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As the Tsar's dreams turned to dust, men like him fought for a world that had already died.In the frozen wastelands of Siberia, as the Russian Civil War grinds on, Viktor Ivanov—a sniper in the Red Army—finds himself at the crossroads of duty and doubt. Stationed in a crumbling factory, he faces the last stronghold of the White Army, holed up in a church that stands as a defiant symbol of the old world. As he waits for the moment to strike, Viktor is ordered to eli...

THE FYRD: A Novel of the Last KingdomIn the dying days of the ninth century, when darkness threatened to swallow the last light of Britain—an unlikely romance blooms.THE FYRD is a sweeping story of war, faith, and redemption, set against the brutal backdrop of the Viking invasions that nearly erased England from the map of Christendom.At its heart ...

The Empire calls him a traitor. The Republic calls him a threat. In the war to decide the future of Aurisca—he will be both.In the twilight of the Holy Valtorean Empire, rebellion simmers and rival nations sharpen their blades, two men are swept into the current of history—one seeking redemption, the other purpose. Their paths will converge in the crucible of The War of the Eagles—a cataclysmic conflict destined to reshape the continent of Aurisca....

Julien Armand knows what it means to lose everything.A young man who watched the Great Terror strike through Eclairea, Julien stood powerless as revolutionaries executed his family and tore apart the world he once knew. The ideals of liberty and equality, which once promised hope, became a façade for envy and greed. The Republic that rose from the ashes of monarchy now trembles under its own weight, its leaders as corrupt and power-hungry as the nobles they overthr...

In the beating heart of Valtorea, where the Kaiser's divine mandate has ruled for centuries, an unsettling change stirs beneath the Empire's formidable hegemony. Here, in a land forged by faith and tempered through war, the old order stands on a precipice. A war unlike any other—one destined to reshape the fate of millions—looms on the horizon.Lord-Marshal Kaelitz von Ardent, a scarred veteran and young man once hailed as a hero, now holds the Empire's highest mili...

When a tired human roofer gets called out to fix a leaking tower roof, he expects a normal job.What he gets instead is Thyra—a twelve-foot wolf necromancer who can raise the dead, and is barely holding her crumbling home (and finances) together.A gentle, low-stakes, character-driven story about a lonely necromancer, a practical tradesman, and the slow warmth growing between them in a drafty old tower with very bad structural integrity.Length: ~10k w...

Today, a fraction of the Cherokee people remains in their traditional homeland in the southern Appalachians. Most Cherokees were forcibly relocated to eastern Oklahoma in the early nineteenth century. In 1830 the U.S. government shifted its policy from one of trying to assimilate American Indians to one of relocating them and proceeded to drive seventeen thousand Cherokee people west of the Mississippi.The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears recounts this moment in Amer...

Be the Best at What Matters Most is about simplifying how you think and go about your business. Most businesses of today are more focused on the newest gimmicks and tricks of the trade that they believe can save the day. This book focuses on the view that success is a result of quality, consistency of performance, and relentless improvement on those things that matter most and not about the wow factor provided by flashy tricks. It will teach companies to be so good at the basics that they ...

Giving and receiving mercy is central to living a life of passion and is central to living the life God calls us to. We all need mercy at different times in our lives, and we all have an obligation to give mercy to others at different times in our lives. If you think about it, God’s mercy is overwhelmingly generous. He calls us to respond with the same spirit of generosity. The perfect companion for the Year of Mercy called for by Pope Francis, Beautiful Mercy provides an encounter with th...

War demands blood. Empire demands loyalty. Honor demands everything.The Holy Valtorean Empire stands at the precipice of ruin. As rival powers close in and ancient alliances fracture, the once-mighty realm summons its sons to arms in what historians will later call its darkest hour. Among them is Kaelitz von Ardent, a young nobleman with nothing left to lose—his ancestral lands seized by the ruthless Duke von Löwe to settle his family's debts, his father broken by ...

A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail.The Cherokee are a proud, ancient civilization. For hundreds of years they believed themselves to be the "Principle People" residing at the center of the earth. But by the 18th century, some of their leaders believe...

How well do you know Jesus? I think about this often, and I always come to the same realization. I don't know Jesus anywhere near as well as I would like to know him. The desire is there, but life gets in the way. There are times when I seem to be making great progress, and other times when I wonder if I know him at all. But I always arrive back at the same inspiring and haunting idea: If there is one person that we should each get to know in a deeply personal way, it is Jesus – the carpen...