Books with author Jim Campbell

Lying due north of Australia, New Guinea is among the world’s largest islands. In 1942, when World War II exploded onto its shores, it was an inhospitable, cursorily mapped, disease-ridden land of dense jungle, towering mountain peaks, deep valleys, and fetid swamps. Coveted by the Japanese for its strategic position, New Guinea became the site of one of the South Pacific’s most savage campaigns. Despite their lack of jungle training, the 32nd Division’s Ghost Mountain Boys were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign: to march 130 miles over the rugged Owen Stanley Mountains and to protect the right flank of the Australian army as they fought to push the Japanese back to the village of Buna on New Guinea’s north coast.Comprised of National Guardsmen from Michigan and Wisconsin, reserve officers, and draftees from across the country, the 32nd Division lacked more than training—they were without even the basics necessary for survival. The men were not issued the specialized clothing that later became standard issue for soldiers fighting in the South Pacific; they fought in hastily dyed combat fatigues that bled in the intense humidity and left them with festering sores. They waded through brush and vines without the aid of machetes. They did not have insect repellent. Without waterproof containers, their matches were useless and the quinine and vitamin pills they carried, as well as salt and chlorination tablets, crumbled in their pockets. Exhausted and pushed to the brink of human endurance, the Ghost Mountain Boys fell victim to malnutrition and disease. Forty-two days after they set out, they arrived two miles south of Buna, nearly shattered by the experience. Arrival in Buna provided no respite. The 32nd Division was ordered to launch an immediate assault on the Japanese position. After two months of furious—sometimes hand-to-hand—combat, the decimated division finally achieved victory. The ferocity of the struggle for Buna was summed up in Time magazine on December 28, 1942, three weeks before the Japanese army was defeated: “Nowhere in the world today are American soldiers engaged in fighting so desperate, so merciless, so bitter, or so bloody.”Reminiscent of classics like Band of Brothers and The Things They Carried, this harrowing portrait of a largely overlooked campaign is part war diary, part extreme adventure tale, and (through letters, journals, and interviews) part biography of a group of men who fought to survive in an environment every bit as fierce as the enemy they faced.

A new hero emerges to save Dematr from destruction in this sequel to the Pillars of Reality series from the New York Times–bestselling author.For centuries, the Great Guilds conspired to keep Dematr unchanged. The Mechanics Guild kept secret the technology for steam locomotion, rifles, and far-talkers, leaving most people to live in a world of oil lamps, crossbows, and horse cavalry, while the Mages treated all others as if they were nothing—until Master Mechanic Mari, dragon slayer and pirate queen, and Master of Mages Alain raised an army to free their world.Kira of Pacta Servanda, Mari and Alain’s daughter, has known since childhood that she would always live in the shadow of her heroic parents. But then the world of Dematr learned that a new kind of ship had left the far-distant world of Urth. The ship would take just ten years to reach Dematr. But for what purpose? Kira is sixteen when the ship from Urth arrives—and she discovers that her world still needed heroes.

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.

What if all the adults were wiped out and children ran the world?Be careful what you wish for...Everly Hilton can see ghosts. Lucky for her, she needs them now more than ever. After the Event swept through the world, wiping out the entire adult population, it became a child's world. Now, it's up to Everly to bridge the gap between the living and dead--and with so many departed adults, she can barely handle her ability. To understand what caused the horrific event, Everly is forced to listen to the ghosts to keep the children alive. But with time running out, she needs help. Is Everly's connection to spirits closer than she ever imagined?In the series:All The Dead Arising (Short Prequel - not essential to read, just a bonus)All The Pretty GhostsI Am Never AloneWe Are Always ForeverThe Never Series Boxed Set (Purchase all together and save money)

Bernard, Dean, and Jorge look forward to some serious Frisbee-tossing and are psyched when Astrid shows up to swim, but Gabi is so freaked out she doesn't want to leave the car. Why is Gabi demanding they head home before dark? Maybe if anyone paid attention to her childhood tales of seaweed harvesting, they'd know something lurks beneath the waves.Jim Campbell is a cartoonist, comic book colorist, and animator who is well known for his work on Patrick McHale's Over the Garden Wall series on Cartoon Network and the comic books from Boom! Studios. Jim has been drawing comics off and on since teaming up with the Meathaüs collective in 2001. He has been a color artist for Dark Horse, Marvel, Spongebob Comics, Mad Magazine, and Tony Millionaire for several years. In his spare time, he plays in the Brooklyn band Paper Fleet.

Liam is his parents' only child, and that's just fine with him.Until the day the sister-he-never-had shows up at school.Just to make it worse, the sword-wielding Kari tells him they have an important quest to complete.And that's how Liam finds himself dragged into another world, facing basilisks and unicorns, cursed objects, elves, and even a dragon, all magical and dangerous, but none more so than the sister he didn't have until that morning. A sister who turns out to be quite good with her sword, and ready to use it when faced with things like a dragon as long as her brother is at her side.Liam begins to realize two things: it's going to be a very long day, and having a sister can be weird. But most unsettling of all, he's not sure he minds...

The biggest secret she keeps is her own.The residents of Lakeside have many secrets to tell. And they confide them all to Blossom Rae. Having just moved into town with her family, she quickly earns a reputation as the mute girl, the one who won’t tell your secrets.But it is the secret Blossom is keeping for herself that is the most important. Silenced by HIM after the Incident, she refuses to break the promise she made and place her family in immediate danger. Her lips will remain firmly closed.With HIM being spotted in Lakeside, Blossom decides to take the fight to him instead of always watching over her shoulder. Because some secrets just can’t remain secrets forever.In the second novel in the Keeper Series, discover what the teenagers of Lakeside are really capable of. You will rethink keeping all those secrets to yourself in the future.Also in the Keeper Series:The Keeper of Lost ThingsThe Keeper of Secret ThingsThe Keeper of Broken Things

New York Times best-selling author Jack Campbell's epic series, The Pillars of Reality, reaches its exciting conclusion.The Great Guilds, fearing the loss of their control of the world of Dematr, have gathered their power and joined it with the relentless legions of the Empire. The full might of that host will fall upon the fortress city of Dorcastle. If Dorcastle falls, the revolt led by Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain will fail, and their world will soon descend into chaos.Only Mari, believed to be the daughter of an ancient prophecy, can inspire the people and lead the defense of Dorcastle. The prophecy says she has a chance to win, but it doesn't say she will survive. Alain will stand by her, both willing to die for the other, but neither one knows if their sacrifices will mean victory.As they battle the Imperial legions and see friends fall, Mari and Alain face their greatest challenges. And if they somehow win in the face of impossible odds, neither one can be certain what sort of world that victory will produce.

A Storm that will wreck a world threatens Dematr. Only Mari, one of the Mechanics who control all technology through their Guild, has a chance to stop it. She and Mage Alain have survived numerous attempts to kill them and have gained many more followers, but the Storm of chaos, born of centuries of enslavement, grows ever closer.Mari leads an army now. She and Alain must fight together to bind back the Broken Kingdom and build a force strong enough to defeat the might of the Great Guilds. But the Storm has many Servants who seek to preserve or gain personal power or wealth, or fear the New Day that Mari seeks to bring to the world.And Mari knows that victory will mean nothing if the precious knowledge brought long ago to their world is destroyed. In order to save it, Alain and Mari will have to pierce through the heart of their enemies' power and confront once more a place of ancient nightmare.

One takes life, the other gives it.There are two sides of the Angel Academy of Excellence. The guardians are superior in every way and separated from the reapers by a big wall that runs right through the campus. Neither side is allowed to mix with the other.Eighteen-year-old Posie Maxwell was just trying to survive on the street when strange people turned up and told her she was required to attend Angel Academy. Failure to do so would result in her immediate death. She had twenty-four hours.Thrust into a world she had no idea even existed, Posie must come to terms with her true calling and accept the fact she is a reaper and required to take souls for the rest of her life. If only she could stop thinking about the hot guy on the other side of the forbidden wall.When demons start attacking the reapers, Posie realizes there is a lot more at stake than her heart. At Angel Academy, there are perils around every corner. Her new school brings death closer than it’s ever been before.Reapers is the first book in an action-packed series that is sure to delight lovers of urban fantasy.

Book 2 of the complete trilogy. I survived my senior year of high school despite being turned into a vampire. Summer break should be a snap. No getting up early or making excuses why I can't make it to class or hang outwith my friends.I had hoped to put the events of last year behind me. Unfortunately, the Sidhe won't let me. Nobody holds a grudge like they do, especially when you kill one of their own. They're intent on making my life miserable and considerably shorter. When Ann's parents vanish while vacationing in Maine, we head out to find them. Of course the Sidhe follow and I manage to capture the interest of another vampire. One who wants answers as to what makes me different.Answers I don't have and that might just get me killed for good this time.Dealing with supernatural attacks while trying to find Ann's parents keeps us on our toes but aslong we're together, we can handle anything. At least until things really start to fall apart.The Clanless Series:Senior Year BitesSummer Break BluesFreshman Year Freaks