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Long before even dragons roamed the planet, the spores of the borlamites were biding their time in the heat and darkness of deep Earth. They were waiting for the surface to cool and the seeds of life to take hold and turn a barren rock into a pearl among planets in our galaxy. As they prepared to emerge from beneath Earth’s tectonic plates and turn the bio-matter of the dead and dying, into food for the budding flora and fauna, their birth was interrupted by an asteroid strike. The planetary conditions suddenly changed, and the borlamites continued to sleep.

After enjoying decades of planetary peace and abundance, an urgent message finds its way into the hands of Jake and Danni. At first, they are unsure of either its intent or origin, but as both become clear, it is evident that some grudges are not easily forgotten or set aside. The survivors of the Drokarian rebellion nearly thirty years earlier are returning, and this time they are armed with a device capable of erasing entire cities from the planet.

In the history of Dragon Kingdoms, there has never before been a period in time during which all four regions were represented by bonded riders. As the reign of the Northeastern Dragon Kingdom approaches its end, one successor will be chosen among many as the dragon king ascendant.

Having bonded with his dragon, T'Aer Bolun Dakkar at the age of eleven, Jake has been immersed in the world of dragons and their connection to humanity for decades. With their ascension to the throne of the northwestern dragon kingdom, it has become their never-ending crusade to preserve the planet's ecosystem for both humans and dragons without compromising the veil of separation that keeps dragons safe, and humans from realizing they exist.

With the ascension of T’Aer Bolun Dakkar, a new king now rules the northwestern dragon kingdom. In the unseen world of dragons, even kings must prove themselves worthy, and the appearance of challengers is inevitable. As Jake and T’Aer Bolun Dakkar work tirelessly to address problems plaguing both dragon and human civilizations, dragoneers and eco-terrorists seek to derail their efforts at every turn.

When you’re 11 years old, it’s tough convincing people to take you seriously. When you’re an 11-year-old savant, It’s exponentially more difficult. Since Jake’s inability to connect with others had made him somewhat of an outcast for most of his life, he’d learned to divert his energy into his artistic talent, creating mesmerizing images capable of literally paralyzing anyone who should gaze upon them.

As Robert and Yekong travel to Hong Kong to put an end to the slavers who are trying to reclaim Yekong, Alistair flies to Russia to warn their sister of the cultists hunting them. Meanwhile, plans of the religious fanatics proceed, endangering Alistair’s family and setting the stage for a new age of man under their control. Son of the last Nephilim, Alistair finds himself fighting a battle on two fronts as he attempts to protect those he loves while stopping the machinations of mad cultists. Thankfully, he has resourceful and powerful allies.

A psychiatrist, Dr. Alistair Marchand lived the life of a recluse in his quaint farmhouse until the mercenaries arrived to kill him. The cultists that hired the killers labeled him an abomination and an affront to God. While the mercenaries had expected a quiet academic, they had no idea who and what he truly was, child of Nephilim and grandson of an angel. As Alistair and his powerful friend, Finn, race to locate his siblings, the cultists begin their endgame.

Lt. Jade Mahelona idolizes her father, a Solar Defense Force admiral, and tries to follow in his footsteps. She excels in the Academy and is brilliant in hand-to-hand combat thanks in part to a rare ability to sense electric fields. Then an alien stargate knocks her career 500 light-years off course. Jade joins a rescue team's quest to save the remote alien colony. But her nanobiological team leader despises her, the cerebral alien scientist doesn't have a clue about humans, and the only other human on the team is a professor who thinks all soldiers are grunts.

Gus has big dreams. The gifted musician wants to follow in his father's and grandfather’s footsteps and become a Marine and join the Drum and Bugle Corps. But for a young man of limited means, that could prove difficult. A lifetime of adversity and self-doubt could easily dissuade Gus, a young man on the autism spectrum, from trying, but a unique opportunity soon presents itself and encourages him to move out of his comfort zone for the first time in his life.

For millennia, dragons and humans have shared the Earth. For most of that time, it has been a peaceful coexistence, primarily because contemporary human civilizations considered dragons to be nothing more than fairytales created from the fanciful imaginings of cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers. In truth, they have always been an integral part of a healthy planetary biosphere, and without them, Earth's environmental balance would have collapsed long ago.

Join Alistair, Ghost, Yekong and the other siblings as they race to find where their father, the Nephilim, is being held. The story comes full circle as the creature that sired them is now their target. Can they possibly defeat a being that is half-angel?

Awakening on the cold stone slab that kept his Nephilim father in stasis for thousands of years, Robert finds himself alive again. Surrounded by cultists who wish to enslave him, he ends their threat only to realize he is destined to replace his father as one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

When Andrew Ingram walks his longtime friend and confidant Jeanie home after a celebratory dinner, he has no idea that his life is about to change in unimaginable ways. After having created an innovative new automotive gaming platform, he was riding high on the wings of success when a deadly explosion ripped not only his best friend but also his eyesight away from him.

Earth's top scientists are disappearing. And when Jade Mahelona learns why, she becomes a target, too. An invisible dark matter ship lurks in the Oort cloud, biding its time as it prepares to conquer Earth. The Invincible Deus Admiral Jade Mahelona's involvement triggers its invasion, and mayhem ensues.

When the cyborg Umlac threatens to enslave Earth, Lt. Jade Mahelona defeats him in a hard-fought duel. Now she stands to inherit his interstellar empire. But Umlac's inheritance comes with a catch. Her vassals are two-ton blobs who believe that if they kill her, they win her right to rule. And on top of that, Umlac's former master expects Jade to serve under him in Umlac's stead. Naturally, Jade avoids the cyborg kingdom. But Earth faces invasion by Umlac's brothers, and terrorists destroy Earth's only interstellar link to its allies.

Caught in a race against time, Alistair must find his siblings before they are wiped out by a cult bent on world domination. Meanwhile, the threat of their father looms large. A nephilim, born of an angel, he has survived through the ages to serve as War, of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This omnibus contains the complete first arc of Nephilim Unbound.

John Baxter is the former CEO of an influential Virtual Reality Technologies Company. Having built an empire on immersive virtual world technologies and other investments, early retirement and some much-needed time with his family seem well-earned. But his early retirement is short-lived. On a trip to a mining outpost to aid in settling a labor dispute—his last act of diplomacy for his companies—he is cast into a tragedy that takes him to a faraway world that is ironically an organic virtual world.