Rosetta can do nothing as her son grows into a terrible, yet politically powerful person. Living in the faithless world her son creates, Rosetta struggles to love her son as only a mother could, with the principles of love, patience, and above all else, faith.A mother can only do so much to survive in a world without faith and hope, but what is a mother to do when the very person who created this horrible world, is her very own son? A Mother's Love follows the woman, Rosetta, as she watches her son grow into a cruel and powerful man. Blaming herself for her child’s horrid transformation, she continues to try and mother the monstrous man in her hope to change him. She strives to uphold her ideals of motherhood, knowing that if she is to ever see the light within her son’s eyes again, she must be a good mother. And of course she knows that a good mother must love, she must be patient, and above all else, she must have faith.

Every myth contains clues. Horus, Egyptian god, parts time's veil. Return with him to the beginning. Rediscover the truth.In The Ways of Eternity, first in the I, Horus series, Horus draws the reader back to the First Time to reveal the story behind the mythology: In an age of war, a headstrong child, filled with curiosity, burdened by fear, uncovers his powers. A defining, forbidden love sparks, fated to span millennia. The stakes are laid in the battle between the forces of good and evil. Foundations are formed. Friends stand firm. And a visionary young king lifts his mantle and claims his destiny, forging hope, bringing with him the ways of eternity and the promise of the twilight of the morning.

This is a fictional short story about a young girl who learns about her gift of foresight. While the runes technically start with the F rune, this story was the first that came to my muse for translation. Anei will overcome a painful initiation and learn the history of her destiny as a Rune Messenger.This is a short story about Anei, a young girl plagued with an ability to dream events before they happen. She learns from a mysterious stranger that this is actually a gift from the Northern Gods that she will need to help bring back the wisdom of the Runes. Through the Order of Odin, with the first appearance being a dreadfully painful experience, Anei will start on her journey to being the traveling messenger for the others. Anei will need to prepare for a life that will be much different from the one she imagined for herself. At the end, you will find a brief commentary about the rune. Please keep in mind that the runes are complex and rich with symbolism and practicality, so interpretations will be different.

Timeline and Note: This short story features the younger adults (novice soldiers, university students, apprentices etc) in both the DarkRiver leopard pack and the SnowDancer wolf pack. It stands on its own so feel free to read it even if you haven’t tried the Psy-Changeling series. For those of you who like to read in series order, this short fits in prior to the start of Shield of Winter. Enjoy! *Found in Nalini Singh's 30th December 2014 newsletter*

In this much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion - the once tiny cub defended by Elphaba in Wicked. While civil war looms, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, an enigmatic figure known as Brrr - the Cowardly Lion - arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. As payment, Yackle demands some answers of her own. Brrr surrenders his story: abandoned as a cub, his earliest memories are gluey hazes, and his life's path is no Yellow Brick Road. A Lion Among Men chronicles a battle of wits hastened by the Emerald City's approaching armies. At once a portrait of a would-be survivor and a panoramic glimpse of a world gone shrill with war fever, Gregory Maguire's new novel is written with the sympathy and power that have made his books contemporary classics.

The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. Oxford Street was the last trip of the condemned. Some things don't change. The place has a bloody and haunted legacy and now blood has returned to the empty Mayfair mansions of the world's super-rich. And blood mixed with magic is a job for Peter Grant. Peter Grant is back as are Nightingale et al. at the Folly and the various river gods, ghosts and spirits who attach themselves to England's last wizard and the Met's reluctant investigator of all things supernatural.

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her... So begins one of the greatest fantasy epics of our age—Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company.

Elric of Melniboné, proud prince of ruins, last lord of a dying race, wanders the lands of the Young Kingdoms in search of the evil sorcerer Theleb K'aarna. His object is revenge. But to achieve this, he must first brave such horrors as the Creatures of Chaos, the freezing wilderness of World's Edge, the golden-skinned Kelmain hordes, King Urish the Seven-fingered with his great cleaver Hackmeat, the Burning God, the Sighing Desert, and the terrible stone-age men of Pio. Although Elric holds within him a destiny greater than he could ever know, and controls the hellsword Stormbringer, stealer of souls, his task looks hopeless - until he encounters Myshella, Empress of the Dawn, the sleeping sorceress...

Alice Shepard needs one thing: a date for her sister's wedding. And not just any date. A hunk who will make her fiancé rue the day he left her for her best friend. Her drop-dead gorgeous neighbor fits the bill—even if he is a bit quirky and never comes out during the day—and Alice has downed just enough appletinis to ask him. But she makes it quite clear that there will be no funny business. Spending a week on a cruise ship full of humans while sleeping close to his sexy next-door neighbor sounds like a helluva bad idea to vampire Noah Thorpe. But his friends need time to get him out of a shotgun wedding—a vampire bonding that will tie his fate to a female vampire he's never met. And Alice's offer comes at just the right time. What could possibly go wrong?

Audience: Young Adult, 40K+ words. Sequestered deep in the capital, the tyrannical Emperor weaves a plan to destroy the dragons. He succeeds in driving them to the very brink of extinction. When young Elias finds a carved dragon stone in the forest, it brings empire soldiers to his doorstep, and puts Elias on the run with a bounty on his head. Is Elias strong enough to halt the emperor's evil?Sequestered deep in the capital, the tyrannical Emperor Vosper weaves a plan to destroy all the dragons. He succeeds in driving them to the very brink of extinction. Only a handful of dragons and riders remain; living in exile in the desert. When young Elias Dorgumir finds a carved dragon stone in the forest, it brings empire soldiers to his doorstep, and puts Elias on the run with a bounty on his head. With some help from his friends, Elias must escape the emperor’s wrath and try to make it to the safety of the dwarf caverns. Elias holds the key to the salvation of the dragon race. Is Elias strong enough to halt the evil that is spreading across the land?

She is average, calm and keeps to herself... He is popular, hot and has a deep dark secret... She likes the quiet simple life while he is chasing a past demon around the globe… By all rights their worlds shouldn’t collide… But they do. Their fate says so.She is average, calm and keeps to herself... He is popular, hot and has a deep dark secret... She likes the quiet simple life while he is chasing a past demon around the globe… By all rights their worlds shouldn’t collide… But they do. Their fate says so.So when she is attacked in the middle of the night by dark and evil forces the resulting consequences seal it permanently... He will help her overcome her fear while She learns there's far more to her – and the world – then she ever thought possible...Savannah Greene;I’m just an average girl going to college and doing average girl things. Then I have to go and bump into the new hot guy in school. He’s everything every girl dreams of and more and even I think I have a little crush on him…But meeting him, that one chance moment where I be ballsy enough to actually speak to a guy and move out of my comfort zone sets off a chain of events that will forever change my life, will forever keep me from being average ever again and will most certainly change my view of the world and what it is forever…Who would have known, thought even, that such things like that even existed?…Dominic Lincoln;I’m unfortunately stuck in a time that is not my own, chasing a guy who was supposed to be one of my own... then She steps in front of me and everything changes… it’s almost like a movie, it doesn’t feel real to me and I am a surreal kind of creature!A chance meeting or infinite fate? Whatever the reason my life is forever altered and when a dark and evil force threatens to change it all once again I set out on a mission to stop him before it becomes the point of no return and to seek revenge for those who have been lost in a war I should have seen coming…

This is the first book that I wrote, and it took me three full years to write and is called “Gwarcheidial.” This word translated from the ancient Welsh language means Guardian. And is about an old Wizard, and then along comes those that have the knowing of all things and decide that it’s time for him to do what he was born to do. Witches, Sorcerers and Demons summoned from the depths.A ship of explorers has crash-landed onto K24B, a planet full of vast plains and lush forests teaming with countless new species. The knowledge-hungry survivors soon discover that danger lurks in the shadows. People are taken in the night and some simply disappear without a trace – a heightened sense of desperation sets in with each person lost. Every breath becomes a matter of survival for those that remain. “A Matter of Survival” is the second story in “The Extraterrestrial Anthology, Volume I: Temblar.” The anthology contains ten short stories to make you think and tremble.

When Ethan Allen was first drawn into the world of The Elementals, he had no idea of the importance he played in their existence, now how different he truly was. Thrown in the middle of a civil war, a vital key to the stability and freedom of his kind, he fights not only for his survival, but for the survival of a world that has been seeking peace for thousands of years.Think living on the moon as a teen would mean an escape from cliques and teenage pranks? Think again. When Marci's longtime friend Jess joins the pop-crowd at school, Marci finds herself talked into participating in one of their initiation rites and questioning herself, her friendships, and her values in the process.This Luna Short Story includes a special excerpt from CONVERGENCE, a full-length novel by the same author.

Welcome to the magical world of Eliantar or what is left of it. Evil has arrived after thousands of years of peace and now it spirals towards its demise. And so…the beginning of the end.  Once Upon a Time the land of Eliantar existed quite happily for over two thousand years until everything changed…and there was no happily ever after.Imagine a world where being gay is not only accepted but expected....Welcome to Eliantar, a feudal world filled with magic, fantastical creatures, towering castles, and special powers gifted from the gods!  Filled with endless forests and crystal waters, Eliantar was designed to be a paradise.But evil has found Eliantar.  The newly crowned Prince has narrowly survived assassination and a witch with the powers to raise the dead threatens the peaceful kingdom.  With his advisors conflicted, the Prince turns to the reclusive hunter Ara Tataman.Ara reeling from a tragic past filled with dark memories, has chosen a life of solitude.  But when the handsome ruler of the entire world calls upon a lowly hunter, how can he say no?  Conflicted by his life of isolation and his growing feelings for the Prince, Ara finds himself thrust into a situation he had not prepared for.  Will Ara save Prince Vale and the kingdom of Eliantar from the necromancer or prove that he is not the hero that everyone thinks he is?  The stage is set in the Woodland Tombs, for the beginning of the end of Eliantar.

Humankind’s greatest armies gathered and marked an end to the age of dragons but the great serpents carried on their knowledge and powers by mixing with human blood. Some families tried to preserve their own ancestry, though time saw fit to kill off what little remained. Now the modern age, Markell Adler responded to a survey about his own ancestry, not sure just how much dragon he had in him.Completely disillusioned and weary, Sally Wentworth a passionate Art Historian and writer is rejected by her boyfriend, lost her job and is denied publishing her book. She has a strange encounter with Pierre de Prince an artist and inventor of the 18th century who asks her to disclose the murderers responsible for his disappearance. She is to get in touch with Ambrose de Prince his grandson, who has been given a mysterious box that would reveal who the murderers are. Unknown to Sally, she does not realize that Ambrose is in the year 2009, when she corresponds with him in 2013. The two must work out their time difference before the murderers of Pierre de Prince carry out their dastardly act to silence them.