In Egypt of the Pharaohs, the Nekhikhy are blood drinkers - what we now call vampires - but with a special charter, handed down from the god Set: to protect the barrier between the world of men and the world of demons. It is not always easy, as former physician Gemt-Ani well knows, no less this day when her fellow Nekhiku brings her a talisman, discovered in the purse of a common thief. The talisman is no less than the document which keeps the Sky separated from the Earth, the only thing k...

**"A story threaded with shimmering vibrance and beauty, A Thousand Nights will weave its spell over readers' hearts and leave them captivated long after the final tale has been told." -- Alexandra Bracken, New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds seriesA dazzling retelling of Arabian Nights, A THOUSAND NIGHTS is a tale of family, love and power that would not feel out of place if Scheherazade herself were telling it. And maybe she is...**

An original eNovella set in the world of the Lotus War before the events of Stormdancer...Your blood-red skies are filled with smoke. Your bleach-white histories with lies. You walk sleeping. Wake senseless. Breathing deep of toxic blooms and forgetting all that has gone before. But I remember.I remember when two brothers waged bloody war over the right to sit in their father's empty chair. I remember when orphaned twins faced each other a...

Egypt, 1550 BCE: When Pharaoh sends injured warrior Tadenhut home to die, his noble family asks Mehyta, the local healer, to ease his path to the Afterlife. Mehyta discovers he’s trapped between Life and Death, caught in the dreamspace. Touched by his fighting spirit and will to live, Mehyta vows to use all the powers Shai, god of fate, gave her. Together, Tadenhut and the brave healer battle to overcome his injuries, as well as threats from devious family members. While s...

Ken'ishi, a young ronin, travels through the wild countryside to the fortress of his new master, and encounters two strangers--one who demands his head, and the other, his heart. Which will he lose first?

Step into the newest Adventure in the Post-Apocalyptic world of the Epic Sci-Fi- Fantasy Series, Tales of Nevaeh.-*-The legend of Ailish, the fifth volume of Tales of Nevaeh* begins in the year 3256, two thousand years before we learned of her in The Dark Masters.--Recalled to The Island by the Eight Sorceresses of Nevaeh, Ailish, Queen Mother of Morvene and the most powerful sorceress in Nevaeh, mus...

Authors Hawthrone and Anders offer two short tales inspired by The Dark Woods novel First Bite. In Snow White's Knight, dark adventures await Prince Reiden when he attempts to rescue the innocent princess from a fateful spell. In Shakespearesque tragedy Magic Mirror, a vengeful wizard, an obsessed warlord, and a callous ruler are connected by a fatal prophecy from the enchanted mirror.

The peaceful village of Tleth is set upon by evil, demonic creatures, and no one knows why. Almost the entire town is massacred, but one man survives. Young Layth watches his father die. He watches the evil creatures destroy his home and try to destroy him, too. Near death, he flees, with no idea that the band of demonic brothers was actually sent to find him In his severely injured condition, Layth is visited by the gods, who bestow upon him a divine power. His new abilities make him the ...

1550 BCE. Mayet is a newly appointed priestess at the temple of Isis in a southern Egyptian border town. When enemies attack the city, she must flee alone with a sacred effigy to keep the invaders from claiming it and using it for their own magic rituals. Joining with other refugees from the stricken city, she has to hide the statue from curious eyes and comfort her companions as if she was a learned, senior priestess. They all look to her for leadership on their desperate trek north. With...

Lummel and Jyotan used to lead normal lives nestled away in the forest city of Wenzolaf. Brothers in every sense but blood they had everything they could want: a wonderful home, great friends, beautiful scenery and peaceful lives.The untimely arrival of a stranger threatens to upset those lives and awakens in them latent abilities that are connected to the very essence of the world around them. Rhaegro, an Officer of a rival nation, sets into motion a series of events that will roc...

The ghost legion reaches the first city in the north and finds it ruled by Violator, a wizard of the forgotten tower,the weak king serving as her proxy. Using stealth, trickery and sheer martial skill the brothers of the ghost legion must try to remove this ancient evil from across the north. An outfit with no morals, fighting for the highest bidder now has to come face to face with itself.

A merciless band of assassins, selling their services to the highest bidder move through a land fractured by war. Caring only for their outfit, "The Ghost Legion" as people call them move from job to job. This new job is no ordinary assignment, as the reputation of the outfit going back hundreds of years is on the line. Can they succeed in pulling their most dangerous job launching their rebirth?