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Love waits patiently. Hate lingers in the cold. The way home takes Ignatz through thigh-deep snow, but he doesn't hesitate. Aunt Ruth would be waiting. She was always waiting with her bitter comments and scathing glares. He would have preferred to go in the other direction, back to town and then onwards to freedom, but he'd made a promise and Ignatz would keep it no matter what. Except night will bring death with it and Ignatz is too far away to reach Aunt Ruth in time. There is, however, the old apple tree outside the ruined temple, sitting in its hole in the snow. Shelter is shelter. Except when it's something else entirely.

Family Finds You In All Kinds Of Places Meyari McFarland brings you five stories of families built from strange, beautiful situations. From a dragon's horde of their new family's music to surprise wedding rings in the middle of moving a friend's apartment, the stories in this collection will charm and entertain you as they warm your heart. Includes: Sensory HoardFamily in ProgressIn Case of EmergencyUnder the Blackberry VinesRings of Beginning

Kenlahar, the scorned and outcast apprentice healer of the House of Lahar, was the reluctant heir to the ancient and powerful Star Axe. His possession of the Axe brought the black forces of Toraq, the evil sorcerer King, down upon himself and his homeland. Kenlahar fled for his life and took a few companions with him, including Balor, his warrior friend, and Sanra, his beautiful woman. They set off toward the Kingdom of Kernback to seek the answer to the secret of the Star Axe, but Toraq and his skeletal horde were close behind. Kenlahar's vows as a healer were never to shed the blood of another man, but when Toraq confronted Kenlahar and his companions, the fantastic power of the Star Axe was finally unleashed!

The reason there have been no verified demon sightings in the past fifty years is that they are all hanging out at Science Fiction/Fantasy conventions, winning costume awards.Tess Noncroiré, lost her husband of three months in motel fire. In a fever of grief, she drives blindly into the desert and disappears for a year. She emerges fifty pounds lighter and a Sister of the Celestial Blade Warriors, trained to combat demons. An interdimensional imp, Scrap, rides her shoulder. In the presence of a demon or tremendous evil, he transforms into a celestial blade, the only weapon capable of penetrating demon hide.Two years later, Tess has nearly forgotten her time at the Citadel, but she wrote a bestselling fantasy novel about her time there. She and Scrap, when traveling to Science Fiction/Fantasy Conventions, land in the middle of a native legend come to life. The Pacific Northwest tribes must protect a specially woven blanket that incorporates human dignity, honor, and courage woven in the ancient way. While the weaver sleeps, her dog must rip out her daily weaving. If the blanket is ever finished the world will end and humanity will die.The old weaver is murdered and the dog searches among adolescent girls of shamanistic descent for someone to take her place.The demons have other plans for the blanket.Can Tess keep the new weaver and her hell hound safe while dodging the devious manipulations of potential lovers and a possessive research assistant/anthropology professor who doesn't know how, or when to shut up?

Tuesday Morning: Watertown Project BluechipMajor Richard WestonHe read the report twice and then carefully set it back on his desk. Johns or Kohlson: One of the two had stolen samples of SS-V2765. It was not a question. No one else had the access, no one else the proximity or knowledge of where it was stored. Two of the virus, one each of the REX agents were missing. Enough to infect several million people, and that was just the initial infection. From there the infected would go on to infect even more, where it stopped was anyone's guess.Knowing it was one of the two did not solve the problem of how for him though: There should have been no way to get it out. Every area of the facility was under surveillance. There had to be more than just one of the two involved. From Complex C they were stripped down, showered: Out of the showers naked and into a locker room where they could retrieve their own personal clothing they had stripped out of that morning: Dressed, frisked, metal wanded and then allowed into the elevators that would take them six stories to the surface. This theft was not something either of them could have committed alone."Alice." He picked up the report from his desk. "I have a problem... A problem that requires your... Expertise. Two fold... First, all the guard and camera operators for C Complex are to be relieved of duty. You will personally interrogate them and find out which of them took a payoff to look the other way... Our boys, Johns and Kohlson... Both or one, smuggled out the virus." He paused... "It hardly matters in the scheme of things, it changes nothing, but it is the principle of the thing." He tossed her the report. "Read it... Quartermasters office... Handle that too?" Alice nodded before she bent and looked over the thick report. "Second thing is the virus agent and the REX agent are out there somewhere." Alice raised her head from the report. "Find it and bring it back?" Alice nodded once more before her head dipped low again. Eyes devouring the report. Weston leaned back in his chair, the cigar that was a near permanent fixture in his mouth, rolling from side to side as he closed his eyes and rubbed at his temples. "It goes without saying... They're all expendable," he added as an afterthought."Sir," Alice said before she returned to reading...Watertown is a mixed tale. It tells the story leading up to the Apocalypse. That tale includes the story of Billy Jingo, Alice Tetto, Major Weston's private secretary. Ben Neo and Jimmy West, hired Killers, and a drug deal designed to hide the transfer of a top secret drug stolen from the Underground Bluechip facility, that goes very wrong...

The first book in a brand new series... Modern Living Legend, a modern-day twist on the tales of myths and legends of yonder years. Suedette Greenwood unexpectedly became Lady of Greenwood Manor fresh out of university three years ago. Up until recently, Suede had nestled into her responsibilities without fault, opened a tea shop in the village and signed a publishing deal, writing and illustrating children's books. Life wasn't quite how Suede had expected it to turn out; alas, whose life ever really does? As the autumn leaves doth change and fall, the world around Suedette becomes strange. It could affect us all... Modern Living Legend is an amalgamation of tales of Olde -- told to the author as a child - and the mind of a true artist, who mixed the pallet of Myth, Legend, Ancestry and Magick to create a whole new world for all to see.

Dans l'ombre de l'exubérante assurance des hommes, des grands de ce monde, existe des ombres. Silencieuses, elles voient, elles écoutent, elles interviennent, depuis la nuit des temps suivant un code hérité de ceux qu'ils appellent les Sages venus d'Ailleurs . Une nouvelle fois, ces ombres veillent à ce que la troisième vague, la déferlante n'engloutisse l'humanité.Aponi, murmura Donoma. Elle a un potentiel énorme. Elle tient en immersion cosmique depuis vingt et un jours, votre choix sur elle Vénérable a vraiment été guidé par le Grand Esprit Cosmique. La dernière fois, elle avait tenu 6 jours avant de se réveiller. Cette fois ci, nous sommes au vingt et unième jour et tous ses signes vitaux sont arrêtés. Mais le corps toujours chaud. Elle a un pouvoir jamais observé dans les dix-sept tribus.Le cri continuait, mut par une énergie invisible. C'était une plainte interminable, qui s'élevait et la posture à genoux, donnait une image de supplication, de prière adressée à un Dieu apparemment lui-même dépassé par la capacité d'autodestruction de sa création, très encline à semer le chaos. Keyindé perdit son souffle puis, un autre cri plus puissant que le premier sortit encore de sa gorge. Il ressemblait à celui de dizaine de personnes. Pour la première fois, les assaillants ressentirent un froid glacial les traverser. Ils se regardèrent en silence, chacun sentant un malaise en lui. Lentement le cri s'éteignit, emportant avec lui, la vie d'une jeune fille. Le corps bascula sur le côté et s'affala dans la poussière, secoué par quelques mouvements réflexes. Keyindé partait avec ses rêves, avec son don. Elle s'évaporait comme elle avait vécu; dans l'anonymat d'un monde trop cruel et injuste. Sa vie et sa mort, auraient été un fait divers, une parenthèse entre des faits divers. Keyindé ne savait pas que le destin tragique de sa vie et, celui de son village, connaîtraient moins de tweets, que la dernière apparition seins nus, d'une rock-star sur scène le jour même. Résultat de centres d'intérêts divergents, dans la définition de la valeur donnée au prix de la vie et des priorités dans le monde qui était le sien.En un millionième de seconde, la Dezba fut projetée à des milliers de kilomètres dans un endroit où, elle effleura la présence de trois élus de rang tentaculaire qui avaient été dépêchés sur place. Elle pouvait les voir, mais ce serait trop d'énergie dissipée. Leur méditation renforçait son travail. Elle les ressentait, de même que L'Echou qu'elle avait ressenti deux ans plus tôt, après le massacre de Dunkary s'était à nouveau manifestée et son intensité grandissait. C'est la raison pour laquelle le Conseil avait requis leur aide. Le passé et le présent faisaient un en elle. Elle et toutes les Dezba, vivaient maintenant une parfaite dissolution de l'espace-temps et la partageait avec les membres de l'Ordre. Personnes uniques à la fonction unique, elles étaient le pilier sur lequel reposait l'Ordre Cosmique Sacré pour déployer son oeuvre salvatrice......... La chaleur du fluide, déclencha des pleurs chez les bébés, chez qui aucun traumatisme n'était plus visible. Des miraculés dira-t-on dans les journaux. Deux femmes enveloppées par des flammes se sentirent la force de sauter du bus par les fenêtres brisées. Dans la réalité, Isha ou Celui qui est né pour protéger utilisa de son fluide cosmique pour leur donner assez d'énergie. Tout se passa l'instant d'une seconde, comme si le temps était remonté d'un quart de tierce pour limiter les dégâts. Les trois Dezba absorbèrent le flux de colère des passants, des amis, des parents peut-être qui étaient sur le lieu de l'attentat.

a Story about a regular human from another planet who by accident, gets infected with molecules that allows his body to have super powers. ( Written and created in South Africa )The Snapper Trapper(TM) comic book series will get your mind all wondering and your imagination all exploding with things that you never really thought could ever be possible. This comic book series has got it all. There's strange looking aliens that you've never ever seen before or thought was even possible, then there's all the futuristic gadgets and inventions that could possibly be invented in the near future. ( Who knows?)This comic is created with the idea to make you ( the reader ), wonder if there is humans, aliens or creatures on other planets. And the creator really took the effort and went out of his way to create and illustrate all these possibilities and more...Never will you ever see a graphic novel like this one, that will really let you wonder about things out there in the infinite universes. Naden Trapper who is later known as Snapper Trapper(TM), tells the story of a regular human ( just like you and I ) who is from another planet that is almost similar to planet Earth. But what makes Snapper Trapper(TM) different is that he gains some special abilities or super human powers by mistake when he goes with his friend to visit a Technology Expo.You will just have to read this awesome fiction graphic novel to find out what happens next in this action fantasy and comedy comic book series...

Readers call the ARISEN series: "the most harrowing, sustained action sequences I think I've ever read" ... "Such a wild ride of a story you have to hang on for your life" ... "a hell-fire white-knuckled rampage" ... "Holy fuuuuu!! Strap on your big boy or girl pants and get ready for a ride" ... "so action packed they leave you breathless" ... "need to get to the end before my husband divorces me" ... "have been wildly engrossed for days" ... "easily ranks in the top tier of all modern thriller fiction" ... "eternally stamped in my memory" ... "Comparable to the very best Tom Clancy novels mixed in with the very best Stephen King" ... "will have you turning pages until 2 AM on a work night" ... "They grab you on the first page and kick your ass through the entire series..." ALPHA TEAM BATTLES ITS GREATEST NEMESISWith Juice in heavy contact on the do-or-die shore mission, Ali in a blistering sniper duel over the south Atlantic, and Homer all alone and massively outnumbered deep beneath the keel of the JFK, the Alpha operators are in the fight of their lives - against tactically outstanding, pain-invulnerable, and utterly merciless Spetsnaz commandos - and with no guarantees about who will be left standing at the end... THE JFK CLINGS TO SURVIVALPerilously low on ammo, fuel, planes, pilots, and options, and seemingly outmaneuvered at every turn, the beleaguered John F. Kennedy engages in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with the gigantic and weapons-bristling Russian battlecruiser - with not just their lives on the line, but the lives of everyone on the planet... ONE TROOP FIGHTS FURIOUSLY TO HOLD THE CENTERAs London comes under unrelenting siege, Jameson and the Royal Marines face down a lightning-fast and terrifyingly uncontrolled outbreak in CentCom's Strategic Command Center - the beating heart of humanity's last defenses against the dead - and with no one but them standing in the way of total collapse and utter devastation... ARISENHope Never Dies

Readers call the ARISEN series: "As well written and conceived as any book I have ever read" ... "utterly compelling" ... "THE BOSS of the zombie apocalypse genre" ... "The pace and action are breathtaking" ... "the most amazing and intense battle scenes you've ever experienced" ... "Holy crap!! Nail-biting, pucker-factor 11, non-stop, badass, blow-by-blow action from the get-go to the very end" ... "Just WOW. Five Stars just doesn't cover this one. WOW" ... "rolls along like an out of control freight train" ... "well written, sophisticated, witty, compelling, exciting, well-researched, and supremely enjoyable" ... "I cannot believe how great this series is" ... "a knock down drag out kick ass read - the best ZA book series around, period" ... "six stars nothing less - I thought this series could not get any better, how wrong I was" With more than 1.5 million copies sold, and a 4.7/5.0-★ average on over 100,000 reviews, the world's most thrilling and best-loved military zombie-apocalypse series returns, powering toward its epic and cataclysmic conclusion. ARISENHope Never Dies

ARISEN readers rave: "moves like an avalanche" ... "Awesome, just awesome!!!" ... "Prose so strong I thought I was reading a video game in action" ... "Hold on to your hat - this stuff is addicting" ... "Madness & total mayhem at every moment - just brilliant!" ... "If I could give it six stars I would" ... "BEST ZOMBIE BOOK EVER!! And I have read them all. These guys are frigging great" ... "You can smell the smoke, feel the explosions, and hear the rounds headed down range" ... "Damn it son - that was a thrill ride!" ... "I am at a loss for words to describe this series - READ THESE BOOKS!!!" ... "maximum action - like an ultimate thrill ride" ... "had me holding my breath more times than I could count" ... "pure adrenaline all the way through" ... "Left me shaking at the last page..." More than 1.5 million ARISEN books sold, with a 4.7/5.0-★ average on over 100,000 reviews... THE KENNEDY STARES INTO THE ABYSSThe world's last floating nuclear supercarrier looks into the face of oblivion - as her thinned, exhausted, and beleaguered crew face the largest herd of dead ever recorded. Soon, the ship's five-acre flight deck will become the scene of a furious and desperate set-piece battle - like no combat any modern army has seen since Stalingrad. The ranks of the dead are infinite, and those of the living tiny, depleted, and running out of time... and of hope. THE ABANDONED RUN AHEAD OF THE STORM Surrounded, cut off, and left for dead, Wesley's band of sailors and survivors race ahead of the city-devouring swarm, desperate for a way off the land. Air strikes and shore bombardment threaten to vaporize them at any instant, the inlet onto which they flee is surrounded on all sides and filling up fast, and the least hesitation will get them all killed, infected, devoured - or all three at once. THE OPERATORS JUMP INTO MOUTH OF HELLHaving already dodged a hundred deaths by inches, the operators of Alpha team and MARSOC now fly into two converging storms of unspeakable violence, and must parachute in and reinforce the Alamo - the hopeless and doomed defense of the carrier. A thousand things must go right for them to have a prayer of survival. But it's the job of the operators to succeed even when a million things go wrong... Ride the human spirit to its utmost limit - in the most terrifying and thrilling ARISEN book yet: ARISENHope Never Dies

With over 1.5 million copies sold and a 4.7/5.0-★ average on 100,000 reviews, the ARISEN series is said by readers to be: "astonishingly good" ... "jaw dropping" ... "edge of the seat, nail biting, page turning mayhem" ... "terrifying, heroic, and tragic" ... "Riveting. Absolutely riveting." ... "relentless" ... "I couldn't not give it 5 stars. It is simply OUTSTANDING." ... "possibly a genre defining series" ... "Watch out Walking Dead - if this series ever comes to the little screen you are destined for second place" ... "the best post-apocalyptic military fiction there is" ... "totally stunning in its originality" ... "In the zombie genre, there simply isn't a book that comes close to these." ... "pure genius" ... "thoroughly engrossing, taking you on a wild ride through utter devastation" ... "Staggeringly good - the most consistently excellent franchise in zombie literature." THE OPERATORS FACE THEIR DEMONSMission complete, Alpha team enjoys their first chance to breathe and tend to their humanity. But the darkness leaves them alone with their demons - and those who have found love may yet learn that it is fatally incompatible with duty... THE CARRIER FACES UNIMAGINED THREATSThe JFK steams for Africa, despite rumors of lone Zulus still wandering below decks. But when Dr. Park and Sarah Cameron are trapped in an isolated compartment, they learn that one Zulu can kill you just as dead as ten million - while up on the flight deck, a lone assassin inflicts horrific damage on the hopes for a cure... LONDON PREPS FOR HUMANITY'S LAST STANDAmarie and the Tunnelers find themselves resettled in a chillingly post-Apocalyptic London, where mini-outbreaks are hushed up, and the displaced will cut your throat just to take your shoes - all as history's largest fixed fortification goes up along the M25 ring-road around the Capital... THE ROYAL MARINES DROP INTO HELLLieutenant Jameson and his battered Royal Marines launch by air to retrieve a rare biomedical device, which is indispensable to developing a vaccine - but which lies buried at the center of a perilously rotting structure in a city of millions (all dead). When the walls come down, and the horde descends, Jameson may be the last man standing - and his only chance of survival lies with a lone Apache pilot who refuses to obey her orders to abandon him... Hope survives - but the story of humanity is not yet written... ARISENHope Never Dies

Readers can't stop raving about ARISEN: "heart-stopping" ... "Knock Down Drag Out FANTASTIC!!!!!!" ... "left me with my mouth hanging open" ... "scary good" ... "the most original and well-written zombie novels I have ever read" ... "riveting as hell - I cannot recommend this series enough" ... "gets better and better with each book" ... "kick-ass crazy" ... "harrowing, riveting, and authentic" ... "Wow. Just wow." ... "Fantastic thrill ride into chaos!!! Just amps up the action" ... "one badass unstoppable bullet train ride" More than 1.5 million ARISEN books sold, with a 4.7/5.0-★ average on over 100,000 reviews... In Canterbury, as the virus rages out of control, one troop of Royal Marine Commandos fights a 360-degree battle for survival, while also racing to rescue the Channel Tunnel survivors from a relentless siege - all before Hellfire missile strikes and carpet bombing kill anyone left alive. Across the Atlantic, the crew of the USS John F. Kennedy risks a catastrophic reactor meltdown to get out of the path of a ten-mile-wide tide of the dead; while, onshore at the Naval Air Base, Wesley's tiny team maintains a lonely vigil - which turns horrifyingly dangerous as the edge of the storm hits, pushing desperate civilians ahead of it. In the air above, Master Gunnery Sergeant Fick leads a hand-picked fire-team of spec-ops Marines halfway across North America to take and defend an airfield on a remote island - but learns to his cost that it is a place with a terrible history, and very dangerous secrets. Finally, out on Lake Michigan, Alpha team races toward extraction... but first must fight their most harrowing battle yet - this time against the living, who are both more treacherous and a hell of a lot better armed than the dead. Who will be left standing at the end? Find out - if your heart can take the strain - in the biggest and most explosive ARISEN book yet. ARISENHope Never Dies

Readers call the ARISEN series: "a non stop thrill ride" ... "unputdownable" ... "the most original and well-written zombie novels I have ever read" ... "riveting as hell - I cannot recommend this series enough" ... "the action starts hot and heavy and does NOT let up" ... "astonishingly well-researched and highly plausible" ... "non-stop speed rush! All action, all the time - got my heart racing" ... "A Must Read, this book was a hell of a ride" ... "may be the best in its genre." Over 1.5 million ARISEN books sold and still climbing... Alpha team, the world's best and last surviving Tier-1 operators, are adrift on Lake Michigan - and fast drifting into what looks like a damned hostile shoreline. Deep in the National Forest nearby, a former police officer and survivalist battles to keep her family alive - and tries to decide whether the commandos of Alpha are more dangerous to her alive or dead. Meanwhile, the John F. Kennedy, the world's last floating supercarrier, is run aground off the coast of Virginia - and facing a veritable hurricane of the dead, blowing in fast. And finally, back in Fortress Britain, the terrible outbreak from the Channel Tunnel turns out not to have been so contained after all - and a death grip is beginning to close on London, and shaping up into humanity's very last stand... ARISENHope Never Dies

Readers call the ARISEN series: "Wall to wall adrenaline - edge of your seat unputdownable until the very last page" ... "staggeringly good - the most consistently excellent franchise in zombie literature" ... "the best post-apocalyptic military fiction there is" ... "one badass unstoppable bullet train ride" ... "moves like an avalanche" ... "edge of the seat, nail biting, page turning mayhem" ... "had me holding my breath more times than I could count" ... "THE BOSS of the zombie apocalypse genre" ... "The pace and action are breathtaking" ... "the most amazing and intense battle scenes you've ever experienced" ... "rolls along like an out of control freight train" ... "left me shaking at the last page" ... "insane propulsive storytelling" ... "They grab you on the first page and kick your ass through the entire series..." Over 1.5 million ARISEN books sold, with a 4.7/5.0-★ average on more than 100,000 reviews... When the Zombie Apocalypse came, one country had shut down its borders in response to a major terrorist attack. Now Fortress Britain is the last bastion of the living. And one international team of supremely elite special operators are humanity's last and only hope for survival. Supremely trained and armed, always the most skilled, resolved, and unstoppable among us, now the commandos of Alpha team are tasked with one last desperate operation. They must cross the Atlantic aboard the world's only remaining nuclear supercarrier and insert by air into the very middle of a dead continent, all in search of a rumored vaccine that might bring humanity back from the brink. But their op goes dangerously wrong from the start, with their team scattered to hell and back, and their target site a dry hole. Now they must fight their way on foot through a city of 3 million ravening dead guys, in search of an underground bunker that might hold the Last Man on Earth. But these undead will not be like any Zulus they have ever fought before - and they surround their new target in a writhing ring of death 30 feet high on all sides... ARISENHope Never Dies

Readers call the ARISEN series: "thoroughly engrossing, taking you on a wild ride through utter devastation" ... "Wall-to-wall adrenaline - edge-of-your-seat unputdownable until the very last page" ... "dials the volume to the point of annihilating the sound system" ... "rolls along like an out-of-control freight train" ... "totally stunning in its originality" ... "Pulse-pounding action at a relentless pace" ... "insane propulsive storytelling" ... "the most amazing and intense battle scenes you've ever experienced" ... "the best I have ever read in apocalypse fiction of any kind" ... "Blows World War Z out of the water" ... "The Game of Thrones of the zombie apocalypse" ... "The most complex, character-driven series I've ever read regardless of genre" ... "quite simply, the most exciting and intense series of books I have ever read. Nothing comes close." Over 1.5 million ARISEN books have been sold, with a 4.7/5.0-★ average on over 100,000 reviews - and for a limited time you can start the world's greatest military ZA adventure for only $0.99. When the zombie apocalypse came, one nation had shut its borders in response to a devastating terrorist attack. Now Fortress Britain is the last bastion of the living - and one international team of supremely elite special operators is all that stands between humanity and total extinction. Exquisitely trained and armed, the most skilled, resolved, and unstoppable among us, the commandos of Alpha team will be our last and only hope for survival. ARISENHope Never Dies

A Lost Princess. A Mysterious Box. A World full of Unhappily Ever Afters. It's been a year since Queen Erianna and Crown Prince Gabriel were married after the Summer solstice. The Lord of Darkness promised that everyone's happy stories wouldn't last, and that promise has been coming true in each of the realms. Key members of the realms have gone missing. Lines between light and darkness have been blurred. Loyalties are being called into question. It seems like everyone's stories have been turned upside down, and Prince Aiden of the Fall realm has discovered a secret about his past that could either restore or destroy his realm. The fate of the realms hang in the balance, and one person's choice could change everything. Can the royals of the Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer realms find a way to destroy darkness for good, and set their kingdoms right before the Fall equinox? Join Erianna, Brinn, Gabriel, Julianna, Darien, Aiden and Amber as they all must band together to save their realms from the pending darkness that's threatening to take over their world. Everyone has a choice-Which side will you choose?

Traversing a vast desert under a starlit sky, the young Prophet My'ala is forced to reconcile with the choice that she's made, and the journey her and her people have embarked upon in search of a new home. Accompanied by her family and their God-Elect, she must navigate an unfamiliar world fraught with danger, wrestling with a single question that will determine whether her people survive out on the sands.What does it mean to call a place home?With little choice, and a seemingly impossible task ahead of them, My'ala and her people press on over the dunes - until one day they encounter a small tent propped up next to an ancient well. Within the tent, they encounter a desert wanderer with a single, starlit eye, adorned in beautiful green robes and shiny golden jewels. Her name is Othella the Muse.And she may just hold the answers they're looking for...

The first ever interstellar spacecraft Sagan has been silently cruising through the blackness of space for 128 years towards mankind's first colonisation attempt in Epsilon Centauri. The Halfway event is fast approaching and the aging spinship will soon start decelerating the rest of the way to Aquanis, the ocean world that is promised to the 20,000 passengers that live inside its halls.Julian and Rachel have lived all their lives bearing the cruel fate of the middle generation, born too late to have seen the Earth and too early to witness Aquanis. There is no way out of their floating prison but people have kept disappearing over the years. When Rachel finds out her brother is the last person to go missing, both teenagers will stop at nothing until they discover what happened to him.What they uncover is a clandestine truth that has remained concealed since the Sagan left the Earth, a secret that will put everyone in danger and jeopardise the fate of the ship and the mission. The silent war that was happening in the shadows of the ship is reignited and there will be no coming back from it.

In Yellow Leaf, discover the journey of pianist Will as he navigates the uncharted waters of starting again after the unexpected breakdown of his fourteen-year long marriage to his childhood sweetheart. As he reflects on his past and his marriage, Will must confront the question of who he is outside of his relationship and what he truly wants from life, work, and love. With humour and heart, the novel follows Will's evolution as he immerses himself in the world of film making and encounters a diverse cast of characters from the music, media, academic and cultural spheres. Through this journey of self-discovery, Will not only reinvents himself but also challenges the perceptions of classical music. This introspective and thought-provoking story offers a rare glimpse into the mind and heart of a man amid a mid-life awakening.

From the ashes of common ancestors, can new societies forge a united path?When Abel, exiled from the Col'kasid, is discovered by a scout team from an unknown tribe, he finds himself embroiled in a struggle for peace. Together with Kaius, a New Emilian who understands the past, and Gideon, the great-grandson of the founder of the Col'kasid, they face a daunting task: bridging the divide between two societies with vastly different beliefs and histories.But negotiations sour when Gideon is imprisoned for attempting to steal ancient texts. Soon he finds himself torn between duty and temptation when the alluring ruler Liorah exploits his situation. Though she provides aid, it comes at a price.As the two tribes struggle to find common ground, a new threat emerges from the shores of the Barren Sea. The Zhanshi, a tribe formed from blood, has been waiting for a chance to arise as the only power on the planet. With the discovery of a ship that brought their ancestors from Earth, their technological advancements are stronger than ever, and they are ready to wage war.Betrayal and vengeance lurk in the shadows, and a fragile partnership between the tribes is threatened. As they face off in an explosive showdown, the question remains: can they overcome their differences and unite against a common enemy, or will they be destroyed by their own desires for power?The Widening Gyre is a gripping tale of extensive world-building, betrayal, and quest for power. If you love science fiction that explores the depths of humanity, then Benjamin X. Wretlind's fourth book in the Transit anthropological series is a must-read.Buy The Widening Gyre to see the shifts in power that occur when cultures collide!

After Max mysteriously disappears chasing a strange creature, Dan and Jake go in search of him. They find themselves transported to another dimension where the Wormwood Comet has impacted the Earth and initiated a nuclear winter. To make matters worse, the comet's passing has caused a catastrophic situation that will ultimately destroy the alternate Earth upon which they have arrived. With Max's help, they need to find a mysterious girl who is the key to interdimensional travel. With their presence, the inhabitants of the alter Earth hope to return with the trio to our dimension, ensuring their own survival. Strangely, after Max's alter personna dies, he begins to absorb the man's memories and experience, which may turn out to be good news for a familiar face that they find in the doomed dimension.Back on our Earth, the rest of the group struggles to stay alive with their new companion until the boys return. The mutants and other creatures have begun to exhibit new traits, and a scientist whom Eric meets may have the explanation for what's going on. But, the new companion is baffled by things that the group has already seen. Their only hope of survival in the future is to band together with a stranger's far away group, but they refuse to travel until Dan and Jake return with Max.THis long awaited 11th installment strays from the familiar to the extraordinary to be the [possibly] weirdest chapter yet.

From the author of the Gods Are Bastards series comes a new isekai adventure, in which a man is granted sinister powers he doesn't even want. On a typical day, on an average train platform, two warring sister goddesses found their avatars. One avatar, the young Yoshi, was swept away to the world of Ephemera to be a great hero of honor, courage, and light. The other, the not-so-young Seiji, was swept away to become a dark lord out to kill or conquer all in his path. But Seiji is in absolutely no mood for that nonsense. It's bad enough that on Earth he was a closed-off, misanthropic grouch with zero patience for other people. Now he's supposed to muster enough of a give-a-damn to lead vile hordes, crush Yoshi, and take all of Ephemera as his own? No thanks. Unfortunately, he doesn't have a choice. Seiji's patron goddess wants results, and if he doesn't deliver, she's going to take a serious interest in discovering his pain, suffering, and overall misery threshold. But just because he doesn't care about people, doesn't mean he doesn't care whether they suffer by his own hand. After all, just because you're the embodiment of ultimate evil doesn't mean you have to be a jerk about it. The first volume of the hit fantasy adventure series--with more than five million views on Royal Road--now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

An A-list Space Ranger force with a reputation for trouble lands in the middle of a multifaceted war in the second book of this military space opera series. Capt. Ben Dailey knows his team will always get the job done--no matter what it takes . . . or what rules they have to break. Whenever the Federation is threatened, they're one of the first units to the front lines to save their comrades' skin, salvage important assets, and kick some invader ass. But when Dailey's ship, the USF Murphy, is sent to the edge of the Void to help a planet under attack, what should be a simple rescue-and-recon mission turns out to be a political quagmire with potentially apocalyptic consequences. It seems the Federation and their otherworldly archnemeses, the Alurians, aren't the only ones fighting for territory. Several shadowy syndicates running mining and shipping operations out in the uncharted regions of the Void are meddling in the perilous interspecies conflict. Now, Dailey and his crew, with the help of a quippy AI from an ancient civilization and a mercenary Alurian just trying to get home, must travel to the other side of the galactic core to uncover the attackers and determine their motivation--before these small-planet skirmishes break into all-out interstellar war. Blending heart-pounding action, firsthand military know-how, and irresistibly charming characters, Lost Horizons is a brilliant addition to a unique sci-fi series that's guaranteed to thrill fans of Stargate and the Collapsing Empire and Expeditionary Force series.

Humanity is divided between those who have chosen a simulated existence and those seeking life among the stars in this far-future science-fiction adventure. The Beta Explorers have succeeded in their mission of terraforming planets to establish human colonies across the galaxy. But as the inhabitants of these new worlds come of age to govern themselves, their ambition plateaus and stagnates. Instead of continuing to pursue scientific advancement and space travel in the physical Betaverse, many prefer the simulated environment of the Metaverse, where they can live innumerable immortal lives, free from illness and harm. Separated from her fellow Betas, who individually transformed one world at a time, Angelique Komene cloned herself and produced hundreds of habitable planets. Through her clones, the Ange Angels, she has guided billions to create democratic societies. But when her people start embracing the Metaverse, one colony after another, the clones make a startling discovery: a virus code-designed to influence the humans under their care to reject science in reality-was uploaded into the Betas' simulated minds before their terraforming mission even began, presumably the work of the authoritarian government, which outlawed space exploration to keep humanity contained in the Metaverse. Now, it is up to Angelique and the Betas to implement an antivirus to purge the contagion and reclaim their autonomy from Earth once and for all. But what if the virus did not originate on Earth after all? It seems an alien civilization has been spreading its own colonies across the universe. And if humans do not return to their home planet, the aliens may destroy the entire race . . . The second volume of the hit science-fiction adventure series-originally released on Royal Road and perfect for fans of Bobiverse and Children of Time-now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

As Earth's biome crumbles, humanity fails to develop the technologies necessary to stop an impending climate disaster. Faced with widespread starvation and environmental ruin, a radical faction seeks to preserve a segment of humankind by unleashing a deadly virus, targeting the vast heterosexual majority in a drastic attempt to reduce the population and save the planet. However, this extreme measure falls short of halting the escalating environmental catastrophe. With the planet deteriorating rapidly, the remnants of humanity embark on a daring exodus. They set off on a 6,000-year journey to the nearest habitable planet outside our solar system. This epic voyage, devoid of star or warp drive, demands a completely self-sustaining environment, where everything, including the colonists themselves, must be recycled. Amidst this backdrop, one man finds himself an outsider on this formidable journey, constrained by strict rules governing all aspects of life, including reproduction, which is meticulously controlled to preserve the colony's genetic health. Defying these regulations, he forms a clandestine relationship, leading to the conception of an unauthorized child. This grave breach of protocol poses a moral dilemma for the crew: how should they deal with this infraction, and what consequences will their decision have for the future of their fragile society? This narrative explores the complexities of survival, ethics, and human relationships in the face of a daunting interstellar challenge.

Ever since childhood, Alisa Lark has always felt like an outsider among humans. Her sense of alienation dissipates when she encounters Dhona, an extraterrestrial from the planet Tuvranii and Earth's appointed guardian. Dhona unveils to Alisa the hidden truths of the world, exposing the many secrets shielded from humankind. Through Dhona's revelations, Alisa glimpses the lives and origins of the mystical beings inhabiting a concealed world. Alisa's unique bloodline presents her with an opportunity to embark on a transformative journey. She learns to harness ancient elemental forces and awaken the dormant power within her. By accepting this path, Alisa stands to become the thirty-eighth Legira. But what is the Legira? This title represents the judge and executioner of the hidden world, a role entwined with immense responsibility. The Legira's duty extends to maintaining peace among mystical creatures, safeguarding humans, and protecting the myriad secrets that shroud our planet. Alisa's journey towards this pivotal role is fraught with challenges and revelations, reshaping her understanding of both herself and the universe.

Now Queen of Esteopia, the welfare of Tympany's kingdom and the safety of her husband, Blekket Elrod, rest heavily on her shoulders. As war between the kingdoms continues, Tympany's determination to protect Blekket leads her to regrettably join forces with her eldest sister, Hadestia. Hadestia wants to destroy Kylantis, home of the Gods. While Hadestia helps Tympany develop her powers beyond what she imagined possible, Tympany's sister's methods of teaching send her down a spiralling path. A path from which not even Blekket can save her. When tragedy strikes and Tympany loses everything, she must recommit to the family she turned her back on to bring Hadestia down once and for all. Will Tympany save her people and her husband from the threat Hadestia poses? Or will she end up the closest to death an immortal goddess can get-alone?

Everybody will surely agree: Birthdays are fun. Hiking with friends in the forest is fun. Being young, reckless, and stupid is fun. Being curious is simply being human. And being human is considered to be fun, right? And since the day of your creation seems to always be something you want to relive, how about living it so many times you wish you were never born? Hi, I seriously wish I wasn't. "I feel like I'm going crazy. Either that or I'm in hell." I'm not a devout believer because no religion entices me like the bold effort it takes to be responsible for my own actions. Alas, I felt like I was in hell. Except, as a normal human being, I liked to exaggerate. After all, I'm not exactly to blame for not knowing I would turn up in a poor excuse of the fiery hole twenty-three deaths later.