Books with author Brian Christopher

MAYHEM, MAGIC AND MANIAC DWARVESMalix Shandy, the best-looking scoundrel in the kingdom, sets off on a hopeless quest to find the dreaded Fury Clock. If he doesn’t find it in seven days, he’ll suffer a fate worse than death. Teamed up with an enormous ogre and a psychotic dwarf, Shandy starts to think maybe death would be restful after a week in such company. But he doesn't have time to die, not with all the necromancers, vampires, and dragons out to get him.Brimming with romance, monsters, magic, and beautiful wenches, The Fury Clock is a humorous and rollicking adventure in the tradition of Terry Pratchett and Terry Brooks.

What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of the new and familiar is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not. Computers, like us, confront limited space and time, so computer scientists have been grappling with similar problems for decades. And the solutions they’ve found have much to teach us.In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths show how algorithms developed for computers also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one’s inbox to peering into the future, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.

"Explosive... A riveting post-apocalyptic zombie series." - Kyla Stone (Author of Edge of Collapse series)Two sisters, one nightmare.The last thing they wanted to do was spend time with each other. Now their very survival depends on it. Forced from their home and thrown into an apocalyptic horror neither could have imagined, they didn’t think things could get any worse. They were wrong. As they navigate the city to escape to safety, terror lurks for them on every corner. The reanimating virus has taken away everything they loved, but today, they’re going to start fighting back.Living or dead, everyone is a threat. The rules have changed and for these two, time is running out. What will they do to survive? What will they do for each other? Is being family reason enough to stay together? Now, they’re about to find out.

After 10 years' service as a cryptographer with MI6 during the cold war, the extremely shy and reclusive George Withers becomes editor and compiler of the Sunday Times crossword. 30 years later and now in his 60's, an old MI6 colleague asks him to place a code within the Sunday Times cryptic crossword puzzle. George is totally unaware the code is a catalyst for a number of gruesome deaths around the world.The Serbian father of one of the victims discovers the puzzlemaker had something to do with his son's death, and goes on the hunt. Georges' quiet world of puzzles changes into a nightmare hunt through the streets of London. While on the run he tries to decipher that last fatal cryptic code in the puzzle he got from his friend, who has now disappeared, and hopefully save his own life and others near to him.

Together again, but for how long?A promise kept, another one made, and the ghost of guilt threatens madness.For Wren, her dream has come true. For Robyn, the fate of a friend will determine her future. Now everything rests on one decision.Two sisters, a new nightmare. Gangs, armies, the undead hordes, they must face them all to find peace, but at what cost?They have fought through hell to find each other, but nothing prepared them for this.Will they get to live happily ever after? Or will this really be the end of everything?

A UNIQUE NEW APPROACH THAT’S LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT TO THE BRAINYou know that moment when you feel as though a lightning bolt has hit you because you finally get something? That’s how this book will make you react. (We hope!) Each chapter makes sure that what you really need to know is clear right off the bat and sees to it that you build on this knowledge. Where other books ask you to memorize stuff, we’re going to show you the must know ideas that will guide you toward success in physics. You will start each chapter learning what the must know ideas behind a physics subject are, and these concepts will help you solve the physics problems that you find in your classwork and on exams.Dive into this book and find:• 250+ practice questions that mirror what you will find in your classwork and on exams• A bonus app with 100+ flashcards that will reinforce what you’ve learned• Extensive examples that drive home essential concepts• An easy-access setup that allows you to jump in and out of subjects• Physics topics aligned to national and state education standards• Special help for more challenging physics subjects, including electromagnetism, projectile motion, and energy transfer. We’re confident that the must know ideas in this book will have you up and solving physics problems in no time―or at least in a reasonable amount of time!

Since escaping the zombie infested cities, there has been no respite for Robyn and Wren.Now though, the sisters finally have a chance to start afresh.But the world has other plans.They thought they’d reached a safe community. What they’d found was a powder keg with a lit fuse. Their hardest lessons are only just being taught.With love comes sacrifice.With sacrifice comes pain.With pain comes sadness.With sadness comes anger.School’s closed. Today is graduation day, and there’s just one thing left to learn: With anger comes revenge.

For sisters Robyn and Wren, nothing will ever be the same.The cities are burning, the world is in chaos. The dead are rising...and they're hungry. Safety? Security? These words are meaningless now. They fight, they hide, they run. No rest. No respite.All they can cling to is hope. Hope they can find others. Hope they can learn the skills needed to survive. Hope they can stay together.Their situation seems desperate, and the only thing they can depend on is each other.But is that enough?

They escaped the cities.They lived through the storm.But there are more dark clouds forming on the horizon for Wren and Robyn.The undead have made escape impossible. Ruthless gangs patrol the highways and danger lurks in the shadows. A new friend, a new settlement and things are looking up, though all is not what it seems. In no time at all they find themselves in the worst kind of trouble. Now they have to pick a side. Whose will they choose? Safety comes at a price. Is it one they’re willing to pay?

Before the worst day of their lives, wild horses could not pull them together. Now, nothing can tear them apart...or so they thought.A chance meeting, a bad decision, a stormy night; and the fuse is lit to their most explosive 24 hours yet.When the dead roam the streets; when enemies prowl in the shadows, and when strangers are not all they seem, the only people Wren and Robyn can rely on are each other.They have fought through hell together, but now, for one of these sisters, today could be the end of everything.

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When the dead came back to life, Robyn thought it was the end of everything. She soon found out it was just the beginning. The cool kid in school; always looking for fun, never worrying about exams.In the new world, every day is a test, and if she fails, there are no second chances.With her sister, she faced the unthinkable.Alone, she must do the impossible.One thing is for sure. She’ll find Wren… or die trying.