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The epic fantasy series concludes with three different Kings, all stripped of their crowns, all searching for something missing. One seeks answers, another needs guidance, and the third looks for a way to reclaim power. A witch's plan is ready to hatch, armies are assembling, lines are being drawn, and the magical people of the world look desperately for some way to avoid the coming conflict. Answers are given, more questions are asked, and final battles are waged in the final book in the KINGDOM OF ARTHUR series...

The epic fantasy series continues with a mercenary consumed by bitterness and a thirst for revenge. While a young and ill-equipped King rules over England, a dark power rises in the East. Wizards search for answers, rulers scheme for power, and in the shadows a witch makes her final preparations to conquer the Old Lands. Surprises, Action, Drama and more await you in the fifth book in the KINGDOM OF ARTHUR series...

The latest chapter in the DISHONORED anthology focuses on Hideo Moritama, the most prolific and infamous King in the history of Yato. In this first of three books chronicling his rise and fall, readers will explore his humble origins, living as a shepherd before answering the call to battle in a far northern country. Along the way he will cross paths with a mysterious, magic-wielding shaman, who informs him that the current King has failed his people and must be replaced. After being anointed to rule, Hideo finds himself at odds with a paranoid and war-weary King, as he wrestles with his ...

Exodus is not about freedom. It is about bondage. The book’s two halves are distinct in structure, but not in theme. The first half is narrative-driven, focusing on Israel’s bondage to Pharaoh and God’s work to break the chains that held them to Egypt. The second half is highly procedural, focused on recording a list of commandments and expectations of the Lord. And yet, the two halves fit together once you realize that Exodus is not about freedom, but about bondage. Israel was in bondage to Egypt, but God wanted them for Himself. So, He broke Pharoah, redeemed Israel, and brought ...

A series of shocking deaths forces a Connecticut father and son back to their hometown in rural Louisiana. While investigators unravel the reason behind the killings, long-buried remnants of a traumatic childhood come back to life. Buried Deep is a slow-burn horror that explores the dangers of dark family secrets, and the demons that can latch onto them...

The second volume of Matthew Martin's verse-by-verse commentary on Isaiah looks at the promise of the Messiah to come and the preparation needed by Judah in advance of their Babylonian captivity. This study enlightens and explains the text making it easily understood by all.

It is the year 2083. Fifty years ago a miracle drug was developed for patients thirty years old and younger, granting them relative immortality. You had just turned thirty and missed the window.You're now living in a nursing home with the rest of the "dying generation," being cared for by twenty-year old-looking seventy-year olds. It's festivus and the miracle drug's side-effects have finally kicked in. Every worker in the home has collapsed, shriveled into a prune, and become a mindless killing machine. It's up to you to save the nursing home.

In BILLY RICHMOND AND THE SOMETIMES SCARY FANTASY ADVENTURE, Young Billy Richmond and his friends stumble upon a book hidden away for ages, going back to the days of warlocks, mummies, and other frightening spooksters. Opening the book accidentally set loose a horrible curse and now it’s up to Billy to put the evil back in its leather-bound prison before his town (and possibly the world) goes up in smoke!

Now you're a Christian. You've given your life to Christ. Naturally, you have questions. "What have I done?" is a big one. "How do I be a Disciple?" is common. "What if I sin?" is one we all must consider. "How do I study the Bible?" is important to ask. Becoming a Christian is not the end, but the beginning. You have questions (a lot of them). That's okay. The Bible has the answers. Let's talk about it...

The village of Dowery is in danger, not from imps, serpent kings, giant spiders, fat witches, or wolfcats, but from the worst monsters in all the land. Trolls, great hulking beasts, descend annually from the nearby mountain, stealing the harvest food and wreaking havoc. Every year a warrior goes up the mountain to fight the troll and every year the man disappears and a new troll descends. When a series of accidents, calamities, and childish bad decisions cause the harvest storehouse to be ruined, young Willem realizes he has doomed his home to the wrath of an unfed troll. Rashly, he takes ...

After an experiment goes horribly wrong, a brilliant but obsessive scientist spends decades perfecting a way to alter history and correct his mistake. His time-tampering efforts draw the attention of an old rival, who likewise seeks to alter time for his own nefarious purposes. For a Better Yesterday takes readers on a history-bending journey across space and time, and culminates in an ending that defies reality itself!

The town of Helena, Nevada had once been a booming site for gold rushers looking to rest on their way to the Pacific Coast. That was fifty years ago, however, and now Helena is a town on its last legs. No one visits, no one settles, and no one shops, despite the train station and tracks that run right through the heart of their community. Everything changes, however, when out of work Broadway actor Wendell Lodge visits, looking to start a new life. Recruited to bring a little excitement to their sleepy village, Lodge brings a taste of the theatrical to Helena, marketing it to travelers as ...

THE DAUGHTER OF HACHIMAN is a story set on the dishonored island of Humao, long after the events of the first book in the Dishonored Anthology. When a cruel Governor goes too far to root out troublemakers, he stirs up a rebellion led by a thrill-seeking, mischievous hero. This story is a tale of two halves, the first of which is adventurous and light-hearted, and the second is full of heartbreak, revenge, and the ugliness of war.

The writings of the wisdom literature books are varied. They are linked only in terms of their common author, but even that is not always a given. Still, most of the writings of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon are penned by the wise King of Israel, and from his words, we learn much. The Book of Proverbs imparts practical wisdom that still enlightens us today, despite being thousands of years removed from their original writing. Ecclesiastes offers tremendous insight into the human experience, and reminds us that all the pursuits of this world, if they are lived without God at ...

When all the stars fall out of the sky, it's up to Chumpty Dumpty and his friends to find the Wishing Well and save the hopes and dreams of the Kingdom! The second book in the Chumpty Dumpty trilogy takes Chumpty, Betty, and Art to strange new lands, where they will meet friends and enemies, from pyramid scheme-pushing cultists to pirates battling monstrous squids! Adventure, heroism, heartache, and friendship await in Chumpty Dumpty and the Wishing-Well War!

In the distant future, at the edge of the solar system, something is preying on spaceships. When the civilian ship, The Solonius, goes out on a field trip with a boatload of children on board, that same something strikes, forcing a handful of the survivors to pick up the pieces and solve the mystery. Where it takes them is to the wider galaxy, to worlds beyond our star, and to the terrors that exist twenty-thousand lightyears from Earth!

Explore the Life of Jesus, as told by the inspired writers Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Their three Gospel accounts are combined into one comprehensive study that examines the birth, life, sermons, miracles, trial, death, resurrection, and ascension of the amazing Son of Man. Volume Two and Three are combined into this one book, which explores the second and third year of Jesus' Ministry...

The epic fantasy series continues with a Queen in peril, a wounded Knight called to her aid, and a long-vanished Magi thrust back into the world. While the Old Lands suffer at the hands of a new threat, the New Lands are forced to contend with an old foe, once dormant for a millennia, but now awakened. Suspense, adventure, romance, and thrills await you in the fourth book in the KINGDOM OF ARTHUR series...

The latest chapter in the DISHONORED anthology focuses on Hideo Moritama, the most prolific and infamous King in the history of Yato. In this second of three books chronicling his rise and fall, readers will explore the many forces vying for control over the Kingdom. Hideo is the anointed one, chosen to rule by the gods, according to the shaman Bakshi. Shida holds the throne in the capital of Toriyama, being the daughter of the deceased King Hironobu. Around both of these warring figures are ambitious underlings, each with their own plots and plans and desires to take the throne for ...

In 1912, an obsessed scientist, searching for a away to cure aging, accidentally develops a serum that turns the living into the undead. On the run from a zealous private inspector, the scientist and his poor assistant book passage on the first ship out of England. Meanwhile, the heiress to a peanut butter empire is wooed by a shady socialite, claiming to be an extended member of the Royal Family. An American wedding is decided and the would-be bride and groom, along with a meddling step-aunt, book passage on the first ship out of England. The fates of both parties, and many more, cross ...