"I am not the Black Piper . . . but I do know the Piper."If you listen closely," she said, "you will hear stories that will transport you into the heart of adventure, force you directly into the path of danger, and if you are lucky . . . or perhaps unlucky"—she looked at the unmoving dragon behind her and inhaled, only barely losing her grip on her smile—"transform you." Her attention turned back to the crowd, and her eyes grew mysterious. "In essence, dear people...

Globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth delivers a breathtaking fantasy featuring an unusual friendship, an epic love story, and a galaxy-sweeping adventure.#1 New York Times bestseller * Wall Street Journal bestseller * USA Today bestseller * #1 IndieBound bestsellerPraise for Carve the Mark:“Roth skillfully weaves the careful world-building and intricate web of characters th...

It hasn't rained for a quarter of a century, and a dying world gasps for water. Outcast and exiled, the rain priestess Revida rescues a man and his children as they flee from the wrath of a creator god known as the Bitter Dark. But Atagartis is more than a man, and Revida soon discovers the lover she's known only in dreams has a purpose for her and the tearless grief she's born for more than two decades.A tale of the Glimmer Lands in the world of MASTER OF CROWS.

Join a half-mad drifter and a trigger-happy vegetarian cyborg in a Post-Apocalyptic Western Steampunk Space Opera!Williym Blaik may not be smart. Or literate. Or sane. But he knows an opportunity when one falls from the sky in a flash of blue fire and saves his life. In Qilliara, a glitchy cyborg who takes 37 minutes to reboot, he's found just that: an opportunity to break free from the degenerate, mutant-filled wasteland where he's lived his whole life. All he has to do is help Qi...

A village has fallen on hard times and does not have coin to pay their taxes. They plead for mercy but when General Alcion orders Jonmarc and his men to do the unthinkable, they must make some hard choices. The options weigh heavy on Jonmarc and an old curse seems likely to come true.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicles of the Necromancer and Fallen Kings Cycle books, you don’t really know him until you take his jou...

Darweena must choose to fight for the Forest Folk in an epic battle against the beasts. Will she choose love over her home? A short story of 3700 words.

Sairis has never ridden a living horse, never left home, never kissed a man. He'd really like to do one of those things...Sairis is a necromancer with a price on his head. He needs to get to the capital for a conference that may change his life. But he's never ridden a horse before. At least not a live one.Fortunately, the local knacker is a gentle soul who has helped Sairis in the past. In addition, Sairis suspects the knacker may know things about the wor...

In Strange New Words, let Ari Marmell guide you through over a dozen windows into the fantastic. Heroes, horrors, and hijinks await you, including:"The Cemetery Wyrm": A childish fascination with the old, pitted monument was understandable, but not the ongoing obsession—or his certainty that the effigy was something more . . ."The Purloined Ledger": In the early days of the Great Depression, a PI who is far more than he appears must outwit a gangster whose efforts may have ...

The ghost legion reaches the first city in the north and finds it ruled by Violator, a wizard of the forgotten tower,the weak king serving as her proxy. Using stealth, trickery and sheer martial skill the brothers of the ghost legion must try to remove this ancient evil from across the north. An outfit with no morals, fighting for the highest bidder now has to come face to face with itself.

Charging into the teeth of an enemy stronghold Wraith has come to play. Hundreds of guards stand between him and goal, like a pack of wolves hungry to take down a lion. Blood, battle, death and destruction will shake every corridor and corner. Lives will end, ash will sting the eye. The assault on castle Blackblade has begun.Except:Now that the Council Guard were in a good uproar it was time for Wraith to really cut loose.Lavishly appointed by lavishly appointed cor...

Strange gods were worshiped on Mars. But were they so clever? They’d lost their own world. “The ancient gods, our Fathers, rode down from the heavens in the Firebirds of the Sun. Coming into the world, they found no air for the breath of their souls. “How shall we breathe?” they asked of the Sun. And Sun gave them of His fire and beneath the earth they kindled the Blaze of the Great Wind. Good air roared from the womb of Mars our Mother, the ice burned with a great thunder, and there was a...

One brother will be king and another a powerful mage, but it is a simple spell that will truly change their lives.Magic always comes at a price, but who will pay it?