Liadain never dreamed of being a hero.Trapped in a failing body, she's learned to expect nothing from life except pain and disappointment. She knows better than to hope for a miracle.When an unexpected savior offers her the power to become a Keeper, she's torn between the allure of survival and the fear that she's just trading one pain-filled existence for another.To Liadain's horror, becoming a Keeper doesn't cure her illness—it turns it into a wea...

For most Keepers, slaying harbingers is a choice. For Liadain, it's a dark necessity.Liadain's power over sickness and corruption has alienated her even from her fellow Keepers. Alone in her new life, she races on legs that have barely ever walked to master her abilities, understand the twisted minds and bizarre magic of Harbingers, and rip the keys to her immortality from their remains while she still can. Her explorations take her down dark and strange paths thro...

Aulunla's end marks a new chapter in Liadain's life as a Keeper.Far from offering her the power and safety she hoped for, Liadain's bizarre insights into the minds and methods of Harbingers leave her less certain of her path to immortality than ever. Spurred by the revelation of just how inextricably bound her deadly illness is to her magic, she takes her most terrifying step into her new life yet – asking another Keeper for help.But what she's learned and ...

WEIRDER, WILDER, FURTHER INTO THE UNKNOWN "The only award that matters." - someone, somewhere, maybe? BRAVE NEW WEIRD returns with its second collection, showcasing the absolute best of the independent New Weird world! Featuring 23 stories previously published by some of the most dynamic independent publishers in the fields of Horror and Speculative Fiction today, forewords from the publisher and editor on the state of independent Horror; additional recommended reading; and more.

Race and Human Diversityis an introduction to the study of human diversity in both its biological and cultural dimensions. Robert L. Anemone examines the biological basis of human difference and how humans have biologically and culturally adapted to life in different environments. The book discusses the history of the race concept, evolutionary theory, human genetics, and the connections between racial classifications and racism. It invites students to question the existence of rac...

This book examines the UK’s enduring ‘permacrisis’—austerity policies, Brexit, climate change, inflation, and the rising cost of living—through the lens of the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a policy continuum.The book demonstrates that the policy continuum cannot be considered as a mere attempt to tackle a range of social and economic issues but also as contributing to forging the permacrisis sui generis. It concludes that the government’s policy responses bef...

This book addresses the question of the extent of and responses to inequalities in the UK in 2017 in the wake of the 2008 Great Recession. Inequality is the issue that won’t go away, a real world issue affecting all facets of society with political and economic developments such as austerity measures, Brexit and changes in political leadership impacting the inequality landscape.Six of the chapters examine the extent of economic inequalities and poverty using quantitative and qualit...

Aulunla's end marks a new chapter in Liadain's life as a Keeper.Far from offering her the power and safety she hoped for, Liadain's bizarre insights into the minds and methods of Harbingers leave her less certain of her path to immortality than ever. Spurred by the revelation of just how inextricably bound her deadly illness is to her magic, she takes her most terrifying step into her new life yet—asking another Keeper for help.But what she's learned and wh...

For most Keepers, slaying harbingers is a choice. For Liadain, it's a dark necessity.Liadain's power over sickness and corruption has alienated her even from her fellow Keepers. Alone in her new life, she races on legs that have barely ever walked to master her abilities, understand the twisted minds and bizarre magic of Harbingers, and rip the keys to her immortality from their remains while she still can. Her explorations take her down dark and strange paths thro...

Liadain never dreamed of being a hero.Trapped in a failing body, she's learned to expect nothing from life except pain and disappointment. She knows better than to hope for a miracle.When an unexpected savior offers her the power to become a Keeper, she's torn between the allure of survival and the fear that she's just trading one pain-filled existence for another.To Liadain's horror, becoming a Keeper doesn't cure her illness—it turns it into a wea...

The best thing about being an only child to one of the richest men in America is that you can do absolutely anything you want. Spend the summer exploring Europe? No problem. So that's exactly what Samantha and her best friend Hunter did before entering their senior year at NYU. One last adventure before becoming adults.But their fantasy world ended the moment Samantha was captured by terrorists and held for ransom. Everything good Samantha saw in the world was instantly destroyed w...

There's more than one way to turn up the heat.The Naughty List is here to give you exactly what you crave - Ultimate Alphas: Bad Boys and Good Lovers - another special collection of romance novels, novellas, and short stories from a mix of New York Times Bestsellers and some of the newest, boldest authors around.It's packed with more than 140,000 words and features bad boy bikers, werewolf shifters, alpha male heroes with a heart of gold, and billionaires that alwa...