Book Preview Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. Get a FREE ebook when you join our mailing list. Plus, get updates on new releases, deals, recommended reads, and more from Simon & Schuster. Click below to sign up and see terms and conditions. Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. … Read more
Book Preview Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. Get a FREE ebook when you join our mailing list. Plus, get updates on new releases, deals, recommended reads, and more from Simon & Schuster. Click below to sign up and see terms and conditions. Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. … Read more
Book Preview A year after the events of “The Alienist”, the characters are brought together to investigate a crime committed in the New York of the 1890s. A child, the daughter of Spanish diplomats, disappears, but there is no ransom note. The prime suspect is a nurse connected to the deaths of three infants. A … Read more
Book Preview NOTE Prior to the twentieth century, persons suffering from mental illness were thought to be “alienated,” not only from the rest of society but from their own true natures. Those experts who studied mental pathologies were therefore known as alienists. Prior to the twentieth century, persons suffering from mental illness were thought to … Read more
Book Preview A branch tore a bloody gash across Raimund’s cheek, causing him to stumble and fall into the muck. He grunted as the impact reopened the wound in his side, a gift from a Roman gladius. A flare of pain surged through him, forcing him to stifle a scream. He lay face down in … Read more
Book Preview 5,268 Years Before the Events of Barrow King The frigid air swept over Odymm Tal as he dashed towards the Citadel. The chill eating at his bones had little to do with the gusts blowing across Xygarrion, for today, he feared his city would fall. And if Xygarrion fell, all the Realms would … Read more
Book Preview Book Five of the Realms The Forsaken God – Book Five of The Realms by C.M. Carney www.cmcarneywrites.com All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permissions contact: chris@cmcarneywrites.com This book contains excerpts from … Read more
Book Preview Book Four of the Realms Scourge of Souls – Book Four of The Realms by C.M. Carney www.cmcarneywrites.com All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permissions contact: chris@cmcarneywrites.com https://coveraffairs.com/ Thank you for not … Read more
Book Preview Simon stared at the Barrow King’s throne for several long minutes as the conflicting feelings of anger and pride battled within him. It was a chair made from fused bones, which seemed perfect for an undead sorcerer whose real body had died millennia ago, but Simon wasn’t sure it was him. Of course these days … Read more
Book Preview Book Three of the Realms Killing Time – A Novel of The Realms www.cmcarneywrites.com All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permissions contact: chris@cmcarneywrites.com To my mother, Kathy Hodes. You started me on … Read more
Book Preview Book Two of The Realms You are my rock and my heart. I could not have written this book without you. The Lost City – Book Two of The Realms by C.M. Carney www.cmcarneywrites.com All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, … Read more
Book Preview 1 T He shadows crept in from the corners, stretching, grasping at Brynn as she walked down the dim hallway. She rushed down the hallway past dozens of secure doors, trying to ease calm into her frayed nerves. Sweat chilled her. The small hairs on her arms stood on end leaking … Read more
Book Preview Hugh walked into the park and made his way along the path, until he came to a bench. Unlike most people, Hugh didn’t view nature as being particularly beautiful or attractive, he just found it interesting to watch the squirrels that scrabbled their way up trees, the sparrows that pecked at the ground, … Read more
Book Preview Slaughter in Barnaby Close Cover artwork by Lee-Ann Donaldson My other books are available from Amazon and Smashwords. Email – mcargill79@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/MichaelCargillAuthor Twitter – @MichaelCargill1 Website of satire – http://michaelcargill.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Lee-Ann Donaldson for her hard work doing the front cover. You can view her artwork on her website – http://lee-anndonaldson.com/ Slaughter … Read more
Book Preview The rising sound of the air raid siren. The hurried rush to safety. The startled look on his parents’ faces, as they are interrupted mid-sentence. A morsel of food falling from a fork, and plopping back down onto the dinner plate. Sam thought that he would have been used to these upsets and … Read more
Book Preview Slaughter in Barnaby Close Feedback can be emailed to me at mcargill79@gmail.com Twitter – @MichaelCargill1 Website of satire – http://michaelcargill.wordpress.com/ http://www.facebook.com/MichaelCargillAuthor Published by Michael Cargill at Smashwords Copyright 2012 Michael Cargill Stories in this compilation: – There and Back Again – Down the Rabbit Hole John opened his eyes and looked out of … Read more
Book Preview “That bell is for me, not for you. So just sit back down,” the teacher commanded. Jake found himself frozen somewhere in between standing up and sitting down, and behind him he was sure that he heard the window rattle slightly. Whether it was from the wind or the power of the teacher’s … Read more
Book Preview Diary of Dork – Articles of Sarcasm and Irreverence Slaughter in Barnaby Close Email – mcargill79@gmail.com Twitter – @MichaelCargill1 http://www.facebook.com/MichaelCargillAuthor Website of satire – http://michaelcargill.wordpress.com/ Published by Michael Cargill at Smashwords Copyright 2012 Michael Cargill Note to lawyers, and litigious types: this is all satire/parody/not actually real. I’m sure that Steve Jobs, Saddam … Read more