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1942 - Granbury, Texas. A 95-year-old man walks into a recruiting office with the crazy idea to enlist - and an even crazier story. He claims to be the one and only Jesse James, the infamous bank robber allegedly shot by Robert Ford 60 years earlier. Using another man’s corpse to collect the reward, Ford allowed James to slip away and start a new life. Changing his name to Dalton, Jesse worked as a cattle broker in Fort Worth and fathered a pair of twins named Bill and Frank. 

Travis Ross and Chase McAlister were infamous Indian hunters, scouts, and Texas Rangers turned ranchers. In a war of independence, they fought against desperate odds. Travis lost a woman, the daughter of a proud Mexican rancher, and both made the kind of enemies that never go away. Now, a new war is brewing and the two friends are looking across the Rio Grande, knowing what they left behind, facing a chance to settle scores, recapture what they lost, and many more ways to die....

For a posse chasing a murderous band of outlaws, a quiet kid with a lightning fast gun is good company. And when the outlaws turn around and attack the posse, The Loner doesn’t have a choice: he’s now caught up in a running gun battle across West Texas. The Loner knows the men he’s fighting are bad to the bone - led by a merciless killer named Warren Latch. But what about the guys on his side? 

With his wife's killers dead and buried, Conrad Morgan - known as The Loner - is on his way to Mexico for some peace and quiet. But on the way he's sidetracked by some intriguing travelers who are hunting down a valuable golden artifact. They're not the only ones who want to get a hold of the treasure. A running gun battle with some killers lands The Loner and his cohorts in the Jornada del Muerto - a hellish, waterless wasteland in New Mexico Territory. 

Caprock, Texas is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s. Suddenly thousands of people stream in to find their fortune. Some are honest folk like Elise and Victor Underwood, who pray for a little luck with their daily bread. But too many are two-bit swindlers. And then there’s frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty. Sheriff Dave Buckalew faces a whole different set of circumstances as his town springs to life — in good and not-so-good ways.

When former cattle man Dundee wanders into the town of Titusville, he's broke, tired and itching for a fight. Instead, he gets a job offer...from none other than the top man in town, John Titus. Titus recruits Dundee to find out who's rustling his extensive herd of cattle. But for Titus, it isn't enough that Dundee find the missing cattle. He wants to place the blame on a specific person...Blue Roan Hardesty, a one-time friend turned sworn enemy of the powerful Titus clan. All Titus needs is hard proof and Dundee is just the man to get it. 

Charley Sunday, a sensible, sober-minded Texas grandfather, imparts the American Cowboy legacy to his only grandchild as he and several of his grizzled cronies concoct a 1,000-mile longhorn cattle drive across 21st Century America. Four leathery cowboys, one insightful Indian, two strong-willed women, a two-gun oddball, a dog, and a little boy make an unlikely team as they trek from Colorado to Texas, continually running up against the forces of corruption. 

Of all the resources Ryan Cawdor and his group struggle to recoup, hope for escaping the grim daily life-and-death struggle has suffered most. But now reports of a ville holding the mythical waters of rejuvenation, a fountain of youth, appear to be true, luring Doc and the others on a journey inspired by promise, tainted by mistrust. Hiring on as sec men with a convoy headed to the healing waters of Babyville, the survivors discover the deadly price of immortality.

Jaxon Powers has what most only dream of. Fame. Fortune. Gold records and Grammy awards. He’s adored all over the world - even in the remote, repressive country of Vasnytsia, where the tyrannical dictator is a big fan. The State Department hopes a performance might improve US relations with a dangerous enemy. But it means Jaxon’s going in alone...with one exception.

Uncontrolled Comedy is Def Comedy Jam meets the legendary Apollo Theater, with edgy sketch, ingenious sets, and the ability to showcase and produce the next legendary comedian. This is the second volume. 

Quinn thinks he’s a normal 15-year-old. He plays video games, spends time with his friends and crushes on a girl named Shea. But a shocking secret brings his entire world crashing down: he's not a boy. He’s artificial intelligence. After Quinn 'wakes up', he sees his world was nothing more than a virtual construct. He’s the QUantum INtelligence Project, the first fully-aware AI in the world - part of a grand multi-billion-dollar experiment led by the very man he believed to be his dead father.

Luke and Nettie are 15-year-old twins in a normally dysfunctional family. But when something bad happens to Nettie, it becomes clear that no one knew much about her. As the family wait by her hospital bedside, they gradually discover more about what was going on in her life.

The Town of Tensile has been selected by The Gingerbread House Association to host their annual Gingerbread House Competition. With the whole town excited about the special news, something unexpected happens. As the Gingerbread Houses just finish drying, a body is discovered. Will they be able to save the competition, or will they have to end up eating the Gingerbread?

Sixteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and his group the Earth Guardians believe that choices made now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow, and they want to ensure a positive, just, and sustainable future. Beginning with their empowering story, We Rise explores many aspects of effective activism and provides step-by-step information on how to start and join solution-oriented movements.

The exodus chapter to the nation's most brutal kidnapping. Stripped of everything, Cain's reign of terror nears its end, but an animal is most dangerous when backed into a corner. With nothing left to lose, determined private investigator Anna Dedrick and the twisted child abductor Cain clash in this final ballad that will seal the fate of the missing African American child pianist, Keisha Rines.

Two innocents are taken and only one woman can find them. Anna Dedrick lives a life of strife and determination. Where others give in, Anna presses on. It's what makes her a helluva investigator. Now she has met her match, a serial abductor with unclear motive and an unlimited amount of resources. This job will require more than finesse and skill. Anna will need an iron will and an unyielding resolve. Luckily, she embodies those traits...but will it be enough?

The body count in Baltimore is rising, and the weight of those lives rest on Homicide Detective Adila Cooper's shoulders. It's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again, and the sands of the hour glass have already started sifting away.

Renowned Miami detective Anna Dedrick returns to her rural birthplace with hopes of leaving behind the vices of the big city. That dream shatters when the town's pride - an African-American child prodigy - goes missing. As the only woman equipped for the job, Anna takes the case but soon discovers the town suspects her estranged brother...and herself.

The body count in Baltimore is rising, and the weight of those lives rest on homicide detective Adila Cooper's shoulders. It's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again, and the sands of the hour glass have already started sifting away.

There's only one more life to take. Homicide Detective Adila Cooper has dedicated her life to upholding the law. But with the Baltimore Scribe still on the loose the lines of justice have blurred. Now, Cooper must step into a lawless world, void of order and rules. She will cross over into a criminal world that she's spent her entire career trying to destroy. And in this world, the killer is king.