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Fourteen-year-old Jason Lex would like nothing more than to play basketball and hang with his friends. But when his mother disappears, leaving behind blood-soaked belongings, his world turns upside down. After being dragged to a boring town by his father, Jason’s forced fresh start instead finds him afraid he’s losing it after he’s ambushed by bizarre flying creatures.

My poetry captures one moment, one slice in time, one flicker of emotion. Writing for me is not about describing a landscape or telling you what I think you should see. My poetry sculpts emotion and lets the listener absorb what they want from the poems. Poetry is boring, something your teacher made you read; my poetry is like breathing in a moment and tasting it for yourself.

Saul - a former prince - and his allies plot to steal the crown of Ubrain from the emperor's vault. In the crown, he sees the means to unify his enslaved people and bring them to freedom. But their road is not a straight one, and they soon find themselves caught in the middle of an unseen war as older powers work to twist the world to their own design. Saul has never been one to set easy tasks for himself, but he is determined to break the Empire's grip on his people, no matter how much blood must be spilled along the way.

Most Americans consider a free press essential to democratic society - either as an independent watchdog against governmental abuse of power or as a wide-open marketplace of ideas. But few understand that far-reaching public policies have shaped the news citizens receive. In an age when mass communication ranges from independent cable channels to the Internet, it is essential to assess these policies and their effects if we want the media to continue fulfilling their role.

Lieutenant Josh Williams is back in this latest thriller from Joe Broadmeadow, Silenced Justice... When his former boss, retired Lieutenant Chris Hamlin, asks him to reopen an old case, Josh uncovers the shocking truth behind an innocent man's death in prison. In 1972, Darnell Grey, accused of a series of rapes and a homicide, is beaten to death in the prison while awaiting trial.

Jason Lex and Sadie Callahan are together again in their hometown of Salton, recovering from personal tragedies and bearing the burden of new secrets. Both are wishing for nothing but normalcy, but when Skyfish swarm and a rogue Bigfoot attacks, Jason and Sadie know looming danger can't be ignored. Their friendship is challenged when a vanquished enemy returns from the dead, bringing imminent threat to the lives of their friends and family.

After decades of fighting, Warden Maels Raptori, the last of his kind, is prepared to leave a lifetime of violence and enjoy the tranquility he’s helped bring about. His final mission for the Guild Guard takes an unexpected turn, however, and he finds himself on the trail of a mysterious new enemy more threatening than any before. As the destruction escalates, and the body count rises into the tens of millions, he, his lifemate, and a dangerous new ally with her own secrets and threats find themselves constantly a step behind their elusive antagonist–until the hunters become the hunted.

Since escaping a ruined Earth, Warden Maels Raptori has joined the Guild Guard, where he rescues witchen from the enemy’s witchblood harvests. After the tragic loss of a promising young innocent, he jumps at a chance for redemption. Once committed and cut off from help, though, he’s told the malignant truth behind his presence on the primitive, dangerous low-world–a truth hidden from his superiors.

A big dreamer and successful novelist carries the sins of his father and a secret that leaves him wondering if he is the author or killer of love.

As 14-year-old Maels Raptori prepares to enter the toughest warden academy in the League of Cells, sudden societal collapse threatens one of the Skein’s three anchor-worlds and the billions of lives beneath it. He’s shaken, but as the lone survivor of a species-ending plague, he confidently draws on his skills to navigate the unexpected turmoil–and fails miserably.

Kassandra Gild has had an interesting life to say the least. Born to parents who could never be bothered with her, she used her intellect to push herself to independence as soon as possible. And reach it she did. Being accepted into one of the most prestigious military academies the twenty seventh century had to offer. Most telling, however, were the strange dreams that had plagued her each and every night.

Meg Reynolds is a good neighbor, a congenial co-worker, a loving wife and mother. But when she accidentally hits a little girl crossing the street on the morning of September 9, it tests the very fiber of her moral character. Unable to face what she has done, Meg hides the truth behind a protective curtain of lies and deceit, frustrating the efforts of Sheriff Tom Braxton and Captain Carl Winchester.