All hell is breaking out in the state penitentiary located in the Florida panhandle between Pensacola and Mobile. One of the worst inmates, Hector Escandia, is on the prowl and looking for vengeance. If Hector catches up with his nemesis, blood will spill, but whose?

Bert had fallen in love with Connie the moment their eyes met in Macroeconomic Theory. First coffee, then breakfast, then a lifetime together.When Talbot showed up with his plaid arm tight on Connie, Bert was patient. Bert could keep a secret.A better person wouldn't have gone to the wedding. Bert couldn't stay away.

Which would you bet on? If you picked the bull, get good odds. High Warden Avery Tavistern knows which one to put his coin on and it's a bet that pays handsome dividends.The Bull and the Rat takes place in Sangrar, the setting for the Tale of Ages. It begins in the year 4716, ten years before the God-Emperor exiles Hali.

When Hali was a child, he'd held his father's absences against him. Now that he was Lord Warden, he understood. When the God-Emperor called, he must answer or suffer the compulsion.Duty takes place in Sangrar, the setting for the Tale of Ages. It begins in the year 4632, ninety-four years before the God-Emperor exiles Hali.

The Fins have had a stranglehold on Sangrithar's black market since Blade founded the guild a century before the God-Emperor exiled Hali. Blade has led them all this time and many have stood at his side as guild second. The latest, Kaizal, died recently and Blade has just named young Tomello to replace him.Snake takes place in Sangrar, the setting for the Tale of Ages. It begins in the year 4723, three years before the God-Emperor exiles Hali.

Being a leader is more than dynamic presence, creating vision and executivng strategy. It's also riding to the top of the administrative mountain. But sometimes, the process chairlift jams and it's better to jump!

This story is an except from Spirit's Legacy, Volume 3 of the Scales over Sangrithar trilogy.Ankerrafang, a dragon, recounts the mythology of the Vanara to Hali, the trilogy's hero, and his campanions. A rather old and stodgy dragon, Ankerragfang tells the tale in a style bordering on biblical.

What do jazz, coffee, football and ninja girls have in common? Me, that's who, Mason Ezekiel Barnes. I'm a retired NFL tackle turned author, a big-headed man (as in large, not proud) living in a world dominated by small-headed people. Pinhead insults wear thin, especially when they come from Conrad Bancroft, whose head isn't much bigger than a light bulb. That twerpy little gnome thinks he can write better than me and he writes about buffalo for God's sake. Which would you rather read, a t...

Blade might have named Tomello to run the Fins' day to day operations, but that didn't mean the older rogues respected him. Alziri had wanted the job and many thought it should have gone to him.Stripes takes place in Sangrar, the setting for the Tale of Ages. It begins in the year 4725, a year before the GOd-Emperor exiles Hali.

When Karl Milton accepted the job offer from the restaurant, he had no idea that Caldwell Van Buren worked there also. Karl hadn't seen Caldwell since grade school and to tell the truth, hadn't missed him one bit. If he'd known how Caldwell had it in for him, he'd have missed him even less. That first day in the restaurant began a bitter, albeit one-sided rivalry between the two, a rivalry spanning years and employers.

Generals are great men sometimes called upon to do terrible things and Hali, Lord Warden of Sangrithar's legions and cousin to God-Emperor Torval Waverider is a very great man. He has burned, pillaged and murdered for Torval. He knows it's wrong, but the magikal compulsion binding him to the Pearl Throne is unforgiving. Even the thought of disobedience brings immeasurable pain.Torval wields the god-fire, which was a symbol for everything bright and good in the empire until Arvyl th...

Devotees aren't born, they're nurtured. When Renjarro Palluri, a legionnaire in the God-Emperor's elite guard saves a red-haired woman, he has no idea how much it will change his life.Masks takes place in Sangrar, the setting for the Tale of Ages. It begins in the year 4719, seven years before the God-Emperor exiles Hali.