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Have you ever felt like… Your brain was working against you? Your best life was going to pass you by? You are not alone! Joby thought his life would be different. He thought after paying his penitence in the favelas of Brazil, his life would return to the once promising projection it was on. But it’s not. It’s worse. His mother is dying of cancer, his son Eli and estranged girlfriend, Lizzy, need support Joby can’t provide, and an endless flow of menacing thoughts flood his mind, day and night.

We meet the main character, Yann, in 1960. He is a semi-retired French journalist, professor, and Camus scholar who is plagued by a lifetime of regrets. He finds hope in an unforeseen friendship with Klaus, the only son of Karl, a German soldier who saved Yann’s life in 1919. Klaus is a depressed young man burdened by history and challenged by the stories that he encourages Yann to revisit and to share.

Chip, a thoughtful chocolate chip is unique in a bag of chocolate chips. His view of the world gets much bigger and slightly scarier when Mother Daisy and her daughter Kit open the bag and Chip starts talking to a nearby Egg. Soon Chip's wonder at the wider world gets scary when he sees what happens to his friend egg and what Kit does to his fellow chocolate chips. With the transformational process of mixing and baking Chip gets turned into a brownie, but that doesn't change his thoughtfulness.

My name is Alex, and I am a werewolf. As a boy, I was trapped halfway between human and wolf. Rylee rescued me and I became the first outcast to join her pack. In the Battle Against Orion, I sacrificed my life for hers and became the pillar which holds the Veil separating the human world and the supernatural world, closed. I kept the demons from spilling into the human world and left Rylee and our pack behind to live on.

Judith clerked for the Tennessee Court of Appeals, practiced for ten years, and then was named to a judgeship with a domestic relations docket. The problems began almost immediately, with her home being shot up. And then things got worse.

When a young lion lures a human away to protect his pride, he meets a crab, and their friendship changes everyone’s lives forever. At Pond School, on the banks of the Nile, the friendship of a hippo and a demoiselle crane is tested when a class assignment changes the bird’s way of thinking about his lifestyle. At Central Park Zoo in New York City, giraffe brothers Joff and Ruzz must put their sibling squabbles aside to help a lost dog reunite with her owner, and in this effort, both learn what being tall means.

It is the mid-22nd century, a time in which humankind has reached a point of no return with respect to the destruction of its habitat on Earth. The only ray of hope is the Human Resiliency Program—a conglomeration of government sponsored efforts to preserve human life until such time as the Earth is able to recover.

Cody Anderson, son of a murdered sheriff in Shiprock, New Mexico, embarks on a journey of revenge to track down the last two gunmen that killed his father. Four hours east of Denver, his horse becomes lame from a sharp rock that got wedged in its hoof. Suddenly, Cody becomes aware that he too can be hunted. Word has begun to spread of his exploits, which has others wanting to try their hand at beating him and gain a larger reputation.

Kenny's had a hard life. His parents didn't want him, and now he's been laid off from his job. Desperate for change, he decides to leave the town he's always known. Unfortunately, when his truck breaks down on a deserted back road, he's not sure what he's going to do. He's out of money, out of hope, and out of time.

Is John Yates a wise man, mad man, or both? This is the question Type A attorney John Yates faces after a journey he never expected and a trial he never signed on for. Chosen by an elite Tribunal to appear before them in order to argue in defense of one of the highest atrocities of mankind–the act of war–Yates finds himself having to dig deeper into his own beliefs that ever before.

In 2017, a town in rural Kentucky was found buried in a landslide. All of the corpses had pounds of soil in their stomachs—as if they tried to eat their way out of the ground. The police investigation uncovered a diary among the bodies that suggests the town’s destruction was an orchestrated massacre. Unfortunately, every person who reads the diary goes insane.

The galaxy stands on the brink of war, yet hope remains that the vast web of schemes can be exposed before it’s too late, in this astounding space opera from the acclaimed game, Twilight Imperium.

Cody Anderson burns with rage. Raised to believe in law and order, the 16-year-old son of a sheriff can only watch in horror as a band of desperados murder his father in cold blood. And as he kneels by the tombstone, the distraught youth vows to repay the killers with hot lead. Taken in by a gunsmith, the grim-hearted greenhorn spends the next two years training to become the quickest draw in the West. But when he faces the first of the outlaws, Cody fears he might not have the guts to end another man’s life....

Newly married and back from his honeymoon, C.T. Ferguson is out on the town when the lights go out, plunging the city into a winter darkness. Other city systems quickly start failing. The beleaguered IT staff can’t stop it. C.T. suspects the worst–a ransomware attack.

An Audiobook Original from Penguin Random House Audio From the creator of Babylon 5 and Sense8 comes a full-cast action/adventure military audio drama set in the near future, for fans of Tom Clancy and Timothy Zahn. International tension is rising as the Russian military forms an Eastern...

Emmy Jenkins knows what it feels like to have a serial killer come after her. She escaped him twice. Emmy and Brian must start over in a new town, away from the tragic events and the killer’s family. Unfortunately, he escapes custody. The authorities think the killer committed suicide by drowning himself in the river. They do not locate his body, but they do find a girl drowned in Elk Lake. Her death is ruled an accidental drowning, but Emmy knows he is still alive. And he is coming for her.

In the quiet corners of life, where routine and privilege reign, emerges the story of Sally Anne. Sheltered from the world's cruelties, she navigates life's calm waters until an unforeseen tempest violently disrupts her existence. Suddenly cast adrift, Sally must find her own way in a world she never knew existed. The Thought of Her is not just a tale; it's an intimate journey of self-discovery. Struggling with unfamiliar challenges, Sally transforms, evolving from a sheltered girl to a resilient woman.

Whether you have already been on a quest for greater understanding or are just beginning, The Seeker and The Teacher of Light is for anyone looking for the next step in their spiritual journey—anyone intrigued by and wanting to explore the true nature of our individual and collective reality.

After a notorious lawyer, at the behest of a famed composer, meticulously conceals a child's origins, his adoptive mother spares no effort to bury the truth. Pulling strings and enlisting influential allies—including a television icon—she constructs an elaborate facade to ensure he never uncovers his past.

In a cruel, unforgiving world, Akrist must navigate what it means to be marked as both a Speaker—a leader chosen by Nasheira herself—and an outcast. Haunted by the sacrifices of first-born sons, he fears the world cannot be changed, even with a dragon’s help. If he does nothing, the cycle of sacrifice will begin again when the moons touch.