Following the end of a brutal war, Ragnar Stormbringer travels across the sea channel to the west with the warrior Thorsalla to visit her brother's new settlement in the fertile lands of Ulstara.Coming upon a scene of total devastation, they find no bodies, but there are a large number of strange tracks heading in one direction and signs of a few survivors in another.Ragnar will soon discover that some mysteries are the gateways to even greater ones.The Awakening is...

Rayden Valkyrie. She walks alone, serving no king, emperor, or master. Forged in the fires of tragedy, she has no place she truly calls home.A deadly warrior wielding both blade and axe, Rayden is the bane of the wicked and corrupt. To many others, she is the most loyal and dedicated of friends, an ally who is unyielding in the most dangerous of circumstances.The people of the far southern lands she has just aided claim that she has the heart of a lion. For Rayden, a long j...

This book is a collection of exciting stories about working cowboy adventures in the big ranch country of northeastern New Mexico. Set in a land far removed from modern urban life, the cowpunchers in these stories ride the range much as their predecessors did over a hundred years ago. Ride with them through bronc rides, stampedes, and brandings and experience the romance and tradition of the cow country that still lives in the Southwest. Darrell Arnold, Publisher/Editor of "Cowboy Magazine...

Ambrose awakens to find dense, rolling layers of ash-gray clouds spanning to the far horizon, shrouding the city beneath in a drab pall. He begins his day, thinking it no different from any other.Though it is in the height of summer, an icy, anomalous chill sifts into the air later that day, until it becomes colder than the depths of winter.Then, the sun sets, and darkness falls.The night does not end, as there is no sunrise to follow.Bizarre and frightening...

There are times when the cold breathes.Settlers from Ragnar Stormbringer's homelands are forging a new world in the far north, building villages where the icy lash of the winds is a reminder of the dangers lurking within a harsh wilderness.A season of great peril has fallen upon them. A fearsome predator stalks and hunts the settlers in the deep snows. As the deaths mount and terror spreads among the populace, Ragnar's help is sought to confront the unknown menace.T...

The people of his tribe call Hongvi the Shadow Walker.A great warrior and hunter with a traumatic past, his courage is unrivaled among the Shinumu people.When tales arrive of giants roving the plains to the east of the great canyons, where his tribe dwells in villages built into the facings of cliffs, Hongvi does not hesitate to undertake a journey alone to investigate.Yet the threat of giants is not the only peril facing the tribe…A great darkness is coales...

Storms break out across the world and the realms beyond, as the Convergence seeks to advance its worldwide agenda, and Diabolos unleashes great powers from the depths of the Abyss.The Fallen Avatar Beleth's legions pour across the boundaries of Purgatarion, even as the Night Hunt is loosed once again, in the modern world. Dagian readies for a monumental unveiling of Babylon Technology's greatest invention, a technology that holds grave implications for every living person on the fa...

When all seems lost in Darkness, embrace the Sun...For Chicahua, an aging warrior of great renown, a grave dilemma rises when three youths of his village take it upon themselves to kill a man posing as a merchant who serves as a spy for the emperor of the powerful Mashiccan Empire.Chicahua knows that a terrible doom faces the subject Tonayolia people in the aftermath of the slaying. To find a way to placate the emperor and gain mercy for his people, Chicahua decides to set ...

Ragnar Stormbringer and a large band of warriors from his homelands find themselves stranded within a mysterious, dangerous land.Trapped, with no way home, and pitted against a fearsome chieftain's desire to see all of the northern warriors offered to bloodthirsty gods, Ragnar must call upon every bit of inner and outer strength that he possesses just to survive another day; much less seek a way back to his homelands.Altar of Gods is a stand-alone novella that is part of th...

Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton created a new literary form when he began writing stories about his adventures with wild animals in the 1890s. His first stories were compiled in the book, "Wild Animals I Have Known," that became popular throughout the United States and Canada. The stories are spellbinding chronicles of wild animal courage, intelligence, and endurance as they valiantly attempt to escape the traps, poisons, guns, and lariats of their human pursuers. Seton was renowned for h...

(Aarde Part 1B: Remastered)Nesschter Norkit, formerly Agent Holden Hosenheim, finds himself in a desperate situation after being rescued from execution by Caro, at the request of Balik Norkit. Caro transports Nesschter to a hidden drug den and safe house peddling N-Light, where Nesschter reconnects with Don and learns of the fragile state of Shio and the dire living conditions of the Outer Ring.As tensions rise in Shio's Outer Ring due to crushing taxes and food sh...

The Human in Superhuman: The Power of the Sidekick in Popular Culture spotlights the often overlooked but very crucial sidekick in superhero narratives. From the classic companion Alfred Pennyworth to the supportive best friend Foggy Nelson, this collection examines a variety of sidekick characters and their importance to the hero’s journey in each story. Ultimately, rather than viewing the lack of superpowers as a flaw, the essays show that it is precisely human qualities like compassion,...