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Bridget Toussaint, the teenage survivor of the destruction of the peon base by Jenna Plural, has really tried to settle into her new life in the fleet of the country’s enemy. The young girl is either mistrusted or positively despised by her peers as she struggles to find acceptance in the newly formed Solar Confederation. When the newly renamed flagship of the fleet, The Spirit of Freedom, is boarded and its crew captured by the enemy she once called her countrymen, Bridgette finds herself in a race against time and insurmountable odds.

Sebastian was a man so heinous that mothers would invoke his name to scare their children. Guilty of unspeakable crimes during the Holy War, he set out to eradicate the churches in the name of the king in the House of Maine. Merciless, unforgiving, and utterly cruel, he was the epitome of evil. When it was believed that he had died on the final day of that war, humanity breathed a sigh of relief. The House of Maine gave him an honored funeral, and he lies at rest in his grave.

Charlotte Kensett: A woman born without the ability to feel empathy for others. The perfect recruit for British intelligence, although not all is as it seems. Finding herself the pawn in a high-stakes political game, Kensett must go on the run as she is branded a traitor by the country she serves.

Once known as the great project, a united Earth began colonizing the red planet in international unity. Any country that could afford to settle on Mars did so. It became the largest melting pot of the solar system since the formation of the United States. Of course, it was not to last. When the Great War between the Pacific Alliance and the European Union began twenty years ago, the United Martian settlements had a dilemma as they made up nations from both sides. Cries for independence went unheeded, and slowly but surely, the peaceful world was dragged into the conflict.

Patriotic young Emma Dodgson struggled to make it into the United States Marines, but now she’s there, she’s going to make sure it counts. Convinced that the United States is on the road to victory in the Great War, Dodgson’s world is turned upside down when on her first mission, she learns the USA has surrendered to the enemy. From the ashes of defeat, a new leader rises. Jenna Plural is determined to unite the free forces from across the solar system. Hope is restored to Dodgson, and she devotes herself to Jenna’s cause.

Alex Bailey is a divorced single dad of a pair of teenagers, struggling to find more in his life than the daily grind. Between long hours at work and a toxic ex, he doesn't have much time to worry about anything other than how to make ends meet. However, his life is about to change when he stumbles upon a stunning naked woman in the streets. Artemis has always been known as the Goddess of the Hunt amongst many of her titles: harsh, wild, mysterious, and often vengeful. She's also been stuck in the abyss for two thousand years when she gets thrown into the streets of suburban Chicago.

Every spotlight casts a thousand shadows: five short stories from the darker recesses of a life in professional theatre.

It wasn’t easy for Emma Dodgson to join the United States Marine Corps. She barely passed the entry requirements. However, now she’s in, she is going to be the best damn marine there ever was. Fanatically patriotic, Emma does not have time or interest in anyone or anything that does not love the United States. When the surrender comes, she has no hesitation and gives her loyalty to Jenna Plural in her fight back to free her country.

There is a thin wall between our world and that of the Fae. During times of war, it is easily stepped through. The passions and emotions stirred by violence and combat bleed over, and the supernatural often awake from long slumber to meddle in mortal affairs. But there have always been those among us who have been willing to meet the supernatural threat with cold steel, burning hearts, and grim determination.

When an interest in surrealism becomes a fascination, and then a passion, and then an obsession which dominates your dreams, it's time to take a reality check.

Are you looking for a steamy romance about a flying doctor racing across the Outback to rescue a beautiful damsel in distress? Well, I’m sorry to tell you, mate, you’ve come to the wrong place. This is all about how yours truly met Jenna Plural. Nicked a bloody spaceship. What Phelks got so wrong, and what happened after Jenna took control of the fleet. Best of all, it’s told by me, Stacey Grant. Yeah, I wrote a bloody book. Would you believe it? What more could you want? So grab yourself some tinnies, sit back, and let me tell you my story.

Five short stories about bullying, school camaraderie, and about learning how to relate to others as an only child.

In a future where humankind has spread across the solar system, twenty years of war have taken their toll on the United States of America as it steadily loses ground and stands on the brink of defeat. Jenna Plural, a genetically modified US Marine, has not aged a day since she turned 24. When Jenna learns of the United States' surrender, bringing an end to the war, she refuses to accept it. Jenna begins to rally the allied forces across the solar system to band together in a new guerrilla force to continue the fight…or die trying.

Given the option of being assassinated by Russian FSB agents because his cartoons have offended the Russian President, or using his creative talents to start a revolution, artist, Lee Owens, decides to attack St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Sochi with a barrage of subversive art: graffiti, murals, pirated billboards, laser light shows, parade blimps, and sculptures.

What happens when a child’s favorite packed lunch is met with disparaging comments at the school lunch table? In a classroom of sandwiches, four students stand out with their homemade, culturally-specific lunches. But before they can dig in and enjoy their favorite foods, their lunches are...

Kurz vor Weihnachten macht sich Tom auf den Weg, seinen kranken Sohn Luke abzuholen. Dieses Mal muss die Familie unbedingt zusammen sein. Toms Fahrt durch die tief verschneite Landschaft ist auch eine Reise in sein Leben als Mann, Ehemann und Vater und der Versuch, den schmerzhaftesten Verlust, den ein Vater erfahren kann, zu klären

In this exquisite and sensitive new novel, David Park explores the complicated relationship between poet and spouse through three luminous characters: Catherine Blake, wife of William Blake, 19th-century poet, painter, and engraver; Nadezhda Mandelstam, whose husband, Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, died in a transit camp en route to Siberia during Stalin’s rule; and Lydia, the wife of a fictional contemporary Irish poet, who looks back on her husband’s life in the days just after his death.

"Ich kann sie sehen! Wirklich sehen! Geister, Dämonen, Gespenster. Sie lauern in dunklen Nischen und Ecken, treiben ihr Unwesen... überall. Doch ich stelle mich ihnen entgegen und mache dem Spuk ein Ende. Ich bin Johnny. Johnny Sinclair. Ich bin Geisterjäger." Johnny Sinclairs Klassenkameradin Millie Edwards wurde mit "Pustelfieber" ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert - kurz nachdem sie Johnny seinen ersten offiziellen Geisterjäger-Auftrag erteilt hat!

Sebastian and Rebecca are at odds… The Comech are days away… Kitty, Breanna and Petra must face the challenges of their new roles and new destinies… the Blood of the Esselar runs deep.

If the fear of the Lord is "the beginning of wisdom," then it must be the starting point for fruitful Christian leadership. David Cook and Shane Parker offer an accessible volume focused on Christian leadership philosophy and practice from the foundational viewpoint of the fear of the Lord. This unique approach will enable developing and seasoned leaders to grow in godliness for the sake of the gospel and the church.