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When Talin, a bullied outcast, unexpectedly plunges into the portal and is chosen to fill the long-vacant role of island Healer, the reluctant teen must make a difficult decision: accept his destiny, or let the power that comes with it fall into the evil hands of his rival, who believes he is the next Healer.

When Michael “Sixx” Gentry lost control of the beast inside, he walked away from the best thing to happen to him in 500 years. Twenty-four years later, someone points out that Sixx has a doppelgänger. When he hears the man’s name, Sixx realizes 24 years too late that the best thing to ever happen to him had been pregnant with his son when he walked away.

It was supposed to be the final mission. Seduce the physicist, acquire the information, delete the mark. But things do not always go according to plan. She has no name, only a number: 22324. Trained from a young age to locate, seduce, and eliminate her targets, she’s one of the most successful assassins doing the bidding of the Agency. But this mark is different. For the first time, she’s met someone that sees her mind as well as her body. Someone whose touch she not only feels but longs for.

Devon Connor has always known life as a normal 12-year-old girl at St. Frances Institute for Heirs and Orphans. That is, until a supernatural shadow walker arrives to assassinate her. Unbeknownst to Devon, she wears the enchanted and legendary Crown of Guilledon as a trinket, and the shadow walker will stop at nothing to get it. With this attempt on her life, Devon is forced into the journey of discovering her true power and her forgotten past. But the timing couldn’t be worse. This mysteriously cursed crown has led her right to the brink of a dark and dangerous war.

Leomie Coutard came here to rebuild, not to reignite what she buried. She’s made peace with her solitude—and the memory of the man who once knelt for her. But fate is cruel. Because Dr. Damien Karagiannis, the arrogantly charming surgeon who offered her his submission for two glorious weeks, just hired her on his team. Now every glance is a dare. Every word, a test of willpower. He wants to pretend they’re equals; she knows better. In the quiet between them, she feels his surrender waiting—aching—to be called out again. And she’s not sure how long she can resist giving the command.

Sharon "Obsession" Coley is on a journey of self-discovery. Tired of being the object of random men's affection, she longs to be loved for who she is. Therein lie the problems. One, she has no clue who she is, and two, she has fallen in love with two men. The fact that they are club brothers makes it more of a challenge. In the midst of dating both men, she decides she can't choose and opts to have her Matrix and Baby too. As the men reluctantly agree to this unusual relationship, the MC is faced with unforeseen challenges.

Skins and Bone draws Joe Mayfield and Louise (Weezy) Napolitani into a world of high finance, European elegance, and murder. Joe lands his dream job - a chance to fly with the finance eagles, and New York is only a train ride away from Weezy, his brilliant lover. Someone is making foolish bets and raking in millions. Joe, curious, raises questions. Weezy digs through cyberspace with her cadre of hacker friends. A sumptuous cruise down the Danube to Budapest is the perfect opportunity for the man making the millions to write off his Joe and Weezy problem.

When the lights went out across Manhattan in the summer of 2019, Celine Harris wasn’t expecting her life to change. But after hours of sitting in the dark, the first face she saw—a stranger’s warm smile and kind eyes—stayed with her long after the power returned. Garreth King, rising musician fresh off tour, never thought a stalled subway could lead to inspiration—or to the woman who’d haunt his thoughts for years.

He eliminates the monsters that come from the rift. Vex is the third-highest-ranked striker in the Interplanetary Galactic Force, and he’s gaining fast on number two. Every victory, and every progression in rank, comes with upgraded weapons technology and magic defenses. But after a decade of loyal servitude to the IGF, he’s finding himself at odds with his fellow elves. His shadow fox phenome has begun whispering strange warnings. The monsters he’s hunting are no longer mindless beasts: They’ve somehow grown sentient.

After a brutal fight to the Mississippi River, Jonathan Fisher and the few survivors that follow him have begun their journey south. His task is clear and his reason to live has been renewed. Somewhere out there is power, working airplanes and a possible refuge from the nightmare around them. A small mute girl known as Geeda deserves a chance at life, and they want to make sure she has it. But it will not be easy. Lack of food, shelter and weapons makes their trip difficult. Foreign invaders, infected crazed citizens, and treasonous “Wranglers” make it perilous. 

Long ago, before the end of the gods, cursed crystal fragments lay hidden about the world. These objects were imbued with immeasurable power, yet to use one plagued the bearer with a heinous blight. Facing an empire's fleet of warships against his village's fishing boats, Jelani had no choice but to tap into the powerful and vicious Gods’ Glass. The reward for his heroism was stoneskin, which slowly consumes the body with stiff welts of rock. To all who know it - brewmasters and scholars alike - it’s a death sentence.

The first collection in the ongoing series of fantasy stories from the world of Esowon. You'll find dastardly beasts, tortured monks, and unexpected lovers in a set of tales that'll transport you to lands lost to time. Delve into these companion novellas to The Kishi, an African fantasy based on Angola folklore.

Following the loss of his family, Amana is determined to master the mystic arts and have his revenge. The only place he can learn to hone these abilities is with a group of pacifist mountain monks who rebuke the act of vengeance. If Amana is to achieve a power great enough to avenge his loved ones, he’ll have to embrace the philosophy of the Junga monks and keep his true intentions locked away.

What did it mean to be a hero in 1944? What does it mean today? On the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, these are the questions we ask ourselves as the world faces resurgent nativism, deep social divisions, and rising xenophobia. It’s no exaggeration to say that the gravity of our crises today echoes back to the crossroads of 1944. Finding St. Lo presents us with two distinct voices from the past.

Fatal Score is a debut novel about big data, the future of medicine, the pain of loss, and the power of redemption. A few years from now, health care is rationed using HealthScore. When Joe Mayfield’s wife’s score is slashed, his frantic search to save her makes him a target of Phoenix, set to skim billions at the cost of thousands of lives.

Joe Mayfield’s happy, ordinary life comes apart when his wife’s HealthScore is slashed and she is denied cancer treatment. Frantic to save her, Joe hacks into the Yak - the national database the US created after CyberWar I.

Shawn Brandt was simply trying to get a cup of coffee when the beautiful Jessica Earnest makes an abrupt introduction into his life. What would be the perfect date now becomes a struggle as Shawn must balance the memories of Afghanistan with the present.

This book contains many amazing adventures and wondrous takes on a deal with the devil. This deal can go in several different ways. Fight the devil, play along, or sell your soul. It’s up to you to choose.

Inspired by Ross Elder's real investigation into Russian Active Measures directed at the Patriot Movement, Patriot Deception takes the listener on a suspenseful trek inside the fractured mind of Mason McCall. Investigating the effects of fake news, conspiracy theories, and Russian propaganda on the voting public, McCall finds himself embroiled in a search for the truth and a race to protect his own life.

Dark Lands tells the story of two people from different sides of the nation that struggle to survive after a devastating attack breaks the back of the United States. It is a journey in which the whole world is sent spiraling towards a dark future where humans are an endangered species. Jonathan Fisher is an average man living in Minnesota whose very sanity is tested when everything about his normal life is ripped away in an instant. He is left to survive in a new world full of victims, brigands, and a man-made plague that turns its victims into violent, mindless cannibals.