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James's great adventure begins with a simple thing — a rustic cabin in the countryside. Charmed by the prospect, he decides to leave his stressful city life behind and move into the woods. But country living isn't boring. There's a quaint town nearby with kind folks who still help each other out. Maybe the bubbly blonde storekeeper has a job or two for James? And let's not forget the magical legacy waiting for James, tracing back through the history of his family.

Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down monsters, averted wars, and saved a city, twice. She thought she'd left her dusty little hometown forever. But that was before her father died.

Dazz, a hard-edged, fun-loving Icer, likes fighting, particularly while at his favorite watering hole. However, while recovering from a particularly bad break up, his decision to engage in a brutal pubroom brawl leads to a series of events that thrust him into a dark and mysterious scandal involving King Goff, the ice country ruler. When his seven-year-old sister is abducted in the dark of night, Dazz pledges to do whatever it takes to get her back, embarking on a quest that threatens to rip apart the very fabric that's barely holding his shattered family together.

It’s been a year since James moved to Tour County and became a High Mage, and his life couldn’t be better! There’s excitement, magic, adventure, but also plenty of peace and quiet at the side of his beautiful women. Now, the time has come to unravel the secrets of Tour and expand his magical influence over his domain. Lofty goals, but there’s also plenty of other stuff to do! With summer in full swing, the farm will be busy. And considering James’s expanding properties, he has some… corporate recruiting to do. Of course, he has his eye on a certain girl at the Tour Bank.

The Winter Fair is here, and it’s time for James and his women to go out, meet some people in town… and pelt them with snowballs. There’s even a snowball tournament, so things might get a little competitive. And after some good old winter fun, a new adventure awaits. James’s new allies from the Plane of Fire will provide him and his women with magical gear, allowing them to explore the Broken Grounds and unravel the legend surrounding the mysterious mage who once lived there.

With all the building that’s been going on at James’s cabin, it’s time to kick back a little and enjoy the season. Most of all, it’s time to go on some fun dates with his women. As the adventure continues, James is about to find out if fox girls can ice skate. And what better place to do so than a disco ice rink? And while he’s driving around in his new truck, James also finds time to hang out with Jackie, the cute mechanic girl he’s been dating.

The first snow of winter has arrived! James and his companions are eager to enjoy a season of good company and fun activities, such as the annual Winter Fair. With snowball fights, laughter, and hot cocoa on the horizon, it’s shaping up to be a great one. However, the cabin is getting more crowded by the day.

Spring is in the air in Tour County, and James is eager to get started on new projects and adventures with his loved ones. Together with his devoted companions, James works to expand and improve Corinne's farm using his ever-growing magical abilities. And with spring underway, it's time to tend to the farm as well! To make the farm work a little easier, James will call on a few magical helpers. With their aid, there will be plenty of time left to go on a date or two with Ella and learn a little bit more about the town's corporate banker girl.

James and his women are looking forward to a comfortable autumn at the cabin. A warm fire, good company, and James’s magical quality-of-life improvements will carry them through the cold months. But in an enchanted forest, the autumn months still bring plenty of adventure! A magical prophecy reveals the location of a mysterious artifact. To find it, James will venture deep into the woods to find the shy deer girl that has eluded him so far.

In his fiction, HG Wells explored various fantasy and science fiction sub-genres, from alien invasion narratives through time travel to dystopian tales. He was also an innovator and pioneer in matters of plot and style, as proven by the 33 short stories in The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. The tale of the title is about a mountaineer who discovers a secluded valley of blind people. When he tries to tell them about the sense of sight, they scoff and attribute it to an over-active imagination.

The New York Times bestseller from “one of the most astute and entertaining commentators on our astonishing, chaotic present.”( Washington Post Book World) Hollis Henry is a journalist on investigative assignment for a magazine called Node, which doesn’t exist yet. Bobby Chombo is a...

North Chazy, New York is the heart of the North Country, a frigid region nestled against the Canadian border, characterized by the beautiful landscapes of the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain—plus a steady stream of Quebecois drugs flowing south, spirited by snowmobile across the ice. Tom Kaiser, fresh off a dishonorable discharge from the Air Force, returns to North Chazy for his ailing father’s final days. It’s an uneasy homecoming—ever since his little sister was lost under the ice in mysterious circumstances when they were children, Kaiser has felt a terrible presence swimming in the deep.

“In a word: Brilliant….It left me breathless and awed….Pure exhilaration from the first page to the last.” —James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Altar of Eden “WOW! Double Wow!...Ghost Country by Patrick Lee will make Asimov and Heinlein cheer with the angels. The...

War has come to Discworld…again. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, insufferably arrogant, strictly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its ability to beat up on its neighbors. This time, however, it's Borogravia that's...

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In this New York Times bestselling powerful and exciting fantasy set in the world of the Others series, humans and the shape-shifting Others will see whether they can live side by side...without destroying one another. There are ghost towns in the world—places where the humans were annihilated...

There is a wild man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads. When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes. Old secrets better left buried are dug up, and Tobias is forced to reckon with his troubled past - both the green magic of the woods and the dark things that rest in its heart.

This 1911 collection of thirty-three stories, selected and revised by the author from amongst his huge output of short fiction, includes tales of comedy, horror, monsters, and strange worlds. In his Introduction, Wells writes that the book brings together, “All the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again,” and that, “No short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.”

Two years ago, a super solar storm triggered a CME pulse that crippled the country and destroyed the electrical grid. What remains of the country’s leaders are hiding a secret: something that threatens not just the US but the entire world. The Gulf Coast town of Harris Springs, Mississippi has suffered from gang attacks, famine, hurricanes, and has battled a crusading army of religious zealots. Now, they face their greatest challenge: outsmarting a tyrannical president and escaping an approaching pandemic.

Introducing the princess and the mage.He doesn’t do well with people. She isn’t so good with tact. But to survive an imperial invasion the wild, beautiful, fragile desert of Hethria will need them both. She knows about tactics. He understands reality. They both love Hethria. But what if, to save something you love, you have to change yourself? Some wars you just can’t win alone.