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A collection of eleven coming-of-age SFF tales:. . . a gang of teens discover clues to their heritage and their backward world.. . . a young sailor falls in the hands of pirates, but meets the love of his life.. . . an upstart swordswoman battles a mechanical monster at a famous tournament.. . . a professor shocks the world with his AI invention, until it starts proving itself cleverer than its creator.. . . an eloquent knight must save ...

122 AD. Icarus, son of a Roman merchant, has made a pact that he will avenge the death of his brother. In a world ruled by the iron fist, this is no small promise.He is member of a violent gang in ancient Londinium. Vandals who take out their vengeance against the establishment. But has he gone too far?A wizard's curse follows him. Gang rivalry threatens to splinter them from the inside out. Can he uphold his vow to his brother, and to himself?A gritty, action-packe...

They took away our history. But they can't steal our souls.I'm Ellan Weis, a teen kickboxer. Something happens to me, where I can sense disaster. Before it happens.I live in a world where everyone has a com chip in their wrist...where the only truth of the past cataclysm lies in the darkweb. The schools are rough, bullies walk the halls, gangs work the streets. My mother's a key player in rolling out the new haloband, a smart-VR headgear technology at Starc...

All is not well at Castle Orlak. The warlock lusts after the queen Archmagrix and control of the wizards. Wandering swordsman Vetravincus fights for his life after returning to his homeland and falls for the beautiful Axana, apprentice to the warlock, earning his deadly wrath. Can he defeat the tyrant and his black magic? Dabbling in demons and forbidden spellcraft, he schemes to one day rule the Eight Kingdoms…An action-packed adventure of intrigue, power and sorcery.For f...

A passionate and meticulously researched argument against the Harper government's war on scienceIn this arresting and passionately argued indictment, award-winning journalist Chris Turner contends that Stephen Harper's attack on basic science, science communication, environmental regulations, and the environmental NGO community is the most vicious assault ever waged by a Canadian government on the fundamental principles of the Enlightenment. From the closure of Arctic research stat...

In the far future a band of unlikely heroes fight against an alien invasion.Miko, a NAVO pilot, is waylaid by Zikri pirates. Space mercenaries Yul and Regers are contracted by Cyber Corp to secure alien plant samples from a faraway world. Star, a young street hustler, is taken under the wing of Miko. All are embroiled in an alien war.For fans of Alien and Predator…The Alien Alliance seriesALIEN RESONANCEFRONTIER

Bestselling author Chris Turner brings readers onto the streets of Fort McMurray, showing the many ways the oilsands impact our lives and demanding that we ask the question: In order to both fuel the world and to save it, what do we do about the Patch?In its heyday, the oilsands represented an industrial triumph and the culmination of a century of innovation, experiment, engineering, policy, and finance. Fort McMurray was a boomtown, the centre of a new gold rush, and the oilsands ...

Sorcery and peril on the high seas…What begins as a simple dare among drunken friends becomes a nightmare for a young sailor who falls afoul of dark mage. Waylaid by an enemy tribe of seafarers, all seems lost. But on the way unexpected things happen. Could he have found the love of his life…and his destiny?An exciting coming-of-age adventure in the Dragonclaw series…Books in this series:Serpent's IsleDragonclaw: Rebel Mage

A heist of beryl crystal for hyperdrive engines lands hustler Jet Rusco and his accomplice Marty in a heap of trouble...also in the crossfires of a thug entrepreneur peddling black market beryl to a brood of warlords. Rusco is stuck with a sexy player along the way whose loyalty he cannot trust. Can he and his buddy Marty escape with their skins and make a difference in the fight for freedom against galactic oppression?A gritty space opera full of cons, twists and danger. Scarface ...

Stowaway Kip Rees gets in over his head when a mysterious figure offers him riches to deliver a package to a faraway world. Powerful people would as soon see Kip dead than fulfill his mission. Is it alien tech he is transporting? Can he stay alive long enough to unlock the mystery of why he was chosen as delivery boy?From the grimy holds of space freighters to the majestic Temple of the Moon, Kip goes from young dreamer to hardened defender.Other books in the Starship R...

In the ancient tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh, a young plunderer, intent on the riches within, faces an unexpected presence. 4800 words.

Megan Raines, a dreamy young FBI agent, is thrust into the middle of an investigation of a horrific serial murderer. When it appears that the suspect may be a dear friend, she doesn’t know what to believe in anymore. While fighting her own feelings for her handsome partner and maintaining an uncomfortable closeness to all her other obsessive heartthrobs, will she able to stay safe when the killer begins to target her?