Showing results by publisher "Cherry Hill Publishing" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Qaira Eltruan leads the fearsome Sanctum Enforcers, a specialized military sect designed to eradicate angel terrorists. Oldest son of the Nehelian Regent, he has large shoes to fill. But Qaira's father and his people don't know the sordid deeds it takes to keep the angels from invading. He has blood on his hands; so much that it has stained his skin forever. As the Regent slips into early onset dementia, Qaira is forced to take the throne. He's never been a leader, always a soldier, and the war against the angels is getting fiercer every year.

A beer run becomes an interdimensional excursion. Two men settle their differences after discovering an extraordinary secret in the wilderness. A woman faces the bureaucracy of a digital afterlife. A grieving man seeks to know where his wife was reincarnated. Strange lights in the sky transform the lives of a small town. God and the devil play billiards for people's souls. A teenage deity's science project sprouts a startling discovery. These and more dream-like detours into the surreal, interstitial, and inexplicable await within. Chock full of gooey, mind-bending goodness. 

AltaMira Pharmaceuticals releases Vigorex, a drug that allows people to sleep and experience R.E.M. while they're awake. A colorful cast of characters begin to take the drug, which if not taken properly will have hazardous consequences. But each of these people has undergone a deeply traumatic episode in their formative years, which will affect them in differing ways; murder, arson, kidnapping, vigilantism, among other crimes, will characterize their nightly personalities and send them crashing into one another.

A yacht cruising the South Pacific is pulled through a strange corridor of fog. On the other side, the crew find themselves on the shores of an extraordinary island, a monstrous place of dinosaurs and terrifying creatures that should not exist in this world. Sierra Nevada Smith was always chasing monsters, whether through the pages of her favorite books or in the films of legendary stop-motion animator Russell Boylan. Now those monsters are all too real, and to survive, she will need that knowledge to learn the secrets of this mysterious Monster Island. 

Plob is back - and so is his arch nemesis, Typhon the Dark. And now the Big T is playing for keeps. It’s world domination time and once again the only one that can stand in his way is the teenage magician Plob and his master, Smegly. But they do have some help in the shape of the British and the Australian secret service, some giants, a cockerel and the infamous hobby-horsemen of the Hors-doovrees. But will it be enough - because this time Typhon has something up his sleeve in the form of a battalion of Nazi Storm troopers courtesy of the Third Reich. 

Sometimes the only way to fight Evil is to simply go to work every day and do your job. Plob - Reetworthy Plob - Reetworthy Plob the Third - was doing just that. And it's proving to be more difficult than picking his nose with his elbow. What with attempting to restore his Grandfather's good name, learn the words of the Beer, Beer, Beer song and battle constantly with his testosterone fueled fantasies - he hardly has any time left to save the world. 

When the mysterious Mr. Smith enters romance author Madison Shaw’s life, she is thrust into danger she thought only belonged in books. Though they clash at first sight, she places her fate in his hands when unknown forces threaten her survival. Paranormal events push Madison to leave behind a world where monsters don’t exist - not even in fiction. With Mr. Smith as her guide, she discovers the truth about her destiny, and the things that go bump in the night.

Laith knows what loss feels like. She knows it in her bones, and in the way her minder, Akani, looks at her whenever Laith's attention is diverted. She knows it in the way that her father dies a slow, painful death as he succumbs to the wrath of a plague that has ravished the Evgans, her people, for centuries. She knows it in the loneliness and isolation of having nothing to attain except title of Queen of the Svissan Isles. And then her world ends.

The Court of Enigmus has abandoned their post and gone into hiding on an icy post-apocalyptic world, working desperately to find a way to defend themselves against the Framers and keep Leid out of Sarine's warpath. Concurrently, Qaira must face his tainted past before his waning conscience and crumbling mental health make him a liability. Regalis Sarine-376 has a new partner, Inspector Dracian-786. His expertise offers hope that finding the Vel'Haru responsible for her companions' deaths is within reach.

The Celestial War is past. The Court of Enigmus has been under new management for half a century. Leid Koseling awakens to find she can see things that her subjects can't. As the Court of Enigmus tries to identify exactly what their Queen has become, a deadly mistake sets the stage for a new discovery: there is much more to Exo'daius than they realized. And with that discovery brings a new threat, set to wipe the Vel'Haru off the face of the Exodian map.

The Argent Forces have been crippled. Two Vel’Haru are dead. Calenus Karim, Exodian Silver King, is no longer willing to stand by and let the war continue. And in the middle of this all, Yahweh is forced to deal with the death of his brother and his permanent placement as Leid’s newest guardian. The carrion crows are circling Qaira and Leid once more, their wings beating to the countdown of the doomsday clock that permanently looms over the Jury’s heads.

A storm has swept across The Atrium, fueled by famine, fear, and the desperation for survival. Hell has declared war on Heaven, and Argent Commander Yahweh Telei is left without any time to prepare. Leid and her guardians face exile from The Atrium, as the end of the Contest means the end of their contract. With expiriation quickly eating away at her, it won't be long before Calenus Karim and the Court of Enigmus come to drag Leid back to Exo'daius. But she won't go without a fight.

Sanctum is lost. The angels have won. Regent Qaira Eltruan is cornered. Surrender or stand to lose everything - everything being Advisor Leid Koseling and his sanity. As his people await news of their fate, the Court of Enigmus circles Sanctum, ready to deal swift punishment for Leid's contract breach. All fronts look bleak, and now there's much more at stake than Qaira's world. Except Qaira isn't willing to hand Leid over, nor is surrender part of his vocabulary.

Against Tember’s orders, Aiden, Eliza, and Dyson sneak into the Dream Realm. They want to save their friend, but instead, they snag the attention of Sureen in an explosion of mighty magic. Not everyone returns home. Scared for her mother in the afterlife, Kat and the witches rush to the Death Realm to hide Janine. Over her dead body will her mother, a captive among the rest, be used in Corbin’s plans.   

The first battle is over and the people of the realms grieve for the fallen. Meanwhile, Aiden, Eliza, Kat, and Dyson return to the Earth Realm, fleeing accusations of war mongering, while Tember and Jaemes venture toward the elf tribes in seek of aid. They’ll need numbers for the coming battle and they’re not above fighting to get what they need. But no matter where they go, nowhere is safe. The enemy Fee have many traps waiting, and their victories seem only to bring more heartache, highlighting the terrifying truth that the enemy has them right where they want them. 

Five people. Five crossing fates. One person’s actions change their lives forever. Making a deal with the Fee has its price. In Katriane Dupont’s case, it comes with scales and an unlimited amount of power. The consequences of her actions unfold with crippling events, shifting the realms. Shades cross the Death Realm, and an angel, determined for answers, clips her wings. Can Kat control what’s within her? Or will it consume her?

Seven marks upon a wall. Tom may rise, but he may fall. Through five lives, no one dares mention the sin for which he seeks redemption. Fates will meet, and you will see what will thus become of he.

Arena has left the nation's administration with a dead president and a weakened military, and while the tragic memories continue to scar her, the government struggles to regroup without its leader. For the people who still remain in hiding, it's evident the country is all but lost, and with Russian operatives taking over, the nation's hope of recovering is grim.

Fifteen-year-old Arena Power blindly accepts her destiny in a world filled with tragedy, chaos, and a lingering wickedness that will tempt every man's soul until the last days on Earth. In the United States in the year 2053, America, like most of the world, has undergone catastrophic earthquakes, famine, and an economic collapse, which have rendered the nation hopeless. It has turned to other nations, like Russia and China, to help restore what was once a world power.

Near the end of the 21st century, corporations have replaced state and federal governments following a bitter civil war, making way for a rewritten Constitution and a new America. The planet is plagued by a runaway greenhouse effect and the once exotic diseases that come with it, exposing a dramatic rift between the untreated poor and the few who can afford a highly sophisticated regimen of nano-injections.