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Magister Coelus, the College’s young and brilliant theorist, finally has a student capable of learning theoretical magery at the level at which he can teach it. He invites her to help him with his current research project, which promises to funnel through the hands of one mage more power than any mage has ever had. Ellen, who knows more about both the theory and practice of magic than a first year student should know, refuses, arguing that the Cascade will do more harm than good.

When a long-forgotten book finds its way into the hands of Mullentide’s most magical family, Alden’s epic journey home begins. What was meant to be a tool to save the innocent from being sacrificed backfires. Fire, blood, and vengeance will flow as Alden is ripped away from his family by a madman desperate to fulfill a centuries-old plot. Enter a brutal fantasy world of magic, vicious monsters, and friendships forged in hardship. When doing what’s right threatens to take everything from him, what will Alden sacrifice to see his wife and daughter again?

In the distant Heracles system, at the edge of explored space, the last remaining crew of the infamous Crimson Star pirates have found themselves trapped. Civil war has broken out, and the jumpgates that supply interstellar travel have been shut down to all but official traffic. Their leader, ex-math professor Tybalt, is desperate to escape the system and attempt an experimental cure for the degenerative nervous condition that got him fired in the first place.

A missing friend. A magical catastrophe. When an evil conjurer crashes the wizard’s tournament, can one lowly apprentice save them all? Ozel is quickly realizing there’s more to being a wizard’s apprentice than reciting spells. Between protecting villagers from nefarious conspirators and preparing for the fast-approaching magical tournament, he has his hands full. So it’s little wonder he’s lost track of his close friend who seems to have disappeared without a trace.

A dark power. A kingdom hurtling toward war. This young wizard is in a whole horde of trouble.... Ozel finds joy in his kingdom's peace. For the first time since the wizard discovered his true heritage, he's able to consider a future without danger and bloodshed. Prepared to settle down and open his enchantment shop, his dream slips away when King Usta requests his help against a terrifying enemy.... With the land of Dilara still reeling from magical catastrophe, Ozel and his friends may be the kingdom's best shot at overcoming a massive, unbeatable army.

In January 2008, Graham Naismith, 37-year-old IT consultant and former police detective and his wife Eirene, aged 38 and a former teacher, spontaneously, and with no prior experience whatsoever, decided to embark on a 30,000 mile drive to Australia with their three daughters aged one, four, and six. Having previously sold their house in anticipation of a drop in the housing market and with Graham's job at the infamous ID Cards Scheme looking precarious, the climate was right.

In an alternate world where real magic exists, its practitioners are hunted down by police officers called M-forcers. But some groups are fighting back! Callum McGuire is a new M-forcer who once worked the quiet streets of London. As an orphan, Callum has been brought up to believe that all magic is evil, but the more he sees of The M-forcers’ cruel methods (implemented by General Nero Stark, and his second-in-command Sherman Pryce), the more he begins to question whether or not they are right.