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As Ben reaches the limits of what PIVOT can help him achieve, he finds himself in a position he would never have expected: mentor.... Guiding the twins in their quest to take down a sorceress, he prepares to rejoin the real world - jobs, apartments, friendships, and all. But where Ben used to run away from all of those things, now he has a new appreciation of what it means to fight for a better world. He’s ready to bring everything he’s learned back to his own life.

There are always plans within plans, but one thing Lucifer didn't think to ask: Would God care about one angel fallen among the thousands? Pandora has made a decision, and it has only changed the future of a planet. It is time to find and take down the last Leviathan, except who knows where it is? There is evil in the world but there has always been a plan to beat it. Will the plan work, or will Earth finally succumb to the last Leviathan?

After his first adventure with tiny, floating balls of spite and chaos - or, “faeries”, as they called themselves - Ben didn’t think the world could get more upside down. He was wrong. Now ensconced in the city of Heffog, he’s still learning how to work his body again…and figuring out that he is in one of the most miserable, corrupt places that ever existed.

There is one Leviathan left, and various groups are looking. Who will find it, and what will happen? There is an army growing, and Earth had better bet all of their marbles on the right team. Juntto is working on his social strategy for his YouTube channel, but he might be in over his blue head.

A push to regain a little of the relationship with his best friend before kids took him out of the picture. A mountain face that was not forgiving. Benjamin Ainsworth moves from job to job aimlessly, never allowing himself to be tied down. The problem is his friends are getting married, setting up house, and looking to have children. His relationships are growing up into a world he doesn’t want. He has a chance to regain a bit of the fun when his friend agrees to go mountain climbing before the big day.

Pandora believes that not supporting donuts is a good enough reason to label them evil. Angie's learning the saying "idle hands are the devils workshop” is twice as important if the hands are big and blue. Someone in hell is thinking of a takeover. With Lucifer out of the way, how would the demons play? Kick back for a fun, supernatural, action-packed adventure that will have you yelling for the good guys and laughing at the arguments between Katie and...her.

Dotty’s cancer is progressing, and the world of PIVOT is one of the only things that helps her avoid the pain. With her children’s help, the PIVOT team has made her an avatar that looks just like her younger self, and Dotty is now serving as an envoy to help keep the nations of PIVOT from turning on one another.

The effort to reconnect the world has been successful, and a new home for the Defense Force chosen. All that remains is to tackle the Madness. Sarah Jennifer is still hurting from Ezekiel’s departure. Meanwhile, Ezekiel has his own losses to contend with. A chance encounter in the woods gives him the push he needs to make things right.

Dorothy spent most of her life doing the right thing. Now, widowed and with a cancer diagnosis, she’s ready to cut loose in the world of PIVOT. After learning magic and defending a caravan from a set of elves with a seriously overblown sense of superiority, Dotty had only one request: In her next game, she wanted to be uglier. So, she’s an orc now, tusks and all. And when she finds out that a group of dragons have been posing as gods to prey on orc villages, she is not going to stand for that...even if it means giving a legendary orc shaman the dressing down of his life.

With Katie and Pandora going to the deepest depths to track down some killers, Pandora’s greatest temptation will be in her grasp. Can the two of them, plus help, figure out the real danger, or will they encounter it without preparation? Further, will they figure out how to handle a Leviathan that is larger than New York City? Have the depths of Hell finally revealed a plot centuries in the making? Will Katie and Pandora trip something to throw all of their success into question?

If you were dying of cancer, would you risk entering a game that saved you from pain, even if you chanced dying early? Dorothy Hunt is not willing to go out with a whimper, but rather a bang. The main problem? Not all of her family will support her decision. This time, she gets to choose a body that isn't pretty, isn't bound by the social customs of her family and generation. "Make me ugly." Unused to video games and fighting cancer, Dorothy Hunt is focused on providing the scientists something they can't acquire without her. Data on an older human who is about to die.

With Prima’s help - or, perhaps, despite it - he has gotten to Insea, the capital of the Elven lands. Aided by Tina, who is desperate to help Justin recover from the accident she created, Justin decides to fight in the Tournament of Insea. The one problem? His chief rivals are a set of twins who believe they’re reincarnated gods - and they’ll stop at nothing to make sure they take power. Can Justin win? Will he awaken from his coma?

Mary and Senator Tad Williams will learn what it means to play hard ball. Can they play just as hard? Amber, Nick, and Jacob now have the responsibility that came with their sudden decision to help a kid. Are they up to the task? Justin is acclimating inside the world. Will his need to connect with another person extend to feelings for a fake character? There is more going on here than dirty politics, questionable business ethics, and cutting-edge science that might kill.

Mary and Senator Tad Williams pushed their son, Justin, to go on a date that went horribly wrong. Now, they try to figure out a way to help their son out of a coma. At almost $5,000 a day for ICU expenses, their insurance options are running out. Amber, Nick, and Jacob built a new immersive game system for the future. The only problem is, at $800 a day, no one can afford it. Dr. Dubois wrote a paper about how you might help a person out of a coma, but it was crushed under the might of the medical lobbyists on Capitol Hill.

Minno 2 packs more zany adventure, more creatures, and new characters into this thrill-a-minute sequel. Every chapter sweeps you along in the strange and marvelous world of Ambrosia. For Minno and Hailey there's no time to rest. They must forge alliances to take on even more bizarre adversaries. The bond between Minno and Hailey is about to be tested. Can the girls' unlikely friendship survive another harrowing exploit in an unfamiliar land?

Sarah Ryan has carved out a living for herself in the Copper Country as a premier candle maker. She has family and friends in the area, and no closer friend than Reilly - her BFF since they were five...Suddenly Reilly finds himself very single. After a drunken night that they both want to forget (and one of them does!), Reilly and Sarah contemplate turning their best friends forever status to one of friends with benefits. Are they willing to give up what they have for what could be?

For too long, victims have been told to be quiet, to keep a secret, to be ashamed, to be blamed, and we now say, "No more." It is time to speak. It is time to form a chorus of voices that demand change. This anthology is a way to channel those experiences into something inspiring, moving, and encourages others to action.

Jessica Chapman has rebuilt her life. A painful divorce behind her, she's now exactly where she wants to be as a park ranger in the Copper Country. She doesn't need - or want - anything more. Zeke Hampton has come home after years in the navy as a fighter jet pilot. He's ready to settle down, which includes finding that someone special. But what if the woman he wants doesn't want anything more from him than a one-night stand? Jess is dazzled by Zeke, but she's been dazzled before. For her, trust will not come easy.

Sexy suit Blade was held captive and abused for decades. Benson Enterprises was desperate to use his superior blood to create super soldiers. But when he's finally rescued, he can't return to the Wildlands with the other prisoners. Not without the female he was forced to watch being impregnated. The female who has gone missing.

A nuclear terror plot is thwarted just outside Washington, D.C. And it's an election year. Mandisa "Mandi" Nkosi is a young reporter who, while on a trip to Johannesburg to connect with her roots, is contacted by an anonymous source with evidence that material seized from a nuclear terror plot will point squarely at one of humanity's most important companies as the supplier.