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No one knows for certain what caused the Shadow to come into existence. Clerics say it was the gods laying a curse upon this world. Philosophers maintain that the Shadow of Strix is nothing short of a blessing and new milestone in human progress. But both sides agree that the Shadow will eventually swallow up this world and change it beyond recognition. However, there are also the mages, and they think the whole debate is just so much hot air. They accept the Shadow as is with all its horrors and wonders. 

Caroline Thornton has spent her life under the control of her ruthless uncle after her parents' death. When she learns he plans to marry her off to a man she despises, Caroline knows she must escape before it’s too late. But when she encounters a man who stirs something in her heart, she wonders if freedom is worth risking the connection she never expected to find. Jasper Hartley has always protected his sister, Sylvia. When she vanishes after starting a job at the Iron Summit Railroad, he sets out to find her, desperate for answers. Meeting the woman who helps him along the way makes him...

Jacob Hardy shouldn’t be alive. Left for dead by the outlaw who burned his adoptive family’s ranch and slaughtered everyone he loved, Jacob miraculously survived. Now the only thing keeping him going is the vow he made over their graves: that man will pay in blood. Clementine Carter is alone in the world and drowning in grief. She watched her brother die for crossing the same man Jacob hunts. With only a retired bounty hunter for company, she’s on her way back to her hometown when fate throws Jacob in her path. Both Jacob and Clementine want justice, but the man they’re after is no ...

This is the true story of a journey to a seaside town and the always unpredictable torrent of dark escapades that accompany a life at sea. It's a story of a world peopled by those who often live on the frayed edges of society, who shun the world in which most people thrive. It's a story in which college students and "fish hippies" work in canneries alongside survivalists, rednecks, religious freaks, and deckhands with damning secrets in dangerous waters, driven by the need to feed an insatiable appetite for adventure.

The land of innocence and bounty was exploding in violence... At the dawn of the 18th century, while the French and English are locked in a battle for the northeast territory, the ancient Indian tribes begin a savage brother-against-brother conflict—forced to take sides in the white man’s war—pushed into an era of great heroism and greater loss. In the tradition of James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans, and the later adventure exploits of Daniel Boone and Jim Bowie, the First Frontier Series is a stunningly realistic adventure saga set on America’s earliest battleground...

In 1995, schoolteacher Melissa Cook and her young family spent two years in the isolated Aleut village of Nelson Lagoon on the edge of the Bering Sea. They later settled in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island, where they measured rain in feet. With humor, vivid detail, and heart-pounding excitement, Melissa recounts her family's daily joys, struggles, and captivating adventures.

In the 1980s, countries across Asia stunned the world with meteoric economic growth—but when eyes turn to Africa today, it is often to lament corruption, violence, and poverty rather than to scout the next developmental frontrunners. Yet some African nations, even in the face of challenging geography and the crippling legacies of colonialism, have found remarkable success.

"Alaska History Highlights" is a captivating book that takes readers on a journey through the rich past of America's northernmost state. From Russian colonization to the Klondike Gold Rush, it explores the significant events that shaped Alaska's identity. With vivid storytelling and meticulous research, this book is a must-read for history enthusiasts, adventure seekers, cruisers, and lovers of wilderness. Explore the unique land, the pathway to statehood, Native struggles and triumphs, the impact of Alaska's vast resources, and the role in tourism. Reflect on Alaska's place in history and ...

A nation was being born in violence and courage. A people were fighting for their pride and their future... At the dawn of the 18th century, while the French and English are locked in a battle for the northeast territory, the ancient Indian tribes begin a savage brother-against-brother conflict—forced to take sides in the white man’s war—pushed into an era of great heroism and greater loss. In the tradition of The Last of the Mohicans, the First Frontier Series is a stunningly realistic adventure saga set on America’s earliest battleground. BOOK TWO Trapper Sam Watley and his son ...

It was a war that would change America—forever. But for those caught in between, it was a battle for their land—and their survival... At the dawn of the 18th century, while the French and English are locked in a battle for the northeast territory, the ancient Indian tribes begin a savage brother-against-brother conflict—forced to take sides in the white man’s war—pushed into an era of great heroism and greater loss. In the tradition of The Last of the Mohicans, the First Frontier Series is a stunningly realistic adventure saga set on America’s earliest battleground. BOOK THREE ...

The Last of the Mohicans has all the elements of a classic frontier adventure: massacres and raids, innocent settlers, hardened soldiers, renegade Indians, and a doomed love affair. It is a memorable portrait of fierce individualism and moral courage. But what draws readers and listeners again and again to this panoramic novel is its deep insight into the symbols of American consciousness.

Exiled from the Smoky Mountains for gunning down a man in self-defense, Breck Wallace tries to make a new home in St. Louis, even tries his hand at romance, but some men are too wild to settle down. Breck is soon back on the trail, where a vicious gang of trappers, after his goods, picks up his scent and begins to dog his every step, until Breck's only choice is to bed down for the winter with a tribe of friendly Indians.

NORMAN TUTTLE IS, in a word, awkward. He falls off his father’s fishing boat into icy Alaskan waters. He quietly sweats on gorgeous Laura Magruder at the school dance. He gets himself on the bad side of Leonard Kopinski, an overgrown eighth-grader who shaves. As Norman contemplates a long and...

Victoria Lawndale boards the train to California with nothing but her late husband’s satchel and a secret that could get her killed. She wants a quiet new life, not more loss. But when outlaws swarm the train and a charming stranger won’t look away, survival becomes a shared vow. Mathias Birch was a soldier who lived when better men didn’t. Now he rides undercover as railroad security, masking old wounds with easy smiles and an empty flask. When Victoria becomes the target of a ruthless spymaster, Mathias steps up, even as the siege hurtles them into the Rockies and straight into a ...

The urge to explore and discover is a natural and universal one, and the edge of the unknown is expanded with each passing year as scientific advancements inch us closer and closer to the outer reaches of our solar system and the galaxies beyond them. Generations of writers have explored these new frontiers and the endless possibilities they present in great detail. The Final Frontier delivers stories from across this literary spectrum, a reminder that the universe is far large and brimming with possibilities than we could ever imagine, as hard as we may try.

John Brown and the Last Train is the story of John Brown and his last raid on Missouri slave farms and the subsequent trip north to Canada. Along the way, a baby was born to a Freedom Seeker and they fought in the Battle of the Spurs. They received help from the major UGR Stations in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. Famous detective, Allan Pinkerton helped them get across to Canada. This is historical fiction based on factual events and told through the voices of the Freedom Seekers.

Can this sheriff's deputy convince a schoolteacher that love is enough? When the town of Last Chance agrees to let Marian Scott open a school, she can't wait to begin. Marian has always wanted to be a schoolteacher, and with her family just barely surviving, the small income she'll receive will help. Lured by the promise of the slowly revitalizing town, Cole Robertson is looking for a new start. What he didn't expect was to rescue the town's pretty new schoolteacher from a drifter with bad intentions. Nor did he imagine he'd find himself serving as a sheriff's deputy. Marian can't let ...

She came for vengeance. She stayed for the truth. Abandoned as a child and raised by her uncle, June Hollister never knew why her father vanished – until she uncovered the bloody legacy he left behind. He wasn’t just a missing man. He was the infamous bounty hunter Earl Hollister, gunned down by the ruthless Silver Wolf Gang. Now, after ten years of silence, June straps on her father’s revolver to deliver justice bullet by bullet. Her hunt leads her to Axel Thorne, a rancher with a sharpshooter’s aim and shadows in his smile. Together, they track killers through a web of lies, but ...

The Native American tribes have been pushed back to the Ohio River Valley, now they would make their final stand... At the dawn of a new nation, American settlers find themselves in conflict with the remaining Indian tribes of the Northwest Territory. It is an era of great heroism and greater loss. In the tradition of The Last of the Mohicans, the First Frontier Series is a stunningly realistic adventure saga set on America’s earliest battleground. BOOK 4 The Iroquois Confederacy had been shattered. Pioneers poured into the unspoiled Ohio River Valley—in defiance of Indian treaties. ...

Dana Stabenow was born in Alaska before statehood, grew up on and around fishing boats, worked for an air taxi service, a cannery, and later, on the oilfields of the North Slope. Today, she's an Edgar Award-winning mystery writer with more than 25 Alaska-based novels to her credit. Stabenow knows Alaska. Writing for Alaska magazine, she revisits old haunts and explores new ones to capture the vital pioneering spirit of her home state.