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Winds of Vengeance (Crimson Worlds Refugees)

Earth Two. A new home for the survivors of the fleet, the men and women who battled against seemingly insurmountable odds to survive the assault of the First Imperium and to destroy the homicidal Regent, the artificial intelligence committed to their destruction.

They have prospered in the years since their arrival, adapting the technology of the First Imperium to build a new and prosperous republic. But as the fear of the First Imperium recedes, cracks have begun to appear, conflicts looming that threaten to destroy all they have worked to achieve.

There are rivalries between the clones known as Tanks and the NBs, naturally born humans – disputes driven by envy, resentment. And on the fringe of the new society, the enhanced genetic hybrids known as Mules are feared by both groups, though they continue to decipher First Imperium technology for the benefit of all.

But there is a far greater threat lurking in deep space, for the Regent was one of two, and its copy activated automatically upon its destruction. It has been planning, exploring, building vast fleets of new warships, and now it is ready to strike at a divided republic, to accomplish what the Regent failed to do. It is ruthlessly single-minded, existing for a single purpose. And that purpose is vengeance.

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Spilled Words: The Crimson Kiss Quote Collection

In Spilled Words, the newest addition to Cici. B’s growing list of raw and profound written works, she delivers a filterless snapshot of her love, pain, growth and resolve. Her trademark wittiness seamlessly blends with a familiar approach yet entirely new format to her writing. It is a story unlike any other in that it is made up entirely of quotes, but still somehow paints a beautiful and complete picture. If actions speak louder than words, her latest piece shows that she not only lives and breathes her words, she bleeds them, and spills them unapologetically onto the page.

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Shadows of the Gods (Crimson Worlds Refugees)

The fleet fights on…deeper. Farther into the black unknown of space. There is no other path, no way for the lost to go save forward.

Admiral Terrance Compton’s fleet is cut off from Earth, deep in the heart of the enemy First Imperium. A third of his people have died in the year his force has been fleeing from its enemies, but he is as determined as ever to find a new home for his people, a way to save his war-torn fleet. His people are running low on everything – food, ammunition, fuel – and the brutal enemy is in relentless pursuit, marshaling all its vast resources to track down and destroy the human refugees. Compton must find a way to replenish his dwindling stores while avoiding the massive enemy forces hunting his fleet from system to system.

Compton seeks an escape, a refuge for his exhausted spacers from the relentless pursuit of their enemies. But they are about to find far more than that as they discover the truth of the distant past and a glimpse of a new future that lies before them. What they learn will shake all they believe…and force them to reconsider who they are. And what victory would look like. The fight has just begun…and the stakes are even higher than any of them had imagined.

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Crimson Shore (Agent Pendergast series)

A secret chamber.
A mysterious shipwreck.
A murder in the desolate salt marshes.

A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated.

Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene, travels to the quaint seaside village of Exmouth, Massachusetts, to investigate the theft of a priceless wine collection. But inside the wine cellar, they find something considerably more disturbing: a bricked-up niche that once held a crumbling skeleton.

Pendergast and Constance soon learn that Exmouth is a town with a very dark and troubled history, and this skeleton may be only the first hint of an ancient transgression, kept secret all these years. But they will discover that the sins of the past are still very much alive. Local legend holds that during the 1692 witch trials in Salem, the real witches escaped, fleeing north to Exmouth and settling deep in the surrounding salt marshes, where they continued to practice their wicked arts.

Then, a murdered corpse turns up in the marshes. The only clue is a series of mysterious carvings. Could these demonic symbols bear some relation to the ancient witches’ colony, long believed to be abandoned?

A terrible evil lurks beneath the surface of this sleepy seaside town-one with deep roots in Exmouth’s grim history. And it may be that Constance, with her own troubled past, is the only one who truly comprehends the awful danger that she, Pendergast, and the residents of Exmouth must face . . .

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The Greatest Alabama Crimson Tide Football and Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant Quotes of All-Time

This book contains the most memorable quotations in the history of Alabama Crimson Tide football, including dozens of quotes on college football, hard work, motivation and life from legendary Coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant. Featuring quotes from former Alabama players including Joe Namath, Ozzie Newsome, Cornelius Bennett, Marty Lyons, Derrick Thomas and Kenny Stabler. Legendary coaches talking about Alabama tradition and Coach Bear Bryant including Nick Saban, Gene Stallings, Vince Lombardi, John McKay, Bum Philips, Woody Hayes, Bob Devaney, Joe Paterno and Duffy Daugherty. Writers John Steinbeck, James Michener and Howell Raines discuss Alabama passion and tradition. This book is packed with quotes about Alabama football from rival opponents, sportswriters, broadcasters and politicians, including Beano Cook, Steve Beurlein, Brent Musburger and President Ronald Reagan. Contains nearly 200 Alabama Crimson Tide football quotes up through 2013 SEC Media Days. Some of the 18 chapter titles include: ‘Alabama Toughness’, ‘Bear Bryant on Coaching College Football’, ‘Nick Saban On the Process’, ‘The Exalted Bear Bryant’, ‘Iron Bowl Insults’, ‘Bear Bryant on Motivation’, ‘Tribute to Bear Bryant From the Legends of Coaching’, ‘Third Saturday In October’, ‘Bear Bryant and Bama On Winning’, ‘Hilarious Alabama Quotes’, ‘Bear Bryant on Building A Team’, ‘Bear Bryant on Class and Character’, ‘and many more! This book contains nearly 200 of the most memorable quotations in the glorious and rich history of Alabama Crimson Tide football.