New Releases by Adam Christopher

Under the Wild Blue captures the author''s expressive and descriptive words regarding human relationships and the natural world.

After the Gushing Rain is creative writing in poetry form, expressing and reflecting journeys taken through life''s "storms" and the aftermaths. The entries are distinct enough to carry unique interpretation depending on the person reading.

Skylights is creative writing in poetry form, expressing and reflecting on friendships and love. The book also brings an outdoor adventurer''s experiences of life in America. The entries are unique enough to carry individual interpretation and responses will vary depending on the person reading. There is not a preset intended age for the reader. Skylights is the author''s first published book.

Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from heroes and villains to droids and creatures. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors and trendsetting artists.

Written by a micro-preemie dad and a real-life neonatologist, A NICU Christmas Adventure is a book that shows the true spirit of Christmas with a message of hope to families worldwide. Follow three special children on their unbelievable journey with Santa Claus to help bring their siblings home from the NICU in time for Christmas. The book uses humor, beautiful illustrations and heartwarming stories inspired by real families to show life in the NICU. The book will serve as a keepsake for years to come and a reminder of the importance of family, especially in the hospitals and around the holidays.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The Empire is dead. Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor, the tattered remnants of Palpatine’s forces have fled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of the New Republic, danger and loss are ever-present companions, even in this newly forged era of peace. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is haunted by visions of the dark side, foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the depths of space, on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is undeniable . . . and Luke’s worst fears are confirmed when his old friend Lando Calrissian comes to him with reports of a new Sith menace. After Lando’s daughter was stolen from his arms, he searched the stars for any trace of his lost child. But every new rumor leads only to dead ends and fading hopes—until he crosses paths with Ochi of Bestoon, a Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a young girl. Ochi’s true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a junkyard moon, a mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred blade to the assassin, promising that it will answer the questions that have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange, he must complete a final mission: Return to Exegol with the key to the Sith’s glorious rebirth—Rey, the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself. As Ochi hunts Rey and her parents to the edge of the galaxy, Luke and Lando race into the mystery of the Sith’s lingering shadow and aid a young family running for their lives.

In practice, it provided courts with a means to enact the mandates from the Visigothic Code and to foster stability. The result was a flexible synthesis of law, liturgy, and sacred space that was in many cases capable of harnessing spiritual and community pressure in legal proceedings.

50+ images Inspired by Tim Burton Greatest works The Nightmare Before Christmas Colouring Book! This colouring book provide hours of fun, calm, relaxation and stress relief through creative expression. Enjoy colouring! About the book: * Seria of Tim Burton''s Inspired Colouring Books * High quality premium images * Printed single sided resist bleed-through * A great way to relax, unwind, and let your creativity flow! * Single-sided pages, 8.5x11 size * Perfect as gift for kids and adults

La préquelle de la série événement, exclusivement en roman ! Fêtes de fin d''année, Hawkins, 1984. Le shérif Jim Hopper n''a qu''une envie : profiter tranquillement de son premier Noël en compagnie de celle qui est désormais sa fille adoptive. Mais la jeune Onze a d''autres projets. Malgré les protestations de Hopper, elle remonte un carton étiqueté " New York " de la cave, et l''assaille de questions : pourquoi le shérif a-t-il quitté Hawkins toutes ces années avant ? Pourquoi ne parle-t-il jamais de cette période de sa vie ? Et malgré ses réticences, Hopper entame l''histoire de la nuit à New York où, pour lui, tout a changé... Été, New York 1977. Le jeune policier commence une nouvelle vie après plusieurs années passées au Vietnam. Une vie de famille harmonieuse avec sa femme et sa petite fille, un tout nouveau poste d''enquêteur au NYPD... Tout semble aller à merveille jusqu''à une série de meurtres étranges, très ritualisés, qui lui sont en plus aussitôt retirés par le FBI. Furieux, le jeune homme décide d''enquêter quand même, et infiltre sous couverture un gang des rues. Mais bientôt, une immense panne de courant plonge la ville entière dans le noir... des ténèbres bien plus profondes que ce qu''aurait pu imaginer Hopper. Stranger Things – Darkness on the Edge of Town lève le voile sur les événements qui précèdent la célèbre série des frères Duffer, et suit les aventures de l''un des personnages favoris des fans de la série, le shérif Jim Hopper, confronté au célèbre black-out de 1977 à New York.

Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things. Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper’s protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked “New York” out of the basement—and the tough questions begin. Why did Hopper leave Hawkins all those years ago? What does “Vietnam” mean? And why has he never talked about New York? Although he’d rather face a horde of demogorgons than talk about his own past, Hopper knows that he can’t deny the truth any longer. And so begins the story of the incident in New York—the last big case before everything changed. . . . Summer, New York City, 1977. Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into life as a civilian. But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show up and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth. Soon Hopper is undercover among New York’s notorious street gangs. But just as he’s about to crack the case, a blackout rolls across the boroughs, plunging Hopper into a darkness deeper than any he’s faced before.

"An official Stranger things novel"--Cover.

The official new novel set in the world of Dishonored, the award-winning video game. Billie Lurk has acheived the impossible: the Outsider has fallen. But now the Void is unbalanced, and the fate of the world is at stake. From Tyvia to Serkonos, mysterious rifts in the fabric of reality have appeared--portals into the Void, with the potential to tear the world apart. Billie''s search for the source of their instability sends her far from Dunwall, to a city cut in half by a rift, and to a kingdom recovering from civil war, where an uneasy truce reigns. A former assassin, smuggler, and bounty hunter, Billie''s a born survivor, and she''s the only one who can set things right--but to do so she must confront her own past, with world-altering results.

A blend of science fiction and stylish mystery noir featuring a robot detective, I Only Killed Him Once, a stand-alone installment in Adam Christopher''s Ray Electromatic mystery series. Another Hollywood night, another job for electric-detective-turned-robotic-hitman Raymond Electromatic. The target is a tall man in a black hat, and while Ray completes his mission successfully, he makes a startling discovery—one he soon forgets when his 24-hour memory tape loops to the end and is replaced with a fresh reel... When a tall man in a black hat arrives in the offices of the Electromatic Detective Agency the next day, Ray has a suspicion he has met this stranger before, although Ray’s computerized boss, Ada, is not saying a thing. But their visitor isn’t here to hire Ray for a job—he’s here to deliver a stark warning. Because time is running out and if Ray and Ada want to survive, they need to do exactly what the man in the black hat says. A man that Raymond Electromatic has already killed. "Robot noir in 60s Los Angeles? You had me at ''Hello.''"—John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling novelist At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Another Hollywood night, another job for electric-detective-turned-robotic-hitman Raymond Electromatic. The target is a man in a black hat, and while Ray completes his mission successfully, he makes a startling discovery―one he soon forgets when his 24-hour memory tape is replaced with a fresh reel... Time is running out, and if Ray and Ada want to survive, they need to do exactly what the man in the black hat says. A man that Ray has already killed.

As Empress Emily Kaldwin flees Dunwall after the coup by Delilah Copperspoon and Duke Luca Abele of Serkonos, a lone figure watches, the Mark of the Outsider burning on his hand. Daud—legendary assassin—has returned to Dunwall, a city in turmoil. He is seeking a mythical weapon, said to have the power to kill the Outsider, and will go to any lengths to find it. But there are those who are watching his every move. Travelling the Isles to complete his mission, Daud will soon discover that old enemies have been waiting for him, and new enemies are easy to make…

April 11th, 1997: An eastbound train heading for Washington D.C. mysteriously derails in a horrific accident, leaving dozens dead or injured. But when one of the bodies is suspected to have been murdered on the train, the only hopes of solving the case rests on the shoulders of a detective, a key witness with amnesia, and another passenger to work together as they seek the truth behind that fateful event, track down the killer, discover what the train was carrying, and if there is a larger and more sinister hand at play.

The purpose of this dissertation was to produce knowledge on the academic performance and recovery success of students enrolled in a Recovery High School. The study site was Hope Academy, located in Indianapolis, IN, and at the time of this publication, one of just five schools in the U.S. accredited by the Association of Recovery Schools. Students enrolled between Fall 2010 and Spring 2017 were evaluated using academic test scores (NWEA-MAP), a measure of recovery success (GAIN-SS), as well as key informant interviews with 13 students and five staff members. It was concluded that recovery school students displayed similar levels of academic growth when compared to a nationallyrepresentative matched Virtual Comparison Group, t-stat = +0.849 (p=0.397). This finding provides evidence that even after experiencing a relapse, recovery school students were capable of achieving similar levels of academic growth as their peers not in recovery from substance use disorders. Interview participants provided more context to the quantitative findings with first-hand accounts of the impact the recovery school had on students.

Over the centuries, in our nation''s times of need, a supernatural force appears to battle back the enemies of the United States: THE SHIELD. Today, the country--the whole world--is on the edge of chaos. The middle class is dying as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Global warming''s effects on the environment are drastic and dramatic, with superstorms and deadly droughts a common occurrence. The government increases its grip on the lives of ordinary people, controlling information and curtailing freedoms and privacy. For some, the government itself has become an enemy of the people, and revolution is on the minds of Americans all across the country. The Shield returns--but what happens when she''s not sure who the enemy is? A modern action and conspiracy thriller by bestselling novelists Adam Christopher and Chuck Wendig featuring the dynamic artwork of David Williams, THE SHIELD: DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION gives readers a topical, relevant and jarring new take on the classic hero. THE SHIELD, VOL. 1: DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION collects the first story arc of the ongoing THE SHIELD comic book series.

Another golden morning in a seedy town, and a new memory tape and assignment for intrepid PI-turned-hitman--and last robot left in working order--Raymond Electromatic. But, in Killing Is My Business, he finds his skills may be rustier than he remembered.

Includes a speical bonus novella Brisk Money by Adam Christopher The moment Raymond Electromatic set eyes on her, he knew she was the dame marked in his optics, the woman that his boss had warned him about. Honey. As the band shook the hair out of their British faces, stomping and strumming, the go-go dancer’s cage swung, and the events of that otherwise average night were set in motion. A shot, under the cover of darkness, a body bleeding out in a corner, and most of Los Angeles’ population of hired guns hulking, sour-faced over un-drunk whiskey sours at the bar. But as Ray tries to track down the package he was dispatched to the club to retrieve, his own programming might be working against him, sending him down a long hall and straight into a mobster’s paradise. Is Honey still the goal—or was she merely bait for a bigger catch? Just your standard bit of Hollywood depravity, as tracked by the memory tapes of a less-than-standard robot hitman. Standard Hollywood Depravity is a Ray Electromatic mystery by Adam Christopher. Ray Electromatic Mysteries Brisk Money Made to Kill Standard Hollywood Depravity Killing is My Business At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

She has served her country well, fighting for US interests the world over. But when the Shield’s next mission ends in tragedy on American soil—a tragedy televised live to every home in the country—the true nature of Black Seven is revealed as the superhero the world has been waiting generations for becomes… Public Enemy Number 1!

Both married and leading very separate lives. His emotional battle through his divorce and her turmoil with work and the accident. Would their relationship survive these challenges? Would their emotions be strong enough to take their relationship to the next level? It was a warm summer night when their eyes met across a crowded bar. As Demi struggled to recall his name, he disappeared. How little did they know how that brief encounter would influence their lives. How they would support each other through the roller coaster of challenges. Joshua Barnes was a tall, dark, handsome Chief Executive of a successful Finance Institute. He and Demi had first met some years before when they both worked at the same insurance company.

“Daughter of the Revolution, Part 3” Captured by Walter Chase, the Shield is made a surprising offer—an invitation to join his government organization, protecting the country as she was born to do. But as her new missions take her well beyond national borders, the truth slowly dawns and the Shield must face the ultimate question: does she serve the United States of America… or its people?

A strange, shrouded figure appears in Dunwall, seeming to possess powers once wielded by the assassin known as Daud. Faced with the possibility that their deadliest foe has returned, Emily and Corvo plunge headlong into a life-and-death race against time. If they fail to learn the truth about this mysterious enemy, the result could be destruction on an unimaginable scale.

The Chief Financial Officer of a secretive NYC hedge fund has been found murdered—stabbed through the eye with an expensive fountain pen. When Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson discover a link between the victim and a charismatic management guru with a doubtful past, it seems they may have their man. But is the guru being framed? As secrets are revealed and another victim is found murdered in the same grisly fashion, Holmes and Watson begin to uncover a murky world of money and deceit…