Books with author Jill Campbell

The first novel in the New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet series!The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century—and losing badly. Now its fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is a man who's emerged from a century-long hibernation to find he has been heroically idealized beyond belief....Captain John “Black Jack” Geary’s exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic “last stand” in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance Fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndics.Appalled by the hero-worship around him, Geary is nevertheless a man who will do his duty. And he knows that bringing the stolen Syndic hypernet key safely home is the Alliance’s one chance to win the war. But to do that, Geary will have to live up to the impossibly heroic “Black Jack” legend....

Captain John “Black Jack” Geary tries a desperate gamble to lead the Alliance Fleet home through enemy-occupied space in this novel in the thrilling Lost Fleet series.Geary is convinced that the Syndics are planning to ambush the fleet and finish it off once and for all. Realizing the fleet’s best (and only) chance is to do the unexpected, Geary takes the offensive and orders the fleet to the Sancere system. There, a multitude of possible routes home give the Alliance fleet a better chance of avoiding their pursuers—and an attack on the Sancere shipbuilding facilities could decimate the Syndic war effort. Weary from endless combat, the officers and crew of the Alliance fleet can’t see the sense in charging deeper into enemy territory—prompting a mutiny that divides them, and leaving Geary with the odds higher against him than ever before...

Please note: this is a short story. Flash fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel.Hannah and Harry continue their summer working at the animal shelter. With dozens of kittens needing homes, they certainly have their work cut out for them.When a series of dogs are reported missing, Hannah worries that there might be more to their disappearances than meets the eye. She starts investigating, trying to get to the bottom of it.Dealing with her first official date with Harry, too many kittens to handle, and a mother intent on sending her crazy, Hannah has her hands full.In the second instalment of the Hairy Tail series, find out how Hannah is spending her summer. A fun tale that will have you begging and rolling over for more.

Please note: this is a novella. Short fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel.In the third installment of the Hairy Tails series, the Mapleton Animal Shelter is under threat of closure. Needing some serious cash, they must set their sights on fundraising.Joined at the shelter by new volunteer Jessie, who has eyes for Harry, Hannah is plunged into a crazy world of jealously. She either has to fight for her beau or let Jessie win. And Hannah hates losing.Fighting for the future of the rescue animals, Hannah is challenged in ways she could never have planned for. Can they keep the shelter open? Or will she lose everything, including her first love?A moving tale that will have your ears pricked up and belly scratching until the end.

The powerful and affirming story of a father's journey with his teenage daughter to the far reaches of Alaska Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place. So when James Campbell’s cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his fifteen-year-old daughter, Aidan, to join him: Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice-cold river, and hours of grueling labor peeling and hauling logs? But once there, Aidan embraced the wild. She even agreed to return a few months later to help the Korths work their traplines and hunt for caribou and moose. Despite windchills of 50 degrees below zero, father and daughter ventured out daily to track, hunt, and trap. Under the supervision of Edna, Heimo’s Yupik Eskimo wife, Aidan grew more confident in the woods. Campbell knew that in traditional Eskimo cultures, some daughters earned a rite of passage usually reserved for young men. So he decided to take Aidan back to Alaska one final time before she left home. It would be their third and most ambitious trip, backpacking over Alaska’s Brooks Range to the headwaters of the mighty Hulahula River, where they would assemble a folding canoe and paddle to the Arctic Ocean. The journey would test them, and their relationship, in one of the planet’s most remote places: a land of wolves, musk oxen, Dall sheep, golden eagles, and polar bears. At turns poignant and humorous, Braving It is an ode to America’s disappearing wilderness and a profound meditation on what it means for a child to grow up—and a parent to finally, fully let go.

The Lost Fleet continues its perilous journey home. Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain "Black Jack" Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race.

The first book in a thrilling new epic fantasy saga by Jack Campbell, the New York Times best-selling author of The Lost Fleet series!For centuries, the two Great Guilds have controlled the world of Dematr. The Mechanics and the Mages have been bitter rivals, agreeing only on the need to keep the world they rule from changing. But now a Storm approaches, one that could sweep away everything that humans have built. Only one person has any chance of uniting enough of the world behind her to stop the Storm, but the Great Guilds and many others will stop at nothing to defeat her.Mari is a brilliant young Mechanic, just out of the Guild Halls, where she has spent most of her life learning how to run the steam locomotives and other devices of her Guild. Alain is the youngest Mage ever to learn how to change the world he sees with the power of his mind. Each has been taught that the works of the other's Guild are frauds. But when their caravan is destroyed, they begin to discover how much has been kept from them.As they survive danger after danger, Alain discovers what Mari doesn’t know – that she was long ago prophesized as the only one who can save their world. When Mari reawakens emotions he had been taught to deny, Alain realizes he must sacrifice everything to save her. Mari, fighting her own feelings, discovers that only together can she and Alain hope to stay alive and overcome the Dragons of Dorcastle.

New kids equals new potential friends...right?Twins, Tate and Kate, join Maddi's class with very mixed reactions. You see, Kate is a know-it-all and really quite painful. While Tate, her twin brother, is the opposite. He's super nice! The two new kids definitely have an impact on their classroom.Maddi can't wait to catch-up with Mr. TDH. She's desperate to find out what the rest of the note said. Was it something boring and mundane, or was it the question that Maddi longed to hear?And just when Maddi's life can't seem to get any more complicated, a Japanese exchange student comes to live with her family and go to school with her. Yes, life is certainly very exciting!Girls and boys aged 8-12 will love this funny new book by Bill Campbell.

Physically broken but as strong as ever.Being the daughter of the Keeper of Discarded Things has its challenges, but nothing Ruby Adison can’t handle. Her specialty is collecting broken things and fixing them, ensuring they don’t suffer from their injuries forever.And she should know. After a heinous car accident left her in a wheelchair for life, Ruby still dreams of holding those responsible accountable. She wants them to know how they physically broke her, make them pay for what they did.When she spots the car involved in the accident, Ruby knows this is her one and only chance. She uses every resource she has available to her to uncover the truth, which turns out to be far bigger than she ever imagined.In the third book of the Keeper Series, discover what it truly means to be broken. You will never think of a disability the same again.Also in the Keeper Series:The Keeper of Lost ThingsThe Keeper of Secret ThingsThe Keeper of Broken Things

The inspiration for The Last Alaskans—the eight-part documentary series on the Discovery Channel! Called “[one of] the greatest life-or-death-tales ever told” (Esquire), James Campbell’s inimitable insider account of a family’s nomadic life in the unshaped Arctic wilderness “is an icily gripping, intimate profile that stands up well beside Krakauer’s classic [Into the Wild], and it stands too, as a kind of testament to the rough beauty of improbably wild dreams” (Men’s Journal).Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth. Originally from Wisconsin, Heimo traveled to the Arctic wilderness in his feverous twenties. Now, more than three decades later, Heimo lives with his wife and two daughters approximately 200 miles from civilization—a sustainable, nomadic life bounded by the migrating caribou, the dangers of swollen rivers, and by the very exigencies of daily existence. In The Final Frontiersman, Heimo’s cousin James Campbell chronicles the Korth family’s amazing experience, their adventures, and the tragedy that continues to shape their lives. With a deft voice and in spectacular, at times unimaginable detail, Campbell invites us into Heimo’s heartland and home. The Korths wait patiently for a small plane to deliver their provisions, listen to distant chatter on the radio, and go sledding at 44° below zero—all the while cultivating the hard-learned survival skills that stand between them and a terrible fate. Awe-inspiring and memorable, The Final Frontiersman reads like a rustic version of the American Dream and reveals for the first time a life undreamed by most of us: amid encroaching environmental pressures, apart from the herd, and alone in a stunning wilderness that for now, at least, remains the final frontier.

Please note: this is a novella. Flash fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel.In the fourth and final installment of the Hairy Tails series, the Mapleton Animal Shelter is inundated with creatures of the scaly and slithery type.Fresh from her break up, Hannah finds herself treading on new ground as she tries to handle the exotic creatures, her new weird friendship with Jessie, and mending her broken heart.Drowning in snakes and lizards, Hannah and the team set out to discover exactly who could be missing such strange and terrifying pets. What she uncovers could never have been imagined, but it will be enough to reunite her with Harry?An ending to a tale that will have you performing tricks for more treats right to the last word.