The superfamily Chalcidoidea (the jewel wasps) are part of the insect order Hymenoptera. The superfamily comprises more than 27,000 known species, with an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, meaning that the vast majority have yet to be discovered and described. Most of the species are parasitoids, attacking the egg, larval stage or pupal stage of their host, though many other life cycles are known including gall associates and fig pollinators. This landmark volume has ...

No more delays. No more nice Drow Princess. Alison and her team are ready to open a can of whoop-ass on the Seventh Order and put an end to them – for good.If they can track them down.With Brownstone Security’s best on the job, it doesn’t take them long to find out when and where the leaders are meeting.Time to pull in everyone, including James Brownstone, Myna and an old…friend? Only time will tell...The Seventh Order will ...

Ile-Rien is in peril. A mysterious army known only as the Gardier has surrounded the country, attacking in ominous black airships. Hope is not lost though, for a magical sphere created by Ile-Rien's greatest sorcerer may hold the key to defeating the faceless enemy. But the sphere is unpredictable and has already claimed several lives. When a magical spell goes disastrously awry, young Tremaine Valiarde and a brave band are transported to another world—a world of rough magics, evil mages, ...

"One of the best damn bounty hunters. Period." James Brownstone.Johnny Walker was a good bounty hunter in his day. James Brownstone good.But everybody has a line. Johnny found his when his teenage daughter was murdered. Who was the killer? Even Johnny couldn't figure it out. Everybody's favorite Dwarf retreated to his cabin in the swamp with his two hound dogs by his side, and retired with his guns, his whiskey, and his memories.Except magical monsters were...

This timely study is the first to examine the relationship between competition for energy resources and the propensity for conflict in the Caspian region. Taking the discussion well beyond issues of pipeline politics and the significance of Caspian oil and gas to the global market, the book offers significant new findings concerning the impact of energy wealth on the political life and economies of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. The contributors, a leading group of scholars and ...

What’s the reward for a job well done? A tougher job.Matt and Natalia can’t catch a break. All they want to do is chase bounties, get paid, and live their lives in peace.If only life in the Big Easy was that simple.Everywhere they turn, something or someone is hell-bent on interfering with their plans.Winston Blackwell’s plotting against Matt and Natalia turns dark when he hatches a scheme to remove Matt from the equation and leave Natalia v...

Johnny Walker brought his daughter's killers to justice—Dwarf Style. Time for a new adventure with his hounds by his side.Our fave Dwarf is hunting monsters on his own time. That's Johnny's idea of fun. The only Fed along for the ride is Lisa, and even she's off the books.But this adventure is more like a nightmare.Shifters in the Everglades are going missing. Is it a feud between local packs or something more sinister?Johnny and Lis...

The hunter becomes the hunted.The dark council needs deniability. Their best way to get it?Send a bounty the Big Easy Bounty Hunter can’t resist.A dangerous assassin comes to town, and Matt has no idea he’s the mark.Sibling rivalry is a sisterly rite of passage.In the dark families, it’s deadly.Natalia’s sister and jilted fiancé hit the Big Easy with revenge on their minds.To make ma...

Magic is coming more into the public realm.The dark families intend to control it, and relentlessly pursue dominance over Earth’s magic users.But their path is littered with personal vendettas, and an unyielding thirst for revenge consumes Winston Blackwell.Danger looms as formidable adversaries target Matt and Natalia, hell-bent on their destruction.Will the duo realize the danger before it’s too late?Natal...

Magical criminals require magical solutions.Who answers the call when the mundane police dial 911?Matt Bordelon—former Silver Griffin, wizard, and the Big Easy Bounty Hunter.Matt has a good thing going. Deliver justice to magicals? Check. Keep the world safe from threats? Check. Make good money doing it? Cha-ching.Unless his bounty ends up dead when the paperwork specifies alive, that is. Good thing he’s a pro at avoiding that....

Johnny Walker figured out who killed his daughter fifteen years ago. The hard part will be bringing the monster to justice.Bounty Hunter style with his hound dogs by his side.But the assignments for the Level 6 bounty hunter keep pulling him away. The Feds want him to help a politician who got caught in the wrong places. A dark magical is using the naughty info against him.It's a sensitive case that will take some finesse. They're asking Johnny anyw...