Responding to the crash, the primitive earthlings discover the ship's commander Valerie Dunne is a 5,000-year-old woman from the future, forced to escape her nemesis, the Boecki, by hiding in the past. Soon they learn the fate of the future world now rests on this strange woman's ability to harness five Hesaurun rings - rings with the power to destroy, heal, and manipulate time - and somehow, to find a way to alter her own destiny.An epic Sci-Fi tale of good and evil, rescue and survival, betrayal and love, and a threat to mankind unlike anything the human race has ever faced, The Rings of Hesaurun: Book One burns with the scope and imagination of the greatest Fantasy novels of the golden age. Weaving in a huge cast of humans and aliens, Peter Harrett has crafted a galaxy for readers of the 21st century to believe in...immense, ancient, and mind-bending.

    Now they’ve returned to subdue the human race.While Ethan scrambles to help a crumbling resistance and cultivate a relationship with his childhood crush, he’s plagued by unexplainable premonitions leading to an ancient stasis chamber and a discovery beyond his wildest dreams—the last Earthborn Elven warrior. Ethan must adapt to his new understanding of the world and of his enemies. Magic is real.But even with help, is defeat inevitable? After all, it’s not the first time the Urlowens have visited Earth.Earthborn Awakening is the first book in the Earthborn Legacy series. If you like magic, advanced technology, page-turning suspense, fast-paced action, and romance, then this book is for you. Get ready to read late into the night because you won’t be able to put this story down.

    A secret past. A past that the K’tai didn’t reckon on. Humanity, previously dependent on the K'Tai for its Redlazore, discovers vast resources of the most valuable mineral in the galaxy on Agate and are now free to expand across the stars: Redlazore is also the key component to faster-than-light travel. The planet Agate is, however, the human colony-world which lies perilously close to the K'Tai Imperium and the K'Tai resolve to put the upstart humans back in their place. The K'Tai Imperium invades Agate. On the ground, in the midst of the whirlwind conflict is the Carter family: Dave a mid-level exec is working in downtown Gemini City, Sue his wife, a high school teacher and their teenage twins, Jodee and Chris are on a school trip to a Redlazore mine. In space, the League Border Patrol face overwhelming odds as the K'Tai fleet advance. The K'Tai soldiers of the infamous Black Legion descend on Agate, opposed by the meagre, poorly-armed militia and a sprinkling of regular marines. The planet and those upon it are engulfed in the flames of war. The K'Tai, however, did not count on the Carters. For the Carters have a secret. A secret which will cost the K'Tai Imperium dearly. The Carters are Agate's human population's only hope.

    It wasn't until he met Renee that he realized that he was something different - something dangerous. He is a Mage. Led into a world of corruption and power Devon soon learns that there is always a price for power.

     The Heir The Arceneaux family has a long history of falling victim to circumstance--madness, embezzlement, even murder--but when the last of the unmarried females inherits the family plantation, she is determined their unfortunate legacy will end with her. After her father is imprisoned in New York, she embarks on a new life in New Orleans with what is left of all the hope she can muster. What she finds is an abandoned house, a fractured family, and an oppressed people. Determined to find her own way, she confronts the challenges head on, and soon realizes change is not something needed only for her, but for many. People of Color In the decades before the Civil War, Louisiana was the most advanced state on the topic of freedom. People of color were successful in business and owned property--some of which they acquired through the gifts or wills of white fathers whose black and mulatto wives and mistresses exacted better lives for their children. A Step Backward The Civil War brought change--any black lineage became cause for discrimination, even in Louisiana--and many blacks and mixed-race persons were relegated to occupations not unlike those of their ancestors. Women, though white, were expected to be hostesses and leave business to men--especially the business of voting. A Family Reunited Willows Plantation, still worked by the descendants of the slaves who built it, becomes the anchor to affect change and in a historical fiction story spanning five generations, author Cyndie Shaffstall, takes you on a journey through abolition and suffrage efforts of the 1700s and 1800s. A Voodoo priestess, a French artist, the first woman presidential candidate, and the world’s fair shed light on issues and provide opportunities to reunite and strengthen an entire family.Each book of The Delegate series reads as though you've come across someone's journal. While you read, the saga envelopes you, and it becomes your journal, and your story, as you are transported through time.

    But when his mother is caught up in the slaughter of a fledgeling resistance group, Rydian’s entire family is thrown into infamy. His fellow humans brand him traitor, while the Alfur hail his mother a hero. Desperate to clear his name, Rydian must delve into his mother’s past, and the secrets she sought to uncover. Secrets about the Alfur, about their alien technology—and the mysterious Light that powers their world.

     An alien craft the size of a cruise ship blips into space between the earth and the moon. It sends no messages. It responds to no calls. The people of earth panic, of course. The spacecraft settles on the moon and bides its time. It's right there, where anyone with a telescope can see it, but it's too far away for earth's nascent space programs to reach. And then, nothing happens. Frenzy fizzles to boredom. Everyone's attention turns back to their lives. Not that it matters, because the aliens are preparing for what's coming next, conquest. The Freedom's Fire Series Prequel - Freedom's Siege book 1 - Freedom's Fire book 2 - Freedom's Fury book 3 - Freedom's Fate book 4 - Freedom's Fist

    During an attack, 16 y/o Josh left for dead by his frightened brother and is taken by the goblins and experimented on. Josh is reforged as Crux, a warrior without equal capable of feats even human mages cannot perform. No one has seen a warrior like Crux who in the upcoming war will show all how dangerous he can be.

    None seemed to have hit the city he lived in but he soon found out that the many impacts will affect every man, woman, and child in America and maybe even the whole world. As the city starts to unravel around him he knows he should leave but he has no place to go. Finally with little choice left he leaves the city and just heads for the hills where he finds things to be both good and bad. As always in my stories, there is no foul language or explicit sex though there is some violence. My stories are only meant to provide an afternoon or evening of reading enjoyment. I hope you find enjoyment with this one.

    

    

    Even her man, Dred, who was as sexy and wealthy as they come could not tame her. Dred was a powerful boss who ran half the city, his charm, wisdom and silent power helped him to reach the upper echelon of society. Mila was his Queen who wanted nothing more than to take his throne for herself.Mila found out she had lost Dred's love and knew that she had to get rid of his side piece,Tessa. There was no way she could let another women turn his head and undermine all of her devious plans. When Mila had her goons kidnap Tessa off the streets she thought she had solved her little problem. She didn't realize that Tessa's sister, Tina, was a forced to be reckoned with.Tina soon finds out that her sister is missing. A calculated and beautiful threat, Tina terrorizes the streets stopping at nothing to try and get her sister back safely.This story a polished action packed tale of passion, revenge and deceit. Make yourself comfortable because this is definitely a page turner. Don't Believe me? Read it.

    Before the revolution, strong magic users called Casters kept people like Freeland as slaves. Enchanters could build items of great beauty and also constructed items to make even the weakest Caster strong. Freeland's father was an exceptional Enchanter and ran off with his master's daughter, Freeland's mother Teresa. During the revolution, rather than free the Enchanters the Casters started slaughtering all they could find. Freeland saw his father and most of his family killed. Now living with his mother and his uncle who is also an Enchanter, Freeland tried to keep a low profile. Casters had been removed from power and keeping slaves was illegal. Freeland was one of the few Enchanters still living and did not trust the Casters no matter what the law said. Freeland's greatest fear was realized when he was forced to reveal his secret and now every Caster around came to threaten him. Soon all of his enemies will find out that he is not only one of the few Enchanters around, but he is also a Caster as well.

    If you own a prior version, please go to Manage Your Content & Devices and update. Four former Army Rangers have been prepping for an eventual apocalyptic event for more than two years in the mountains of Tennessee. The four have made a wager on what the event would be, an economic collapse, a worldwide pandemic, a killer asteroid, or the eruption of a caldera in Yellowstone National Park. Nothing the men saw in the horrors of battle in Afghanistan or Iraq could begin to compare to the actual apocalyptic event that happens in their own backyard. The pure devastation and chaos caused by the event is unparalleled, and only the strongest will survive. Would you be able to survive? Join us for discussion on Facebook -- New Madrid Fan Club (@NewMadridBooks) OR if you prefer to be on our mailing list -- email the Author at NewMadridFans@aol.com

    But, there is a greater danger to the two families than the deadline. The enemy is closer than they think, and the enemy is watching. The Burrows and the Tillers thought that they had eliminated the enemy at the battle for the pipeline terminal…but they were wrong.