Being a human on a ruined Earth is difficult, and more often than not, the people you call family and friends turn on you.Leena learns this the hard way when the people of her village leave her tied to a tree in the middle of the forest - a snack for the savage, otherworldly Wolven. Claws and fangs are her introduction to the clan. And to stay alive, she cowers and submits.Death lurks at every corner, and while she tries to stay alive, the most unexpected beings become her ...

Saveverb \ˈsāv\1 a: Keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.Synonyms: rescue, come to someone's rescue, save someone's life, set free, liberate, deliver, extricate.Saving lives is the end goal.It's a responsibility I live with every day, the reason I wear the badge.Built on a brotherhood that runs deeper than blood, this way of life has become my very existence...Until Liberty.I thought I was savin...

The final volume of The Song of Silver, coming October 1st.- - -As the years turn, the villagers of Lunneset tell tales of the elusive Lady Silver, a benevolent noblewoman who was once a slave; of Saria Granger, protector of their fields, and of Fen Singer, the jester whose songs fill taverns across the kingdom. They speak darker words of Christian Westhill, the crown's iron fist in Lunneset. His strict enforcement of the king's law falls h...

Owen Mercer sells his shield and his nerve under the worst job title in the guild: Dungeon Boyfriend. Tessa Deller books him for a floodmill run that should be simple. Then the traps start choosing targets, the dungeon pushes back, and Owen has to make a tank build do more than soak damage.Each job brings a new catgirl with her own reasons to fight beside him and to want him when the fighting stops. The monsters hit hard. The party hits harder. Their jokes get dirtier as the stakes...

When the woman you love is lost, how hard will you fight to get her back?Following the birth of her daughter, Kadence Knight finds herself in a battle she never prepared for. With desperation and unhappiness threatening to overwhelm her, a sense of hopelessness pulls her away from the one thing she has always longed for; a family.As Nix watches his wife struggle with something he doesn't understand, he can't help but feel disconnected to his woman. The Kadence he once knew ...

With a twisted tale of greed by masterful writer Kate Wilhelm, Fiction River Special Edition: Crime covers the entire gamut of the mystery genre—cozy to noir. New York Times bestselling author Julie Hyzy joins Edgar Award-winner Doug Allyn and several others to create one of the strongest (and most diverse) anthologies of the season.“Fiction River: Crime edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch leads off with strong new tales by two familiar EQMM contributors: Doug Allyn with a gangster wh...

Enjoy some of the best short fiction being published today in this three-book bundle containing three crime volumes of Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine.Fiction River is an original fiction anthology series. Modeled on successful anthology series of the past, from Orbit to Universe to Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, the goal of Fiction River is to provide a forum for “original ground-breaking fiction of all genres.” Each Fiction River volume comes in ebook and trade p...

From a funeral procession in Asia to an ancestral estate deep in the heart of a vaguely Victorian forest to a carriage accident in the vast universe of The Runelords, Unnatural Worlds takes readers on a journey to the far side of the imagination. Funny, heartbreaking, frightening, but most importantly, memorable, the original stories in this anthology go places few writers dare reach. Unnatural Worlds marks the perfect start to this brand-new anthology series.Orig...

Three little words are all it takes to rip his world apart. Lost in his own affliction, Sy has been living in a darkness he doesn't want to let go of.Until she arrives and shines her light so bright that nothing else mattered.She was only in it for the chase, for the thrill of capturing the unattainable. But what happens when her world shatters around her, spiraling her into the darkness beside him?Can his affliction be her resurrection? Or will two lost souls livin...

As I lie back on my towel, with the sun caressing my naked body, I see a man a few feet away, rubbing oil over his stomach and thighs. He's as excited as I have become and I'm fascinated just watching him.

With their lives in Tannersfield behind them, Elizabeth, Isaac, and Kaylein are forced to strike a difficult bargain with the cunning Marquess Larmond as he plots rebellion against the crown. The price of their freedom leads them to the remote hilltop village of Kinedwyn, where they hope to begin a new chapter of their lives. Isaac seeks to ingratiate himself with the lord of the manor, while Kaylein, torn between her heart and her vows, struggles to rebuild the local priory. Elizabeth pur...

Five years have passed since Elizabeth, Isaac, and Kaylein's lives were torn apart. The kingdom rests at peace, but the scars left by the war still mark each of them deeply. Restored to the feudal hierarchy against their will, Isaac and Kaylein exercise what power they have to temper the reach of Duke Francis and the newly ennobled Lord Edward. Meanwhile, Elizabeth strives to put the past behind her, praying that her family will not have its heart ripped out a second time.Despite f...