Conference Room Wars is The Phoenix Project meets the popular comedy series The Office, without the hilarity.When Noel Rennick joined the St Louis office of Cramdler Innovative Government Solutions (CIGS) he expected to be part of a professional organization, dedicated to meeting the client's expectations. Instead, he found disfunction, chaos, and a toxic organizational environment.Noel is determined to apply everything he learned in graduate school and hi...

The Abyss. The word evokes a visceral response. It also evokes contemplation and a search for deeper knowledge and understanding. The abyss of despair can feel heavy too from all accounts. It pulls you into a dark, suffocating existence that can feel like you are drowning, prevent you from getting out of bed, or compel desires to end your life. By many accounts I should have drowned in an abyss of despair at the age of six, when I experienced a devastating tragedy. I did not. Where many fi...

"A bridge is not the distance between two places. It is the decision to cross."— Division Zero Archive, Vol. 12Two years after burning the bridge that once let her walk between worlds, Achilla Lavey has built a life in Meridian City — forty laps before dawn, Division Zero briefings, the hum of a city she never meant to choose but somehow did. She has made peace with the scar tissue where her bridge used to be.Until the impossible begins to hum.A faint, rhyth...

Nine months after the Mirror War, Meridian City hums with uneasy peace. But when five divergent versions of Achilla Lavey arrive through clean dimensional tears, the world she saved begins to fracture again. Each carries a different truth — soldier, scholar, whisper, queen, ghost — and together they form a chord that could rewrite reality itself.To stop the Divergence War, Achilla must face the only enemy she's never defeated: herself.

THE BRIDGE AND THE BLADE — BOOK TWO: THE RED VEILThree months after the Battle of Meridian City, the scars still hum beneath the neon.Achilla Lavey swims every morning to remind herself she's still human — but the world she saved is changing again.In the ruins of The Scar, a cult called the Red Veil carves forbidden sigils into flesh and whispers that the Assembly's work isn't finished.When a murdered Remnant turns up marked with symbols that shouldn't exist...

THE BRIDGE AND THE BLADE — BOOK THREE: THE MIRROR WARSix months after the Architect fell, Meridian City is rebuilding — but the cracks in reality are starting to reflect back.When ordinary mirrors begin to fracture with dimensional circuitry and people vanish into their own reflections, Achilla Lavey is called to investigate. What she finds staring back isn't a demon or a machine — it's herself.White hair. Red eyes. A version of Achilla who never burned the bridge a...

Frontier WorldsBeyond the last star on the chart lies a frontier of unclaimed worlds, forgotten ruins, impossible lifeforms, and dangers no one has ever survived long enough to name.Frontier Worlds is a tabletop roleplaying game of exploration, drama, and survival at the edge of civilization. You and your crew are the ones who go first — explorers, soldiers, scientists, diplomats, and pioneers pushing humanity's reach one light‑year deeper into the unknown.Inside th...

The Bridge and the Blade: Book OneWhen the veil between worlds cracks, monsters don't invade — they wake up.Achilla Ward has spent her life hunting the shadows that stalk Meridian City's rooftops, but when a bridge explosion tears open a rift of blue fire, she becomes something the darkness never expected: a warrior bound to an ancient blade that chooses its wielder… and punishes the unworthy.Now hunted by a masked cult, haunted by a skeletal entity that speaks in r...

VOIDBORN: The Architect's War — Back Cover Blurb (Cyberpunk Revision)Nova Meridian burns in electric silence.Neural storms tear across the skyline. Drones patrol the ruins. Every thought is data, every dream a weapon.The Architect has turned the city into a machine — a living network of consciousness and circuitry. His Foundry operatives harvest minds, rewrite memories, and feed the Drift with stolen futures. The streets hum with static, and the air tastes like ozon...

The Koran has constituted a remarkably strong core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. This Very Short Introduction explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditional Muslim culture. Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the Koran as codex, as scripture, as liturgy, and as the embodiment of truth, and examines its means of formation and dissemination. He also discusses issues of interpretat...

"Over 55 And Alive" is a transformative guide for individuals entering the later stages of life, emphasizing the vitality and opportunities that come with age. This book provides practical advice and insightful strategies for those over 55 to enhance their well-being, nurture existing relationships, and foster a positive mindset.Michael Cook delves into the significance of empathy, communication, and adaptability within family dynamics, highlighting how these principles can build a...

---Uniocide by Michael Cook-Hoar IIWelcome to the thrilling crossover of "The Who Fates Befall" universe and "Lightning Fast's" world. This epic tale, years in the making and spanning six books, brings together beloved characters and new faces in a high-stakes adventure. Join the voice of Lightning Fast, Mara Zexel, who is Kate A Walsh and her regal brother Peter Revel Walsh, along with guest stars Midnight Datura, Macstar, CinderDryadVA, HTHarpy, and Mimi Hung, as they nav...