The Carathian Empire was in turmoil—by design.Amidst the fallout of terrorist attacks and the consequential Imperial State of Emergency, Preceptor Nico Bribane and Preceptor Zachary Hawkins arrived on Carath to investigate the deaths of over thirty fellow Na'dari, an ecumenical order of monk warriors. All the Na'dari deaths were under suspicious and gruesome circumstances, pointing to one cause: the Dark Arts of Sorcery.Was the sinister source behind the killings a random c...

March 15, 2396, known as "Day Zero," forever changed the Galactic Alliance. A dozen near-simultaneous terrorist attacks on twelve separate worlds triggered a non-linear interstellar conflict unlike anything seen before in the known galaxy. The war lasted three years, ending as abruptly as it began.Many questions were left unanswered, including the most important: What was the motivation behind the attacks?The "Day Zero" collection will answer that question, starting with "C...

A talented team of writers have come together to produce ten short stories of speculative fiction for your enjoyment. Interstellar war, devious politics, espionage, crime, and even some bucolic peace, with a little romance on the side.**All of these united by the theme of In the Midst of a River. It could be a river on Earth or another planet; perhaps a river of stars. Or even a river of tears. These stories will touch your spirit, head, and heart. And make you stop and thi...

When Keith gets a new foster brother, he's not too happy about it. But when this boy won't talk to him, Keith realizes that things are going to be much harder than he originally thought. And it's not just Keith who Donovan won't speak to - he won't speak to anybody at all. The other kids at school take Donovan's silence to be a sign of a bad attitude and start to bully him. Keith knows he has to stick up for him, but that means the bullies are just going to pick on him too . . .

Since the earliest scholarship on The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, critics have discussed how the works of J. R. R. Tolkien seem either to ignore women or to place them on unattainable pedestals. To remedy such claims that Tolkien's fiction has nothing useful or modern to say about women, Perilous and Fair focuses critical attention on views that interpret women in Tolkien's works and life as enacting essential, rather than merely supportive roles.Perilous and Fair inclu...