"Are we in public right now, or not?"Twelve people, old friends and new acquaintances, have abandoned everything they knew to create a self-contained society in a former shopping mall. Welcome to A Better Place."I'm not in charge at all. I'm just a facilitator."With the right blend of personalities, it could be paradise. But what about with this mix? Everyone's thrilled to escape the drudgery of their former lives,...

Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic well being. However, it is still too often the case that both theoretical studies and applied programs fail to account for Native American perspectives on the range of factors that actually contribute to these problems in the first place. The authors in Medicine Ways examine the ways people from a multitude of indigenous communities think about and practice hea...

The Eternal Empire's war against the Phobes opens a new front in the Skull Nebula! Vic and company join Forged teams Rapier and Gladius to bring the fight into T-space—but things go sideways fast when Vic is declared KIA! Now, CrazyJo must lead Scimitar-3 alongside the other Forged teams on a mission that will spell genocide for the Phobes. And behind it all, politics on Throneworld become all the stranger as Davian enters an uneasy alliance with the leader of the breakaway cabal of Cassan...

SERIES PREMIERE TRIM SIZE: 8.375" x 10.875" In the 11th Millennium of the rule of the Eternal Empress, a squad of planet-smashing super soldiers find their routine mission to be anything but. These are the Forged. They take no prisoners. Written by GREG RUCKA & ERIC TRAUTMANN and brought to the page by MIKE HENDERSON, embark upon an over-the-top pulp adventure of sex, violence, and sci-fi inspired by Conan, Heavy Metal, and other comics you tried to hide from your parents.

Collecting the first arc of the comic that combines the pulp-sci-fi-over-the-top-frenzied-mayhem of Operation: Black Box with the spirit of Heavy Metal and any other comics you tried to hide from your parents! Meet the Forged, elite warriors in service to the Eternal Empress. It's a routine recovery op on a distant world. What could possibly go wrong? Spoiler: Just about everything!

CrazyJo must lead Scimitar-3 alongside two other Forged teams into T-space on a mission that spells genocide for the Phobes, while the KIA-listed Vic finds herself face to face with an old frenemy. On Throneworld, Davian enters an uneasy alliance with a Cassandra, but will their alliance reveal the Empress's true agenda, or is it just part of a longer game?

The Forged are trapped on the hellscape of Gehenna where the locals are very hungry. CrazyJo loses an arm. Again. Another engaging issue of this series delivers new developments, unexpected turns, evolving dynamics, and moments that keep readers curious for more.

For 10,000 years, the Eternal Empire spread across the galaxy, and in all that time there has never been actual first contact with another alien race. This issue, the Forged meet their neighbors. Spoiler: their neighbors are f*&#ing PISSED.

NEW STORY ARC Following the events of Operation: Black Box, Vic and her team of Forged find themselves back on Throneworld and in an environment even more lethal—the realm of Imperial politics, where people will kill to keep their secrets.

Collecting the fourth arc of the critically acclaimed pulp-sci-fi sensation in an oversized format! Face to face with the Empress who holds their lives in thrall, the five women of Forged team Scimitar-3 uncovered her campaign of interdimensional genocide, and thwarted it-temporarily. Now guilty of the highest treason, and stripped of their combat armor, they need to out-think, out-run, and out-gun the full might of the Imperial Navy...plus an even deadlier foe: the other Forged teams comi...

Most business owners spend more time choosing a logo color than deciding what to charge. That imbalance is costing you thousands of dollars every single month. The price you set is the most powerful message you will ever send, yet almost nobody treats it like a message at all. This book reveals why a price buyers can't refuse is never the lowest price, and it is always the price that looks small next to the value it represents. Whether you are a freelancer, a coach, or a CEO, the strategie...

In Quebec and Scotland, questions of constitutional change, national identity, and national grievance play an important role in the electoral calculations of political parties and voters. Taking a strong stance on the national question can have strategic benefits both for parties pushing for greater autonomy and for those endorsing the status quo.In this in-depth look at issue voting, authors Éric Bélanger, Richard Nadeau, Ailsa Henderson, and Eve Hepburn examine how the national q...