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A brilliant young Manhattan chef is compromised by New York's most successful mortician into opening a restaurant. Raymond Babchuk's food obsession began as a young boy in Hungary and followed him as a lonely New York immigrant. With food the only positive in an unconventional childhood, those early years served as an apprenticeship for an international award-winning career as a chef. However ambitious and daring, a difficult genius, Raymond's world is changed forever when he opens his new remarkably unconventional diner.

The Taiwan situation spiraling dangerously out of control, the US navy in the area is placed on high alert. America facing the aggressor implies to China that it won’t back down and a state of war between the two countries is imminent.

The first Podric Moon story - 17-year-old Podric - a brilliant computer games player - tragically loses his aviator dad in a flying accident. Temporarily losing his interest in computer games, Podric meets Archie Light a computer games writer who rekindles his interest in them. Partly driven by a desire to somehow reconnect with his dad, seeking adventure from his shattered world, and driven by a desire to find some new dimension to a computer game - Podric discovers a super highway mind path - an alternative reality - ultimate alternative reality: life inside a computer game.

A follow-up to the ingenious tales of the 17-year-old Podric, a brilliant computer games player travelling back in time via alternate reality inside a computer game. As well as experiencing all the life-defining teenage 21st-century challenges—girls, exams, and the odd spot—Podric’s studying the American Civil War for his GCSE history. Podric and his friends find adventure at Shiloh, Bull Run, and Gettysburg. After meeting President Lincoln, the friends help an African American classmate find safety from the clutches of the Deep South, escaping via the Underground Railway.

The third instalment of the fascinating Podric Moon story: a new follow up to the ingenious tales of the 17-year-old Podric, a brilliant computer games player travelling back in time via alternative reality: life inside a computer game.