The Koran has constituted a remarkably strong core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. This Very Short Introduction explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditional Muslim culture. Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the Koran as codex, as scripture, as liturgy, and as the embodiment of truth, and examines its means of formation and dissemination. He also discusses issues of interpretat...

Nine months after the Mirror War, Meridian City hums with uneasy peace. But when five divergent versions of Achilla Lavey arrive through clean dimensional tears, the world she saved begins to fracture again. Each carries a different truth — soldier, scholar, whisper, queen, ghost — and together they form a chord that could rewrite reality itself.To stop the Divergence War, Achilla must face the only enemy she's never defeated: herself.

THE BRIDGE AND THE BLADE — BOOK THREE: THE MIRROR WARSix months after the Architect fell, Meridian City is rebuilding — but the cracks in reality are starting to reflect back.When ordinary mirrors begin to fracture with dimensional circuitry and people vanish into their own reflections, Achilla Lavey is called to investigate. What she finds staring back isn't a demon or a machine — it's herself.White hair. Red eyes. A version of Achilla who never burned the bridge a...

Frontier WorldsBeyond the last star on the chart lies a frontier of unclaimed worlds, forgotten ruins, impossible lifeforms, and dangers no one has ever survived long enough to name.Frontier Worlds is a tabletop roleplaying game of exploration, drama, and survival at the edge of civilization. You and your crew are the ones who go first — explorers, soldiers, scientists, diplomats, and pioneers pushing humanity's reach one light‑year deeper into the unknown.Inside th...

The Bridge and the Blade: Book OneWhen the veil between worlds cracks, monsters don't invade — they wake up.Achilla Ward has spent her life hunting the shadows that stalk Meridian City's rooftops, but when a bridge explosion tears open a rift of blue fire, she becomes something the darkness never expected: a warrior bound to an ancient blade that chooses its wielder… and punishes the unworthy.Now hunted by a masked cult, haunted by a skeletal entity that speaks in r...

THE BRIDGE AND THE BLADE — BOOK TWO: THE RED VEILThree months after the Battle of Meridian City, the scars still hum beneath the neon.Achilla Lavey swims every morning to remind herself she's still human — but the world she saved is changing again.In the ruins of The Scar, a cult called the Red Veil carves forbidden sigils into flesh and whispers that the Assembly's work isn't finished.When a murdered Remnant turns up marked with symbols that shouldn't exist...

"A bridge is not the distance between two places. It is the decision to cross."— Division Zero Archive, Vol. 12Two years after burning the bridge that once let her walk between worlds, Achilla Lavey has built a life in Meridian City — forty laps before dawn, Division Zero briefings, the hum of a city she never meant to choose but somehow did. She has made peace with the scar tissue where her bridge used to be.Until the impossible begins to hum.A faint, rhyth...

VOIDBORN: The Architect's War — Back Cover Blurb (Cyberpunk Revision)Nova Meridian burns in electric silence.Neural storms tear across the skyline. Drones patrol the ruins. Every thought is data, every dream a weapon.The Architect has turned the city into a machine — a living network of consciousness and circuitry. His Foundry operatives harvest minds, rewrite memories, and feed the Drift with stolen futures. The streets hum with static, and the air tastes like ozon...

Back Cover DescriptionIn the bustling cities of New York and Las Vegas, a high-stakes battle unfolds between heroes and villains, each with their own superhuman abilities and personal vendettas.Lightning Fast, a heroine with lightning-based powers, is on a relentless pursuit of justice, facing off against the villainous Artist, whose return to New York brings chaos and destruction. As Artist wreaks havoc, Lightning Fast must confront her painful past and the physical and em...

---Uniocide by Michael Cook-Hoar IIWelcome to the thrilling crossover of "The Who Fates Befall" universe and "Lightning Fast's" world. This epic tale, years in the making and spanning six books, brings together beloved characters and new faces in a high-stakes adventure. Join the voice of Lightning Fast, Mara Zexel, who is Kate A Walsh and her regal brother Peter Revel Walsh, along with guest stars Midnight Datura, Macstar, CinderDryadVA, HTHarpy, and Mimi Hung, as they nav...

---In a world where the lines between the living and the undead blur, the ancient bloodlines of vampires and their human counterparts navigate a treacherous landscape of power, magic, and survival.Follow the intertwined fates of Richter, a reality-bending sorcerer, and Kips, a vampire with a mysterious past, as they uncover dark secrets and face formidable foes. From the ancient Egyptian demon Abyzou to the modern-day struggles of vampire clans, their journey is fraught wit...

In a world where belief can alter reality, Bicmen Keller, a ruthless child killer, is on a quest to extract the purest forms of belief to fuel his dark powers. As he targets innocent children, Artimis, the Silver Fang, and her sister Corithea, a cat with extraordinary abilities, are determined to stop him.Their journey takes them through a series of intense confrontations, from the depths of a wishing well to the heart of a church, as well as the realm of dreams. As Artimis and Cor...