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You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker—Badass Santa. Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.

The shattered shards in a shattered land.... With the fall of the prisoner’s tower, Dariak and his companions head west toward his home kingdom of Hathreneir. The group struggles against feral creatures while striving to avoid the king’s soldiers. With each piece of the Red Jade, Dariak’s powers grow, but - as in Pindington - he can’t always control them. As the group journeys through the opposing kingdoms, each member must confront his or her past. Though they gather allies along the way, the war looms closer and peace seems ever out of reach.

Join the last vestiges of Humanity and their alien allies (the reptilian Thrynn, the insectoid Velox, and the plant-based Elowan) as they attempt to carve out their own territory in a sector of space filled with wondrous opportunity and deadly threats. Brave explorers seek out new worlds to colonize while merchants cruise from starport to starport, their holds laden with exotic goods. Not all in this futuristic setting have noble intent. For every prospector and trader attempting to make a difference, a dozen pirates, smugglers, and mobsters engage in all manner of criminal enterprise.

Two decades ago, the mage Delminor brought together the shards of the Red Jade in an effort to bring peace to two kingdoms that were ever at war. Instead, his dying efforts decimated both armies and scattered the shards across the lands. Now Dariak, a Hathren mage, seeks the scattered shards of the Red Jade, attempting to unify them with less disastrous results. To begin his quest, he ventures into enemy territory and encounters danger at every turn.

When a curse plagues the land, reversing 16 years of prosperity, Andrew is tasked with repairing the damage, but every use of his magic leads to consequences. Friends old and new gather at his castle, but their needs tax Andrew’s abilities further, while secrets of his past threaten to tear asunder the relationships he has with them, further complicating his mission. Shadows lurk behind every decision. His magic has consequences, but so do his choices, and the fates of those around him lie in his hands.

In 2020, a year after an out-of-this-world encounter in Chinatown, Una Waters ventures into Yosemite National Park with General Ashcroft on their honeymoon. When a coded distress call pulls him unexpectedly away on duty, Una uncovers a UFO mystery and turns to compadre Jack Howser for help. Joined by friends from Explorers Club, their quest for answers leads to a string of unworldly campsites, ancient caves, living pterosaurs, and a military manhunt - all fueled by an alien conspiracy that threatens the survival of humanity!

Chasms rip apart the land. Strange creatures roam about, attacking passersby. Trees and grass wither away. Some say magic is the reason why. After his life is shattered, Startok ventures into the world with his best friend, Anthroff, seeking a means of restoring the dying land. Along the way, he confronts the Knights of the Order of Rekulock, a faction that governs magic use. When he discovers he has magic of his own, Startok must be wary.

With the companions and the jades united, Dariak’s quest should have already ended, but more work remains. As with Delminor, who assembled the jades two decades earlier, bringing the shards together led only to further devastation. To complete his quest, Dariak must solve the final complication and unite the Red Jade permanently, without destroying any more of the world around him. Only with the help of his companions can the talented mage hope to bring peace to the lands of Kallisor and Hathreneir. Only together can they uncover the truth of the Forgotten Tribe.

In 2019, three years after recovery of a powerful Hopi artifact from a mystery cave in Arizona, Una Waters finds herself on special assignment from D.C. to Chinatown in New York City. Unexplained acts of violence, including a cyber breach at the NYPD threaten to disrupt the lives of immigrants, forcing military intervention from General Ashcroft, now with U.S. Cyber Security. When newshound and compadre Jack Howser arrives to investigate a reported UFO sighting, Una begins to realize an episode of "missing time" at the Chinese New Year's parade may hold the answers.

Practitioners of the magic arts pull from the elements available to them, casting complex incantations and deciphering intricate runes, making magic inaccessible except to the most dedicated learners. Wishing to unlock the secrets of magic for all mages, Delminor pursues knowledge of the elements and the secrets of the Red Jade. His efforts, however, are hindered by the ever-raging war between Hathreneir and Kallisor.

In 1995, at the age of eight, Una Waters survived a terrifying encounter at 30,000 feet aboard Flight 564 from Dallas to Las Vegas. It changed her forever. After 21 years, and a decade away from the Hopi Reservation where she grew up as a child, a surprise plea for help brings Una back, to solve a mystery that threatens their traditional way of life. The U.S. Army's sudden interest regarding a cave discovery in the Sacred Peaks has triggered alarm, leading to violence.

Army CID agents Rudy Chelmin and his rookie partner, Will Spaulding, track the train's route back to Barstow, CA, and the Marine Corps Supply Depot. Before they can begin a joint-services investigation, both men come under attack by a determined and heavily armed international gang. As they try to unwrap the mystery of Kendra's death they must take out a sniper, escape from an RPG attack that levels a city block, and dodge a car bomb - and that's just the first few days. The key to finding Kendra's killer is to learn why she was killed.

With Body Language: Master the Art of Reading Anyone through Nonverbal Communication, you'll learn to read the signals that people are giving each other all the time. This information is yours for the taking, even though many people aren't even aware that it exists. Imagine the success you could have at your next job interview!

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again, to get there. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine competition. They brought back a battle cruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they, ultimately, founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.

At its core, American Disgust wrestles with how changing cultural notions of digestion-what goes into the body and what comes out of it-create and impose racial categories motivated by feelings of disgust rooted in American settler-colonial racism. It shows how disgust is a changing, yet fundamental, aspect of American subjectivity and that engaging with it-personally, politically, and theoretically-opens up possibilities for conceptualizing health at the individual, societal, and planetary levels.

Castle Ravensforge lies in ruin, and an ancient relic of immense power is missing. Rumor that the Dark Warrior of Erebos has returned sends shock waves through the faerie realm and threatens an already uneasy peace between the Kingdoms of Oakhurst and Nebosham. Meanwhile Shea Remington, a young woman without a past, lands a job as caretaker of a stately historic mansion following a minor break-in. She quickly discovers that the gardens of Oakhurst are filled with magic and wonder, and home to the biggest mystery of all - who she truly is.

Kershin's attempts at a normal life have always been fruitless, but now he's sure he'll be cursed forever. After shunning his fire magic for years, he's now forced to either tame it himself or be tamed by a persistent mage hunter. The harder he tries, the worse the situation gets, and as he's hunted across the land, he leaves destruction in his wake.

Andeson reluctantly trains to assume his father’s role as Lord of Timlefont. When magic manifests within him, excitement builds, and he yearns to investigate further. But without guidance, fear overwhelms him that he might not be enough to keep the land from tearing itself apart.