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Captain Li Wing Hua has been a prisoner of an alien race for nearly four years, freed at last after the war. So when he's finally made captain of another space ship, he's eager to return to space. But when he discovers an observation outpost wrecked and the crew tortured to death, Hua has reason to suspect the same alien race that tortured and held him captive those four long years. But can he unravel the mystery before it causes an interstellar incident?

The original Codex stories appeared in The Crimson Pact anthologies as The Transition and The Merging. These stories are connected to each other, and to Failed Crusade at their roots, but occur many years later. They follow an unsuspecting foreign exchange student named Sloan Boyle. A seemingly innocent interaction with a stranger in a Spanish Cafe leads to a dangerous series of events, and a weighty discovery that threatens everything Sloan ever knew about this world and his role in it.

We all go through bouts of depression. It's common now to feel depressed from time to time. Sometimes it happens when we face a challenge or disappointment in life. Other times it happens because of our brain chemistry.

George had begun to question his membership in the gang of murderers and rapists, but now that blood coats his hands, he can feel his humanity slipping away. All he wants to do is leave, but the leader of the gang is his psychotic brother-in-law and the only one who knows where George's pregnant sister is being kept. With just a few weeks left until she gives birth, George knows that leaving the gang now would mean condemning her and the child to the life he wants to escape.

The mind-blowing conclusion to The Cross-Time Crusade!

After Lord Carbón, one of the rulers of Quintana, discovers an artifact created during an ancient period of magic and super science, he enlists his energetic young chancellor, Iliana Diamante, and his former rival, the elderly Lord Torre, to hide the object before the Luminoso cult can seize it in a bid for power. To stop them, the spider-like Salvatore, head of the Luminoso, enlists his underling, the treacherous Naila Roja, to coerce the secret from her father-in-law, Lord Torre. Salvatore thinks he can control the artifact and bring about a new era of glory with himself in command.

We wanted to know - What's your number one fear in life? So we asked you. We surveyed 50 readers and asked them the above question. From the 50 responses, we found 15 major fear themes that were repeated multiple times, and we wrote this audiobook about the 15. This book discusses these 15 fears and reflects on them. What can we do to minimize their effect on our lives? We all know fear holds us back.

Your first step in the world of banking is to get a checking account. When you open your first account, you need to consider many factors. Finding an account that fits your style and preferences is vital. Second, you want to build yourself some semblance of a back-up fund. Learn about these critical items, and much more, in Steven Tylor O'Connor's indispensable guide to finances for teens.

Chris Astor is a man in his early forties who is going through the toughest stretch of his life. Becky is Chris's fourteen-year-old daughter, a girl who overcame enormous challenges to become a vibrant, vital young woman - and now faces her greatest obstacle yet. Miea is the young queen of a fantasy land that Becky and Chris created when Becky was little, a fantasy land that has developed a life of its own and now finds itself in terrible, maybe fatal trouble.

After everything you do for money, power, prestige, and fulfillment, it all comes back to happiness, and maximizing your happiness.

As an unfathomably powerful AI threatens the freedom of humanity, Martin Raines must return to medieval Europe to learn the truth about GRAIL and the Codex Babylon.

As one of the rulers of the ancient city of Quintana, Lord Carbón enjoys power and privilege that the lower castes of the city can only admire and envy. His wealth and status come from the coal mined atop the plateau and shipped across the Great Span - a mysterious bridge built during a legendary period of super science. When miners discover a strange new artifact in the mines, maiming those who touch it and spawning deadly, shadow-like witherers, the discovery draws the attention of Salvatore, head of the secretive Luminoso cult.

Twenty years ago, he was devastated when the love of his life stood him up for the home-coming dance. He moved on, but no one has quite stolen his heart the way she did. When the area is stricken with a disastrous storm, Andy discovers a message on his social media account from his old flame, requesting his help. Can he rekindle the embers of twenty years ago, or will they remain just friends?

As other sword masters are called to the fight, Narina finds herself hunted by a warrior from a rival temple. He is a warbrand, powerful and experienced, and trapped by a curse that will see him kill any and all rivals. With her sister - a fellow blade dancer and sword master - seeking allies from the doomed firewalker temple, it falls on Narina to face the warbrand alone.

In the land of Scandza, a captivating Ruritanian story unfolds against the backdrop of the early 1900s. Prince Frederik, a tenacious and determined soul, finds himself at the center of a web of secrets that surround the royal family of Scandza. Resolved to uncover the truth about his past, Frederik embarks on a quest that takes him through treacherous paths and into the depths of the royal palace. Alongside the unorthodox Soldier Trier and the enigmatic Princess Evelyn, Frederik encounters a multitude of eccentric and unforgettable characters, each concealing their own secrets and motives.

A reluctant teen, a tattooed man, and a Big Boss with an even bigger secret. They'll keep you guessing until the very end with this gamer's fantasy tale. In the gaming world you can always power off. In the world of Nin, power is forever. Soon to be ninth grader, Xavier Dare, thinks he can ace any video game out there. When a mysterious tattooed man challenges X to play a game that's never before been completed -- X can't refuse.

One word changes everything. The all-powerful ruling authority, the Common, implants sensors into its citizens, sensors into the eyes and into the ears. They can see what you see and hear what you hear, and everything is monitored and recorded. One wrong word, or action, and you can lose your citizenship, which means death.

After witnessing his father's murder and his home burned to the ground, Michael is left wandering the violent streets of London alone. Having been captured and managing to escape the clutches of the most heinous of men, he's terrified of recapture. All Michael wants to do is find somewhere safe. Somewhere he can call home. To do that he must survive in a city where he's the weak and the hunted - with no family or friends to help him.

The Key to Making Money on Craigslist features a complete system for building sustainable wealth through merchandise resale. Over the course of the book, Steven Fies shows you exactly how he did over $20,000 in sales and earned over $6,000 in gross profit in one year on Craigslist - all in just a few hours per week. With a core focus on teaching you reliable and tested methods for profitable resale, this book delivers immediately usable steps to harness your business acumen and realize success.

Isaac Morse is one of the greatest astronauts that the world has ever seen, but after missing out on the first manned mission to Mars he is convinced that his time at NASA is over. Then a radio signal is intercepted from another world and Isaac is asked to command a mission to the source. What he finds there could change the fate of mankind and may answer humanity's oldest question: Are we alone in the universe?