The end of the world was heralded by bombs. Not nukes as most assumed, but chemical bombs that devastated the planet's surface, leaving behind a slowly dying world with caustic gas constantly rising from the ground and dissipating into the air. Any form of shelter, where the gas can condense into a deadly fog, has become too dangerous to risk. The remaining survivors have adapted to life outdoors, on the move, doing their best to stay alive in a world of murderers, Slavers, and zombie-like...

Cole and Leigh know little of the earth-shattering Event which happened generations ago, leveling the planet and leaving behind creatures that dominate the night. All they know is the world they're left with, scavenging for supplies, fighting off raiders, repairing their home from the previous night's damage, and hoping the repairs are strong enough to keep the creatures out for one more night. They even pick up a couple stray kids, and despite Leigh's misgivings, develop a real family.

Nicole Wilkerson is new to America. Technically, she's also new to this dimensional plane. She had no choice but to flee her home, where she was hunted by the Pack for her ability to travel between dimensions. But the Pack has allies on Earth, a coalition known as DEC. And when DEC figures out where Nicole is hiding, trying to blend in as a normal fifteen-year-old girl, she's forced to rely on her new human friends to evade capture.Because if they catch her, they will unleash destr...

Earth is dying. Li Kichida's job, as a member of the first Martian colony, is to find a way to make Mars habitable and self-sustaining. Her seemingly impossible task is made even more difficult by her personal problems. She's forgetful. She doesn't fit in well with the other colonists. And she has a crippling phobia of alarms.But when some of her fellow colonists turn violent, she'll have to put those problems aside and find a way to save the colony—and all of mankind.

Vedika Dewan is a Past Reader, someone able to 'see' the echoes left behind by the energy of past actions. She's content with her life in the big city of Cheriton, Reading various trinkets for clients, taking the occasional consulting job with the police, dodging her vile downstairs neighbor, and occasionally getting to order takeout.Luka Bergmann is a new detective in Cheriton with a deeply ingrained suspicion of Readers. He's thrown out of his comfort zone when he learns that his...

Jaq, a bookish college student, was raised in a society of various religions with temples on every corner. She scoffs at all of them, focusing instead on her studies. But she's been having recurring nightmares about a little girl named Sierra, and when elements of those nightmares appear in reality, she seeks to understand why. Her world is shattered when she unknowingly fulfills an ancient prophecy from an underground religious group that follows what they claim to be the One True God, De...

Gina Gale has been obsessed with the long-lost Mevoyan culture for years. She's devoted her life to the study of their culture, their rituals, and the Ruby of Ages, a legendary jewel said to have mystic powers. Amidst the thrill of new ruins discovered in South America, new clues emerge about the Ruby's location, setting her off on a race with her rag-tag group of friends against her fame-hungry rival, Kaufman, and his hired team of experts.It seems that all her dreams are coming t...

When Princess Tashan summons Mara and her husband, Mikell, they never thought they would be sent on a new adventure with their old friends Ari and Korent. The four venture deep into the mountains to hunt down a powerful stone with the ability to amplify a magic user's powers. They have to face not only the perils of the journey into the mountains - cave-ins, sheer cliffs, and the vicious underdwellers - but also tensions between them as Mikell grows increasingly more alarmed at Mara's chan...

On their pilgrimage to Innsbrooke, honorable Elf Mikell's greatest concerns are shielding his wife Mara from magic and keeping his harrowing memories of the Hranite war buried where they belong. But when the kingdom of Kenara's beloved Princess Tashan is proclaimed murdered by those same Hranites, Mikell and Mara suddenly find themselves caught up in a political plot that threatens to thrust all of Endonsha into chaos.Despite all reservations, Mikell finds himself joining the unlik...

While on a diplomatic mission, young Prince Relan has little more on his mind than avoiding trouble with his bossy older brother, Prince Hinaru. But when their guards learn of a plot to overthrow Kenara's queen, the two boys suddenly find themselves with no choice but to flee straight through enemy territory.Conspirators manage to separate the brothers from their guards, stranding them alone in a dense forest teeming with deadly animals and the even deadlier Ferals, violent creatur...

Four years ago, the Hranites breached the Wall and marched on Kenara, beginning a long and painful occupation. Korel, an Elf living on the edges of society, is determined to turn that around. He works to spark a revolution, fancying himself the hero to save all of Kenara.Instead, a few humiliating false starts land him with an unexpected group of allies and a new mission to march across the breach into Ebrun, land of the Hranites, and rescue their captured leaders. Despite the eage...

Young Princess Tashan loves life in the palace with her parents, as well as sneaking out in disguise so she can play with her older cousin, Ari. Her biggest problem is trying to control her untamed magic use - or it was, until she stumbles into a plot against her family and is kidnapped. Staying disguised as a street kid, she struggles to find a way to escape with no one to help her but a grandmotherly elder and a pugnacious teen. Unfortunately, there's only so much they can do locked in a...