Following a dissident prophecy, the princess of the warrior-witches is entrusted by the crown to embark on a lethal journey to an otherworldly sanctum to witness the emergence of a powerful being prophesied to end an age-long war brought upon the world by a creature of evil magic: The Bantyd King.Treacherous discoveries are made as the young witch finds twisted revelations about the crown, the sanctum's priest, her true nature, and the war she believed she had been fighting.

The unbelievable true story of how one man stole tens of thousands of priceless artifacts and human remains from around the world—and the FBI’s massive undertaking to set things right.In The Grave Robber, Tim Carpenter, former FBI Lead Investigator on the Art Crime Team, recounts one of the most extraordinary and unsettling cases in the history of art theft. Over the course of five decades, a lone graverobber accumulated an illicit trove of over 42,000 art...

In a profound synthesis of creationism and evolution, this text offers a spiritual journey through the various stages of humanity's conscious evolution, from our pre-conscious state in Eden, to our personal and current state and into our final Christ Conscious state. It explores biblical allegories, Jesus Christ's unification with God, and humanity's path to spiritual enlightenment. Philosophical, Symbolic, and Metaphysical insights are integrated to reveal our deep connection with the div...

In a world where magic and technology collide, an unlikely band of heroes faces a looming apocalypse. Prophecies guide their path as they square off against twisted sorcerers, and demonic entities hellbent on destruction. Ancient wisdom clashes with corporate greed in a dystopian, technocratic landscape, igniting a fight for redemption and universal truth. Humans join forces with elemental allies, their fates intertwined in a desperate bid to push back the encroaching shadows threatening t...

The lethal plant cancer know as Earthblood had destroyed life on the planet in a matter of months, leaving a barron wilderness road where markers are corpses and cities are death traps. Into this nightmarish world the crew of the United States space vessel Aquila returned, a world of grim hunger andd sudden death.The surviving crew members reunite after harrowing journeys to find family and friends, determined to fight and defund their place in what's left of a world gripped by mad...

The town of Bury took up a piece of Idaho Territory that was still raw, untamed frontier. It was no place for the cowardly or faint-hearted, but Smoke Jensen was neither. Nor were Stratton, Potter and Richards, the three bloodthirsty outlaws who came there to live. Or, if Smoke had his way...to die!It had been years since hired gunhands had murdered Smoke's wife and son, but the pain was as fresh as yesterday. And so was Smoke's need for revenge. He's come a long way to find the ba...

After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today's leading master of what Tolkien called “secondary creation,” the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immorta...

FBI agent Lily Yu is in North Carolina with her lover and mate, Rule Turner, Lu Nuncio of the Nokolai werewolf clan. He is there to take custody of his son from the boy's grandmother. It's a purely personal trip until Rule, in wolf form, finds three bodies in a shallow grave. They carry the stench of death magic, which makes the murders a federal crime. Lily takes charge of the investigation and soon realizes that nothing adds up- not the motives or the main suspect, who is behind bars whe...

The Templars have emerged victorious following their battle with the Chiang Shih, but paid a high price in doing so. The dead line the halls of the local commanderies and the survivors are both physically and spiritually exhausted. Estimates suggest it will take years for the Order to recover.Even Echo Team has been decimated; its ranks reduced by half. Knight Commander Cade Williams managed to survive his journey deep into the heart of the Beyond and his subsequent confrontation w...

When preacher-gone-wrong Lazarus Cain sets his sights on pilfering a herd of cattle and a team of horses, his first mistake is crossing the Sugarloaf Ranch--and the owner, Smoke Jensen. Now, Cain will have to build an army of cut throats and brigands in order to stand a chance against Jensen and his gunfighter friends.

On her 57th birthday, Lily's mother suddenly loses all memory beyond the age of twelve. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic. More . . . and darker.When Lily and Rule discover that others suffered the same, mysterious loss—at the same time on the same night—their investigation into the darkness begins. Joining them is someone Lily never thought she'd see again: Al Drummond, who once tried to destroy her. He also happens to be dead. But the mysterious atta...

Yuma Prison is a fetid hellhole filled with the dregs of humanity—killers, thieves and backstabbers who'd kill over a scrap of meat. Now it's home to Frank Morgan, who's posing as an inmate. A ruthless outlaw named Cicero McCoy has buried a fortune in stolen bank money in a harsh, desolate little piece of hell known as Ambush Valley. To get Cicero to lead him to the loot, Frank has become Cicero's new best friend behind bars—and co-plotter of a daring breakout. Until the time comes for Fra...