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New York Times best-selling author David Weber invites David Drake and S.M. Stirling, two of today's top writers of military science fiction, to join him in an exploration of Honor Harrington's universe.

In The Sword of the Lady, Rudi Mackenzie's destiny was determined. Now he returns to Montival in the Pacific Northwest, where he will face the legions of the Prophet. To achieve victory, Rudi must assemble a coalition of those who had been his enemies a few months before and forge them into an army that will rescue his homeland. Only then will Rudi be able to come to terms with how the Sword has changed him, as well as the world, and assume his place as Artos, High King of Montival.

I wasn’t looking for more chaos when she nearly ran me down. I was trying to escape it—the noise, the lies, and the wreckage of stardom. But peace clearly isn’t meant for me. Not when a redhead with a reckless smile crashes into my life. Once she realizes I’m Silas Palmer, it’ll be fake adoration—then betrayal. Fame and fortune aren’t known for true friendship, trust, and happiness. Yet, Pansy proves me wrong. My celebrity status doesn’t interest her. This woman is a hurricane—real, wild, and intense…

Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. But still the war rages on, taking countless lives, ravaging the land once known as the United States of America. Artos and his Queen, Mathilda, must unite the realms into a single kingdom to ensure a lasting peace. If the leaders of the Changed world are to accept Artos as their ruler, he will need to undertake a quest to the Lake at the Heart of the Mountains....

One bad date, and suddenly I want the one man I shouldn’t—my best friend. I’m in love with Grayson Bennett. My best friend. My confidant. My protector. The man who treats my son like his own. And for one brief moment, things are perfect. We’ve taken our friendship to the next level. My photography business is booming, and not even a disgruntled colleague-turned-competitor can dampen our bright future together… Until a visit from my ex turns our world into a nightmare.

Death. Betrayal. Destruction. This was Alaya's destiny, written in the stars on the night she was born. She should have been killed because of it. She wasn't. The once crown prince of the highest throne in Sundolia is now the high king, and all of his advisors agree on one thing: He should have destroyed that dangerous Dragon woman when he had the chance. He didn't. Now war spreads like a wildfire from the southern kingdom. The empire is burning. The day of prophecy is arriving.

Lady Juniper recounts the capture of one of the Lord Protector’s most precious treasurers, the Princess Mathilda Arminger. While Sir Nigel reveals that the Lord Protector has procured a deadly new weapon. Will Signe Havel ever forgive her husband for fathering Juniper Mackenzie’s son Rudi? Will Sir Nigel find a home in the Willamette Valley? And what will happen when the Norman Arminger attempts to reclaim the princess and wreck his revenge on the Mackenzies and the Bearkillers?

The first in a new YA fantasy trilogy combines urban fantasy with magical realism mythology, featuring ancient animal totems - American Gods meets Princess Mononoke. Roan Harken considers herself a typical high school student - dead parents, an infected eyeball, and living in the house of her estranged, currently comatose grandmother (well, maybe not so typical) - but she's uncovering the depth of the secrets her family left behind. Saved from the grasp of Death itself by a powerful fox spirit named Sil, Roan must harness mysterious ancient power.

FBI agent Josh Metcalf believes he has uncovered a decades-long conspiracy involving missing children. His obsession has led him to compile hundreds of cases. All involve children rumored to have psychic abilities - and all have no witnesses, no leads, and no resolution.

Albert Beauchamp disappeared just before Christmas in 1856. When he reappears more than a year later, he's in several pieces, packed in salt in a shipping crate in New Orleans. NYC inspectors Jasper Lightner and his partner, Hieronymus Law, are called in to investigate - but the further they dig into the wealthy financier's background, the dirtier the story gets.

In Under the Yoke, S.M. Stirling traces the rise of the Domination of the Draka and its long struggle with the United States and the American-led Alliance for Democracy. In this alternate history, the Americans who reject the Revolution did not scatter to the four winds and Canada; a slight change in the course of events brought them to the new Crown Colony of Drakia instead - starting with the Cape of Good Hope and soon encompassing the whole of the right subcontinent of Southern Africa.  

Scent has always been her secret weapon—until the city decides it belongs to her. By day, she's a reclusive perfumer with a wicked nose and a talent for bottling moods. By night, her experimental blends slip into the underground: confidence in a vial, calm on the tongue, desire in a breath. But when one scent rewrites reality instead of just emotions, every monster in the city looks up and scents blood.

In a Victorian academy built on secrets, assassins, and whispered betrayals, she arrives with a false name… and a talent the faculty can’t trace. Her gift with poisons should have kept her hidden in the shadows — instead, it draws the attention of the academy’s four most dangerous students. A Duelist born of nobility with a blade as sharp as his hunger. An Apothecary whose ink-stained hands know exactly where to touch. A Spy who hides behind masks and watches her like he already owns her. A Saboteur who builds explosions with the same care he uses to unmake her breath. They shouldn’t want her.

Fr. Thomas Dubay, a renowned teacher and writer on prayer and the spiritual life, presents a simple, profound and practical book on the most important of all human activities, communion with God.

Mica Powers is thirteen, awaiting his Spinical abilities to manifest. He struggles with the memory of the day his mother was taken from him by the leader of the Dreads, Deedra. Alongside his best friends—the quick-witted twins Kevin and Kelly—he attends the Domain Arizona School of Spinical Studies, where students learn to unlock their Imperia. When a mysterious orphan named Estee Bradford arrives, she struggles to find her place, and Mica forms a bond with her.

Wealth commands. Power corrupts. Desire destroys. In these ten short stories, passion is not tender—it is ruthless, hungry, and written in velvet and steel. Velvet Chains brings together a collection of dark billionaire romances where the rules are simple: control is never freely given, and surrender is never without cost. Behind closed doors and inside gilded walls, women step into worlds where every glance is a challenge, every touch a claim.

In the tradition of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, Wealth Made Easy offers incisive, actionable advice with every flip of the page. Supplemented with useful sidebars and inspirational quotes, this audiobook is your step-by-step guide to achieving everlasting abundance—directly from the minds of those who have already accomplished this feat.

My ex-boss stole my million-dollar concept—and then fired me. So I go back, grab what’s mine, and make an escape. With security guards on my heels, I dive headfirst into Walker Drummond’s limo. Literally. Billionaire. Single father. The kind of man whose attention feels dangerous in all the right ways. When I confess, he doesn’t throw me out. Instead he makes me an offer: be his date, and he’ll consider my pitch.

From hayrides, corn mazes, Jekyll n Hyde, warped games, witches, demons, and death personified, Autumn Nights: 13 Spooky Fall Reads brings together the very best in chilling tales to hear under a harvest moon. This audiobook is for those who get excited about Halloween and crisp fall weather (and yes, even pumpkin spice lattes). Are you the type to dream of windy nights and tumbling leaves even while summer days stretch on? Do you want scary bonfire stories with doses of humor and twists on classical tales? This collection is perfect for you.

Five men built empires. Five women walked away with their secrets. Now the truth—and the children they never knew—are coming back to claim them. In The Billionaire’s Hidden Heirs: Edition Two, passion collides with power, and every secret costs more than love alone can pay. A DNA test meant for publicity exposes a son the world was never supposed to see. A guardian clause binds two enemies by blood and betrayal. A concert stage becomes the stage for recognition—when the past plays its encore. A will unearths a name that ties inheritance to desire.