She was the collateral. He was the monster who collected.A debt paid in blood. A soul bound by magic. And a love that could burn New Orleans to the ground.Winona Shorts lived a quiet life among the dust and paper of the Bibliotheca Obscura... until the storm came.Searching for her missing brother in the flooded French Quarter, Winona breaks into the restricted archives and finds something far worse than a gambling marker. S...

The road gave up before the mountains did.Jace Rawlins eased his mule to a stop where the wagon ruts thinned into nothing but broken stone and roots. The ridgeline ahead rose like a wall—dark timber, thick as a closed fist, with mist clinging low in the hollows. No fences. No smoke. No sign of welcome.He checked the leather satchel at his side. Inside were his census sheets, neat and official, stamped with a government seal that meant less out here than a handshake—or a war...

Highly decorated Australian Federal Police officer, Declan Munro is praised for his commitment to serving and protecting the people. But when he's accused of illegally accessing police files containing child pornography, his world comes crumbling down.Senior Internal Affairs Investigator Chloe Sabattini is at the top of her game. She hasn’t risen among the ranks of a male-orientated profession without being able to handle herself. When she catches Declan Munro’s case, she’s primed ...

The captivating and beautiful years-long New York Times bestseller and major motion picture, now in a gorgeous new package designed for the modern reader.After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Ye...

This book explores the topic of peace and the long-term survival of the human species. Drawing on Existential Risk Studies (ERS), the book lays out a theoretical framework for drawing new perspectives and approaches for looking toward the future and addressing existential risks related to the complexity and dynamics of conflict. Looking at five research lines in Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS); (1) Great Powers Conflict, (2) Peace, Pandemic, and Conflict, (3) Climate, Peace, and Conflict,...

Thirty days. One house. A killer and her target trapped in a game of lies.Five years ago, a fire took everything from Aileen Mullins. Her home. Her parents. Her life. She emerged from the ashes with a new face, a new name, and a single purpose: to kill the man who lit the match.Sylvester O'Brien. The Wolf of the Catskills. A ruthless mafia recluse who hides in a brutalist fortress of concrete and glass, guarded by silence and snow.To get close to hi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Relationships – romantic or otherwise, are mirrors. They reflect back to us our relationship with life in general, with all people, with ourselves. The most popular types of relationship advice out there may make for good reading, but many of them just ask you to look further outside of what’s really important. In this book, I’m going to ask you to turn inward first, and only later, towards your partner.The book is divided into ...

She wants a second chance at love with the one man that ever made her feel safe, but another lurks in the shadows, threatening to take it all away.At seventeen years old, Ember knew she wasn’t ready to be a mother. It’s been fifteen years since she gave up her baby in an attempt to escape her abusive ex. Ember’s traumatic past collides with her present when her first love, Harley, reenters her life.As their second-chance at love flourishes, her obsessive ex, Dean, escalates...

People interested in the commons/commoning broadly and especially those who hope to make Eastern Europe part of the broader conversation on commoning.There have been a number of books on the commons, but none that look at commoning in a post-Soviet context.Written by authors speaking from within social movements, examining their own praxis and producing knowledge from within the processes of struggleThe book emerges from and retains the tone of an active...

Another gripping romantic suspense thriller from USA Today bestselling author Chris TaylorDetective Will Rutledge has a personal vendetta. He'll stop at nothing to take down the kingpin of Sydney's illegal drug industry. Working undercover at the city's most exclusive brothel, Will is hell-bent on putting the vicious drug dealer behind bars, but when he encounters an enticing and sexy prostitute, everything changes.Ambitious newspaper journalist, S...

The second book in USA Today bestselling author Chris Taylor’s compelling new series doesn’t disappoint…Detective Riley Munro is doing his best to fly under the radar. Recently banished to a small country town after blowing the cover on his corrupt superiors, he's determined to steer clear of any further high profile cases.Then he crosses paths with the beautiful and feisty Kate Collins and his determination to avoid the spotlight is put to the tes...

USA Today bestselling author Chris Taylor’s gripping new suspense thriller doesn’t disappoint…A child is missing and time is running out...Detective Senior Sergeant Lane Black of the Chatswood State Crime Command is leading the kidnapping case. But Lane is stumped. The Attorney General’s youngest daughter was present at the time of the disappearance. With the girls resembling each other, Lane is convinced it’s a crime of mistaken identity....