Bøger af Scott Baker

History, faith, science and love collide in this fast-paced action adventure. 'Scott Baker is a fantastic new talent!' - Matthew Reilly

Alfie is a schizophrenic boy who dreams of escaping Doctor Poppy's institution, which is home to eery robotic nurses, sassy wriggling worms, and mean old patients. His dream is to return to his family cabin where his mother was killed and buried in some mysterious way. In his disturbed mind, all Alfie wants is to dig his mother from her grave and to live at her side for the rest of his days. Certain that his chance to escape is at hand when he finds a key that he believes will bring down the tall walls surrounding the institution, he begins to plot. Problem is, Alfie doesn't know where he's supposed to insert the key-all he knows is that he must act before Doctor Poppy, who has a reputation for murdering unruly patients, foils his plan. If caught, Alfie will surely be punished severely.

Silas King is a fervent atheist and lucid dreamer. At its most basic level, lucid dreaming is being aware you are dreaming and being able to control some or all aspects of the dream. He learned about this technique in a support group for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and severe nightmares.One night, Silas is confronted by a robed figure that can travel through dreams that drags him into a war between dream entities he refers to as demons. All factions want Silas, but nobody is saying why he's so important. He thinks it has something to do with the father he never knew.Soon Silas' love interest and his friends are threatened by the dream entities attempting to manipulate Silas into joining them. Drug use and paranoia feed the fires of the situation. However, Silas is beginning to believe in his own power. As he learns more about why the demons are so interested in him, he has a much harder time reconciling his atheism with his new reality.Silas searches for the answer to his burning question: does God exist? All the while, he is bombarded with aspects of the supernatural that should make him a believer. Soon everything comes to a head, and Silas must make choices about belief, loyalty, love, and winning a war.

Neitherworld is a deliciously weird mix of alien races, Native American culture and government intrigue. Archaeologist Samantha Horner has excavated a unique site in Minnesota-a site that piqued the interest of crooked government agents and which houses the body of 17th-century shaman Voice-in-the-Sky. In Book 2, ten year-old Orenda-herself a descendent of Voice-in-the-Sky-has mysteriously transported Horner and her dig team to a far-off world. Horner realizes that the conflicts surrounding her dig has taken on interstellar import and that the nefarious designs of corrupt Washington agents are the least of their problems. Humanity is endangered by the Lupok, an alien race hell-bent on conquering Earth. Ishpiming is an even stranger and more ambitious work than its predecessor. Readers will remain entranced by this new world filled with strange creatures, extraterrestrial landscapes and startling alien races vying for galactic ascendancy. An audacious but thoroughly enthralling fantasy.

Way down yonder in New Orleans, you'll find the roots of jazz and a blossoming culture that is unlike anything else on Earth. Here, the laid-back atmosphere of the riverfront South has mixed with French sophistication, Spanish style, and African-American energy to create something greater than the sum of its parts. Though hit hard by Katrina, "Nawlins" remains the largest city in Louisiana and one of the top tourist destinations in the United States. "Laissez les bons temps rouler" is what they say here in the Big Easy, and you too can "let the good times roll" with a cool stroll down Bourbon Street, a hot Dixieland band, and even hotter Creole cuisine. Mardi Gras may be the city's calling card, but that's just one day out of the hot and muggy year in New Orleans. Go ahead, take a riverboat down the Mississippi, munch on some beignets, and watch the Saints go marchin' in. But when it's time to leave, you, too, will know what it means to miss New Orleans.

Blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy and a sci-fi flair, Neitherworld covers lots of ground with dexterity and grace. This unique story is populated with alien civilizations, 17th-century Ojibwe shamans, shady government agents and archaeologists. Akiiwan begins in the 1600s, when a talented Native American shaman-Voice-in-the-Sky-is contacted by members of an alien race who are interested sharing with the Ojibwe people their secrets and talents. Fast-forward to the modern day: government agents hire skilled archaeologist Samantha Horner to learn more about Voice-in-the-Sky's mysterious powers. But from the moment her excavation begins, strange occurrences, violent storms, unexpected attacks on crew members and baffling disappearances suggest to Horner that something strange is afoot. Horner's tale is told with skillful ease. The prose is elegant and precise. The descriptions-both of characters and of the natural world-are beautiful and evocative.

Want to dictate up to 5000 WORDS an hour? Want to do it with 99% ACCURACY from the day you start? NEW EDITION: REVISED and UPDATED to cover the latest Dragon Professional Individual v15 for PC and v6 for Mac FREE video training included! As writers, we all know what an incredible tool dictation software can be. It enables us to write faster and avoid the dangers of RSI and a sedentary lifestyle. But many of us give up on dictating when we find we can't get the accuracy we need to be truly productive. This book changes all of that. With almost two decades of using Dragon software under his belt and a wealth of insider knowledge from within the dictation industry, Scott Baker will reveal how to supercharge your writing and achieve sky-high recognition accuracy from the moment you start using the software. You will learn: - Hidden tricks to use when installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a Windows PC or Dragon Dictate for Mac; - How to choose the right microphone and set it up perfectly for speech recognition; - The little-known techniques that will ensure around 99% accuracy from your first install - and how to make this even better over time; - Setting up fail-safe dictation profiles with multiple microphones and voice recorders, without impacting your accuracy; - How to train the software to adapt to both your voice AND writing style and avoid your accuracy declining; - Strategies for achieving your entire daily word count in just one or two hours; - Many more tips and tricks you won't find anywhere else. At the end of the book, you'll also find an exclusive list of resources and links to FREE video training to take your knowledge even further. It's time to write at the speed of speech - and transform your writing workflow forever!

Christianity in America has lost its way. The cornerstone of the faith, Jesus Christ, possesses the virtues of kindness, meekness, humility, compassion and mercy. Today's national church leadership seems to stand for pride, prejudice, deception and greed. This writing stands as an indictment of those who have chosen to misrepresent the gospel. You pass judgment on others while practicing even worse things yourselves. You bow to the rich and powerful and are harsh toward the poor. You preach individual responsibility like we are all the same. Make no mistake about this: Most poor people are born into their circumstances and remain there because of limited opportunities available to them. Most well-off are born into their opportunistic, privileged circumstances. We are not all the same. The church has pushed its political agenda to the point of absurdity. How can it be an effective force for good when it offers condemnation instead of hope? Hope rests in the person of Jesus Christ, not in flawed, man-made, political ideology. America's ability to survive in the twenty-first century ultimately rests on the church's willingness to change its present course and pursue spiritual revival. Hopefully, Christians and non-Christians alike will find nutrition for the soul in this small book. In the future, demand loving deeds from the church, not pious words for show.

The Ultimate Comprehensive Guide To Amazon Echo Do you want to know how to work Amazon Echo? Do You want to know how to use Amazon Dot? Do you want to know the ends and outs of Amazon Alexa? When you read Amazon Echo: Update Edition!- Complete Blueprint User Guide for Amazon Echo, Amazon Dot, Amazon Tap and Amazon Alexa, you will be ready to use your amazon echo! You will discover everything you need to know about Amazon Echo. This insightful guide will help you learn what you need to know about Amazon Echo. You'll happy to find the tricks and tips whenever you didn't know existed