Every five years, the twelve kingdoms gather for the Royal Paravellian Balls. Seven nights of intrigue and glittering enchantment where trade is brokered, alliances are sealed, and betrayals unfold behind jeweled masks.The perfect setting for a grand assassination.After watching her kingdom burn at the hands of a ruthless king, Analleia swore vengeance. Years of training honed her into a weapon with one purpose: attend the Paravellian Balls, destroy the king's alliances, an...

When the Zorubian fleets step out of the sky, the world doesn't end-it reorganizes. Streets become corridors. Food becomes permission. Power becomes paperwork. And Watchers-perfectly human until the moment they aren't-turn everyday life into a quiet, procedural kind of terror.In the last dark places left to hide, old legends start walking in formation. Sesqua-the beings mankind called Bigfoot-move through fog-thick forests alongside Native protectors who h...

In this final book of the trilogy, It Always Rains on Wednesday, Monte Scott enters a season where helping others forces him to confront hard truths in his own life. As a vocational rehabilitation counselor serving as liaison between his state agency and a residential school for the blind, Monte continues guiding students toward independence-but tragedy and change bring unique challenges.His relationship with Clare deepens as she wrestles with decisions that could reshape ...

Theo Watkins has closed off his heart, terrified that his job as the Vampire Council Interrogator will hurt anyone he cares about. From his forced position torturing the Council's enemies, to cozy hobbies at home, he's alone. Until he is told to capture Brittany Johnson, the woman who exposed vampires to the world.Brittany is a bubbly art manager who has been thrown into a dangerous new situation. Political upheaval and growing attraction to her captor, Theo, have her world upside ...

Billionaires start dying in bizarre accidents, sending shockwaves through the markets and the media. But for philosopher Izanami (Izzy) Jones, it's just a vaguely amusing, if disturbing, item in the news. Izzy is the reluctant employee of a Silicon Valley tsar. She’s been tasked by him to give moral instruction to the world's first Artificial General Intelligence, Huldo. Izzy knows it is merely a box-ticking exercise, required by government regulation before her boss is granted full...

PC George William Gutteridge was a well-liked and respected village policeman for Stapleford Abbotts in rural Essex, where he lived with his wife and two young children. While on his beat out on a lonely country road in the early hours of the morning of 27 September 1927, he was gunned down in one of the most horrific and callous killings of a police officer in the history of British law enforcement.It had been PC Gutteridge's misfortune to stop a stolen car containing hardened car...

With the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the Soviet armed forces were largely disbanded and some of their personnel were distributed among the newly independent republics. With few options, the author joined the Redut organisation which consisted of Russian mercenaries operating abroad.In the years that followed, the rise of Valdimir Putin after he became President led to a strong nationalist sentiment developing in the Kremlin. Two former Soviet republics, initially Chechnya and the...

This book analyzes emerging legal and regulatory challenges surrounding commercial human spaceflights (CHSs). It addresses unique questions raised by human presence in outer space that distinguish CHSs from other commercial space activities.Discussing a rapidly growing sector in the space economy, this volume:• Compares regulatory approaches in major spacefaring nations, including Russia, the United States of America, China, the European Union, Japan, Australia, and India, t...

**FOREWORD BY RORY SUTHERLANDThe secret behind every extraordinary business success is really no secret at all...**First published as a short story in the Saturday Event Post in 1916, Obvious Adams is a revolutionary classic, following a man working in marketing who achieves success by noticing the truths that everyone else overlooks.While others chase complexity, Obvious Adams teaches that we should never be afraid to voice the obvious, and gives ...

The Science of Energy: Principles, Concepts, and Applications fills a crucial gap by exploring the science behind today's energy revolution and the environmental impacts of various energy sources. It explains the technologies that produce, store, and use energy, with a focus on sustainability, environmental health, and safety. Designed for students and professionals alike, the book simplifies key energy principles—covering both traditional and emerging technologies. It also examin...

A comprehensive, practical guide to cooling tower technology written specifically for the Indian industrial sector.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:- Fundamental thermodynamic principles explained in plain language- How to size and select the right cooling tower for your application- Water treatment strategies that save lakhs in operating costs- Troubleshooting common problems with detailed flowcharts- Preventive maintenance schedules to avoid catastrophic failu...

Luis R. Rivera traces the origins, context, and transformative history of a Latinx Protestant movement from the margins that changed the landscape of American theological education in the 1970s. Rivera's careful research and comprehensive analysis identifies and defines the emergence of the Protestant Latinx Academic Movement, or PLAM, a groundswell of activism that catalyzed new ideas, programs, and ways of educating for ministry across the geographic and denominational landscape from the...