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My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I am the half-breed bastard child of a king. I was not meant to survive the trials cast my way. Yet, here I stand. The world has deteriorated in the years I was banished. The Elemental families are rife with deception, violence, and madness more than ever before.  

Crown Prince Ronan has grown up in the shadow of a dragon-bound hero — his father, the man who saved a kingdom. But greatness isn't inherited. It must be earned. When Ronan is denied the sacred honor of bonding with a dragon — a mark that once crowned his father a prophet — he defies that judgment. He steals a dragon's egg and flees across the sea, chasing his own legend and forsaking the legacy he was born into. Alone and untested, Ronan must survive a world that no longer bows to his bloodline. But destiny doesn't favor the bold — it favors the worthy.

Ciran did it. He survived his torture, and stood up against the empire's cruelty. He is now again free to resume the search for his family. He has returned to his old stomping ground, the walled stone city of Dunmaer.

The US secretary of defense is dead, assassinated by Raymond Napier, a megalomaniac genius. Napier has stated that if his demands are not met, 10,000 more Americans will die. With orders from the White House to stop Napier at any cost, the FBI's Agent Carver considers deploying Scott Lomax, a man the government locked away after he was deemed too dangerous and uncontrollable. Lomax is a man with a singular purpose and a penchant for extreme violence. But on the rare occasion he's unleashed, he's extremely capable and has proven exceptionally useful to the government.

A worldwide plague kills almost a billion people across the globe in an instant. This sets off a chain of events that was foretold thousands of years ago, but there are very few who draw the connection between the prophecies of the past and the events of the modern day. The ones who do realize know that the next seven years are going to be the hardest of their lives. This is their story.

In the 1970s, two college seniors, June and Ruth, are moving into a house together for their final year. They unknowingly stumble upon a property for rent. The owner is Archibald Hall. The demon of shadows wreaks havoc on them, killing one. The survivor teams up with experts to fight the demon of shadows, only to find that an even stronger shadow has set its sights on them. Surrounded by evil, an unlikely weapon shows up to help. Who will live this time?

In the year 2062, the United States Space Corps has one primary mission: oversee the mining operations of the invaluable Helium-3 isotope, which powers most of the world's energy needs. But when the base is suddenly attacked by an unknown, invisible force, the military leaders find themselves cut off from communication with Earth and left to fend for themselves.

Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis brings his trademark humor and heart to the story of a boy struggling to do right in the face of history's cruelest evils. Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His dad just died, the share crops are dry, and Cap'n Buck--the most fearsome man in...

Salvation comes not from perfection, but from the courage to face the truth, and the fire to rise from the ashes. In a realm scarred by generations of war and bitter feuds, hope is all but extinguished. The land’s last sanctuary has fallen, and five priests, each burdened by regret, shame, and longing, are forced into exile. They are not warriors. They are not kings. They are flawed men of faith, called to heal a world their ancestors helped divide.