Mississippi, 1730Kokumbo has only ever known slavery, and he's decided he's had enough. When he revolts and flees through the British American South and eventually back across the ocean to Africa, seeking both freedom and revenge, he encounters a group of former slaves with such power that they could potentially end slavery forever.Madagascar, 1923Rivotra finds himself on a chain gang, convicted of treason against the French government, yet hated by his own people and...

For Aniyvwiya brothers Kiyuga and Anagalisgi, change and turmoil is all they have ever known. With their parents taken from them at an early age, they are raised by their grandmother in a culture facing threats from all sides as the white-skinned men war for dominance over land they claim as their own.Kiyuga's destiny lies in the path of the warrior, going to battle to protect his people and providing meat for his family. Anagalisgi, however, travels a different road, one of priest...

Tommen Forbes is basically your average sixteen year old: hates school, likes girls, desperate to get his license so he doesn't have to be stuck at home. Oh, and he's really a hundred and sixty years old with the ability to bend Time, to make it go faster or slower at will.His dad, Homicide Detective Walter Forbes, also has this ability. They are called Timekeepers. They answer to the Hands of Time and are charged with protecting Time itself from criminal Runners.When women...

In the waning days leading up to the long night, fifteen year old Akłaq finds herself alone in the Alaskan wilderness with only the clothes on her back, a bone knife, and a bow with a single arrow. Her village has been burned to the ground by the Russians, but there is little hope to be found in a land where she is not at the top of the food chain.Her only hope of survival may come from a strange white grizzly bear that she has seen since she was a child. Its disposition toward her...

A condemned man sits in prison, waiting to die.The public wants to crucify him.The warden wants to hang him.The gaoler wants to beat him.The priest wants to save his soul.Owain is no saint, and he would even go so far as to say he's too evil to be called something as redeemable as a sinner. He's killed six men, and that's just what he's in prison for this time. He's no stranger to rape, assault, theft, or any number of heinous crimes. He's spent more...

Time's up.All the stalling, all the distractions, all the negotiations, bargaining, and pleas for mercy. Done. There is only one thing left for Julianna, to move in for the kill and fulfill her mission to wipe out those with Authored Books and take her place as the Chosen One.Rifun, Godwin, and the Miaramila are in no position to stop her. The Akarin are scattered and helpless. Miach and Kayla are vulnerable and alone. Walter is powerless. And Tommen has the juiciest piece ...

Things are quiet in the aftermath of Julianna's coup, or so Tommen and Walter believe. The last few months have been basically normal, and, honestly, it's kind of nice.Out of the blue, stunning news arrives. Rifun Ndolo has been arrested and is being shipped back to Charleston for trial. Tommen and Walter know that Rifun is too powerful to be held by something as meager as handcuffs, and they brace themselves for yet another harrowing scheme.As it turns out, Julianna has no...

The Gentleman Killers have been decimated and the Tacagans removed from power. With the Borelians as a powerful ally, all the Cult has to do is move in for the kill and take control of the Time industry.This task is decidedly easier said than done, as several obstacles stand in their way, not the least of which is the loss of the Book of Abilities and the mobilization of the Akarin.Not content to sit around and watch everything they've worked for go to waste, Rifun and Cass...

After the death of his American father, Ola Achukma finds himself leaving home with his Chahta mother, forced along by soldiers on a cold, unforgiving march west with little food, sparse clothing, and thin blankets. Everyone says that it's for the best, that things will be better once they get to wherever they're supposed to go, but it's small comfort when he watches the people around him collapse and die.Born and raised in Aktiya Waya, Nendawagan and her people live a life of plent...

Walter Forbes is dying. He took three bullets to save his son, but the poison remains, wreaking havoc on his body while he lies in a coma. Earth-side doctors are helpless, Time-side tricks are useless, and Tommen is repeatedly told to make his peace now.But Tommen is unwilling to give up without a fight, and he is prepared to go to any lengths to find a cure, even if that means risking slavery to the Borelians and causing a civil war within the Time industry.As he treads da...

The camp is destroyed, thousands of acres burned to the ground, and all but one person is accounted for.When Tommen wakes up in a forest of ash, he makes a startling discovery—well, more startling than being cold, along, injured, infected, and concussed. He's invisible and incorporeal. Somehow, in the chaos of the fire, he was thrown into the Land In Between, from which no one has ever returned. Worse, Time does not work in the Land In Between, meaning he is also powerless to heal ...

What should have been a quick jaunt into Forbes Cave turned into a forty year absence, and the Cult of the Akari is in quadruple overtime to make their move. If they can't pull something off in the next election, it's straight into Borelian slavery for everyone.Except things aren't looking so great at home. Cassius' reputation has faded into obscurity and the dragon is ready to release the bullet in his face. He needs to prove himself or else risk falling into the same abyss where ...