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From an anonymous tip, Tim Carpenter—lead investigator of the FBI Art Crime team—uncovers over 40,000 artifacts and remains from around the world that had been stolen by a Midwestern graverobber. Over time, Tim uncovers the full scope of the crime and he and his team begin the long and arduous task of returning these items to their original and rightful owners.

Following a dissident prophecy, the princess of the warrior-witches is entrusted by the crown to embark on a lethal journey to an otherworldly sanctum to witness the emergence of a powerful being prophesied to end an age-long war brought upon the world by a creature of evil magic: The Bantyd King.Treacherous discoveries are made as the young witch finds twisted revelations about the crown, the sanctum's priest, her true nature, and the war she believed she had been fighting.

In a world where magic and technology collide, an unlikely band of heroes faces a looming apocalypse. Prophecies guide their path as they square off against twisted sorcerers, and demonic entities hellbent on destruction. Ancient wisdom clashes with corporate greed in a dystopian, technocratic landscape, igniting a fight for redemption and universal truth. Humans join forces with elemental allies, their fates intertwined in a desperate bid to push back the encroaching shadows threatening t...

In a profound synthesis of creationism and evolution, this text offers a spiritual journey through the various stages of humanity's conscious evolution, from our pre-conscious state in Eden, to our personal and current state and into our final Christ Conscious state. It explores biblical allegories, Jesus Christ's unification with God, and humanity's path to spiritual enlightenment. Philosophical, Symbolic, and Metaphysical insights are integrated to reveal our deep connection with the div...

The unbelievable true story of how one man stole tens of thousands of priceless artifacts and human remains from around the world—and the FBI’s massive undertaking to set things right.In The Grave Robber, Tim Carpenter, former FBI Lead Investigator on the Art Crime Team, recounts one of the most extraordinary and unsettling cases in the history of art theft. Over the course of five decades, a lone graverobber accumulated an illicit trove of over 42,000 art...

Esmay Suiza and Brun Meager should be friends—they're both bright, brave, likable and adventurous. But true friendship doesn't run any smoother than true love. Brun thinks Esmay's a stuck-up prig, and Esmay thinks Brun's a spoiled rich brat who's making a play for Barin Serrano, Esmay's first love. So when Brun falls into the hands of a repressive religious militia movement, Esmay finds herself n disgrace, suspected of conniving at the capture. Even Barin, now being pursued by the beautifu...

The town of Bury took up a piece of Idaho Territory that was still raw, untamed frontier. It was no place for the cowardly or faint-hearted, but Smoke Jensen was neither. Nor were Stratton, Potter and Richards, the three bloodthirsty outlaws who came there to live. Or, if Smoke had his way...to die!It had been years since hired gunhands had murdered Smoke's wife and son, but the pain was as fresh as yesterday. And so was Smoke's need for revenge. He's come a long way to find the ba...

Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it's no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can't hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It's adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family's misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will p...

In a world where magic and technology collide, an unlikely band of heroes faces a looming apocalypse. Prophecies guide their path as they square off against twisted sorcerers, and demonic entities hellbent on destruction. Ancient wisdom clashes with corporate greed in a dystopian, technocratic landscape, igniting a fight for redemption and universal truth. Humans join forces with elemental allies, their fates intertwined in a desperate bid to push back the encroaching shadows threatening t...

In a profound synthesis of creationism and evolution, this text offers a spiritual journey through the various stages of humanity's conscious evolution, from our pre-conscious state in Eden, to our personal and current state and into our final Christ Conscious state. It explores biblical allegories, Jesus Christ's unification with God, and humanity's path to spiritual enlightenment. Philosophical, Symbolic, and Metaphysical insights are integrated to reveal our deep connection with the div...

FBI agent Lily Yu is in North Carolina with her lover and mate, Rule Turner, Lu Nuncio of the Nokolai werewolf clan. He is there to take custody of his son from the boy's grandmother. It's a purely personal trip until Rule, in wolf form, finds three bodies in a shallow grave. They carry the stench of death magic, which makes the murders a federal crime. Lily takes charge of the investigation and soon realizes that nothing adds up- not the motives or the main suspect, who is behind bars whe...

On her 57th birthday, Lily's mother suddenly loses all memory beyond the age of twelve. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic. More . . . and darker.When Lily and Rule discover that others suffered the same, mysterious loss—at the same time on the same night—their investigation into the darkness begins. Joining them is someone Lily never thought she'd see again: Al Drummond, who once tried to destroy her. He also happens to be dead. But the mysterious atta...