January 1, 2015. The day that the world changed forever. Following the aftermath of a deadly nuclear war between the United States and China, an odd airborne pathogen is discovered. Scientist scramble to uncover what this virus does and find that it is a virus like no other. Once the virus starts to attack your body, you have exactly one year to live. A cure can't be found and the virus is spreading like wildfire. People are still recuperating from the nuclear war and find that there is nothing they can do to stop the virus. I was diagnosed with having the virus on January 1, 2015. My birthday was on the first and so I had just turned eighteen. What a birthday present, getting such a deadly disease, or could it somehow turn into a good thing? One year to live. I had the virus.

Have you ever been kidnapped and woke up in a strange room that was quickly flooding? Have you ever been forced to play in a game against your will with the threat of a bomb going off in your chest hanging over your head? Have you ever met three people who you thought you'd have previously abandoned all at the same time? How about see Five deaths, all back-to-back, one including your mother? How about be betrayed and saved by someone at the same time. Well I did, and that was all in ten hours.

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Order 66 has been long passed. The Jedi, for the most part, have been exterminated, and the Empire has stretched over vast areas of the galaxy. Yet the Empire has not completely obliterated the Jedi. Kemberli Wan-Oba, a young human girl, has been brought up on Aetheria, a small planet in the Outer Rim, by a surviving Jedi Knight known as Yurlon Batado. For over a decade they have escaped detection. This peace cannot last, however, and Darth Vader himself arrives to destroy the only world Kemberli has ever known. He kills Master Batada and leaves Kemberli alive with the ominous choice of "die, or join the dark side." Alone, unsure, desperate, Kemberli falls to the dark side.... And begins a life she never imagined as the apprentice of Darth Vader. But the dark side is full of mystery, and while it gives Kemberli power she has never dreamed of, it begins to show her shadows of the past she has never known...

A Paranormal Thriller Psychology professor Denton Reed has been pulled out of the classroom to find a killer. Bodies are turning up all over the quiet town of Bexhill. They are found dismembered and burned beyond recognition in a snow covered farmer's field, by the abandoned mill, and under the train bridge. The only clue linking the victims is the bizarre figure-eight patterns left behind in their homes. Denton must use his unique profiling techniques to uncover the murderer, who the police have dubbed Mr. 8. As he begins to unravel the mystery, a strange pattern begins to emerge. Before their deaths, each victim was seized by dark obsessions and inexplicable changes in behavior. Whatever strange forces are affecting the people of Bexhill, they may actually be more dangerous than any killer. As a wave of insanity sweeps the town, Denton will put his life on the line to get to the source of the madness and risk all to protect the woman he loves. But is it already too late? [Rated PG-13 For scenes of violence and strong language] *Cover art by Donald Cronkhite. Best RankingMay 12, 2014 - #1 Mystery/Thriller, #2 Horror