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Set in the years before and during the 1st Punic War, the series follows the exploits of a young, hot-headed swordsman. From a lad on his father's farm, to a Legion training camp, to the Capital of the Republic, Alerio Sisera learns that sharp steel and quick reflexes are not always a Legionary's best assets.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'The work of a prolific humorist at his best' Observer The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . ____________________ 'Sorry?'...

Jamie wants to be a halfskin. Her life has become dull and pointless. If she had more biomites, the synthetic stems cells that promise hope and healing, she could take control of her life. But Jamie's body is already 49.9% biomites. The rest is clay-her God-given organic cells. Anymore biomites and she becomes a halfskin. And halfskins are shutdown. But there is a way. Black market biomites, called nixes, can't be detected by the government.

In a world where the dead walk and the living are worse… survival isn’t enough. Clay is an old soldier in a broken land—a man who’s lost too much to believe in hope, yet refuses to stop fighting. With his loyal hunting dog, Rufous, at his side, Clay navigates the shattered roads of post-apocalyptic America, where every mile is paid for in blood. When fate pulls him into a desperate stand with a ragtag band of survivors holed up in an abandoned fairground, Clay faces a choice: keep running… or make a final stand for something worth saving.

In the capital of the Republic, politics and scandal are normal. When a powerful citizen conspires with outside forces, normal becomes treason. Welcome to the world of 266 BC. Lance Corporal Alerio Sisera is in transit to the southern Legion. When thugs from a protection racket grab his travel bag, Alerio's plan is simple. Locate the gang leader and negotiate with him. Unexpectedly, the hunt leads Alerio to a conspiracy, the murder of two Senators, and a treaty that threatens to destroy the Republic.

256 BC: When a patrol boat of butchered Legionaries washes up on a beach, Lance Corporal Alerio Sisera volunteers to be the scout for the Legion's response. But, he runs into complications and is forced to exceed his assignment. Suddenly, he finds himself in a blood feud with a powerful enemy, posted at a besieged harbor garrison, and fighting for his life against overwhelming odds. Reinforcements are not coming. Surrounded by enemies, it's up to Alerio to battle with his gladius while standing in bloody water.

Clay falls into a seemingly endless pit which takes him to a place which feels home. How many times have we gotten to a road and chosen either a right or wrong turn. The turn, or choice, affects the rest of our lives.

A thrilling horror short collection by Washington-based, emerging author Clay Vermulm. This collection of supernatural, paranormal, and cryptid tales will intrude upon your waking thoughts and disturb your sleep.

My first baby dragons are bouncing around the nursery. But there’s no such thing as maternity leave when the world’s fate is in my hands. This castle is the safest place for my firstborns...unless the Dragonkeep falls again. I might have won my battle in the City, but now the war is coming to my home. Villagers from my lands have sought refuge behind the castle walls, as have the feral dragons I freed from the City. Keeping them all safe is up to me and my five dragon mates, and I'll have to rule the very elements to defend the keep.

Smarter. Sexier. More athletic. Jenny Clay has always wished she were any of those things. Instead, she is just her plain, unremarkable self. When Jenny finds herself becoming far more gorgeous and far less intelligent, she realizes that her lecherous boss is attempting to make her into his next trophy wife. That wasn’t exactly what she had in mind when she wished to become more!

When the Blue Griffon Fleet, Talon Squad’s home among the stars, tries to tame the planet known as Hittania, the Squad and the rest of the fleet find themselves wrapped up in a race to find an ancient artifact that could change the course of galactic exploration for centuries to come, and may point to the aether beasts, long believed to be nothing more than myth.

She wanders the streets of Chicago, looking for somebody to become. She is soft clay, in search of a potter. Sometimes she becomes the One Who Got Away. Other times she becomes a Long, Lost Love. Or the dearly departed. But tonight is different. So very, very different. The fifth installment of the Creepsville Collection is brought to life by the haunting narration and sound design skills of Noah DeBiase.

The parable "A Handful of Clay" by Henry Van Dyke tells us much about human potential. Read by award-winning audiobook narrator Mike Vendetti, this is a very good inspirational piece.