Two worlds. Two lives. One destiny.Ceana has spent her life believing she was ordinary. Myrthin has spent his searching for answers about the past.When an ancient prophecy awakens, both discover they are the Dewis, a pair of Chosen destined to determine the fate of two fractured worlds.Drawn together by powers they barely understand, they are thrust into a conflict that began thousands of years before either of them were born. Ancient magick stirs, forgotten truths ...

Destiny called ... the wrong man answered.When your very existence is treason, employment opportunities are thin on the ground. But when one of the biggest crime lords in the city makes The Pan of Hamgee a job offer he can’t refuse, it’s hard to tell what the dumbest move is: accepting the offer or saying no to Big Merv. Neither will do much for The Pan’s life expectancy.Small Beginnings is written in British English and can be read as a stand alon...

For Titus and his friends it started out like any ordinary trip to the moona chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet a beautiful brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and ...

My entire world was shattered in the blink of an eye...Confined to a hospital bed with a halo holding my neck together, the only woman I ever loved betrayed me. It turns out that losing my career as an NFL quarterback was a deal breaker for her as well.Physically healed and mentally broken, the struggle began to put the pieces back together. After exploring my options, the only other natural talent that emerges is my skill in the bedroom. A sex therapist named Cindy, who is...

Emily thought her ordeal was over after she escaped a brutal kidnapping. She's wrong. He's coming for her again.The body Detective Rose is looking at bears a striking resemblance to Emily, a woman who survived a horrific, sexually motivated abduction five years ago. Her fear is confirmed when Emily goes missing again. When another woman, Grace, is abducted, Detective Rose finds herself doubting the instincts that tell her the disappearance is the result of domestic violence. She co...

From NBA, Printz, and Newbery Honor winner M. T. Anderson, a tour de force of research and storytelling that follows the life of a humble young man named Nicholas who became one of the world’s most influential figures in religion, government, and commerce—whether you believe in him or not.M. T. Anderson still believes in Santa Claus—just not in the way you think.Born of the research for Nicked, his acclaimed adult debut, Stealing Saint Nick

**AN NPR NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint"[An] uproarious saga . . . drawing on contemporary accounts, fantastical folk tales, and [Anderson's] own knack for high jinks."—New York Times Book Review"[A] rollicking comic novel."—NPR**The yea...

I know she will be mine, the moment my eyes meet hers...A briefcase full of cash in one hand and documents that could land me in prison in the other, but all I can focus on is how she moves in that tight fitting dress. No longer on task, my mind is now reeling with questions. Who is this woman? What is she doing here? More importantly, where has she been all of my life?-----Stepping onto his private jet, I have only one thing in mind... Revenge. I need to distract him...

Ten-year-old villager Bartholomew Johnson is cursed, and so are the people around him.Why? He has no idea. All he knows is that he suffers from excess, uncontrollable fart gas!All of his friends except one, the loyal Stan Leaf, have abandoned him. They laugh at him and make jokes. His teachers make him sit inside a glass cube during class to prevent his fart gas from disrupting the learning of the other students. His life is sad.

Four gay men struggle to find a balance between their work lives and their club personas before the nightlife consumes them.It is said that all work and no play makes life dull. Justin, Keith, Marcus, and Evan love to do both. These young guys are four hard-working professionals who also have an addiction to club life.Keith is in the banking field, trying to rise to the top as easily as possible, but it is not happing as fast as he would like. Justin is a c...

Learn Python by Wiring the Future, One Pin at a Time Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesMaster Python basics with fun hardware buildsLearn the fundamentals of embedded programming with MicroPythonPractice hands-on hardware projects with the Raspberry Pi PicoBook DescriptionPicking the Pico is your hands-on introduction to Python programming through practical embedded pro...

In the violent criminal underworld, there is no room for weakness, so the idea of a growing gay mafia in Baltimore is rejected by most people. That doesn’t stop kingpin Avery Nelson from striving to come out on top in his battle against Leroy Grant.Avery has faced adversity most of his life, and being a gay black male only adds fuel to the fire already burning within him. After experiencing rejection for so much of his life, Avery has stopped caring about the values of anyone who m...