"In The Lost Prince Michael Mewshaw sets down one of the most gripping stories of friendship I've ever read." —Daniel Menaker, author of My Mistake: A Memoir Pat Conroy was America's poet laureate of family dysfunction. A larger-than-life character and the author of such classics as The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, Conroy was remembered by everybody for his energy, his exuberance, and his self-lacerating humor. Michael Mewshaw's The Lost Prince is an intimate memoir of his friendship with Pat Conroy, one that involves their families and those days in Rome when they were both young—when Conroy went from being a popular regional writer to an international bestseller. Family snapshots beautifully illustrate that time. Shortly before his forty-ninth birthday, Conroy telephoned Mewshaw to ask a terrible favor. With great reluctance, Mewshaw did as he was asked—and never saw Pat Conroy again. Although they...

The Exercise Of Vital Powers is a character driven, cautionary tale inspired in part by the adage “with great power, comes great responsibility”, featuring an unforgettable female protagonist in possession of great magical abilities who must learn the dangers and consequences of abusing power. This spellbinding fantasy debut, graced with a twisting, turning plot, is guaranteed to leave fantasy readers wanting more.

Commander Finn Radko and the crew of the HMCS Vimy Ridge, lone survivors of the greatest massacre in human history, begin a perilous journey through the mysterious attacking armada in the desperate hope of preventing another catastrophe.Undermanned and unprepared for battle, Sergeant Freyja Sigurdsson and her garrison scramble to man their defenses as the unthinkable unfolds: an invasion. Marching through the blowing snow, an alien horde; their identity unknown, their capabilities devastating.As the galaxy burns, Radko and Sigurdsson face the destruction of all they know and love, and must pull together a coalition of unlikely allies with the fate of humanity resting on their shoulders.One ship against an armada.Thirty soldiers against an army.The future of the human race hangs in the balance.

Sailors Diggings an isolated mining settlement is left reeling when outlaws slaughter seventeen of the stunned population and clean out the assay office stealing $75,000 worth of freshly mined gold. A group of vigilantes led by Don Plunkett give chase determined to dispense some Old West justice. Eddie Carter is mistaken for a gang member and to escape a lynching he must go on the run handcuffed to outlaw leader Dave Mooney, the man responsible for the death of his partner. In the confrontation that follows, the stolen gold disappears with an outcome that nobody could have anticipated.

The death of a young girl leads Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard and Kate O'Donnell into a hotbed of simmering tensions, violence and threats in sixties' Soho. London, 1964. At three a.m. on a chilly autumn morning, Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard is called to a club in Greek Street where a young girl has fallen to her death from a top-floor window. A new breed of fans is flocking to Soho's rock and roll haunts. But was it a tragic accident, or something more sinister?Meanwhile, Kate O'Donnell, Harry's photographer girlfriend, receives a call from her Liverpudlian ex, Dave Donovan, pleading for her help. His new squeeze, Bernie Collins, set off for London in the hope of getting a recording contract, but she's not answering her phone. Where is she?With simmering tensions, intimidation and terror rife on Soho's streets, Harry and Kate are drawn into its dark underbelly in their attempts to find answers.

Abbie Wu is even more FRAZZLED as she embarks on an outdoor school trip and encounters new hazards of middle school.This is the third book in a New York Times bestselling graphic novel series that NPR's All Things Considered called "hilarious"!Abbie Wu thinks that she's finally getting the hang of this middle school thing. That's until her teacher announces that they'll be going to...OUTDOOR SCHOOL!While Abbie's usual clique seems to adjust fine at camp, she doesn't quite fit in—with anyone! If that isn't bad enough, her camp counselors are totally evil and she can't figure out what is up with the golden pig. Abbie feels all alone. Will she learn how to fit in yet stay true to herself? Or will she finally reach her breaking point?From author and professional doodler Booki Vivat, this popular series follows Abbie Wu, your favorite...

Three-time Hugo Award winner N. K. Jemisin's first collection of short fiction challenges and enchants with breathtaking stories of destruction, rebirth, and redemption.N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story "The City Born Great," a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out:The Inheritance... In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded city of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow south must figure out how to save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story “The City Born Great,” a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis’s soul.

In 1795, a teenager discovered a mysterious circular depression in the ground on Oak Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada, and ignited rumors of buried treasure. Early excavators uncovered a clay-lined shaft containing layers of soil interspersed with wooden platforms, but when they reached a depth of ninety feet, water poured into the shaft and made further digging impossible.Since then the mystery of Oak Island’s “Money Pit” has enthralled generations of treasure hunters, including a Boston insurance salesman whose obsession ruined him; young Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and film star Errol Flynn. Perplexing discoveries have ignited explorers’ imaginations: a flat stone inscribed in code; a flood tunnel draining from a man-made beach; a torn scrap of parchment; stone markers forming a huge cross. Swaths of the island were bulldozed looking for answers; excavation attempts have claimed two lives. Theories abound as to what’s hidden on Oak Island—pirates’ treasure, Marie Antoinette’s lost jewels, the Holy Grail, proof that Sir Francis Bacon was the true author of Shakespeare’s plays—yet to this day, the Money Pit remains an enigma. The Curse of Oak Island is a fascinating account of the strange, rich history of the island and the intrepid treasure hunters who have driven themselves to financial ruin, psychotic breakdowns, and even death in pursuit of answers. And as Michigan brothers Marty and Rick Lagina become the latest to attempt to solve the mystery, as documented on the History Channel’s television show The Curse of Oak Island, Sullivan takes readers along to follow their quest firsthand.

**His fated mate is trapped in her own mind. Can he reach her before her dragon destroys their world?** Chris is free at last. In Sanctuary, he can be who he is – a telepath – without hiding his powers. Marigold is free too… in theory. After years of abuse, she found refuge in her own mind and remains in a comatose state. Sanctuary’s leadership asks Chris to help Marigold, but entering her mind without her consent is not something he’s keen to do. Soon, he realizes they are mates, fated to be together His telepathic powers could be the perfect tool to help her. But if he fails to figure out how to reach her before her dragon breaks free, Sanctuary may be in danger… * * * **The Lick of Fire Collection gathers stories from from twelve bestselling authors. Enter this supernatural world of fire and heat, magic and adventure, and get lost in everything DARK, delicious and FIRE.** Saving Marigold, a dragon shifter and telepath romance, is a **complete stand-alone novella.** It belongs to the Fiery Blooms series with Burning Violet, Sharing Hazel and Chasing Rose, all of which can be read independently. **Read more stories from the Lick of Fire Collection:** - Hell is a Harem by Kim Faulks - Turn on the Night by Jacqueline Sweet - Fire & Fury by K. De Long - Shadows & Secrets by Jane Hinchey - Wicked Heat by Mila Young & T.F. Walsh - Scorched Earth by K. De Long - Rising Darkness by Elianne Adams - Phoenix Rising by Bianca D'Arc - Immortal Bride by Emmi Rue - Burning Violet by Kallysten - Betrothed to the Dragon by Kara Lockharte - Flames & Fervor by Daniella Starre