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Out of the Mouths of Children is a powerful supernatural Christian novel that unfolds where heaven and earth quietly collide. Hannah and Blaze Mercer are not ordinary children. From the moment they are born, unseen forces gather around them—angels appointed, darkness watching, destiny already in motion. Though small and seemingly fragile, the siblings carry a rare spiritual authority, one rooted not in strength or knowledge, but in purity, obedience, and faith untouched by the world.

For 21 years, Elias Merrick was a ghost. The night he vanished, he made a vow to God while staring down the barrel of a gun—a vow sealed by a miracle no one could explain. When Elias disappears without a trace, the world assumes he is dead. But Elias does not age. And Elias is not finished. Two decades later, a barefoot man with glowing eyes appears on a street corner in downtown Austin. He speaks truths no stranger should know. He names hidden grief, secret guilt, and prayers whispered only in the dark. Crowds gather. Lives unravel. Hope awakens. They begin calling him the Corner Prophet.

For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, Royce returns to Medford with Hadrian but the two receive a very different reception—Gwen refuses to see them. The victim of abuse by a powerful noble, she suspects that Royce will ignore any danger in his desire for revenge. By turning the thieves away, Gwen hopes to once more protect them. What she doesn't realize is what the two are capable of—but she's about to find out.

When Gabriel Winter's daughter mysteriously disappears and is presumed dead, the wealthy whiskey baron seeks revenge. Having lived in Colnora during the infamous Year of Fear, he hires the one man he knows can deliver a bloody retribution - the notorious Duster. Ride with Royce and Hadrian as the cynical ex-assassin and idealistic ex-mercenary travel to a mysterious old-world city filled with nobles claiming descent from the imperial aristocracy.

A warrior with nothing to fight for is paired with a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Together they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the impregnable remains of the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm’s most valuable possessions. But it isn’t gold or jewels the old wizard is after, and this prize can only be obtained by the combined talents of two remarkable men. Now if Arcadius can just keep Hadrian and Royce from killing each other, they just might succeed.

Jonas Walker has spent a lifetime running—from responsibility, from regret, and from the people he once called family. Alone in a failing shack on the edge of Walnut Springs, Texas, he believes his story is already over. Until the night someone knocks on his door. A silent stranger hands Jonas a worn, red-letter Bible… and vanishes into the dark. What follows shatters everything Jonas thought he understood about life, death, and the world around him. Because something else is watching him too. Something that smiles in the shadows. Something that stands by the creek at night.

After years of warfare, humanity has gained the upper hand and has pushed the Fhrey to the edge of their homeland but no farther. Now comes the pivotal moment. Persephone’s plan to use the stalemate to seek peace is destroyed by an unexpected betrayal that threatens to hand victory to the Fhrey and leaves a loved one in peril.

The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world’s greatest empire—but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all agree on three facts: He was exiled to the wilderness, hunted by a goblin priestess, and sentenced to death by a god—all before the age of eight. How he managed to survive and why people continued to fear his name a thousand years later has always been a mystery...until now.

The New Empire intends to celebrate its victory over the Nationalists with a day that will never be forgotten. On the high holiday of Wintertide, the empress will be married. Degan Gaunt and the Witch of Melengar will be publicly executed. Then the empress will suffer a fatal accident leaving the empire in the hands of the new emperor. It will be a perfect day. There is only one problem - Royce and Hadrian have finally found the lost heir.

The When Swords Fall Silent anthology showcases the imaginations and talents of more than a dozen of the best modern science-fiction and fantasy authors, with each tale centered around one or more characters burdened with a bloody task they will see to completion no matter the cost. Every story takes you for a vicious ride through a world of shadow and death, each as unique in perspective and execution as the contracts carried out within.

Being an unwanted twin in the Imperial line of succession, Farilane became a scholar, adventurer, and in a time when reading was once more forbidden—a book hunter. Her singular obsession is finding the mythical Book of Brin, a tome not just lost but intentionally buried. Respected and beloved by the Teshlor Knights, not even their legendary skills can protect her for what she finds is more dangerous than what she sought.

Darwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the brilliant colors of butterflies and fishes to the songs of birds and frogs. He argued that animals have "a taste for the beautiful" that drives their potential mates to evolve features that make them more sexually attractive and reproductively successful. But if Darwin explained why sexual beauty evolved in animals, he struggled to understand how.

After more than 500 years of exile, the heir to the empyre is wary about his sudden reassignment to active duty on the Goblin War’s front lines. His mission to rescue an outpost leads to a dead-end canyon deep inside enemy territory, and his suspicion turns to dread when he discovers the stronghold doesn't exist.

When a storm reveals a mysterious cave behind a waterfall, the young mystic’s apprentice and her wolf investigate. Inside, she discovers a secret place containing a pile of human bones and the young girl makes what could be a fatal mistake. In this Legends of the First Empire prequel, we witness the events that helped shape the woman who would one day become Suri the Mystic, the first Rhune Artist, and a hero to a generation

Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all - from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel.

Cade Brannon was a man coming undone—a husband with a shattered marriage, a son drowning in regret, and a soul convinced he was beyond saving. One lonely night, with a pistol in his hand and his heart collapsing under the weight of failure, Cade prepares to end everything. But in a moment that can only be described as divine intervention, his television flickers on, and a preacher declares a message that stops Cade cold: “There is power in the words of Christ.

Colton Ray Denison grew up surrounded by silence, shame, and half-truths in a broken Texas home—raised on bitterness and built on lies. For years, he believed the story his mother told: that his father, a Vietnam veteran, had abandoned the family in disgrace. But everything changes the summer Colton finds a box of hidden letters—vile confessions written by his mother to the father she betrayed. As truth cracks open his world, Colton begins a quiet, emotional journey to reclaim his identity, protect his younger sister, and choose a better path than the one laid before him.

Sometimes the best education doesn’t come from school—it comes from scraped knees, busted fences, and a healthy dose of small-town mischief. In Whatevs: From Foolishness to Fondness, Michael J. Melton looks back on his wild Texas upbringing with a blend of humor, heart, and hard-earned wisdom. From stealing watermelons and surviving electric fences to sibling wars involving Duran Duran, Deep Heat, and questionable brownies, every story is a snapshot of a life lived full-speed and with a grin.

Nine-year-old Eli Walker should have been an ordinary boy…until the night an ancient voice awakened inside him. When two bullies attack him behind an abandoned store, time freezes—and a fallen guardian named Hazariel rises within Eli’s mind. From that moment on, Eli sees the world differently. Shadows move. Thoughts whisper. Danger trembles before it reaches him.

Royce Melborn, a cynical ex-assassin, and Hadrian Blackwater, an idealistic ex-mercenary, are a pair of rogues-for-hire known as Riyria (its elvish for two). This duo makes a living taking nefarious jobs for conspiring nobles. Doing so usually involves stealing something, but when a young heiress asks them to steal her . . . well, that is a first for the pair.