Fatal glitches. A corporate cover-up. And something haunting the depths…Three years ago, a horrific accident closed ACM-1134, the energy mine on Ketarus-4. Now the mine has reopened, and Justin Barclay has joined the first new batch of miners hired to begin harvesting the energy stored below the planet's surface.But as he settles into his new job and home, Justin quickly discovers that the mine's polished exterior is masking a host of hidden dangers—some of them fatal. When...

When a beautiful young gypsy falls in love with the son of the Hammer of Anjou, the right-hand enforcer for the French throne, things are bound to get complicated. Add a love spell, a blood curse, and a shapeshifting dragon, and what could possibly go wrong?

A killer cyborg on the loose. A daughter's life on the line. And one man's secret will decide all of their fates…Designed for urban combat, the S1-R3N prototype is the ideal cybernetic soldier. But when it malfunctions during its public debut, it kills its handlers and the buyers in attendance for its unveiling.Now Dr. Grant Andrews, the scientist responsible for creating the S1-R3N, is the only one who can stop it.But the S1-R3N is determined to get to Grant first,...

Ho ho... oh hell!Is that sleigh bells ringing in your ears or a few rounds from an M60?You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker — Badass Santa.Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.From blood-stained rebellion at the north pole to a black ops raid on a distant planet, these eighteen action-packed...

Do you own a small or midsize business? Wish you could find (and afford) game-changing executive talent to take your business to the next level? Now, you can. Fractional Leadership shows you step-by-step how to land the experienced, been-there-done-that executive talent you thought was out of reach. If you're ready to step up your game in marketing, sales, operations, finance, or technology but you can't justify hiring a top-dollar executive full-time, a fractional leader can help you brid...

What could the Hunger Games teach us about God? How about the Gospel according to cyberpunk stories or the messianic themes evident in Dune?This book takes the star-flung, technological, and bestselling works of famous speculative fiction series and teaches biblical lessons alongside the text of beloved stories. Drawing on many different series, six different authors share their faith and insight using both Scripture and classic tales from science fiction and fantasy.Christ...

As Hip-Hop first exploded throughout New York City's boroughs and surrounding towns, a new generation was emerging—the first to be raised on the genre. At the center of it all was a collective known as the Juice Crew, led by the charismatic radio personality Mr. Magic, whose Rap Attack was the first program of its kind on a commercial station. His DJ/engineer Marley Marl pioneered production techniques that defined the golden era of Hip-Hop and formed the basis of Cold Chillin' Records, wh...

A follow-up to the original groundbreaking collection, Again, Dangerous Visions features forty-six short stories from giants of the science fiction genre.Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second collection of innovative science fiction. Again, Dangerous ...

Liven up your seasonal celebrations with inspiration for rituals, crafts, recipes, and meditations alongside tales and traditions written by some of today’s most acclaimed pagans and witches.Authors such as Dodie Graham McKay, Raechel Henderson, Michael Herkes, and Tomás Prower guide you through the year sabbat by sabbat, offering new takes on each observance.Explore the darker aspects of Ostara, work with harvest deities for Mabon, and cast a manifestation...

Do you own a small or midsize business? Wish you could find (and afford) game-changing executive talent to take your business to the next level? Now, you can.Fractional Leadership shows you step-by-step how to land the experienced, been-there-done-that executive talent you thought was out of reach. If you’re ready to step up your game in marketing, sales, operations, finance, or technology but you can’t justify hiring a top-dollar executive full-time, a fractional leader can help y...

Ho ho... oh hell!Is that sleigh bells ringing in your ears or a few rounds from an M60?You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker — Badass Santa.Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.From blood-stained rebellion at the north pole to a black ops raid on a distant planet, these eighteen action-packed...

In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold Budd, Christian Wolff, and others.Virginia Anderson edits the first published collecti...