Plant Fiction

When Women Held the Fire She saved a child from deadly danger. They exiled her for it. Lera is a healer in a Stone Age valley where a dying glacier has poisoned the rivers. When she defies the village elders to expose what’s killing their children, they turn on her — it’s easier to blame one woman than face the vast changes reshaping their world. The man she loves doesn't follow. So Lera sacrifices everything — the hearth she built, the belonging she earned, the only life she’s ever known — and walks out into the cold rather than stay silent as children die. She is only the ...

"Narrators Daniel Thomas May and Caitlin Davies breathe life into the large cast of Burke's debut science fiction...both excel at utilizing accents, inflections, and personality traits to quickly build characterizations. The unusual cadence and inflections used for the aliens work to captivating...

The crew of the Liberator battle against the despotic Federation in these thrilling stories and features from the Blake’s 7 Annuals. “Blake’s 7 are all fugitives in space, their frail alliance fortified by the knowledge that each of them has been marked for extermination by the Federation...

From the best-selling author of Heartless Heathens, TGSLLPFTM is a killer rom-com, feel-good, magical short story about fated love blooming in the most unexpected of places.

An archaeological thriller with a modern twist, where ancient secrets, high-tech gadgets, and moral dilemmas collide. One climb... One secret... One question: what makes a thief… or a hero? When thrill-seeking climber Reed Hascombe stumbles upon a mysterious silver container hidden deep within the cliffs, he sets off a centuries-old quest, marked by cryptic clues and forgotten relics. But Reed isn’t the only one chasing the past. A ruthless artifact dealer will stop at nothing to steal the treasures first, using hackers and skilled enforcers to stay ahead. As Reed races through caves, ...

As humanity is taking its final breath, facing extinction from a myriad of monsters, the last three people on earth are creating a final chance for the hero to go back in time and stop the apocalypse. However, before the hero can enter the chronomancer portal to the past, she and the portal's creator are both killed, leaving only the weak assistant to carry on their dream of saving the world. Will Nick be able to right the wrongs done to him, and prepare the hero for the world to come?

The thrilling first book in the most extraordinary new fantasy series from debut author Pari Thomson. Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the earth itself . . . Eleven-year-old Daisy Thistledown is on the run. Her mother has been...

All of this was because of the dragon stone necklace I scavenged from that dead mage. I knew it was magic when I saw it. Well, it was and it wasn’t. Dragon stone, they call it, but what it actually is, is a dragon’s egg. When I touched it, I felt the need to put it around my neck for safekeeping. When I did, the necklace embedded itself inside my skin, making me the new dragon’s envoy. It has since been my duty to protect the egg until she’s ready to hatch. How do I know the egg is a she? Easy, she talks to me and is helping me to bring out my natural magic talents.

When a group of former classmates gather for their 10-year reunion, old grudges resurface as old flames rekindle—and then things go straight to hell. As a shower of comets brings an invasion of reunion-crashing undead, the surviving alumni must band together in this litRPG apocalypse filled with dark humor, horror, and loot cards!

In Eden, everything is optimised. Food. Energy. Movement. Even people. Lira has always sensed when something isn’t right—pressure behind her eyes, a quiet knowing she can’t explain. When people begin disappearing from the city’s lower tiers, Eden assures its citizens that nothing is wrong. The system is stable. The losses are acceptable. But Lira has seen the empty desks. The abandoned shoes. The silences left behind. As Eden tightens control in the name of survival, Lira, Jax, and Kaia uncover a truth far darker than they imagined—one that forces the city to confront what it has ...

“Narrators Lauren O'Leary and Barry McStay deliver a chilling performance of this horror audiobook.” — AudioFile "Narrators [Barry] McStay (as Baby) and [Lauren] O'Leary (voicing the remaining characters) craft an unsettling atmosphere...this spectacular work will be appreciated by audio...

An archaeological thriller where history’s darkest secrets ignite a deadly modern-day hunt. A letter signed by Jack the Ripper… A hidden treasure buried in London’s past… A ruthless cult determined to claim it at any cost… When Reed Hascombe and his Sherbet Investigations team are hired to decode a mysterious letter allegedly penned by Jack the Ripper, they uncover clues that lead deep into the heart of London, across famous landmarks, hidden tunnels, and forgotten chambers. But what begins as a treasure hunt adventure quickly spirals into a nightmare. A violent secret cult stalks...

In the heart of New York City, hidden in the back room of an old Laundromat, are nine rare and valuable plants. Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire tells the story of this legendary garden, and the distance one woman must travel—from the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the lush...

The siege is over, but the war is far from won. After narrowly defending the Black Witch’s castle from a monstrous assault, Nick Gallows returns home to a city in mourning. But War waits for no one. A brutal power struggle, a dangerous rescue, and a marriage forged in the heart of conflict push Nick to his limits.

As the haunting echoes of a future apocalypse linger in his mind, Nick Gallows toils to save humanity from complete destruction, using his regression into his past to relentlessly train and prepare the world for what is coming. Yet, as Nick bears the weight of humanity's future, his new fiancée blindsides him with a dangerous new adversary.

The first mass dungeon break in history grows nearer. Nick and his growing guild are training against time to be ready to stop this “Red Death” before it ever happens, but no one outside Nick’s closest circle knows this true purpose behind their intense tactical team-combat exercises. The secret weighs heavily on Nick as he considers revealing the truth of his regression to his found family, the Walters, and his other allies, hoping they will believe him and still support him when he needs them most.

A single faulty sensor. A town blissfully unaware of the poison in the air. For Elena Markham, a brilliant and dedicated nuclear engineer, it’s the start of a thirty-hour nightmare. When her instruments detect a critical anomaly at the St. Croix Nuclear Facility, her superiors dismiss it as a minor glitch. With a major safety audit looming, they’re more concerned with appearances than with a potential catastrophe. As management actively works to bury her findings and silence her warnings, Elena finds herself in a desperate race against time. The reactor's core is unstable, and the ...

Does real love, great love, still exist? Or have online texting, sexting and ghosting ruined romance forever? Cupid, about to be kicked upstairs for lack of work, has one last chance to prove that love is alive and well. His targets? Two strangers who have sworn off romance. Eve, a once-famous ballerina now happily running her family farm in Vermont, was too busy dancing to be swept away by passion. Evan, a sought-after San Francisco anthologist, prefers all his passions without strings. When they meet, the sparks are otherworldly….

"It’s clear that Tansy and the, ahem, Plant Daddy have chemistry. They might even have a future if they can navigate the debris left by previous natural disasters in their personal lives." —NPR, Books We Love 2025 He hates me . . . He hates me not. Single mom and children's librarian Tansy...

Nick Gallows has one goal: prevent the Apocalypse. But time is running out faster than he can imagine, and the Forebears of Ingenga are closing in. To stand a chance, Nick must venture through the rift that unleashed unspeakable horrors upon his city. On the other side, he finds an arctic wasteland crawling with monsters and a fortress under siege—the stronghold of the elusive Black Witch that has haunted his dreams. Forced to fight through hundreds of thousands of savage creatures, Nick must decide if aiding the Witch is worth the risk.