"Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two. Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy. As civil war rages from Rome to Alexandria, and vast armies and navies battle for supremacy, a secret conflict may shape the course of history. Juba, Numidian prince and adopted brother of Octavian, has embarked on a...

When unknown conspirators launch their deadly schemes to oversee the city of Cryssigens and trigger civil war, Hope rests on a trio of heroes, none of which fully understands the depth and speed of the approaching menace. In 2002 ADR, the jewel of the southern empire is the city of Cryssigens, where life is an unending carnival of display, while intrigue brews beneath the surface. Nobles, guilds, and House Cups scheme with and against each other,...

This is a story that spans three generations. It begins with Sherry, who has a child out of wedlock. She runs away to have the child alone, but the father of the baby finds her and eventually marries her. Sherry's baby, Leora, grows up in a happy family atmosphere and enjoys attending school. She gets involved in a lovers' triangle in high school, and it carries on for over twenty years, throughout high school and her marriage to Jim, the love of...

This title is all about the Shard, which is the tallest building in London and the United Kingdom. Readers will learn all about its construction, the materials that it is made from, its uses, and more. This title is written at a Level 3, specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards.

Bringing together The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and Inception in an epic action-packed narrative. Zain is last of the Vampires... ... the Death of the Undeath... ... and now, he's finally decided to die. After 700 years, all his efforts and sacrifices meant nothing. He's killed his kind to save the world from their hunger, but all he's been left with is everlasting guilt and solitude. The only one who could save him is Lilith,...

Body heat brought them together. Cold reality could tear them apart.

Dream, Book 2

After surviving a brutal emergency-room shooting, nightmares have worn Kalin Smith down. Desperate, she retreats to her grandfather's cabin and prays her Miwok heritage will bring her peace. In a mountain pool's healing waters, she finds an unconscious, hypothermic man floating from upriver. When he comes to, it turns out he's armed,

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Her touch is the only cure for an all-consuming corruption. When she sets out to change her fate, will she condemn her world to despair? Nalani is certain she's cursed. Although everyone else claims her odd powers are a Gift from the goddess, the lonely twenty-year-old feels them cutting her off from those she loves. So when she's called to leave her verdant island home and travel to the mainland, she seizes the journey as an opportunity to shed her...

John Jones, a fourteen-year-old in small town Alabama, finds himself thrown into the chaos of fairy conflicts as different factions search for the cure to their iron allergy. Armed with witty sci-fi quotes, exceptional speed, and a penchant for honesty, John finds his first days of high school far from dull as he's attacked by enemies, questions his own sanity, and finds that only he can save his parents when an ancient prophecy leads a dangerous...

The Academia, once an elite proving ground for the rulers of the world, has been frozen for centuries. Now its strange slumber has ended, and a new Chancellor, an orange-eyed dragon, has reopened its lecture halls and readied its dorms. In order to thrive once more, however, the Academia needs fresh blood--new students with a passion and talent for learning. One such student, Robin, has the perfect recruit in mind: his friend Raven, an orphan who...

When Gerda's neighbor and childhood friend disappears into the Mississippi, she refuses to believe he's dead. A spontaneous rescue mission leads her to a strange new land, full of fairies, trolls, and talking flowers. To find her friend, she must travel through this land, to a palace at the top of the world. But reaching the palace is only the beginning-she has to get him home again, too.