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We are not the inheritors of the universe. We are the mold that grew on its corpse. For two decades, paleo-physicist Dr. Vesper Channing has been haunted by a terrifying truth: the universe’s slow slide into entropic heat death isn't a natural law, but an engineered condition. Armed with her life's work, the Axiomatic Hull—a revolutionary shielding technology capable of maintaining local physics—Vesper leads a team of elite specialists aboard the research vessel Ostracon deep into the Boötes Void. Their...

Character Revolt is an audacious and darkly comedic fantasy novel that pulls back the curtain on what happens when fictional characters, tired of their fates, declare open rebellion against their creator. Author Hank Quense, renowned for crafting the world of Zaftan 31B and the medieval land of Gundarland, finds himself under siege—not from critics, but from the very heroes and villains he imagined. Transported to parallel universes where King Artie leads a fanatical football league, Zaftan squids wage ruthless campaigns...

When the US is threatened by mysterious persons who are not what they seem, can Shawn and Blakely take them down before it’s too late?Shawn is a jaded, retired Navy Sea Bee chosen by the archangel Michael to be fused with and fight with the holy weapon known as Zachariel.Though he works for the Vatican as a vampire hunter, he returns to America and is recruited by the Department of the Super Natural, a highly confidential government agency, to combat...

Earth was ripped apart during the Final War, but the alien Overlords have come down to save us.Or have they?What do you do when you wake up married to a total stranger? Ellax: My wife and oldest son are both dead. My illegitimate son refused my offer to move to Asterion and become my heir, leaving me in a quandary. As a Lead Advisor and an Asterion Elder, I must have an heir. My problems are only worsened when, during...

The Wizard left without her, then Glinda says she could have gone home at any time (thanks to those powerful shoes); Dorothy finally realizes she’s been lied to, manipulated, and used as a political assassin. The result: Dorothy’s anger triggers her magical awakening—in short, she “goes all Carrie” with a never-before-seen magical act: the use of all four elements (fire, water, earth, and air). Suddenly, the Emerald City—and soon all of Oz—is cast under a magical darkness blotting out the...

A dark and heartfelt sci-fi thriller by Lyn Alden, international bestselling author of Broken Money.In the late 21st century, society is more fractured than ever. Billions satisfy their every whim in virtual worlds, leaving those in power free to tighten their grip on the real one.Then five bodies turn up at a rest stop in the New Jersey Pine Barrens—the blood torn from their veins, a van hurled the length of a football field, and three of the dead with...

THEY CALL HER THE BLOOD MISTRESS.No one remembers when she first stepped onto the sand. They remember only one thing.SHE HAS NEVER LOST.With her twin blades — Blood and Silence — Valeria is the most feared gladiator in the kingdom. People tie red threads in her name. Kings come to watch her fight. Few of her enemies live long enough to tell the tale.Then she meets a man who does not fear her. The first person to see the woman...

Master Sergeant Gant Maker was a highly-decorated and well-respected Marine - until his last mission left him as the sole survivor of an encounter with a vicious race called the Vacra. Served up as a scapegoat and drummed out of the military, he has since lived a life of seclusion with only an adopted alien as a companion. Now the Vacra have returned. As the only person to have ever faced them and survived, Maker is reinstated in the Corps...

The fraud.The imposter.The cheater.The fake.The murderer.Which one am I?The guest list for Brit and Joe’s joint bachelor-bachelorette weekend is small and exclusive: the bride, the groom, the best man, a work friend . . . and me, the maid of honor. I’ve planned every detail to make this a celebration none of us will ever forget.Expect daytime drinking, poolside lounging — and a White Lie Party designed to help us share all our little secrets.After all, confession is good for...

Born with a secret power he must hide… Telryn “Trip” Yert has always been a little odd, with hunches that are too accurate to explain. Magic is feared and forbidden in Iskandia, so he’s struggled his whole life to hide his eccentricities. As a boy, he was forced to watch his mother’s execution. Her crime? Witchcraft. Understandably, Trip wants nothing to do with the power that lurks within him, always threatening to reveal itself. Instead, he dedicates himself to serving...