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The nightmare continues in Echoes of the Ancestors. North America has become a rotting hellscape. Civilization has collapsed into chaos, ruled by marauders and madmen as endless zombie hordes surge toward the last unsullied place on Earth. In a world this broken, survival may no longer be an act of courage —but of madness. Marie-Soleil is gone, torn from Thaddeus Stormbreaker’s arms. His armoured campervan has been stolen. Weaponless, battered, and barely standing, Thaddeus is left with nothing but grief and rage to drive him forward. Yet rage alone may not be enough.

Chosen? Hardly. Carmen has been bringing down criminal organizations for years. When her boss tells her she is going off-world to hunt and destroy people trying to murder an adorable little princess, she jumps at the chance to prove herself. Her boss didn’t mention anything about three hot-as-hell warriors who must pretend to be her mates. Nor did he mention the bad guys’ suspected headquarters is inside a club that specializes in fulfilling their client’s every fantasy.

Megan, the mage, leaves her friend, Edmund, in charge of the kingdom while she and her beloved succubus, Kendra, take a short vacation together. Edmund lets his friend, Phil, an ogre mercenary, talk him into organizing a game which goes very badly, and then, the kingdom in invaded by a beautiful dark elf sorceress named Lorelei and her companions, which include two scientists, a museum curator, and her pet Ankylosaurus. After a fierce battle, the two sides join forces to steal a magical artifact from a dryad, with many other bad ideas along the way.

God, this man is perfect. I know he’s perfect because I made him up. I made him up as a child and fantasized idly about him some day showing up and sweeping me off my feet. When I’m trapped in the fire, I’m sure I’m going to die. It’s natural to be attracted to the man who rescues me, but this man...how can he be real? How can the fantasy man I invented carry me out of the burning skyscraper? And how can I deal with my desperate and absolute need for him?