Dark Test

He broke the chains. Then he broke the world…. A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw. Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still...

Would you be prepared to work for free? How would you like to bust your hump for a large corporation 60-plus hours a week without a wage or a single day off for the vague promise of some mysterious perks in the distant future? You'd refuse point blank, wouldn't you? But what if the job in question was playing a state-of-the-art fantasy MMORPG game? And what if this was the only thing you're really good at? Especially considering that your in-game partner is someone really special to you - and this person already lives a virtual life?

He broke the chains. Then he broke the world…. A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw. Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still...

2026 NEW EDITION FULL COLOR budget friendly includes exclusive Guide Turn Your Dark Aesthetic Into Real Crochet Projects—Without Confusion, Guesswork, or Giving Up Again Do you love gothic style but struggle to find crochet projects that actually match your aesthetic? Do beginner patterns feel unclear, rushed, or assume you already know what you’re doing? Have you started (and quit) crochet projects because instructions were confusing or results looked wrong? You’re not alone. Most crochet books are filled with pastel projects, vague directions, and “beginner” patterns that ...

Charismatic and innovative, Oklas Sayve has risen to prominence in Apidecca, the moon's capital city. A politician and college director, he has the resources to effect the changes he envisions for the world. But the sovereigns he serves oppose him at every turn and his status cannot protect the low-strata students attending his college. After a young knyad is wrongly linked to insurgent activity, Oklas must find a way to smuggle her out of the city while hiding his involvement from the authorities.

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and “one of our most gifted writers” (Chicago Tribune) comes a comic novel about a divorced Midwestern dad who takes a cutting-edge medical test and learns that he has a predisposition to murder. In this fresh take on love and trouble in America...

She has always hidden her dark hucow fantasies… until they are made oh so real by three dominant alien doctors. 21-year-old Elara’s boyfriend just broke up with her because she’s too vanilla. If he could see her now—strapped to the cold medical table of three towering alien doctors, begging for more—he wouldn’t recognize her. She doesn’t know how she got onto this alien ship, but she doesn’t want to leave anytime soon. Even when she discovers that her testing isn’t just for her pleasure, she is being trained for an alien monster. He wants himself a human pet, and Elara is ...

He broke the chains. Then he broke the world…. A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw. Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still...

Questioning the Narrative: Exposing the Unsettling Truth of Energy Practices Energy is all around us...Right? Our bodies are electrical, but are energy and bioelectricity the same? Quantum mechanics explains energy-based practices...Right? Muscle testing just reveals what the body already knows...Right? Christian practitioners and friends may say energy medicine is safe, but questions remain—an unease that something just is not right. Marci Julin’s unique approach in addressing that “unease” brings an exceptional breadth of knowledge and a compassionate approach to the subject ...

Love was once her salvation. Now it’s her deadliest enemy. Queen Sorrow has survived monsters, a coup, and defied the gods. Yet now she faces not just an army, but the man who holds her heart. Matthias was once Sorrow’s shelter, her strength–now he is a weapon in the cruel hands of the empress. Bound to the will of his enemy, Matthias is no longer the man Sorrow fell for, hunting her down without mercy: by day, by night, even in their dreams.

When a Mormon wife undergoes a new beauty procedure, the cost of perfection proves all too high, in this thriller from the reality TV star and bestselling author. Celeste built herself up from ridiculed outsider to pillar of the local Mormon mom group. Even among these perfectly polished and...

A detective and an FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case, but a new rash of killings sends them on a pulse-pounding race against time in this intense thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author. A police detective and an FBI agent race to stop a spree killer who...

Brie's transformation is nearly complete, but first she must prove herself worthy. Master X takes her to New York City where she is left alone in a dark alley, bound and helpless, to be tested on a supreme scale! Don't miss a moment as Brie must conquer her deepest fears and shed all of her inhibitions to pass her final test! Brie has changed a great deal over the summer. No longer the "innocent" housewife she once was, she has since been transformed into a sex toy for her husband, who will do anything to feed her insatiable hunger for sex at any time and with anyone he chooses. This was ...

The full moon has risen. The real hunt has just begun. Walt Bearden thought the worst was behind him. He survived the corporate siege on his fortified cabin and rescued Eli from the ashes. Now they are pushing deep into the uncharted Montana high country. They need shelter and they need time because the full moon is hours away and Eli is about to experience his first complete transformation. But Gene-Syte Consolidated does not walk away from a highly valuable biological asset. Commander Elena Garcia has arrived with a heavily armed tactical squad. They have thermal optics. They have heavy ...

The Halls of Venn are the seat of both knowledge and power in the great continent of Luna Ruinam. Renia, a scribe with a tragic past, spends her days expertly copying books that do little to satiate her desire for knowledge. When a fateful commission lands on her desk, she finds herself tasked with transcribing a book coveted by assassins from the southern continent. Its theft throws the scribing halls into chaos and threatens to destroy the fragile peace that exists between their nations.

The Blood Test – A Psychological Thriller That Will Keep You Guessing When Olivia takes her son Henry for a routine checkup, the last thing she expects is a blood test result that doesn’t make sense. She and her husband, Noah, conceived Henry through IVF—but the numbers don’t add up. With a nagging suspicion that won’t let her go, Olivia digs deeper, uncovering a series of unsettling coincidences. Then she meets Margo, another mother at Henry’s preschool, whose daughter looks eerily like him. The two women bond over their shared experience with the same fertility doctor—Dr. ...

After months of training, Raven’s finally ready to compete in the angel trials. If she succeeds, she’ll earn the right to drink angel blood from the holy grail, which will give her Nephilim blood. No human has yet to drink angel blood from the grail and survive. But Raven’s gift of stubbornness makes her special. She survived countless times during the cross country demon hunt with her shifter soulmate Noah, even though she should have died. She doesn’t plan to stop surviving now. Because the greater demon Azazel is holding Raven’s mom and best friend Sage hostage.

The Untold Story of the Darkest Wizard of All Step beyond the legend and into the shadows. Voldemort: The Definitive Study of Tom Riddle reveals the truth behind the wizarding world's most feared name. Author Grace Candido-Beecher explores how a brilliant, isolated orphan became a symbol of...

Are you the puppet-master...or the puppet? Find out the unvarnished truth about your inner strategist. Niccolò Machiavelli wrote The Prince 500 years ago. Today, every boardroom and Slack channel still rewards the sharp strategist who knows how to plan three moves ahead, charm allies, and out-maneuver rivals. This book contains a research-grounded questionnaire that quantifies exactly how far you're willing to go to win. Inside, you’ll discover: Six Facets of Power: Amoral Manipulation, Distrust, Status-Drive, Need for Control, Long-Term Planfulness, and Tactical Charm Fast self-scoring ...

Blood is thicker than Fae. The Fae came and went leaving the human world destroyed. Mercia must navigate this new human world run by witches and warlocks, all the while keeping her true nature hidden. But a botched assassination and an encounter with a green-eyed Fae change all of that. Mercia's fae side is taking over, and the Govs she's been hiding from for years are hot on her trail. Being anything less than human is a death sentence in the world after the fall. Until Mercia discovers there is something worse than death and it endangers every changeling on the surface. For lovers of The ...