Every television on Earth turns on simultaneously, the entire world is forced to watch a single, desperate message: a woman pleading for humanity to hide. But she isn't from the future she's from a simulation that ended hours before ours is set to.Ceara and Damon, two brilliant minds working with a quantum computer at the edge of reality, discover the shocking truth: their world may be just another layer of a grand simulation. As they delve deeper into the sentient lattice of Ourob...

On New Year's Eve 1999, the parents come together to celebrate, reflect, and rekindle old bonds. Between snowy walks, playful snowball fights, fireside chats, and the countdown to midnight, friendships deepen, romances blossom, and families discover that the greatest gifts aren't found under the tree they found ii in each other.From laughter to nostalgia, Christmas Y2K: New Year's Eve 1999: The Parents' Pact is a cozy, heartfelt holiday story about love, f...

When a quiet driver with a gift for restraint meets a reformed risk-taker trying to build an honest month, New York stops auditioning and starts to feel like home. Rey Santos keeps people safe behind the wheel—eyes up, hands soft, right turns only. Cass is done chasing myths; he wants receipts, not legends. Their orbit tightens around the North Star Lighthouse Museum, a city deli that feeds more than hunger, and a bank whose century-old "h...

Within Reason — Repair is our love language.Sera Malik organizes chaos for a living—an airport loyalty strategist who can turn delays into grace notes. Rowan Vale inspects the bones of a city—quiet, meticulous, and the kind of landlord who'd rather label a breaker than make a speech. They meet by accident in a Harborview mall, exchange quippy texts, and build something on purpose: two lanes (Housing and Not Housing), a shared "pause" button, and a ...

When Julius Caesar's siege sets Alexandria aflame, a priestess-librarian named Neferet swears an oath to keep the House of Life—and its dangerous knowledge—alive. Admitted past the bronze doors by Cleopatra's "sacred marriage," Caesar discovers a room that refuses his power and a woman who won't let him turn learning into a weapon. As wind drives sparks through book-filled lanes, Neferet raises a clandestine network: copyi...

Some races are won in seconds. Others take a lifetime.Half romance, half myth, Spring Breathes on Tengu follows Sakura, a half-Japanese Canadian drifter who journeys to Kyoto to honor her late father's dream of conquering the legendary Midnight Run. Training under Haru, a quiet racer with an R34 Skyline who believes the mountains are alive, she finds herself drawn into a world where tradition meets asphalt—and shadows keep pace with her ca...

Five years after humanity's first colony on Mars, the machines that shaped the red world awaken something older than dust and steel. Beneath the iron-veined plains, an alien hive remembers—and it does not forgive.When colonists vanish into living castles of alloy, Alina Veyda is left with one impossible choice: burn the hive, or risk listening to its song. But fire only feeds it, and silence is never enough. As survivors dwindle and whispers rise from the soil itself, Alina must ca...

On a fog-bright river between kelp and rookery, two houses learn to keep peace where law can be seen.When a Wolf house matriarch—the Sigidimnak'—and a sea-side k'uuljaad agree to cool a generations-long border quarrel, the work happens in public: witnesses fed first, copper cooled with grease, stones planted where water tells the truth. Across a year of fish runs and storms, gunboat visits and fort rules, a marriage is brokered, captives a...

In the shadow of the Exodus, a new fire rises…When a mysterious band of ash-cloaked riders threatens to burn everything in their path, a young woman named Mara finds herself swept into a desperate mission with Ammiel, a warrior bound by duty, and Shadar, a guide who knows too much about the enemy's ways.Their pursuit leads them deep into the Ashlands—a place where the earth breathes fire and the air whispers of ancient things best left undisturbed. There, t...

Grace meets grit when an etiquette historian and a restoration blacksmith are forced to co-host a "Modern Manners" channel to win the job of a lifetime: rebuilding the city's beloved wrought-iron greenhouse.Iris Vale believes good manners keep people safe. Cal MacKenna believes good craft keeps stories standing. On camera, they spar like Jane Austen met a forge; off camera, they learn that the right kind of tension draws things tight.But sabotage, a leaked kiss, and a too-goo...

A magnetic love story. A thriller stitched together with romance and retro allure.In Cassette Kiss, a mysterious tape surfaces, pulsing with more than music—it's a magical relic that distorts memory and reshapes reality. Each time it's played, its haunting soundtrack stirs forgotten desires and deep-rooted fears. Who's behind the edits, and why do the songs seem to know their listeners too well?A group of unsuspecting teens must unravel its secrets before they lose...

Quantum Physics: Foundations for the Future – Grade 8 EditionBy Guy RobertsUnlock the mysteries of the quantum world with this groundbreaking science textbook designed to meet and exceed Grade 8 curriculum standards in both the United States and Canada. Written in clear, engaging language, Quantum Physics: Foundations for the Future brings the invisible world of atoms, energy, and information to life through inquiry-based learning and real-...