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 Starship Atlantis takes you on an unforgettable journey through the extraordinary. From alien civilizations and rogue AI to desperate missions on the brink of collapse, these stories will transport you across the stars into the heart of the unknown.This anthology features six never-before-published novellas and short stories, plus two exclusive bonus tales.Explore epic adventures crafted by eight USA Today and Wall Street Journal

Some seek power. Some seek justice. Others seek to root out the filth lurking in the darkest of corners.Spot was summoned from his comfortable charging pad and familiar floors to a world of magic and intrigue.But after the flight of his new patrons, he is left alone to care for a filthy castle.During his quest to keep this new home clean, Spot will face demons, foreign armies, and his arch nemesis, the dreaded stairs.All those who stand before him will be swe...

The land must be cleansed of filth.After ridding their home of the demon Lieutenant lurking within, Spot and Bee are left with quite the mess to clean up. The castle lay in ruins around them, its repair a daunting task for even the most industrious little vacuum.Fortunately, cleaning is Spot's specialty.But little do they know that their actions have far-reaching consequences. A new threat has begun to rise in the countryside—an undead plague that threatens to scour...

Contains books one and two of the Shattered Alliance series.Shattered Alliance, book 1The galaxy will never be the same again. A surprise attack during a routine First Contact ceremony turns the Alliance's flagship into a firework display over the desert planet Shandor and lands Captain Thurgood, and several of his crew, in the hands of an enemy they never knew existed.For the first time in its existence, the Alliance finds itself outmatched and powerless to act. It...

Meow does he do it? With hard-earned detective skills and a little help from his animal friends.Sheila hasn’t even unpacked yet at a new beachfront cottage when her neighbor is killed. With the police looking at her as the suspect, it’s up to her cat, Whiskers, to find the real killer. Can he use his detective skills, and his new animal friends, to save Sheila and start a new life in Paradise Cove?"A well written and clever mystery series with lots of h...

It was just another sunny day at the coast when a life was changed forever …What started as a prank for a young girl resulted in the elevation of a crabs existence. Now, wrenched from his happy life at the beach, the crab … HAS AWAKENED.Sir Crabby finds himself with access to a System and thrust into sapience. Into a world filled with creatures both mundane and magical. A world where Evil lurks beneath the waves.Join Sir Crabby as he travels beneath the ocean; disco...

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...

Two things hold our starship together.Duct tape and hate.In the near future space debris around Earth has made it impossible to traverse our solar system. Or it would be, if not for prisoners sentenced to clearing that debris known as Orbital Garbage Removal Experts, or O.G.R.E. for short.Former linguistics professor Dax has made it a habit of working aboard The Junkyard with a small crew, the conspiracy theorist, tech-savv...

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 forced into a team of some of the sector's most not...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThis “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film’s original release.The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie’s fiery creation have been told—sometimes confl...