Mordecai's simple life as the son of a blacksmith is transformed by the discovery of his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the power within him he is drawn into a dangerous plot to destroy the Duke of Lancaster and undermine the Kingdom of Lothion. Love and treachery combine to embroil him in events he was never prepared to face. What he uncovers will change his understanding of the past, and alter the future of those around him.

Unjustly labeled a flirt, Kitty Beaucroft is in need of a fiancé. Lord Philip Butler's father wants him to settle down before he can become a landowner. With no intention of following through, Kitty and Philip enter into a temporary engagement as a means to an end. Unfortunately, someone knows the truth and is determined to expose them.

From a curious boy in Hitachi, Japan, to one of the most influential visionaries in video game history, Hironobu Sakaguchi’s story is one of creativity, risk, and perseverance. This 22-page comic book biography explores his early years, his rise at Square, and the creation of genre-defining games that shaped modern RPGs. Follow his journey through groundbreaking successes, bold experiments, and the founding of Mistwalker Studios, where he continues to innovate today. With original artwork ...

From the factory towns of New Jersey to the world’s biggest stages, “Tribute: Bruce Springsteen – The Heart of the American Dream” chronicles the life of the man who turned blue-collar grit into timeless anthems. Discover Bruce’s journey from restless kid to rock icon, his lifelong partnerships, his spiritual search, and his voice for the working class. Through triumphs, heartbreaks, and the pursuit of truth, this 22-page graphic biography captures not just the music—but the soul behind it...

Multivariate Statistics Beyond Normality is a unique book that provides a modern and original introduction to multivariate statistics and then extends it beyond the multivariate normal distribution. Specifically, the extensions include spherical and elliptical distributions, the skew-normal distributions and related distributions, a detailed treatment of unified skew-elliptical distributions and their sub-models, a study of weighted and selection multivariate distributions...

Leaves may grant wishes in this delightful collection of cozy fantasy stories set in the coziest of worlds!Autumn has returned to the queendom of Cozy Vales, and this time its residents are chasing leaves in the hopes that one from a very special tree might make a wish come true.This collection features tales set around the legend of the Wandering Wishing Oaks. These magical trees don’t stay in one spot for very long, but when they appear they might drop a ...

The empire on which the sun never sets has turned its ambitions upon a land where it’s never even risen: Deep below the earth, Victorian Britain is colonizing Hell itself.The demons who once ran amok down there, torturing lost souls, were easy enough to subdue. The damned, left without their tormentors, have been put to work on cotton and tobacco plantations. As for the colonists, it takes all sorts to give up the comforts of home and make new lives on the infernal...

They say the truth will set you free. They lie.Roxal is desperate to stay alive. So desperate that she pretends to obey her gods even though she knows they are false. But now her gods are hunting down and executing the non-believers, and Roxal fears her pretense may no longer keep her safe.Overachiever Lauren is on the verge of a brilliant technological breakthrough when an unexpected illness stops her in her tracks. Urgent visits with a hypnotherapist reve...

They are an unstoppable force of mercenaries from every known Terran planet in the Galaxy. They have little in common, other than their love of wealth and adventure, and a bitter hatred for each other. Known simply as the Black Legion, they will blaze a trail of death and destruction that will be remembered for generations.For Xenophon, the Black Legion is an escape from the state that tried to kill him and his family. Exiled from his homeworld he joins the mercenaries, along with ...

Gram lives in the long shadow cast by his father, the late-hero, Dorian Thornbear. Struggling to find his place in a world where politics and wizardry appear to have replaced the need for men of might and main, he must make his own mark. Trapped within the seemingly safe confines of Castle Cameron, Gram faces both love and tragedy. His choices will define not only himself, but serve to remind others of his family's legacy, and the reason only a fool threatens those a Thornbear protects.

A cryptic dream. A strange symbol. A magical ring.Will’s life will never be the same.Lured away from his life at the orphanage by the promise of a family reunion, fifteen-year-old Will Save unwittingly embarks on an adventure through time and space.Catapulted into the distant past. Struggling to survive a dinosaur-infested land. Plagued by a mysterious shapeshifting ability. These are only some of the challenges Will faces ...

Lords of War is the first novel in the epic new 'Mercenaries' series that chronicles the violent struggles of the sprawling Centauri Alliance.The Great Biomech War left millions dead, colonies burned, and cities turned to ash. Millions continue to endure in the harshest of conditions. The Alliance attempts to restore order, yet already new enemies have begun to strike at will, encouraged by their weakness. Border planets succumb to the raids of warlords, and many doubt how long the...