughter, and roomful of Senators who just didn’t know how to get things done, and you’ve got one heck of a life. Augustus succeeded at many things during his nearly forty-year run as the leader of the Roman world. He reinvented the skyline of Rome, had the sewer system cleaned out and made to function, conquered Egypt and routed their plentiful grain to a starving Roman Empire, and promoted traditional Roman family values—not to be confused with traditional modern American or Western European family values—by giving attractive benefits to those who got married and had multiple children. Along with revitalizing the city, Augustus sought to promote great writers like Virgil and Horace and encourage a renewal of religious piety. Changing laws was easy enough, but changing hearts proved to be a rather difficult matter. In his book entitled Augustus: The Life And Times Of Rome's Greatest Emperor author Simon T. Bailey brilliantly captures the true essence of Augustus as well as the time period in which he ruled in ancient Rome. 5.0 out of 5 stars (5 reivews) 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [This one has been listed here before I believe, and its been on the Amazon Top 100 Free list from time to time in the past] #15 1914 (The War Years {Book 1) It’s 1914 and the great powers of Europe are on the brink of war. In Holbeck, Leeds, the Keeton family struggles to get by on their meagre wages. The six Keeton brothers couldn’t be more different, but the outbreak of World War I puts their lives on hold and sets them on a course of destruction. Danny Keeton drags his identical twin brother Charlie off to war with the idea that this will be one great adventure. At the tender age of fourteen, he soon discovers war is no place for boys. With the sadistic Sergeant Archibald Braddock and the tender Corporal Nathan Dettmer alongside them, the only goal is to stay alive long enough to make it back home. But how many of the brothers will survive the first brutal year of the bloodiest conflict in human history? 3.7 out of 5 stars (15 reviews) 5 star 53% 4 star 7% 3 star 20% 2 star 0% 1 star 20% #31 Qualify (The Atlantis Grail Book 1) You have two options. You die, or you Qualify. The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help. But there’s a catch. They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth’s population back to the colony planet Atlantis. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. Because there’s a loophole. If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. And if you are in the Top Ten, then all your wildest wishes are granted… Such as curing your mother’s cancer. There is only one problem. Gwen Lark is known as a klutz and a nerd. While she’s a hotshot in classics, history, science, and languages, the closest she’s come to sports is a backyard pool and a skateboard. This time she is in over her head, and in for a fight of her life, against impossible odds and world-class competition—including Logan Sangre, the most amazing guy in her school, the one she’s been crushing on, and who doesn’t seem to know she exists. Because every other teen on Earth has the same idea. You Qualify or you die. 4.6 out of 5 stars (46 reviews) 5 star 80% 4 star 11% 3 star 2% 2 star 0% 1 star 7% #38 Surviving The Evacuation, Book 1: London No one is safe from the undead The outbreak began in New York. Soon it had spread to the rest of the world. People were attacked, infected and they died. Then they came back. Nowhere is safe from the undead. As anarchy and civil war took grip across the globe, Britain was quarantined. The press was nationalised. Martial law, curfews and rationing were implemented. It wasn’t enough. An evacuation was planned. The inland towns and cities of the UK would be evacuated to defensive enclaves being built around the coast, in the Scottish Highlands and in the Irish Republic. Bill Wright broke his leg on the day of the outbreak. Unable to join the evacuation, he watched from his window as the streets filled with refugees, he watched as the streets emptied once more. He watched as they filled up again, this time with the undead. He is trapped. He is alone. He is running out of food and water. He knows that to reach safety he will have to venture out into the wasteland that once was England. On that journey he will ultimately discover the horrific truth about the outbreak, a decades old conspiracy and his unwitting part in it. 4.0 out of 5 stars (49 reviews) 5 star 33% 4 star 43% 3 star 16% 2 star 6% 1 star 2% #84 The Last Airship (Sam Reilly Book 1) In 1939 a secret airship departed Nazi Germany in the dark of night filled with some of the most influential people of its time. Its cargo: a complement of rich Jewish families carrying their most valuable possessions. One such item amongst them was as dangerous as it was priceless. The airship never reached its destination. In 2015 Sam Reilly, a marine biologist and wealthy son of shipping mogul James Reilly discovers a missing clue about the lost airship and what follows is a violent treasure hunt, kept secret by the most powerful men in the world today, driven by their greed and need for that which all are motivated: the opportunity for unlimited power. 4.8 out of 5 stars (33 reviews) 5 star 94% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 6% 1 star 0% The Last Airship...a Dirk Pitt clone if I ever saw one! |
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Birthright is free to download until Friday the 25th.
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Dirk Pitt isn't bad, although the gun lore is crap. They made a couple of movies out of his stories. The guy who works for NUMA, I think. Lots of underwater stuff. it's not terrible but nothing all that great as far as I am concerned. however, clive cussler has sold a lot of dirk pitt books so others must appreciate them a lot more than I do. |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Rise Of The Six (The Preston Six Book 1) Joey Foust has no idea he's a wanted man and his parents aim to keep it that way. They raised him as a normal boy in a small American town, hoping he and his friends don't discover what lies beyond. And for eighteen years, they succeed. Joey and his friends, the Preston Six, were all born on the same day, but soon come to find they have much more in common than a simple birthdate. Details of their past are suspicious, and they are determined to figure out what their parents are hiding. What they find pushes the boundaries of their beliefs. Now, they're forced to leave behind everything to face an unknown adversary who's been hunting for them since the day they were born. They must rise as one, or fall to enemy hands 78 reviews 5 star 51% 4 star 24% 3 star 12% 2 star 8% 1 star 5% [#15. I have yet to read it.] I Am Phantom Finding the answers just might kill you… Eighteen-year-old Drake Sinclair is a freak. There’s no other explanation for his superhuman speed, strength and fighting prowess that makes him feared by those around him. But going to college in North Carolina promises a fresh start. A new place with new people, and maybe, just maybe, a chance to find out who he really is. Until the psychopath shows up. The notorious serial killer, Lucius Sykes, is physically enhanced like Drake: stronger, faster, and smarter than any human. He is the original survivor of the illegal tests done to both of them by Project Midnight; a project that will stop at nothing to get Drake back and complete their experiments. Trapped between Sykes’ murderous frenzy against guilty and innocents alike, and the brutality of Project Midnight, Drake realizes his own superhuman abilities are the only things that can stop them both. He takes to the streets as Phantom, a vigilante straddling the blurred lines of good and evil. Hounded by the chief of police, his morality tested by the sickness and hate he fights everyday and split between stopping Sykes and seeking answers from him, Phantom must find out who the real evil is before everything he’s come to love goes to ruin. A coming of age in a city of madness and rage 7 reviews 5 star 71% 4 star 29% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#98. I have yet to read it.] |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today The Wars Of The Roses: The Dynastic Wars And Legacy Of The House Of Tudor From Henry VI To Elizabeth I Born from the blood soaked battlefields of the English countryside during the Wars of the Roses, the Tudor Dynasty begins with a sickly boy king and ends with a Virgin Queen. Over two hundred years span the lifetime of one of history’s most notorious royal families. From political intrigue to religious revolution, the Tudors stamped an indelible imprint on humanity that can be still seen today. Meet Henry VIII and his Six Wives, Bloody Mary, Good Queen Bess, and explore the fascinating world of the House of Tudor. Excesses and universities, religious and civil disobedience, madness and brilliance, exile and murder were all parts of lives of the members of the Tudor line. Relive the history changing moments of the Tudor Dynasty beginning with the last king of the Lancastrian line, Henry VI to the ushering in of the Golden Age under Elizabeth I. Follow the Tudor family as they defied convention time and again, spy on the powerful men and women at Court, and experience the unrest of the nation that embraced and rebuffed the Catholic Church. Escape the subterfuge and plotting of courtiers and explore the intellectual and architectural wonders patronized by the often nefarious family. Royal life may have been pampered, but the crown weighs heavier on some than others. Heartache, tragedy, arranged marriages, double dealings, war, and religious upheaval marked the lives of every member of the Tudor Dynasty. From warring houses to exploring the New World, the House of Tudor changed the world forever. 6 reviews 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#28. I have yet to read it. All seven reviews were posted in the last 3 days which is highly unusual, especially given it was only released 4 days ago. Thus, I would not give a whole lot of credence to the reviews.] Distressed: Enemy Of The State- Book 1 The enemy is closer than you think. Captain Dylan Turk has found himself trapped in a world of terror and destruction. Egyptian radicals have blackmailed him into running bombs and weapons for their terrorist organization. With his back against the wall, he’ll be forced to save either his family or his country. Richard Perry has spent a lifetime preparing for this fight. He has crawled, slithered, and positioned himself into a role of power within Homeland Security that has offered him the necessary intelligence to bring his vision to life. And his connection with Dylan Turk runs deeper than the Captain knows. DEA Agent Adila Cooper refuses to let the bad guys win. After her suspension by Director Moringer, she takes it upon herself to discover who is really pulling the strings behind the terrorist attacks, and her mission leads her down a very dangerous rabbit hole. 1 review 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#42. I have yet to read it. The single review just says "Great!".] Distressed: Boarded- Book 0 The enemy is closer than you think Captain Dylan Turk has fished the Atlantic waters his entire life. The sea has provided for his family for over three generations, but that history, along with his family, is threatened on his latest voyage. An unlikely terrorist cell has found their way into the United States with an equally unlikely ally. DEA Agent Adila Cooper has developed a corrupt reputation in her six years of undercover work, but she’s taken all the rumors with a grain of salt just waiting for her big break, and when she gets pulled into a new case early one Saturday morning she may just get more than she bargained for. Homeland Security has made their number one priority the prevention of any terrorist attack on American soil. Surveillance, interrogation, and coercion are all tactics used by the organization to make the goal a reality. However, it only tanks one crack in the armor for the enemy to creep inside. 2 reviews 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#50. I have yet to read it.] |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today STRANDED: A Novel All Marine Corps reservist Jake Chalmers wants is to give his dying wife a last, romantic cruise to the Philippines. Unable to save her in a mass murder aboard ship, he washes ashore a jungle island, where he discovers three other survivors. Heartbroken that he failed to save his wife, he is determined not to fail these helpless castaways. Federal prosecutor Eve Eriksson rescues a young girl and her elderly great-aunt from the same ship. They badly need Jake's survival skills, but why is he so maddeningly careful? She needs to hurry home to nail a significant career trial. And, please, before Jake learns her secret that she's responsible for his wife's death. 660 reviews 5 star 65% 4 star 23% 3 star 8% 2 star 2% 1 star 2% [#8. I have yet to read it.] |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Quantum Tangle (Targon Tales - Sethran Book 1) Dropping out of sub-space into the wrong galactic sector, Sethran Kada wakes up with a headache and an extraordinary alien aboard his ship. She implores him to help stop the abductions of her people, a newly evolved species emerging from sub-space. Their dangerous potential has caught the attention of rebel factions as well as the ruling Commonwealth. When contact with her kind turns pilots into casualties, the Governors fear an imminent invasion engineered by their rebel enemies. Pursued by Air Command, Seth heads deep into rebel-controlled territory to recover the stolen entities and keep this deadly weapon from falling into the wrong hands. Things get personal when his alien visitor begins to transform his mind and his life, turning the rescue mission into a fight for survival for all of them. 63 reviews 5 star 62% 4 star 33% 3 star 2% 2 star 2% 1 star 1% [#11. I started but have not finished reading it. Was a Bookbub selection yesterday.] SECTOR C A rise in stroke-like cases has CDC analyst Mike Shafer on alert. Patients in every demographic in the Great Plains area, from toddlers to healthy adults to the elderly, are succumbing to rapid deterioration – and death. Veterinarian Donna Bailey, meanwhile, is dealing with an outbreak of her own. It looks like mad cow disease. But to be affecting so many species? Impossible. Whatever it is, it’s spreading. Fast. As state and federal agencies race to contain the growing threats, Mike and Donna’s searches for Patient Zero intersect at a big-game compound in a remote corner of North Dakota. There they find their answer buried in a secret thought extinct for 10,000 years. A secret entrepreneur Walt Thurman will kill to protect. But even if Mike and Donna can escape the compound with the secret of Sector C, it may already be too late. Because after today, extinct no longer means forever. 289 reviews 5 star 38% 4 star 40% 3 star 20% 2 star 2% 1 star 0% [#76. I got this as a free Kindle download back in February of 2013. For some reason, maybe lack of time, I never read it as best I can recall.] Deadline When a body is found in front of the campus arts building, college newspaper editor Colin Mitchell immediately suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye. His first clue is the severed hand that shows up in his inbox – a hand that belonged to a girl whose story Colin tried to write and both the college and the police did their best to ignore. His second clue is the strange symbol found at the scene of the crime, one that may have a connection to a murderous cult whose origins go back almost a thousand years to a highly secretive military religious order founded during the Crusades. As he digs deeper into the mystery, Colin begins to uncover a trail of murder and corruption that extends beyond his wildest dreams. He’s going to need every last bit of his innate investigative talent and insider knowledge of how the school operates to get to the bottom of it all because the police are starting to zero in on him as their prime suspect…and the real killer is closer than he thinks. 96 reviews 5 star 43% 4 star 42% 3 star 13% 2 star 1% 1 star 1% [#82. I got this as a free Kindle download back in October of 2013. I read it. One of the 3-star reviews came from me.] |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Zombie Day Care: Impact Series - Book 1 of 3 "He had dozed off, feeling safe and exhausted, in the middle of nowhere. He laid his head back just for a second, listening to the madness on the satellite radio. America has fallen! Russia has fallen! The Middle East has fallen! He fell asleep. His eyes snapped open. A shuffle of dirt caught his ear. He wiped the drool from his mouth. The rearview mirror showed nothing. His heart raced. Something was out there. A flicker of movement caught his eye in the side view mirror. He jerked out of the way just as a hand clutched for his neck. He scrambled through the passenger side door and rolled outside." The Facility is what the Washington D.C. officials call it. It is a day care for zombie children, tucked deep in the east coast hills. Is there a cure for the zombies? The children of the undead give them the best hope. There are those who think the zombie threat is harmless...and those that don't. The World Humanitarian Society wants to protect the zombies...or do they? Friends, family and colleagues are set at odds, dealing with the deadly dilemma. What about the zombies? What rights do they have in all of this? Or are they just a means to another diabolical end? 222 reviews 5 star 39% 4 star 27% 3 star 21% 2 star 8% 1 star 5% [#13. I have not looked at it. A bit of a different take on zombies, maybe.] A Bookbub selection today. Encrypted: An Action-Packed Techno-Thriller: From the author of the blockbuster Betrayed series (Robin Hood Hacker Book 1) A code written in unbreakable Angelic script. The resurgence of the Black Death. Can an FBI Agent and the Robin Hood Hacker save the world from another Dark Ages? 764 reviews 5 star 53% 4 star 28% 3 star 8% 2 star 5% 1 star 6% [Works from this prolific self published author show up for free pretty regularly. This one has been free before, and I downloaded it, but I don't appear to have read it. I have read (or tried to read) several of the works I downloaded from this author. At least one book I gave up on and wrote it a 1-star review. But, the author seems to have quite a following.] |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Countdown: The Wasteland Chronicles Book One How or why is unknown, but the signs are all around, Lenny Brewster is living on borrowed time. Millions dead in a matter of days, billions in a few weeks, yet somehow through the destruction and rubble Lenny has staked his claim on survival. A former Special Forces soldier, a current womanizing drunk with a list of shortcomings that would make Jerry Springer proud, he is a conflicted man. But make no mistake, Lenny is a fighter and the one thing he knows better than the bottom of a tequila bottle is how to survive. Lenny Brewster doesn't care much for this world, but he'll be damned if he leaves it quietly. 51 reviews 5 star 63% 4 star 21% 3 star 4% 2 star 4% 1 star 8% [#6. It's been free before. I read it. I gave it two stars .] Hannibal Barca, The Greatest General: The Meteoric Rise, Defeat, And Destruction Of Rome's Fiercest Rival In his book entitled Hannibal Barca, The Greatest General: The Meteoric Rise, Defeat, and Destruction of Rome's Fiercest Rival author Barry Linton chronicles the adventures, myth, and legacy of Hannibal Barca. Hannibal accomplished many great successes, experienced personal tragedies, and yet persevered through it all. Nearly 2,200 years ago, he waged a 15 year long campaign against the Romans called the Second Punic War. He's a polarizing character in history, and continues to be mysterious. Many documents of his exploits were most likely destroyed or altered by the conquering Romans, but what remains of his story has been studied by historians for over a thousand years. A military genius, he survived in enemy lands and defeated nearly every army that ever assembled against him. His great strategic victories and stunning crossing of the Alps have been esteemed by modern-day military leaders. Hannibal is considered to be one of the most brilliant generals in history, fathering many strategies that would later be applied by leaders such as Napoleon Distinguished Generals have looked to his campaigns for guidance, such as Napoleon and George Patton. He led from the front, never asking his men to do what he would not. This book examines his life and his accomplishments. Follow along as we learn about his origins, beginning with his rise to power and ending with his eventual suicide. His life and legacy remains the subject of art, literature, as well as other mediums. Hannibal often faced numerically superior enemy forces, but through ingenuity and the loyalty of his men, he would win battle after battle against the Romans. 9 reviews 5 star 78% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 11% 1 star 11% [#14. I am fond of history. The reviews for this book are mixed. Hard to tell much from them.] The Zombie Chronicles - Book 1 Val was bitten by a zombie and now she’s scheduled for lethal injection. Breaking all the rules, eighteen year old, Dean Walters snags an experimental serum. But it can’t be tested until Val turns into a zombie: something authorities won’t allow. Her execution is scheduled to happen before transformation is complete, giving Dean only hours to break her out. When their helicopter crashes straight into the heart of Zombie Land, his rescue mission becomes a fight for survival…and giving up on Val is NOT an option. 422 reviews 5 star 44% 4 star 23% 3 star 14% 2 star 9% 1 star 10% [#60. The author's blurb suggests this is so called "young adult" fiction. It's free so you are not out any money if the one and two star reviews are accurate, and they probably are. It's been free before. I previously downloaded it but not read it.] A Fragile Peace After forming a truce with Constantine, the Emperor of Rome, King Arthur of Britain feels confident in his newly established rule. His people are united under his banner, the pagan and the Christian living together as one in his lands, and there seems to be nothing left to do but celebrate his triumph. But a storm is brewing, both within the kingdom and outside it. A terrible plague spreads through the land, killing thousands and weakening Arthur’s army. And a rival warlord is gaining power, inciting those on Britain’s borders to mount an attack. Can Arthur rally enough men to his side to stop the threat of war? Or will his fragile peace be shattered? 10 reviews 5 star 50% 4 star 40% 3 star 0% 2 star 10% 1 star 0% [#80. I have not read it.] Zombie Command: A Horror Anthology The master of zombie and post-apocalyptic horror fiction is back with a new collection of horror madness. Zombies are on the loose! Space Station of the Dead, Brave Zombie World and Zombienado headline the latest collection of horror short stories by Derek Ailes (one half of the Ailes Brothers of Terror). His stories have been described as Tales From the Crypt meets the Zombie Apocalypse. The crew of Space Station X23 must survive the fallout from a zombie plague that is unleashed by an alien stowaway. Will David Canese and the crew of the Kytrex stop the zombies in time? Zombie Twister: What happens when a group of storm chasers encounter an EF5 tornado infested with zombies while filming a documentary special? Will they survive the zombies or the tornado? Gargoyle's Curse: A small town in Texas is being terrorized by a hungry gargoyle. Will Sheriff Tavenier be able to stop the gargoyle before it kills everybody in town? The Candy Factory: Willie Wonka meets Halloween 3. Henry Mars is possessed by an ancient demon trapped in a mask he bought on an auction site. The demon uses Henry Mars' candy factory to produce mind controlling gummy bears to enslave the children of Northwest Indiana. Shark Transporter: A mad scientist using a transporter to send a great white shark on a killing spree from a plane, to a school's swimming pool, to a zoo's aquarium and more. 9 reviews 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#84. I have not read it.] |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today Dark Space HUMANITY IS DEFEATED Ten years ago the Sythians invaded the galaxy with one goal: to wipe out the human race. THEY ARE HIDING Now the survivors are hiding in the last human sector of the galaxy: Dark Space--once a place of exile for criminals, now the last refuge of mankind. THEY ARE ISOLATED The once galaxy-spanning Imperium of Star Systems is left guarding the gate which is the only way in or out of Dark Space--but not everyone is satisfied with their governance. AND THEY ARE KILLING EACH OTHER Freelancer and ex-convict Ethan Ortane is on the run. He owes crime lord Alec Brondi 10,000 sols, and his ship is badly damaged. When Brondi catches up with him, he makes an offer Ethan can't refuse. Ethan must infiltrate and sabotage the Valiant, the Imperial Star Systems Fleet carrier which stands guarding the entrance of Dark Space, and then his debt will be cleared. While Ethan is still undecided about what he will do, he realizes that the Imperium has been lying and putting all of Dark Space at risk. Now Brondi's plan is starting to look like a necessary evil, but before Ethan can act on it, he discovers that the real plan was much more sinister than what he was told, and he will be lucky to escape the Valiant alive. 3229 reviews 5 star 40% 4 star 47% 3 star 10% 2 star 2% 1 star 1% [#16. It's been free before. I have not read it. Anything that has 3000+ reviews is bound to have something going for it though.] Europa Journal The history of humanity is about to change forever… On 5 December 1945, five TBM Avenger bombers embarked on a training mission off the coast of Florida and mysteriously vanish without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle. A PBY search and rescue plane with thirteen crewmen aboard sets out to find the Avengers . . . and never returns. In 2168, a mysterious five-sided pyramid is discovered on the ocean floor of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. Commander Mac O’Bryant and her team of astronauts are among the first to enter the pyramid’s central chamber. They find the body of a missing World War II pilot, whose hands clutch a journal detailing what happened to him after he and his crew were abducted by aliens and taken to a place with no recognizable stars. As the pyramid walls begin to collapse around Mac and her team, their names mysteriously appear within its pages and they find themselves lost on an alien world. Stranded with no way home, Mac decides to retrace the pilot’s steps. She never expects to find the man alive. And if the man has yet to die, what does that mean for her and the rest of her crew? 53 reviews 5 star 68% 4 star 28% 3 star 4% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#38. I have not read it.] |
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This one is on today's list and is not bad for free book.
http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Coast-Tom-Dugan-Novel-ebook/dp/B00958ALWU/ref=zg_bs_digital-text_f_20 |
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The Dirty Parts of the Bible
I finished it last night. Fun read and excellent if you're burned out on all the "post apocalypse - zombie - super terrorist killer" books that are out there. |
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The Amazon Top 100 Free Kindle Book List for Today The BlackHat Way (The Internet Is Broken Book 1) A true eye opener on things you never knew about the Internet. The Internet is full of BlackHat people who want to benefit from you indirectly but leave you damaged silently. The BlackHat Way exposes some of their popular methods in a story form. Blacky Bolton, a curious young guy, embarks on a journey where he discovers what BlackHat means and uses some underground techniques to make a ton of money online in a way that is not known to most people. Quote from the book: "If BlackHat people can monetize an opportunity (that is, convert it to money), and especially if they can scale it (that is, make money from a big mass of people), then they will do it—happily so—and even create their own sub-markets to serve that BlackHat opportunity.” 21 reviews 5 star 95% 4 star 5% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#1. It is a short work, 50 some pages according to the description. I am usually suspicious of a self published work with so many 5 star reviews, and indeed, the majority of the reviews are quite suspicious in nature. The book was released 10/9 and an unknown author gets 21 four and five star reviews in three days? That all say about the same thing? From reviewers who mostly have a single review? About as suspicious as it gets. OTOH, it is free and if it turns out to be drivel you can post a review saying so. My guess is it will not take Amazon long to figure this one out.] Banned NLP Secrets: Learn How To Gain Self Mastery, Influence People, Achieve Your Goals And Radically Change Your Life Using Neuro-Linguistic Programming NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and it encompasses the three most influential components involved in producing human experience: neurology, language and programming. Over the years NLP has been both misunderstood and misused especially in regards to the application of the various techniques that are associated with it. 5 reviews 5 star 100% 4 star 0% 3 star 0% 2 star 0% 1 star 0% [#18. It is a short work, 86 pages according to the description. The 5-star reviews for this one show a suspicious pattern, but again, it is free, so even if the book is rotten you are not out any money, just some time to look at the book and write a 1-star review.] Slow Boat To Purgatory, Book One Gaspar De Rouse, a Templar Knight, a man murdered by his brothers for the secret he possessed, resurrected and made immortal. Given a second chance at redemption he has walked the earth for over seven-hundred years. Dominicus Bureau, a renegade priest, torn between his vows and the secret he pursues, a secret protected by an immortal. He carries a silenced pistol and uses it. Often. Alex Donovan, a modern day warrior thrust into an ages old war, a war between good and evil, heaven and hell. Armed with an ancient chronicle of the life of Gaspar, Alex searches for the immortal and perhaps his own destiny. 162 reviews 5 star 67% 4 star 22% 3 star 7% 2 star 3% 1 star 1% [#24. It has been free before and it is something I downloaded. I have not read it though.] |
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This one is on the Amazon Top 100 free again.
#13 The Jakarta Pandemic: Prequel to The Perseid Collapse Post Apocalyptic Series Alex Fletcher, Iraq War veteran, has read the signs for years. A seasoned sales representative for Biosphere Pharmaceuticals, he understands the unique dangers of a pandemic flu and has taken the necessary steps to prepare. With his family and home mobilized to endure an extended period of seclusion, Alex thinks he's ready for the pandemic. He's not even close. The lethal H16N1 virus rapidly spreads across the nation, stretching the fragile bonds of society to the breaking point. Schools close, grocery stores empty, fuel deliveries stop, hospitals start turning away the sick...riots engulf the cities. 4.2 out of 5 stars (784 reviews) 5 star 48% 4 star 31% 3 star 12% 2 star 5% 1 star 4% |
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This one is on the Amazon Top 100 free again. #13 The Jakarta Pandemic: Prequel to The Perseid Collapse Post Apocalyptic Series Alex Fletcher, Iraq War veteran, has read the signs for years. A seasoned sales representative for Biosphere Pharmaceuticals, he understands the unique dangers of a pandemic flu and has taken the necessary steps to prepare. With his family and home mobilized to endure an extended period of seclusion, Alex thinks he's ready for the pandemic. He's not even close. The lethal H16N1 virus rapidly spreads across the nation, stretching the fragile bonds of society to the breaking point. Schools close, grocery stores empty, fuel deliveries stop, hospitals start turning away the sick...riots engulf the cities. 4.2 out of 5 stars (784 reviews) 5 star 48% 4 star 31% 3 star 12% 2 star 5% 1 star 4% I read this series. It was fun. |