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They built a cage of fear and called it salvation. Adrian Ward wrote the code to burn it down.Adrian survived a childhood defined by the terrifying, conditional dogma of religious fanatics. Retreating into the cold, reliable sanctuary of mathematics and computer science, the MIT prodigy has achieved the impossible. He hasn’t just translated the Ars Goetia—humanity’s forbidden ancient occult text. He has engineered its sacred mathematics into a sentient digital architecture known as A.V.A.Through the code, Adrian unearths a reality-shattering...

My ex cheated on me with my best friend. His father made me forget they both exist. I went to collect my things and leave the past behind. Instead, I crashed my car in a snowstorm and ended up snowed in with a man who made me feel more in one night than my ex did in two years. Then I learned his name. Anton Sokolov. My ex's father. Bratva boss. Twice my age. And not the kind of man...

Bybiis has successfully thwarted her nemesis Ulaya and captured a clutch of serpent pouches that carry a certain magic. Against her will, the pouches get distributed among warriors of the Siibabean, so Bybiis goes her own way for discovering more about her beastmaster powers. Meanwhile, Stuben el Cylahi has taken a position as police in the duchy capital of Urbyd where he butts heads with his boss Rufus el Arrivi. Stuben realizes that he also must strike out on his...

Drawing upon his own experiences of life in the American countryside of the 1930s and beyond, as well as a lifetime of reporting and writing on agriculture, agricultural policy and economics, Charles Walters has crafted a new work of fiction that brings the message of Acres U.S.A. to life in a new way. From whence comes this beast of muddy brain that trails a boy, a man, a family and a civilization through Century 20 into Century 21? The tale...

Hunted by a killer. Stalked by the wild. In the heart of Yellowstone, survival is the only rule. Jane thought it would be just another day helping her father with his wolf research. But when she witnesses his brutal murder, her world shatters. With his last breath, he urges her to run-and now, lost and alone in the vast wilderness, Jane must navigate Yellowstone's unforgiving terrain.But the dangers aren't only human. A hungry bear, charging bison, and an unexpected blizzard...

Silly, funny and endearingly dumb. Thanks to a story told to him by his dog and tutor an unnamed narrator tells the story of Zable Hunt. A woman who travels to the weird post-war world of Venus for a job only to find herself enmeshed in the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of her college friend, Roy Grace. Bidet v. Toilet Paper War? How many jobs should a law enforcement officer have? How elaborate should a hat be? Venison church?...

Your home should give you energy, not quietly drain it.If you have ever opened a closet, stared at a box of inherited photos, or walked past a cluttered room and felt your body tighten, you are not alone. The problem is not laziness. It is not age. It is not a lack of willpower. Often, it is Visual Static, the emotional and mental noise created by unfinished decisions, inherited belongings, guilt gifts, old identities, and spaces that no longer support...

At the edge of sanity lies an extraordinary truth. Discovering it may be the last thing she ever doesHannah thinks she’s losing her mind. After hitting and killing a man with her car, his body and blood vanish without a trace. Desperate to prove she isn’t insane, she searches exhaustively until she finds him—alive and unharmed.Taken under the wing of the handsome stranger, she’s stunned to learn he’s part of an ancient race of immortals. But so is his deranged...

A cozy Irish mystery where ancient magic meets modern murder. American journalist Cassie Evans arrives in the Irish village of Kilshannon expecting rain, stone walls, and answers about the father she never knew. What she gets is a lightning strike at an ancient stone circle, a telepathic Irish wolfhound with a two-hundred-year-old curse, and a murder she never saw coming. When Cassie's great-aunt Moira, the one person in Ireland who welcomed her without question, becomes the prime suspect in the...

The monster who comes to put me underground... forces me to become his wife instead. His brother betrayed me. Then died without ever meeting his son. Luca Moretti, the Devil of Chicago, has come to claim the last Moretti heir. My child. I expect a bullet. Instead, he forces a diamond on my finger. Then moves my son and me into his lakefront mansion. His rules. No way out. So I swear I'll make his life a living hell. Starting...