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A thousand-year conflict has made its way to Earth's doorstep. Devastating losses have caused the Oide to make a desperate decision--to include an obscure species, humans, in the ambassador selection cycle. This decision will change the fate of the galaxy and the human race forever. Marcus Westbrook is a retiring military officer, and we experience his final months in uniform and the challenges of his new role as a supporting husband and father. The human race is turned upside down when the Evaluator arrives.

Among the glittering constellations, Benjamin stumbles upon a hidden truth, a secret that will shatter humanity's understanding of the universe. But he's not alone. A cast of unforgettable characters – all with their own agendas – awaits him. Can Benjamin unravel this cosmic mystery, survive the dangers of the unknown, and rewrite the future of mankind?

Dragon Dreams and Stranger Things is a collection of thirteen dynamic stories from the fantastic world of Maera! These tales take listeners to exotic places where complex characters encounter incredible monstrosities, battle dangerous adversaries, and seek spectacular treasures, all while facing harrowing challenges and weaving the vibrant tapestry of history that makes Maera come alive! Wars are fought, heroes become legends and the gods stride freely across a world influenced by the presence of magic wielding dragons in the skies above!

The wild just got wilder! Experience the exciting life of Bigfoot through his own eyes. See his challenging life and trials with his family and clans, dealing with humans and the ever-shrinking world they are trying to live in. From the big salty to the west to the hot south, the adventures of the clans are never-ending. Life lessons for surviving, how to kill and protect the family and clan, are embedded in them from birth. There is only family-blood. All else is prey!

Becky Rogers is a young woman with strong beliefs about how to make the world a better place to live. Many claim she uses scare tactics to raise awareness about environmental issues and they dismiss her as a troublemaker. When she discovers a catastrophic event about to happen, she finds herself in the middle of what could prove to be the end of life ‘as we know it’. Will linguist Mickey DeRosa and ancient history professor Doc Wiggins be able to help Becky convince the world to change their destructive ways? Can they stop a dangerous military leader from destroying the world?

Charlie Cooper is a simple man. A few beers, an occasional day at the track, and time with his family are all it takes to keep him happy. But when Charlie goes to pay his income tax at the Milwaukee Federal Building and comes face-to-face with terrorists trying to annihilate his Midwestern lakefront city, his only concern is how to keep them from executing their diabolical plan. As he is thrown into combat with the men who have infiltrated the government building, he learns that the attack is only a small part of a nationwide terrorist plot.

In the days of yore, legends and heroes were born and magic thrived. Fairies and nymphs intermingled with human lives. At the Great Gathering in the epicenter of the vast dense forest, the fairy council and Elders meet. There they meet to plot and plan and manipulate the destinies of kings and royalty. They judge their sins and decide their fates. The young hunter Alexander, strides through the forest, stirring the mists as he strolls. A hooded sorceress, Hannah, slinks through the forest and enters a dark cave to visit her sister, Katarina, chained to the cave's slimy walls.

It has been centuries since humans and dragons have mixed, and Prince Trann has heard all the rumors, or so he thought. When war threatens his beloved Emberi, an unexpected offer is extended from the dragons. However, when Trann meets the liaison leader, Ryth, things do not go the way he planned. Ryth's proud and sarcastic approach to the alliance challenges everything Trann knows about the strange beasts. The situation becomes even more complex when the two become permanently bonded. Can these two resolve their differences and find balance, or are they going to drown in this dragon's bond?

A meteorite made of a substance unknown to the periodic table crashes on the border of Rosellon and Akamot. After failing to secure total control of what would be known as Krydium, King Ito of Rosellon is forced to abdicate in humiliation. He and his brother, Prime Minister Toshiki Ichimada, are replaced by Grand Councilor Adama Keita as the nation's head of state and government. Crown princess Rika Ichimada rages at having the throne she was to inherit ripped away. In her anger, she realizes the effect of Krydium on a person's DNA as she is gifted with the power of telekinesis.

By the time they graduated from USC in 2019, Evan Cornilles, Jessi Kendall, Gordon Stock, and Tim Taylor had become good friends. Their joint master's thesis, "Extrapolator," was a first-generation artificial intelligence written to predict future events in politics, society, and the economy.

Shin-ah, a loyal shadow beast, is one day transformed into a human being. By a turn of fate, she is discovered by her once master, Ryu. As she discovers more about her own form and the emotions developing toward the one she never would have looked at before, evil lurks. The people of their clan are being stolen, and Ryu has run out to stop them. Is there a greater danger than the risk of her heart and body, or is there a more sinister plan at work? One that could throw all that she has known and grown to love into peril?

Six thousand years after women perfected the female-to-female reproduction technique and eradicated the last enslaved men, sorceress Eva O'Sullivan receives visions from the soul of the last man. Her hubris and blind obsession to illegally clone a body for the soul to possess could have tragic consequences for the balance of humanity.

During the move back to Charleston, South Carolina after the death of her husband, Julia finds the name and number of a long-lost lover. With encouragement from her brother, Kevin, she agrees to try and find Adam. After a reinstatement into the FBI, Julia's adventures take her down a dangerous rabbit hole where she discovers Adam was not an artist, but a CIA agent who has been declared deceased (or is he?). She deals with multiple government agencies in the US and around the world-from Russia, Germany, Iceland, China, Italy, and the Cayman Islands as she chases romance.

Eldene McGrady is the mother of two teenage children. Taylor, a strapping six-foot 15-and-half-year-old, and his little sister, Patty, who is 14, just 11 months younger than Taylor. Eldene is suddenly widowed due to an accident in which her husband, Jake, is killed. Her grief is such that she just can't continue their life in Baltimoret, selling all her holdings and deciding, along with her children, to plan and join a wagon train and move West to the Oregon Territory.

While searching for a lost Spanish treasure believed to be in the Pike National Forest in Colorado, two friends are catapulted into a terrifying search in an alternate time dimension. Large creatures occupy this dimension along with the Sasquatch, once known by local tribes as Watchers.

In the year of 2674 Xamir, the era of adventurers, a great battle took place for the world’s fate. A group of adventurers stood at the base of a mountain as a devilish fiend threatened to take over their world. A goddess showed up and lent the adventurers her power to save the world. With the help of the goddess, the adventurers were victorious, but at a great cost. In the wake of the battle, these unsung heroes guided the world into the era of legendary heroes and magic.

Two-hundred years have passed since one of Orijon's greatest treasures has vanished, causing a rift between the united tribes of humans, alminoids, elves, dwarves and mel-rays. Now, Prince Theos wishes to mend the rift, but unbeknownst to him, Grand Advisor Malos has his own plans for the future.

Charlie Hungloe's Greatest Challenge is about a relationship that is sometimes set on two different frequencies. Charlie and Sam show us how to overcome the challenge. To overcome this challenge, you will hear and feel Charlie's and Sam's heartbeating excitement, fears, love, and faith in each other. Also, how Charlie uses laughter and comedy to both hide and communicate his feelings for Sam.

It was just supposed to be another day at the tanning salon, nursing a hangover, and hitting on a stripper and her girlfriend. But a doctor with an idea to cure the world of all sickness thought it was a good idea to use alien blood and DNA for the cure. Too bad the alien has other plans.

After seeing a mug shot on the local evening news of a familiar looking man who had just escaped from a nearby prison, part-time freelance journalist Alfredo Alvarez believes he has the chance to write his most important article yet. Alfredo's instincts tell him that the man on the run was wrongfully convicted, but he realizes he will have to go to great lengths to uncover the real story.