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"Clever, inventive, and original, Kroese’s hilarious romp has cult favorite written all over it." —Booklist The end of the world has never been this disorganized. Christine Temetri is tired of chasing doomsday prophets. She’s spent years reporting on apocalyptic cults, false messiahs, and spiritual scams—and she’s ready to call it quits. But when a string of strange events leaves her homeless, hunted, and somehow at the center of an unfolding divine conspiracy, she realizes this might be more than just another fringe meltdown. Enter Mercury: an angel with a gift for sarcasm, a ...

When interstellar con man Rex Nihilo and his quick-witted robot sidekick, Sasha, land on the dusty frontier planet of Tierra Grande, they’re expecting an easy job: track down their friend, bounty hunter Pepper Melange, and maybe make a quick buck on the side. But things take a wild turn when Rex and Sasha accidentally take out a group of local troublemakers in the ramshackle town of Last Chance. What starts as a simple rescue mission spirals into a chaotic adventure of shootouts, shenanigans, and shadowy conspiracies.

In a land where dragons are a historical footnote and theology is a contact sport, a hapless missionary named Wyngalf embarks on a divine mission with the enthusiasm of a zealot and the competence of a beached fish. Armed with the teachings of the obscure Noninitarian faith—devoted to a God with nine conflicting personalities—Wyngalf sets out to bring enlightenment to the mysterious land of Dis. What begins as a fool’s errand quickly spirals into an epic misadventure involving pirates, monsters, incoherent prophecies, and a girl who really should know better. Between a dragon who has ...

Ninth century Iceland. Three explorers from the far future have a daunting mission: To save humanity, they must build a craft capable of reaching the stars. The Voyage of The Iron Dragon is the concluding book in The Iron Dragon trilogy. The Iron Dragon trilogy is being produced as part of the phenomenally successful saga of The Iron Dragon Kickstarter, which raised over $10,000. Meticulously researched and packed with action, The Dream of The Iron Dragon is a must for sci-fi and alternate history fans.

In medieval Europe, three explorers from the distant future begin an ambitious project: to build a craft capable of reaching the stars. While their leader oversees the construction of a secret underground base in Iceland, the other two travel thousands of miles to negotiate with the rulers of Europe and recruit the most brilliant minds of the age. When the Iceland base comes under attack, the travelers try to return to defend their home, but they are trapped in Paris just as an army of 20,000 Vikings lays siege to the city.

When the Apocalypse fails, what's a disgraced angel to do? Mercury—rogue cherub, cosmic bureaucrat, and reluctant hero—was this close to retirement when the end of the world didn't quite end. Now, with the dust barely settled from the last disaster, he finds himself inexplicably back on Earth… and things are even weirder than usual. While a demon in Ireland is mistaken for a bestselling author, a cynical reporter watches her career implode, and a mysterious government agency starts poking into supernatural affairs, Mercury is once again caught in the middle of a cosmic mess. From ...

After a lowly software tester named Suzy Cilbrith uncovers evidence of a vast government conspiracy, she turns to a fringe reporter named Eddie Pratt for help. Far from dismissing her wild claims, Eddie reveals that things are even worse than they appear: the US government has been infiltrated by angels, who are attempting to bring about Heaven on Earth - no matter the cost.

The Battle of Brandsveid brought together every king and nobleman in the land in an epic struggle for the future of the Land of Dis, as the armies of the Six Kingdoms united against the monstrous army of Lord Brand. It was the event Vergil, a knight in the service of the Order of Avaress, had waited for his entire life. Unfortunately, he slept through it.

Set a thousand years (give or take) before the events of Disenchanted, Distopia tells the story of Wyngalf the Bold, the legendary hero renowned for ridding the land of Dis of the scourge of dragons. The story begins as Wyngalf, a young missionary for an obscure religious sect, arrives in the port city of Skuldred. Desperate to prove his worth to his superiors, Wyngalf finds himself drafted into leading a missionary voyage across the sea to the semilegendary land of Dis.

Praise for City of Sand “Dark, gritty, intense, and mind-boggling.” – Lelia F. “Mind. Blown. Just when you think you have gotten a handle on where the story is going to take you, Kroese drives it right off the rails.” – Dale F. “Equal part detective story and Philp K Dick paranoia trip, the story weaves together elements of a techno thriller and a psychological thriller that left me guessing until the end.” – Brent D. You Can't Go Home Again... He thought he knew this place. He was wrong. Retired police detective Benjamin Stone returns to the city of his childhood to find ...

A collection of humor and short fiction, including two never-before-published stories: "Mercury Returns" and "Disfavored: or, Tobalt’s Slightly Heroic Afternoon." Also includes: The Chemistrator: Drug City, U.S.A. When Animals Attack Holding Out for a Hero Mercury Swings Say Hello to Larry, the Leader of Your New Herd of Alpacas A Letter to Amazon.com from an 18-Month-Old The Chicolini Incident Unheralded Benefits of the U.S. Space Program Movie Review: 2012 Mercury Returns

You can fight the future, but the future fights back. Paul Bayes has begun to feel like all of his actions are dictated by forces beyond his control. But when his suicide attempt is foiled by a mysterious young woman named Tali, Paul begins to wonder if the future is really as bleak as it seems. Tali possesses a strange power: the ability to predict tragedies and prevent them from happening. The possibility of breaking free from the grip of fate gives Paul hope. But when Tali disappears, Paul begins to realize that altering the future isn’t as easy as it seems: you can fight the future, ...

One by one, the powers that threaten the land of Orszag have fallen. Only the demon Arnyek remains. Immortal, uncaring and unstoppable, Arnyek waits far below the ruined city of Nagyvaros for the day he is free to destroy the world. Desperate to stop him, Konrad the Sorcerer plunges into forbidden magic and turns against those closest to him. But Konrad must learn a difficult lesson: no matter what path he takes, he cannot stop the End of All Things.

After narrowly averting the apocalypse (again), Mercury—the celestial realm’s most reluctant cherub—is stuck on Earth with nothing but attitude and immortality. When a teenage Satanist accidentally summons him from cosmic exile, Mercury lands in the middle of a tangled mess involving rogue angels, incompetent terrorists, and a shadowy government experiment in mass mind control. As Mercury's allies dig into the conspiracy, they realize it has roots in the American Revolution—and Mercury may have had something to do with it. With heavenly agents watching from above and earthly forces ...

Imprisoned by the powerful Cult of Turelem, Konrad the Sorcerer is given a chance at redemption when an apparition of a long-dead prophetess haunts the land. Konrad's investigation of the ghost leads him to the foreboding mountain fortress of Magas Komaron, where a mysterious ally instructs him in the secrets of sorcery. But can Konrad stop the mad sorcerer Bolond before it is too late?

A Knight Out of Time. A World Out of Order. When Vergil Parmeligo, Knight of the Order of the Unyielding Badger, wakes up after inhaling a lungful of mysterious silvery powder, he finds himself over a century removed from his last quest. The goblins he swore to vanquish? No longer the enemy. His estate? In ruins. Civilization? Steam-powered and suspiciously tolerant of the monstrous and the absurd. Joined by his well-meaning but dim caretaker Handri, Vergil sets out to reclaim his honor, his holdings, and perhaps a slightly less humiliating reputation. But in a land now ruled by bureaucrats...

As rival powers fight for control over the land of Orszag, one man holds the power to tip the balance: Konrad the Sorcerer. To save Orszag from destruction and turn the tables on those who have used him as a pawn, Konrad must go deep under the city of Nagyvaros to find an ancient book that holds dangerous secrets. But Konrad learns that the most dangerous secret may be his own....

Four years after the destruction of the planeport, Earth remains cut off from Heaven. The angels and demons are in disarray, lacking direction and leadership. Someone has to step up and take control, and that person is...Mercury? But when the demoness Tiamat finds out about Mercury's plan to reestablish contact with heaven, all hell breaks loose. Mercury finds himself at the center of a plot to rewrite Earth's history, and the only way to stop it is to travel back in time to prevent the plot from coming to fruition.

After derailing more apocalypses than he can count (or remember), Mercury is finally ready for some downtime. But peace and quiet are hard to come by when you're an immortal rogue cherub with a reputation for divine disruption. Just as Mercury settles into a new identity, a disturbing pattern begins to emerge—one involving alternate dimensions, supernatural entities, and a centuries-old plan to rewrite reality itself. Enter a mysterious tech mogul with a god complex, a reclusive inventor with too many ideas, and an end-times preacher whose timing might finally be right. When Mercury ...

The end is near—and it’s being supervised by the least qualified angel in Heaven. Reality is unraveling. The Eye of Providence, the mysterious power source that holds the universe together, has gone dark—or so it seems. As existence itself begins to fray at the seams, angels vanish, demons scheme, and the world teeters on the edge of destruction. Amidst the chaos, Mercury, a rogue cherub with a flair for sarcasm and a questionable work ethic, is reluctantly pulled back into the cosmic fray. He joins forces with Christine Temetri, a battle-weary journalist, and a cast of immortals, ...