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Cassandra Kresnov - a highly advanced hunter-killer android - returns to face down a rogue government's plot to eliminate free will. Commander Cassandra Kresnov has her hands full. She must lead an assault against the Federation world of Pyeongwha, where a terrible sociological phenomenon has unleashed hell against the civilian population. Then she faces the threat from a portion of League space known as New Torah, in which a ruthless regime of surviving corporations are building new synthetic soldiers but taking the technology in alarming directions.

Contains books one, two and three of the Star Lawyers series, an action-packed deep space adventure filled with humour, romance, and adventure.

Christmastime in London: a period of joy and togetherness. Not for Metropolitan Police Commander Austin Grant, though. Three dead bodies have turned up on his patch, and the only thing they have in common is a number carved into their foreheads. A professor of ancient mythology, a sculptor of curious idols, frontman of The Blasphemers. It seems the killer is meting out their own justice, Biblically, punishing those who transgress the Ten Commandments. With seven commandments left, Grant sets the Met's best detectives to the case, scouring the capital before the zealot can strike again.

An exciting military Science Fiction novella set between Mike Shepherd’s third and fourth Kris Longknife novels. Kris Longknife dodges assassins, gains an unwelcome (though rather handsome) bodyguard, and puts together a training squad to travel from planet to planet, preparing crews for the newest, fastest, and deadliest fighting ship. And, of course, nothing goes as planned!

London, 1811: The twisting streets of Wapping hold many an untold sin. Bounded by the Ratcliffe Highway to the north and the Dock to the south, shameful secrets are largely hidden by the noise of Trade. But two families have fallen victim to foul murder, and a terrified populace calls for justice. Based on the real-life story of the gruesome Ratcliffe Highway murders, The English Monster takes us on a voyage across centuries. A brilliantly imagined debut from a major new literary voice.

The ultimate collection of emotional intelligence audiobooks. Everything you need to know about emotional intelligence in one bundle. Emotional intelligence is like a secret weapon. The better you understand what motivates you and what motivates other people, the stronger your relationships will be, the more persuasive you will be, and the more successful you will be in business.

Kris Longknife is back in the good graces of the brass - and to demonstrate that, they've promoted her to Admiral. Now her mission is to find the home base of the space pirates who are plaguing the fringes of the galaxy. But no mission is ever simple when your name is Longknife. And this time the complications range from the military to the personal, as Kris finds herself - reluctantly - having to make some command decisions about her future....

Kieran They tried to take her from me. And I wasn't there to stop him. I've walked through hell. But nothing—nothing—prepared me for the terror of almost losing her. Now, she's fighting to recover, and I'm battling the darkness inside of me, the need for revenge. I've killed for her once...

The two audiobooks in this bundle are all about helping you make your laziness work for you. How to Procrastinate Well will show you how learning to understand why you procrastinate and planning for your procrastination can actually help you be even more productive.

Beautiful, but a little spoilt, Lottie Thorogood leads a charmed life. Returning home from horse riding one day, she finds a stranger, drinking tea in the family drawing room—a stranger who will change her life forever. After a bad decision cut short her police career, Hannah Sandlin is desperate to make her mark as a private investigator. She knows she has the skills, but why won’t anyone take her seriously? She’s about to become embroiled in a mystery that will finally put those skills to the test and prove her doubters wrong.

Petrodor is a city of alleys and shadows, where life is cheap and the only respected currency is blood. Away from the hills of her Lenayin homeland, Sasha is fighting a new battle in the dark alleys and wealthy houses of Petrodor. An influential trading center, Petrodor holds the key to preventing the coming war between Lenayin and the mighty Bacosh. Together with her mentor Kessligh, Sasha attempts to navigate the political intrigues of the port city and find a new way to stop the war.

Improve your emotional intelligence by exploring your shadow side. How well do you really know yourself? The answer may surprise you. Part of building your emotional intelligence is learning more about yourself. We would like to think that we understand ourselves. We know how we feel and why we feel that way.... This book will teach you how to recognize, deal with, and integrate your shadow side. Once you uncover your shadow-self, you can use it to improve your understanding of yourself, your relationships with others, and your overall emotional intelligence.

Learn how to see through anyone. Want to learn how to figure out what anyone is really thinking Have you ever felt like someone wasn’t telling you the whole truth? Have you ever wished you could know what someone was really thinking by looking at their body language and interpreting other clues? This in-depth guide will teach how to analyze people by speed reading them. You will learn a variety of different techniques that will allow you to quickly size up anyone and will help know how to best engage with the people in your life.

If you've always wanted to master the profound depths of God’s Word but found traditional textbooks too dry and overwhelming, then keep reading… Are you sick and tired of feeling like a "spiritual amateur" who can't explain the core pillars of their faith? Have you tried wading through 1,000-page academic tomes or watching endless YouTube debates, only to walk away more confused than before?

1814, London's Covent Garden entices rich and poor alike with a cocktail of gin, beer and sex. In the surrounding parishes a group of young men are found murdered, all of them wearing masks, all of them behind locked doors. Constable Charles Horton's investigation into these violent crimes begins at Thorpe Lee House in Surrey, where accusations of witchcraft have swept the village. What connects these broken London men, and a village awash with talk of burning witches?

Study after study finds there is one trait that sets the most successful people apart from the rest of us. That one trait isn’t wearing the same shirt everyday or some secret workout formula. The one trait that successful people have is that they know how to form good habits that stick. If you have ever struggled to keep a New Year’s resolution or if you have a hard time meeting your goals, you need this book. This book will teach you how to form good habits, how to make them stick, and what habits you should be forming. The power of habit stacking is that by slowly introducing small habits into your life you start to build synergies. You will begin to be getting more out of each habit every time you stack another, small good habit on top of it. It will seem like magic, but habit stacking is based on science.

Sasha is a fighter, the likes of which the highland country of Lenayin has never seen. Spurning her royal heritage to be raised by the great warrior Kessligh, Sasha's exquisite swordplay astonishes all who see it. But she is young, untested in battle, and often led by her rash temper. In the complex world of Lenayin loyalties, her willfulness is attracting the wrong kind of attention. Lenin is a land divided by its beliefs: the Verenthane of the ruling class, and the pagan Goeren-yai, amongst whom Sasha now lives.

Star Lawyers Corporation must defend a known criminal in Pirate Court to prevent ancient technologies from falling into the hands of expansionist star nations, which will lead to a new era of galactic war. Only pirate Captain Flavio Tavares, who faces terrible judgment by his peers, can lead Tyler Matthews to a derelict starbase abandoned by the collapsing Galactic Empire long ago.

For 200 years Tracato has been the center of enlightenment, as the serrin have occupied human lands and sought to remake humanity anew. But the serrin have not destroyed Rhodaan's feudal families entirely, and as Tracato faces the greatest threat to its survival in two centuries, old rivalries are stirring. Sasha must assist her mentor Kessligh to strengthen the Tracato Nasi-Keth, yet with one royal sister siding with the feudalists and another to be married to Tracato's most powerful foe, her loyalties are divided.

Do you want to spend the rest of your life carrying the heavy weight of that shame and embarrassment that comes from Trichotillomania hair pulling on your shoulders? If not, this might be the book you’ve been waiting for. In Stop Pulling Secrets, you’ll discover the method I used to obliterate his Trichotillomania hair pulling problem and free my mind from that constant stress after 20 long years of suffering through it. My dream is that you’ll follow the same steps and achieve the same life-changing success.