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Misha's Nutcracker    by Roman Yakub
Price: $10.00 USD. 46480 words. Published on December 1, 2009. .

Homeless 10-year old Misha sneaks into the back door of a large theater building where everyone is getting ready for the Nutcracker premiere. Misha dreams of joining the children-dancers, but his dream suddenly turns into a nightmare. This moving classic tale transports the reader into the modern day Russia where love, loyalty and the magic of theater battle with a corrupt and calculating world.
The Avenue of Eternal Tranquillity    by Karen Overman-Edmiston
Price: $2.99 USD. 144220 words. Published on December 8, 2009. .

On a ferociously cold Moscow night, a man drives to the car park of a hotel near Red Square, takes off his hat and coat and lies down in the snow as if going to bed to sleep. In the arctic conditions he dies. Set in Russia and China, this story traces two deeply founded relationships that provide insights into love's tenuous beginnings to its rewards, complexities and its potential for tragedy
Putin's Russia    by Sam Vaknin
Price: Free! 34470 words. Published on January 3, 2010. .

Russia's economy and politics under President Vladimir Putin.
Beware the Dead Man    by James Lingard
Price: $2.99 USD. 20390 words. Published by M-y Books on January 11, 2010. .

This powerful fast moving blend of recent history with the fictitious adventures of a British spy caught up in the war between Russia and Georgia over semi-independent Abkhazia is a thriller full of danger and suspense. Much of the action takes place against a background of trekking in the wilderness of the Caucasus Mountains. The conflict escalates when Georgia invades and captures Sukhumi.
Offshore Islands    by John Francis Kinsella
Price: $2.00 USD. 135280 words. Published on January 14, 2010. .

Forces driven by market frenzy and the explosion of Internet technologies created phenomenal wealth in virtual money. At the same time inconceivably large sums of money were derived from crime and drugs with criminal organisations laundering their ill gotten gains via the world’s banking and financial institutions. Virtual reality was never so real and never so ephemeral as on offshore islands.
Onyx Ops: The Paladin Papers    by Stephen Austen
Price: $0.99 USD. 10260 words. Published on February 12, 2010. .

Masters of black ops ruthlessly navigate today’s globalization. From World War II; to the Cuban Revolution and the Kennedy assassination; through the CIA’s Operation Phoenix and the oil fields of Vietnam; it leads into today’s Afghanistan. Must-read, fast-paced fiction with high-impact insights into the geopolitics of global resources. You will think about this long after you put it down
Global Watch    by Joe Zeibert
Price: $1.99 USD. 64470 words. Published on March 31, 2010. .

Harry Truman’s greatest legacy, a secret organization called Global Watch, is suddenly put to the ultimate test as an international conspiracy unfolds which threatens the American way of life. Out of the chaos, an empire from the past is resurrected causing a global power shift. The lines of the map begin to blur pushing the new superpowers to the brink of World War III.
El Perro Negro    by Mikel Santiago
Price: Free! 13100 words. Published on April 1, 2010. .

El viejo soldado tiene una historia que contar. Una historia que comenzó en el horror de la Segunda Guerra Mundial pero que ahora viaja a través del tiempo, buscándole, reclamándole una vieja deuda. Paul, el joven enfermero del sanatorio, es su único amigo y confesor.
Cross the Styx    by Kenneth E. Ingle
Price: $3.99 USD. 94430 words. Published by Rob Preece on April 22, 2010. .

"They're going to kill you." That wasn't what business manager James Clayton had expected. But his recommendation to buy and hold a small company caused big problems for a Russian Mafia leader and when the Russian Mob has problems, they share the pain. Now James has to stay ahead of the mob and find a way to stop the Russians from destroying his company and the woman he loves.
2012 The Awakening    by Bill Douglas
Price: $9.95 USD. 114380 words. Published on June 4, 2010. .

A young woman finds herself at the center of a global human awakening. Filled with self doubt, exhileration, fear, and limitless possibility, her adventure leads into a storm of danger. Unknown to her, humanity is experiencing the same self doubt and unraveling of their lives, as they too are experiencing this massive shift in consciousness. Deepak Chopra called 2012 The Awakening "A Gift!"