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Curiosity changed the course of mankind.Pandora was the first mortal woman and the first bride. Zeus gave Pandora a storage jar for a wedding gift which she of course opened. Who wouldn't? It was a wedding gift, for crying out loud. The evil spirits trapped inside the jar were freed and have wreaked havoc on mankind ever since.Fast forward to today . . .The ultimate lonely girl, Pandora Jones lives in a modern stone castle stuffed to the roofl...

Survival can be summed up in three words-Never Give Up. Bear GryllsSydney Waters finds herself alone in the harsh and unforgiving Rocky Mountains. No sign of Jordan or the great hound, Dogma. The threat of snow in the air. Her choices whittled down to one: she must continue alone toward her destination.With many miles left to walk and winter closing in, the temptation to give up becomes overwhelming. But to give up now means sitting down and w...

Sanity is madness put to good use. George SantayanaSydney Waters stares out over the brittle, dry landscape three hundred feet below, sunken land that used to be Nebraska. How to cross four hundred miles of desert with a blind man and a dog?Before Sydney can change course, the cliff edge breaks away, tumbling her blind companion down into the desert. Their only option now is a dark cave in the cliff that leads deep beneath the state, into the ...

Courage is the mastery of fear. Mark TwainThree quarters of the earth's people wiped out. No power. No phones. No fuel for trucks to move food into the cities. Panic and anarchy rule.Her family gone, young Sydney Waters faces the greatest challenge of her life when she sets off to find a family friend she hopes will help her. A man who may or may not still be alive. A journey of a thousand miles. Alone and on foot. A journey that will test her...

When the people you love betray you . . .Faith Donahue finds herself abandoned in the northern Maine mountains. A winter camping trip with her sister gone horribly wrong. No snowmobile. No snowshoes. No supplies. Forty miles through deep snow to the nearest town. An impossible journey.His wife's dying words derail Boston detective Wade Elliot's life. Haunted by her unsolved murder, he quits the force and retreats to the solitude of a cabin in ...