DRAGONS, ASSASSINS, AND NINJAS!By a Baen Fantasy and Adventure Finalist and Indie StarThey call themselves my found family, but they slaughtered my kin. Now, I will pay back the murderers in blood tenfold.Their ruin is a mirror they polished themselves. They took me as a child and hammered me into a weapon. They taught me the art of disappearing: how to slip through a room like a shadow at noon, how to dress a face in lies until no ...

In the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, on a chain of manmade islands, Steve Bennett finds himself thrust into a world he doesn't understand.An unexpected inheritance places him among the world's wealthiest people. His best friend, Paul, is more than happy to stand by him, as Steve works through his newfound affluence, right until the pair stumbles upon a secret that could change the world forever.Their discovery puts the two friends in the sights of conspirat...

A seaside town. A savage murder. A family bound by secrets that refuse to stay buried.When beloved Laguna Beach therapist Mary Purefoy is found bludgeoned to death in her oceanfront bungalow, Detective Walt Torrance is assigned the case he never wanted—and cannot walk away from. Mary wasn't just a victim. She was his former sister-in-law, his brother's first great love, and a woman woven into the fabric of his own past.As Walt combs through a crime scene st...

A successful and optimistic Autistic Multimillionaire chronicles his journey with Autism and reflects on how the disorder has helped and hindered him as he went from high school dropout to successful husband, father, executive, and entrepreneur.He explains what he knows now that he wishes he’d known when younger in order to make living with Autism more rewarding and less challenging. He explores wh...

Nathan and his companions are free. For now. They're trapped inside the fortress-city of Halsmet, and every mage of Giantsrest is hunting for them.Luckily enough, they've been found by Faline, the shapeshifting leader of the Assassins of Gemore. She's pledged to teach Nathan her deadly trade. How far will he go to fight the empire of slavers? How much murder is justified?Even if they manage to win this fight against Giantsrest, it won't be the end of the co...

Hunted!On a return visit to Dal'no'nuuur to aid its inhabitants and get some upgrades, the crew of the Junkyard finds themselves ambushed by a Bastet intent on capturing them. Before meeting his 'unfortunate' end, Dax and Kane manage to extract a name from their assailant: Tussanu.Retreating to Tachyon, they discover Tussanu is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. This reclusive individual, whose race, age, and appearance remain unknown, invites his con...

A mysterious signal, A start-up that wants to change the world, A future that no longer belongs to us.When a stranger with a high-tech implant is found in the remote Finnish wilderness, neurosurgeon Bill and his computer scientist friend Steve see an opportunity. But they don't know what powers they're up against. They soon must ask themselves what moral boundaries they're willing to cross in order to succeed.Ten years later, the world has changed. Airships...

The galaxy just called for help. Unfortunately, the wrong man answered.When small-time conman, Cal Carver, is thrown in jail and forced to share a cell with a semi-naked cannibalistic serial killer, he's pretty sure his day can't get any worse.Boy, is he wrong.It isn't until two-thirds of the human race is wiped out and Cal is mistakenly abducted by aliens that things really start to go downhill.Whisked across the galaxy, Cal is for...

A chilling collection of terrifying creatures from around the world, perfect for listeners who want to know what lurks in the shadowsA Romanian Strigoi rising from its grave. The Boogeyman's claws scraping beneath the bed. A Banshee's wail echoing through Ireland. The glowing eyes of the Mothman staring from a West Virginia tree line. Krampus arriving to punish naughty children in the Yuletide season.In Strange and Terrible Things: A Guide to Creatures ...

John Carter had Barsoom. Antarius Thurgood got Altair.Stranded on an uncivilized world, Captain Thurgood finds himself alone against an entire planet filled with savage beasts and deadly denizens. To top it all off, the Hama are coming for him. Now, he must find a way to unite a people, conquer a planet, steal a ship and get off of Altair.It won't be easy.All he has are his wits and his grit because no one listened when he asked for a survival bazoo...

Dark and humorous, literary but with the heart of a detective novel, Ordinary Bear weighs the burden of grief while exploring our boundless capacity for humanity, kindness, and hope.Farley stands out among his Iñupiat neighbors in the Alaska village he calls home, both white and enormous, like the hungry polar bears that wander its streets. Jovial and a little hapless, he works as an investigator for a North Slope oil company, passing the long Arctic winte...

The Ascendent Academy has fallen, but Nathan's journey is just beginning.He has a mission—to journey across Davrar to find Sarya Pamaris, a friendly Questor who can begin to answer his questions. Hopefully she will reveal to him the secrets of the Endings, and how to stop them.On the way, Nathan and his friends must contend with the remnants of Giantsrest, the catspaws of Questors and above all the terrifying dangers of Davrar itself. They have risen to the...