Steven James Libros

In Checkmate, critically acclaimed novelist Steven James offers a climactic chapter in his bestselling series, the Bowers Files. When a clandestine FBI facility is attacked, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into the vicious, ruthless story that a killer from his past is bent on telling the world. Clues lead to long-forgotten secrets buried deep beneath Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Now Bowers is caught up in trying to stop one of the deadliest attacks ever planned on American soil. Smart, tense, and full of mind-bending twists and turns, Checkmate explodes onto the scene, bringing this cycle of the Bowers Files to an unforgettable conclusion.

When you focus on what lies at the heart of story - tension, desire, crisis, escalation, struggle, discovery - rather than plot templates and formulas, you'll begin to break out of the box and write fiction that resonates with your readers. Story Trumps Structure will transform the way you think about stories and the way you write them, forever.

So you've completed the first draft of a novel-now what? Chances are, it's not a perfect, publishable manuscript ... at least not yet. Troubleshooting Your Novel takes readers through 100 issues that their novel might face and presents practical, hands-on instruction for taking their fiction from good to great.

"After teaching this technique successfully for years, Steven is introducing all-new projects in this book. In a series of 25 small projects (pendants and beads), Steven will explore creating structural metal work (such as hinges) and applying enamel effects such as faux raku. Simple techniques include sawing/cutting/punching; dapping; riveting; lashing; soldering; and enameling. All these techniques are simplified and the only torch needed is a hand-held one that can be used in a home studio." -- Amazon description.

A baffling fire rips through a top-secret Naval research facility, and Special Agent Patrick Bowers is called in to investigate. His unique ability to pinpoint the time, place, and spatial factors of any crime tells him that the arsonists were going after something very specific--and they have succeeded. Now, with a device of unimaginable lethal power in the wrong hands, Bowers must stop a criminal mastermind from enveloping him and those he loves in a trap from which there is no escape!

Unleash the power of storytelling to transform your talks, speeches, and presentations---whether your audience is a boardroom of executives, a classroom of students, or an auditorium full of eager listeners.

From the critically-acclaimed author whom Publishers Weekly has called a master storyteller comes a taut new thriller where things are not always as they appear to be.

‘Harteloos’ van Steven James is een bloedstollende thriller in de serie over FBI-agent Patrick Bowers, die dit keer in een web van leugens verstrikt raakt.FBI-agent Patrick Bowers onderzoekt de zelfmoord van de zoon van een senator. Als hij het geheim achter de zelfmoord probeert te ontrafelen en de eeuwenoude code probeert te achterhalen die licht op de zaak zou kunnen werpen, komt hij op een donker pad met vetes en dodelijke geheimen terecht. De mensen van wie hij houdt komen in gevaar.'Harteloos' is het vervolg op Misleiding en Bloedrood. Deze Patrick Bowers-serie speelt zich af in New York, vóór de gebeurtenissen van 'De Pion' en ná 'Openingszetten'.

Als ein totes Mädchen im Lake Algonquin gefunden wird, glaubt der 16-jährige Daniel, wie alle anderen auch, dass seine zwei Jahre jüngere Mitschülerin Emily durch einen tragischen Unfall ums Leben kam. Doch bei ihrer Beerdigung hat er eine Vision von ihr, wie sie ihn um Hilfe bittet. Daniel glaubt, dass sie ermordet wurde. Doch keiner will ihm glauben. Es fällt Daniel immer schwerer, zwischen seinen Visionen und der Realität zu unterscheiden. Doch er muss den wahren Killer stellen, bevor dieser wieder tötet ...