Long, long ago, a land of great wealth and power flourished, as its citizens were blessed with a unique magical ability. But they soon misused this magic in great wars that ravaged their world. As punishment for such wickedness, monsters were sent to roam the land and the people's powers sucked away. The return of magic was promised, but it was far off.Now Michael, the reluctant high prince of Jenoth, finds himself forced into a quest to recover that magic and to restore his people...

The following is a collection of poetry and short prose writings poured out of a deeply pained heart. From the introduction to the story with "Broken Child" to the conclusion of "A Beautiful Ending", you will walk with me on a journey of abuse, depression and false guilt, self-harm and suicide. Love. Loss. Hurt. Healing.

The world of work has changed. Leadership must evolve with it.Meet our lead authors, Nancy Dewar, Drew Munro, and Kim Rowan. Here's what they have to say about Lead for Growth*:*We wrote this book in response to a fundamental shift in how work happens---and what people need from their leaders and coaches. Today, leadership is no longer just about driving results. It’s about cultivating high-performance cultures where individuals and teams don’t jus...

Drawing from two decades as a hospice chaplain, nurses' aide, and emergency medical technician, the Rev. Matthew J. Holmes invites us to peer into the often occulted dimensions of life's endings. From bedsores to isolation, impacted bowels to the nursing home economy, from neglect to deep, desperate love, modern death's characteristics are navigated here with insight, honesty, depth, and clarity. Following the sense of horror and humor evoked in each narrative are theopoetic and theologica...

After reuniting with his friend Tristan, Prince Michael journeys to the Defre-Lanc with him to warn them of the approaching threat of Ferren; a monstrous creature with a bear's skull for a head and one of the Summoned.Upon their arrival, the prince is tested according to the ways of the Sempren and sent to prison for his actions as a slave to the Summoned in an alternate timeline. Once he is released, he travels further north into the mountains with Tristan to seek the aid of the l...

Reeve lives a quiet and peaceful life with his brother Karolus and his father in their tiny village nestled deep in a forest of ash trees, but all of that comes to a terrifying halt when a mysterious tower grows around their tiny village of Ashvale, trapping Karolus outside.When the villagers realise there is no way through or under the mysterious black walls, the only escape is up. With a limited food supply, the village must survive the darkness of the tower long enough for a des...

After a month of traveling with his companions, Michael, the runaway prince of Jenoth, finds himself on the border between his homeland and an impoverished kingdom, forged out of chaos. Warned of betrayal by a strange voice in his dreams, suspicion falls upon one of his allies.Now, with magic released into the land by the eruption of a fire hill caused by the prince's hand, they venture west across Acosh in search of a way to cross the cursed plain known as the Black Sky. Friendshi...

After losing his allies to death and betrayal, Prince Michael of Jenoth continues his journey in search of the Defre-Lanc alone and cold, plagued by loneliness and a festering thirst for revenge. Making his way through the kingdom of Marianatha he soon encounters a young man by the name of Jacob and is reunited with an old friend; but a darkness continues to overshadow the prince. As fall becomes winter, Michael presses on, slowly losing sight of his goal. Will he find his way to the Highf...

The global triumph of Mendelian genetics in the twentieth century was not a foregone conclusion, thanks to the existence of graft hybrids. These chimeral plants and animals are created by grafting tissue from one organism to another with the goal of passing the newly hybridized genetic material on to their offspring. But prevailing genetic theory insisted that heredity was confined to the sex cells and there was no inheritance of characteristics acquired during an organism’s lifetime. Unde...

A young girl finds out that a glow in her eye is much more than she expects. Now she is being groomed to become a member of a specialized fraternity where only the best and brightest minds can belong. Her experience through her teenage years are recounted in Gryphon.

Los Angeles and Washington DC receive unexpected visitors and everyone is scrambling to find out what they are. Julie Rumley, a scientist from Chicago, will find out wether she wants to or not. Soaring is a short story meant to activate your imagination.

When death calls, no magic in the world can hold it at bay forever.As two very different men face it together, each struggles to accept the inevitable in his own way.