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A month ago, I was a lowly alchemist who was a glorified handyman for the magic academy. Then, I learned I had the contraband ability to capture the souls of magical beings inside gems and use them to cast magic of my own. Now, I’m the big man on campus. I’m rubbing shoulders with the elite of our kingdom, and I’m trying to topple a crime syndicate that’s working with our worst enemies.

We escaped from New York City, but the mages are still hot on our heels. We’re heading west, to see a man about a gun. Actually, a lot of guns. Any gun I touch I can summon back, so I need to grow my arsenal to have a chance to fend off our pursuers and make it to the west coast. Unfortunately, we’ll have to traverse miles mutant-infested wilderness to get to our contact, and even if we make it through the mutant lands, the mages could easily be waiting for us on the other side. I’m definitely gonna need a lot of guns.

The Great West stretched on endlessly, and it was filled with pioneer mining towns, magic, and opportunity. But it was also filled with brigands, monsters, and the unknown. Fortunately, I was around to protect people. For a price, that is.

The arsenal of guns that I can summon has grown along with the number of my allies, and we have managed to outrun the pursuing mages for the time being. Unfortunately, to get away from them we had to go places they won’t: mutant infested wilderness, forgotten towns filled with strange religious cults, and even more dangerous locales. So we still have plenty of problems, but as I’m learning, there aren’t many problems that can survive a bullet to the head.

Bodyguarding two beautiful twins on their journey to a poker tournament wasn’t my normal type of work as a wandering Sellsword, but the pay is good and the ladies weren’t hard on the eyes. But as I quickly learned, there was more than meets the eye to these twins, and trouble follows them everywhere. What should be a simple excursion is very likely to end in a blood bath, and it would take all my skills to make sure none of it was mine.

A year after forest fires ravaged the town of Crow Valley and claimed the life of Dale Jepson―karaoke legend, local prison guard, and all-around good guy―the community hosts a high-stakes karaoke competition. But when a convicted murderer escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, residents discover there’s more on the line than local, perhaps even national, karaoke fame.

The Forbidden City has been conquered, and the evil power of the Master destroyed, but evil has not yet been banished from the world. Mysterious forces of ancient power are moving, and now Ralnor the Ranger must navigate a magic so deep it threatens to tear asunder the very fabric of reality. Ralnor and his friends have made a pact with an ancient spirit, and they must fulfill their end of the bargain. The reward for success will be the combined power of the Five Chalices: ancient god-artifacts of unimaginable power. The reward for failure will be the loss of everything they know and love.

Ralnor the Ranger has taken his powers to new heights in the battle against the human sorcerers. Now, he must delve deeper into the causes of the evil that brought about the ancient war between humans and elves. Wielding an awesome magic and with his trusted companions by his side, Ralnor’s story takes him into unexplored lands and into unexpected new alliances. His powers are growing, but an ancient evil has been reawakened. The world of the Rangers is about to be changed forever.

Living among full-blooded elves his entire life, he’s been spurned and looked down on. Things take a turn for the worse when he discovers his heritage has cursed him with human magic. But is it truly a curse? Magic, after all, could be useful among the Rangers who protect the borderlands. The Elf King seems to think so. With a mission from the Elf King, Ralnor Twicebane becomes a Ranger, but his journey is only just beginning.

A deceased brother. A grieving sister. And the deadly secrets he left behind. After Simone's brother Calvin dies suspiciously in an accident, she learns the deed to disputed property is in her name, thrusting her into a family feud going back generations. Despite her unrequited love, Simone turns to her brother's best friend Nash for help. Together, they work to uncover Calvin's secrets.

Ontar and Echo's first mistake might be their last. A failed mission for the thieves' guild has earned them the ire of the necromancer Narcos, and he has no patience for the living. Looking to make it up to the guild, and hoping for their protection, the pair seek out a renowned mystical sword as reparation. Unfortunately, Narcos also searches for the blade for it is the key to releasing a demon who knows the location of an even greater artifact; one that will shape the very destiny of the realm itself. But the demon has his own plans.

As a mercenary with no Divine Core, Xin Sang is resigned to a life of grunt work, fighting the lesser fiends like wyrmspawn that are far beneath the notice of the mighty Ascendants. But when an Archfiend—an Ebon Wyrm—appears and threatens to annihilate his mercenary crew, Xin must rise above his limitations and show them why he's the best. And why he's been running and hiding for so long.

When they find their cheating husbands plotting against them, Freesia Hollister and her friend Iris Simmons' lives implode. Receiving unexpected help from two Special Force veterans traveling in a motorhome, the four begin a suspenseful adventure in Rocky Mountain National Park. But trouble soon follows.