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The Minotaur himself relates to a mysterious listener the events that led to his death in the Labyrinth as he reflects upon the meaning of good versus evil, right versus wrong and monsters versus heroes.

A blockbuster Alzheimer’s cure. A murder and unexplained deaths. Two aggrieved parties meet by chance. Will they expose the truth, or die trying? Fresh out of college, Jackie Selaney is determined to excel at her job as a pharmaceutical rep. AlzCura Pharmaceuticals has discovered a cure for Alzheimer’s, providing hope to millions. Jackie’s enthusiasm hits a snag when she meets a boorish and unethical doctor. Causing her to question whether she is cut out for the job or even wants it.

"Marta Moran Bishop’s Darkness Descends is powerful, gripping work! It’s a compelling, sometimes scathing prequel to her first series title, The Between Times. Set in a dystopian city-state, Bishop indicts a patriarchal oligarchy that feeds a rape culture at the same time as it plots the overthrow of the rule of law with the anarchic rule of a well-managed mob psyche. The Roman people were given bread and circuses." (Robert Blake Whitehill, author/screenwriter, the Ben Blackshaw series)

After years of auditioning, Raz finally lands a role on his favorite show, and is hired to work for one of the biggest studios in Hollywood as a main actor. At the same time, his college acting class has voted to make him director of the school’s next big production, and they want to portray his script on-stage.

What if...for the first time in the history of the United States we took a social and economic nose dive into oblivion? The Between Times is just such a scenario. A story that reads like a folk tale from the past, but in reality is a fantastic possibility based on the choices available to us today.

Raz's misadventures find him creating a film with the biggest misfits and rebels of the school, navigating his first kiss, and on a trip to Hollywood itself. During his journey he finds himself making new friends, facing his enemies, and even falling in love. But how far will Raz go to fit in? To shoot his shot at stardom, Raz will have to decide between being himself, or putting on a mask.

Rosemary and Noah are madly in love. In the small town of Lousdale, the two lovers make their own refuge away from the harsh demands of their families, and the broken bonds that plague both of their lives. Both of them wish to run away together and be free, until the past returns with a vengeance. Rosemary is taken in the middle of the night, kidnapped by a dangerous man. Noah must risk everything to track Rosemary down and bring her home, putting himself at risk so his girlfriend can live.

Oak Island, Nova Scotia. Breanne Moore blames herself for her mother’s tragic death. So when her archaeologist father is invited on an exciting new dig, she’s determined to tag along and keep him safe. But as the mystery leads them closer to the island’s secret, Breanne’s dreams are filled with visions of a strange boy she’s never met...and a world of flaming carnage.

Shinowe, the legendary mercenary, is literally bathing in the blood of her enemies alongside Dixie, the Texan, who is about to use more weapons than some nations use in a year. The battlefield? Facing off against the boys in a peeping war at the hot springs, with the princess about to be the first one to breach the dividing wall, taking revenge on Sparky, the foul-mouthed forklift operator whose insults don't just hurt emotionally, they hurt physically, thanks to special powers from the Goddess.

Raz has been offered the chance of a lifetime— a trip to Hollywood, to prove his acting skills to the world and shoot his shot at stardom. This vacation is one he’s never going to forget. He’s in California to land a lead role, but chasing his dreams won’t be as easy as he wants to believe, and his friends aren’t as supportive as they once were.

Seventeen-year-old Raz uses his gift for acting to hide the truth of who he really is. After being a target for the bullies at his high school, he’s sworn that this year he’s going to reinvent himself. Instead of the shy theater geek he’s always been, he’s decided to portray a new identity so he can belong. Getting noticed in a small town is difficult, especially when you’ve got Raz’s reputation—because last summer gave him a black record and a secret.

The little creatures came to play, and now in fresh-dug graves they lay. Cynthia and her three little brothers had heard the stories of their grandpa, who could summon demons and compel people to die with a curse. So, when the children discovered they, too, had the ancient power, they knew what to do.

“Return within six months or humanity dies” were the last words Garrett heard as the portal snapped shut behind him. As he and his sages scramble to escape the carnage of warfare and dragon fire on an unfamiliar planet, they encounter a girl who knows one of their names… Breanne Moore.

Wally Finkelstein is your average Joe. Your typical underdog—not super attractive, not super wealthy, but he does have stability and happiness to offer. And to his girlfriend’s surprise, he turns out to be super in other departments.

In book one of the e-Ternity series, Brian's life gets turned upside down when he encounters three strange women on three consecutive days, and a mysterious app that appears on his phone, but can't be opened.

Sometimes the most ordinary people are faced with extraordinary circumstances and discover an inner greatness they didn’t know they had. When strange things start occurring around him, Brian knows everything is about to be turned upside down all over again. Soon he meets Destiny and Sage, two homeless people living on the streets of Philadelphia who are not what they seem to be. Brian learns that an updated version of the spiritual app called e-Ternity is destroying humanity’s higher potentials. To save the soul of the world, Brain must join forces with Destiny and Sage.

Jack was in the middle of an ordinary life when time slipped for a moment and he found himself somewhere in his past. The time slip only lasted a few seconds, but he couldn’t let it go. As curiosity became obsession, Jack was swept up into a reality he never imagined. He was not who he thought he was, and no one around him was who they appeared to be either. Jack’s true life was being lived at a scale that his mind could not comprehend, where forces of good and evil, birth and death, were in a constant battle.

After striking a dangerous deal with the queen of trees, Garrett, Breanne, and their friends must push through a harsh Mexican jungle teeming with giants and dragons. If they fail to reach the portal to another world before it closes, Queen Pando will unleash trillions of sentient trees upon humanity. If there is to be any hope, Garrett will have to become the leader his friends need, reinforcing the loyalty of his band of sages. But one of Garrett’s friends is hiding a deadly secret, while others are silently awaiting their own chances for revenge.

Two miles up, in the heart of an ice desert a thousand miles wide, it's now or never. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is more like a moon base than anything on Earth, but buried deep in the ice beneath it is an even more distant and foreboding place. Andrew Heller has been never short on stories of inadvisable adventure, and tonight he has one last chance to come home with the story of a lifetime—or die trying.

It’s the summer of 3129, 1,000 years after meteors destroyed most of life on Earth. The city of Akhet endures in the barren desert landscape of what remains. Ethos, an artist living in poverty within the gilded city, renders commission work for the families of missing girls. When his best friend reveals she and the vanishing citizens are all witches, they discover the horrifying link between the disappearances and a godlike elite named Ra.