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Keeping his head up and moving forward was what Koda Burke was best at. After having to emancipate himself as a teen and find his own way at a young age, it became part of who he was. The most important part, or so he thought. Until that the faithful day that chance aligned with fate, and his true worth lay revealed when he met with a dying goddess, someone who had lost hope and all but given up until she felt the call from across the void between dimensions.

Life had been a whirlwind of changes for Casey since he accepted the offer of assistance from Loptr Laufeysson, known better by the name of Loki to most. But Casey regretted none of those changes, especially as they lead him to his lover: Maude Sigynsdottir, the youngest child of Loptr and Sigyn. Bonding with that woman led him to his next lover, Rowan Deeproot, an Ironwood Dryad sent to assist him by none other than Earth Mother herself. Now with two lovers at his back, Casey is ready to challenge the world and take power by the throat.

After the chaos of the competition, Liam and his girls just want some time to relax and be alone together. Life back on Earth has still been challenging and, despite the fact it was actually physically dangerous, Liam longs for the time in the wilderness with his girls. Time with no one to judge...

The fight over the plains drags onwards. A second blight of Crooked has made their way in to replace those that had already been overwhelmed, so the fight continues to rage between the beastfolk, the humans, and the Crooked. Additionally, the humans are getting more aggressive, and only through...

Having completed his training to become an Adept-Lieutenant, Desmond is now ready to return to active service. Graduating top of his class and setting a base record for his scores, Desmond managed to achieve a lot, and so did his girls. Not a single member of Arsenal wasted their time at the...

After the harrowing adventures of their previous trip into the Human Era ruins, Liam and the girls are ready for a bit of a break. The trip underground taught them where they were strong, and where they needed to improve. And one area that they have decided on is that they need to expand their little adventuring party.

Battling the Crooked has been Koda’s task ever since he answered the call of his ancestor’s goddess. Battling the twisted creatures was one of the very first things he did upon arriving in this world, and for it he has earned the thanks of his goddess, respect of a tribe to call his own, and the loving devotion of his mates. Up until recently, it had only been raiding groups that he had confronted, led by champions and commanders that he could potentially surmount.

What would you do if your everyday life working a dead end job to survive was interrupted, but not by sickness or disaster, but instead by an accident that crossed dimensions to give you odd powers and a whole mess of secrets to keep? Especially if that accident also results in you still having to work a day job to keep a roof over your head? Liam Cosgrave has been wrestling with that whole situation for weeks now. An accident summoned him to another world and his own need to help people bonded him to a pair of young sorceresses, but not as a hero to save the world.

Having finally completed the trials to join the Roaring Mountain, Casey has earned the support of the clan and access to their considerable resources. Both Maude and Magnus are backing him completely, encouraging Casey to do everything he can to be ready for the next challenge that comes along. At his back, he has two true friends. Einar Riggsson, the first drengr that Casey met in this world, and Vibeke Ylvasdottir, a fierce warrioress who has already proved a staunch ally through bloody conflict.

Getting a break was a pipe dream, something that Desmond McLaughlin realized in short order. Fate had her favorite squeaky toy, and its name was McLaughlin. But at least he had his girls to support him and the friends he’d made aboard the Fist of Defiance, as well as the relationships that continue to grow, both into friendships and something more.

Winter has passed and the world returns to life once more. Spring brings with it new life, new opportunity, and new problems. With the pass having thawed, word reaches the members of the Ivory Spear tribe in their hideout at Silverstone valley. The baron that the village owes its allegiance to is moving troops around. Troops are camping in the vicinity of the nearby town of Amberpost.

Join Desmond as he learns to manipulate mana—a source of power that exists beyond the reach of most people in the universe—meets vastly different alien species, risks life and limb, all while trying to pass classes. If he’s lucky, he will find someone he can trust out here amongst the weird. If he's very lucky, maybe someone he can love.

Sometimes in life, you feel like the world is out to get you. Nothing ever seems to work out the way you want it to, and everything just goes wrong all at the same time. But you have to bear up under the weight of life and just keep swinging. It can't stay bad forever, right? That is what Casey Sullivan believed when he spent his entire young life in an orphanage, fighting for scraps and doing his best to not get shanked by the youth gangs there. When he had the opportunity to make a difference, he seized it with both hands and did everything in his power to pass the police academy.

Promoted early, Desmond McLaughlin and his mates are now full members of the Hegemony military, with all the rights and duties that rank includes. Given the benefits of achieving the rank of full adept early, Desmond and company elected to be deployed aboard the battlecruiser Fist of Defiance, a ship that just happened to be part of the Seventh Border Fleet. The same fleet headed by a certain admiral whose daughter was saved by Desmond and his girls.

Settling into the new pace of his life, Casey Sullivan thought that he’d left behind the idiocy of people with overinflated senses of self worth. But even on another world, around people that worked magic into their everyday life but owed their allegiance to the Norse gods of old, one truth remains: You can’t fix stupid. Thankfully, it’s possible to muffle the idiocy of people that he doesn’t want to deal with, as long as Casey keeps moving. All except for the bit of four-legged mischief that has decided to follow him.

Drawn to another world at the behest of a goddess without hope, thrown into conflict to protect a people on the brink of destruction, and drawn into a conflict millennia old, Koda Burke should have been upset at the very least. But in exchange for answering the desperate pleas of Thera Ivorycrown, Koda has been given everything that he had wanted in his previous life and more. A people to call his own, a place to belong, and a purpose in his life.

After having foiled multiple assassination attempts during his training, fighting pirates, and encountering a group of terrorists bent on destroying entire solar systems. Desmond McLaughlin thought he’d have an easier time of it on official deployment.

With winter settling over the land, now is the time to warm the hearth and spend time with family. However, the duties of a champion never truly end to his people. Especially since now is the time to get to know his newest companion better as Samira happily burrows her way into everyone’s hearts with a smile.

A little over four months has passed since Desmond McLaughlin was physically yanked from his home and thrown to the mercy of a conquering alien empire when they demanded he be handed over for training as he was an ‘Adept’, one of the few able to harness the power of magic in the universe. During that time, he has learned how to manipulate mana and made several friends amongst the aliens whose culture he was now immersed in. And one lover.

Life hit Liam Cosgrave hard, like it has for a lot of people. Forced to work a dead end job to make ends meet, he barely had energy to do anything besides work and sleep. His life was basically just day to day survival. That is, until he was summoned to another world in a freak accident. Sitting in his truck after a fender bender on the highway, Liam was questioning whether something was out to get him.