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My name is El, and I live in a quiet southern town where the most exciting thing that happens is Friday night football and the Harvest Moon Festival. That is…until I learn that the three women who raised me have been lying to me all my life. I thought I was an orphan. I thought my aunts loved and respected me enough to always tell me the truth.

When Amalie walked into my life, I thought for sure my Father was trying to trick me yet again. Wasn’t it enough that He cast me out of Heaven and forced me to live among the humans? Now, He’s dangling the promise of a soulmate in front of my face hoping for… what? That I’ll give up my quest to destroy humanity once and for all? That I’ll miraculously find my true self again? He only has Himself to blame for the monster I’ve become and the destruction I’ve caused.

Andrew Hill occupies a unique niche in jazz history: Too iconoclastic to be part of the mainstream, he was initially marketed as part of the “second wave” avant-garde in the 1960s, yet he was too structured and anchored in the tradition to fit comfortably there. He often found himself on the...

Spider King barely knows anything about the mysterious programmer known only as St. Jude, except that she pays well and keeps her cards well-hidden. That’s understandable, considering she’s hiding from Richard Newbridge, a cold-blooded industrialist bent on killing her for stealing priceless secrets.

This time he’s been hired to recover a secret government project that has been stolen by one of the most vicious booster gangs in the world. The problem is they are hiding out in their high-rise fortress in the Nevada desert, outside the protection of civilization and the rule of law.

Depending on who you talk to, Spider King and his cohorts in the infamous Gordian Net are either criminals or revolutionaries in the ongoing struggle against the corporations that have replaced the federal government of the formerly United States.

Carlisle Homicide Detective Erin McCoy battles the jitters as the first woman in homicide partnered with Senior Detective Christopher Snow. On their first case, they track a serial killer who's stalking family members embroiled in an inheritance dispute. The perp dispatches his victims with toxic chemicals. As the detectives chase clues and connect the related victims, their mutual attraction blooms while she nurses him after a shooting incident. But sparks fly when FBI Special Agent Howard offers McCoy a job if she'll train at Quantico.

Air locks. Gas masks. Skyscraper-sized pipes. Secret trams. Broken elevators. Natural disasters aren’t the only thing that Matt, Cody, Catherine, Stacy, and Darin must overcome. What lurks beneath Camp New Beginnings is the real threat. While the mystery behind the natural disasters and Camp New Beginnings is slowly unraveling, the journey to find the cryovault burns hotter than ever for Matt and his group. But with camp fully destroyed, is "the Sev" their only place for refuge? Or will all their clues lead them to another dead end?

Giving voice to the stories and lore inside of your favorite video games. Stories and Songs abound with music creating a great experience.

The Prox don’t even notice us. They are simply devouring and reclaiming every scrap of metal they encounter. They have destroyed several colonies, killing everyone and leaving only wreckage in their wake. Captain Jeff Bowers is a shell of a man, reduced to solo missions where he can’t piss anybody off. He is spying on the Prox, when his ship crashes and he dies...kind of. When he wakes up, he discovers he has a new body and mysterious powers that could save the Earth or end all life as we know it.

An invincible alien army is closing in on Earth. Only one broken man has any hope of stopping them. Power up your weapons, boys - this shit is about to get real. Crossing the universe in search of a nameless Peruvian shaman, Jeff Bowers finds him...and the ability to control his own mysterious powers. Only the destruction of the universe stopped the Prox from attacking Earth. Now, here in a new universe, another Earth is staring down the most ruthless alien army imaginable.

Refugees in a hostile parallel universe, Captain Jeff Bowers and his crew narrowly escape to neutral space. But Jeff is haunted by a vision that just won’t let him go, and it sends him a quest he can’t justify or explain. At the same time, he is obsessed with finding the love of his life - Jo Taylor - who is still alive on this reality string. But when he finds her, will she be different? How different?

Captain Jeff Bowers has been resurrected by an alien race - leaving him with mysterious powers...powers that could turn the tide of galactic war in the humans’ favor. While testing those powers, a final experiment lands Jeff and his crew in an alternate reality, very much the same as their universe...and very different. Uncertain who to trust, Jeff discovers that enemies are friends, and old friends turn out to be enemies...and nothing is as it seems.

Thriller-paced action, shocking twist endings, alternative history, engaging characters, visionary science fiction, suspenseful pause-resisters, epic adventures, and barbaric fantasy all wrapped up in one entertaining bundle. 5 Blades' authors are endorsed by an international and New York Times best-selling author, multiple magazines, and thousands of listeners and readers spanning dozens of countries across the world. This is your one stop for top-tier science fiction and fantasy short stories.

A zany musical comedy, touching love story, and fast-paced adventure thriller combined with “Elvis Presley meets Star Wars” plot twists. Cosmic Cowboy the Musical stars the love-struck alien Prince Remo, from faraway Planet Vegas (complete with glowing blue-grey skin and personal flying saucer), and the object of his adoration, aspiring Nashville country singer Jenna Lee Jenkins.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Small Unit Action in Vietnam. This book was written as a "lessons learned" guide for fighting men. It relates incidents of actual small unit combat. Compiled by an author who accompanied the men into combat it relates the personal stories of the men on the ground. Included are the details of nine encounters. From fighting in mine laden paddies, ambushes, artillery spotting missions and dealing with snipers on the march.

Gifted housebreaker, Michael O'Connor, awakens inside an ultramodern criminal justice system where prison walls are replaced by surveillance equipment and a host of actors hired to determine if he is worthy of freedom. While he was sleeping, the Supreme Court declared long term incarceration to be cruel and unusual punishment and ordered two million felons released. The result was utter chaos and the backlash from law-abiding citizens and police departments reshaped the United States. Felons now enter reeducation programs where they live freely among the population.

Honey and Pickle are enjoying a sleep-over when the old bedside radio suddenly crackles to life, calling them to their next big adventure. Stepping through the secret portal, they find themselves in magical, musical Mu Mu Land—where anything can happen!

The real-life Harold Ober founded Harold Ober Associates, the oldest literary agency in the country, in 1929, and over the years the agency built an impressive client list. In J. D. West's new mystery, The Disappearance of Swenson's Secretary, we learn that Harold Ober is also an amateur detective, using the skills he's honed reading and editing manuscripts to solve baffling crimes. Along with his assistant, he delves into the question of what happened to the secretary who accompanied her boss, H. A. Swenson, a film agent from Hollywood on his visit to editors and agents in New York City.

We Find Answers: True Tales of a Real Private Investigator pulls back the curtain on real-life cases ranging from missing persons and military misconduct to insurance fraud and criminal defense. With decades of experience as a former Military Police Officer, OSI Special Agent, and private investigator, Michael J. West takes you inside the world of high-stakes decisions, hidden truths, and justice hard-won.