Michael R Stark: 18 books

The Fever burned hot and bright across a world unprepared for the devastation the virus would bring. Silence dominated the shattered wasteland left behind. Cell phones no longer worked. Static hissed from the old radio. No ships sailed through the nearby inlet. No airliners carved white trails across...

Stranded on Portsmouth Island, William Hill struggled to survive even as The Fever raced across the world leaving a scattered wasteland of the dead and dying in its wake. The news brought stories of storms and riots, of people starving while the government promised food. Two weeks before, life...

The Fever struck hard and fast, rising out of the slums and claiming victim after victim. At first, reports trickled across the wire in small segments relegated to the final seconds of the broadcast news. Lost among stories of failing economies and political bickering, few noticed what proved to be...

The old radio at the station had poured out haunting images of a dying world from the first day. Through it, the tiny group hunkered down at the Village of Portsmouth, bore witness to the death of millions. Where the sickness left off, storms and brutal emotions took over. Some fought. Some starved....

The Fever struck hard and fast, rising out of the slums and claiming victim after victim. At first, reports trickled across the wire in small segments relegated to the final seconds of the broadcast news. Lost among stories of failing economies and political bickering, few noticed what proved to be...

Murder follows three people in the stories inside. The first is a hit man who can't believe what he's asked to do. In the second, a farmer picks up a girl on a lonely road and gets more than he bargained for. In the last, a mother goes hunting.

Day by day The Fever grew stronger, surging across boundaries in its relentless assault on humanity. The news pouring out across the airwaves turned more shocking by the hour. Hospitals had started closing their doors. The dead and dying littered the landscape. The tiny group stranded on Portsmouth...

The Fever exploded across the U.S. and the world. Hour by hour the news grew worse. The virus was spreading at a bewildering pace, killing so fast that estimates had to be constantly revised. Even worse, it appeared to be mutating to an even deadlier form. Stranded on Portsmouth Island after...

The ship came down hard. Simon could see the wreckage strewn out across a wide swath of the alien landscape. Both of them made it, but Samantha was still trapped inside.They have one hope. Simon has to make the aid station before sunset. He is exposed and hurt. He has nothing to protect him from the sub-zero temperatures Samantha says are coming.He is their only chance.

Silence haunts the desolate world left in the wake of the Fever. The nights are dark, the days a stumbling venture from one horror to the next. In one place, William Hill stands in the center of a town where the scattered remains of the dead lie next to the road like litter tossed from passing cars,...

The dead things talk to him in whispers that glaze his mind. With them comes knowledge Solomon knows he should not have, understanding that does not belong in his simple life.Only Solomon knows the evil that has come to his hill. Only he can fight it. No one else will listen. No one else can hear the whispers.

John Abbot is lost, his memories shattered. Nothing connects. Nothing makes sense. There is only one thing he is sure of - his name. He carries it in his pocket on a rumpled piece of paper. He walks, alone and afraid. In his world there are only two constants. One is fear. The other is the thing that whispers.

Daniel McAulay is fresh out of law school when he runs into Johnnie Wells. The man is brilliant and ruthless. When he walks into court, he comes armed with tactics as brutal as he is crude. Johnnie is used to running roughshod over those around him. Daniel is the exception. Their relationship is built...

Taming the wind and making it sing to you isn't that hard. This guide to building wind chimes walks through construction methods, note charts, materials, and covers both 4 and 6 bell designs. Whether you build them for your home, to sell, or as gifts, this guide will show you how to build chimes that look and sound beautiful.