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New Orleans, 1960. Twelve-year-old Lucy Lenoir grieves her mother’s sudden passing. Her grandmother grieves the burden of their family legacy that she must now lay at Lucy’s feet. France, 1780. Twelve-year-old Zoe Gagneaux boards a ship bound for the New World, and her new life. Little does she know, but her new life will be unlike anything she has imagined. And weaving these lives together into a tapestry of terror, the threads of Ana Dalca’s life unfold.

When Del Lareaux leaves the St. Augustine orphanage, she is desperate to build a normal life for herself and Jimmy, the mentally handicapped boy she spent years protecting. But when a hellish spirit is raised from the dark swamps of Louisiana, abominations of unimaginable horror begin to prey on the lost souls of New Orleans, and Del’s soul is the most coveted.

Somewhere in New Orleans, Del is on her own. Blaming herself for the spirit attack that nearly killed her adopted family, she vows to keep them safe the only way she knows how, by staying away. But she soon learns that this isn’t enough, and her mentor is dying a strange, agonizing death. Close by, Billy Bash is dealing with his own illness. His search for The Red, which will kill the bad things in his mind, takes on a frantic pace. A trail of dead girls is his legacy as he searches for that next special one.

After Del Larouche defeats the Gris-gris man, she struggles to find her place in the adult world. She just wants a normal life. But her horrible "gift" means her life will never be normal. When six-year-old Clara goes missing from the St. Augustine Orphanage - the third child in two weeks - a frantic search begins and Del agrees to use her gift to help find the girl. As the dark layers of New Orleans are peeled back, a terrible truth is exposed. What she finds lurking in the shadows of the old city is unimaginable. But it’s what the lurking shadows find…that is truly deadly.

Romania, 1780. Anastasia Dalca is the rose of the royal family. Her beauty and kindness are known throughout the land, but so is her desire for adventure over marriage. When a suitor’s magical gift goes horribly wrong, death and vengeance call. And somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains, an ancient evil awakes to answer.

An eerie tale of the American Civil War, and the uncanny evil being who called himself Persil Mandifer, and his lovely daughter, Enid, a tale of dark powers and weird happenings. The year is 1862, the place the Deep South. Enid Mandifer has been sent hypnotized by her stepfather, Persil Mandifer, to be a sacrifice to the Nameless One, a demonic presence who haunts an ancient house under the shadow of a natural pillar called Fearful Rock.

Dave Riker sits alone in his dismal apartment with only his dog for company. He is recovering from a devastating personal tragedy that sends him spiraling downward, forcing him to take medical leave from the Albuquerque, New Mexico police department. A phone call he receives will change the trajectory of his life. Ria Nielson, an emergency room nurse, is cleaning out her mother’s house when she stumbles upon a decades-old coverup of a missing atomic bomb. The simple task of opening a dusty cardboard box and sifting through its brittle contents will trigger a cascade of deadly events.

Black Rock Observatory, in Tryon, North Carolina, is a privately-owned radio telescope searching for extraterrestrial life. The facility’s giant satellite dish hits pay dirt on New Year’s Eve 2024 as a graduate student, Ronald Phillips, records a strange alien message from a distant galaxy. A press conference ensues, and the country is informed of the discovery through national television.

In A Head Full of Dreams, the second book in The Askari series, Sean is slowly adapting to this new world, but begins to realize he is not immune to the intrigues of kings. King Lothair’s ambitions brings about a confrontation with an enemy, both powerful and dangerous. Sean is forced to act after the king’s actions place Rowan in danger. Whilst he battles in a new land with some of his enemies from Earth, Cassy has dangers of her own to face.

It is 2065. Two special forces soldiers are on a deep infiltration mission in the central African jungle on mission of global importance, where they make an amazing discovery. Sean Thomas Keller meets a young boy and woman on a world he never knew existed, who change his future and his life forever. The boy has had his life turned upside down, and the woman was struggling with a difficult life.

Michael McCann didn't plan to be riding around in the back of a French police inspector's car searching for terrorists in the immediate aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. He didn't expect to fall in love with a German detective's wife who would, by chance, be in exactly the wrong spot during the subsequent terrorist attacks on Paris in November of 2015. It was not on his agenda to suffer congestive heart failure and end up in a French hospital undergoing life-saving surgery.

Holly is a garden fairy and she lives in the garden of a family that has a daughter named Sara. Sara and her parents are believers in fairies and their magic, so they can see and talk to Holly and her fairy family. One day, Holly and Sara are talking about getting ready for Christmas and Holly invites Sara to help her with some fairy wrapping and baking. In this story that is filled with a sprinkle of fairy dust, and tons of magic, you’ll be enchanted by the relationship between Holly and Sara and the delightful ways that fairies prepare for the holidays.

What sets this book apart is the fact that it is not just another science book describing scientific facts and phenomena! It would surely be redundant, since that task has been done many times over with much more elegant prose and brighter narrators. In this book, for the first time, we have undertaken the task of breaking the code of any piece of matter or natural phenomena, whether it is an atom, a quantum occurrence, a planet, a galaxy, or any other perceivable thing. It covers any natural phenomena ever discovered or one that will be unraveled by the future pioneers.

In Children of the Coming World, plant workers arrive one morning to the utterly bizarre sight of some form of cocoon, big as a bus, bonded to one of the huge towers. They quickly realize there's more than one...and what's inside them is coming out all too soon. Then in Mars One we find out just how much humanity's eager reach may be exceeding its grasp when "space boredom" drives one astronaut to what should have been a mere harmless prank....

Their story begins with the giant boat-builder, Kaleva, his only son Fornjot, and his three grandsons, Logi, Kari, and Aegir. When the boys go on a god-quest to find the one-eyed god Odin, it is only the beginning of their adventures. Sibling rivalry over birthrights and dominance grows between them that eventually leads to war and death. Blood between brothers will flow.

The brainchild of 48-year-old Harvard Medical School graduate, Clyde Daniel, WAND, a revolutionary new medical tool, is going to move the profession of medicine out of the dark ages and into something that closely resembles science fiction. That is, unless the pharmaceutical industry, which stands to lose billions of dollars in lost drug revenues, can intervene with its hired assassins and destroy the technology and its team of creators before it ever has a chance to see the light of day.

The descendants of Kaleva, the ancient giant, still rule old Kvenland but events are about to happen that will change the family dynamic, sending the sons of Thorri Snaersson on a mission of rescue for one of their own. As they scour the mainland and the islands surrounding Norway and Denmark as far as Orkney, they will conquer all the towns and villages in their path. The search ends with a surprise and a compromise with unexpected rewards and unspeakable tragedies. J.A. takes the dry narrative of the ancient sagas and brings it to life, one unforgettable character at a time.

It is the story of the Viking Rollo who came to France to sack Paris and ended up becoming the first Duke of Normandy. It is a tale of love and war and sacrifice and a family whose curse finally ends in triumph.

Word of the marshal is spreading; the North Koreans learn of a man with the painted face–who is he? A father seeks revenge for a murdered son, a grand master who will brook no threat to his absolute power sets his own devious plots into motion—these are but some of what face Sean in book three. While Sean prepares to meet his enemies from Earth, King Lothair honors his holy promise and joins the grand master’s armies as they move east…a journey that will see him travel to new lands and eventually reach an empire.

Thirteen years ago, Kanav Banerjee came home to the mutilated body of his son, Ahil. Disturbed by the inexplicable and chilling nature of the crime, he decided to move to Bombay. Before leaving, Kanav made sure his multi crore estate would be taken care of by his honest housekeeper, Devak Malakar. Thirteen years later, the year is 1968. Devak's brother, Bipin, decides to travel to Darjeeling with his troop of teenage scouts. During their short visit to the Himalayan town, Devak graciously allows them to rest within the comfort of the Banerjee Estate.