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No matter how far you run, some pasts never let you go… Two people were murdered—at the exact same time, in the same gruesome manner, bodies covered in the same red poppies…but on opposite sides of the country. With Detective Kara Quinn investigating in Oregon and Special Agent Matt Costa...

When Basch encountered an injured creature outside his town, he hadn't expected it to be a dragon. Nor had he expected its hunter to be a fire-wielding mage. But the very last thing he expected was to bond with this injured dragon and defeat the fire mage with his very own magic.

Hadjar has seen everything that the Mortal Realm of the Nameless World has to offer. Beloved son, disgraced prince, brother, loyal friend, brave warrior, illustrious commander, murderer, traitor, devoted husband, monster . . . All these roles converge in Hadjar Darkhan, the Mad General. He has left behind songs and tales of courage and honor that have become the lament of the thousands who've met their end at his blade, their blood drenching the fields and valleys of the mortal regions. And he did it all so he could keep going, so his journey wouldn't end before its time.

Here are eight more Sherlock Holmes stories, as recorded by Alan Dimes. Watson re-encounters an old friend, we meet Inspector Lestrade once more and Mycroft Holmes makes his presence felt. Here you will find stories that were alluded to by the good doctor but never put into print, such as the Remarkable Worm and the fate of Bert Stevens, plus other tales from Dr Watson's famous tin dispatch box. These stories first appeared in the much-praised MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes Stories.

In a land scarred by war and haunted by its own dark secrets, betrayal and bloodshed rule the night.

When nineteen-year-old Elara returns to her grandmother’s ridge house in the Appalachian hollow, she finds more than heirlooms waiting. A sycamore tree as pale as bone stands watch, a cracked pocket watch stops at 10:17 each day, and a ledger filled with rules whispers what it costs to live here: Kin before names. Bread before bargains. Never pay in leaving. The hollow keeps storms, secrets, and sometimes people. If you feed it heels of bread and speak plain, it will mind its side of the fence.

His power built the walls. Now love threatens to break them down. Mickey Gallagher has dedicated his life to maintaining the delicate political balance in Washington. But when his boyfriend, Senate-hopeful Andrew Adams, learns he must marry a woman to secure the Maryland seat, the future of their relationship is thrown into jeopardy. Desperate to save his campaign, Andrew’s best friend and successful lobbyist, Evelyn Proctor, agrees to temporarily step in. Except one evening of indulgence blurs the lines of duty and desire.

His first mission takes a sudden turn, and now he's fighting for his life against impossible odds... After experiencing true failure for the first time in his young life, a shaken Highensign Westyr Shelhou embarks on his inaugural assignment for the Unity Fleet. In an unexpected re-assignment, he finds himself dirtside with troops prepared to engage an adversary resolved to fight to the death.

On the living planet Tara, are the Evnin, a tribal species and the humans, a new species far from their rotting planet. They are at war over Tara, a war that hurts Tara and threatens all the life on her surface. To fix it she created two souls meant to be one. She created Elkiv, born to the chief of a well hidden tribe with a deep love for her people. And she created Lizzie, born with a deep connection to Tara behind the human fences.

Dark clouds continue to gather over the small principality of Liechtenstein. Or, more precisely, over its citizens, the common people. The aristocrats and authorities have been weaving their little schemes, and the rebels are still pursuing their own ends. All of them hide behind eloquent slogans, but in reality, they are totally uninterested in the people's welfare. Fortunately, however, the citizens of Liechtenstein have a protector—me, Theodore the Babylonian, along with my friends and my guard regiment.

The Intertwined Twins is an epic tale set in the world of Cryst, where magic is a fundamental force, and each person’s power emerges at the age of six. The story centers on Eryndor and Kael, twins separated at birth and raised in different villages, unaware of their true heritage. Eryndor grows up in a nurturing environment, developing strong magic and natural leadership qualities. Kael, on the other hand, is raised in harsher conditions, his weaker magic and circumstances leading him down a darker path. As they come of age, their destinies begin to unfold in parallel yet opposing directions.

A prophecy of ruin binds him to her. She wants nothing more than to escape. Lily has never been the delicate flower she was named after. She preferred silly pranks and dirty poetry to needlepoint and politics, which is why the queen sent her off to a “proper” royal academy. Now that her magic is developed and her manners are passable—barely—it’s time for her to return home and attract a powerful man to rule by her side. Except Lily doesn’t want a king or a kingdom. She wants freedom. And nothing feels more freeing than adventuring with her bodyguard, Alastair.

After losing the only family I’ve ever known, all I want is a fresh start. What I get instead is the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen, claiming he’s some kind of magical tracker. And now, he’s telling me that not only am I a witch, but that I come from an elite coven. A magical family who have been searching for me for years. Oh! And did I mention I just walked in on him and all his glorious tentacles? Yup. Merry Christmas to me.

Ten years have passed since the story began. Ivan Morozov is no longer the prey—he has become the hunter. He's done adapting to circumstances—his goal now is to rise above them and shape the world to his will.

Fintech Wars delves into one of the world's most lucrative and fast-growing sectors. Witness the bold strategies, groundbreaking innovations, and relentless drive that propelled fintech unicorns like PayPal, Nubank, and Monzo to transform the world. Featuring interviews with generational founders including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Nigel Morris (Capital One), and Martha Lane Fox (Lastminute.com), the narrators of this book have built companies that represent over one trillion dollars in market capitalization.

Optimizing High-Performing Teams presents a standards-based, lifecycle-driven approach to elevating technical program and project teams from pre-initiation through post-shutdown. Organized around the project life cycle, this practical guide offers concrete tools, templates, and tips across ten essential areas—Program Management Office, Business Development, Recruitment, Integration Management, Communication Management, Requirement Management, Solution Development, Security Management, Information Dissemination, and Operations & Maintenance—so teams can perform at their best at every stage.

In the city of Naemralda, a glorious capital of untold wealth and glamor, the people of Ceremai live in exile—content but loathed, and ever dreaming of the homeland they left behind. Only a scorned arbiter and failed priest, Braddock Tuzzein, knows the truth. That the lands they seek, the lands their ancestors escaped at great cost, are home to a fallen god. A tale of grisly murders, monsters, and madness, The Father of Shadow and Death follows one man’s doomed quest to save his people—from the wrath of a vengeful god, and the traitors who hound his every step.

In her critically acclaimed, groundbreaking book I Had a Miscarriage, Jessica Zucker boldly exposed the silence, stigma, and shame that surround pregnancy loss and demonstrated the need to normalize conversations around painful reproductive events that too often go unspoken. In Normalize It, Zucker expands her lens to address a multitude of challenges women face that so often incite shame and overwhelming cultural pressure to stay silent.

A timely and transformative new framework for success from a sought-after strategist, speaker, and author The need to compete is deeply ingrained in every aspect of our lives and work. It’s often viewed as a positive: we are told it motivates us to do our best, to work hard, that it drives...

From the pages of the celebrated MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes Stories come eight previously untold stories of Sherlock Holmes and his faithful chronicler Dr Watson. Here you will find stories alluded to by the good doctor but never put into print, such as the Conk-Singleton forgery and the fate of Cardinal Tosca. An unsolved case, brought to Holmes' attention by his saturnine brother Mycroft, comes to an unexpected conclusion and there is an unrecorded sequel to 'The Adventure of the Three Students'. All this and more in the first book by new Holmes author Alan Dimes.