This book takes a radical approach to ecological economics, proposing a new paradigm based on earth systems science. This book questions the foundation of economics on individual private property, and proposes new forms of relationship to land and to the state. It questions the foundation of economics on the individual, and proposes new forms of regional ecological collectives, integrated at the global level. It critically examines the assumptions of economics and re-envisions it as more i...

Sixteen-year-old Allyssa appears to be the ideal princess of Emperion--she's beautiful, elegant, and refined. She spends her days locked in a suffocating cage, otherwise known as the royal court. But at night, Allyssa uses her secret persona--that of a vigilante--to hunt down criminals and help her people firsthand.Unfortunately, her nightly escapades will have to wait because the citizens of Emperion may need saving from something much bigger than common criminals. War is encroach...

Reid has spent her whole life pretending to be a man so she can inherit her father’s estate, but when a chance encounter threatens to expose her lie, she is forced to risk everything.In the kingdom of Marsden, women are subservient to men and land can only pass from father to son. So when Reid Ellington is born, the fifth daughter to one of the wealthiest landholders in the kingdom, it’s announced that Reid is a boy.Eighteen years later, Reid struggles to conceal the fact s...

She’s a common girl in a ruthless kingdom. He’s the king’s son—and her greatest danger.Seventeen-year-old Rema has learned to survive by keeping her head down. In a land where starvation and violence rule, even a wrong glance can mean death. But when she accidentally crosses paths with Prince Darmik—the ruthless commander of the King’s Army—everything changes.Their connection is instant. Forbidden. Dangerous.The Crown Prince will do anything to keep...

With Prince Henrick dead, a foreign army in league with the king, and the palace taken, Reid must find a way to right the wrongs for the people of Marsden.Reid never expected to find love, friendship, or her mother in the kingdom of Axian. She also never expected to become a leader for her people. With the king threatening to overthrow the dukes and take complete control of the kingdom, Reid realizes she may be the only one in a position to stop him. With the ring her father gave h...

While traveling to Fren, Allyssa and Odar are hijacked by a ruthless assassin who divulges a stunning secret that changes everything.Trying to come to terms with this newfound revelation, Allyssa is taken to Russek and delivered into the hands of a malicious and twisted royal family. She finds herself an unwilling pawn in a risky political game that will either end with her death or the annihilation of her beloved kingdom. Unsure of where the lies end and the truth begins, she must...

She escaped the noose. Now she must rise—or fall—for a kingdom that was never supposed to be hers.Rema was meant to die. Sentenced to hang by the very prince who once sought her heart, she’s saved at the last moment by a rebel force that’s more myth than memory. Hidden deep in the mountains, far from the reach of the crown, she discovers a truth that will shatter everything she thought she knew—about her past, her bloodline, and her destiny.But safety is an...

As a member of the Knights of the Realm, Reid swore an oath to protect her king only to discover he harbors a traitorous agenda.Being a woman raised in a man’s world, Reid thought becoming a Knight would give her purpose and strength. So far, it has done nothing but give her trouble. The king ordered her to spy on the Axian royal family while she prepares for her marriage—a marriage neither she nor Prince Dexter wants. Once in Axian, Reid realizes she’s being used as a pawn in a de...

Destined from birth to be the next empress of Emperion, Allyssa grew up at court weighed down by the expectations of the crown. Kingdom and duty always came first.Until now.Having survived the brutal kingdom of Russek, she is given the choice to walk away and live a peaceful, quiet life. But it also means giving up everything she knows and everyone she loves. Before she decides, word reaches her about an assassination attempt. Donning her secret persona—that of a vigilante—...

Her sister’s wedding was meant to unite two kingdoms.Her murder ignited a war in Sabine’s heart.To hunt the killer, Princess Sabine Ludwig takes her sister’s place and weds the enigmatic king of Lynk—a man whispered to be as ruthless as he is devastatingly charming. She plans to seduce the truth from him, then spill his blood if she must.But the king’s touch is a temptation she never expected, and every glance from him blurs the line between enemy and lover. In a co...

He rules through fear. She was born to end him. But her heart has other plans.For generations, the people of Nelebek have lived under the shadow of Morlet—a tyrant king wielding dark, ancient magic. Ruthless and unstoppable, he has hunted down the fabled Order of the Krigers, magical warriors tied to enchanted weapons that once protected the realm. Eleven have fallen. Only one remains.Sixteen-year-old Kaia has no idea she’s connected to that lost legacy. In...

A queen captured. A kingdom on the brink. A love worth dying for.Rema knew claiming the crown would come at a price—but she never imagined being dragged from her kingdom by an Emperion assassin and condemned to die before the emperor himself. Helpless and alone, her dreams of uniting Greenwood Island seem to be slipping away.Darmik has already sacrificed his title and his family to fight for the rebels. Now, to save Rema, he must face the one man he swore t...