Bøger udgivet af David Berger

Four modern day strangers-Dan, Aleta, Brandon, and Sarah-learn they are bound by prophecy to fix what the Olympeian gods have broken. Gifted with ancient magic from long lost civilizations, they must master their powers while contending with forces escaping from the Underworld and also find a way to repair the Sacred Scales, destroyed by an angry goddess long ago.Their success lies with Apollo, a god whose earthbound journey provided the means to fulfill the prophecy. These four mortals-a teacher, a scientist, a zoologist, and a potter-join the United Nations Task Force Division sworn to protect an endangered world, becoming the sole team-codename: GAEA-who can fight the monstrous threats and bring Order to a world plunged into Chaos.Bringing together the powers of the ancient gods and the strength of the human spirit, the members of TASK FORCE: GAEA may have to sacrifice that which they hold dear to be their only key to success.Can mortals succeed where gods cannot go?

For Aegis, Zodiak, Aether, and Talon, operatives in the United Nations Task Force: Gaea, life should have returned to normal after they restored the cosmic balance that a reckless elder goddess shattered, but because of the intervention of the Fates, they would never remember what life was like before. With history now unfolding the way it was supposed to, paranoia plagues this new time line, and tight-fisted governments mandate control through a pervasive military presence, DNA scans, and surveillance cameras. Inexplicable occurrences all over the world give way to a new mission for Task Force: Gaea when an ancient cloudlike evil referred to in prophecy only as The Nebulous One emerges from Tartaros, with the intention of devouring the Olympeian gods. But, before she can find them, all of the gods but Apollo have disappeared. Leaving chaos and human corpses in her wake, she oozes her way across the globe to satisfy her hunger. Apollo will not face this threat alone, and it then becomes a race: will he and Task Force: Gaea find and vanquish this primordial goddess without falling prey to her power before she finds the gods? Aegis and his teammates, perhaps as a side effect of their encounters with The Nebulous One, have to battle personal demons in the form of potent memories that could jeopardize their mission's success, seemingly insurmountable obstacles that could indeed mean the end of their team. Starting in antiquity and moving to the modern day, this epic battle between good and evil leaves both immortal and mortal alike wondering whether memory can be a blessing... or a curse.

To quote Billy Beane from Moneyball, "How can you not be romantic about baseball?" The game is unique in that it has no time limit and is played by a bunch of individuals comprised in a team sport. For years, baseball has captured the imagination of the American public, only with the explosion of the NFL and more recently the NBA, has Major League Baseball taken a back seat to the abovementioned sports. Maybe if you watch the game on TV, it is played at a slower pace compared to football and basketball. But going to a game in person, is a completely different experience; one you will never forget. Ironically, most of the injuries occurred off the field versus on the field, which makes this book that more unique. While catching up with my dad over the phone seven or eight years ago, we started discussing what happened to "so and so" player with the funny injury they sustained. One of us blurted out, "a book should be written about these injuries." That started the journey of compiling these injuries. Whether it was falling out of the bathtub, getting bit by spiders in a hotel room, or getting bit by your mother-in-law's dog, or any number of crazy, bizarre injuries, this book tells the players' stories. What the majority of these stories have in common was not only the zany nature in which these injuries occurred, but the fact that these players had to miss ballgames because of their injuries. Guess that is what makes these injuries humorous because it could happen to any one of us.