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Quest's End is a collection of sci-fi tales from the old pulp magazines of the 1940s and '50s. Heller and Hart bring these five stories vividly to life, taking the listener on incredible journeys beyond the stars and spinning yarns not soon forgotten.

Valentina: sexy, confident, and a true warrior. It wasn't that she didn't like Kain Keto. He just annoyed her. The way he lazily lay around just put her teeth on edge. And she happened to think that freeing enslaved shifters from Herta was very serious business.

Worthington Investigations is on another grisly case in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. When P.I. Shauna Pratley heads up the investigation for Christopher Newen, a rural firefighter, she wants only to solve his father's murder, not fall in love. How will they work together to find a killer without letting love get in the way? Will they have to admit maybe God has used the horrors of evil to bring them together for good?

Life is long, especially for Arturo. Though he was born a mortal, now he’s a bear shifter and the former right hand man to a demon. He’s been alive for more than four centuries, kept alive by his connection to the demon who has enslaved and tortured him at every turn. And they wonder why he’s such a jerk.… Now, Arturo is made to endure a new kind of torture. He’s trapped with a group of seven travelers who, to their credit, are attempting to slay the demon.

Life never has been kind to Polly Shields. Hard work doesn’t pay the bills anymore. She feels like she’s swimming against an oncoming tide. She is tired. Why do things always fall apart just when it seems they are coming together. It’s like she’s cursed. It’s better not to start something with her handsome neighbor Gilbert. It probably wouldn’t last long anyway. If she only knew about her secret royal heritage and how it could change her life forever.

Sir Ezra is an Elysian Bell; he has a frightening potential that he keeps hidden deep beneath tight layers of steel armor. He secretly loves a dark queen whose touch would mean his death. Banished for brutally slaughtering the Prince of Erle and husband to the queen, Sir Ezra can only dream of seeing her again. Every night, his soul travels to distant lands, remembering the queen and a single night of horrific bloodshed. Recalled to the queendom, Ezra hopes to catch at least a glimpse of the woman. Instead, he finds a nation in rebellion and the queen to be an elusive phantom.

Banding together with others is a necessity. Finding like-minded individuals is crucial to survival. But join up with the wrong people, and it could be your last day. What will Jake, Aby, and Meg do, now that they're once again on their own? Will they try once again to find a group to join? Or will their next attempt at communal survival be their last? Survive the Collapse is a post-apocalyptic EMP thriller. It's book two in the End of the World series.

Raymond and Violet find themselves back in Manhattan, caught up in the love they have found for one another. Tensions are high, and not the good kind. The real world waiting for them isn't as happy to accept their union. Ray's parents are irate. No one approves of Violet. And the worst part of it all is that Ray's career is being threatened by a force that refuses to be unseen. A force that threatens to tank Ray's career as well as Violet's. Raymond is torn between his family and Violet. She is torn between her happiness and Ray's. And when storms collide, they never mix.

A small-town doctor left behind with three young boys. A compassionate woman who can help them heal. But is their town ready for an interracial relationship - and is he ready for her? Peaceful, Ohio, is a small village in the Appalachian hills. Amidst the scenery of stunning nature, the villagers don’t have much more entertainment than gossip. Local doctor Jacob is a respected member of the community. Hester thought teaching young children would be her greatest challenge when she arrived in Peaceful. She isn't expecting to deal with a hostile community and a burned man.

A hardened criminal. A gut-wrenching revelation. Loyalty, brotherhood, and honor will be tested to the breaking point. Austin Conrad is a study in contradictions. A decorated war hero turned jaded enforcer for a ruthless outlaw motorcycle club, the honor he once had is jolted back to the surface with a devastating discovery about the club he called home. Can this hardened criminal look the other way, or will honor drive a wedge between him and the brotherhood that embraced him?

Can a contract sink a relationship? That's the question running around in Raymond Rose's mind. As he sits in his ivory tower, the questions runs through his mind. In everyone's eyes, he has everything. He's the CEO of his family's company. He's got more wealth than ever before. He's the hottest bachelor on the market. And yet, he longs and pines over the one thing he doesn't have.

Divine retribution for invention is now a thing of the past. Young, optimistic, quick of mind, and quick to act, Robert thinks being invited to the New School is an invitation to change the world. Nothing is as simple as it first seems, least of all change. Robert is surprised and frustrated by everything from his classmates Koria and Eloise stalking him, to protestors claiming that the new grain is poison and its inventors should be murdered like in the old days

Their world was ending, all the heroes were dead, the leaders confused, and their enemies were head and shoulders above them. But there was no one else; they were the dregs, the last worst hopes. Nehring Ardgour has summoned Skoll and Hati from hell. They have torn through the proud and ancient country of Engevelen and the angelic Methueyn Knights that protect it. Armies have died; cities have fallen. None of the great remain. No brilliant inventors, no powerful knights, no master wizards. No heroes.

Robert, Koria, Eloise, and Gregory went to the New School, hoping to change the world. They thought that mathematically-based dynamics, the enlightened age's answer to wizardry, would give them the power to make everything better. Their hopes were naïve. Protestors are condemning the creation of a new vaccine. The city is seeing a series of hangings; is it murder or sacrament? The cloaked man is back to stalking students. The long-absent demons Skoll and Hati reappear and begin slaughtering. But the real question is, will Nimrheal return? If he does, who will die first?

Acts of genuine creativity used to bring mortal punishment. But now, wizardry is dead and Robert, Koria, and Eloise live in a world where change and invention are possible. Robert hopes that mathematically-framed dynamics will enable him to change the new world. But he keeps having prophetic dreams where his friends are all murdered by a mysterious cloaked man, and the grain protestors are more menacing than ever. Desperate to change the future, Robert recklessly pushes the bounds of both dynamics and reason.

Originally entitled “The Duty of Interesting Children in the Missionary Cause", Smyth charges parents to bring their children up with a missionary spirit and in a missionary practice. He lays out the means by which this desired goal will happen and gives encouragement to his readers with a vision of how God has used and can use children to bring sinners to himself. Every Christian parent will benefit from Smyth’s words of exhortation.

As a child, I found it quite difficult trying to sort out my own identity as a quasi-middle child. I say that because I had two sisters who were older and one sister just a year younger. I was the only male in the household other than my father. You would think that the situation would have worked in my favor since I was my father's only son. Believe it or not, my situation worked completely opposite to the norm.

It’s Christmas Eve, and all Austin Conrad wants is to close up shop and spend the rest of the night with Frankie. But trouble has a way of finding him, and his sense of duty won’t let him turn away when a stranger needs his help. Before the sun rises on Christmas day, Austin must race through Las Vegas’ seedy underworld to save a life...or take one.

Country music bad boy, Chase Bradington, is on the comeback trail. Fresh from rehab for alcohol addiction and transformed by the power of Christ, Chase is battling to rediscover the music he loves and a career he nearly ruined. Then he meets up-and-comer Pyper Brock and instantly sparks ignite. Despite her rampant attraction to the handsome and talented icon, Pyper knows of Chase’s reputation and soundly dismisses his romantic overtures. No way will Pyper make the mistake of falling for a man who's done battle with the bottle.

Charlotte Blackburn - hero, hunted, the unwitting symbol of a dark rebellion - she thwarted the deadly intent of the treacherous Order of the Sword and Scroll, but at a shattering cost. Now, she fights to survive among a tribe of fierce wind reapers who troll the wasteland aboard massive metal walkers. But a new storm is brewing, and Charlotte is once again the linchpin in a deadly plan.