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A mission gone wrong in the vast depths of space. A woman, in search of the origins of a gruesome folktale, discovers that parts of it are all too true. A deadly contagion spreading like wildfire across the planet. These and other stories explore the impossible choices faced by those who have lost everything and the fine line between faith and disbelief, reality and dream, silence and a scream. There are no simple answers in The Farthest Reach...

Who is David Aeida? And what does he know that has so many people pursuing him? David doesn't know. He can't remember anything about who he is. But he finds himself ensnared in a vicious conflict between a religious cult called the Church of Regents and a guild, the Society of Travelers, that patrols the crossings between multiple universes. The Church has as its sacred mission to find the one true universe, of which all others are but reflect...

Discontent continues to fester within the realms of Craitol and Renuih, fed by intrigues carried out in the shadows. As rivals and apostates struggle for supremacy, a long incubated plan begins to unfold.Vyissan, a mysterious alkemycal practitioner arrives in Renuih, the latest strike in a long war over who shall control the secrets of alkemya and Craitol itself. He carries with him a secret that, once revealed, will reverberate across all rea...

Craitol and Renuih, two empires a world apart, divided by the desert that lies between them. A desert ruled by the Shadow Men.An uneasy peace holds sway in both realms, hiding longstanding feuds and bitter rivalries. Until a Shadow Men raid on Renuih shatters the calm and sets in motion events no one can control.Masiph id Ezern, unfavored son of the Imperial Vazeir, finds himself a hero following the raid. His father remains unmoved by his exp...

1886: Inspector Archibald Constant Cumberland of the Northwest Mounted Police establishes Fort McGregor at the confluence of two rivers in the heart of the Canadian Northwest Territories. His mission is simple: keep the peace with the Cree Nation and fend off whiskey traders.But life at Fort McGregor is rarely simple. An Indian agent conspires with whiskey traders to upset the delicate peace Cumberland has established, while his own men prove ...

Holly Amos is on the run from a payroll heist gone south. With Morris Danforth at her side, trouble has always been what she's looking for. But lately Morris has been more trouble than he's worth, and Holly is thinking it's time for a change. Now with the law after them, things are about to take a turn for the worse.Clive Hestin is the lawman on her trail. He is a Northwest Mounted Police constable, banished to a lawless frontier town for refu...

Cattle rustlers on the run, caught between a storm and someone bent on revenge. A rancher finds a strange artifact in a pasture, that may or may not be of alien origin. A dive bar in the middle of nowhere hosts five criminals for a deal that goes terribly wrong.These and other stories explore the lives of those who populate the west. Homesteaders with mysterious pasts they'd prefer to keep hidden. Women wronged by the men they love and caught ...

Returning to the heart of the Church of Regents to confront the Grand Regent, Dejian Molijc, proves too much for Laila Johar. She loses control of her mind and body and is imprisoned again by the man she once loved. With her captive, David Aeida returns, still loyal to the Grand Regent, and so begins a battle that will determine both their fates.At the center of that struggle is the Grand Regent, an almost unrecognizable figure. He is disturbe...

After crossing the universes to join with Toma Osahi's group of renegades in their battle for control of the Church of Regents, Laila Johar finds herself in a precarious position. While they both share the same goal-wresting control of the Church from the Grand Regent Dejian Molijc-Osahi doesn't know who Laila really is. What will he do if he finds out?While Laila struggles to keep her identity secret, Osahi and his people pull her deeper and ...

Born out of the chaos that followed the arrival of the Society of Travelers in its universe, the Church of Regents has as its sacred mission to find the one true universe, of which all others are but reflections. Opposing it stands the Society of Travelers. Claiming to protect all the universes, they outlaw anyone from crossing among them-anyone but themselves-and they will do anything in their power to stop the Church from following its missi...

A dead man of no family or account is what Gahryll, Chief Magister of Tson, sees when the corpse of an Enir youth is brought to the Magisterium. But his colleague Mihuibel sees something else: a conspiracy involving false adepts practicing an outlawed form of alkemya.Against his better instincts Gahryll authorizes an investigation that draws both Magisters into the seamy underbelly of Tson where the rich and powerful prey upon the desperate an...

Luisa is more than she appears. Rumor and mystery surround her. And strange events seem to follow wherever she goes. The Maleficio Chronicles is her 'true' confession, though her truth, as with so many things, is never quite what it seems.Born in Lima, City of Kings, in the 16th century to a noble family, Luisa is marked as different from the beginning. Servants avoid her, whispering behind her back, while her father so fears her true nature t...

The body of a local woman is found in a coulee on a ranch north of Loverna, her head blown off with a shotgun. New to town and the job, Constable Martin Thomas arrives on the scene as a spring snowstorm begins to wipe out all evidence before his investigation has even begun.There is no shortage of suspects to consider. A spurned husband. A jealous lover. A betrayed business partner. And family members battling over an inheritance. All have mot...

An inquisitor sets out on a journey to find a monster. An inventor creates a time machine and is horrified to discover it works all too well.A living ship comes to give birth at edges of space. Wizards do battle for eternal supremacy.Sleeper agents under deep cover are activated and must leave everything behind. Love affairs blossom and fade in springtime.Hunters become the hunted and dwellings turn upon their inhabitants. And a warlock provid...

In the fifth year of the rule of Auten the One Eyed a minotaur is born to one of Colosi's most important families.Taken from his mother as a newborn, exiled and cast from his family, the minotaur vows to return to the imperial city and take his rightful place as a patrician in the empire. But the patriarch of the family, his grandfather, will stop at nothing to see this blemish to his honor destroyed.And so begins an epic journey, through land...

The Church of the Regents is dead, its followers arrested by the Society of Travelers or gone to the winds. Laila Johar flees the wreckage left behind, accompanied by the body that was once hers, what remains of Ana Arajuano, who she failed to protect, and a woman, Suon, whose love she cannot return. Laila has regained control of her mind, or so she tries to convince herself. But if that were really true, why does she have dreams that are far ...