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Vanx Malic can't seem to avoid adventure. After following a crazy old wizard's map, to an island that no one else can see, Zeezle ends up on the edge of death. Will Vanx be able to save his closest friend? Will his goddess forgive him for losing his way? All Vanx wants to do is get home to his lover, to see if she will go on the quest his goddess has commanded of him. But first, he has to retrieve another magical gem, from Falriggin's dungeon, on Three Tower Island.

Albert just wanted to be left alone. He was 20 years retired and, unfortunately, 20 years widowed. He had hoped to spend the fourth quarter with his wife, doing what retired people do, but things don't always work out that way. He was okay with it though, because he knew he would eventually be with her later when it really counted. Anyhow, for now, the Cubs kept him busy all summer and the Blackhawks all winter.

A plane crash high in the mountains outside Seattle, Washington marks the beginning of Dan Kingsley's journey through hell in Alive, Not Dead where undead rise, the world appears to flip, and the entire western third of the United States is destroyed. Travelling further inland, avoiding the constant threat of zombies, rumors of tsunamis, and complete destruction, Dan meets several other survivors who have similar stories to tell.

Since the beginning of time, an unknown life form has been trapped inside every single human cell. Nature blocked it, denied its growth, denied its life. Now, in a small lab, two scientists have stumbled upon this odd anomaly. One scientist believes this is what human life should have evolved into, and normal human life was a mistake.

Everybody hates necromancers. Death magic? It’s disgusting. And dangerous. For Conor, it’s also the skill that pays the bills. The medication that keeps him cancer free is expensive, and he’s terrified to die. He should be. Death doesn’t like being played. When the promise of a big payout for a small bit of thievery presents itself, Conor is all in.

Black women are the single most religious demographic in the United States, yet they are among the poorest, least educated, and least healthy groups in the nation. Drawing on the author's own past experience as an evangelical minister and her present work as a secular counselor and researcher, The Ebony Exodus Project makes a direct connection between the church and the plight of black women.

One thousand years ago, the world was broken and reborn beneath the boot of a nameless, ageless tyrant. He erased all history of the time before, enslaving the people and hunting those with the power to unseat him.

The world has gone mad, and it has taken Sebring Campbell with it. Sebring Campbell is a reasonable man, an agent of Justice, a creature of logic, a product of 19th-century rational thought. But there is a monster on the loose, a criminal turned demon who is stripping Sebring's life away, one love at a time. The monster Rothers leads Sebring on a merry chase of blood and shadow, a chase that can only end in the noose or in hell.

The Confliction Compendium is an omnibus edition of the Full Confliction Cycle of Dragoneers novels.

The devil you know or the one you don't? For the Demon Queen and her Rejects, things are guaranteed to get ugly whichever they choose.

In the wake of the Confliction, the Mainland Frontier is trying to reestablish itself. Over a year has passed since their victory over the alien shapeshifter and its vicious Sarax. Jenka was infused with powerful Dour magic and has assumed some of the alien's intelligence, but immediately after the battle he disappeared with Crimzon, and no one knows when, or if, they will ever return.

Savushun chronicles the life of a Persian family during the Allied occupation of Iran during World War II. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-Islamic monuments, the great poets, the shrines, Sufis, and nomadic tribes within a historical web of the interests, privilege, and influence of foreign powers; corruption, incompetence, and arrogance of persons in authority; the paternalistic landowner-peasant relationship; tribalism; and the fear of famine.

While Olus works to prevent the Nephilim from engulfing the entire galaxy in war and the Rejects plot to escape from General Kett, Abbey finds herself trapped in an ancient Seraphim stronghold and surrounded by more enemies than she even knew she had.

Shannon Winters' picture perfect marriage is in shambles after a car accident left her husband an amnesiac. The commitment to vows he doesn't remember making keeps her fighting while covering up the parade of other women and a spectacle of bad behavior. Her career as owner and manager at a successful boutique hotel alongside the Hudson River is a refuge, but, at 37 years old, what she craves is the bond to be repaired.

Enzo Mannoti wants Max Yuma dead. What he did to the business alone earned him a death warrant; then he got personal. Enzo would kill him twice if he could. But the question is: How? The last two people Enzo sent to kill Yuma ended up dead themselves. Now Yuma has dropped out of sight for a year, adding to the problem. Therefore, the average hit man won't do. Enzo will need someone very special to fix this problem, someone who knows how Yuma thinks; someone who can flush him out, track him down.

It has been five centuries since a well placed arrow put an end to the reign of terror brought by Sargon the Destroyer. Time passed, and the wounds of the land healed while magic was forgotten. Now, Aldrick and his family enjoy a peaceful journey to the Tournament of the King. He could never have imagined on that beautiful spring day, that his life was about to change, or that his destiny might be to face... The Rise of the Destroyer.

Ben used to dream about being famous. He didn’t expect to wind up infamous instead. Now he’s stuck in the middle of the most grotesque contest in the galaxy, racing against time and some of the most dangerous and deranged psychopaths in the Spiral to rescue his crew from a bloody battle royale.

Tous les dons ne sont pas une bénédiction. Chaque matin, Mélanie attend dans sa cellule qu'on l'emmène en cours. Quand on vient la chercher, le sergent Parks garde son arme braquée sur elle pendant que deux gardes la sanglent sur le fauteuil roulant. Elle dit en plaisantant qu'elle ne les mordra pas. Mais ça ne les fait pas rire. Mélanie est une petite fille très particulière.

Slowpoke takes care of baby three-toed sloths. When a leaf thief steals all their food, he goes on the mission to get back the leaves. Slowpoke must learn to believe in himself to catch the thief and save the baby sloths—even if he's the slowest sloth in the rainforest.

It is 1926. Cora Gudmundson is determined not to yield to pressure to marry and settle down like a proper lady should. Cora wants a life of adventure, so she saves her money and books a cruise to London on her own. Her mother is appalled, but her father agrees to let her go.