Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, remarkable in their variety. Astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space. This captivating book rev...

It has been twenty years since the passing of Queen Caroline de Montigny. Nicholas and Brandywine have kept faith with their promise to her, and les Boulevardiers have become adults, with families of their own. When a series of chance occurrences make it evident that the realm is threatened by internal sedition and two invasions from beyond its borders...as well as the centuries-old vendetta of an ancient sorcerer...it falls their daughter Arabella and her "cousins" to save the wo...

Canadian writer W.O. Mitchell once said "Humans need other humans to protect each other from the terror of being human". In the three novellas and nineteen stories between these covers, Michael Summerleigh takes a stab at exploration, looks at the terrors and outrages that inhabit our daily lives, the musty corners of our souls where we cry out for some sense of solidarity with our fellow travelers along the road of Life, in a world designed to keep us looking at the things that make us di...

Time has become meaningless for Arabella, one day very much like any other--all of them filled with ghosts and memories that haunt her waking hours and her dreams. She has come to accept Loss as a dull and endless ache in her heart, reconciled herself to the impossibility of any meaningful change in her circumstances. Hidden away in her small valley, surrounded by the cats and foxes that have become her only companions, there comes a day when the wind calls out to her with a vague prem...

Erich and Margit have settled into their lives as adventurers in Marsheim, having risen to ruby-red rank—another firm step forward in their adventuring careers!However, as the dust settles around the incident with the Baldur Clan, Nanna makes them an interesting proposal. As suspicious a character as she seems, this might be the perfect opportunity for Erich to make some new allies... This gold-haired newbie adventurer's real journey is just getting started!

The magus Agrippina saves the munchkin hero Erich by the skin of his teeth.This favor does not come without a cost—she brings news that little Elisa is actually a changeling! To protect his sister's future, Erich's only choice is to accompany the magus to the imperial capital as a servant, leaving his hometown behind... but not before making an oath to his childhood friend. When fairies suddenly appear on his path to the capital, will he be able to avoid a critical...

The whole world has gone mad, so it's a good thing that Gambit is already insane.Locked away in a padded room, Gambit watches as the world goes to hell. Blood rains from the sky. Screams echo through the city. Monsters tear through reality.The world transforms overnight into the GREAT GAME, an apocalyptic battleground where monsters hunt, dungeons materialize, and the System destroys everything humanity once knew. All for the entertainment of the unseen aud...

Our munchkin hero Erich returns home after a long, dark night of bedlam, bloodshed, and intrigue in the capital.Cecilia's conundrum stands resolved, but the ripples of the incident persist... and whose boat should they rock but that of Agrippina, his shiftless employer? Omens of trouble loom on the horizon, but escape was never an option. How will Erich's saving throws fare when he is plunged into yet more turbulent waters?!

After a grueling stint navigating the meteoric rise of Agrippina von Ubiorum as her right-hand man, Erich is finally freed from his indentured servitude.Though his farewells with Elisa, Mika, and Cecilia cling to his heart, he steels himself to put the capital behind him and set off on his journey—but what sort of misadventures await him on the way home?! Let the folding screen rise on a rough and scrappy sixth campaign!

After a road home full of new meetings, farewells, and all sorts of chaos, Erich has finally made his way back to Konigstuhl.His brothers may have grown up a bit, but his friends and family haven't changed much at all. Although the warm welcome from his little canton is comforting, the show must go on! Finally ready to fulfill his promise to himself and his childhood companion, how will everyone's favorite Level 1 Fighter fare as he sets off on his adventure?!

What if humanity didn't start on Earth . . . ?An incredible discovery deep inside the Great Pyramid, a mysterious signal sent from the Bermuda Triangle, and a ruthless experiment taking place in Area 51: How are they all connected?When Malia Kwan exhibits unusual abilities, government agents show up at her home to apprehend her and her twin brother, Jaden—and all hell breaks loose. After their parents are killed, Jaden and Malia flee into the night, becomin...

The King has returned! But so has the Queen…Fresh from their trials in New London, Reece and his friends return victorious to the fantasy realm of Nasgar, finally armed with the location of Citadel.Having unlocked the godlike powers of Kono-Zemsu and raising the level cap to 99, nothing seems able to stand in their way of finally reaching home and saving the people they love.But things are not well upon their return.The dreaded Goblin Queen ...