Monster Wars

Don't stare at the Kelpies! Don't trust the merfolk! Beneath the waves, a kingdom teeters on the edge... Sabrina, the last hope of a fractured dynasty, must master the treacherous art of alliances and deception to unite the warring Merfolk against the ruthless fae. But when treachery cuts closest to home, she'll face the darkest choice of her life: surrender or fight for survival. Join Sabrina's perilous quest to find a cure for the poisoned and uncover the traitor in their midst. Will she rise to power or succumb to the shadows? For fans of complex heroines and treacherous fae realms, this...

He survived the end of his kind. Now, can this Bigfoot, the last Riftwalker, survive the horrors of human warfare and a collapsing universe to save all existence? Plunged into a symbiotic interface with an ancient Machine Intelligence, the being known as the Riftwalker is tasked with a mission of cosmic importance: reweave the shattered dimensional tapestry and restore balance before all realities unravel. His first terrifying destination in The Shattered Front is Earth, specifically the blood-soaked mud and unimaginable carnage of WWI's Western Front. Here, amidst the "energetic and ...

Hitler’s Inner Circle: Monsters and Yes-Men is a gripping and unflinching examination of the personalities who shaped the Third Reich from within. While Hitler remains the focal point of Nazi horror, he did not act alone. This book exposes the men who not only supported him but often rivalled him in ruthlessness, loyalty, and ambition.

After pacifying the old Earth underground military base and defeating the Sleem, Tyson Dawes and Silken Sands are flush with new items and morties. But the Dearth Conglomerate has been circling over them in Arizona, and they want his land. Which wouldn't be such a problem if the boss weren't such an incompetent and spoiled child.

Two-fisted action and adventure across the Multiverse. The Many Worlds: Alternate Earths where history played out differently, magic or superhuman abilities exist, the future is here and humans must battle hostile aliens, or entities of myth and legend are alive and active in the affairs of humankind. Four tales of heroic action, epic fantasy, military science fiction and alternate history. A Land of Gods and Monsters: Will was a divorced, unemployed loser who lived only to play his favorite roleplaying game, until one day he died and woke up in the body of his player character. Trapped in ...

Ominous winds blow. The Hero Festival enters its final day. This is the end of our first big arc. Who will survive? What scars will be left behind? How exactly will our monster of a hero deal with this new threat? Will his mask fall once again? All these questions and more will be answered in this volume of Isekai Monster.

Ripples of causality change fate. Some changes are for the better and others not. Inside the Kingdom celebrations of all kinds are happening. While the rest of the world slowly notices the more dangerous changes happening around them. An era of war is coming to the rest of the world unlike what they have ever seen before. Seemingly a new darker era has begun while the kingdom has new rays of hope.

Cold Blood is narrated by Astrid! Cold Blood: As a vampire, the last place I want to go is a town full of witches. But here I am, in the old west-themed town of Jinx Junction. Good thing I’ve got Lorcan along for the ride. So why do we find ourselves in this particular level of hell? Because my uncle, Fox Aspen, gave me explicit instructions to meet him here. Why? I have no clue. As to Jinx Junction? This town sucks the big one (and not in a cool, vampy sort of way), more like an unfriendly, witchy sort of way. Not only are the inhabitants aching to hex me but there isn’t a whole lot to...

The Victorian world of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells is barely recovered from a calimitous invasion from another planet. Thinking the battle is finally over, the two good friends, settle down and have families. But life is never that easy, and theirs is no different. While famous for taking part in the firstt War of the Worlds, now they are faced with leaving their beloved families yet again to combat a second invasion of Earth. And this time could be the opportunity the invaders have been waiting for...to utterly destroy mankind, once and for all!

Everything changed the day I saved his life. I used to hide my magic. Mainly because I didn't want to be persecuted. I mean, even more so than I already was for being human. Humans aren't supposed to have magic. It's what makes us susceptible to the Corrupter's infection. And I don't just have one type of magic. I have all the elements, even Spirit—the element only Wraith Lords control. At best, the other races of Varr would see me as a mutant. At worst, a threat. Then the Corrupter attacked our village. Two Wraith Lords came to defend us, but despite their superior skill with swords and ...

High and Heroic, this is Epic Arthurian Fantasy at its deepest. Live it on the Inside – from the Intimate to the World-shattering. .Discovered in the remote forest swamp, the tall, powerfully-built stranger has seemingly appeared from nowhere... Badly injured and speaking an unknown language, he has no memory of who or what he is; or where he is from. Named as “Kyre”, he is dragged away, and forced to fight for his life. By sheer speed and violence, he defeats the sword-wielding patrol that found him. The troopers’ captain and a young woman member of a clandestine sisterhood each ...

Two gates down. Three to go. And the next may be her undoing. Penelope Callas has survived the first two gates of the Underworld, but each trial has left deeper scars. With her sister’s soul still lost and Ares growing more dangerous, Pen must now face the third gate, where illusions twist reality and trust can become a deadly trap. As her divine powers begin to surge and her connection to the gods intensifies, Pen finds herself questioning who she truly is. The path forward grows more treacherous with every step, and not every ally can be counted on. To survive what lies ahead, Pen must ...

The media of the 1950s and 1960s promoted an idealized version of American life sustained by the nuclear family and bolstered by a booming consumer economy. The seemingly wholesome and simple lifestyles portrayed on television screens, however, belied a torrent of social, economic, and political struggles occurring at the time. By the late 1950s, television writers were increasingly constrained to distract audiences from confronting counternarratives to the Dream.

She thought the hardest part was behind her. But the deeper she goes, the more the Underworld reveals its true horrors. Penelope Callas is still searching for her sister’s stolen soul, and her journey through the Underworld is far from over. The first gates tested her strength. The next will challenge her very sanity. And as Pen moves deeper into the land of the dead, the dangers grow darker and more twisted than anything she has faced before. With ancient gods watching her every move and new allies whose loyalty is uncertain, Pen must rely on her instincts and her courage. The path ahead...

A watch commander at the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Operational Center finds himself at the heart of a first contact situation with an alien species and desperately working to prevent a war between humans and the aliens over the same benign assumption about one another.

It's Smergey's lucky day. He gets to fight a dinosaur with a paperclip. Yeah, that's how much fun it's been with the First Team. What's left of them. Smergey doesn't know where anyone else is, or even if they are alive. He only knows that he and President Harkness have been separated from First Team. The President is severely wounded and Smergey is wishing he had practiced his boy scout skills better now. And you won't believe what happens for Smergey's second lucky day. The President wakes up just long enough from his fever coma to tell Smergey an atom bomb is about to blow up if the ...

Magic and mayhem collide in "The Tales of Tarn & Beck" short story collection. When Sir Pacaben from the Legends of Arria series unexpectedly appears through a magical portal, Tarn and Beck find themselves on a whirlwind mission to save their friends Cecily, Nutmeg, and Eric, trapped beneath the enchanted forest. Facing cultists, zombies, and vengeful gods, Nutmeg and Cecily must summon their courage to rescue Eric. Meanwhile, possessed by the god of destruction, Miranda and Carroll unleash chaos in the forest. Beck's long-lost father, Cedric, holds the key to stopping the chaos, but the ...

This is a SHORT STORY set within the ongoing THE UNSEEN franchise. Potential spoilers ahead! This short story stars the youngest character in the intense THE UNSEEN franchise, Hope Diaz. Her survival is one of heartache, terror, and perseverance, an event that occurs during book two of the main series, DESOLATION.

Jaracacas, Brazilian snake like vampires that feed on a woman’s breast milk; Jigarkhwars, Indian vampiric sorceress; Tlaciques, Vampiric witches from Mexico, Loogaroos, West Indian vampires that go to a “Devil Tree” each night, remove their skin and fly off as a sulfurous fire ball in search of prey; Churels, vengeful ghostly vampires; Varacolaci, Romanian vampires ranked amongst the most powerful, and legions upon legions of others . . . When war over the rich “Feeding Grounds” of New York City, erupts between legions of competing vampire species, Detectives Alaric Lysandra and ...

From the award-winning author of The Death Wizard Chronicles comes a magical thrill ride for teens, adults, and anyone who’s ever dreamed of being more than ordinary. Do You Believe in Monsters? is Book 2 of the Dark Circles trilogy—a heart-pounding, monster-filled fantasy adventure perfect for fans of J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, and Brandon Sanderson. What if the fate of two worlds rested in the hands of one awkward, bullied teen? Charlie Magus was just trying to survive middle school—until he discovered a hidden waterfall that opened the door to a world of monsters, mayhem, and ...