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When a training exercise at a classified research facility goes awry, Joe Kovacs loses much more than his eyesight. He loses his career. He can’t lead one of the military’s top spec-ops teams if he can’t see.

Does it even matter anymore, after finally being captured by the Fystr? Not to Shaun it doesn’t. His immediate concern is staying alive to exact some kind of revenge.

Dante's fears have been confirmed. He is part of a massive conspiracy, a project that was made centuries before to create people who could use magic. Now, he's more monster than man to his peers. He stands twice the height of an average man, he can bend metal with his hands, and he's immune to the poisonous blood of the Naga.

Kai Fletcher thought he could go straight, until he couldn’t. And when his last "last" job goes wrong, he finds himself stowed away in a starship belonging to an alien crime syndicate. Forced into servitude to pay the debt for passage off world, Kai bargains with the syndicate. All he has to do is help them rob the Vakness Empire, the most powerful alien empire in known space, and he gets to go home. Easy Peasy. Until it isn’t.

When training ends, real life begins. A stadium built to hold insane numbers of spectators. Thousands of competitors. Multiple matches every single day. The qualifying tournament has begun. I have to fight, day in, day out, all the way to the end, with only my natural talents and the women I love to help me. And some of those I’m competing against will stop at nothing to see me fail.

Maybe this world full of jaw-droppingly beautiful women and martial arts magic is just some sort of delusion. Maybe this strong, capable body I’ve found myself in isn’t real. But if it is, then there’s a path that could lead me to everything I’ve ever desired. Wealth. Women. Power. It’s the path of a Champion, and I might just have what it takes to walk along it. I just need to survive the training first.

A year after awakening, things have only become worse. The Vatacan's raids on Zharevo have become more frequent and much bolder. Still struggling to come to terms with what he'd become, Ivan is thrust into a web of despair when given the impossible task of retrieving someone much more important to him than any of his ladies. Along with the good comes a whole lot of bad when he finds out the hard way that he is far from being the apex predator.

I never meant to fall for my college professor. He has a reputation for being cold. So, why do I see that soft look in his eyes when he’s talking to me? Why does my heart feel like it’s beating out of my chest? I want his lips on mine. I want to see what’s beneath that icy exterior. And in class, I imagine him shoving me onto his desk and taking me right there.

I am Zephyros, once the most famed of the raiders of the emissary army, till they found out I was also working for the other side, and I lost everything: My harem of deadly warriors, my succubus lover, and the trust of my superior, the great General Amyndas. But now, I’ve been given a chance to redeem myself. Why? The tide has turned, and my general is desperate for all the help he can get. I’m not in a position to turn his offer down.

Out of Anatoli and life is nothing like Shaun and Ember could have ever dreamed of. Hunted by the ancestors of humanity across the darkness of space, they can only hope the changes they have undergone and powers they have gained will be enough to keep them alive. Life will never be the same again. Somehow, they need to find a way back to earth.

The year is 1981. Eighteen-year-old Jonas Quartermain falls in love with archeology thanks to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Three years into his four-year degree, he is given the opportunity of a lifetime: work as a real archeologist on a dig in Egypt. He travels out of Ohio for the first time in his life and is shocked by the cultural differences in Cairo. He begins work and is quickly bored out of his mind. Lucky, or perhaps unlucky for him, old bones and ancient jewelry are not the only things waiting for him in the African nights.

Dennis rides onward toward his destiny, manning up for his quest to rescue all the college babes in peril he can find. With his women by his side, he sets upon a journey to the strange lands of the North, hoping to chase down a rumored lost hottie from back home and gain knowledge and allies he'll need when his time to face the Dark One comes. But the horseback road trip is anything but an easy ride through the countryside. Can he swing his mighty sword enough to thrust his way ever closer to destiny, or will the wilds of Galderia and the forces of darkness prove too much for him?

With everything on the line, Nolan will do whatever it takes to save Jormia in this epic conclusion.

With his closest friend dead, killed by an experimental virtual reality device, Jorg finds himself in more danger than he ever imagined. He suddenly has access to an endless fountain of hyper advanced technology - technology everyone else wants and is willing to kill him to get. With no other choice, Jorg goes toe to toe with corrupt institutions, his own government, and even greater threats. Little does Jorg know that the fate of all mankind will hinge on the choices he makes after the horrible accident that started it all.

Queen of Nowhere is a novel in the LitRPG or GameLit genre, about a future frontier: exploration in a starry high-tech game world that's reaching into the real one. It's part of the Thousand Tales story setting, an upbeat world of people trying to grow, build, and be free; but no knowledge of it is needed. Dive in here!

Gardranian Warships are tough, but they’re outnumbered and it’s getting worse by the day. The Dominion has employed a shipyard to crank out hybrid tech designed to put a stranglehold on everyone. While the rest of the Gardranian Armada continues the search for their missing brethren, Kai hatches a desperate plan to destroy the shipyard and remove the Dominion's numerical advantage. For this to work, he must make allies of the very bad guys that kidnapped him to the stars in the first place, the Laosoran Crime Syndicates.

Having lost both his father and best friend 10 years ago, Ivan struggled to hold onto what sanity he had left. But the Count, the person who took everything from him wasn't going to let that happen...before his final breath, an opportunity for vengeance presented itself in the form of a beautiful dark priestess, and an offer to serve her unholy mistress. Left with no options, Ivan must learn to navigate the darkness deep within and become the monster the world has forced him to be.

Pryvet's making good time on his wager. Three beautiful women, a gorgeous magical companion, and sultry mysterious captive, aren't anything to scoff at. Still, they won't be enough to satisfy his debt. And time is always running down. With the elven threat held at bay, Pryvet needs to convince his captive to trust him. Only then will she divulge her people's secrets. But first, he needs to upgrade his home, find enough food to survive, and find the man who stole his family from him.

In the savage dominions of Ashadar, there exists a structure unlike any other, a tower that reaches to the very heavens themselves. Built by the greater god Helion, each floor is like a vast and ever changing realm equipped with its own challenges, its own dangers, and its own rewards for those willing to risk it all. And for any strong enough to reach the tower’s peak comes the right to fight for the ultimate prize...Valin Frost was a common thief from Earth with little desire to risk his life in the tower. However, a twist of fate plunged him through its large, onyx doors.

The power has shifted. An unexpected arrival. A tower to conquer. I survived the tournament, now it’s time to deal with the fallout. It seems for every enemy I kill, a new one takes their place. But this time, it hits a little too close to home. When an unexpected visitor, and an old friend, arrive at the manor, I couldn’t help but be excited. Along with my incredible bonded women, things were finally falling into place.