Toby wasn’t ready to die in 2008 and wake up in 2088. 2088 wasn’t ready for Toby either.Gen-X computer hacker Toby is a classic American: impulsive, irreverent, intelligent, and inventive. And, after a silly accident in 2008, he can add “inanimate” to the list—because Toby is dead.But only for a while. Eighty years later, medical science has advanced enough to bring Toby back to life.Welcome to Southern California, 2088. The skies are clean...

The Light Within is a gentle, reflective story about the divine light that lives within every human soul. Told through a tender conversation between a teacher and a child beside a quiet brook, the book explores life's deepest questions in simple, accessible language.Beginning with the idea of an eternal, loving Light present before time itself-what the ancient Greeks called Logos―the story reminds readers that each of us carries a spark of the original light within our hearts. This...

The adventure continues!Excited to get the Stargun Agency up and off the ground, Chuck and his group set out to get more money, more personnel, and a whole lot more moon.Finding everything from outlaws to accountants in their travels around the space western-themed rock, they quickly expand their operation and make new allies to secure their strengthening foothold of the Stargun Agency compound, all the while ignoring a growing threat on the horizon.

It is summer 1890 and the game is afoot. When an elephant escapes from the London Zoological Gardens, Holmes and Watson become embroiled in one of their strangest cases yet. Engaged by a jeweller in fear for his life, the trail leads Sherlock to two secret societies, each pursuing the eight ruby elephants said to unlock a vault containing the lost Nizam diamond.Standing in his way are some deadly foes: the Archangels: assassins in top hats and tailcoats, hell bent on the murder of the grea...

The border towns of North and South Nosinala – divided by a river as capricious as it is indifferent – lie in a fictional American frontier territory where fledgling laws and moral codes clash with ancient customs and shifting power struggles. But are these burgeoning settlements truly prepared for the relentless advance of the modern world, which threatens to upend their traditions and reshape their way of life? As native and incoming inhabitants navigate tribal, professional, and persona...

Times are hard for folks and it’s even harder for siblings Calvin and Abigail Shepherd after the untimely death of their mother at the height of the Great Depression. With dust storms ravaging their home in Ross, Oklahoma, they wonder how they are going to make ends meet.Already ostracized due to being children of an unwed and unusual mother, suspicion only grows when strange happenings begin to plague the town. Missing children, deformed animals, and strange deaths are only the be...

In Christopher James' mercurial second collection, Seamus Heaney breaks down in a lane, John Lennon haunts the Great Wall of China, and King Midas is spotted somewhere in Herefordshire. Reaching from the Humber to the Thames, from Kashmir to Cromer, it's a dizzying and unpredictable world tour.In the shadow of environmental disaster and the possibility of dragons, there are more mundane dramas to face too: moving house, family secrets, marriage proposals that do not go to plan, and ...

It is summer 1895 and a lost play by William Shakespeare is discovered. While being authenticated by scholars in Oxford there is a break-in at a college and the three hundred year old quarto is stolen. Holmes is engaged in the most unusual of circumstances and together with the faithful Dr Watson, they are soon on a trail which takes them from the Epsom Derby to Epping Forest and the great city of Florence itself.But this is not the only case brought to 221b Baker Street during this eventf...

National headlines regularly herald the decline of Christianity in the United States, citing historically low levels of confidence in organized religion, drops in church attendance, church closures, and the dramatic rise of the "Nones." Scarcely heard are stories from the thousands of new churches and new forms of church that are springing up each year across the country. In this book, Christopher James attends carefully to stories of ecclesial innovation taking place in Seattle, Washingto...

After one too many failed inventions, Julian has hit rock bottom.Summoned to another world where gods and monsters roam, Julian continues his streak of bad luck. Rather than touching the Godcore directly, he let his smartphone absorb it. Now, he's got to figure out how to make the Godcore and his phone work together to help the people who summoned him survive their upcoming annihilation by the mad God of Chains.He's going to have to innovate his way out of his bad luck. Good ...

After victory over the Chained God, Julian’s work is just beginning.One month after being stranded on a fantasy world and finding his place with the town that has welcomed him, Julian is ready to upgrade his Godcore to the next tier and expand the Factory.But he might have waited too long.The Gods of the Green are on the move, and have dispatched a team of high ranked Adventurers backed by a vicious Nature Goddess. Surrounded by sabotage, hostile fo...

Step into a world where discipline, presence, and transformation shape the making of a man.In this immersive and thought-provoking novel, a young man enters a structured and enigmatic training environment designed to refine every aspect of his being-body, mind, and identity. Removed from the noise of ordinary life, he is placed within a system governed by precision, routine, and quiet authority. Guided by the meticulous and exacting Mr. Knight, he begins a journey that challenges n...