Religious Fantasy

Medalist 2020 Readers Favorite International Book Awards. Medalist 2019 Florida Authors and publishers Association President's Book Awards. This is an abridged edition of Ansgar: The Struggle of a People. The Triumph of the Heart. (Part I of the Windflower Saga trilogy) by Aleksandra Layland. Abridged by the author herself, it provides a shorter version of the novel to appeal to a wider range of both adult and young adult readers. The Windflower Saga trilogy is set in a time not now and in a world not of our own. It tells the story of Ansgar, his indigenous wife Keholani, and their mixed-...

In The Edge of Darkness, LaHaye reveals the meaning behind some of the most carefully guarded Biblical prophecies to expose a conspiracy with terrifying consequences for our modern world.

Nura longs for the simple pleasure of many things—to wear a beautiful red dupatta or to bite into a sweet gulab. But with her mom hard at work in a run-down sweatshop and three younger siblings to feed, Nura must spend her days earning money by mica mining. But it’s not just the extra rupees in her pocket Nura is after. Local rumor says there’s buried treasure in the mine, and Nura knows that finding it could change the course of her family’s life forever. Her plan backfires when the mines collapse and four kids, including her best friend, Faisal, are claimed dead.

Cantor D’Ahma waited his whole life for this day. Born with a gift to walk between worlds, the young realm walker is finally ready to leave his elderly mentor and accept his role as protector and defender of the realms. But mere hours after he steps through his first portal, Cantor discovers that his job will be more dangerous and difficult than he ever imagined. The realms are plagued with crime and cruelty, and even members of the once-noble Realm Walkers Guild can no longer be trusted.

Delve into The Secret Princess, an award-winning Catholic fantasy novel about blossoming in a time of trial through the power of stories. Infused with devotion to the Eucharist and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, this captivating tale from J.C. Prins is masterfully written to fill young hearts and imaginations with goodness, truth, and faith.

~ Sometimes all it takes is the right person in our…AfterLife. ~ In this romance with comedy, a man purchases an abandoned farmhouse in a tax sale unaware it’s haunted by the woman…ahhhhh…ghost that will become the love of his life and he the love of her AfterLife and together bring the man who murdered her to justice as only a Trans Spectral, TSP, couple can.

What if angels lived among us — not as saints, but as exhausted souls with KPIs, field reports, and just enough magic left to save one life at a time? Alex has been an angel for over 5,000 years. He works quietly in the background — nudging, guiding, protecting. No glory. No miracles. Just small interventions that keep humanity from slipping too far into the dark. When he's assigned to Maya, a young woman teetering on the edge of self-destruction, something changes. She’s not just another soul on a file. She’s a mirror — raw, aching, human. And Alex finds himself crossing ...

Tension between 15-year-old Emma Barlow and her much older nemesis, Pompous Jack, continues to rise. Escalating conflict ensues. Trying to embrace a job she didn’t want, Emma must fight against Jack. He seeks to control her. She seeks to break free. He strives to dominate her. She strives to regain her tenuous standing. Through it all, the Sovereign continues to tell Emma, “Trust me.” But is Emma’s newfound faith strong enough? She tries. She really does. But each step forward, seems to result in two steps back. Even more troubling, will their escalating struggle move from this ...

At the heart of Tolkienian fantasy is "recovery," a "cleaning of the windows" of our perception that we may learn to see the world again in all its strange beauty. And, for Tolkien, to recover the world anew is to recover a sense of the world as a meaningful act of creation by a living and loving Creator. How does Tolkien accomplish this? Through "sub-creation" or mythopoeia, the "fashioning of myth." For it is in creating an imaginary world ourselves through poetry, fairy-story, and myth that we come to "see" our "primary world" as itself an act of creation.

He's the proverbial grumpy old man and he ruthlessly keeps his hit-lists. You had better hope he never jots your name down in his notebook, because he'll make you the object of his obsessive ire and his dissatisfaction is notoriously relentless. Unfortunately, today is his last day on Earth... and god just made the list!

What if his nightmares aren't dreams? Though Stephen vowed to never again step foot in his Nana's house, he will do so one more time—to say goodbye. He doesn't expect her to ask him for one last favor: to look out for his young cousin—who has the same gift he does. Stephen just wants to go home, but he can't say no to the woman who raised him, so he befriends young Jeremiah—who has his own secrets. Suddenly, the unlikely twosome are thrust into a dreamworld that doesn't make sense. Is any of it real? Is all of it real? Trying to escape this alternate reality, they meet a young woman ...

Nothing but flowers ******************* Late, late at night, when I just couldn’t sleep I heard a noise outside, it sounded like a beep A flying saucer landed, and no, it was no joke: A little man emerged, who looked at me and spoke

On Christmas Eve, 2017, the life of Russian-American artist Nikita Nataniel Kuznetsov changes beyond recognition. He’s plagued with a deadly bacterial infection that sends him off to the afterlife. Before he can move on to the other side, he must stand trial that takes place in a concert hall, attended by an invisible audience. As he sits at his piano, he is compelled to watch a 3D movie of his life, allowing him to relive meaningful events: his miserable childhood at a boarding school in the USSR of the 70s, his rise to stardom, his run-ins with the KGB, and a fateful breakup from his ...

Fantasy, mystery, and adventure collide in this exciting story that will leave you believing in the magic of Christmas! The perfect book for kids ages 8 to 12 this holiday season. Leo spends his time drinking hot cocoa, inventing new toys, and celebrating Christmas––but he is no ordinary elf! Leo is Santa’s guardian and sworn protector of the North Pole. Leo's life is pretty great, until the day Santa Claus tells him the world’s Christmas Spirit is in danger. With Christmas just around the corner, Santa Claus sends Leo on a mission to find the evil Sorrow King, a powerful wizard who...

When a meteor strikes London, its inhabitants are devastated. It's not long before corrupt individuals start taking advantage of the disaster and, with the city lying in ruins, nothing seems certain to those who dwell there. If only they knew that held captive and tucked away in an attic in the city, there is an angel. An angel who fell to earth with the meteor, whose only hope lies in the friendship of a servant girl named Agetta. For in this dark time of treachery and deceit, escape is not likely to come easily.

After the accident, Meg would do anything to wake her best friend from his deadly coma. At least, that’s what she whispered into the woodland shadows. She never imagined her wish would trap her in a gray other-earth, void of any color. Meg's vibrant humanity is a priceless artifact in the gray kingdom, coveted by the royal court. All she wants to do is find a way back home. Until she discovers the other-earth contains healing powers that can save her friend. But only if Meg becomes what the gray people need—a human bride for Kalmus, the powerful king of the capital city.

Nelia has a secret; she can see envy as green slime, evil as tar, shame as sparkling rubies. She thought her gift was meant for something special. But then war took her husband’s kindness, famine took her grandfather, and a plague took her son. It's as though her gift, and her life, is meaningless. With nothing to lose, Nelia sets out to see the king. The man who claims she possesses a purpose. Let him prove it. And if the king can’t give her the answer she needs, then the despair that threatens to consume Nelia will have its victory.#speculativefiction #magicalrealism #historyretelling...

David, Xander, and Toria King never know what new adventures - and dangers - await them beyond the mysterious portals hidden on the top floor of their new house. They have battled gladiators and the German army, dodged soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, and barely escaped a fierce attack in their own home.

Aeons ago an ancient war ravaged the land, and no one knows why. Havoc has gripped the Endless Plains. The Ondilaani hordes have assaulted Redtail hold, beaten back by the unlooked-for army of the Vale. But that army did not come to save the Hold. No. The elven army has another purpose, a purpose their leader has abandoned Lord Maorilan to pursue. In Silverlake, the troop has rescued the survivors from a slow death. But after days of rest and healing they were assaulted in the night, ambushed amidst a well-deserved celebration. Taken by surprise, during a moment of peace. What is happening ...

Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he’ll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. But when Alter’s best friend, Yakov, becomes the latest victim in a long line of murdered Jewish boys, his dream begins to slip away. While the rest of the city is busy celebrating the World’s Fair, Alter is now living a nightmare: Possessed by Yakov’s dybbuk, he is plunged into a world of corruption and deceit.