Bøger af Karl El-Koura

An End-Times Novel of the Zombie Apocalypse Civilization has collapsed. The world is dying. It happened very fast. Within weeks, isolated news reports of people acting in strange and often violent ways became frequent and widespread. Terrifying videos were uploaded to the internet in shocking numbers from across the globe. Chaotic images of societies in rapid decline. Then-everything went dark. No electricity, no internet, no broadcasts on the emergency radio station. Now-howling, angry, bloodied creatures claw to get into Johnny Salibi's house, where he lives with his wife and young daughter. But Johnny and his family are safe. He's boarded up the windows. The door is locked and secure. They will ride things out until the government can get things under control again. They're safe. . . . . . except that they're not. Johnny must try to protect his wife and daughter in a world suddenly turned apocalyptic. But things will not go according to plan. Johnny will learn that the zombie plague is not what he or anyone else thought it was. He will learn that the government is not in any position to rescue them. And he will also learn that an unlikely group of survivors might hold the key not only to survival, but to salvation. Combining elements of zombie fiction, apocalyptic literature, and spiritual thrillers, this is the gripping tale of a man whose faith in God is put to the test with life and death-and even greater-consequences.

A ravenous creature that devours its victims, leaving nothing behind. A hero intent on stopping it before the creature kills again. A powerful magician, left for dead in the ruins of his father's castle, alive and thirsting for vengeance. Garrius Arilius rides to Quisin. There he risks his life and soul to consult a seer known only as the Old Witch. What is the nature of the mysterious creature? Where did it come from? How can Garrius kill it? The seer's answers to his questions are not what he expects. They set him on a course that will lead Garrius back to his childhood home, back to the kingdom he thought he'd left behind, back to a past he'd rather forget-and toward a future that has never seemed more uncertain or more perilous.

A Baker's Dozen of Short Stories Why doesn't God do something to stop the evil and suffering in the world? Some people who call themselves the "Atheists Against God" think they know the answer. And they know what they're going to do about it, too. A hired gun-who doesn't use a gun and won't be hired by just anyone-realizes that his profession is killing him, but finds it hard to quit. Until he discovers that his talent has more uses than he ever dreamed possible. A young boy learns that his best friend is an alien. But does that mean they have to stop being friends? Meet interesting, complex characters; explore worlds both strange and all-too-familiar; and discover the answer to thought-provoking mysteries in this collection of 13 short stories by Karl El-Koura. Twelve of these short tales were previously published in magazines between 1998 and 2010, while the bonus story is exclusive to this collection. Organized in three sections-Fear, Faith, and Love-this anthology also contains an introduction by the author, as well as forewords to accompany each story (an afterword in the case of the bonus story). Spanning a wide range of genres (including science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective fiction, military fiction, and superhero fiction) and a wide range of lengths (from the shortest story at 250 words to the longest at 7500 words), Ooter's Place and Other Stories of Fear, Faith, and Love is an eclectic collection. Join the author as he introduces you to stories both light and dark, fun and serious, always entertaining. Praise for stories included in this collection: AT WAR-"A Bradbury-esque piece." (SFReader) HOW YOU DIE-"The tension builds steadily into the wonderful climax and I could easily see this making a leap into the verbal horror tradition that spawned it." (Tangent Online) THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIMSELF FOR A SUPERHERO-"After some very funny, sometimes poignant encounters . . . we discover why [the protagonist] is able to do what he does. And what happens to guys who think they are superheroes-but aren't. A very appealing story." (Tangent Online) Contents Part I: Stories of Fear How You Die Phantom Spouse Syndrome Tom's Refrigerator Corpse Of My Life Part II: Stories of Faith The Man Who Mistook Himself for a Superhero Atheists Against God and the Devil of Destruction Blink The Talent Part III: Stories of Love They Came From Ooter's Place Making Simbta At War The Curious Case of the Book Baron Bonus: A Story of Fear, Faith, and Love Chasing Carrots

These are the adventures of James Kollins: greedy, petty, selfish captain of the galactic warship DeVille; a man obsessed with the holodrama Captain Courageous and the Women Who Love Him; a man completely unforgiving of his much-maligned first officer. A man who has just met the Creator of the universe, though he doesn't quite realize it yet, and whose life is about to change in ways he never dreamed possible, though he doesn't quite know it yet.Find out what happens when an overgrown child in charge of a large military ship, and sadly lacking a conscience and possessed of a strange sense of humor, comes into contact with God Himself, who isn't above playing a few tricks of His own.You'll be plunged into interstellar war and ultramodern espionage, witness textbook-poor diplomacy and longstanding family feuds, and even encounter a seemingly evil empire of cute babies.It's a safe bet you'll laugh while reading this book; a virtual lock you'll crack a smile or twenty; and inconceivable that you won't groan and shake your head on a regular basis. In the tradition of Isaac Asimov's pun-in-cheek "feghoots," each of these twelve short-shorts ends in a play on words and phrases that will leave you wondering what's wrong with the author.Part loving Star Trek parody homage, part spiritual journey, The Lost Stories is a series of cosmic and comic adventures that is silly, fun, and also demonstrates the power of God working in the life of even the most self-obsessed warship captain you've ever met.

They've barely survived a worldwide plague - will they survive what comes next? Beset by violent nightmares and feeling abandoned by the God Whose presence he'd felt so keenly only a short while ago, Father John Salibi is distracted, irritable, and completely devoid of spiritual power. But then he meets an enigmatic old man who tells him that all will be well. In contrast to John, the old man commands staggering power: he travels great distances in moments; like Christ, he multiplies food in his hands; and he performs wonderful miracles of healing in a world desperately in need of healing. The old man even claims to have defeated the antichrist, the mysterious figure haunting John's dreams and whose activity in the world allowed the plague John had once thought of, in his ignorance, as the "zombie apocalypse." Is the old man real, or a figment of John's troubled imagination? If real, where does his power come from-from God or from somewhere else? A story of good and evil, of faith, of love, of defeat, of death and resurrection, and of the one thing necessary. In this epic sequel to Father John vs the Zombies, the story of the end of the world continues...