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When a dark power rises, only a cursed prince can stand against it.Baleron is the youngest son of the king of Havensrike, a land eternally at war with the sinister empire of Oslog to the south, ruled by the Dark Lord himself. Baleron, a womanizer and rogue, the black sheep of the royal family one step from being kicked out of the castle, longs to redeem himself in his father's eyes. But when his beautiful sister Rolenya is seized by the dark powers, the thralls of the Dark Lord cal...

War has erupted on the mysterious Atomic Sea. The small country of Ghenisa, like many others, is tottering on the brink of collapse under the onslaught of the terrible Empire of Octung.Widower Dr. Francis Avery is aboard a military whaling ship far out on the Atomic Sea when a series of murders onboard forces him to track down the killer. His quest unites him with a mysterious woman named Layanna, who was pulled from the Atomic Sea and holds the answers to many secrets.Soon...

When a dark power rises, only a cursed prince can stand against it. Epic fantasy by New York Times bestselling author Jack Conner.As Volume Two starts, the dark forces have scattered the survivors of the assault by the free kingdoms of the Crescent upon the might of Oksil, and they are regrouping in the black wasteland known as Oksilith. A great bastion of the enemy has been destroyed, but at an unimaginable cost.And there is a worse price yet to be paid. Things ar...

~~A dark, swashbuckling epic fantasy by the author of War of the Black Tower.Black times have come to the kingdom of Felgrad. Once one of the jewels of the Crescent, now the dark powers have turned their gaze upon it, and Giorn Wesrain, son of the baron of Fiarth, has become inextricably drawn into the machinations of the Dark One, along with his beloved Niara, High Priestess of Illiana.They have loved each other in secret for years, but that love will be tested as t...

When a dark power rises, only a cursed prince can stand against it. Epic fantasy as only New York Times bestselling author Jack Conner could write it.Baleron is the youngest son of the king of Havensrike, a land eternally at war with the sinister empire of Oslog to the south, ruled by the Dark Lord himself. Baleron, a womanizer and rogue, the black sheep of the royal family one step from being kicked out of the castle, longs to redeem himself in his father's eyes. But when his beau...

Dark times have come to the kingdom of Havensrike. Epic fantasy by New York Times bestselling author Jack Conner.Once one of the jewels of the Crescent, now the dark powers have turned their gaze upon it, and Baleron Grothgar, son of the king, has become inextricably drawn into the machinations of the Dark Lord, along with his beloved Rolenya, elf maiden and princess.Their love is forbidden, and it will be tested as the armies of the enemy strive against the free kingdoms o...

Dark times have come to the Crescent. Epic fantasy by New York Times bestselling author Jack Conner.Disaster has struck! The vile fiend Raugst, posing as an ally, has usurped power in the barony of Fiarth even as the hordes of the Dark Lord besiege the capital city. Only Giorn, rightful baron, has any chance of stopping him, but how can he when he's been grievously wounded and is on the run?Meanwhile Baleron and Rolenya vie with the powers of the Black Tower itself. Epic wa...

It was the summer of 1965. Ray, Tim, and Jennifer were just three teenage friends hanging out in the campgrounds, drinking a little. But Tim and Jennifer didn't know what their friend Ray had in mind. And if they'd known, they wouldn't have thought he was serious. Then they saw what he did to the two girls at the neighboring campsite—and knew he was dead serious. Four years later, the 60s were drawing to a close. No one ever charged Ray with the murders in the campgrounds, but there was on...

Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Sci...

Commander Noa Sato doesn’t believe in aliens. She’s wrong.Imprisoned on her home planet, accused of aiding an alien invasion, Noa witnesses the beginning of a genocide—however, the murderers are not aliens, but her own people. Launching a daring attempt to reach the Galactic Fleet, she makes an unlikely ally in stranded professor, James Sinclair.But James is not all that he seems.James is not the man he once was. He has technological augments that g...

Enter the world of the Confectioner's Guild, an addictive fantasy mystery series brimming with royal intrigue, pulse-pounding romance, and delectable food magic.Read the series readers are calling:"A delight for the palate and mind. A book that is nearly unquantifiable, it is a murder mystery, an urban fantasy, pure fantasy, a coming of age tale, and something near steampunk in feel.""Phenomenal and captivating...""A multi-layered delight, wit...

On an island in the Salish Sea, caretakers of the ancient orchards are vanishing. The earth witch in charge of protecting the land is on the cusp of losing her magic. And the druid sent to investigate magical crimes carries his own deadly secrets.All Calliope needs to do to strengthen her connection to the land is survive her Blood Ceremony - while simultaneously keeping her teenage sons’ magic from blowing up, and saving one enigmatic druid from from the hellion capable of breakin...