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Sundown sends the silent kangaroo shooter, Roo, to explore the possibility of resettling their community in the safety of the Flinders Ranges. But when they arrive, they encounter a foe even more dangerous than the Revelationist terrorists. Meanwhile in Adelaide, the "house rats" have found the only way to survive: Forage by night and hide by day. Sergeant Nulla and his band of survivors accidentally set up camp right under the noses of the terrorists.

After three desperadoes ride into the town of Monkford and hold a congregation at gunpoint, a shootout ensues. With the Minister’s wife dead and one of the criminals wounded, they make their escape to the town of Fiveways in search of a doctor. A posse gathers and sets out into the territory to bring the criminals to justice. Meanwhile in Monkford, the minister Gene Sherrin is recovering from the terrible tragedy...and proves to be a man at war with himself. In a game of survival of the fittest, who will be the last man standing?

25 years ago, Sarah Madden lost her husband to Mt. Everest. Ever since, she vowed to never speak its name again. Now, the mountain that claimed her husband is in her son's blood, and won't let go. This time, she will not remain at home while her son climbs the killer peak. If the mountain is going to take him, it will have to do it staring her in the face.

The Consortium has been shattered. Mankind has nearly been eradicated, and Caelum is close to civil war. With the galaxy in disorder, the Insurgents are out of allies and time. Despite the assistance of the ancient collective known as the Twelve Timeless, they are failing. Even worse, Nathan is drifting ever deeper into a darkness he has never experienced before. He is losing a little piece of himself with every death of someone close to him.

Suriax and Aleria are sister cities, separated by River Therion. Both cities are founded on strict observance of the law, but they couldn't be more different. King Veritan founded Suriax on the teachings of Venerith the Corruptor: a god devoid of morality. In Suriax, there is no right or wrong; there is only legal or illegal. Kern was an assassin for the Flame Guard, a group of mercenaries dedicated to Venerith. He never questioned his life, until the day he learned the truth about his past.

Lefty is a black hitman working for the Chicago mob. Tasked with eliminating a mark, he kills the man and his wife, only to learn they have an infant daughter. Realizing the child is now alone in the world, Lefty takes her in and decides to raise her as his own. Years later, Lefty embarks on a trip across the country to pick up a freelance contract: A once-in-a-lifetime hit with a two million dollar paycheck. Together with two-ex-colleagues and his daughter, they head to Detroit to take on a sadistic mob boss's son.

Ranat Totz has spent most of his life robbing the tombs of the dead for enough tin to buy his next drink. But after he decides to loot the body of a wealthy priest he finds in an alley, he's arrested and convicted of murdering the man. Realizing he's got nothing to show for his life, Ranat begins a desperate gamble to solve the crime he didn’t commit, so he can clear the only thing of value he has - his name. And maybe have another drink on the way.

David’s trial by fire awaits. The unwitting hero and captain of the mystical sailing ship, Moon Singer, has yet to learn that his deafness is his greatest gift. This "disability", along with his possession of three sacred artifacts: The Singer Crystal, The Rose Crystal, and The Wind Rose Compass, bestow David the power to save the lives of everyone he loves. Yet he feels that all the miracles he brought home on the Moon Singer have dissipated. He's just as deaf as before, his sister's paralysis has returned, and his anguish over his mother's death is stronger than ever.

On a distant planet, xenobiologist Janine Meriwether finds herself haunted by a recurring dream: being dragged to her death by the Nartressan seaweed. Soon, she learns of three others - a traumatized emergency responder, a troubled seafood mogul, and a high-priced escort - who share the same nightmare.

Final days of the Earth are here. Mal is a 16-year-old girl who fights for survival in a dangerous, unforgiving world. When the Death Dealers - aliens that hunt in silence - begin harvesting people from her village, she is forced to flee into the wilds surrounding her home. With her three friends, Mal must learn how to cope and survive. But soon, she is confronted with a truth that will not only change her world, but the future of the whole species.

As summer draws to a close before junior year, Rowyn Black is tired of seeing the Tower card stare up at her from the table. On their 16th birthday, Rowyn's kind is gifted with awesome powers. But this is not Narnia or Hogwarts; this is Elizabethtown, Illinois, and much to the chagrin of the local chapter of Susie-Homemakers, witches live here. All witches understand that the universe is a scary sort of powerful.

The Earth is no more. Escaping the premature nova of Sol, humanity's last survivors flee their doomed home using an experimental drive that takes them to the far side of the galaxy. With 10,000 survivors, dwindling resources, and rapidly diminishing hope, the fleet is on the verge of breaking point. Gaia, their new home, offers one last chance of survival for the human race. But when Major Tom Merrick and Captain Juliana Curran lead the expedition to explore this new frontier, they learn that Gaia is a world fraught with peril and deadly secrets.

A piece of ancient Overseer technology has been found. Anna Lenai must travel to a small town in Tennessee to recover the device before it gets to the wrong hands. Meanwhile, Jack heads to Leyria to contact a professor who has studied the Overseers, hoping to keep the man alive long enough to get some answers. What they're unaware of is that Wesley Pennfield has returned to Earth, seeking revenge on the people who took everything from him.

King Uther Pendragon, High King of the Celtic Tribes, braves the winter seas and sets sail for the Isle of Erin. It is his 15th year of rule. His mission: To take a war party and return with a prize that will lay to rest the ghosts of the past, allowing the Celts to reclaim their lands. But none of those who set sail realize that this quest will change their lives forever, and set in motion things they never thought possible.This is a stand-alone fantasy adventure, and can be enjoyed even if you haven't listened to the first book in the series.

After her father's death, Sabrina Brooks - heir to the Brooks Chemical Company - is putting her life back together. When she gains access to top-secret government archives, Sabrina uses her knowledge of chemistry to become a vigilante known as the "Nightcrawler" and wages war against the ruthless drug gangs of New York.

Gus Ritter is on his way south to avenge his brother’s murder. Facing gun battles with Comancheros and pursued by more than one posse, Ritter must use all his skill to survive. Throughout it all, love blossoms, and Ritter finds some meaning among the killing. For John Wesley Hardin, death stalks him like a wild beast. And an Okinawan, whose deadly hands have brought him close to the hangman’s noose, will also have his part to play.

Glasgow, Scotland, 1981. The McLachlan family have dominated the criminal underworld for more than a decade. Masters in extortion, murder, and heroin trafficking, they hold the city in their iron fist. But a war is coming to Glasgow; a war unlike anything the McLachlans have known before. Over the course of one night, they will discover the wrath of one man: Jack "Gorilla" Grant, former spy and now freelance assassin. And he plays by his own set of violent, unforgiving rules.

In a world devastated by corruption, Father Darcy has lost his faith. After letting down the very people he pledged to protect, he decides to take a pilgrimage across the dangerous English countryside in an attempt to find his mission again. There, he meets men hungry for his blood. A vicious, relentless landscape. And two boys more dangerous than anything he has ever seen before. But can he save these children, or will they change his cause forever?

On his way south to find his brother's murderer, Gus Ritter finds himself falling in love. But love alone cannot remove the dangers surrounding them on the road to El Paso. Attacks from marauding Comanches bring home the violent reality of their journey. Soon, all players of this drama are brought together for one, final shootout, and the truth is finally revealed. But in the end, can any one of them come out alive?

Rachel and the Smith Brothers are on the run, trying to escape the dangers they left in the city. But when they stop off for supplies, they suddenly find themselves in a whole new kind of trouble. Rachel realises the true nature of the men she is travelling with, but where exactly does she fit in?