What begins as a simple reconnaissance mission turns into a harrowing chase across the preternatural nighttime skies of Mensch. Wolf Dasher finds the hunter has become the hunted when a trap to flush out a double agent is turned on him."The Darkline Protocol" is a fantasy-thriller mashup story that introduces Wolf -- the hero of John R. Phythyon Jr.'s debut novel, State of Grace.When Wolf Dasher is assigned to find out who is leaking sensitive information to Urland's mortal enemy, Phrygia, he doesn't count on the spy being an innocent victim . . . or that he is the prize in an elaborate double-cross. What begins as a simple reconnaissance mission ends in a harrowing chase across the sky of Mensch's perpetual night, with Wolf pursued by a Phrygian Shadow determined to bring him back to her superiors for torture. Now the hunter becomes the hunted!"The Darkline Protocol" is a free short story that introduces Wolf Dasher, hero of John R. Phythyon, Jr.'s debut novel, State of Grace. Combining magic, espionage, and politics, "The Darkline Protocol" is a fantasy-thriller mashup offering an electifying brew of action and adventure.

Third book in a series of five: A novel about the times from the rapture into the times of the Anti-Christ. This story carries a reader through cataclysmic, end-time events, the mark of the beast, and tells how a couple of unlikely teenagers with a Holy Ghost dog, Nicodemus, with special angelic assistance, save the United States from a terrible murderous disaster.Third book in a series of five: A novel about the times from the rapture into the times of the Anti-Christ. This story carries a reader through cataclysmic, end-time events, the mark of the beast, and tells how a couple of unlikely teenagers with a Holy Ghost dog, Nicodemus, with special angelic assistance, save the United States from a terrible murderous disaster. Sometimes referred to as Christian fantasy.

As a Keeper in training, Egey Bashi makes it his priority to discover hidden talents and help people fully realize their abilities. But when he rescues a boy with a Majat-level talent for weapons, Egey Bashi is thrown into events where his own resolve to be a Keeper will be sorely tested. A 7,000-word story set in the world of the Majat Code, a distant prequel to "Blades of the Old Empire".As a Keeper in training, Egey Bashi makes it his priority to discover hidden talents and help people fully realize their abilities. But when he rescues a boy from certain death, he find himself out of his league. The boy has a Majat-level talent for weapons. The Keepers send for a Diamond Majat to test him, and on arrival, Egey Bashi is thrown into events where his own resolve to be a Keeper will be sorely tested."The Majat Testing" is a 7,000-word story set in the world of the Majat Code, a distant prequel to Anna Kashina's "Blades of the Old Empire".

Rowen Skylance is a young mage in the city of Lennendell. The time has come for him to graduate from the Mage's Academy and head out to a new life. His class sets off on a routine expedition to clear the nearby ruins. However, things take an unexpected turn for the worse. Rowen must come to terms with whether the adventurous life is meant for him.The Skylance family is a proud family with a long tradition in the military. Rowen has been brought up from a very young age to join one form of the military after he graduates. However, he's torn between where to go, or if he even wants to go anywhere at all. The young mage sets off on an expedition to test his worthiness with the rest of his class, but things go wrong. Afterward, Rowen must choose his new life path, but the event has scarred him. He may very well be the first Skylance in generations to shy away from the militant life.

A collection of nine Sci-Fi and Fantasy short stories by Gabe SluisA collection of nine Sci-Fi and Fantasy short stories by Gabe Sluis. Seasonals- A cyberpunk tale- where do the homeless go when the weather turns cold? Who Is Lora Clark?- A ninety-three year-old woman tells the full tale of her life to her favorite granddaughter. Onyx- A lose end from Arrow Of Time is tied up when Binno Terrace is asked to complete another project. The Library- Kyle Voont receives a history lesson from the head librarian concerning a two hundred year old legend. Fake Your Own- A man on his fishing boat recounts his brothers apparent death. The Door- Jake and Donny from Saving John make an interesting discovery in Donny's new house. Two Rabbits- An American couple makes a pilgrimage to the Italian countryside to visit the family run olive oil company. If Your Right Hand...- A three part story of one man's quest to change the world. The Game- An old man teaches a throwing game to his two grandchildren.

MirrorHive is a world where men greatly outnumber women. To lower the population, the human inhabitants of this world follow a gruesome tradition; every two years, boys from 12 to 14 pass a Coming of Age ceremony where they are given a deadly quest. Those who complete their quest are welcome to become citizens of their nation, but the chances of success are low.This book contains 25 acrostic poems describing emotions. The emotions are in an A to Z(excluding X) list. The emotions described are: ANGER, BRAVERY, CLARITY, DEVOTED, EAGER, FAITH, GLADNESS, HOPEFUL, INLOVE, JUMPY, KINDNESS, LONELINESS, MANIC, NAUGHTY, OBSESS, PEACE, QUESTIONING, ROMANTIC, SADNESS, THANKSGIVING, UNIQUENESS, VANITY, WONDER, YIELDED, and ZONEDOUT. In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line of the poem spells a word when read down the length of the page. The reader will discover in these poems the physical exhilaration of being INLOVE and the pure joy of being YIELDED to the will of God, among other sensations.

It's the night before Halloween and Viper, leader of Viper's Vermin, has been presented with the biggest score of the year by Bad Wolf of the Lunar Legends. When the job proves too horrible to actually pull off Viper in kidnapped and threatened with rape, death, and the destruction of her gang who are being forced into pulling off the gig anyway. This is the first story of Queen Of Anarchy.Taking place in a dark future in an alternate reality where Homo Erectus could not compete with their lupine counterparts VIper's a 17 year old bad ass gerbil woman in charge of her own biker gang. One with a moral compass who has refused what was described as the Biggest Job Of The Year fearing it too horrible to pull off. As a result she finds herself kidnapped and having to escape the lair of the most notorious thug around Bad Wolf, or else she will find her gang doing the job anyway and herself raped then murdered. This is just the first chapter in an epic saga of Urban Fantasy taking inspirations from real world spirituality.Recommended reading for Feminists, Furries, Spiritualists, and lovers of Exploitation Films. best of all it's only the start of a series featuring Viper's Vermin in smart political satire on why Right Wing Politics would be the death of the United States. Previously an Amazon exclusive, the debut chapter of this series is now available on Smash Words FOR FREE! I've gone back and forth on publishing this, but thanks to my friends I finally decided to go through with making this a series.

Liesl lives in a tiny attic bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows and the mice,until one night a ghost appears from the darkness. It is Po, who comes from the Other Side. Both Liesl and Po are lonely, but together they are less alone. That same night, an alchemist's apprentice, Will, bungles an important delivery. He accidentally switches a box containing the most powerful magic in the world with one containing something decidedly less remarkable. Will's mistake has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po, and it draws the three of them together on an extraordinary journey. From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a luminous and magnificent novel that glows with rare magic, ghostly wonders, and a true friendship that lights even the darkest of places.

A digital original novella set in the world of the bestselling, action-packed Survivors series by Erin Hunter! This prequel story gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at Moon's past, and how she came to join the Wild Pack. Long before the Big Growl struck, Moon belonged to a different Pack. But when that Pack was threatened by a terrible danger, Moon found unexpected help—and a difficult choice—in a newcomer called Fiery… Survivors: Moon's Choice also includes a sneak peek at Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #1: A Pack Divided!

IN THE DARK of winter in the town of Fulworth, an old man named Thorston has devoted his life to the illegal practice of alchemy in the quest to uncover the Great Secret: of making gold, and of immortality. Yet just as he is on the brink of a discovery, he keels over, nearly dead. Thorton's servant, Sybil, and his talking raven, Odo, are filled with dread: will they be thrown out into the streets to fend for themselves? Their only hope is to discover the alchemist's secret and learn to make gold. And according to their master's last garbled words, the secret has something to do with a green-eyed child, the mysterious Book Without Words, and three sweet-smelling stones in the foul muck at the bottom of a cauldron... From Avi, the 2003 Newbery Award-winning author of "Crispin: The Cross of Lead," comes the story of Thorston, an alchemist who works to concoct a potion that will enable him to live forever--and keep dying and rising from the dead as a result.

This hilarious novel from award-winning author Wendy Mass is now available in paperback! It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited---after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together. When Amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. Or is it? Her birthday seems to be repeating iself. What is going on?! And how can she fix it? Only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell. . .

Five special people are the anchor points to a path across parallel universes. There is Darius, of the sympathetic magic…Nona, the ninth child of a ninth child…Seqiro, the telepathic horse…Provos, who remembers only the future…and Colene, the girl from Earth who learned that all dreams are possible. Held captive in Nona's home universe, Colene and her friends must help fulfill a dangerous prophecy—that one day women will take the power of magic away from the cruel men who control it. But first, Nona must cross the barrier to another universe…to that strange and unpredictable place called Earth.

After twelve years of secret training, Atticus O’Sullivan is finally ready to bind his apprentice, Granuaile, to the earth and double the number of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual, the world that thought he was dead abruptly discovers that he’s still alive, and they would much rather he return to the grave. Having no other choice, Atticus, his trusted Irish wolfhound, Oberon, and Granuaile travel to the base of Mount Olympus, where the Roman god Bacchus is anxious to take his sworn revenge—but he’ll have to get in line behind an ancient vampire, a band of dark elves, and an old god of mischief, who all seem to have KILL THE DRUID at the top of their to-do lists.

From "a writer of remarkable gifts," "Borges with emotional weight, comes a tale that is at once a fantastical historical mystery, a haunting love story, and a glimpse into theuncanny-the quest for a long-lost book detailing the animals left off Noah's Ark. Xeno Atlas grows up in the Bronx, his Sicilian grandmother's strange stories of animalspirits his only escape from the legacy of his mother's early death and his stern father's long absences as a common seaman. Shunted off to an isolated boarding school, with his father'sactivities abroad and the source of his newfound wealth grown increasingly mysterious, Xeno turns his early fascination with animals into a personal obsession: his search for the Caravan Bestiary. This medieval text, lostfor eight hundred years, supposedly details the animals not granted passage on the Ark-griffins, hippogriffs, manticores, and basilisks--the vanished remnants of a lost world sometimes glimpsed in theshadowy recesses of our own. Xeno's quest takes him from the tenements of New York to the jungles of Vietnam to the ancient libraries of Europe-but it is only by riddling out his ownfamily secrets that he can hope to find what he is looking for. A story of panoramic scope and intellectual suspense, The Bestiary is ultimately a tale of heartbreak andredemption. "From the Hardcover edition."

When she wakes up in unfamiliar surroundings, Skye knows something terrible has happened to her. It's not until she hears Asher, the dark, rebellious angel she fell in love with, that the memories come flooding back. She tries to put the past behind her, but she knows she'll be forever haunted by the ruthless betrayal that almost took her life. Skye returns home, but with the knowledge of who she really is, nothing can ever be the same. As she tests the limits of her newfound powers, Skye discovers that she's capable of far more than anyone could have imagined. Both the Order and the Rebellion want her for their side as war between the factions looms. She can't forget the terrifying truth she now knows about the Order, but something holds her back from embracing the Rebellion. A Fractured Light picks up right after A Beautiful Dark's shocking cliffhanger ending and is perfect for fans of Lauren Kate's Fallen and Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush saga.