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It’s the 22nd century. The galaxy has opened up to humanity as a hyperactive beehive of stargates and new technologies, and we suddenly find ourselves in a vast playground of different races, environments, and cultures. There’s just one catch: We are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain.

It's the 22nd century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, we're at the bottom of the food chain. Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separates humans from the majority of the other races. While some of the stories deal with mercenaries, others introduce listeners to the other guilds, organizations, and races that make up the landscape of the Four Horsemen universe.

Zuzu met her best friend Cash on the first day of college, and nothing was ever the same. Tall, witty, and popular, his friendship represented a kind of belonging for Zuzu, who had always felt like an outsider growing up mixed race in her rural hometown. Though their friendship was charged with longing, it never progressed to romance. Now approaching her forties, Zuzu has built a stable life with her wife Agnes, a steadfast and career-driven lawyer. Yet Zuzu is haunted by the choices that have shaped her.

“I knew when I saw you amongst the people that I wanted you for my own, little lamb.” When the small town Christine Michaels lives in is sieged by magic-wielding Vikings, she does what she can to protect herself and her sister Michelle. The Vikings use the townspeople as their own personal servants, turning their world upside down. There is talk about rebellion against them, but Christine can’t help but be intrigued by the Lord of the Vikings, even as she fears him. So when he chooses her to be his captive bedmate, Christine feels both terrified and drawn to him. Aleifir Biorsson ...

"The Chicago Druid and the Ugly Princess" is a story that moves from a time of Irish folklore to modern-day Chicago. It follows the adventures of Fionnuala, a beautiful princess transformed into the ugliest women imaginable by the druid Lochlain, before being sent into the future.

“I know you did not wish to wed me, my fiery beauty, but I will work to be deserving of you for as long as I have breath.” Michelle Michaels has been married off like some medieval princess. And worse yet, the Viking brute she’s married to is an idiot. She rolled with the punches when their town was taken over by Vikings from another realm. She was supportive when her sister became a Viking Lord’s bedmate. But this? This was too much, especially when her awful estranged father is to blame. Her new husband may be handsome, but she won’t be liking him anytime soon. She isn’t some ...

You are in the capital city of Ireland. Like any city, there are problems. Your job is to find Irish solutions to Irish problems. Your team includes your beautiful Russian assistant Alice and the dangerous ex-army ranger, called the PMC, who has a slightly scrambled brain. Your customers include gangsters, police, business men, politicians, and tailors each with a unique problem.

"Ha! She is never going to be chosen. Just look at her!" Isis Lozada has been taken captive by a group of time-traveling Vikings in desperate need of wives. All of the other captured women have been marked by a Viking man to claim the woman as their wives, but Isis has not been marked. As she begins to receive disapproving looks and whispers from the other women, she struggles with self-doubt. But she finally has an encounter in the woods with a Viking man, changing her life forever. The Viking King's Love is the first book in the To Love a Viking series. This heartwarming yet sensual ...

“I have watched you from the shadows and know one thing for certain. I crave you.” Grim Serksson is a Viking who knows what he wants. And presently, it’s the beautiful woman he has been watching in the new land he discovered. He’s hidden in the shadows for long enough, now is the time to take what he wants. It’s almost too easy to swipe her from her home and bring her to his secret hideaway… Tabitha Samuelle just wants to live a quiet life as a geologist in her small town, taking care of her luscious garden with her beloved Aunt Rose. But someone has been following her, she ...

A lonely woman thrown back in time. A Viking warrior who may lose everything. They'll guard the only thing they have left: their hearts. Nakisha Harold has always dreamed of traveling the world, but she gets more than she bargains for when she's sucked back in time. Kodran Arisson needs a wife, whether he likes it or not, to achieve his ambitions as a Viking warrior. When Kodran finds Nakisha stranded in the wilderness, he offers her a deal: pretend to be his betrothed and he'll care for her in the Viking times. But as dangerous figures emerge from the shadows, Kodran and Nakisha must put ...

Susan “Zuzu” Braeburn is almost forty. She has the life she’s always dreamed of – a beautiful house, a child, a successful partner. But something between her and her wife has been off for a long time, and she can’t help but wonder if she’s chosen wrong at every turn. Choosing to live with her white mother over her Black father in the divorce, choosing to become a lawyer rather than an artist, and most importantly, choosing to marry Agnes despite her unrequited feelings for her male best friend Cash.

An overlooked scientist risking everything to do what’s right. A charming Viking eager for a challenge. Being trapped in the modern era together could get them killed, or it might help them heal. Aria Jones has decided to become a traitor to her own people. As a scientist at the Institute for Innovative Science, she should be helping them prepare to capture Viking artifacts to wield their power. But she can’t ignore their horrific methods or stand by while they plan to destroy an entire Viking kingdom to achieve their goals, so she reaches out to the Vikings in secret. When the Viking ...

“I would travel all of the worlds in order to be with you…” Frode has been burned by love. The woman he loves, Violet, has betrayed him, his royal family and his kingdom. Even so, he refuses to give up on her, abandoning his brother, King Bylur, to chase after her. When the goddess his people worship asks for his aid, Frode agrees. She needs him to help stop the fiend behind his love’s betrayal, and he is all too eager to help if it means saving Violet. He would do anything to ensure he doesn’t lose the love of his life. Violet Matthews despises what her life has become, working ...

In accountancy, every debit has a credit. Kevin McAteer, twenty-three, living in London, is about to discover that real life is different. Just qualified as a Chartered Accountant after years of penury and study, he is flying high with a new Bedsit and a new girlfriend, Paula. An audit investigation in Maidenhead leads him into danger, with fraud, people smugglers, murderers, and money laundering.

Chief Warrant Officer Benjamin “Benno” Sanchez has devoted over 20 years of his life to the Alliance of Liberated Systems’ Navy, defending his colony world from the continued encroachment of the Terran Union. His young daughter has been virtually orphaned for years, but his time away is coming to an end. On Adelaide, 14-year-old Mio Sanchez chafes at the limitations placed upon her. With her father away and her mother long since passed, she struggles with an indifferent foster family and yearns to leave her simple life and join her father in the Alliance Navy.

Listen to the conversation as you sit in the corner of the snug in Mulligan's pub. The Teacher, The Sergeant, and the Parish Priest, aided by the Barman, are in session, and little of what happens in this Dublin inner city parish will escape their attention.

Brian is 16 years old and lives with his mom and dad and older brother in a deprived suburb of Dublin city, Ireland. He goes to school where he is the target of bullies. His mother is an alcoholic and his dad is a gambler. At school gets into a fight with Robbo, the school bully, a grandson of the local gangster. He is also running his band with his other 'nerd' friends. His brother, who is his band manager, is using the band as cover to make deliveries for Polar Bear the local gangster.

Just after sunrise on a sunny day, Jill is found murdered on the centre lawn of a luxury apartment development. Jack, her boy-friend is arrested. He's had a big row with her on the morning of the murder. But there are undercurrents that emerge during the investigation….

The god of death is allowed to take a holiday, conditional on completing a task. Eamon the Handsome Ghoul deputises, but grows to like the job. Mason, a violent misogynist detective, agrees to let the god of death assume his identity.

Recently fans have been absorbed in Curse of the Chippendales. All of these stories rise to fame, to end so tragically. Many questions whether Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide or was he silenced for knowing about too many powerful men's secret affairs with under-aged girls. Same types of questions are now arising in Banerjee's suicide. Did he have too much information on married men's fetishes with his male dancers?