Books with author Michael Pace

RIDDLESThis fun book of riddles is split into two sections. The first section contains a wide variety of riddles, suitable for all ages. The second section contains the answers!Have fun testing yourself, your friends, and your family with the riddles within! Some riddles are simple, some are funny, and some will really challenge you. See just how many you can answer correctly!Get your copy today!

When your eyes have been opened, it’s hard to close them again…Maeve tried to escape and forget all this magic stuff, but when she finds a seam opened in her apartment, she comes to realize that this is her new reality.Magic exists. And she so needs to move.There’s no use running, and she desperately needs answers after the bombshell dropped on her in the Crystal Crypt. Maeve has unfinished business at Spellcrest Academy, but this time will be even harder than the last. Her needle is gone—her powers, nonexistent. In essence, she’s gone from one of the most powerful new students to the absolute weakest.And it’s important for her to keep up with the rest of her class in order to remain enrolled—and she needs to remain enrolled in order to find the answers she seeks.This sure as hell isn’t going to be easy.Maeve's journey continues in the breathtaking second book of the Spellcrest Academy series.Buy now!*Beware of spoilers in the reviews below without spoiler alerts*

Acheron Island is a world lost to time, home to prehistoric creatures from earth’s savage past.The island’s occupants range from ferocious, man-eating dinosaurs and savage Ape Man tribes to strange ruins from a lost civilization. It is also home to Sir Edwin Crowe, son of the Victorian explorer who discovered Acheron Island, renowned big game hunter, scarred Great War veteran, and last of the world’s Gentleman Adventurers.But now Acheron Island has some new residents – ruthless American businessman Selwyn Slade and an army of corporate cronies. Why has Slade brought all of his modern industrial power to conquer this world from the past? Can Sir Edwin uncover his strange purpose and protect this prehistoric world? Sir Edwin’s only allies are his stalwart Ape Man partner, a beautiful torch singer with a mysterious agenda, his strong-willed sister and her archaeologist boyfriend, and a family of American tourists – and they’re about to become the last hope of a lost world.Its Jazz Age meets the Mesozoic Age in a world where cave men, gangsters, hunters, zeppelins, pirates, warlords and dinosaurs clash for a chance of survival. All that and more is waiting for you in Dinosaur Jazz, a tale of high adventure in a prehistoric world.For more action & adventure in the exciting world of Acheron Island, be sure to check out Dinosaur Dust: A Novel of the Jurassic Club, by Michael Panush.

Sacrifices must be made…Just when she thinks she’s regaining a smidgen of control, Maeve finds herself starting back at square one. After another bitter betrayal, she doubles her efforts on training for the anticipated battle ahead.Maeve’s not ready to face the Sewn Man again, but she’s forced to sign a contract in blood, requiring her to do just that. With the help of her mother and those she used to consider enemies, Maeve must retrieve the lost needle and return it to the headmistress. If she fails, then her parents will never be pardoned. And if she tries to keep the needle for herself, then she will be imprisoned in a soul crystal—in other words, she’ll become crystallized.In order to keep the Academy safe, it will require everyone to put aside their squabbles and differences and confront the army amassing at the Academy’s gate. And the Sewn Man is leading the charge.The fate of the Academy is at stake.Class is out of session. Now, it’s time for the students of Spellcrest Academy to use what they’ve been learning, but will it be enough?Maeve's new and old worlds collide in the electrifying third book of the Spellcrest Academy series.Buy now!

THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT CHANNEL 5 DOCUMENTARYA glimpse of life inside the world’s most secretive country, as told by Britain’s best-loved travel writer.In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stations. His resulting documentary for Channel 5 was widely acclaimed.Now he shares his day-by-day diary of his visit, in which he describes not only what he saw – and his fleeting views of what the authorities didn’t want him to see – but recounts the conversations he had with the country’s inhabitants, talks candidly about his encounters with officialdom, and records his musings about a land wholly unlike any other he has ever visited – one that inspires fascination and fear in equal measure.Written with Palin’s trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, the journal offers a rare insight into the North Korea behind the headlines.

"Between the most excellent characters, the settings to vivid you'll see them in your dreams and all of the crazy paranormal shenanigannery Stein and Candle get into, there's not much left to NOT love. It's campy, it's crazy and most of all it's fun. You really can't beat that." - Donna @ BiteMyBooks.com (Review of S&C, Vol. 1)Overview:A wealthy Hawaiian hotelier is chewed to death by sharks - in his penthouse office. A traveling salesman goes missing - in a shady New England town full of monstrous fishmen. A new casino gets supernaturally good luck in Vegas - thanks to ancient Egyptian magic.These are the cases taken by Morton Candle and Weatherby Stein. Mort's a hardboiled ex-paratrooper turned two-gun shamus. Weatherby's a fourteen-year-old wiz kid and heir to the greatest family of European sorcerers. Now they're a pair of private detectives specializing in the paranormal, the supernatural and the just plain weird.But sometimes, arcane evil goes back a long way and a dangerous force from deep in the past of Stein's family is about rise. Weatherby and Mort will put everything they have into stopping it - and it might not be enough.More Praise for Stein & Candle:"Reminiscent of old timey detective fiction, these seven creepy crime stories revolve around amateur sleuths from opposite sides of the pond - poor brawny American/rich brainey Brit - and their passion for pursuing paranormal perps of all stripes. Vampires. Hoodoo. Undead. All the crazy of a thriller saturated in deep dark noir enui." - Blithe Queste (Review of S&C, Vol. 1)If you loved the "zombie noir" craziness of Stein & Candle, Vol. 2 - be sure to search for these equally wonderful titles from Curiosity Quills Press:The Stein & Candle Detective Agency, Vol. 1: American Nightmares - the seven cases that started it all! Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my!Shadow of a Dead Star - a dark and dystopian sci-fi noir by fellow Curiosity Quills Press author, Michael Shean, set in a cyberpunk-infused Seattle of the future.The Department of Magic - a nightmare gallop through a world of spooks, ghosts, and South American gods in this Washington D.C.-based urban fantasy.Wilde's Fire (and its sequel, Wilde's Army) - for your YA urban fantasy fix with a romantic twist, Krystal Wade's trilogy hits the spot.

Cairo, 1910. Captain Owen, The Mamur Zapt, is the head of Egypt's Political CID in the heyday of British Rule. He is ultimately responsible for law and order in the Khedive's Cairo. When the rules, whether obvious or hidden, are flouted, he steps into action - although it sometimes looks like he's merely stepped sideways, out of the way. Now it is the end of the boom, leaving banks beleaguered and borrowers in trouble whether the poorest land-working fellahin or the richest land-owning Pashas. Then a civil servant suspiciously dies at his desk. The whiff of corruption is in the air. Even Owen, who is supposed to be investigating the affair, appears to be living beyond his means. As he turns to such unlikely allies as the Grand Mufti, the local barber, and the Widow Shawquat, he penetrates to the heart of such sinister organizations as the Khedive's Agricultural Society. The rich are tricky, and money speaks louder than words, challenging Owen to use all his skills to stop the Camel of Destruction....

For Weatherby Stein and Morton Candle – private detectives specializing in the paranormal – life normally isn’t easy.They deal with cases that pit them against ferocious demons in the Tokyo underworld, Satan-worshipping teenagers in a seemingly normal suburb and lizard-men in a Lake Tahoe lounge, and they still manage to come out on top.But now one of Weatherby’s ancient ancestors, the villainous Viscount Wagner Stein, has been resurrected and is looking to stir up trouble – and he’s not alone.Facing down dangers from the past like the Viscount and the newly arisen Dracula, Lord of Vampires, Weatherby and Mort have no choice but call in help.They’ll bring in Weatherby’s sister, a college student studying folklore and her beatnik boyfriend.They’ll bring in Morton’s squad mates, a tough bunch of soldiers who stormed through Europe together.And they’ll bring in a hulking monster named Adam, with another connection to the past of Weatherby’s family.Weatherby, Morton and their allies make a stand to stop the evils of the past from corrupting of the future – and only one faction will make it out of the battle alive.

A daughter’s desperate search. A secret society. A mysterious stranger who could take her breath away for good…Fiona Winter refuses to give up the search for her estranged father. But after spending years chasing down dead ends, those she loves most refuse to support her quest any longer. Just when all hope seems lost, a dark, mysterious stranger promises answers… for a price…Fiona reluctantly agrees to Matthew Mercer’s intriguing proposal, and she’s tossed headfirst into an underground world of monsters that shouldn’t exist. To find her father, she’ll need to venture into the dark with a guide who might be just as dangerous as the creatures she’ll face. Can she trust the captivating Matthew or is he leading her to a fate worse than death?Angeles Vampire is the first book in an addictive new paranormal series that’s perfect for fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and A Shade of Vampire. If you like unearthly plot twists, heart-stopping chemistry, and characters with dark secrets, then you’ll love this new take on the lore you crave. Buy Angeles Vampire to quench your thirst for the supernatural today! *Beware of spoilers in the reviews below without spoiler alerts*

Cairo, 1910. Captain Owen, The Mamur Zapt, is the head of Egypt's Political CID in the heyday of British Rule. He is ultimately responsible for law and order in the Khedive's Cairo. When the rules, whether obvious or hidden, are flouted, he steps into action - although it sometimes looks like he's merely stepped sideways, out of the way.Now it is the end of the boom, leaving banks beleaguered and borrowers in trouble whether the poorest land-working fellahin or the richest land-owning Pashas. Then a civil servant suspiciously dies at his desk. The whiff of corruption is in the air. Even Owen, who is supposed to be investigating the affair, appears to be living beyond his means. As he turns to such unlikely allies as the Grand Mufti, the local barber, and the Widow Shawquat, he penetrates to the heart of such sinister organizations as the Khedive's Agricultural Society. The rich are tricky, and money speaks louder than words, challenging Owen to use all his skills to stop the Camel of Destruction....