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A man holds a gun to Professor Alex Harker in a Cambridge University lecture room. He wants to know about the mysterious Codex Gigas. But before Harker can learn more, the man shoots himself, threatening Harker’s girlfriend, Chloe, as he does so. Soon Harker is deep in a life-or-death struggle that takes him to Berlin, Italy, and France. It seems that, thanks to the Codex, the dead are rising. It can only mean one thing: Judgement Day. Or does it?

In a crippled airplane thousands of miles from home, Tris must prove she can lead.... Propelled by grief and natural ambition, pilot Tris Miles is not content with her job as a first officer for tiny Clear Sky Airlines. She wants to be a captain - the only way she knows to prove her worth as a pilot and atone for a deadly mistake. To further her career, Tris accepts a prestigious job with Tetrix, Inc. But her dream of becoming pilot-in-command twists into a nightmare.

The Ashen Veil In a city where memory is currency and history is rewritten at will, one man fights to remember the truth. Caden Voss was erased. Not just from records—but from reality itself. In New Ashen, the NeuroGrid dictates everything—your past, your present, your future. The system doesn’t just watch—it rewrites. Every rebellion erased, every failure undone, every inconvenient truth replaced with a version Horizon Corporation can control. And for years, Caden has been caught in the loop, reset over and over, forced to relive a life that isn’t his. Until now. For the first ...

Successful Silicon Valley real estate developer and wealth creator Roy Goble shares the surprising lessons he learned as a boy working in his family junkyard. Skillfully uniting the teachings of Jesus with the sometimes messy realities of leading people and getting things done, Salvaged helps leaders at all levels discover powerful opportunities to follow Jesus in the real world - and in surprisingly simple ways.

Reference librarian Megan Clark has a passion for fictional crime - but when she and her fellow book group members go from reading mysteries to solving them, they discover that real-life crime is more complex than the most puzzling whodunit.

Eight thousand hunters descend on Crawford County, Texas, for the annual pheasant season. To Sheriff Charles Matthews that's 8,000 chances for a gun-related accident. But when the most hated man in the county, banker Rich Hansford, turns up with his face removed by a shotgun blast, it's no accident; it's murder. To Crawford County folk, it's a public service killing, and no one, not even the sheriff's staff, are much interested in seeing anyone arrested.

A boy reincarnated with a curse. His sister, trapped at the heart of a dungeon. Will he level-up in time to save her from certain death? Lee can still hear her screams. Three months ago, the 16-year-old gamer watched in horror as his sister unplugged an old console and burst into green flames. Enraged at his failure to protect her, he jumps from his bed and smashes the console that killed her—something he soon regrets. To his horror, fire bursts out and consumes him, transporting him to a game world and into the body of a fresh corpse. In the midst of his alarm, he hears the panicked ...

The Weight of Silence: A Tale from Jericho A gripping biblical fiction novel of faith, betrayal, and redemption What happens when silence weighs more than sin? In the aftermath of Jericho’s miraculous fall, Israel celebrates a victory delivered by God Himself. But within the joy, one man’s secret threatens to unravel everything. The Weight of Silence is a powerful Old Testament fiction retelling the story of Achan’s disobedience—through the eyes of his closest friend.A Story of Faith and Consequences Nathan, a craftsman from the tribe of Judah, shares an unbreakable bond with Achan,...

Werewolf Alex has always been a loner; sure, he'd bring a guy home from the club once in a while, but he never gave his conquests a second thought after they were gone. All that changes when he encounters a mysterious, sexy shapeshifter in the woods one night. Alex can't seem to get this smart-mouthed wolf out of his head. Is this fellow wolf the mate that Alex never thought he needed? READ AN EXCERPT: The next thing Alex knew, he was a man once more. He was never fully conscious as a man during his nights as a wolf; it was always as though he had traveled through time. He awoke in his ...

Alien Days is a multi-author anthology with thrilling tales of aliens, invasions, artificial intelligence, friendship, deceit, and extinction. A combination which makes this collection a must-listen for science fiction short story fans. This anthology features Nebula and Dragon award nominees, Amazon best-sellers and award winners alongside rising stars in the science fiction genre. Let the authors take you on adventures through dystopian worlds and far flung planets that will stretch your imagination.

Come and lose yourself in sexy stories of handsome doctors and their sexual experimentation: anal play, sex toys, wife-swapping, orgies, fantasy, and a little BDSM. This book is just waiting for you to enjoy yourself - so download it now and start listening!

Winter in Denton is a busy time for DI Jack Frost, whose unsolved crime figures are mounting. A serial killer is murdering local prostitutes; armed robbery; a ram raid at a jewellers and a buried skeleton is uncovered. But Frost's main concern is for the safety of a missing schoolgirl. The dead body of another little girl from the same school is found... Frost's prime suspect, strongly protesting his innocence, hangs himself in his cell, leaving a note blaming Frost for driving him to suicide.

When substitute teacher Zarand Szilard is awakened by a last-minute call to cover Ms. Salas’s classes at Stony Estancia High School, his gut alerts him to expect trouble. By the first period, his worst fear materializes: a student discovers Ms. Salas’s lifeless body. Zarand’s intuition tells him it’s murder. As a substitute, he has no standing with the school or the police. Regardless, he uncovers plenty of motives. Ms. Salas investigated college admission fraud at the high school. She solicited harassment complaints against the principal. She knew about the infant grave discovered ...

A frolicking romp! An opulent Los Angeles suburb, a high school library, and a dead body. The Library Club is a cozy mystery that will keep you smiling. Retired detective, Zarand Szilard, expects an easy day as a substitute teacher until he hears a crash behind a door in the library. When he tries to enter the school's rare book collection, the door is stuck. That is the least of his problems. Once inside, he finds a smashed window and the bookshelves knocked over like dominos. He frantically searches through the wreckage. Fitch, his invisible and often prescient sidekick, urges him to ...

“Biden’s Brains” delves deep into the mind of President Joe Biden, exploring his internal struggles with memory, leadership, and identity. Set against a surreal backdrop, the novel portrays Biden’s battle not only with political rivals but also with his own mental state. As the lines between reality and imagination blur, Biden grapples with the ghosts of his past, the pressures of his presidency, and his increasingly fragmented thoughts. The story begins with Biden preparing for a high-stakes debate, where he is haunted by the voices of foreign leaders and memories of past decisions...

Officer Alexei loves his job keeping the peace between humans and the world's underground supernatural communities. He likes to tell himself that his long, strange hours leave him no time for a real relationship. When one of his smoking-hot one night stands wants more than a single night of passion, will Alexei allow himself to fall in love? Warning: this story contains hot, gay werewolf passion. READ AN EXCERPT: “You don’t need to know my name because this is the last time we’ll be seeing each other,” Alexei replied as he reached the door of the club and made his way outside. “...

Back in the Mix: Lucy Cole: Sleepwalker Extraordinaire Meet Lucy Cole, the original animal whisperer and the guardian of Iphigenesis. She's been training hard with the legendary Titans, (yes, those Titans!) and learning the ropes of her new gig. But her life is not all sunshine, rainbows, and dodging Titan traps down in Tartarus. While her dream of being adopted by Elodie is on the horizon, there's a teeny, tiny glitch: Lucy keeps sleepwalking into a mysterious world with no GPS signal or gate key. It's filled with weird ruins and creatures that wouldn't even or the poster children for a ...

Allie is excited to start another year of college but struggles to show her true self around her long-time friends, Logan and Lindy. A big secret she has kept to herself for years rises to the surface when a mysterious new girl walks into Allie’s theater class. The stranger’s fiery eyes catch Allie’s attention, and she can’t help but want to know more about this captivating beauty.

Thirteen incredible authors. Thirteen stories about the Depik - what they were and where their society goes from here!

The world has a love affair - with itself. Armed with Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, we think of ourselves as mini celebrities, and we use consumption and technology to convince our friends that this facade is who we are. Veneer illustrates that consumption is more than just acquiring more stuff; it is a potentially dangerous mindset - a mindset turning everything, even people, into products. According to authors Timothy Willard and R. Jason Locy, there is evidence of consumption in all channels of culture - even the church.