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A young man falls for a woman whose father is a criminal boss. The man then desperately tries to escape their influence.

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts? Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the FantasticLand experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the ShopGirls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost? FantasticLand is a modern take on Lord of the Flies meets Battle Royale that probes the consequences of a social civilization built online. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

There is no doubt that Florida is an incredible vacation destination. Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, we have beaches galore. Even so, each beach destination comes with its own set of experiences and no two are alike. In this book, you will read about Amelia Island, Destin, Marco Island, Panama City Beach, Orlando, Miami, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Jacksonville, Siesta Key, Naples, St. Augustine, Key West, Daytona Beach, Tampa, Clearwater, Cocoa Beach, Islamorada, Key Largo, Pensacola, and Fort Lauderdale, just to name a few. This is not a complete list of all the vacation spots in Florida, but it's a great start. You'll also get a taste of delicious Floridian cuisine and tips on where to find some of the best food. You will also meet some of the wonderful people who call Florida home. To help you decide which setting is right for your next vacation, we have put together a handpicked list of our favorite Floridian vacation spots. We can confidently say that you are in for a treat no matter which place you choose. Every location on the list (with the exception of Orlando) features its own beach, and each destination has a distinct charm all its own. You'll get a glimpse of the activities, shopping, dining, and accommodations that each place has to offer. We hope that you will use this list as a starting point for planning your uniquely Florida escape!

A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Florida is more than beautiful beaches and pretty girls. This short story book is about some of the wonderful adventures I have experienced here. Some of the stories are true. Some are not. I hope you enjoy them all.