Bøger af Bryan Smith

Managing SADness is a revised version of the popular When I Couldn't Get Over It, I Learned to Start Acting Differently storybook and now features self-reflection questions and self-care activities to promote emotional well-being. This is the story of a young boy's fraught journey from darkness and self-doubt to joy and self-acceptance. The uplifting story and special bonus material empower young readers to explore and work through difficult feelings, especially sadness, shame, and loss.

A BRAND-NEW NOVELLA IN THE KILLING KIND UNIVERSE! When the devil needs a favor from a mortal, there's just one person he can turn to, and that person is Roxie Wallace, the most notorious serial killer to ever walk the planet. Roxie isn't in the habit of doing anyone favors, but she's been out of the mass bloodshed game for a long time and is eager to leap back into action. Bringing her long-dead boyfriend back from Hell is just the bloody icing on the cake. "Bryan Smith is one of the most reliable and consistently entertaining writers working in the horror and suspense genres."--Ray Garton, author of Live Girls "I look forward to spending a weekend with a new Bryan Smith book the way I used to look forward to spending a weekend with a new Richard Laymon novel. In my view, there isn't higher praise than that."--Brian Keene, author of The Rising

In the Legal Office of a U.S. Navy base in Southern California, a young woman Lieutenant plans to murder her former lover, a middle-aged Vice Admiral. Other officers in Base Legal are oblivious to the Lieutenant's intentions. They think only that she is a flake. She is in reality what is called a "borderline personality" or, in more common parlance, a "psychopath." She has killed once before in jealousy and with complete impunity. Will anyone discover her plans to kill the Vice Admiral? Will she be stopped? This novel takes the reader merrily by the hand on a romp involving explicit sexuality, adult language, love and lust, unrequited love, and compulsion. A surprise ending. And just exactly what will happen to Vice Admiral Johnson and Lieutenant Wang?

This book "Two Heart One Journey " is intended for you if your Journey of Marriage (love) hasn't been smooth and you need to leave on a smooth excursion with your accomplice or life partner. This book effortlessly unwinds the strings of affection, flexibility, and the fragile dance of destiny, all while telling you that the excursion to remember the heart is a strong power that can connect even the most stretched-out of holes. With each turn of the page, this book 'Two Hearts, One Journey' embodies the quintessence of affection's groundbreaking power, having an enduring impression that waits long after the last part." Bryan Smith is a relationship master who has helped many individuals in smoothening their relationship process. 'Two Hearts, One Journey' is a book that explores the intricacies of the heart, making a permanent imprint on anybody sufficiently lucky to set out on this scholarly journey."With each section, perusers are welcome to observe the heroes' internal universes unfurl, as they figure out how to rest on one another, face their feelings of dread, and eventually find the groundbreaking force of adoration. Scroll up and click the BUY Button now.

GRAND CLASSIC SCIENCE-FICTION SPACE ADVENTURE IN THE TRADITION OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN STRANDED AND SURROUNDED! --First In Bryan Smith's "Colonel Landry" Space Adventure Series. It is the 25th Century. The space cruiser Beagle, under the command of Colonel Kendrick Landry, explores a planet ravaged by war millennia ago, now inhabited by hostile savage humanoids. The Beagle is shot down and grounded by an ancient, mechanized planetary defense network created by an advanced civilization long pre-dating the humanoid savages. The humanoids abduct two women officers: the sexy and sultry Maya Terrazone and the bright but petulant Veronica Winters. Colonel Landry leads a rescue party to find and bring back the two women with the help of Veronica's pet telepathic alien tiger Jones. But if the women still live and Landry rescues them, can his group survive another crossing of the desert terrain--teeming with the savage humanoids--to return to the Beagle? The humanoids are going extinct because long-ago biological warfare killed all the females. Can the Beagle genetic scientists create females to distract the savage male humanoids and permit the crew to make repairs and escape? But even if the Beagle crew makes repairs and regains orbit around the planet, then the ancient planetary defense network may fire upon them a second--and likely fatal--final time. GOLDEN WRITING, MEMORABLE CHARACTERS A lean and flowing prose style. A well-crafted plot. Well-developed characters. The beautiful and temperamental Veronica Winters.The supremely sexual and tough while yet sensitive Maya Terrazone. Colonel Kendrick Landry is a supremely focused, capable, and yet vulnerable man. Still haunted by a near-death event of many years ago. The reader is drawn deep under his skin, and views the distant world of "Sigma Theta III" from his perspective as he struggles desperately to save his crew and himself from becoming hopelessly marooned and dying on the planet. The novel creates a stark vision of determined men and women fighting for survival against overwhelming odds. THE SCIENCE OF "FERAL PLANET" Much of the Sci-Fi space adventure of today makes only routine and passing reference to such concepts as faster-than-light space travel and the "beaming" of characters from one location to another. Concepts that were staples of the Golden Age Sci-Fi of the 1950's and 1960's and provided inspiration for much filmography including of course the famous "Star Trek" franchise. Golden Age Sci-Fi coined the term "astrogation" for navigation in space. Later sci-fi defaulted to the term "navigator" (e.g. Mr. Sulu in Star Trek). "Feral Planet" adopts the terms "astrogation" and "astrogator" in part as a tribute to the Sci-Fi Golden Age. "Feral Planet" gives particular attention to faster than light travel accomplished by way of "space warping" as written about in scientific journals by theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre. The novel provides detail as to how such processes might actually work. A RENAISSANCE OF SPACE OPERA "Feral Planet" harkens back to Science Fiction's Golden Age of such distinguished writers as Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, and H. Beam Piper. Yet the novel achieves its own fresh modern originality. Good Sci-Fi "Space Opera" has become a rarity today. But for lovers of the genre "Feral Planet" marks a fresh new resurgence of an old favorite. The novel is compelling modern Sci-Fi Space Opera at its best. "Feral Planet" will be a welcome relief for readers tired out of the contemporary vogue clichés of vampires, werewolves, dragons and princesses, galactic empires, and "star wars." FIRST OF A SERIES "Feral Planet" is the first in the Colonel Landry Space Adventure Series. Four other novels in the series are scheduled for release: --Dome of Slavery --Final Battle --In Search of Kronos --Amira, Warrior Queen of Cruciba

All families have secrets, but some secrets are bigger, darker, and bloodier than others. Zach and Chelsea grew up in idyllic suburbia. Then one day their father vanished without explanation, ripping their world apart. A year later, a dangerous man shows up looking for him, a man who claims to hunt monsters and things that go bump in the night. Soon the siblings are swept up in a whirlwind of violence and chaos, locked in a desperate attempt to elude the police as well as the mysterious organization of monster hunters. In the process of fighting to stay free and alive, they unearth all the secret things kept hidden from them their entire lives. Scary, shocking things. And nothing will ever be the same again.

FINAL BATTLE . . . GRAND MILITARY SCIENCE-FICTION INSPIRED BY TODAY'S HEADLINES! THROUGH THE DIMENSIONAL PORTAL TO FIND THE HIDDEN RADICAL EASTERN BASE IN ANOTHER WORLD . . . **Special Launch Price 99 cents. Regular Price $2.99** *All Colonel Landry Books 99 cents for limited time only; regular price $2.99* FINAL BATTLE is the third novel in Bryan Smith's Colonel Landry space adventure series. It is an intriguing blend of military science-fiction, space opera, spy novel, suspense, romance, political science fiction, and more. It is the 25th Century. On the far off Earth colonial planet of Sirius V, settled long ago by North Americans and Europeans on a Western continent and by radical religious zealots from Earth's Middle East on an Eastern continent, a final showdown is about to occur. The Eastern continent has been attacking the West. The First Intergalactic Alliance dispatches Colonel Landry to Sirius V in the starcraft Aurora to locate and destroy a hidden radical base on the planet. After the Aurora's military fighters disable and occupy two Eastern headquarters, there should have been no more attacks on the West. But the attacks continue, apparently from the invisible hidden base which Landry was sent to locate and destroy. As it turns out, the hidden Eastern base is located in a version of the same planet existing in a parallel universe which can be entered through a man-made "wormhole" in the mountains. A treacherous double agent guide from the West leads Landry and his team through the wormhole where Landry and beautiful blonde Major Veronica Winters are taken captive and ransomed by the sinister Eastern leader Bin Obami--to die a horrible death if the terrorist demands are not met The novel's futuristic events are drawn from everyday headlines of the growing terrorist threat to the world. Fans of the Colonel Landry series will be glad to see all the mainstay characters. Landry himself, the rebellious Major Adams, sexy Maya, and petulant Veronica. And, of course, charming telepathic Tiger Jones. The reader will see another side to Jones in this new novel. Suffice it to say that he does not take any stuff off anyone who wants to hurt Veronica. The author introduces a number of engaging new characters. Colonel Goldstein, the aggressive military commander who fights a war against radical insurgents on Earth colony Sirius V that are much like the Middle East terrorists of Earth today. Major Abdul Ramen copes with tragic injury and ostracism by other starcraft crew members and, in the end, proves to be among the most worthy of them. "TORG" the voice-activated robot with a deadly energy ray "zapper" that the reader won't soon forget. The two evil sultans "Bin Obami" who seek to spread the conquest of radical Islam across multiple dimensions. The treacherous "double agent" Armand. FINAL BATTLE is a worthy addition to the now three volume Colonel Landry series, as unique as its predecessors DOME OF SLAVERY and the series flagship FERAL PLANET. As usual, the new FINAL BATTLE is remarkable for its special narrative "voice" and the lean but descriptive prose that has become the author's hallmark. WARNING: GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, SEXUALITY, AND STRONG LANGUAGE

Four long years ago, Jessica Sloan drove out to a backwoods town to execute the rapist stashed in the trunk of her car. She barely made it out of Hopkins Bend alive and emerged changed forever by the ordeal. Now she's freshly discharged from the military and on the run after being framed for a murder she didn't commit. Running out of options-and with an assassin hot on her trail-she heads again for Hopkins Bend, now a deserted ghost town. But things are not as they seem in Hopkins Bend and Jessica soon finds herself plunged into another nightmare of depravity and madness.DEPRAVED 2 is the sequel to the hit novel DEPRAVED, hailed by acclaimed author Brian Keene as one of the 10 best books of 2009.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN LIBERATING HUMAN SLAVES IS AGAINST THE LAW? Colonel Kendrick Landry and other central characters from "Feral Planet" return for more classic sci-fi space adventure. It is the 25th Century. The starcraft Aurora travels to planet Alpha Centauri B-III and the Aurora commander Colonel Kendrick Landry discovers that descendants of the colonization crew of the Green Horizon, Earth's first interstellar starcraft, are living in centuries-old enslavement to a lizard-like race. The First Intergalactic Alliance does not permit liberation of the human slaves because the planet is not a member of the Alliance and subject to Alliance law. Alliance law, however, would sanction the Aurora's defense--including even offensive action against the lizard government, permitting its overthrow by human resistance fighters on the planet--but only if the lizard government has attacked first. Without the knowledge or consent of Colonel Landry, head-strong Major Will Adams devises a scheme to provoke an attack by the lizard command and so justify a retaliatory pre-emptive strike. The lizards attack with surprisingly devastating force. Now the command and crew of the Aurora will be fortunate to ensure their own survival--let alone assist in liberation of the lizards' human slaves. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." Lord Acton (from epigram to Dome Of Slavery)

Maros is told to be an active listener, so he thinks that means gyrating his body whenever someone speaks to him! When he learns the real meaning of active listening, he has to make a choice. Will he give his full attention and really listen to his parents, teachers, and friends, or will he continue to only hear what he wants to hear? Marcos, Did You Hear Me? delivers a much-needed message to kids about what it takes to be a good listener. This is the second title in award-winning author Bryan Smith's new Social Strategies series, written for students in grades K-5.

"The abandoned house at the end of Millhaven Road stands on blighted and barren ground, as if nature itself shuns this tainted place. It is known simply as DEAD END HOUSE, and unspeakably terrible things happened there long ago. Murder, torture, mutilations, cannibalism, and necrophilia. Vile deeds spawning an enduring legend of horror. But DEAD END HOUSE only looks abandoned. Behind its blacked-out windows and crumbling facade, the evil endures. So step up to the front door and knock if you dare. Crazy Calvin and his lunatic sister have been sharpening their knives and are eager to see you."--

Being grateful for what you have is a lesson for a lifetime. Follow a young character who finds joy in the little things.

Why are Marcos and Lili fighting over the TV remote? For the same reason they fight over toys, the dog, and pretty much everything else. They don't like to share Can these two learn to negotiate, compromise, play fair, and take turns without screaming, fighting, and forcing Mom to be their referee?All about Sharingis an amusing tale with a valuable message - sharing isn't hard or painful when you do it right! This is the first title in award-winning author Bryan Smith's newSocial Strategiesseries, written for students in grades K-5.

The world's most dangerous woman is back. In DEPRAVED 4, Jessica Sloan awakes from a coma only to find herself facing the most dangerous adversaries to ever cross her path. A sinister organization hopes to recruit her as an assassin while a hulking monster in human form named Vic Manzetti goes on a brutal and audacious rampage. All the while, an old enemy lurks in the background, eager to explore the furthest reaches of sadism and depravity. All are set to collide in an explosion of carnage in the final chapter of Bryan Smith's infamous saga.

Welcome to Hopkins Bend, the remote little Tennessee town where the backwoods inhabitants are cannibals and the local law operates a sex-trafficking ring. Unlucky travelers are frequently ensnared in the town's sinister web. Some are held captive and tortured while others face even more gruesome fates. And beneath it all is the town's darkest secret, the curse of the depraved and mutated Kincher clan. Includes Depraved II: The In-Between-Quel, a short story that reveals the grisly fate of two characters from the novel. The story is as spectacularly gory as the novel itself.

Public safety aviation has an amazing legacy. The missions of chasing bad guys, rescuing victims, finding lost people or extinguishing raging fires in the knick of time is a part of the iconic image of heroic people doing heroic work that has inspired others for over 50 years. Mitigating flight risks and increasing mission success is the pursuit in air support safety.