A creature not of this world hunts the city of Vaelthorne under the cover of darkness, its origin unknown and its hunger deadly. To stop it, Jarek must confront the shadows lurking in every alley, and the dangers that most of the citizens refused to see.He is no hero, no wise sage, only a watchman sworn to keep order. Yet when darkness spills across the streets, he will have to stand firm—or watch the city crumble around him.

Ashram Stormrider is a warrior monk of Maiden's Haven monastery. Returning to his home within the sanctuary, he seeks a quiet life—one of small duties and no battles. But fate has little regard for peace.Unsettling rumours surface—whispers of dead men wandering the outskirts of a nearby village. Ash finds himself drawn back into the world he left behind. Alongside his new companions, he follows a trail of dark warnings leading to another monastery high in the mountains, that may be...

Two secret societies, fighting for control of a technology that could alter the fate of the world.An assassin, bound to protect knowledge left long ago by visitors from another galaxy.And a woman, caught in the crossfire...From the first time he meets Rachel, Adam Black can't help being attracted. But he knows the athletic redhead is off-limits. She's a civilian, and he... isn't. He guards secrets with deadly consequences, and letting Rachel into his life wou...

In this heartwarming graphic novel romance from the adaptor and illustrator of The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel, two young artists' paths intertwine as they navigate the complexities of love in a world where sea levels have risen and society is sharply divided.Paolo lives in the Flats, a dangerous, water-logged community where families survive by salvaging materials from skyscrapers hidden just beneath the ocean’s surface—remnants of a world before s...

Two secret societies, fighting for control of a technology that could alter the fate of the world.An assassin, bound to protect knowledge left long ago by visitors from another galaxy.And a woman, caught in the crossfire...From the first time he meets Rachel, Adam Black can't help being attracted. But he knows the athletic redhead is off-limits. She's a civilian, and he... isn't. He guards secrets with deadly consequences, and letting Rachel into his life would dest...

The noonday devil is the demon of acedia, the vice also known as sloth. The word “sloth”, however, can be misleading, for acedia is not laziness; in fact it can manifest as busyness or activism. Rather, acedia is a gloomy combination of weariness, sadness, and a lack of purposefulness. It robs a person of his capacity for joy and leaves him feeling empty, or void of meaningAbbot Nault says that acedia is the most oppressive of demons. Although its name harkens back to antiquity and...

An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where w...

Forty-three years ago, after an hour of auditory testing, my husband and I were bluntly informed that our 2-year-old daughter, Marie-Josée (MJ), was profoundly deaf. This book is the story of her 20-year life journey following that diagnosis and every decision made each step of the way to ensure what we honestly thought was best for her. Josée ultimately blossomed into an amazing independent woman. If it were today, the situation would undoubtedly be quite different with all the communicat...

After losing his younger sister and the family farm to devastating wildfires in Australia, Ethan Lawson's life is already falling apart when his father accepts a new job in Whitehorse, Yukon. Dragged halfway around the world into a landscape of endless forests, frozen rivers, and northern mountains, Ethan wants nothing more than to survive the move and keep his head down.Instead, the North changes him.As Ethan befriends Noah, a local teen deeply connected to the land around...

Venus was supposed to be uninhabitable. The MacIver kids are about to discover how wrong that assumption was.When an ancient call for help draws the MacIver family across the solar system, they arrive on a Venus hidden beneath toxic clouds and violent storms—and find a civilization that should not exist.The Aphaeans are descendants of the ancient Minoans, carried from Earth thousands of years ago and transformed by generations of life on another world. Thei...

When the world turns upside down, survival is no longer about escaping the disaster. It is about understanding what the disaster has revealed.When sudden volcanic eruptions begin across the globe, scientists first scramble to explain the impossible. Ash, vapor, and ice rise into the upper atmosphere, forming a growing shell around the Earth. Governments urge calm. The public panics. Borders close. Roads jam. Families flee toward warmer regions, believing a new ice ...

The decision to commit a loved one for carceral treatment and care in a mental asylum was never an uncomplicated one. However, late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century families who had a loved one suffering from a mental illness caused by maternity faced additional logistical and social issues because of the societal and geographical realities of living in British Columbia. Using records from the British Columbia Provincial Insane Asylum, this article explores how settler-colonial fami...