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Set amidst the backdrop of the Bakumatsu Period of Japan (The Last Days of the Tokugawa Shogunate), Hatamoto takes us into the world of the foreign-born men who became direct Vassals of the 15th and final Shogun during the opening salvos of the Boshin War. For former American Southerner John Paul Ledoux, he will be given the name Gingiro Asakage and the mantle of the two swords of the Samurai and if necessary, he will die for it.

Actor, clown, director, stuntman, acrobat, lifeguard, reiki master, minister, award-winning filmmaker, father, husband, brother, and son are only a few of the accomplishments Bill Forchion has attained in his lifetime. This book is a collection of the stories of a life lived fully and the impact those moments have made. With stories of putting on his first pair of glasses to discovering deep love to accompanying a friend to the end of her life, Bill shares a unique wisdom about what it means to live.

A banished frog is given a second chance when the king calls for his assistance in the heist of a lifetime. Join Gelen Tom as he embarks on a journey to save the kingdom from a deadly threat.

By 2152, wise computers have replaced middle managers, service workers, and many professionals. Billions overcrowd the planet; the less clever subsist on welfare. Galactic settlement beckons but ruling "Achievers" say the incompetent poor need not apply. "Quiet" Griffin, a ghetto "Welfie", opposes them and learns that upper-class geneticists breed "improved" humans from the poor, then transplant aged personalities into young bodies.