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Spanning four thrilling installments, this series challenges our understanding of humanity's origins and our place in the cosmos, offering a unique perspective on God. With unforgettable characters and mind-bending adventures, Another Kind blurs the line between the ordinary and the divine, inviting listeners to experience the extraordinary—hidden within our world and beyond.

Maddie Pace has a gift—an ability to glimpse a person’s past just by meeting their eyes. It’s a blessing that isolates her… and a curse that others would do anything to control. Her mother, Cynthia, will stop at nothing to keep Maddie safe. But when they’re torn apart, each is thrust into a world beyond comprehension—one imprisoned, one awakening in a realm between life and death. As years pass and powers grow, their bond becomes the only hope of reunion across worlds.

In the thrilling conclusion of the Another Kind Saga, Maddie and her loved ones face a crisis unlike anything they’ve encountered before—one that threatens the survival of all intelligent life. While guiding Aria toward democracy, Maddie, Gino, Gwen, and Zach witness an inexplicable event—one so ominous, it defies reason. As they investigate, they uncover a truth more terrifying than they ever imagined: something of unimaginable power has altered Aria in ways no one can explain, and the consequences are spreading.

The world is changing. Maddie and Cynthia are being watched. They’ll have to run. Gino Morelli is alive. But is he still Gino? The Teacher admits that he can feel. Will he pursue his feelings? Earth is destroying itself.

Something is very wrong in the birthplace of humanity. Luckily, it’s not Earth. Earth Station has become a utopia, but it still has its secrets. One of them leads to the mysterious world of Aria. Two special friends of Maddie embark on a journey to this ancient world, the origin of all human life. What they find is unexpected, revolting, and threatens all humanity. If they could only get word to Maddie, or the Teacher, they might stand a chance. But the first humans have other plans for them.

Cult favorite Tony Vigorito invokes a kind of chaos theory in Nine Kinds of Naked that gleefully turns any expectation of time, space, or plot on its head.

He wanted peace. He found a life-changing adventure.... Tristan Blake’s time in the army left him scarred and broken. Now that he’s home from war, the atheist bishop’s son wants nothing more than the peace and quiet of the New Zealand coast. When a Maori priest named Rau offers him a lift, neither of them expect a ride that could change their lives forever. On a beach up north, a mysterious man scores Rau a colossal snapper with no bait. As Joshua joins the atheist and the priest on their journey to the heart of the nation, Tristan is surprised by his provocative friendship.

In this spare novelette, acclaimed flash-fiction writers James Claffey and Tara Lynn Masih collaboratively create an original tale of loss and love, as The Bitter Kind deftly alternates between Stela, the daughter of a ship’s captain, burdened by her family secrets, and Brandy, a Chippewa orphan, haunted by ghost wolves and spirits. The authors cross genres and borders between historical and contemporary, speculative and realistic, presenting two unforgettable characters on a journey toward their inevitable, fateful destination.

Alex is caught in a nightmare. His mother is dead, his sister troubled, and his father Kensington’s angry fists are gaining strength. The killing of spiritual leader Joshua Davidson has left New Zealand in crisis. The Queen is ruling through the Governor General, but now Kensington’s eyes are turning to Parliament. With Alex’s brilliant mind, he can invade; with Alex’s vulnerable heart, he can conquer.

Rachel Connor has qualified as a physician, but her brother’s pain is haunting her. Locked in prison for murder, he carries the power of life and death in his hands. New Zealand has settled in an uneasy peace, but Rachel’s father, the Prime Minister, sees the threat of a nuclear holocaust on the horizon.