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Light years from Earth, an alien planet forced their queen from power and cast her into space. For millions of years, the queen's ship wandered the cosmos, until it crashed on Earth. As a child, Michael Hems first lost his mother to cancer, and then his father to the bottom of a bottle. Growing up in a small town, Michael's friends became his life. The only one he knew. The only one he wanted. But the night he found the ship, everything he loved was thrown into jeopardy.

The Houston family can't believe their luck when they stumble upon a beautiful piano at a low price. Their delight soon turns to horror when the piano comes to life. The melodies that it plays over and over again are eerie, and it becomes clear that someone from the past has a message for them. 

Now that Digby has gained control over all the powers of death and holiday cheer there’s only one thing left to do. Fight Henwick. He always knew it would come down to that, but knowing doesn’t make it any easier. Even with the magic of a demigod in his pocket, he’s spent enough time in Las Vegas to know that nothing is ever a sure thing. To make matters worse, he’s just been given a deadline.

Escaping the Coherent Realm and crossing the Rift was just the beginning. As Marek steps into the Unbound Realm, Mags and Ashurai at his side, he discovers a world where ancient powers walk the land. The sky brighter, the land broader, everything seems grander than what they'd known in their previous lives. Yet splendor never lasts long. The consequences of their crossing soon catch up. The Rift was more than a magical barrier. It was the site of an endless battle between realms. And though that conflict was fought by the men of old, it was the gods of the East and the West who spurred it on.

Family. Cultivation. Racing. Oto has taken his first steps towards the life he’s always dreamed of, but that means he has more to lose than ever before. Dreams are expensive, though, and the Ocean Slayers need cash to pay their debts - and safe cash isn’t fast enough. With his options disappearing quickly, only bad choices remain. He'll have to push himself and his team to the brink just for the chance to keep all of their dreams alive... Some things are worth risking everything for.

Two queens. One rules by fear, her citizens laboring to fund the lavish lifestyle of the wizard class. The other believes in justice and compassion, earning her the love of her subjects...and the enmity of her wizard peers. Both will die.

Brilliant engineer Marcus Flynn has been sentenced to 11-H37 - a hard labor prison planet better known as the Razor, where life expectancy is short and all roads are dead ends - alongside the galaxy's most dangerous criminals. At least until the Lost Prophet goes active. In a few hours, prison guards and staff are evacuated, the prisoners are left to die, and dark mysteries begin to surface. Only Flynn has the skills and knowledge to unravel them, but he will have to rely on the most unlikely of allies.

Death cultivator Grady Hake has had to learn a lot of harsh realities since he was isekaied to the prison planet. This isn’t cushy first-world Earth. Here, Spirit is power, relying on others can get you killed or worse, and trying to do the right thing can spark a gang war. Now assigned to be the avenging angel for the Eight-Legged Dragons, Hake’s got to come to terms with the hardest truth yet: Others have to die for him to get stronger. The more death, the more Death Spirit.

The Seers are blind to prophecy, or so it seems until a nightmarish vision shocks everyone. A darkness comes. Should it claim the elves, it will advance until it consumes the southern wizardoms. To stave off impending doom, misfit heroes embark on a quest for magical sword not seen in millennia. The newborn princess of Pallanar is abducted, triggering a desperate search. Her wizard father will do anything to rescue her. Who is behind it and what will his efforts cost?

The monstrous Void continues to ravage the Prime Kingdoms, leaving one of them in ruins. Dungeons everywhere run amok, and refugees from around the continent flee to find safety. In a desperate attempt to end the chaos, four heroes from the Adventurers' Guild scour the world for its final secrets. Fortunately, they won't fight alone. Their journey so far has earned them loyal allies, from stray bandits to lost peoples and even forgotten gods. The world itself has united against the encroaching Void. But when their opponent is the end of all things . . . that may not be enough.

Existing within a virtual world shared across millions of users while they sleep, the online game, Carpe Noctem, offers a life of magic and adventure. For a scruffy gunslinger like Max, and a snarky fairy like Kira, it’s home. Unfortunately, Noctem’s creator, and unhinged genius, has been fired. On his way out, he slapped a doomsday button to bring the system crashing down and send the global economy into ruin. To save their second home, Max and Kira will need to assemble a party of misfits to conquer a quest of nightmares, and discover the secrets that lurk within the game.

A ruthless wizard lord conquers a neighboring wizardom, increasing his magic far beyond mere mortals. The more power he gains, the more he craves. While wizardoms war against one another, the Dark Lord rises. An army of monsters invades, sending the world toward the brink of doom. A team of misfits find themselves the fulcrum point of destiny, their world teetering upon their actions, certain to crumble should they fail.

"Even nonfantasy listeners will enjoy hanging out at the intersection of coffeehouse culture and Dungeons & Dragons, and hope that Baldree fails to shake his new writing habit." - The Seattle Times This program is read by the author. The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's Legends &...

I always thought the gods were a myth. Then again, I thought the same thing about witches. I'm no stranger to darkness. I've been dealing with it all my life. That's just part of being a "mutant psychic". But when my witch powers start to manifest, my life takes on a new direction entirely. Suddenly, I’m recruited by the Shadow Order, a supernatural agency dedicated to the protection of the covens. My primary task? To read supernatural crime scenes. Trust me, at that point the word “dark” takes on a whole new meaning.

All things come to an end...The world is at war. Morena and her alien species ravage the United States, destroying metropolis after metropolis. Yet, even as this happens, a man-made disease kills off Morena's children, rapidly mutilating her dreams of a new planet for her people. Morena's war started in Grayson. Now it ends there as well. Will chases one last chance to make amends by killing Morena. Kenneth Marks wants to ascend, to become one with the alien species. The teenagers who still live only want to remain alive.  

Stranded at Stately House, Suuzu Farroost is restless and fretful and lonesome for Akira. Waiting is a misery, and all he has to hold onto is the memory of a fleeting kiss, a circlet of nippet eggs, and one very stubborn, very outspoken valet. To keep him from wallowing, Suuzu's friends find ways to distract him, and as one story leads to another, the phoenix learns about the special place nippets hold in avian lore, especially where courtship is concerned.

Lord Taladain is dead, the result of an exotic scheme made possible by the Eye of Obscurance, an amulet so dangerous, simply knowing it exists can bring grave danger. What if the amulet fall into the wrong hands? With a neighboring wizardom in chaos, Wizard Lord Malvorian seeks to expand his power, capturing prayers meant for another wizard lord and strengthening his magic beyond anything ever recorded. The world will tremble should Malvorian's power rise to that of two gods.

After saving the Arcadian Confederate from certain destruction, Kevin's consciousness is cast back to Earth. Victory is sweet, but life on Earth is boring. It doesn't take long for him to start missing his galaxy-trotting adventures. But you should be careful what you wish for: when a Kregan operative bent on revenge shows up to hunt Kevin down, everything starts to unravel. The galaxy's in grave danger, and it looks like Kevin's the only one who can save it. Not to worry! The Arcadians have sent their best engineer...who happens to be a talking cat with a less than ideal attitude.

With the return of 8-3-9-6, Kevin has to defeat the AI's master to free himself from their collective grasp. But to succeed, he first has to go against Myrianna, the tech sorceress who trained him. To make things worse, Kevin must achieve this task on his own since his friends have been imprisoned on Arcadia Prime. Meanwhile, the new Kregan Emperor, Xonax, is on his way to Earth with an entire armada determined to obliterate the human race. The clock is ticking, and the stakes are high. Everyone Kevin loves, as well as his entire planet, is in jeopardy. And there's no margin for error.

Gus is a henchman separated from his friends at his new job, a henchman on an orbiting space base. He's happy with the gig, and has no real delusions of grandeur. Well...small delusions, but he’s seen all too often what happens to minions that get too uppity around their supervillain bosses. His father had pulled a few strings and landed him a henchman position in hopes he could make something of himself. Before he's barely gotten used to the job, Gus narrowly escapes the base's destruction and is chucked at the planet below.