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The battle for freedom is just beginning. In the shadows of a fractured world, where celestial and infernal forces vie for dominance, Eden delves into the heart of betrayal, redemption, and the desperate fight for freedom. Eden, a cunning spy burdened by the weight of her dark elf lineage, stands at the crossroads of destiny. As whispers of the enigmatic Darkswan and the apocalyptic Damius Nexus echo across the Abyss, Eden must navigate a perilous web of lies and alliances.

Earth’s rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction. Humanity’s last hope to save the planet lies with the Virgin Zones, 13 vast areas of land off-limits to people and given back to nature. Dylan leads a clandestine team of adventure racers, including his daughter Jenn, into Eden, the oldest of the Zones. Jenn carries a secret - Kat, Dylan’s wife who abandoned them both years ago, has entered Eden ahead of them.

Before the world was born, there was the Dust of Eden - blood-red earth from which all else was created. The last deposit of the mysterious dust became a viciously guarded secret...until the site was disturbed. A bit of Eden found its way into the hands of Ariel Leppa - an embittered elderly woman unaware of its ferocious power...for a time.

Following a family tragedy, Kayla, a 12-year-old orphan, and Garty, a college dropout and junkie, are sent to spend the summer with an enigmatic uncle neither of them have ever known, at his palatial desert home in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the birthplace of the atomic bomb. While Garty struggles to come to grips with his reckless past and Kayla attempts to discover her place in the world, their uncle Xander reveals the true purpose for them being there.

After accepting the fact that he will never know his old reality again, Gunnar looks forward toward building a new life inside Eden's Gate. It's time to form a guild, gather resources, and earn the acceptance of the Edgewood inhabitants. If only things were that easy. The dark elves aren't thrilled about having humans in Edgewood, the mine isn't vacant, and you can't form a guild without at least a few guild mates.

With Unity formed, Gunnar feels like he's created a family like he's never had before. All that's left is to grow in strength, continue building in Edgewood, and maybe earn a little affection from Princess Adeelee. Nothing can tear him away from his friends and newly founded guild. Or can it? Gunnar still has a lot to learn about his massive, new world. Deception can come when you least expect it, and in Eden's Gate, sometimes you can lose control of your own fate.

Jon had a simple and solitary life as a dock inspector in the city of Southvale. That was until a ship with elves arrived. Now, he must contend with a group of beautiful elves that have no idea how to say no or behave in his world. They take what they want, drink what they want, and party how they want. When Jon discovers they are pirates, his life will be turned into a maelstrom of action, intrigue, romance, and seaside humor from which none of them can steer away.

As armies clash and realms burn, Eden faces a harsher battle within: wield forbidden summoning magic to save her people at the risk of losing herself to the darkness she unleashes. Bound by Blood, Born to Rule. As the Demon World fractures under the Cloud Fae’s brutal war machines, Eden, once a shadow among rebels, rises as their last hope. Her gift—summoning creatures from the Abyss—offers salvation, but at a devastating cost. Each battle demands blood, memory, and a piece of the soul she swore to protect.

It had been almost a century and a half since I last encountered anyone from the Order of the Morning Dawn. They were religious fundamentalists with the dual goal of eliminating vampires and witches. Being both a vampire and a witch, I was the embodiment of everything the Order hates. Their first attempt to eliminate me failed. Thanks to the fact that my mentor in the craft was also a necromancer.

Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been murdered. The only thing is the sheriff can find neither the body nor someone to attest to the killing. Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of the sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff's deputy, One Foot in Eden signals the bellwether arrival of Ron Rash, one the most mature and distinctive voices in Southern literature.

Unable to fully function in society, Kevin spends his time in virtual worlds to chase away reality and go on fantastic adventures. Despite his many adventures, he had never lived a life that truly spoke to his soul. A life that was taken away before it ever truly started. When the beta test for a new virtual MMO called Monstar Saga goes live, Kevin is one of many players lucky enough to gain an early access key. The game boasts a fantastic and epic adventure where players can be any kind of fantasy race - except human.

Jaryd is a bartender and woodcutter for the Brass Bat Tavern and Inn. When he is not tending bar, chopping down trees, or fighting off simple undead, he often buries himself in books to escape his sordid past. With his friends, they try to lead a simple life on the outskirts of nowhere. When a great evil reaches the lone inn, Jaryd becomes cursed to take on the mantle of Midknight, tasked with protecting a group of powerful undead in a nearby dungeon, whether he wants to or not.

When primary school teacher Miss Jenny Hart loses her job and long-term relationship in a matter of moments, a job offer comes out of the blue to save her. But not everything is as it seems at this school. Children have gone missing, the head is acting suspicious, and things go bump in the night. There is more to this job that she doesn't fully understand...that is, until it's too late.

It's a quiet house, sheltered, standing in a mass of tangled old trees called the Holtwood. Raymond watches it. He's been watching it, through a gap in the fence at the bottom of the garden, for weeks. Thinking about the elderly owners, Mr and Mrs Latch, who took him in one night when he was a frightened boy caught up in an emergency. Mr Latch showed him something that was kept in a wardrobe in the spare room. He can't remember what it was. He only knows how sick it made him feel. Raymond watches Holt House. He has to remember what he saw. He has to get inside.

Plunge Hill: in 1972, during the chaotic days of miners strikes and the three-day week, Bridget Brix Shipley moves to Plunge Hill to start her new job as a medical secretary. As she writes to Maurice, her younger brother, sick at home (who never replies), it becomes clear that not all is well at Plunge Hill. There are frequent power cuts, and she has to work by candlelight. While she'd hoped this might inspire some blitz spirit and solidarity between her, the other secretaries and the medical staff, she's increasingly isolated and seemingly ignored by her co-workers.

When the Dagda took three girls and combined them into a single goddess—that he might have for himself a divine wife—he thought she'd be an obedient sub-deity and an extension of his rule. But the Morrigan is subservient to no man, no matter how powerful a god he fashions himself to be. If she is to rule, however, she must do more than defy the god who made her. She must win the heart of a mortal.

Eden Forever is a slightly satirical science fiction novel that may be considered a cautionary tale if we allow our fresh water resources to dry up. When this happens in my story, only a few decades from now, we desalinate ocean water that makes us vulnerable to a superbug and it spells the end for human life as we know it. Enter biorobotics technology and the discovery of a planet the survivors can move to as biorobots.

In a single drop of contaminated blood, there writhe millions of needle-shaped cells. When introduced to a host, they spread - healing wounds, replenishing fluids, patching bone. The host becomes unstoppable; even complete destruction of its brain isn't necessarily the end. All their cells are gradually replaced, enhanced. Eden Green is the third human to see the needles in action, after her best friend Veronica accepts them without thinking.

Edén interrumpido se centra en los estados emocionales y en la inestabilidad psicológica, con la que cualquiera de nosotros puede identificarse, del protagonista. Nuestra mente y pensamientos pueden ser más terroríficos que cualquier factor externo, incluso pueden convertirse en nuestro...

Eden Pruitt’s parents are alive. They are safe. But not Eden. She won’t be until they hunt down the high-stakes gambler known as Mordecai. Eager for redemption, Cassian Gray won’t rest until they succeed. Together, they follow a trail of clues that thrusts them into a dark, dangerous twisted reality. At its center stands an enemy far more powerful than they ever imagined.