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Kamatari and Minoru have accepted a contract, and this could be the one to end them all. In the wreckage of an enemy city lies a book that tells of the end of the world. They must find it and use what's inside on a dangerous trek to save all of Orloins once again.

A killer has arrived in Atlanta and set in motion a chain of events that can only be described as a roller-coaster nightmare. Detective John Williams, a diehard Southerner, has been tasked with solving the crimes, a job made more complex given his responsibility as a single parent to his preschool daughter, Boo. When you add a new know-it-all partner straight out of the New York City Police Department to the mix, it makes matters even more difficult.

Coffin Blossoms. A reminder that hope does spring eternal. In death itself, there is often beauty, life, and on rare occasions, even humor. The 24 stories in this anthology straddle the line between humor and horror in unique ways. Some wearing a wry smile. Others with tongue firmly in cheek. Ghosts, demons, vampires, myths, monsters, and murderers turned on their heads and shaken ‘til dizzy, then presented for you here, in Coffin Blossoms....

Just off of Highway 95 in the state of Nevada, there lies the small town of Tonopah. For miles around, it's desolate and in the silence, there lies one lonely motel. Across from the motel is an old cemetery, where miners were buried. It's not the ghosts within the cemetery that will make you run in fear.... For those of you faint of heart and fearful of clowns, this is not a delicate story.

New Orleans attorney Joshua Clark places his law practice on hold to investigate the mysterious death of an old friend. He travels to the North Louisiana town of St. Agnes, determined to unravel a hidden plot buried for years. When he reconnects with his high school sweetheart, they reignite their passionate feelings.

Patrice Cavanaugh, widow of the deceased, is about to find out the answer to that question. In the small town of Peach City, Georgia, mystery looms as Sheriff Nick Dunn of the Carter County Sheriff’s Office embarks on an investigation into the crime, one that will lead him to a multitude of suspects, but who is responsible? The decedent’s wife, a victim of his endless mental and physical abuse?

Would you want the power to live again, to escape death, but at the cost of losing everyone you ever loved? What if the eyes really were the windows to the soul, a gateway to immortality? Quade Harrison discovers he can do just that, cheat death, after he is fatally shot in the year 1886. As he dies, staring into the eyes of a notorious woman who tries to save him, he is consumed by the desire to live again, transfixed on her gorgeous green eyes.

Author Joel Momberg takes listeners on an unforgettable and engaging ride in his third novel For Those Who Can - following the path through the mid-1970s of a young college prep teacher Alan Handler in an adventure filled with laughs, love, and a lingering sense that something is amiss.

Kragnor is an ancient gargoyle, who was released from his 700-year prison by the spell of an unknowing Kevin Arkis. Now cursed to share one body, Kevin and Kragnor must learn to work together. Kevin enlists the help of fellow high school senior, Megan Petrov, who has secrets and a curse of her own.

It is late in 1903 and Corporal John Caldwell has just returned from his time away resolving a murder that took place in the Alaskan Territory. Just after he arrives back in Dawson City, he witnesses a murder where he becomes a witness. After the trial there is request for a detective and he travels to Calgary in the Alberta District. He assists to resolve several serious cases when he is placed underground to deal with a gambling operator and illegal liquor. When the operator is killed John tracks down the gang to a farm.

Accursed items. Some people believe in them, some people don’t. With a truly cursed item, belief doesn’t matter. It’s gonna get you anyway. You might survive. Or you might not. Maybe you'll be compelled to do things you never would without its influence. Maybe it helped you at the casino. Did you think that was free? There’s always a price to pay, and one you can’t afford. That little lucky charm in your pocket may be doing more damage than good

The Realm has been torn asunder. With the forces of Chaos having overrun the land, besieging cities and infesting them, Cor'il and his friends know the truth - that history has been a lie, that balance must be restored, and that it will all get worse before it gets better. Magic has returned to the Realm, and not just for the Threadweaver to command. Threadspinners of every variety have emerged, using magic with neither skill nor knowledge, and adding to the chaos. Meanwhile, the Red Swords hunt all magic-users, determined to scour them from existence.

After San Francisco and Shanghai, John Caldwell is back in Dawson City as a detective with the North West Mounted Police. The year is 1903, and he is asked to search for a missing judge. He returns to Eagle in the Alaskan Territory and discovers it was murder. He takes time away to hunt for why the judge was murdered, which takes him to Chicago, New York, Washington, and Virginia to solve a long-standing conspiracy. Along the way he is involved in a train robbery, captured and attacked before he finds out the reason.

Drip Castle takes place in the small Northern Ontario mining town of Tear Falls. Layered underneath this mystery is a compelling depiction of small-town life, where everyone’s livelihoods revolve around the industry of mining and who have no recourse but to go outside the system when confronted with crises and emergencies. In Tear Falls, “what goes around, comes around”, takes on a whole new meaning for Rick Torrison. He wants to take his mother to a hospital in Mexico to cure her MS. To get the money he takes a job at the local Tear Falls airport fueling planes.

Desperate to support his wife and two children, Nudelman tries his hand at countless jobs, palming himself off as a carpenter, ghost writer for a wealthy businessman, and even attempts selling himself to the Chinese. At war with his bizarre neighbors the Szorsky’s, Nudelman contemplates justifiable homicide.

Few Biblical figures are as intriguing and mysterious as Enoch. He is mentioned only a few times in the canonical Hebrew Bible, but the impact of his story went on to affect the theology of many books written during the Second Temple Era. It also set the foundation for the development of many of the ideas found in the early Christian movement. Enoch’s importance continued beyond the destruction of the Temple and survived in a new form in later rabbinic tradition. Discover the mystery of Enoch, and the fascinating impact it had on the development of Judaism and Christianity.

Werewolves are real, but the wolf next door is in a 12-step program. Witches roam the world, looking for companionship on dating apps. Ghosts haunt the dark, but there are worse things going bump in the night. And God does exist, but he’s a rude cubicle dweller whose greatest wish is for his football team to be champions again. Twenty humorous and horrible explorations of the world await listeners willing to ask the hard questions about decomposing zombies, vigilantes with unusual calling cards, and the outcomes of cursing your romantic rivals.

This is a unique, coming-of-age road trip featuring a feisty, often salty, and insensitive senior citizen, who still has some coming-of-age to experience in his twilight years. On one level, this is a story that takes listeners on a wild, raucous journey through the gritty and dangerous streets of New Orleans and into Sammy Levine's complex past as he tries to make amends for shortcomings in his life and a lingering guilt that drives him to make a daring break from his nursing home and embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

O.J. Simpson in an alternate reality and blind ninjas ushering in the apocalypse are just two of the beautifully written tales in this seminal work of art, from the mind of a human being the likes of which God and the devil wholeheartedly agree upon. While drenched in comedy, Laughter's Cold Shadow takes on the darkest of subject matter: murder, rape, racism, the nuclear family, ninjas, Nazis, zombies, police brutality, drug cartels, hedonism, psychopathy, and more.

In this new book, Vardøger takes the reader on the voyage of his life from childhood to parenthood, from embracing religion to rejecting religion, from faith to facts. Various spiritual teachings, consciousness phenomena, scientific evidence, and philosophical concepts are assembled into Vardøger’s idea of “the golden thread” that harmonizes the universal morals and concepts of the major world religions. This is the story of one man’s search for spiritual truth. This is Maverick Vardøger’s Lead Line.