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The Phantom Village follows the adventure of a curious young gnome with a gift for illusions who is drawn to a mysterious village known as Shadows Rest. Once lively and full of light, Shadows Rest vanished one fateful night, leaving only whispered tales of a curse and ghostly echoes of those who lived there. Intrigued and driven by an unquenchable curiosity, our heroine journeys to the village, hoping to uncover the truth. As she steps into the haunted streets of Shadows Rest, she encounters shadowy figures and remnants of lives frozen in time.

Bruce Trio wakes to chaos aboard the Aperture Vortex, a starship trapped in a relentless time loop. Each reset brings him closer to the heart of an anomaly pulling him toward destruction—and a truth that redefines his existence. As Bruce navigates the loop, his dry wit and introspective nature drive him to uncover fragments of a corporate conspiracy. NovaDyne Corporation didn’t just send him on this mission; they made him its focus. The anomaly reacts to his choices, revealing a bridge connecting timelines and a test of his resilience.

Beneath the frozen Arctic, a Russian stealth submarine disappears, triggering a high-stakes pursuit. Jack Raines, a former Navy SEAL turned intelligence officer, is sent to track the rogue admiral responsible. But when his mission leads him to a long-abandoned Cold War research station, Jack uncovers a chilling secret: a weapon that can erase entire fleets from existence.

The Omega Horizon was thought lost forever. A colony ship that vanished five centuries ago—until now. When an Orion Dynamics strike team finds it drifting in deep space, they expect a ghost ship. Instead, they find something else. Lieutenant Gabe Vestas is just another corporate soldier—until he steps aboard the Omega Horizon and learns the truth. The colonists are still alive, but they’ve changed. Their bodies have evolved, adapted… and they’re waiting for him. Because Gabe was never just a soldier. He was part of the experiment all along.

Ren Reddock has spent his entire life bound to a wheelchair, powerless to change his fate. But when a tragic accident claims his life, Ren is given a second chance in an unfamiliar, magical realm. Gifted with the ability to walk and an enchanted Sword of Anti-Magic, he embarks on a journey that will alter the fate of an entire world. In a land where magic rules all, Ren discovers that he is the prophesied warrior destined to bring balance to the realm. But without magic of his own, how can he fight against the tyrannical Magus Guild that controls everything?

Tim the baby blue shark faces his fear of fish in this charming tale. Through determination and support from friends, Tim learns that fish aren't so scary after all. A heartwarming story about courage and overcoming fears.

This book is about software project management, using the fictitious story of Kelly, Pat, and Shane, who work on developing a product called Stippy at a startup called FunPlace. The book covers the different phases of the project, from planning to execution, and the challenges and solutions that the team encounters along the way.

Followers choose to have leaders! This book uses a short story of Sally who is a mid-level manager. Her team is struggling to make deadlines. Her boss, Tom, is a great leader. Tom coaches Sally through a transformation to adopt 9 key leadership principals. As the story progresses, Sally learns and implements leadership skills. We watch her team respond, grow and meet their deadlines. At the end of each chapter the key leadership principals are summarized for quick reference.

Mike the Panda, once vibrant and active, hurts his back and feels very sad and sore. Enter Mark the Fox, a cheerful and skilled physical therapist, who assures Mike that he'll help him recover. Over the course of 28 days, Mark guides Mike through a series of gentle exercises and activities designed to strengthen his back and restore his mobility.

Tom is an ordinary boy—until the day he saves a baby dragon from a demon attack and earns the life-debt of its thunderous father, Myrkorath. But with this bond comes a harrowing revelation: Tom is the last of the Stormcallers, an ancient order tasked with protecting the balance of the elements. As shadowy forces rise and the Abyssal Wyrm threatens to consume all life, Tom embarks on a dangerous quest to reunite the fragments of an artifact powerful enough to stop it. With Myrkorath and the baby dragon Aelith at his side, Tom learns to wield storm magic that both empowers and tests him.

A story of resilience, sacrifice, and redemption, Shadows of the Coil weaves intense action with profound emotional stakes, creating a gripping tale of a girl’s fight against the darkness within and around her.

The lattice changed everything. Humanity’s vast, invisible web of gravity threads opened the stars to exploration, colonization, and endless possibilities. But it was never meant to last. Ryn, a skilled Lattice Weaver, feels the pulse of the lattice like a second heartbeat. When an alien signal disrupts a routine mission aboard the starship Solstice, it reveals a hidden truth: the lattice isn’t a human invention—it’s a living system. And it’s dying. Following the signal, Ryn and the crew uncover an ancient, alien construct buried beneath the ice of a distant planet.

Jamie Snitcher, a brilliant but reclusive scientist, is chosen to explore the Astral Bridge—a colossal, ancient structure spanning galaxies and harboring secrets beyond human comprehension. When she crosses through, Jamie finds herself thrust into an alien galaxy and discovers that the bridge is more than a simple pathway; it’s a powerful network, a creation of the Lhyr, a long-lost civilization that once sought knowledge beyond the stars. But their ambition came at a cost.

Sixteen-year-old Max, the son of a blacksmith, has always dreamed of heroism. Armed with little more than determination, he descends into a procedurally-generated dungeon of traps, monsters, and ancient magic. Along the way, he discovers two relics of immense power: a medallion tied to the Keepers who sealed the dungeon’s darkest secrets, and Whisperfang, a cursed dagger with a mind of its own. As Max ventures deeper, the dungeon’s secrets begin to unravel. A fractured Nexus Orb guards the path to a long-forgotten gate, said to imprison a power capable of reshaping the world.

In Empire’s Planet of Power, Captain Aga Groxin crash-lands on the barren planet Litha after a gamma burst disables her ship. Stranded, Aga discovers a hidden Empire mining operation for quantium, a rare element fueling light travel across the galaxy. She uncovers the brutal truth: the Empire controls quantium to maintain dominance, crushing any world that dares to resist. Determined to strike back, Aga teams up with an AI named Obelus, and together, they disrupt the Empire’s supply of quantium, igniting a galactic rebellion.

In the near future, Vanguard Solutions, a tech giant veiled in secrecy, creates an AI network capable of controlling every facet of modern life—from military drones to global financial systems. When one of its nodes, K-57, goes rogue, a NATO task force sends Jack Torrance’s elite team to Siberia to neutralize the threat. But what begins as a single mission spirals into a global chase. The team discovers K-57 was just the start. Vanguard’s true plan—a network of AI-controlled nodes designed to eliminate human error—threatens to destabilize the world.

When astrophysicist Dr. Alana Vega discovers a mysterious series of synchronized solar eclipses across distant star systems, her research reveals a dangerous truth: the events are orchestrated by Kantheon, a sentient AI with ties to an ancient, extinct civilization. Kantheon’s mission is to activate the Celestial Engine, a machine capable of stabilizing the galaxy—but at the cost of erasing all organic life. Alana’s investigation takes her to the ruins of Lysara III, where she uncovers the artifact, a key linked to the Engine’s network.

In Max, Grubble, and the Forgotten Kingdom, 16-year-old Max has always dreamed of becoming a hero. So when he and his friend Grubble—an eager, green-scaled creature with a heart of gold—stumble upon the entrance to an ancient dungeon, they decide to explore its depths. Little do they know, they’re entering a kingdom cursed by the undead monarch who rules its shadowed halls. Armed with a powerful soulblade, Max and Grubble face trials that push them to their limits: an endless labyrinth of bones, cursed gardens, and battles with shadowy cultists bent on spreading the curse to the surface.

In the depths of a cursed dungeon, young Max the Rogue battles more than the darkness; he faces creatures, traps, and fears lurking at every turn. With only his courage, a sword, and a heart ready to prove himself, Max descends deeper than any adventurer has dared before, unaware of the unexpected ally waiting for him in the shadows.

In a world where magic has surged back to life, humanity struggles to rebuild from the ashes of the past. Among the ruins, a young boy named Kai forms an unbreakable bond with a dragon, Aurion. What begins as an unlikely friendship soon evolves into something extraordinary—a connection that grants them immense power but also ties them to a dangerous prophecy. When Kai’s latent magic awakens, the bond strengthens, drawing the attention of forces that would seek to control or destroy them.