The signs of a deep social and economic crisis are all too obvious: massive increases in prices of fuel, food, and electricity; homeless people on the streets; raw sewage fouling the coastlines; hospital waiting lists getting ever longer; crumbling roads; spreading wars. The ruling class has neither the will nor the means to solve these problems: meaningful relief from the rocketing fuel prices is dismissed as irresponsible, tax hikes and higher interest rates are shrugged off as unavoidab...

"A world on the precipice of the apocalypse. A secret forged in the flames of war. A chance to start over.For John Sutton, only one of those three things matters.Retired from a decade of brutal war, he wants nothing more than a quiet pastoral life while he does his best to stem the steady increase of his Doom Points before they hit 100, signaling the start of the end.He’s been given a small farm on the outskirts of the empire as a thanks for his service, but no matt...

With the mystery of the world deepening, John Sutton is running out of time.The apocalypse is approaching as his Doom Points tick up and John is finding it harder and harder to keep it together. His deepening knowledge of magic seems to be helping but as a hidden society creeps out of the shadows, intent on throwing the world into chaos, it may not be enough.The only good news seems to be the new crops springing up on his farm. Balancing his growing relationship with Ellie ...

”Then, Samkiel, you will know this is how the world ends.”But it was not this world. No, it was mine.It was Dianna.The world quakes in fear as the last shred of Dianna’s humanity is ripped from her. As it should. Grief consumes Dianna, burning away any semblance of good within her and threatening the budding relationship between her and Liam. Now, Liam must pull her back from the brink of complete damnation before t...

The documentary film by Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing, released in 2012, provides a chillingly intimate portrait of some ageing thugs who, nearly fifty years ago, took part in one of the greatest acts of mass murder of the last century: the 1965-66 slaughter in Indonesia.The principal targets of this act of terror were the workers and peasants of Indonesia, especially those who supported the Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI,) the Beijing-oriented Indonesian Communist Party. T...

When Christian "Chris" Clark was a boy, he thought youth - along with the small town of Tingston in which he was growing up - would last forever. Tingston was nothing short of idyllic to Chris, seemingly frozen in a mid-20th-century suburban innocence. His big brother Dan was a legend, the star high school quarterback and prince of the town. Dan's girlfriend - Vickie - was the beautiful head cheerleader, who could do marathon back handsprings across almost the whole gridir...

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.But when you’re smaller than everyone e...

Work on the mutton chain was not like any other job Frank had ever done. It was the only place he had known where most of the workers were Maori. The knife jobs were hard as hell, but the money was good - at least for now. But it took a while to figure out who you could trust, and who would go running to the boss.It wouldn't be long before the simmering tensions between the bosses, the farmers and the meat workers, men and women, Maori and pakeha, would spill out into violent confl...

Shannon Parke has little to look forward to in his young life. The prisoner of a broken home, his childhood is marked by fear, hunger, and desperation. He forms a new family with his two best friends, Jamie and Luca, and they become his heroes and protectors. The three boys become the only real family each of them has ever known, and together they finally feel brave enough to face their turbulent world. But when the games of childhood are replaced by drugs and increasing violence, Shannon ...

The Finale To The New York Times Bestselling Harbinger Series, Perfect For Fans Of Romantic Fantasy!Trinity Marrow has lost the battle and her beloved Protector. Even with both demons and Wardens on her side, Trin may not win the war against the Harbinger. Bringing Lucifer back to the world to fight the Harbinger is probably a really, really bad idea, but they’re out of options—and the world’s ultimate fallen angel is the only being powerful enough to impact the outcome. As Trin an...

The final year at Lander has finally arrived for the Melbrook students and their peers, and with it comes a whole new set of challenges. Still reeling from the events of their junior year, the remaining students will have to push past their pain - and so much more - if they hope to be one of the ten to claim the title of Hero upon graduation.Constant tests and trials await the senior students. Beyond simulated missions and classes, they’ll also have to buckle down to learn about ag...

Is Love Stronger Than Vengeance?A Betrayal...Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that's one order she's more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, ...