A rogue Overmind is on the loose.A million souls hang in the balance.The Solaran Defense Forces make the difficult decision to evacuate the colony of Robichar in order to avoid a direct confrontation.But when Captain Elya Nevers gets shot down during the evacuation, his squadron and the admiral in charge have to think fast to rescue their pilot before the Kryl overrun the system.Fighting to survive in hostile territory, Captain Nevers discov...

Hurled into the great unknownRipped from Earth and transported to a strange new world, archaeologist Eliana Fisk is taken captive by the leaders of a native tribe.What do they want with her? She’s not sure, but they don’t seem friendly.When she discovers evidence of an ancient sacrificial ritual, Eliana fears she’ll be next. Can she avoid becoming an offering to their bloodthirsty god?And how in the worlds will she ever get back home?

A revered abbot of Madrid, famous for never having sinned, is approached by a novice who is not what he seems. Lewis was nineteen and a junior diplomat when he wrote it in ten weeks; the book made him notorious, forced a bowdlerised second edition, and drew a public attack from Coleridge, who called it a poison for youth. It is the most extreme thing the Gothic ever produced, and the Inquisition arrives before the end.

Seventeen‑year‑old Gatira has spent her life in hiding, feared by others for the dark magik that lives inside her. But when a single act of rebellion sends her to live with the grandmother she never knew, Gatira discovers a truth her parents tried to bury: her power is not a curse. Rather, it's a legacy.Drawn into a world of forbidden magik, portal travel, and formidable friendships, Gatira finally begins to understand who she is meant to become. But the Colourful Citadel has its o...

The Kryl invaded in the dead of night.The Nevers family had to flee. Yuzosix, once their home, must be left behind.Along the way, young Elya Nevers develops a strange habit... he begins to collect bot parts. Something about it soothes him.But this strange obsession soon catapults Elya into an inescapable conflict, one that will shape the man he becomes.And plant the seed of his destiny.Spare Parts is a space...

What they don’t know may doom the livable worldsCaptain Elya Nevers and the Furies face a different kind of danger back home as they bid farewell to fallen comrades, wade into the murky realm of Solaran politics, and hunt for knowledge about the Telos relics—while being hunted themselves.Overmind X is still at large. She's hungry to get her talons on the next artifact of alien power. Will she find it before the Solarans get their own house in order?...

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1497, Renaissance Rome: As the teenage daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia is a young noblewoman immersed in all the glamor of the Vatican Palace.Yet after a brutal killing shocks the city, Lucrezia learns that a dark truth lies beneath the surface of the Papal Court: in their ruthless quest for power, her father and brother are willing to poison their enemies.Her family are murderers.After discovering that her new husband is next to die, Lucrezia struggl...

At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen in the city park standing on a pedestal of ice. His heart is beating, he is smiling serenely, but no one can wake him. Finn's big sister, Bianca, suspects that the beautiful sparkling book Finn got from the library has something to do with it, but the book has vanished. Does the tall mysterious stranger who first discovered Finn know more than they will admit? Each day, more children are found froz...

A fresh scholarly reading of grace in Paul's theologyIn this book esteemed Pauline scholar John Barclay presents a strikingly fresh reading of grace in Paul's theology, studying it in view of ancient notions of "gift" and shining new light on Paul's relationship to Second Temple Judaism.Paul and the Gift centers on divine gift-giving, which for Paul, Barclay says, is focused and fulfilled in the gift of Christ. He offers a new appraisal of Paul's theology ...

Drawn by an ancient mysteryThe question of how a tribe of ancient Mayans ended up living on a distant planet continues to haunt archaeologist Eliana Fisk, but Amon won't let her anywhere near the Translocator after what happened last time.Since a return journey is impossible, she does what archaeologists were born to do, and searches for clues among Mayan ruins on Earth.What she discovers in the jungle will reveal a mystery far older than she though...

People say, "Keep Austin Weird!"If only they knew....Bounty hunter Anderson Gunn has had enough of this alien stuff. He can accept that offworlders live among us. He can even be friends with them. But that doesn't mean he wants to be involved in their affairs.So, naturally, it’s just his luck that when Gunn tries to go back to his normal life of collecting bail-jumpers and minding his business, the Gatekeeper - Austin’s kingpin of extraterrestrial c...