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It has been 15 years since Billy and Bonnie Bannister helped repel the demonic assault on Heaven. Now they and Ashley Foley sit in a maximum security prison where the authorities conduct experiments on them to learn the secrets of long life. Earlier, the world's acceptance of dragonkind crumbled, and the Enforcers took the infant twins born to Billy and Bonnie and stole Excalibur, hoping to develop a weapon to battle the dragons that are sure to try to rescue their allies.

It started with small, seemingly insignificant wrinkles in time: A busy bridge suddenly disappears, spilling cars into the sea. A beast from another realm roams modern streets. Napoleon’s army appears in 1930s Damascus ready for battle. But that’s only the beginning as entire realities collide and collapse. The questors are spread throughout the universe. Mina is stuck on a plain of solid ice, her only companion an angry cave lion. Tony and Gianni are monitoring the cataclysmic reversal of the cosmic expansion.

There she lay in all her glory...it was her: Dalia from the Wild. As she lay upon the manicured turf eating a fresh peach under a heavy tree, my mouth salivated as she sexily consumed her delicacy.

Once again, Kate Connor has a problem. Several, actually. For one thing, her daughter has figured out that mom is a demon-hunter - and wants to be just like her when she grows up. And there's that nagging suspicion that her dead husband has come back to life in the body of another man. Plus, her living husband still doesn't know her secrets. Not to mention the fact that she's acquired a mystical item that the entire demon community seems hell-bent on reclaiming.

In this combined tale and treatise, bivocational pastor and nurse David encounters the past. Surprised and upset to find a large crowd in ancient dress at his favorite swimming hole, he is shocked when some of them disrobe for a baptism ceremony, performed totally in the nude! Antiquity offers a fatal blow to the wall in David's mind that keeps his experiences of hospital nudity from confronting the taboos of his upbringing. When that wall topples, he gains a new perspective on life in Bible times, a deeper theological appreciation of human embodiment, and a pricked conscience about the ...

The Nephilim—the sons of fallen angels—have a plan: find ancient, powerful weapons, storm Eden, defeat the guardian Cherub with his flaming sword and eat from the Tree of Life. Then they can rule the Earth as gods. Gaining such weapons is highly dangerous, however. They will need ensorcelled humans to trip primeval traps for them, dying in their place. Young Joash, a freed slave, knows nothing about these things. He trains to become a charioteer like the champion Herrek who freed him from bondage. But when Herrek’s band falls under a Nephilim spell, Joash will have to find the courage...

The muggy silence that hung outside my bedroom window that August night in 1982 was pierced by the ringing telephone. A baby call. My mother was a baby-catcher (a midwife) and whenever the call came, she went. Too young to stay at home by myself, I went with her. I planned to draw or sleep as my mother worked, but on that night, as storm clouds burst overhead knocking power out for miles around, nothing went as planned.

Ryanne Kelly sueña con una vida amorosa normal. Imposible tenerla con su fastidioso don de videncia feérico que le muestra lo mal que terminará cada intento de romance. Aunque todo puede cambiar cuando aparece un misterioso y atractivo desconocido que no activa sus dones. Titus Doyle, un bradaí inmortal, anhela los viejos tiempos de saquear y navegar por los mares. Ahora, él y su banda de mercenarios navegan en el ciberespacio buscando oro. Pero él tiene una sed aún más difícil de satisfacer: matar faes...

From the author of the acclaimed and provocative novels Fallen and The Preservationist comes a tale about a man who believes he is touched by the hand of God then instructed by that God to slaughter his enemies. It is the story of "this worldly existence of men and brutes, desire and unkindness" and of the woman, Dalila, at the center of it all.

Six months after she saves Southern Tamnarae, Etania’s father returns from hunting Jazel. He asks Etania to travel north with him and use her abilities as a Vexli to capture Jazel, but there’s one problem. Etania doesn’t have any Neuma. It’s a secret she’s kept from Keyel and Jakin while overseeing the Changed. Hoping she can deal with Jazel and return home without anyone finding out, Etania embarks on the quest. But the charming prince of the north, Zaden, quickly discovers the truth. Can she trust this mysterious prince to keep her secret, or will lies lead to disaster?

It’s 2125 and aliens live among us on earth. They are Verndari - the defenders. At the turn of the 22nd century they came, with solutions for world hunger, disease, and with ground-breaking technology beyond anything mankind could ever imagine. But, they are not what they seem. Alrissa Cole is a confident and accomplished professional by day, but by night, in that place between sleep and waking, she is unsteady and unsure–plagued by strange visitations and sights that test the strength of her beliefs. She wins a ticket to the International Academy Awards, where 3-D holograms of the ...

Jesus sends the Spirit Warrior, Hezekiah, on a quest through a hot and salty desert to save Central city from devastation. While traveling, Hezekiah stops to rest and then has a dangerous encounter with Satan. Impaled and blood coursing out of his body like a river, Hezekiah is left for dead.

Abaddon has come to the land of Avlo Wydrin. This archon of retribution descends from the heavenly cities, bringing fire and bloodshed to quell the chaos that befell those lands after the Battle of Buckwood. He learns of the deaths of Aeralim, a fellow archon, and Anton, the leader of the local chapter of the Inquisition. With his beloved Rhyparia by his side, he intends to purge the land of all wickedness and rain suffering upon all who defy the false gods.

Ivon was raised in a cold, unforgiving world of duty and obedience. Forged in violence and ruthlessness, his unique skill of detecting lies is abused by The Colonel's lust for power. It's the only world Ivon's ever known. Nothing else makes sense. Ivoire struggles with her own gift of sensing truth. Sent to a government-funded academy for "talented" children, she's pulled from her family and thrust into the world of espionage and intrigue.

After 2000 years, the wise men of Bethlehem are released from the Witch of Endor's curse and find themselves in North Hampton in the 21st century. Longing to return to their homes, they soon realize they can't...not until they complete their mission to save a Jewish child from the Dark Lord and destroy the Witch.

Fragments is the story of Father Curtis, Priest of the Order of the Eternal, who seeks solace in the serenity of his secluded parish, sheltered from the oppressive regime’s grasp. But when he is unjustly branded a heretic, he is forced to embark on a harrowing journey for survival. In the process, he discovers that the very foundation of his beliefs has been built upon falsehoods. Amidst the chaos of his escape, he is confronted with the stark realization that the world he once trusted is a labyrinth of deception, orchestrated by the tyrannical forces of the Order.

DESCENDANTS SAGA FINALE!!! London is a dead zone. Jonathan and his friends are being held within the GCHQ while a horde of mutated plague zombies surround the compound. Brody West must find a way to save his grandchildren from this plague and the malevolent spirit responsible. Meanwhile, a powerful Superomancer has his own plans for Jonathan Parks.

After being thrown into a new world, Virgil Carverson has to deal with lost memories while fighting to stay alive and making heavy moral decisions. With few options, he and his aunt are thrust into the interstellar Vruqing Empire spread across five planets and six countries, depending on how you count them. Here, he must reconcile his limited knowledge with a new world and adapt to a universe where the face of evil wears a magical mask.

In this allegorical short story, Nathaniel Hawthorne parodies John Bunyan’s famous book, The Pilgrim’s Progress. Rather than take the long and arduous road to the Celestial City, Hawthorne’s narrator hops on the express train to paradise. As he gets closer to his destination, however, he realizes that the clever-talking Mr. Smooth-It-Away may not be who he claims. While a caricature of Bunyan’s original tale, “The Celestial Railroad” ultimately drives home a similar point: there is no easy road to Heaven, so tough it out on the straight and narrow.

Something wicked has made its home in Yewland's famed Blackwood Forest. Dozens of Queen Illaria's finest soldiers have ventured in, only to meet hideous, violent ends. Now, it's up to Nock and Mallik to hunt down the threat that lurks among the dark trees. But they will soon discover that they are not the only hunters in the Blackwood.