Books with author Alex Ander

Case Weatherly gets glimpses of her future within match flames. Until she moves into a haunted Victorian home restless with ghosts. It is here where her matches begin to flicker more of a past she doesn’t remember than with a future that isn’t guaranteed. For death dogs her heals: Death and Damien, a boy too handsome to be of this world. What does he want with Case? Will she live long enough to find out? Or will the answer only bring about her demise?

Gabrielle Dellinger is a teenage empath. She feels what those around her are feeling. She’s known for years that the neighbor boy has had a crush on her. She suffers the hunger pains from a dieting friend. Gabrielle has never doubted her odd ability, and neither has she been able to explain how she’s able to channel the emotions of others. When the new boy in town thirsts for her blood, Gabrielle is all too aware of this bizarre desire. As much as she wants to stay away from him, his hypnotic stare dares her to do things Gabrielle would never do otherwise. Like hurt Michael Fitzgerald, that neighbor of hers who’s loved her from afar. Her mother has gone missing, disappeared during one of the worst winter storms on record and is presumed dead. Dangerously romantic and suspenseful, Black Frost explores life against love.

"Couples therapy sessions slowly morphed into solitary therapy sessions. My therapist kept coming back to the question of my passions, and where I was headed. I knew it was writing. So I wrote. I wrote my pain of loss. I wrote my confusion about the existential questions that plagued me as someone who grew up in the bible belt, but had a hard time swallowing the bigotry I saw. I wrote my struggle through heartbreak and single life. I wrote my triumphs in self-confidence, and ultimately I wrote a new love story, with a new person. Ultimately, it's not about meeting the right person; instead, it is about finding out that you are quite capable of loving yourself, and anyone else loving you is just a wonderful sprinkle on top."

Heart meets struggle in this new adventure novel! Our story picks up with Ardo, a thirteen-year-old orphan boy, struggling to survive in the city. He works day by day at the city piers hauling buckets of fish guts for the local stall owners. He has finally been able to save up enough for a coveted item he has been eyeing for months... a brand new blanket!Little does he know, however, that this blanket will be the catalyst for a journey that will change his life forever!Join Ardo as he buys his coveted blanket... and see what fortune it ultimately brings him.

Three legendary filmmakers – James Cameron, Ridley Scott and George Lucas – innovators of special effects. One has always been a thinker and engineer, the other possessing an enviable industriousness, and the third has a rare gift as an entrepreneur. Each director is a master of the craft and each brought their own special contribution to the development of science fiction in their own unique way.- - -Things changed with the release of Star Wars, a film which became a landmark of science fiction. The management of 20th Century Fox, who had missed all the rights to this franchise, quickly wanted to rehabilitate their standing by creating a first-class product in the form of Alien. Walter Hill, not being able to cope with the expectations of the studio, decided to leave. Many candidates wanted the vacant position of director, but the post was filled by Ridley Scott. It was originally allocated a budget of $4.8 million, but when Scott presented the sketches of his vision of a futuristic setting, the budget was doubled. O'Bannon took an active part in making the film. He convinced the director to return to the original plot with the alien spaceship and he advised him to invite painters Chris Foss and Jean Giraud to the project, both of whom he had previously worked with on Dune. But the main assistance that O'Bannon gave to Scott was in introducing him to the book Necronomicon by Hans Rudolf Giger. The director was amazed by the works of the Swiss painter. Soon Giger proceeded to create the image of a Xenomorph, and became carried away by the process. He also created the design of the alien ship with the eggs and the face-huggers.- - -The most important new hero, Master Yoda, was not human. It was an animated doll. Initially, the form of Yoda was far from what we know now. Lucas showed some of his sketches to Stewart Freeborn, maker of creatures. Taking on board Lucas’ concept, Freeborn did a fantastic job to create the Yoda we know and love. Many of the unique features, special to Yoda, were imagined by Freeborn. The most important element of Master Yoda is his intelligent eyes, which were borrowed from Albert Einstein. George Lucas knew that Master Yoda was the key character, on which depended the fate of the film. Therefore, shooting the doll came with a mountain of responsibility. A few people controlled the green man at the same time. One person brought his voice to life, while another was moving its ears and hands, and a third controlled the eyes and facial expressions on his face.- - -"When we were filming Titanic, we did not think about success. We thought that we squandered a lot of money, because we are over budget. That is when we started filming, we thought that a bit to make money - to spend as planned only a $100 million. We spent two hundred and decided that doomed: we would not earn a penny! Rather, it was already a question of how much we would lose - $50 million or more? And then it turned out that the film hit the jackpot. Everyone was shocked. Ask yourself - what was it that work? This film has just touched the desired string. Because it is about a fact that is close and clear to every person on earth ...”

“The Fall of Free Will begins at sundown. The Generals of Destiny will rise at the height of the Winter Solstice. Come, King of Light, to the place where you allowed true love to perish, and bear witness to the end of Free Will.” Danny Elikai is a teenage boy who lost his family in a devastating car accident. He finds himself in a swirling depression in the mystical city of Grenoff as horrific events begin to unfold. He learns of an ancient conflict between the two philosophies that seek to rule humanity: the individual liberties of Free Will, and the predetermined peace guaranteed by Destiny. The agents of Destiny have risen, and threaten life as we know it. Danny must choose to find the King of Light and to fight for Free Will, or to leave humanity to the iron grip of the Emperor of Darkness. The Final War is coming, and soon we will need to pick a side. Will you fight for the freedom of choice offered by Free Will, or the harmony promised by Destiny?

Carlos Zera, the prankster and unpopular goofball of space station CSDL-99-X, aka “El Tin-O”, had gotten used to a life of pranks and getting kicked out of school.Right up until the aliens came looking him.But after a mysterious arrival delivers the unfortunate news that an alien race is combing the galaxy to find and destroy him, Carl finds himself in the middle of a centuries-old war with an alien species bent on humanity’s destruction.Armed only with their courage and loyalty to one another, Carl and his friends Scarlett and Hector battle their way through a maze of robots, discover new life forms, and make the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of the galaxy. Along the way, Carl learns that the universe is much bigger, more dangerous, and more wondrous than he ever thought possible.Written for kids ages 9-12 but with enough fun, adventure, and mystery to entertain adults, Carl Zera and the Ore of Life is the first in a series of middle grade science fiction books exploring the Space Defender universe.The Space Defender books are scifi adventure books for readers who love science, space, aliens, robots, tech, and smart, brave kids. Fans of Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Star Trek will enjoy exploring this vast new universe of characters and far-off worlds.