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Marine sniper Daniel Briggs thinks he's got it all figured out. He's faced what he thinks is the worst, and his plan is to tackle Las Vegas like he conquered foreign enemies. But with his sobriety tentative at best and with calamity tripping him up at every turn, how will the battered warrior fair in his hardest test to date?

Legends aren’t real...or are they? Alexander’s wife is dying. And he’ll do anything to find a cure, even if it means chasing a thousand-year-old story about a magical stone with mysterious powers. But at what cost? What he doesn’t know is that he’s not the only one searching for the stone. When mythical beasts, enemy kingdoms, and even his own people stand in his way, he'll stop at nothing to get what he needs to save his wife's life. Will Alexander destroy lives, betray loyalties, and ruin peace forever?

War has come to the human kingdoms of Parth! From the capital cities and castles to the most remote mountain villages, the Kingdoms of Man, the Elven Enclaves, and the Dwarven Dynasties are all under attack from the Dread Lord Vargo Duuk and his hordes of barbarians, demons and orcs.

Inspired by and in the tradition of classic authors like Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe, Ten Dark Tales is a dazzling collection of short stories. Ten gripping tales of mystery and suspense. Starting with four mysteries filled with twists and murder, noir and adventure, the next three tales lead further into realms of imagination, and the final three add sharp and palpable tension, with hints of myth and magic.

The newly crowned queen of Aralith, Maya Drygo, is reeling from the loss of her father and the destruction of her city. With the threat of war looming beyond the horizon, she must race to rally the kingdom against an unknown threat, but trouble lies closer to home than she realizes.

This spooky anthology by Eli Taff, Jr. is a collection of 10 flash-fiction stories packed with cosmic horror and unbelievable terror that will keep you on the edge of your seat and have you sleeping with the lights on. The evil clown that steps out of a childhood memory and kills with a touch; the terrified mother who finds a monster in her daughter's bedroom; the unfaithful businessman who gets off the subway at the wrong stop; and a gangster who gets more than he bargained for when he robs the wrong old lady on the wrong night.

Resistance fighter Will Sumner wants little more than to avenge his father who died at the hands of the ruthless king Alexander Drygo. When the opportunity arises to steal the king's most valuable possession, Will and his brothers launch an assault to retrieve it. Obtaining the unimaginable power of a legendary soul stone, Will learns that the gods of old aren't dead after all. But even his newfound ability is no match for the tyrant that sits on the throne.

Assigned alongside the legendary overlord slayer and a half dragon that's all bite and no bark, the group sets off for the hidden kingdom of the fairy peoples. The team's mission? To investigate a gruesome string of unexplained murders. The suspects? Humans, as always. Meeo and her party must prove their innocence and shine light on the true culprits before they're taken by spear and bow to the executioner's square.

Alien fighters bombard Earth's ruins. Cannibalistic aerobics instructors hunt the wastes. The last free survivors struggle against starvation and enslavement. It's become a world where friendship costs too dearly and heroics verge on suicide. One young man can't resist either until a fed-up AI steals him off the planet. Alone with only a sarcastic, broken-down starship, he braves a whole new verse full of strange new enemies and tech he barely understands.