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The Sonoran Shield aren't the only hero team in the desert. Trev and his friends encounter a famous veteran team hunting their same targets in the mountains. With their rising fame of the Sonoran Shield and growing threats to the entire country, the Shield thinks it's time to establish more formal alliances. But not all heroes share the same priorities.

The world ended four years ago when the zombie virus killed billions. Now, with a vaccine in place, humanity can begin again. Or can it? The Morningstar Strain created two different, equally deadly forms of zombie: the raging, fast sprinters and the relentless, undead shamblers. The sprinters have all but disappeared; the evil humans dedicated to death and chaos have been defeated.

Renowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of monarchs and commoners, villains and heroes. He is relentless, unstoppable, simply the best there is at what he does. At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures in Ankhana command an audience of billions.

The Sonoran Shielf are now an officially recognized hero team. Criminals, the government, and even the dangerous 46P1 corporation all understand that Trev and his team are powerful and dedicated to justice. Trev is happy to bask in the team's new reputation. He's not prepared when the New Baja Republic government informs him they expect the Sonoran Shield to help protect the visiting Johnathan Tallmere, the CEO of the dangerous 46P1 company.

With their last major battle pointing in the direction of 46P1 and assassinations in the government proving the company can't be underestimated, Trev and the team prepare for 46P1 to strike back. They've recruited new members and upped their gear. There's only one problem. They've become so good at taking down local villains they're running out of bad guys to stomp.

Trev has accepted the truth of Cassie's vision of him becoming a great hero meant to save the Earth and stop the machinations of the dangerous corporation 46P1. While Trev, Jack, and Cassie are a good team, they've got a long way to go before they're ready to take on the most powerful company left in the broken world.

Trev Leon grew up in the shattered remains of the once proud United States. He was blessed and cursed like everyone else with a special ability in a world where weak governments are still trying to regain a semblance of control over the superpowered bandits and grotesque mutant animals. With the death of his parents and a warning to keep the nature of his power hidden, Trev moves far away to the desert southwest to start a new life. Starting over in a broken world isn't cheap.

The world holds its breath as the colossal asteroid 2011 AG5 hurtles towards the Earth. As humanity is faced with extinction, archaeologist Sarah Morgan is in a race against time to uncover a secret that has been buried for millennia: that an advanced ancestor once populated the Earth. As Sarah travels across the continents in search of the truth, she discovers there are those that will kill to protect this most ancient of secrets....

Marcus Battle is tired of the world. And he's certain the world is tired of him. But when an old friend needs his help, he steps back into the violence and corruption he's fought for so long to avoid. A decade after he disappeared north of the wall that separated his Texas from the rest of what used to be his country, an oppressive government threatens the only people alive for whom he cares and who care about him.

The Galactic Legacy Federation thought the Cataclysm was over. The Starless Horrors, which decimated most sentient life, vanished over a century ago. Only, the retreat was a lie, and in a small system deep in the Dead Zone, the war against the eldritch threat has raged on, led by a group of sentient AI.

Bill - the perfect Starship Trooper: big, brawny, and brainwashed. Possessor of two right arms (impressive when it comes to saluting) and a foot that is threatening to turn into something more suited to being an umbrella stand than anything that could be squeezed into a size 11 sneaker.

They had all—the artificial intelligences of Sol and the sailors of the Third Expeditionary Fleet alike—believed the Starless Horrors were mindless monsters: little more than beasts driven by eldritch desires, lashing out from their unknown depths to kill and destroy. But that naïve perception was thoroughly crushed after an encounter with a terrifying entity who called itself the Executor.

A century ago, nearly all life in the universe was destroyed by the Starless Horrors. Spanning three decades, the Cataclysm wiped out two-thirds of known galaxies and left the rest broken. But eventually, the survivors of countless civilizations and species banded together and prevailed against the onslaught, and those who remained began to rebuild, reconnect, and rediscover hope.

Before the world ended, Hope was a down-and-out virgin stripper. Now she's pregnant with a baby prophesied to be the world's salvation. She is joined by Undead Elvis, who promises her that Graceland remains intact even though the rest of the world has become sand and ash. As Graceland is the only safe place left, Hope must undertake the perilous journey across a broken, unfamiliar landscape.

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