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Noah Gantz and Kayan's crew finally brought the Taliz swarm to the negotiating table and ushered in a new era Tytondom. It would be time to kick back and relax if a group of diplomats hadn't just been kidnapped. The Altion, Hellenger, Walen, and Gleam people want their VIPs back, and they want answers.

When Hali's father asks her to help him die to spare the family the misery of a long illness, she reluctantly agrees. While Hali's family insists on letting "God's will" decide, Hali broods upon the idea of fate and free will. Ultimately, she unable to do what her father wishes. She is forced to accept the help of a manipulative male nurse, adding further complications and a slow and painful end.

You’ve heard about the handcart pioneers, but have you ever walked in their footsteps? Join master storyteller Gerald Lund and pioneers from across Europe as they leave their homes and begin the most harrowing journey in the history of western migration. Now 980 saints are trying the handcart experiment and have narrowed their possessions to just 17 pounds, including their clothing and bedding. And these cityfolk are undeterred at the goal of walking 1,300 miles in 100 days, knowing that they may face buffalo stampedes, ravenous wolves, howling storms, blistered feet, and icy creeks.

From master storyteller Gerald N. Lund comes the next blockbuster historical fiction series, Fire and Steel, Volume One: A Generation Rising, blending the powerful stories of two families on different continents the Eckhardts in southern Germany and the Westlands in southern Utah. While their circumstances are as divergent as their geography, each family must cope with trials that test their courage and fortitude.

In the third volume of master storyteller Gerald N. Lund's dynamic new series, the Eckhardt family finds itself clinging to hope in a nation on the brink of collapse. Work is scarce, food has become an extravagance, and money is practically worthless. War-torn Germany has been battered down and humiliated on an international scale, and the people have lost the pride and conviction that once carried them.

Across the ocean in America, people have been enjoying years of plenty since the Great War. Electricity in every home, shiny new automobiles lining the streets, roaring new music, shocking new clothing styles—a whole nation wanting nothing more than to let loose and get rich. But beneath the glittering surface, the economy's foundation has already begun to crumble.

As this standalone sequel to The Undaunted begins, four years have passed since the first Mormon pioneers made the harrowing journey to carve the Hole-in-the-Rock trail to the region of the San Juan River in southeastern Utah. In that time, the settlers have dug in deep to try to establish roots in this untamed and unforgiving desert, but life is still far from easy. Biting winds, devastating floods, scorching heat, barren terrain, and tensions with everyone from Indians to outlaws to competing ranchers have threatened the pioneers' ability to thrive—or even survive.

Do we recognize the signs of the Savior’s Second Coming that are happening today? Originally published in 1971, The Coming of the Lord, by Gerald N. Lund, became an instant bestseller and has remained continuously in print for nearly fifty years. Now this trusted resource has been fully updated and rewritten to reflect the latest prophetic teachings and a grow­ing sense of urgency as the Lord hastens His work.

Into the Flames, the sixth and final installment of Gerald N. Lund's Fire and Steel series, brings new experiences, new challenges, new opportunities, and not a few tragedies into the lives of the Eckhardt and Westland families. In America, Mitch and Edie continue their struggle to hang on to the ranch that has been their family's home for nearly fifty years, while Benji's quest to find work turns catastrophic and sets him on a new path that will take him to exotic climes and an unexpected reunion.

In the second volume of bestselling author Gerald N. Lund's explosive new series, the Eckhardt family finds that the turmoil in their lives will only increase as they try to move forward in a nation divided. Sergeant Hans Eckhardt has been discharged from his military service and wants nothing more than to start a new life with a career and a family, but the unrest swallowing his homeland seems determined to stop him.

In volume five of the Fire and Steel saga, the Eckhardt and the Westland families are staring straight into history's darkest days. Facing tectonic shifts like few generations have ever seen, they are caught up in a whirlwind that will permanently and profoundly alter their lives.

Beautiful, charismatic, and deadly, these three women are bound by blood to do whatever it takes to stay afloat and keep each other alive.

Nia never imagined becoming the fake mistress of a terrifying Fey prince known as the Dream Stalker. But that’s exactly what happens when she ventures into Brocéliande to rescue her lover, Raphael. Sometimes, fate has a twisted sense of humor. Captured by the prince, Nia quickly learns he’s a beautiful, living nightmare. He soon discovers her hidden talent—mind control—and gives her no choice but to serve him. Avalon Tower believes it’s a good idea, too. Now, Nia is keeping secrets from everyone, and the Dream Stalker remains unaware that she is a spy.

When a small town in New Mexico wakes up to find one of its banks robbed overnight, it doesn’t take long for Lieutenant Gorton to identify a suspect. Although the bank’s own longtime loan officer does not strike anyone as a potential criminal, Gorton suspects that the quiet employee is behind the robbery. Plus, the soft-spoken dependable man seems to have undergone a recent dramatic transformation that he managed to conceal from everyone around him.

Fleeing certain death, a young woman shrouded in mystery arrives in Periton. Rescued by the renegade mages Kylen and Dalthinir, she sets out with them for the ruined kingdom of Methesia. Hunted relentlessly by unseen enemies, the fugitives risk everything in crossing the border and heading for the former capital of Ettaran. Dangers multiply as the doomed city draws closer. The truth about its sinister reputation must soon be exposed. What they find in Ettaran could destroy them all. Mortals are flickers of candlelight before a power that shatters kingdoms.

From the shores of a secret planet to the halls of power in Washington, Van navigates a complex web of lies, law, and politics, all so that Earth can be saved from the clutches of ruthless criminals. But these people aren't from Earth. In fact, they're not even human, and they see Earth as a ripe fruit ready to be picked. That doesn't work for Van and his crew, so he begins fighting back with the dirtiest tactics of all: diplomacy. Since the aliens are among us, and they want money and power, Perry and Miryam will unleash their skills to craft a plan.

Whether you're a high-powered CEO of a Fortune 500 company, a college student studying tirelessly through the night, or a hard-working member of society not living under a rock, chances are you've seen how dangerous the Cancel Mob can be. They point out problems without providing real solutions and insist on firing, doxing, and harassing others before any facts or evidence are produced. In an attempt to understand the use of cancellation as a political tactic, I researched notable cancellations of celebrities, politicians, and many others in the public sphere.

La atención es una capacidad innata al ser humano. Que nos distraigamos mucho o no seamos capaces de estar atentos en un momento dado no es tanto por falta de atención sino por no haber aprendido a regularla. En muchos estudios se habla del músculo de la atención porque se considera que actúa como tal: un músculo que se comporta como cualquier otro de manera que, si lo entrenamos, se fortalece.

When it comes to artificial intelligence, we’re no longer in a “what if?” reality. We’re squarely in a “now what?” world. From books to financial markets, from healthcare to research, the age of artificial intelligence has arrived. We’re in for a ride, and it’s anything but smooth. What will the world look like as we share it with the genie we let out of its digital bottle? How will AI evolve? Perhaps, even more important, how will we?

Seventeen years after the events in Under Your Scars, Caroline makes her yearly visit to Meridian City and is taken on a heartbreaking and bittersweet journey that gives her something she's been searching for her entire life: closure.