Great Epics

Travis emerges from the astral only to find the world has been greatly altered during his absence. Arriving in Stormhold, Travis finds that Valerence’s capitol is stricken with chaos and scheming Lords. To make matters worse Godsmith visits Stormhold and further destabilizes the already fragile court. Travis is forced to make several difficult choices as he attempts to keep Stormhold’s Lords from turning against each other. Rifts form and friends turn to enemies as chaos threatens to consume Valerence.

Josh Bernstein, host of The History Channel's hit series Digging for The Truth, takes listeners beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing, remote, and physically challenging locations on the planet as he explores the world's greatest ancient mysteries. No location is too dangerous, no terrain too rough, no culture too exotic for explorer and survival expert Josh Bernstein.

For fans of The Vampire Diaries, Twilight and The Hunger Games! Over 200,000 copies sold in the series! More than 1,200 worldwide 5-star reviews! The epic saga of vampires and werewolves - and a love unlike any other. Book #7 in the bestselling "Vampire Love Story" series! Josiah Reign is a lover and a fighter. A father and a husband. With Jason held captive by the evil Brock, Josiah has to make a tough choice about whether to turn his other son, Joshua, into a vampire. It would help them fight for Jason’s life, but change Joshua’s whole destiny. And should he change the destiny of one ...

For fans of The Vampire Diaries, Twilight and The Hunger Games! Over 200,000 copies sold in the series! More than 1,200 worldwide 5-star reviews! The epic saga of vampires and werewolves - and a love unlike any other. For Josiah Reign, life as he knows it has been forever changed. In two shorts months he went from unbeliever to the "The Chosen" - savior of the Mani people (a vampire race that has been living underground for 10,000 years). Now Josiah must learn to control his powerful new body, all while understanding his destiny...and falling deeper in love. Soon Josiah realizes that to ...

Join us for an exhilarating and immersive adventure through 500 years of history, told entirely in the words of those who were there. With their artless prose and their polished & witty gossip, these are the men and women who have shaped our past. Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Harriet Walter, David Suchet, Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter and many more.

The Trial of Houses Begins. Rosha, Darrion, and Aladorn have witnessed the demise of the King. For this crime, they’ve been forced into the service of the Queen of Grannitewatch. As the queen fears her political power may wane, the trio wonder if they serve her as guards or scapegoats. And when the Trial of Houses is set to take place in the ancient capital of the Realm of Lords, Rosha finds herself in an unsure position: the Champion of the Queen. Can this friendship forged in fire survive the life-threatening trials? And will the promise of power lead one of them to abandon the others ...

Imagine opening a long-forgotten trunk to find diaries written by your foremothers. Four generations of thoughts, heartaches, challenges and triumphs. What lessons did they write inside the yellowed pages? What lessons could they gift you now? THE LEGACY OF MAVIS MCCALL – Book Three of the Silver Cross Ranch Legacy It takes a bit of conniving and a few subtle lies, but Mavis finds what she’s been searching for when, against her father’s wishes, she’s accepted to study at the Colorado College of Agriculture. She can’t imagine how life could get any better. Halcyon days are filled ...

One theft will set the realm ablaze. Rosha is a stablehand in training for a prince of Grannitewatch. Darrion is a bastard orphan in the care of his abusive aunt. Both long for an opportunity to prove that they are meant for more than a life of poverty in the quiet city of Oldrum. When the prince’s family heirloom is stolen from under his nose, Rosha and Darrion are given just that chance. But when they find themselves up against bandits who have no qualms about killing two adventurous youths, they’ll need to join forces with a wizard who hides a secret that could cost them more than ...

Things are looking up for the Masker family. Fel, the adventurer of the clan, has stocked the antiquity shop with valuable contraptions unearthed during his journeys. Sales are strong, customers are happy, life is good. But rival families know the Maskers are unlocking ancient secrets about the arcane devices, and their spies will stop at nothing to have them.

From the night she is rescued as a baby out of the flames of a sinking ship, to the day she joins a pair of daredevil pilots looping and diving over the rugged forests of her childhood, to the thrill of flying Spitfires during the war, the life of Marian Graves has always been marked by a lust for freedom and danger. In 1950, she embarks on her life's dream - to fly a Great Circle around the globe, pole to pole. But after a crash landing, she finds herself stranded on the Antarctic ice without enough fuel.

Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of the English became legendary. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish Empire on land and at sea determined the fates of kings and queens, and his victories helped shape the destiny of the New World.

Demons have returned to Gilia. Ealrin has followed his mentor all over the continent, but it’s beginning to take its toll on his body and the trust he once had in his guide. The rest of his friends are battered, though not yet driven to the brink. But they are surrounded. With demons on one side and the armies of men on the other, it's time for them to decide if staying on Ladis is worth risking more than their lives. Buy the exciting conclusion to the Ladis trilogy today!

The author of Britain at Bay—which the Wall Street Journal called “[perhaps] the single best examination of British politics, society, and strategy [from 1938 to 1941] that has ever been written”—picks up his sweeping social history in 1942, when what was once a regional war has become an intricate, globe-spanning conflict, with profound consequences for the British Empire and for a British people already exhausted after more than two years of fighting

As the dark forces of the Undead sweep across what remains of the empire, Nazafareen must obey the summons of a demon queen to save Darius' father, Victor. Burdened with a power she doesn't understand and can barely control, Nazafareen embarks on a perilous journey through the shadowlands to the House-Behind-the-Veil. But what awaits her there is worse than she ever imagined.... As a final showdown looms between Alexander the Great and Queen Neblis, the truth of the daevas' origins is revealed and three worlds collide.

Princess Shara of the High Kingdom survived a mad sorcerer and his demonic master. In the process, she gained a rare and powerful gift, The Divine Key. A power so dangerous that even the archangels fear what might happen. And fear can lead even the mightiest of beings to rash decisions. All in the name of the greater good. Meanwhile, Robert and Blade are enjoying their new life, at least until Blade gets bored with the gladiators. Seeking ever greater excitement, they head for the deadly Serpent Island, where they’ll have more than snakes to worry about.

When humanity fled to the trees, no one ever thought they'd be safer on the ground... The world, controlled by the Church of the Sun and their murderous doctrine, means no one is safe from the executioner's blade. Yet hope survives. A new rebellion is stirring, built on an ancient prophecy, the heart of an ex-soldier, and with the help of a strange subterranean council of fungal-humanoids that grant our hero one of their symbiotic young: He will have to harness his new found powers and try to bring down the church once and for all.

Prometheus is missing…Yet the insurrection cannot stop. Can it survive without him? Finally, Alistair’s insurrection returns to our solar system, intent on destroying the Commonwealth. There’s only one problem: after his battle with Hector, Alistair disappeared. Now, Thoreaux faces an impossible decision with ramifications stretching out centuries. Should he invade Neptune without their incredible leader? If he does, will anyone live? If Alistair’s still alive, will he show up in time to save his insurrection, or will it be too late?

Fel and the other Maskers knew recovering the gifts of the past was worth the danger, so long as they could keep the worst of the bygone contraptions out of the wrong hands. They couldn't have predicted a wave of violence beyond Beffshire’s walls would summon a powerful inspector. Now he is convinced the Maskers are hiding something. Unfortunately for them, he’s right. But there is something shady about this inspector. Letting him claim their inventory might not simply destroy their legacy, it might deliver powerful artifacts directly into the clutches of forces with sinister aims.

Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times. These are the stories that made Europe. Journeying from Turkey to Iceland, award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber takes us on a fascinating adventure through our continent's most enduring epic poems to learn how they were shaped by their times and how they have since shaped us.

Thirteen-year-old Varka, who lost her father, is hired as a servant and a babysitter in a shoemaker's house. All day long, she is forced to fulfill the owners’ orders, and later, she sits all night long by the cradle, trying desperately not to fall asleep. Varka knows that she would be severely beaten for that by her masters….