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Years before he wrote the Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis published another fantastical fiction series: the Ransom Trilogy. Yet these three novels – Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength – have never enjoyed the same widespread popularity as Narnia or any of Lewis’s apologetical works, whether in mainstream culture or among Christians.

When a fragment of an ancient manuscript is stolen from a Jewish library in Amsterdam, ARKANE agents Morgan Sierra and Jake Timber discover a conspiracy that stretches back to the days of the Portuguese Empire, and a hidden Order of monks who have protected Eden for generations. Meanwhile, a radical ecological group seeks the powerful Seed at the heart of the Garden intending to restore the world to its natural state with no thought of the consequences for humankind.

Undead or Breathing is the story of three rough-edged, thrill-seeking brothers in rural Colorado, whose world turns upside down when their parents contract a strange illness that makes them want to bite. Victims of the disease are uncoordinated and psychotic, their former thought processes narrowed down to just one phrase, which they repeat mindlessly in wheezy, rasping bursts. The boys have logged countless gaming hours shooting zombies. They’ve seen hundreds of zombie-related episodes on TV.

An inspirational story of recovery after loss. Looking for answers and desperate for change, Amanda goes on an awe-inspiring spirit quest in the Jemez Mountains. While in that remote location, she meets a wolf, a bear, a hawk, and a swarm of bees. These surprising personal totems lead Amanda to eye-opening and much-needed answers. Magically imbued with a desire to live again, Amanda understands where her path detoured. This heartwarming, magical realism adventure could be any one of us facing personal tragedy - whether the crisis is death, divorce, or loss.

What happens when an ordinary man finally sees what God saw all along? David Ruman fixed furnaces for fifty years. He never preached a sermon, never led a movement, never made the papers. He just showed up. For his wife, his kids, his customers, his God. Now David is dead. And he's standing before five doors.

At age 17, David Garcia fell to his death and has spent the past 10 years filing papers for dead people. His uneventful afterlife is thrown into chaos when he’s attacked by a pernicious demon called Malum. Frozen in terror, David does absolutely nothing to prevent the demon’s escape.

Captured by the forces of darkness. That was the state of most of her friends. Unless young Filynora can free them, the quest for the Lost Scrolls of Jesiah must end in failure. But with her new Human friend Jaiden’s help, she might just be able to win the freedom of the ragtag group of misfit youths from each of the Five Races. Once she does, will she and they have the strength to face more enemies? Not only fierce and evil Aswangs, Vampires, and Naga, but what are these new Rakshasa? And will the mysterious visions of Jesiah return to guide her?

Allison Moore is faced with a daunting question: How do you stand up for yourself when it means losing everything? Allison Moore is making it. Barely. The Seattle area architecture firm she started with her best friend is struggling, but at least they’re free from the games played by the...

After defeating the red dragon’s legion of bloodthirsty demons, Audrey can finally settle into the afterlife with the knowledge her family is safe. But her quest for a perfect existence shatters the moment Logan is kidnapped in an attempt to bend her to Satan’s will. Audrey must now travel to the one place no hunter has ever ventured to save the man she loves: hell. Savage demons, desiccated corpses, life-sucking zombie trees, and a land of death and rot await Audrey and her friends as they battle through the fiery realm.

After learning her family is the target of an unprecedented demonic siege, Audrey puts all she’s gained in jeopardy by defying heavenly authorities and returning to Earth. Stranded at the place she once called home with the one person she's been desperate to forget, she'll face vicious monsters, betrayers, and a legion of demons with an insidious weapon that even her celestial sword can't defeat.

No one's afterlife is as depressing as Audrey's - at least that's what she believes after waking up dead without her memories and being promptly assigned to hunt demons for the rest of eternity. She's convinced there's been a cosmic mistake; after all, she'd rather discuss the color of her nails than break them on angelic weapons. It doesn't help that her trainer, Logan, is as infuriating as he is attractive. When an ancient weapon of unparalleled power chooses Audrey as its wielder, attracting the attention of the ruler of Hell, Logan is the only one she can trust.

Once the universe was created and set in motion, all the habitable planets that were terraformed awaited the living creatures who would inhabit them. Divinely engineered, they were carefully crafted by skilled artisans then expertly introduced to these worlds by special beings known as The Life Carriers. This is their story.

Every warrior has his weakness. Logan has it all - friends, popularity, girls - but his perfect life isn’t all he imagined. When one mistake leads to his untimely arrival in the afterlife, he becomes a weapon against the evil that lurks on Earth. When a mission goes awry he emerges with a secret superpower, but is broken in mind and body. He cleverly hides his scars, until the day he’s assigned to train an unlikely new demon hunter. Even though Audrey is as fiery as she is alluring, this beauty may be the one to tame his inner beast.

A queen with a desire and a quench for life. A kingdom each with citizens that have their own agenda. A counselor and consort who is loyal to the point of treason. A warlord determined to control the uncontrollable who has a life-long secret that even He is unaware of. And a mystical food that has the ability to turn back the ravages of time and restore the youth of whoever knows the secret of using it.

Pipiera barely remembers living. And in the 70 years since her passing, the only real connection she’s built is with the head gatekeeper to the ethereal kingdom. So she hates leaving his side when his future replacement falls into trouble down on Earth and she’s tasked with stopping the boy from taking a dark path. Resolving to make her mentor proud, Pipiera is horrified after she arrives to find her charge beaten and left for dead with his spirit on the loose. But as she struggles to rescue his incorporeal form, she faces a fight for his trust against a shadowy opponent.

Eli is about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime, but he doesn't know it yet. We meet Eli as he completes his last tour of duty, a man trained for combat in a world of civilians. Even though his tour was over, the real reason Eli chose not to return to Afghanistan was the result of Eli's friend and mentor, in a moment of weakness loses his battle with PTSD to suicide, the same demons Eli knows all too well.

September 11, 2018, 2:30 p.m. EST: Oz McTatey watches as a cyber-attack devastates everything connected to the internet. At 2:47 p.m. EST, Oz and his team witness a second Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) terrorist attack that destroys the power grid, disables vehicles, and causes catastrophic malfunctions of all electronic devices. The United States is forever changed.

Claire sees visions of a life she can't remember. Aven is haunted by a vindictive succubus every night. Will is a super soldier, believed to be dead. When these three meet in Las Vegas, they find it wasn't only fate that brought them together. Their souls have been calling them to fulfill a destiny planned millions of years before they were born.

The Epic of God is a speculative fictional account of the epic story of our heroic God, lover, and savior from eternity past to eternity future. Though fictional, this story is based on Biblical history, hints, and prophecy taken from scripture, brought to life and woven together by the narrative of a watcher angel.

Pete, a successful mayor, must make sense of what is going on in this world and the world to come. He is haunted by an unknown smell from the darkened anthropomorphic house he lives at, as well as a strange world he keeps reappearing in. Curious things keep happening, as this man is caught in a double life of weakness and strength. On the one hand, he is loved and people understand him as a powerful, prosperous man. On the other hand, he is secretly weak and lost, especially when around his house.