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The Twentyfirsters    by Kekoa Lake
Price: $5.99 USD. 80890 words. Published on January 16, 2010. .

An ex-federal agent scrapes out a living as a hired gun. A disgraced sports hero betrays his legions of fans. A group of industrialists possess abilities costing fortunes. Money and power are no defense from a man with a purpose: justice. THE TWENTYFIRSTERS by KekoaLake -- There's no such thing as safety in numbers.
In Times of Peril    by Roger Kean
Price: $1.49 USD. 81720 words. Published on March 22, 2010. .

1857: In the Indian revolt against British rule, teenage brothers Ned and Dick Warrener are plunged into the terror. On their desperate trek through a mutinous country they must brave extreme perils if they are to survive. Only courage, cunning, and tenacity will see them through, in this action-packed epic about a crucial moment in British colonial history. First in a series of gripping novels.
In the Line of Duty    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $0.99 USD. 4770 words. Published on September 23, 2010. .

When the UAV Scattersky answers a distress call, their captain is expecting a routine rescue operation and dispatches his first commander, Alysha Forrest, to manage the transfer of personnel. But naturally, things are never as easy as they seem on the surface.... This short story won the 2003 Ursa Majors Award for Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction, and was originally published in Anthrolations.
Under The Ocean    by Ian King
Price: $3.99 USD. 26150 words. Published on November 21, 2010. .

After three siblings are blown off the cliffs of Stingray bay, they find themselves caught up in a treacherous sub-sea mission. An endless abyss wishes to crush them; and giant sea monsters desire to sink teeth into them. A daring rescue plan is hatched and it is up to the children to make the tough decisions, to risk everything for a stranger they neither know, nor trust. Is he an enemy, or foe?
Never Mind the Princess, Save the *Dragon*    by Michael Angel
Price: $1.49 USD. 19590 words. Published by Banty Hen Publishing on September 6, 2011. .

Sir Maximilian isn’t your typical knight. He talks to his horse, he’s been known to burn castles down, and he’s on the run from the mob. So he jumps at the chance to earn the reward for a rescue mission. But it’s not to rescue a damsel from a dragon. This time, he has to rescue a dragon from the Count’s extremely powerful, extremely pissed-off daughter. Who said being a knight was easy?
The Last Shuttle    by Tom Glover
Price: $0.99 USD. 17660 words. Published on October 15, 2011. .

A top-secret NASA space telescope designed to detect alien life is in trouble, at risk of entering Earth’s upper atmosphere and vaporizing. Only one man could prevent the accident. An ex-NASA scientist reluctantly joins the crew of re-commissioned space shuttle Discovery on a daring rescue mission to recover the satellite. Orbiting Earth, they are about to experience something out of this world.
Air Rescue    by Gary Whitmore
Price: $0.99 USD. 46210 words. Published on November 17, 2011. .

Down in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s a fantasy world where fish developed their own airborne technology. Then Melvin is caught in a couple of lies then steals an airship along with Hazel after her sister Stephanie is taken by humans. They fly the airship to Key West and overcome numerous dangerous obstacles to rescue Stephanie who is also Melvin’s fiancé and hopes
In Search of David    by Yaritza Garcia
Price: $0.99 USD. 13420 words. Published on January 23, 2012. .

Something strange has happened in the small city of Seabrook, Texas. After what seems to be a disastrous earthquake, a girl finds her best friend missing, and a strange soldier dying on her apartment floor. The soldier gives her a weapon and a warning before dying, and soon it becomes apparent that something much, much bigger than an earthquake has happened.
Five Bullets    by K. Writerly
Price: Free! 12510 words. Published on May 11, 2012. .

In the jungles of 1966 Vietnam, a stranger becomes the only ally Chez can count on.