Books published by publisher Vision Books

The Galactic Empire is in Grave Danger and unaware of what's coming! Can a group of young heroes find a way to save the galaxy and survive?Young Lieutenant Jarra Carsean, newly graduated from the Rim Patrol Officer Candidate School, is given a small ship and a crew of misfits, straight out of District Specialist Training. Can their young team come together and survive their first mission, a mission that becomes a much more difficult and risky endeavor than anyone suspects it will be? What they discover has huge ramifications for the whole galaxy and they will have to use every skill their team has to survive.Jarra carries with her a big secret that might well jeopardize her team or it may save them all and the Galactic Empire too.>>The first in the Far Future Sci-Fi Thriller series, Defenders of the Rim: Beginnings is a far future sci-fi thriller in a world that combines science that just might be possible many years in the future with a Galactic Empire, rebels and aliens.Sign up for my Reader's List at http://randalsloan.com/farfuture/

A young woman awakens from a coma and finds she has special abilities and with that, special challenges!Not only must she deal with total memory loss after awakening from her coma, Miranda Summerlin discovers that as the first patient treated with nanites, she has been given special abilities. Attending the nearby Space Academy, she uses her newfound mental genius to work on cutting edge astrophysics. Joining the school shooting competition team after discovering she excels at it, Miranda intends to keep her skills low key, but when terrorists attack the school, only she can prevent it.Miranda struggles as she has drawn unwanted attention from the star of the girls' soccer team at school. But Miranda will soon be faced with more difficulties as her growing skills are required to face her true nemesis, a rogue Organization that wants her nanites. She will need help to escape their agent. In the process, she will discover her true identity. But what is the cost for her rescue?>>>The first in the Near Future series, Awakening is a near future sci-fi thriller in a world that combines science that just might be possible soon with psychic visions and an evil Organization that is backed by an unknown power.Sign up for my Reader's List at http://randalsloan.com/nearfuture/

The world's bestselling detective series has never been more suspenseful. Trapped in deadly showdowns, courtroom trials, and dangerous secrets, the Women's Murder Club must fight for their lives.In a deadly late-night showdown, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer fires her weapon and sets off a dramatic chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced, a family destroyed, and Lindsay herself at the mercy of twelve jurors. During a break in the trial, she retreats to a picturesque town that is reeling from a string of grisly murders-crimes that bear a link to a haunting, unsolved case from her rookie years.Now, with her friends in the Women's Murder Club, Lindsay must battle for her life on two fronts: in a trial rushing to a climax, and against an unknown adversary willing to do anything to hide the truth about the homicides-including kill again?

“I will make you the greatest living artist in all of England! But you must work very hard at your art, and you must decide between your art and your work with the poor.” This was the choice that John Ruskin, the celebrated Victorian art critic, presented to the young Lilias Trotter. With a storyteller’s eye and ear, Sally Oxley traces the steps that led up to this turning point in Lilias Trotter’s life and the amazing adventure that followed as she turned her back on worldly fame and set out in faith for the mission work in North Africa. Readers young and old will be stirred by the enchanting pictures and lean, moving prose and will come away with a renewed vision of the world and their role in it. Lilias Trotter’s full story can be seen in the documentary film Many Beautiful Things, available at manybeautifulthings.com.

The fate of the galaxy still hangs on a knife’s edge. Intent on destroying all biological life in the galaxy, will the evil Aerstone begin their campaign against the Galactic Empire? Only a handful know the possible future and stand against them, our Crown Princess Jarra and her team, the Borjon and Octarian monks, and the Forerunner AI Adrihel. Will their efforts be enough or will the galaxy be plunged into darkness?Even if the Aerstone assault is postponed, what awaits in the future may be bleak for our Princess and her family. Can she find a way to save those she loves?>>The fifth in the Far Future Sci-Fi Thriller series, Defenders of the Rim: New Earth is a far future sci-fi thriller in a world that combines science that just might be possible many years in the future with a Galactic Empire, rebels and aliens.

Young Juliette is determined to win the upcoming Space Tech Space race. No one thinks she has a chance to win, but she was a secret talent and a new ship design that will surprise everyone.Note: This is a novella length ebook, not a full-length novel.Juliette Randolph, her brother and their friends to are determined to win the Annual Space Tech Space Race. Juliette knows the winning pilot gets first dibs in the upcoming year's Pilot Class at Space Academy and that is the first step in her team's plans for the future. Of course, there will be obstacles along the way.In fact, competing in the race is a man so determined to win that he will do anything necessary, even to the point that it may be the end of our young team. It will take help and the special abilities of her and her family for Juliette to win her way through.>>>The fourth in the Near Future Sci-Fi Thriller series, Juliette's Space Race is a near future sci-fi thriller novella in a world that combines science that just might be possible soon with psychic visions and an evil unknown power that will oppose our young friends.To keep up-to-date on the Near Future series, sign up for my Reader's List at: http://randalsloan.com/nearfuture/

What would you do if you saw a terrifying vision of a near future event?In this novella-length prequel to the Near Future Series, young Julie Randolph has just started to have psychic visions and she sees a horrific plane crash. She knows her parents will be on that plane. Can she reach them in time?Much is happening behind the scenes to lead to that critical moment. Who or what is orchestrating those events and what does it mean for Julie’s future?This book takes you into the origin of the Near Future Series, but it does more than that. It lays the foundation for the next book, Alternate (Forthcoming), the book that examines the alternate future that results from that pivotal event.But that’s not all. We get hints of the connection between this, the Near Future Series, and the new Far Future Series. In the first book of the Far Future Series, Defenders of the Rim: Beginnings we learned of galactic empires, rebels and aliens - and a special young team that has to defend the galaxy from a dangerous enemy. More books are coming; Defenders of the Rim: Badlands (Forthcoming) is already in the works - Our young heroes must do their part to save the galaxy from an even more terrible danger. Can they pull off the impossible a second time?Later, I’ll be doing more to tie the two series together, but you’ll have to be patient before you can discover all. It’s my hope that the mystery will only make it more fun.

RN-turned novelist Bill Clem weaves a chilling tale of medical mayhem in this seat-of-your-pants thriller. David Reel, Washington, D.C. plastic surgeon and researcher, is about to make medical history. After two successful trial surgeries, his new creation, a second generation lab-grown skin, promises to be a miracle for burn victims. But beneath the fanfare, David is an emotionally tortured soul, haunted by the deaths of his mother and best friend in a horrific fire years before. Now, while managing his legitimate surgical practice, David is pursuing a more ungodly quest deep in the confines of his lab. That, however, is just the beginning of the nightmare, when he discovers that an unrelenting psychopath is out to destroy him. With his patients doomed and David on the verge of a breakdown, he has one final surprise for the medical community. Something so bizarre, so horrifying, not even his nemesis could have imagined it. And it will push David Reel to the brink of insanity and beyond?

Sometimes Pain Opens the Soul....Fourteen-year old Irina Kotova’s life as a promising violinist collapses in sync with the demise of the Soviet Union. After her father is killed in a bar fight, her ailing mother is hauled off to jail without explanation. Now considered an orphan, Irina is forced to live in a boarding school where Russia’s throwaway kids are abandoned and forgotten. Irina is constantly tormented by Vadim Solokov, a mean-spirited hooligan who takes great pleasure in reminding her that nobody cares about them. Irina is convinced he is right, and the not-so-mysterious theft of her precious violin seals her resolve to escape the school or die trying. Will she find a place to belong before bitterness destroys all her dreams?

Our favorite Crown Princess Jarra and her Rim Patrol team must travel to the planet Borjon to meet their alien allies. What looks like a straightforward and simple diplomatic mission turns out to be much more. They learn they must go on a critical but dangerous journey into enemy space while there. What they discover on this mission could change the future for the entire galaxy, but it could possibly be their most dangerous mission yet. Will our young friends find a way to survive and change the very nature of the war they are fighting? Whatever they do, it may well come at a great cost.>>The third in the Far Future Sci-Fi Thriller series, Defenders of the Rim: Borjon is a far future sci-fi thriller in a world that combines science that just might be possible many years in the future with a Galactic Empire, rebels and aliens.Sign up for my Reader's List at http://randalsloan.com/farfuture/

What would you do if you saw the end of life as we know it in a terrible vision?Julie Randolph has seen a terrible future in a vision and she must do everything she can to prevent it. Young Julie is going to need all the help she can get. She must find her Zeke and other companions from her connection to the other reality and with their help attempt to accomplish the impossible.Will it be enough?One reader says “Jules and Zeke are my new heroes.” Find out for yourselves!>>>The sixth in the Near Future Sci-Fi Thriller series, Alternate is a near future sci-fi thriller in a world that combines science that just might be possible soon with psychic visions and an unknown evil power.To keep up-to-date on the Near Future series, sign up for my Reader's List at: http://randalsloan.com/nearfuture/