How much trouble can one person get into?In this collection of humorous stories, Troy Walker recounts the adventures of a kid who never grew up—himself! In the vein of Patrick McManus's autobiographical humor, Troy tells the story of his life from childhood to parenthood with vivid descriptions and great panache. From camping with his brothers to inventing gadgets in his parent's garage, working and playing, this book has ...

Winner of a spring 2024 Bookfest award!Ancient evils that should never have been forgotten and secrets that should never have been lost. These are what have shattered our world and will break all those that grow from Creation. Worlds will perish and the Ashen Soul will rise. Undead forces are on the move. Mysterious, gruesome murders with no clues, happen in the night. Three royal siblings work to save their empire from destruction and their adventures will lead them across worlds....

Winner of the second place awards for Dark Fantasy and Epic Fantasy from the spring 2025 Bookfest!The belief in our victory was the impetus for the chaos that spread across creation. In the end the cost was steep, but compared to what would be paid in full, it was hardly of any consequence.With the battle just ending the Valaseri siblings have no time to rest as two mysterious undead that claim to be their distant ancestors unload more uncomfortable information on them than...

-a Firehawks Lookouts romance storyTess Weaver is only at home at the top of the mountain above a thousand square miles of Idaho-Montana wilderness, watching for wildfires. It’s the quiet place she makes sense to herself, alone in the sky.Right until Jack Parker becomes her closest neighbor, on the next ridge, one lookout tower and fifteen long miles away.A magic summer, connected only by the wildfire watch and radio, they discover that they’re both Looking for the ...

Second in an all-new WORLD OF WARCRAFT series from New York Times bestselling author Richard A. Knaak!THE AGE OF DRAGONS IS OVER.Uncertainty plagues Azeroth’s ancient guardians as they struggle to find a new purpose. This dilemma has hit Kalecgos, youngest of the former Dragon Aspects, especially hard. Having lost his great powers, how can he—or any of his kind—still make a difference in the world?The answer lies in the dist...

This ebook boxed set of the first three Guardians books is the perfect companion to the Rise of the Guardians movie!Of course you know the Guardians. You’ve known them since before you can remember and you’ll know them till your memories are like twilight: Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the others. But where did they come from? How did they become beloved and worthy of holidays? And what nefarious evildoer prompts them to band together and p...

NOW WITH A FOREWORD BY RON RASH AND AN APPRECIATION BY DWIGHT GARNER"One of the finest books I know about blue-collar work in America, its rewards and frustrations . . . If you are among the tens of millions who have never read Brown, this is a perfect introduction." —Dwight Garner, The New York TimesOn January 6, 1990, after seventeen years on the job, Larry Brown quit the Oxford, Mississippi, fire department to try writing full-tim...

*A novella of The Cat's Eye Chronicles! This story includes a preview of Book 4, Ferran's Map.By the age of nineteen, all Harpies know how to fly—except Caprion. He has yet pass the test of the Singing and gain his wings. His family has disowned him in shame and people are beginning to talk. Now an evil voice haunts his dreams, taunting him, drawing out his worst fears—that he will remain wingless forever.Caprion decides to find the root of this insidious voice, no...

Forget naughty or nice—this is a battle of good vs. evil.Discover the origins of St. Nick and follow along as the Guardians start their quest to rid the world of nightmares in the first Guardians chapter book from Academy Award winner William Joyce that inspired the beloved film, The Rise of the Guardians.Before SANTA was SANTA, he was North, Nicholas St. North—a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary...

“Part portrait of a place, part rescue manual, part rumination of life and death, Population: 485 is a beautiful meditation on the things that matter.” — Seattle TimesWelcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485) where the local vigilante is a farmer’s wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work at the only gas station...

Before the War of the Lance, magic faced and fought its own demise.The Journeyman is charged to use the ancient Anvil of Time to travel back along the river of time and find the lost stories that fell between the pages of the history books.He finds Tythonnia, a young red robe learning magic in company with Ladonna of the black robes and Par-Salian of the white. The three are sent on an easy quest to find the leader of the renegade wizards, a man named Berthal, but if it was...

A mysterious key, the walking dead, and a grisly murder . . . The four-part Neverwinter novella continues as the rebels find the lost Crown of Neverwinter in their grasp. But the rebels are betrayed and Rucas Sarfael finds himself caught between his duty and his heart.