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After the cataclysm known as The Last Stand, humanity fled to the stars. Earth has now been lost to the Gimfa, giant alien creatures bent on destruction and chaos. The benevolent Galactic Alliance gave humanity a colony world—Lewa—to call our own, but they have given humanity one condition: our Guardians must remain unarmed as they aren’t allowed to join the elite Alliance Corps military force.

The illegitimate son of a peasant, Rion of Tryferos has very limited prospects with only one remarkable talent: when he plays the lyre, he ushers in the supernatural balm of peace to all who hear. This turns out to be his ticket into the palace, where he nightly plays for the restless, rejected king. King Hector of Tryferos is paranoid, because he knows his days on the throne are numbered. What he doesn’t know is that his anointed successor is Rion.

In the UK, Detective John Steel is investigating the organization who killed his family. When he comes across information that something big is going to happen on the cruise ship Neptune, Steel goes undercover. He has 14 days to figure out what is going to happen - and to stop it. In New York, Steel’s NYPD partner, Detective Samantha McCall, is investigating a series of deaths. All seems run of the mill for the homicide detective, until they find out that the deaths are somehow connected to the cruise ship John Steel is on.

New alliances and of course new betrayals are at hand as the tectonics of the black ops world shifts and rumbles. Who is working for who, who is hunting who, and will have the decency to simply shut up and die? Our favorite misfits must avoid being strangled and stabbed (and run over, and shot, and blown up, and, well, you get the point) in this latest cloak-and-dagger escapade. Can the pugnacious pair emerge from the intrigue in one piece? Dive into another adventure with the world's most dysfunctional duo, where murder, intrigue, and a stolen Pomeranian are just the tip of the iceberg.

In 1912, a young girl is found dead. In present day, young Jeremy's parents are involved in a murder-suicide. Soon after, he is committed to an insane asylum. Years later, Jeremy turns 18 and is released. After he returns home to live with his uncle, old memories begin to emerge, and people around him start to die in rapid succession.

Elbert MacAvoy can't escape his past in the jungles of Vietnam. Terrible things happened to him out there - and he himself did terrible things. Lisa Jayne, his newest psychiatrist, can't escape her future or her dead father. She blames herself for his death. Their fates entwine. Elbert's old boss wants to kill them both and use their bodies. The jungle merges with the hospital. Time has become ambiguous. But it is running out for both of them.

The Resistance Pact's attack on the Supremacy's ally world, Jassem, has succeeded in taking the Jax out of the fight—for now—and as the newly appointed commander of the 15ths 1st Fighter Squadron, Ku makes preparing his pilots for the inevitable next battle his top priority. With its defensive forces scattered to protect its allies, though, the Resistance Pact's homeworld of Solienne has been left open to attack, and the Supremacy swoops in to capture it. Solienne's deployed units—including the 15th on Tobe—are left to fend for themselves.

Pain is a burned ex-mercenary. Agony is a burned ex-cop. Together, they might just find out. The only problem? They can't stand each other. Trust, it seems, doesn't come easily between a black-ops mercenary and an ex-police detective. What could make it worse for her? He doesn't like using guns. Will Pain and Agony be able to dodge the criminals trying to take them out and avoid killing each other in the process? Will the criminals be able to handle the two of them together?

This incredible story is of a young reporter, Drew Johnson, sent to prove that the miraculous resurrection from the dead of a little nine-year-old boy was a hoax. But was it? As the story unfolds, Drew uncovers clues that lead him to a horrific conclusion. The pastor, Daniel Fisher, could be much more evil than just a huckster-much, much more. At the same time, he finds himself drawn toward the church and its dynamic message. A titanic battle ensues.

The enormous aliens known as Gimfa attacked the planet Lewa, and the Guardians thought they took them down. But instead, the aliens established a beachhead on the colony world and are readying a larger army to eliminate humanity once and for all. First Earth and now Lewa… unless the Guardians can stop them. More of the advanced Guardians are in development and may be ready to stand alongside Vortex Stingray and the others as the Galactic Alliance joins humanity’s effort to clear Lewa of the Gimfa.

The fishing industry near Daytona Beach is crippled when the shrimp stop coming up in nets, when the trout and flounder stop taking the bait...and when mysterious black sea life begins to attack the boats, the swimmers, and the land. Can anyone escape the horror as the oceans fight back?

Jilted lovers, cheating spouses, treacherous business partners . . . All bread and butter that pays the bills for this dysfunctional Investigation team. Unfortunately, the past is catching up with one of them. Vengeance with a capital V is as rare as it is dangerous and doesn't pay. Except that is what both of them want. What choice do they have when a federal agent promises to turn the pair into his personal sock puppets if they don't comply with his game?

In 1823, Tennessee historian John Haywood encapsulated a foundational sentiment among the white citizenry of Tennessee when he wrote of a "long continued course of aggression and sufferings" between whites and Native Americans. According to F. Evan Nooe, "aggression" and "sufferings" are broad categories that can be used to represent the framework of factors contributing to the coalescence of the white South.

Pain and Agony are two madcap masters of mayhem, but even they need friends. What are friends for? Companionship, support, and a helping hand when your luck is down. But the cost of friendship becomes something altogether different during their latest escapade. If you aren't going to help when things get rough, then what are you but a traitor? When longtime allies are at odds, and enemies new and old close in, the answer has lethal consequences.

With his career as a fighter pilot ended, Akuleh—Ku to his friends—is accepted into training for the Qaletaqa, the fulfillment of his childhood ambition. Once a territorial militia on Ku’s home world, the Qaletaqa are now the most sought-after special operations force in the Soliennese Commonwealth. The training regime is brutal, but Ku is motivated by his duty to his friend, King Mogen, who vanished when the enemy Supremacy occupied Solienne.

Rugen Sloane's dreary life changed the day a weathered traveler named Gordon emerged from the wilderness and knocked on his front gate. For years, the world has been plagued by roving monsters that kill anyone they catch outside the confines of their village. The fact that Gordon was able to brave the journey to Rugen's doorstep is a testament to his survival skills.

If no good deed goes unpunished, what will a lifetime of doing Uncle Sam's dirty work cost a person? Pain and Agony have hardly cemented their new partnership as "investigative problem solvers" when SISTER comes poking around and raising all kinds of hell. Accusations flying left and right, the dysfunctional duo are back at it. But can they solve a murder, a kidnapping, and a matter of national security, all in the space of one week? Murder, mayhem, and a societal meltdown are all in a day's work for our pair, but to top it off, they get hit in the room and board department.

PI Steve Rockfish's morning meeting was supposed to focus on a case of straightforward harassment. Two clients had purchased a miniature golf course and instantly became victims of vandalism and projected intolerance.

The law was created to ensure citizens were viewed equally in the eyes of the criminal justice system. But justice could be blind. When criminals escaped justice, victims often turned to someone else, hoping the guilty were punished accordingly. Vigilantes, avengers, redeemers—no matter the name, they were people who took matters into their own hands. With the new millennium came a new type of redeemer: the victim's advocate. Every victim's advocate had a beginning, and this is the story of one of them.

In Stoneham, Massachusetts, not far from Boston, Marco and his friend Antonio are after a mysterious artifact hidden somewhere inside a Victorian house in a quiet suburban neighborhood. The house has new owners, so getting their hands on the artifact is more challenging than they bargained for—and more dangerous. The artifact itself holds secrets Marco and Antonio don't even know about, and to make matters worse, they're not the only ones after it. Meanwhile, Marco's pizzeria-owning uncle dials up the pressure to retrieve the artifact. And he's not the only one breathing down their necks.