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If it wasn’t for bad luck, some of us wouldn’t have any luck at all. Old saying, sure, but boy is it true when it comes to Adrian Ring’s zombie apocalypse. Welcome to Dead Lucky; an anthology of 12 tales set in the world of Adrian’s Undead Diary.

Kara is not hero material. She trips. She panics. She makes terrible decisions. But when the Vanaheim System chooses her as its Champion in a multiversal arena where realms invest resources into mortal warriors, something unexpected happens. She survives. In a progression fantasy where divine beings at the Table wager worlds, champions are meant to be optimized, disciplined, and lethal. Kara is none of those things. She is statistically impossible.

Since 2010, the world of Adrian Ring has grown, enveloping hundreds of thousands of listeners and readers, and creating a cast of characters that are both beloved, and reviled. Time for more. Only the Light We Make is the second anthology set in Adrian's world, and brings in new voices of some of the genre's most talented authors.

Grimhounds of the Blackwood. The forest does not forget. And it does not forgive. When a boy named Rowan survives an encounter meant to kill him, his life is claimed by forces older than law, older than mercy. Taken from his family and bound to the Covenant Hall, Rowan is forged into something the world needs—but never thanks. Marked by ritual, scarred by power he barely understands, he is taught to hunt what lurks beyond the edge of firelight. But the Blackwood is changing.

What if the Bible read like this? Experience the book of Acts through the eyes of Peter. From the moment Jesus ascends, everything changes. Persecution rises. Prisons close in. Miracles break through. And Peter stands at the center of a movement that refuses to stop—no matter the cost. Follow his journey from bold beginnings to his final stand as the early church is forged in pressure, faith, and sacrifice. This biblical retelling draws directly from Scripture, bringing the book of Acts to life in a grounded, immersive, and emotionally powerful way.

It was supposed to be a normal ride. Three friends. Cameras rolling. A remote stretch of mountain trail with no signal and no way to call for help. They’d done rides like this before. Nothing unusual. Nothing dangerous. Nothing they couldn’t handle. Then something changed. The footage doesn’t explain it. The timeline doesn’t make sense. And the details don’t line up. The Great Divide is a grounded, cinematic survival thriller that pulls you deep into the wilderness —and leaves you with a question that refuses to settle. What really happened out there?

Child of Eden is a family-friendly Christian fantasy adventure that explores life in the Garden of Eden before the Fall through the eyes of a child raised there.

About the BookGrimhounds: The Alpha Hunt is a dark fantasy monster-hunting adventure set in a world where branded hunters known as Grimhounds stand between humanity and the creatures lurking beyond civilization. When veteran hunter Lysander accepts an Alpha Investigation contract connected to the disappearance of his best friend ten years earlier, he embarks on a hunt that has already claimed multiple Grimhounds and left entire communities living in fear.

In a world where faith is outlawed and scripture is punishable by death, belief survives in whispers, memory, and quiet acts of defiance. The Christian Martyr follows believers living under an oppressive global regime that hunts those who refuse to abandon their faith. Churches have vanished, Bibles have been destroyed, and even speaking scripture can mean execution. Yet underground communities continue to gather in secret, preserving truth through memorized verses and hidden symbols passed from one believer to another.

Sheol is a psychological horror novel inspired by the warning of Jesus in Luke 16. After a tragic accident, Quinn awakens in a desolate and unforgiving wasteland of heat, darkness, and despair. Water cannot be found. Rest never comes. The landscape shifts between ruined cities, barren wilderness, and places that seem designed to break the human spirit.

SamsonA Biblical Legends NovelSet apart before his birth, Samson was chosen for a purpose. Strength flowed through him like fire—sudden, unstoppable, and feared by enemies across the land. Lions fell beneath his hands. Armies scattered before him. His name became legend. But calling does not protect a man from his own choices. Drawn by desire and blinded by pride, Samson slowly drifts from the vow that once defined him. Victory after victory hides a deeper truth: strength without obedience leads only to ruin.

The Fall of Man is a deeply emotional biblical fiction novel told through the reflective voice of Adam after Eden. Blending reverence, imagination, and literary storytelling, the novel explores creation, companionship, choice, and consequence through a personal and human lens.

In the neon-drenched undercity of Neon Vale, survival isn’t earned through strength —it’s bought, engineered, or stolen. Alice Green was born into a bloodline the world tried to erase. When corporations executed her parents to harvest their genetic legacy, Alice survived by becoming invisible —another forgotten child beneath a city powered by beast-core technology and corporate control. But Neon Vale never truly forgets. And neither do the machines that once obeyed her ancestors.

The world changed in six seconds. Gravity failed. Millions were lifted into the air without explanation. Governments called it a scientific anomaly. Media called it a global instability event. Humanity called it fear. But heaven called it the beginning. As unseen boundaries weaken and reality itself begins to fracture, two ancient witnesses return to Earth with a divine commission—to deliver a final testimony before judgment falls.

My name is Enoch—a man who walked with God in an age before the flood, before faith became ritual and power replaced obedience. I lived long enough to see humanity rise into great civilizations and fall into violence, pride, and corruption. I witnessed angels descend from heaven, break their sacred vows, and reshape the world through their rebellion. From them came the giants—terrible beings of immense strength and endless hunger.

How does an educated, upper-middle-class internet executive with a family and a bright future react when plunged into a seven-year vortex of homelessness from which he can find no escape? In eleven cities across all three West Coast states, this former journalist had the sense to document his terrifying, hilarious, transformative experiences over those years, culminating in running a homeless tent city in one of West Oakland's most dangerous locations.