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Rohan once served the Empire. At great cost, he earned his freedom, and has since sought nothing more than to finish his shift in peace and figure out where his love life is going. Then he receives a message from Earth, calling in a favor. A plea for the kind of help only The Griffin can provide. Reluctantly, he recalls his mentor. The man who taught him how to live with his cursed Power. A man who had been the galaxy’s greatest hope, before the il’Drach sent him to his death. What would Hyperion do?

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In A Realm of Shadows, Kyra finds herself in the midst of a burning capital, attacked by a host of dragons, clinging for life. With her beloved homeland destroyed, The Flames down and the trolls pouring in, Kyra must urgently quest to Marda to retrieve the magic weapon before it is too late - even if it takes her into the very heart of darkness. Duncan finds himself trapped with the others in the burning capital, and he uses all his wits to find his men, attempt escape, and rally his forces to regroup and attack Pandesia.

People are dying, their corpses left savaged and drained of blood. The obvious culprit: vampires. But vampires shouldn’t be able to sneak around Wistful undetected or shadowstep freely inside her body. Soon the station herself becomes oddly uncooperative, leaving Rohan and Wei Li bewildered and all her inhabitants in danger.

These were the words of warning given to the last Keyholder of Eriaris. But since they came from the sinister Mistress of the Spektors, the Colonists didn’t want to believe them. And why should they? Fortune, after all, has finally turned in their favor. Against impossible odds, they survived the battle on Fenmire, took their worst enemy prisoner, and acquired a mysterious artifact that could silence the Mistress forever. Now, with a new mode of transportation and the aid of unexpected allies, the way is clear to find their missing friends and attempt to put everything to rights.

In A Rise of Legends, the scattered heroes of the Ring face extraordinary challenges as ancient powers reawaken. Thor's journey north reveals a shocking truth—the people he thought were an enemy are actually guardians of an ancient prison containing horrors from a forgotten age.

Celtic Christmas: Ireland’s Sacred Winter Traditions explores how people in Ireland once lived through the darkest weeks of the year — not with excess or spectacle, but with patience, ritual, hospitality, and faith shaped by land, weather, and light.

In CRY OF THE RIGHTEOUS, Kyra and Kyle return to a realm being systematically transformed by Queen Isolde's final, desperate assault. As entire regions crystallize under her relentless magic, they race to convince their children of a truth both profound and dangerous—only by working together can the twins break the curse that has plagued the lands for centuries. But Lyra, now commanding her own crystalline army, remains convinced that her path alone will lead to victory, while Kael attempts to reach his sister through their twin bond rather than direct confrontation.

In Song of the Infinite, the scattered heroes of the realm converge for one last stand against Queen Isolde's tyranny. Lyra, her certainty finally cracked by the consequences of her choices, faces her twin brother Kael across a battlefield where the fate of kingdoms will be decided.

In A Call of Titans, 15 years of peace in the Ring are shattered when mysterious breaches appear in the magical Shield, allowing monsters to penetrate the kingdom's defenses. As Thor journeys north to investigate the disturbances, his young warrior son Guwayne struggles with living up to his father's legendary status—until a surprise attack on the kingdom forces him to prove his worth.

Humanity faces extinction. Ten-kiloton monsters are rising from the depths of the Pacific, levelling entire cities in frenzies of destruction. Earth’s heroes have been decimated. The survivors put their hope in one last, desperate plan: find Hyperion, Earth’s most powerful hero, and ask him to return from exile to save them. What they don’t know is that Hyperion is dead. The Griffin spent ten years fighting wars across the sector as a weapon of mass destruction for the il’Drach Empire. His victories made his name a curse on a dozen worlds and a nightmare on scores more.

In Reign of the Dauntless, the prophecy's final pieces fall into place as the scattered heroes of Escalon make their last desperate moves in a world hovering on the brink of transformation. With the legendary Crystal Blade, hope rises among the resistance forces. Kael emerges as an unexpected diplomat, forging unprecedented alliances between humans and rebel giants, while his twin sister Lyra continues her controversial crusade, her growing army demonstrating her remarkable ability to reverse crystal corruption through methods that blur the boundaries between healing and conquest.

A Colonist is dead. Another has been captured. The rest find themselves scattered across Eriaris, each in a different dangerous situation, and with no memory of how they got there. Survival is the first concern. Home is a close second. The journey won’t be easy. Some must contend with slavers and bandits, others with bounty hunters and vengeful Entrians. A few are even put before the Elders of the High Council. To make matters worse, one of the harshest winters in history has begun, slowing travel and hindering the rescue efforts of those still on Riverfall.

Mount Panorama in Bathurst, Australia, was the track that made his father a legend. Now, Bill Watson must overcome more than just his own fears as he and his family face adversity and sudden loss. A tale of rising again and again, this multigenerational story of heroism, love, and loss takes listeners on an edge-of-your-seat journey into the world of auto racing, the family we meet along the way, and the trials we must navigate...all while racing at 200 mph.

Jake Loring is an American student living in the city during the turbulent march to revolution. Torn between the safety of going home to America and the passionate adventure of joining the Resistance, Jake foolhardily follows Paris into violent madness and soon finds himself being blackmailed by the Sphinx-like Monsieur Tyran to search for the Crimson Heirlooms...or die trying.

Blackheath Castle, England, 1781. It’s been almost two years since Lady Nerissa de Montforte left her childhood home in England to make a life with the dashing Irish rogue Captain Ruaidri O’ Devir in distant Massachusetts. Now that her powerful eldest brother has cleared the way for Nerissa, once declared a traitor, to return to Blackheath Castle with her husband and child, a wonderful homecoming awaits her—or does it?

Don’t look. Don’t ask. Don’t get involved. This was once Inkwell Featherfield’s way of life. It was simple. Straightforward. Easy to remember. Too bad he botched it so spectacularly. And now, despite his best efforts to escape his troubles, things are even worse. The Wickwire Watch is showing him visions—though not about the missing parents he seeks. The powerful Lady Seherene is now an ally but demands a steep price for it. The Colonists have welcomed him into their family...which might be nice if they weren’t hunted fugitives in constant mortal danger.

It's the first and greatest rule Inkwell Featherfield ever learned. It's also the only way he knows how to survive—besides picking pockets, dodging the law, and using every ounce of his plucky charm. But none of this will be enough to save him now. If only he'd never snooped around a dead man's house. If only he'd never found that pocket watch full of strange magic. If only he'd known the old man had snuffed it at the hands of the ghostly Spektors, or that such dark spirits even existed, because now they're after him.

Even after nearly a decade since that fateful night, one that forever changed Katy's world, it still haunted her. Sure, her new life was full of new and exciting opportunities, not to mention a whole new family, but still. Knowing the ones who were responsible still roamed freely left her living in fear of their return. That was, until they did.

What happens when saving the world means breaking it first? Julian never expected to become part of a war. Recruited into an underground activist network operating in the remote Faroe Islands, he joins a team determined to expose one of the world’s most controversial and brutal traditions. Cameras ready. Strategy set. Morality… uncertain. But the deeper Julian goes, the more the lines blur. Between conservation and propaganda. Between justice and vengeance.