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To win the war one man must break the rules of war. Because in the fight against the ruthless Sa’Nerran Empire there is only victory or death. The Sa’Nerra were close to defeat, then everything changed. Armed with a unique neural weapon, the merciless alien warriors turned fleet crew against their own. Entire warships went rogue. Suspicion and fear ran riot. Victory now required new tactics and a new kind of ship and crew.

He proved Kaelthar could fly. Now he must learn what it truly means to trust a dragon. Rowan Ashfell has earned something he never thought possible: a place among Aryndale's riders. But while others see a dragon finally finding his wings, Rowan sees something more. Kaelthar is changing. Growing stronger. Faster. More confident with every flight. Under Eldric's guidance, Rowan begins training beyond the kingdom walls, where dragons hunt, soar, and live by instincts no rider can command. Yet something in the wilderness is watching. A shadow among the trees. A dragon no one can explain.

They’re on the run for their lives. When Commander Kevin Hoyt returns from a scouting mission, he finds that he is wanted for treason. Despite his innocence, Hoyt flees with his family, trying to escape the inevitable. With the odds stacked against him, and the Consulate closing in, he is...

The Sa’Nerra were close to defeat, then everything changed. Armed with a unique neural weapon, the merciless alien warriors turned fleet crew against their own. Entire warships went rogue. Suspicion and fear ran riot. Victory now required new tactics and a new kind of ship and crew. Lucas Sterling is an Omega captain. He is the commander of the fleet, Marauder Invictus—an elite, black-ops warship that operates outside the rules of combat. Together with his crew of Omega officers, Sterling will stop at nothing to beat the brutal Sa’Nerra.

A broken dragon. An overlooked keeper. One unforgettable adventure. Experience the first three books in the Riders of Flame series in one epic collection. When sixteen-year-old Rowan Ashfell refuses to abandon a wounded dragon, he forges a bond that will change both their lives. As danger rises, secrets emerge, and powerful enemies take notice, Rowan and Kaelthar must discover what it truly means to become dragon and rider. Perfect for fans of Eragon, dragon rider adventures, and clean YA epic fantasy. Includes Books One, Two, and Three in one complete collection.

He saved a dragon. Now he must save him again. Rowan Ashfell thought the hardest part was keeping Kaelthar alive. He was wrong. After the dragon's first rise into the sky, whispers spread throughout Aryndale. Riders talk. Stablemasters watch. And Commander Varek's suspicions only deepen. Varek believes Kaelthar is dangerous. Perhaps even something far worse. Unable to destroy the dragon without cause, the commander issues a challenge instead: prove Kaelthar belongs among Aryndale's dragons—or lose the sky forever.

A broken dragon. An overlooked keeper. One choice that changes everything. Rowan Ashfell was never meant to ride. In Aryndale, dragons are bred for speed, and riders are trained to command, but Rowan is only a keeper, tending the ones no one else values. Until the storm. When a rare dragon is left shattered and marked for death, Rowan makes an unthinkable choice —he claims the beast no one wants. But Kaelthar is no ordinary dragon. As the creature begins to heal, so does something far more dangerous: a bond built on trust… not control. Aryndale does not tolerate deviation.

A secret cabal of demonic forces threatens to destroy civilization and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Humanity's only chance is a shadowy organization called GRAIL--the modern day heirs to the Knights Templar--which has discovered the secret to time travel. The past cannot be changed, but if GRAIL can send an agent into the past to recover a lost book on demonology called the Codex Babylon, they may have a fighting chance to save humanity from utter destruction.

Magnetic billionaire, Isaiah Wentworth, made me a tantalizing offer. Pretend to be his girlfriend for the world to see. He had to prove to his powerful grandfather that he was a man who could settle down. I yearned to show my cruel ex that I was more than the plain Jane girl he’d dumped. What could go wrong? We were perfect strangers and it was a perfect plan.

In the land of Scandza, a captivating Ruritanian story unfolds against the backdrop of the early 1900s. Prince Frederik, a tenacious and determined soul, finds himself at the center of a web of secrets that surround the royal family of Scandza. Resolved to uncover the truth about his past, Frederik embarks on a quest that takes him through treacherous paths and into the depths of the royal palace. Alongside the unorthodox Soldier Trier and the enigmatic Princess Evelyn, Frederik encounters a multitude of eccentric and unforgettable characters, each concealing their own secrets and motives.

Belem, Ariam, Gael’jic, and Cecil have all been trapped inside a temple in the ruins of a strange city that should not exist. To find their way out, they will first have to travel deep into the heart of the place and uncover an impossible mystery. Lycas Ryth continues to seize power as he maneuvers people like pieces in a game that only he understands. But not everyone plays by his rules. A few minor leaders take notice and rush to conspire against him.

A human colony struggles to survive on the distant alien planet of Dar’ryn. Countless savage dangers lurk just beyond their protective wall. And the reclusive reptilian natives have their own problems: corruption, conspiracy, and murder.

The Sa’Nerra were close to defeat, then everything changed. Armed with a neural weapon, the brutal alien warriors turned Fleet crew against their own. Entire warships went rogue. Suspicion and fear ran riot. Surrender seemed like the only option. But Lucas Sterling knows that in the fight against the Sa’Nerra there is only victory or death.

With the allied colony on Hot Segovia abandoned and a massive insectoid armada threatening an invasion of the human and Hroom worlds, Drake, Tolvern, and Vargus fight a war across multiple fronts to stem the enemy tide. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Capp, the only person to have successfully communicated with the aliens, believes the insectoids intentions are not as destructive as they appear. Even as allied forces are pushed to the brink, she hatches a scheme to hand herself to the enemy in a desperate bid to restore peace.

With the short, brutal struggle between humans and insectoids ending in an apparent truce, the navy orders forces withdrawn beyond the Roach Frontier, hoping to avoid a destructive war against their new rivals. But when an ambitious human settlement and a colony of semi-feral insectoids clash in the Segovia System, the conflict quickly spirals out of control, with humans launching an invasion of mechanized troops, and insectoids responding with a rapid military buildup that threatens to push the war into an uncontrollable spiral of complete genocide.

Lieutenant Capp is integrating Royal Navy tech onto a battered ship from the Old Earth fleet when she gets orders to cross the so-called Roach Frontier and investigate a potentially hostile alien race. The insectoids have survived a genocidal war and are expanding aggressively toward human territory. She arrives to find a navy warship already lurking in the system, with Captain McGowan of HMS Peerless preparing a preemptive strike against an insectoid mining colony.

As one of the rulers of the ancient city of Quintana, Lord Carbón enjoys power and privilege that the lower castes of the city can only admire and envy. His wealth and status come from the coal mined atop the plateau and shipped across the Great Span - a mysterious bridge built during a legendary period of super science. When miners discover a strange new artifact in the mines, maiming those who touch it and spawning deadly, shadow-like witherers, the discovery draws the attention of Salvatore, head of the secretive Luminoso cult.

Narina has barely recovered from the madness that consumed her soul when she is forced to confront the crowlord Damanja, who has risen to mastery on the plains, and now seeks total domination. Even as Narina unites the sword temples against the crowlord, a demon king brings fire from the underworld, while dragon demigods of the mountains bury the land in snow. If Narina doesn't quickly stop the crowlord and lead her fellow sword warriors against these threats, her world will be destroyed by fire and ice.

With Narina caught in a nightmare struggle against the same curse consuming warriors from the other sword temples, it falls on her sister Katalinka to lead the bladedancers, while simultaneously making peace with former rivals from the warbrand and firewalker temples. The three temple warriors track Narina to the plains, where they find her locked in a struggle with the most powerful of the remaining crowlords. If she loses, the crowlord will take her life and steal her power, but by winning, Narina will become invincible, and lost to her friends forever.

As other sword masters are called to the fight, Narina finds herself hunted by a warrior from a rival temple. He is a warbrand, powerful and experienced, and trapped by a curse that will see him kill any and all rivals. With her sister - a fellow blade dancer and sword master - seeking allies from the doomed firewalker temple, it falls on Narina to face the warbrand alone.