If your name is Samuel, today is your name day.
Samuel is a male name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "name of God". 10 famous Samuels:
Samuel Clemens: American writer better known as Mark Twain.
Samuel L. Jackson: American film and television actor and film producer.
Samuel Pepys (Pictured): English diarist, naval administrator, and Member of Parliament.
Samuel Vimes: captain and, later, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch in the Discworld series.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: English poet, a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.
Samuel Wilson: American meat packer from Troy, New York, whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam".
Samuel Johnson: English writer known for A Dictionary of the English Language which appeared in 1755.
Samuel Beckett: Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Best remembered for his tragicomedy play Waiting for Godot.
Samuel F. B. Morse: inventor of Morse Code.
Samuel "Sam" Wilson: major character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe aka The Falcon/Captain America.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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