Owen Deathstalker, last of the infamous warrior Clan, always considered himself more of a writer than a fighter, preferring his history books to making any actual history with a sword. But books won't protect him from Her Imperial Majesty Lionstone XIV, who just Outlawed and condemned Owen to death, without any explanation, reason, or warning. No wonder she's called the Iron Bitch.Now, on the run from Imperial starcruisers, shady mercenaries, and just about everyone else in the Emp...

Hawk and Fisher: partners, husband and wife, Captains in Haven’s City Guard. Known, respected, and mostly feared, Hawk and Fisher fight crime, pursue justice, and protect Haven with their unique blend of strength, steel, and razor-sharp instinct. Haven’s citizens have never needed their protection more. The city is a hotbed of violence and corruption, where the natural and supernatural constantly collide, ready to boil over at any moment. Hawk and Fisher have their work cut out for them—fo...

Before Owen Deathstalker, there was the Twilight of the Empire...Mistworld. The day would come when it would be a key world in Owen Deathstalker’s Rebellion. Now, it’s as it’s always been, a world on the edge of the Empire, a lawless one, shielded from the outside by powerful ESPers. A world where Leon Vertue can run his body bank, where a burglar like Cat has more to fear from other thieves than the Empress’ justice, a world where Investigator Topaz is determined to make her mark....

A golden age doesn't last forever...Owen Deathstalker sacrificed everything to topple a corrupt empire and usher humanity into an age of peace and prosperity. Now Lewis Deathstalker, Owen's descendant, carries on the family name and honor as a Paragon, warriors famed for their skill and heroism who dispense the king's justice throughout the galaxy.However, two hundred years have passed since Owen and his gang of heroes disappeared into legend, and the peace that th...

There is a world beyond the worldIt figures. Just when Bradfordian bookshop clerk, Toby Dexter, finally works up the nerve to talk to his secret crush, she darts into an open door. Toby follows, and in that second, everything changes. Though it still looks like Bradford-on-Avon, the town’s suddenly chatty ATM and river mermaids are the first clues that something is quite out of place—namely, Toby. The moment he stepped through that door, Toby entered the magical parallel w...

Guards of HavenOnly two things stand between Haven’s law abiding citizens and the city’s notoriously dangerous criminal element: Hawk and Fisher. As Captains of the Haven City Guard, Hawk and Fisher deliver justice, root out corruption, and fight crime with a deadly combination of sharp steel and even sharper instincts. But it isn’t easy. A volatile mix of natural and supernatural violence, Haven is a terrible place to be after dark…and not much better dur...

Thoughtful activities to inspire connection, conversation, and dignity in dementia care.People living with dementia deserve engagement that is respectful, meaningful, and rooted in who they are. Through the Years continues a beloved series with a carefully designed collection of questions and activities that help caregivers and adults with memory challenges connect through shared memories and conversation. Dementia care leaders Cynthia R. Green, PhD, and t...

13 original stories of dark fantasy inspired by the classic tales of L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz, from the masters of fantasy and science fiction, including M. R. Carey, Christina Henry and Adrian Tchaikovsky.Journey beyond the yellow brick road, click your heels together and enter the dark heart of the tornado... if you dare.Join the award-winning Marie O'Regan & Paul Kane as they bring together some of genre fiction's bestselling and acclaimed author...

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMORThe Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices!* Superheroes mired in government bureaucracy.* Cat cat-burglars.* Grandmotherly golems.* Literal-minded self-driving cars.* Evil overlords retired in Florida.* Indifferent aliens.

Before Owen Deathstalker there was the Twilight of the Empire…Ghostworld. Unseeli. A dead world at least since the Ashrai Rebellion ten years before. A world of metal trees crucial to the Empire as crucial as Captain John Silence will one day be to the Empress. But not now. Silence botched the Empires response to the Rebellion and bears the burden for a world wiped clean of all life save its precious metal trees. Now Base Thirteen has gone silent cut itself off from the Empire and ...

The second Forest Kingdom novel from New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green ... Its seven years after the end of the Demon War. Rupert and Julia are becoming legends their story one for performers to tell. Performers like Jordan who was in debtors prison a year ago and is now to be cast in the role of a lifetime. Magicked to look like Prince Viktor the middle child of the recently deceased -- and likely poisoned -- King Malcolm his stage the halls of Castle Midnight Jordan will b...

Ten years have passed since the Demon War. The Forest's scars are slowly healing the Darkwood is still and silent and few demons ever venture out of the endless night. But in a clearing not far from the Darkwood boundary in a darkness where a sun has never risen and a moon has never shone an ancient evil stirs in its sleep and dreams foul dreams." ... And with those words New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green begins the third of his Forest Kingdom novels a classic sword...