A fragile peace teeters on the brink of collapse; new players threaten the colonial world order in this award-winning debut historical fantasy novel.Damien Flynn is going to die. And it's going to happen because he finally stood up for what's right.After years of observing and taking part in the enduring corruption and oppression of the Ricchan people, Damien Flynn's conscience wakes. He pushes for the Ricchan right to a vote, for control of their own destiny.He soo...

Revolutions begin from embers of destruction.Why did Beckett leave?Who was Akane Takuma?Delve into the stories of Beckett Harrington, Damien Flynn, Victoria Montgomery, and more.This Anthology travels across time to set the tone for the events of Rise: Birth of a Revolution and Stand: The Cost of War. Presented chronologically the stories unravel the events that led to the Ricchan Revolution...

In times of revolution, the cost of war is paid by both the tyrant and the terrorized, those fighting for freedom and those whose ambitions exceed their morals. When Damien Flynn is forced to reckon with cruelty committed in the name of justice, he sees the lines blurring even further between the two factions.What began as a revolt pitting oppressed Ricchans against despotic Braitons has evolved into a voracious storm that threatens peace the globally Aspiring conquerors, greedy op...

To Create the World That Ought to Be explores enticing possibilities and proven solutions for transforming our society and ourselves, as viewed through the lens of the life and work of a celebrated visionary educator. The book gathers insight distilled from the author's 50-year career making change and empowering other changemakers through his work as a teacher, principal, and administrator of "alternative" public schools, and as a creative community organizer and...

Some magic is best not to be born with.Afraid that she could control the elements, Ria discovers her magic is something else, something forbidden. And its use is punishable by death.Terrified after accidentally using magic to save her best friend's life, Ria must flee everything she has known to outrun a creature sent to capture anyone using tainted magic. Her best chance of survival lies with Niri, an outcast Water Priestess who might choose to betray her as much as help h...

Some worlds survive because no one knows they exist.After centuries of secrecy, the woodfolk choose to step beyond their boundaries and face a feudal, sorcerer-ruled world that barely understands them—and is quick to judge what it does not know.When violence erupts, their first contact with outsiders threatens their very existence. For Midnight, a deaf forest guardian powerful in magic but uncertain of himself, the danger is personal. To protect his people, he must navigate...

At what point in time does a memory exist?Set in the coastal Pacific Northwest in 1994, Afterglow is a mind-bending psychological journey that follows Edyn, a troubled 32-year-old man who remembers nothing before three years ago except for a haunting vision atop a grassy hill, where a mysterious woman speaks her last words.As the fragments of Edyn's hidden memories are unlocked, disturbing new flashbacks break through; glimpses of a ruined world th...

The Galaxy is a harsh place.Five hundred years ago, the Galactic Union Council decreed Earth off limits, and Earthlings were restricted to their own system—no local Jump Gates.When a 14-year-old earthling, Henry Dazenhaus, is abducted in the late 1990s by the Greys, he is sold as a slave and subjected to medical experimentation.Purchased by a member of the Galactic Assassins Guild, he is trained in many things... not the least of which is ending a l...

Ian Stevens, director of the Deep Space Research Institute, isn't interested in conducting research just for the sake of research. While the rest of the world—including the U.S. government—thinks that's the DSRI's sole mission, Stevens is actually interested in more—he wants manned space travel and the colonization of the moon.With NASA defunct, few scientific probes are being launched, and no one even talks about human spaceflight anymore. Stevens is out to change that. A billiona...

Some threads should never be pulled.Amara has spent her life hiding in plain sight hemming tunics, mending tears, and never letting anyone know that cloth speaks to her.When a soldier brings her a bloodstained cloak, Amara’s needle awakens a dead captain’s voice, revealing her ability. Now a Guild enforcer from the Hemlock Circle hunts her, determined to prove she’s a rogue weaver.But the Guild isn’t the only danger. Grieving nobles covet her power....

Velina has escaped the workhouse on the hunt for one thing: the witch who can grant her wish to live a normal life. Born with silver hair and noticeably pointy ears, she's passed from workhouse to workhouse since she can remember—shunned for her mysterious heritage.But the witch's cottage she finds at the edge of the wood is abandoned, and as soon as she starts making herself at home, someone else comes calling: a noble with a wish of his own. With the promise of his coin, she agre...

A cursed prince. A gifted translator. An ancient book that may be his only chance at freedom.Isabella "Bella" Rinaldi has a rare gift: she can translate ancient texts written in long-forgotten languages. But when her father's ships are destroyed and their home is burned to the ground, Bella's life is upended. Forced to start over in a small countryside village, she brings with her the one treasure she could not leave behind—an age-old book filled with cryp...