IN THIS CRUEL UNIVERSE, PERCEPTION IS REALITY . . . AND REALITY IS PAIN! You've just landed on a barren, alien world . . . Cold, remote, and devoid of any signs of life . . . except for the ominous, throbbing hum from the planetary core that drills a message straight into the synapses of your human nervous system: THE NEW COLLECTION OF CRUEL UNIVERSE IS HERE! SURRENDER YOURSELF! OR BE ATOMIZED! In this galaxy or the next, you’d be a fool to miss EC Comics’ Eisner and Ringo Award–nominated ...

Two children. One promise. A forest that tests them both.After losing their home, Soren and Elia set out through the woods in search of a place spoken of only in whispers—a refuge for children with nowhere else to go.Guided by their mother's lantern, they follow winding paths deeper into the forest, where hunger, fear, and strange wonders wait beneath the trees. But not every light can be trusted, and not every shelter is safe.A mythic fair...

Urgent crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and global pandemics demand new ways of communicating knowledge.This book reimagines science communication, not just as a way to communicate about sustainability, but as a sustainable practice. Challenging traditional communication models rooted in neutrality and control, it explores a transformative approach that is participatory, performative, and ethically engaged. Through arts-based methods, the chapters cultivate a minds...

It has been three years since the massive alien the world dubbed 'Gulliver' fell, dead, out of the sky next to Little Springs, Nebraska.The city continues to grow, the population now into the hundreds of thousands. But there isn’t enough water for everyone, and a plan to dam a nearby stream and pipe the water into town touches off protests - the dam is to be built over a sacred site, that of a long-ago massacre of the inhabitants of a Lakota village.Sheriff David Blunt is t...

Summer in Venice. A Masquerade ball. And a disappearing corpse.Torben Helle has arrived in the Floating City. Desperate to escape from two looming book deadlines, he is rescued by an invite from his old friend Frances to join her at the Venice Biennale. She promises plenty of Venetian sun, stunning architecture and countless lavish parties, starting with a masquerade ball on a private island.But the party is cut short when Torben stumbles upon the body of c...

So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. —Colossians 3:12-14, The MessageI'm putting on my Jesus shirt

In the land of eternal winter, two lonely gods steal a mortal child for their own. To bring him home, his dearest friend must cross a twilight wilderness and enter a palace where no one grows old—and no one is allowed to leave.

Filipina-American Emilyn Padilla has a secret. While her parents believe their daughter is following her older sister Aprilette's path toward medical school, Emilyn is actually preparing for a photography competition that could win her a scholarship to art school. Science makes Aprilette shine; through a camera lens, Emilyn finally sees herself clearly.Every week, she slips away to develop her portfolio and rehearse her presentation with Jase, a guitarist whose calloused fingertips...

**PRE-ORDER THE HARDBACK FOR AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITION WITH SPRAYED EDGES AND A SPECIAL FOIL ON BOARD DESIGN. AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST**When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: defy the dusk.From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in The Sundering duet - a gritty post-apo...

When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: defy the dusk.From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in The Sundering duet - a gritty post-apocalyptic fantasy duology.In the Sundered world, there are two options: ride the dawn, or face what rises in the night.Twenty years ag...

Thirty-eight marriages. One disastrous mistake. And two people who couldn't be more wrong for each other.Delia Prentiss has officiated more than four hundred weddings, and she's very good at her job. She can rescue a ceremony from a wardrobe malfunction, calm a panicking bride, and pronounce a couple married in ninety seconds flat.What she can't do is explain how her officiant credential expired eight months ago without anyone telling her.Now thirty...

Andre—leader of the Lupins—is recovering from his loss against the Elder and his Pack. The Dark Wolf—Andre's Wolf Spirit—suggests employing the aid of an ancient Colossus Wolf who has been harboring a grudge against the Elder for almost a century—the fearsome and infamous Juggernaut. With a powerful Ittaries at their head the Lupins would become unstoppable in ushering in the New Order.Meanwhile, Christopher Blythe—who carries the Elder's Spirit—is facing challenges aside from prot...