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An archeological team discovers the ruins of a civilization on Mars. Upon excavation and exploration, they discover things not only about Mars but also about the human race.

After a century or so of terraforming Mars, many bases and settlements have been set up as an interim process to assist in terraforming animals and plants that can live on Mars have been created. An eccentric bio-geneticist, Neals Wells, creates intelligent beings adapted to the Martian atmosphere. Creating intelligent life is illegal, so he flees with his creation into the Valles Marinaras, an immense Martian canyon where it has been found not practical to set up settlements. His creation propagates, and after a few centuries, develops into a small tribe.

Born into a kingdom where power is outlawed, Penny has little reason to love her magic. She barely remembers her mother, and even her father dies unaware of her abilities. Now, magic or not, Penny is powerless to escape the bitter tangle of competition her stepmother has created between her and her stepsisters. And a series of chance encounters with the crown prince only adds to her troubles. The last thing she needs is to attract the notice of the very royals who have turned her existence into a crime.

The Summer of Fire has burned away. The younger gods and their champion have defeated Krynok the Hunter, General Salamander has been destroyed, and slowly Tartaria is reuniting to heal the Clans and the land. The world has been left dazed and flattened, trying to pick up the pieces. Those who survived find themselves standing amongst the ruins with empty hearts, waiting for faces they will never see again. It has not occurred to many that this might be the greatest challenge of all.

Humans live, work, and play throughout the solar system. Ferdinand Abernaum, born with multiple birth defects, is now a premiere coder who has augmented his abilities beyond general human capabilities. Now he is a member of an elite team of universal explorers, The Marlagans.

Political scandals. Corporate greed. Embezzlement, disinformation, and fraud. Schemes perpetrated, year after year, by an elite few—and yet it’s always, always the little people who are victimized. Who pay the price. Those little people have finally demanded action. Powerful elites must be watched. And our leaders have responded...by mandating that all individuals who wield global influence receive Harvesters—nanoparticle-infused, flexible circuitry tattoos that transmit a person’s biometric data for monitoring and analysis. Analysis by Data Miners—like Gwen Elliott.

A midnight escape in a crippled aircraft carrying a rescued child. Jagged peaks below, dodging bullets, losing altitude. And she asks herself, “Is this what it means to do God’s work?” Knoxi Musket has a scholarship to play basketball for Texas University, but that must wait. International power brokers are enslaving thousands of children with impunity. Someone must bring them down. The three-year-old boy she is protecting holds the key.

After being wrongfully imprisoned by those in her village, a young woman escapes and flees her home. She discovers along the way that she is one of the few that can now wield magic. As the land erupts in turmoil, and the three empires battle over land and power, Emery must decide what she believes, who she can trust, and where she stands in the battle for Delaplane.

MLB star fights child-trafficking head on! Cody has become an American baseball icon, but plays a more dangerous game, spearheading a secret war on child traffickers. The South American cartels become wise and retaliate by abducting seven-year-old Knoxi. Cody and Brandi lead a team of avengers to rescue her, but the resourceful girl has the traffickers right where she wants them. A daring flight to freedom through 27 miles of jungle, leftist terrorists in hot pursuit, and Brandi faces ridicule from some of Cody's hardened associates as she insists on leading the group in prayer.

Very few have a genuine understanding of what lead to the time known as the Summer of Fire, of the rising powers that had grown with the patience of mountains, over centuries. Only in looking back could scholars completely understand the full scale of events that preceded it. It is particularly difficult to distinguish what came "before", as this is a relative term. Each individual will have a point in time that they consider to be the time "before", after which their life will have irrevocably changed. General consensus suggests that by 1099 AC, it was already too late.

Still recovering from the loss of her mother after a punishing three-year battle with cancer, Abigail’s simply stunned by her new normal. Fumbling through the motions, she learns her mother had secrets when the lawyer informs her of an unknown inheritance - a run-down mansion in the middle of nowhere.

What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning? Half the world would become trapped in endless night, the other half in relentless day. Global communications would be crippled. The oceans would migrate to the Earth's magnetic poles, and global tremors would threaten the stability of the entire planet. That's what happens in Skybound. Theories about the impossible phenomenon run the gamut from broken physics to little green men to the dawning of the end times. But everyone agrees on one thing: The massive metallic object that suddenly appeared in the sky is to blame.

Jade has five million followers and a life lived in high-definition. From her glass-walled penthouse in Playa Vista, she sells a dream of sun-drenched luxury and effortless perfection. Although her husband’s wealth moves markets, his name rarely trends. A powerful market-mover, Jade’s husband much prefers the shadows—and he has the billions to stay there. Online, Jade's life is flawless. Offline, the cracks are turning into canyons. When Jade vanishes from her secured luxury building, the elite Social Club doesn’t call for help—they close ranks.

All Beth has ever wanted is a quiet life for her and her family. And that is what she has, until one evening a note is pushed through the door, with two words scrawled in menacing black ink: Found you. As Beth's neatly crafted life begins to unravel, an unseen menace torments her and those she loves. But who's behind the threats?

After the horrors Nadia experienced at the hand of Hartley House - the murder of her mother, her father’s suicide, the former investigation that leaves blurred edges everywhere in her mind...she’s done with Hartley. She promised herself she’d never go back. But the evil house is claiming lives again. And if she has any hope of saving future lives, she must trust Joe - the psychic that survived - and go back to the house.

This novel is part of a series, Young Magic, directed to young listener teens and pre-teens. It is about a diverse group of teenage magicians and witches who forge a bond and grow up together. It is set in present-day London and includes action, mystery magic, and what it is like being a teenager.

Self-help today is a multibillion-dollar global industry, one often seen as a byproduct of neoliberalism and capitalism. Far from being a recent phenomenon, however, the practice of self-improvement has a long and rich history, extending all the way back to ancient China. For millennia, philosophers, sages, and theologians have reflected on the good life and devised strategies on how to achieve it.

This book is a journey through the seeds of success that we all need to learn early, I must confess. The sooner we learn them, the better off we are. They will be guides in our lives and take us far.

Collin is clever, calm, and kind; qualities that serve him well living under an oppressive regime. But after he meets Rose—the stunning symbol of the Utopian Shroud—he decides to fight for love while fighting for his life. As Rose, Collin, and the Utopian Shroud try to stop the tyrannical rule of the Complot, Collin realizes there's more to romantically-ever-after than he thought. If he wants to hold the heart of Rose, Collin has to give up knowing the truth—because Rose's true identity must remain a secret for the Shroud to save Canuckia.

A collection of true paranormal stories that’ll have you sleeping with one eye open... This anthology details encounters with ghosts, loved ones that have passed, evil spirits, lost entities, devious spectors, and haunting encounters that’ll send a chill of dread tickling up your spine. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s almost certainly a ghost or two reading over your shoulder. These true paranormal encounters are unlike any you’ve listened to before.