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Transported to a land of myth and magic, Nolan scrambles to adjust in a realm where he must master his new powers. Jormia proves as thrilling as it is challenging in this next installment. Join Nolan as he navigates the dangers and saves the damsels.

Lucas Wheelhouse, intrepid archeologist, is hurled into a world completely unlike his own. Monsters roam the streets and divine powers fall into mortal hands. Lucas will have to seize this power if he hopes to ascend to the celestial throne. From steamy jungles to barren deserts, he'll traverse the length and breadth of a dimension beyond our understanding.

Torn from those he cares for most, Lucas must push past his boundaries to get them back. From subterranean tunnels to vast forests, the challenges are varied and endless. Lucas and his budding harem will have to work together to outwit ancient puzzles, defeat outrageous monsters, and make new allies.

The handsome town chairman catches Millie Rowan's eye at her new job at the ski lodge, but Christmas may not be so merry after he overhears what Millie is there to do.

Zamina is in chaos. The dread pirate Emilia has laid waste to vast swathes of the basin surrounding the Crystal Sea as she gathers an army of monsters and pirates to her banner. The elven court has fallen into chaos as competing factions vie for the throne. The Lich King's forces have marched out once more from the wastelands. Meanwhile, civil war has erupted among the humans.

I've dealt the Lich King a serious blow in his quest for domination of Zamina. The high priestess is safe again, ensconced behind the walls of Castle Dragmoor. But, it's not enough.

From mild mannered history professor to ultimate bad-ass, John will overcome his inner demons as he fights to defeat the evil Lich King. Fortunately, he's not alone. Assisted by a group of powerful female warriors and mages, John will traverse the length and breadth of Zamina. Between laying down the law on lizard men and traveling to far off islands in search of an all powerful magical orb, John will become something greater than he had ever dreamed possible.

I am not of this world. It was an ordinary Friday. Dungeons and Dragons with the crew. A few IPAs. Maybe some hummus. That was all until a careless mistake sent me hurtling into another dimension. I don't understand everything just yet. With elves, trolls, and some sort of ultimate bad-ass called the Lich King running around, how could I? But, what I do understand is this: I have a job to do. Because for the first time in a long time, people depend on me. And my actions could mean the difference between life and death not just for me, but for all of Zamina.

Cultivation! Monster Girls! Heart Pounding Fights! John's power and ascension rank continues to increase as his training and cultivation goes into overdrive in preparation for the challenges that await him. The biggest challenge he has faced so far looms on the horizon—the Tower of Infinite Glory. The Mantis rank cultivator has been coerced by the heartless narcissist Hektor into attempting this nearly impossible task. The evil Cosmic Observator's eyes are on the stacks of gold that will be awarded to the successful ascender of the ancient tower.

John LeBrock is the greatest MMA fighter on Earth. He takes on all opponents and destroys them with ease. He is rich, good looking, and oozes with charisma. He wants for nothing, and life is good. John will soon find out that a seemingly perfect life can change in the blink of an eye. The MMA world champion will be given the opportunity to travel through a cosmic doorway that leads to the other side of the universe to a strange but beautiful world called Azura.

Amazing Fights! Cultivation! Mixed Martial Arts champion, John LeBrock, left Earth for the world of Azura. John learned the importance of cultivating the world’s magical energy called myst. Through this cultivation, John would be able to rise through the ascension ladder to unlimited power. John became one of the strongest cultivators at the Temple of the Weeping Sun in the beautiful region of Starfall. John’s rapid ascension and intense ambition begins to frustrate the Cosmic Observator, Hektor, causing a wide rift between the two powerful cultivators.

The end has truly begun. Either for the Empire, or the Dragon Cult and all of Vendira. The last of an ancient race has been called back to the world, but is their arrival a harbinger of revolution, or the last gasp of a futile cause? A massive orb of malevolent magic has appeared, engulfing the capital in darkness, and from deep within, the Emperor himself devises a mysterious plot in retribution for everything the Cult has done. Can Michael and his beautiful allies stop these evil machinations before it's too late, or has the Emperor already won?

Two traveling college students confront their disintegrating relationship and the new American reality in a breakdown lane along the Italian Superstrade. A woman chases the ghost of her neglectful father to a vanished amusement park at the end of the Long Beach pier. In these atmospheric, wide-ranging, surprisingly playful, and deeply mournful stories, grandkids and widows, ice cream-truck drivers and judges, travelers and invalids all discover — and sometimes even survive — the everyday losses from which the most vengeful ghosts so often spring.

More spirits! More skills! More foes! More battles! The Fringe Wilds are howling! Having recovered from their previous adventure, Blair Blackenskiff and his allies set off, excited to meet the Major Spirit, Merceid, once more and finally recruit her. They need to travel, train, and tame as they cross the perilous Fringe Wilds once more. This time, however, another force of dangerous Prospects lurk behind the scenes. The curtain rises on this, the early stages of the first major conflict of the First Phase!

Pearl Silver was happy. She had a good job teaching young nurses. She was married to a good man who loved her. She had a son who made her proud every day. Most of the time, her memories of her time fighting in the skies over Europe remained a distant part of her past. Something she was proud to have done, but that time was over. Her life twenty years later was very different, and she didn’t have much reason to tap into her psychic power—or to stay in touch with her old comrades in arms.

Emory doesn't have it easy. With constant comparisons to her dead sister, she dreads her family, even when she loves them. However, there's something she hates even more than being compared to her sister: or rather someone. Miles. Miles lost the love of his life to childbirth, leaving him with a daughter to care for. Brooklyn, the daughter he didn't know he could ever love so much that her safety was the most important thing to him. He would do anything to keep her safely by his side.

The Three Bucket Leadership Framework helps leaders understand and overcome disengagement in their teams and organizations. This book is divided into two sections. Part I introduces the Three Buckets—All In, All Out, and The Middle—and shows how our spending of time and energy shapes our level of engagement. It also explores how individual habits and cultural forces lead people into disengagement, and how leaders must take responsibility for their teams’ engagement.

A half millennia ago, Siolene’s enemies took everything from her, including, they thought, her life. Against all odds, she survived in cryo stasis, and thanks to the pirate captain who rescued her, she built a new family and a new life as Queen of Ajen. But old enmities die hard, and when the lives of her children are threatened, there is only one choice left for her: Siolene must trust in her found family, in her husband, and in his enigmatic fixer as they return to face the enemy on his own ground. It may cost her everything she’s built, but Siolene cannot fail.

When a surprise inheritance brings Olive Adams to Cape Cod to live in her aunt's old house, she finds her fortune shifting like the sands. Can she navigate a new life in the welcoming but mysterious house? As a dangerous hurricane barrels up the coast, Olive struggles to save the land next door from destruction as she waits for her new love to return.

With the death of her beloved husband, the Jaerl of Antiroc, Laethine knew she had to take his place and be a good leader for her people. However, her husband had a secret, one that would thrust her into the cutthroat world of royal interplanetary politics and dark conspiracies.