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Trapped within the dead city of Marandur, Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain must escape both merciless barbarians and the pitiless Imperial Legion. Beyond those dangers lie the mightiest and most unforgiving powers in the world of Dematr: the Great Guilds that rule the world with iron fists.

When Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain took down the Dark Mechanics and Dark Mages at Dorcastle, they thought they’d covered their involvement well enough to divert their Guilds’ suspicions. The assassins sent after them by their Guilds, which had trained them from childhood, indicate otherwise. Armed with the knowledge that their respective Guilds are now trying to kill them, and knowing their strengths are greater together, they reunite.

The Great Guilds, fearing the loss of their control of the world of Dematr, have gathered their power and joined it with the relentless legions of the Empire. The full might of that host will fall upon the fortress city of Dorcastle. If Dorcastle falls, the revolt led by Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain will fail, and their world will soon descend into chaos.

A Storm that will wreck a world threatens Dematr. Only Mari, one of the Mechanics who control all technology through their Guild, has a chance to stop it. She and Mage Alain have survived numerous attempts to kill them and have gained many more followers, but the Storm of chaos, born of centuries of enslavement, grows ever closer.

Trapped inside the Empire, Captain Jules of Landfall has to use every deadly trick and strategy she knows to avoid recapture by the Emperor’s legions, and stay alive despite every attempt the Mages make to kill her. The only chance to get away may require walking back into the trap she barely escaped the first time. But even her freedom won’t be enough. The prophecy that consumes Jules’s life demands she has an heir to carry on her line. Yet how can she satisfy that while being hunted everywhere? And what might the prophecy cause to happen if she doesn’t have a child?

Ensign Paul Sinclair has been assigned to the orbiting, military spacecraft, USS Michaelson, as its sole legal advisor. But when the ship's captain faces court-martial following the destruction of a civilian research vessel, Sinclair finds himself defending a doomed officer.

On maneuvers, the USS Michaelson's sister ship, the USS Maury, is wracked by devastating explosions that destroy its engineering section. Lieutenant Paul Sinclair is overjoyed when his girlfriend, Lieutenant Jen Shen, is found alive--until she faces court-martial for the disaster on the Maury. Paul must find out what really caused the explosions. But the more he learns, the more he faces the terrible possibility that the woman he loves may be guilty of sabotage and murder.

Someone onboard the USS Michaelson is selling secrets, and to uncover the traitor, legal officer Lieutenant Paul Sinclair must walk the dangerous line between duty and honor.

Authors Jack Campbell and Elizabeth Moon discuss fact vs. fiction in science fiction and fantasy; reviving old series and bringing new series to an end; steampunk; and much more.

The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander Outland short by Gini Koch.

Geary is convinced that the Syndics are planning to ambush the fleet and finish it off once and for all. Realizing the fleet’s best (and only) chance is to do the unexpected, Geary takes the offensive and orders the fleet to the Sancere system. There, a multitude of possible routes home give the Alliance fleet a better chance of avoiding their pursuers—and an attack on the Sancere shipbuilding facilities could decimate the Syndic war effort.

Seit über 100 Jahren führt die Allianz schon Krieg gegen die Syndik-Welten - mit wenig Aussicht auf den Sieg. Jetzt muss Captain John "Black Jack" Geary dafür sorgen, dass die Allianz dem gnadenlosen Feind immer einen Schritt voraus ist. Nach einer Reihe brutaler Gefechte ist die Flotte der Allianz schwer beschädigt. Ihre Energie- und Munitionsvorräte sind knapper denn je. Geary sieht sich gezwungen, eine riskante Mission anzutreten.

On the world of Dematr, the Emperor and his legions rule over the lands on the eastern side of the Sea of Bakre, and the Great Guilds rule over the Emperor and his subjects. The Mechanics Guild, whose members claim they came from the stars, controls technology far beyond that of the swords and sailing ships of the common people, while the Mage Guild wields strange powers. Jules, an orphan, has fought her way up to become an officer in training with the Emperor’s fleet. But her life is shattered when a Mage prophesizes that her bloodline will one day overthrow the Great Guilds.

Waffles Waffles Waffles is a Comedy podcast by Stand-up Comedian and promoter Jack Campbell and Radio/IT nerd Jamie Taylor. Listen in every week as they waffle on about their daily lives, write sketches and feature some of their excellently funny friends, all to try and make you laugh and bring a bit of positivity to a crazy world.

Fantasy sports Podcast by 2 Chicago Suburbs kids. We talk fantasy, sports, life as a college football player, and everything in between

This podcast takes a deeper look into the world of Bible translation, learning more about how it works, the challenges it faces, and the people that are involved in it. The host Jack Campbell is a linguist with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

Als einzige verbliebene Supermacht der Erde wollen die USA ihre Dominanz auch im All durchsetzen. Sie entsenden Truppen, um die Kolonien auf dem Mond unter ihre Kontrolle bringen. Doch dort müssen Sergeant Ethan Stark und seine Kameraden nicht nur gegen verzweifelte Gegner kämpfen, sondern auch gegen mangelhafte Ausrüstung und fragwürdige politische Entscheidungen. Um das Überleben seiner Männer zu sicher, muss Stark sich entscheiden, welche Befehle er befolgt... und welche er verweigert.

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary befindet sich auf der Jagd nach den dunklen Schiffen, die bereits zwei Sternensysteme angegriffen haben und keinen Unterschied machen zwischen Raumschiffen der Allianz und der Syndikatwelten. Er muss sie unbedingt ausschalten, bevor bekannt wird, dass es sich nicht um einen mysteriösen Feind handelt, sondern um Schiffe der Allianz - gesteuert von einer außer Kontrolle geratenen künstlichen Intelligenz.

Admiral Geary und die Crew der Dauntless haben gerade eine Eskortmission zur Erde abgeschlossen, da verschwinden plötzlich zwei von Gearys Offizieren. Die Suche nach den vermissten Männern führt ihn an den schlimmstmöglichen Ort: einen Mond, der wegen eines tödlichen Virus unter strengster Quarantäne steht. Jedes Schiff, das trotzdem dort landet, muss für immer bleiben oder wird zerstört. Wie soll Geary seine Männer retten? Und darf er es überhaupt?

Admiral Gearys Erste Flotte hat die Reise tief in den unerforschten interstellaren Raum überlebt. Jetzt hat Geary die Mission, das Midway-Sternensystem zu sichern, das sich gegen das schwächelnde Imperium der Syndikat-Welten aufgelehnt hat. Als wäre das nicht schon kompliziert genug, muss Geary dazu in das Raumgebiet der Allianz zurückkehren, nicht nur mit Vertretern der Tänzer, einer außerirdischen Spezies, sondern auch mit der Invincible.