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Afghanistan now ruled by the Taliban was once a land of emerald valleys and exotic gardens. It had the scent of freedom where women went horse riding, studied literature, played music, and had freedom to work and entertain. King Babur of Afghanistan, who became the first Moghul Emperor of India, was a great patron of poets, scholars and theologians. The story of Balzeeb with its mystery and romance unfolds in this land of mystical charms, once a center of rich culture brimming with Afghani talents. Based on a folklore that one hundred years old serpent is transformed into a beautiful lady, is Balzeeb, exploring her own journey into past lives. All characters in this book are living, breathing emblems of wisdom caught in the tragic times of partition of Hindustan into two nations, India and Pakistan. The history of Afghanistan in the epilogue provides gradual decline of Afghani culture by brutal, foreign invasions, in transforming jihadis into Taliban extremists.

Twelve-year-old Neon Blue Greene is queen of the cafeteria, co-captain of the cheerleading squad, and has the most amazing dog any seventh grader could ask for. Her only complaint in life is that her parents named her after the color of a sports energy drink until the morning she overhears them whispering and learns that she has twenty-eight days left to live. Neon needs a miracle, but how can she get one in only twenty-eight days? Then it hits her. She'll do a good deed every day. She starts doing good deeds for everyone in town, from motorcycle gang dropout Knuckles Malone to her autistic classmate Bobby, who becomes a hero and friend when she needs one most. But when her best friends ditch her and her good deeds go sideways, Neon wonders if she'll get the miracle she needs ... before it's too late.

Bylmer, a sixteen-year-old Nightskin page, journeys from his comfortable castle life into a strange new world on a mission to find his missing prince. He befriends Luke, an Otherland youth, confronts marauding warriors, half human venomous beasts, chain saw wielding loggers, and a necromancer determined to destroy him and his pristine, native forest as well as one of the few remaining old growth forests in Oregon. The page becomes a key player in the mounting conflicts and must face his greatest fears and prevail by his creative wit and spirit or watch both worlds fall victim to relentless evil.

Just as anti-war leaders invite protestors en masse to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the author, twenty-one and unmarried, discovers her pregnancy. The father, a young Black civil rights worker, is thrilled, but what about Gail'sfamily? Her devout Catholic mother tries to have her declared mentally unstable. Her daughter is not only expecting a Blackman's child, but dropped out of college midsemester for reasons Gail can't talk about.As the Viet Nam body count grows, the couple fights an invisible war of their own. People on the street startle, wince, and stare. And when cops repeatedly stop Emmon for phony moving violations, Gail wonders if their bond can hold. Theirdaughter is born fat and full-term, but with a mysterious medical problem.How do Chicago's rage and Gail's secret shame affect her relationship with Emmon? And how will it all affect theirstruggling baby girl?

History has shown that as one evil is vanquished, another takes its place. But also, when one hero falls, another rises to take up the gauntlet.Was Danzi victorious? Did his apprentices manage to survive? Did the Emperor finally meet his demise, or did heroes only win a fleeting peace? Perhaps this story has no real end. We can each imagine the battles that were fought, the wounds that were suffered, the alliances that were made, the magic that was used, and triumphs and tribulations of mystical and mythical creatures.. Unexpected death disrupted Arisha's plans, but her family kept working on realizing some of her dreams. As a result, three books were published: Dragon Mage (2020), Dragon Banished (2021), and Dragon's Conquest (2023).

"People have this funny idea there's always a way out." The man stepped a predatory circle around a young woman, seated, and bound. "There's got to be. Right? Wouldn't be fair otherwise." He paused behind her. "Hate to break it to ya, sweetheart. Sometimes there just ain't no way." Slowly, he arched forward until his lips flittered against the curve of her ear. "That's why people die." In this collection of supernatural suspense five people face the challenges of their lives. Here, a lonely woman is drawn to danger for reasons that will only become clear beyond the point of no return. A little girl scrambles to save her brother in the ruins of a dying world. An elderly man pays for his curiosity when he is forced on a deadly ride to the country. Revenge is all a broken widower has left to live for, however, delivering justice may mean cutting through the innocent first. Finally, an old traveler knocks on a man's door and informs him an unpayable debt has come due.Enter Among the Stray, where the will to survive strains beneath the weight of the world.