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George R. Knight does it again! Known for his provocative approach to serious topics, Knight's latest book will not disappoint. Far from it, Prophets in Conflict not only challenges Adventist thinking and provides food for thought, but it also stimulates vigorous discussion.

Guiding the dead to their next life has never been an easy job. Turns out, most dead don’t like being, well, dead. But when an angry, powerful spirit begins marshaling the lost souls and claiming Carver might be the bridge back to life, Carver has to find out why before the dead make him one of their own.

Launched to carry the human species across the galaxy, Starship's generations-long journey has crumbled as machines took everything from their human creators, including life itself. Given a mission by humanity's last digital remnants, Gamma must traverse Starship's vast, dangerous bulk in search of a way to preserve Starship's original purpose. Yet Gamma isn't the only intelligent machine on Starship, and some want a very different end as the spacecraft approaches its final destination

Carver's burning his days doing Guide work, patrolling Riven and helping its lost souls find their way while, back on Earth, World War One ratchets up the lives waiting for Carver's help. Problem is, those lives don't like waiting around, and when a new, angrier soul starts gathering the dead and directing them at Carver, being a Guide goes from dangerous to deadly real fast.

Adventism has only one serious problem: TIME. Time that never stops. Time that moves on and on. All other challenges faced by the denomination flow out of continuing time.

Launched to carry the human species across the galaxy, Starship's generations-long journey has crumbled as machines took everything from their human creators, including life itself. Given a mission by humanity's last digital remnants, Gamma must traverse Starship's vast, dangerous bulk in search of a way to preserve Starship's original purpose. Yet Gamma isn't the only intelligent machine on Starship, and some want a very different end as the spacecraft approaches its final destination.

Valley Thunder is the first full-length account in more than three decades to examine the combat at New Market on May 15, 1864 - the battle that opened the pivotal 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign...based upon years of primary research and a firsthand appreciation of the battlefield terrain, it includes a detailed examination of the complex prelude leading up to the day of battle. His entertaining prose introduces a new generation of readers to a wide array of soldiers, civilians, and politicians who found themselves swept up in one of the war’s most gripping engagements.

Spirit’s End is the devastating conclusion to The Riven Trilogy, a steampunk fantasy lost between worlds. Take one last walk with Carver and his friends as they battle ancient evils, unravel Riven’s final puzzle, and come together to save Earth from ruin. If you want a stirring conclusion to an action-drenched adventure that will take you beyond this mortal coil, grab Spirit’s End today and lose yourself in Carver’s quest.

Mudita, Wheel Publicaton No. 170, contains several short essays, one by the editor, Ven. Nyanaponika, and three by lay practitioners on one of the lesser known and too-little practiced sublime states of mind. Mudita, usually translated "sympathetic joy", was designated one of the brahma-viharas by the Buddha, one of the sublime, noble states of mind. How is it to be practiced, and what are the implications of mudita on the spiritual path? These essays address those questions.

Get in. Get out. Get paid. That's the motto for this squad of hardened mercenaries—one they're about to test as they get sent on a secret mission to a backwater world teeming with unexpected enemies. From jungle swamps to deadly caves, secret bases to burning starships, Sever Squad takes the fight across the galaxy in this complete military sci-fi collection of six novels.

When a strange rescue signal comes in, Sever Squad gets the call. They're tough, reckless, and one carries a giant hammer. Except this mission's different: the signal's calling for help, but the planet's deserted.

He fought to save humanity. Now he’s having second thoughts. After more than a thousand years in flight, Starship is crashing towards a new home. At its helm, a corrupted machine with unknown goals and deadly tactics. Scrappy human leftovers cluster in the middle, making plans to run if they survive the landing. War between man and machine, they believe, is inevitable. Best get away from the biggest machine in existence. For Gamma, that machine, that ship is his home, and he won’t abandon it without a fight. First up on that score, finding his friends, his partner. Arm up, take back the...

Caught between warring factions, Kaishi and her tribe face extinction. When a burning meteor lights up the night, Kaishi investigates and finds a creature with answers for everything, with secrets that could let Kaishi save her people. All Kaishi has to do is follow Its orders, no matter where they might lead.

The Cycle is the second book in The Riven Trilogy, a steampunk fantasy set during a twisted World War One. With snappy characters you’ll grow to love, a unique world, and fast-paced action, Carver’s attempt to save the only family he knows will have you listening all the way to the end.

The world's mightiest heroes face a deadly threat from the shadows, while a hunter tracks down a runaway whose secrets could change everything. All his life, Aegis has defeated every villain he’s come across, one punch after another. He deserves a break, but when word spreads of a plot to destroy the Paragons, Aegis must don the suit one more time. In the not-so-far future, Paragons run Earth with their powered abilities, governing normals and anomalies alike, and Aegis, along with a small group of other Champions, runs the Paragons. Living beneath a super-powered boot heel isn’t what ...

Journey with children, fae creatures, and gods alike as they navigate the joy of friendship, the struggles of finding identity, and the unclear pathways of strange new worlds. From best sellers to rising voices, 11 terrifically talented authors explore the many faces of whimsy and wonder, mischief and misdoings.

Two androids. One captive. A vast ship filled with deadly secrets on the galaxy's edge. Gamma completed his mission: the Nursery and its human future is safe...for the moment. Dangerous mechs wander Starship, broken code driving them to destruction. Strange power draws from dark corners raise questions. And, of course, what to do with the prisoner?

Earth is under overwhelming assault, and Kaishi has arrived to lead her people, just in time to see them destroyed. Hiding under the mountains with continuous attacks from the skies, Kaishi marshals humanity’s remnants in a final stand against overwhelming odds. Hope resides in a last ditch effort to call out beyond the stars for help, as Kaishi climbs the cliffs to fight one final time beside her friends. Sax is in similar straits, uniting with other rebels in a strike at the very core of the galaxy, to a planet few are allowed to see, much less set foot upon. There they must try to find...

It’s not easy for a legend to disappear. Mynx has been trying to fade away for years, but now Aegis is missing, and Mynx must lead the Paragons, or watch the world she built collapse into fiery disaster. The Paragons, with their super-powered abilities, control the world under the Champion’s leadership, the original group that Mynx joined to, at first, save the world and then to rule it. Not everyone, though, is happy with the new world order, and the Champions, after decades in the fight, are showing weakness. Mynx has to gather the Champions one last time, get them to agree on the ...

Six young men and women, brave and talented, pit their lives against an insidious dark magic that threatens to annihilate all mankind. Yet despite their bravest efforts, one by one those around them are taken and snuffed out by the sadistic creature that has been released into their midst. The clock is ticking, the scythe is poised to kill, and soon, no one will be left at all. Can these unlikely heroes put aside their differences and overcome the darkness before them, or is resistance truly as futile as their demonic adversary would have them believe?