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The Martian colony at Hebes Chasma had just been saved from a catastrophe by a miracle intervention. But Deborah Marcum-Sorenson and all of the polymaths living there still had much to do at Hebes Chasma. For Deborah, this includes raising twin children whose gifts are yet to be revealed. The colony was growing at an astounding rate even as the Martian environment rapidly changed under the terraforming process. On Earth, the situation was deteriorating rapidly. The Islamist warriors were rapidly overwhelming the last resistance to worldwide domination under Sharia law. North America was the...

There is life out there. Commander David Decker and his team have been sent to explore a planet 57 light years from Earth. Humanity's first encounter with life on another planet, a thriving garden in the depths of space. What they found was not what they expected. But that may be the least of their problems. One of their number is already dead. Another may be a traitor. And they've lost their connection to Earth. No communication. No supplies. No way home. The universe is waiting. But are we ready?

A Forbidden Path. A Desperate Fight. A Showdown with Evil. Leena, Conroy, and the rest of the Underground Book Readers are closer than ever to the free land—but one final obstacle stands in their way: Defiance Passage. They have fought, fled, and sacrificed to reach the free land—but the journey isn’t over The Underground Book Readers have come too far to turn back now. They face their most dangerous challenge yet—crossing the treacherous Defiance Passage. The World Force is closing in, and the road to freedom is littered with obstacles that test their strength, courage, and faith. ...

Waking up barefoot in the woods with no memory of who he is or how he got there, a young man known only by the name "Stranger" sets off on a journey through the bizarre reality of World City—a place seemingly outside of time and space where the people speak in riddles, and the game is played by an entirely different set of rules. With each new character he meets, Stranger’s path takes him through the streets, the nightclubs, the churches, the prisons, the courts, and finally to the highest power in the world, where he must make a choice that will forever alter the fate of the city.

Thursdays in the Grotto: An Inspirational Christian Fiction Novel of Grief, Redemption, and Spiritual Healing Discover the transformative power of faith in this gripping Christian inspirational fiction story of loss, forgiveness, and divine redemption. In the rugged beauty of the Appalachian Mountains, two broken souls collide on a path neither could foresee. Aiden Huff, a heartbroken game warden reeling from the tragic death of his son, surrenders to the unforgiving wilderness of Mother Mountain. Overwhelmed by grief and loss, he seeks solace—or perhaps an end—in her ancient trails. ...

Theo and Eden have spent their whole lives living for God. They have been serving him in the mission field, living in the backwoods with tribes people. Unfortunately, this lifestyle has caught up with Eden. She has contracted a disease from the local river. Theo tries to stay focused on his call to the mission while preparing for his wife's death. Eden gives Theo a parting wish that puts wind in his sales.

9/11 tragedies and Auschwitz can’t be overruled without the “butterfly effect” causing even greater havoc. When high school senior Jordan Wickam gets a mysterious bootleg iPod that flips back his calendar exactly seven days, he piles up a greedy fortune betting on horse-racing exactas. Then on the night of the senior prom, he’s abruptly forced to decide: Do I play God?

Charlie Barnes and her partner Steven Waldner are ordinary free traders as far as the rest of the Galaxy knows. In reality, they work as undercover agents for the free planet of Libertad seeking out any threats to their homeworld. Traveling aboard their starship Dauntless, With the aid of Dauntless' AI, Amie, Charlie and Steven learn of a fearsome alliance between a megacorporation that has sought economic hegemony over most of human-colonized space and a genocidal alien race called the Lu'non. Now, the Dauntless races to find out the real goal of this unholy alliance and bring together ...

In the year just before the Left Behind series started, Singing Springs is invaded by mercenary soldiers with orders to re-educate and/or detain dissenters to current government policy. Rose Trusty, a quiet older woman, becomes one of the three main voices of resistance, though she is among the imprisoned. Joshua Morgan, a deputy sheriff, escapes the first round up. As a member of the Watchmen, he battles to free the 600 friends and neighbors being held prisoner. Carmella Miles, a soldier with IAMS, sees the fallacy of the action and joins the townspeople in their struggle.

HEROES CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE. Mike seems to fail at everything, feels useless, and is finally sinking into despair. To avoid dragging his wife into the abyss he sees before him, he leaves her, planning to separate from his former life. Knocked out during a fight in an alley, he wakes up to find himself in a strange new world -- a world that desperately needs him. Renamed Richard, a legendary hero from their histories, he must try to save an entire world by finding the effective, powerful man that he was meant to be.

It has begun. Prophecy is unfolding, and a world is in jeopardy. A twisted tale of a troubled priest and a father racing against time to save his son. A group of secret organizations with one goal in mind: world domination. The will to kill for it. A hunger for lust, greed, sex, and murder. Everything is at stake. Humanity has fallen, and it's Earth's final days.

Third in the Chronicles of a Curious Mind series.

The year is 2522. Anna is a Remnant - a secret Christian in a world that has banned any form of religion. She is also an astro-geologist, working with her robot named Z, for the Planetary Science Commission. The PSC has worked for 200 years to find alien life on another planet, and finally, after two centuries, a primitive lifeform has been discovered. Faced with the reality of evolved primitives on a forested moon, Anna begins to question all she has ever believed.

Kat Jameson has just been told her job is to reach Raven Ryder, the one woman who seems to hate her. Can she convince the girl of her importance before it's too late? Jordan Wright thought her place was with Kat, but when she begins having visions of a baby, will it send her home to see the son she gave up for adoption? Raven Ryder's past has been anything but pretty. She has no time for God or Kat's nonsense, but when she begins having vivid nightmares and seeing black shapes, will she admit she needs the girl's help after all.

Molon Hawkins, a daring, free merc captain, earns his living navigating the dangerous borders between factions in the civil war that shattered humanity's vast star empire. For the former scout captain and his veteran command crew aboard Star Wolf, most contracts are milk runs. When a routine rescue mission goes awry, Molon finds his rescuee, Dr. John Salzmann, inextricably tied into a web of intrigue that threatens to upset the balance of power in the galaxy.

What amazes people most about this book is that it provides an actual glimpse into the vast, mystical, and wondrous world of the spirit. For it is the written account of the author’s journeys to that world, guided through the experience by a boy from the city of Tricon. In this masterfully constructed outpost of heaven itself, the author discovers that facilities in the heavenly realms are far superior to those on Earth - and that Tricon is a staging area for one of the greatest wars ever to be fought between the forces of good and the armies of the evil Fallen Ones.

Despite pressures to cease and desist, Archer dares to ask the question that would bring the new regime to its knees: does universal truth exist? Using his wits and some good fortune along the way, he begins to understand that there may be more to life than meets the eye. Unfortunately for Archer, adults start to take notice.

Hi, I'm Paul. I'm not sure what happened, but I woke up, and everything in my world was different. I don't quite know what to make of it. Everyone else is acting like this is normal. Like this is the way it has always been. I seem to be the only one who knows that it's not. I just don't know what to do about it. It's all a bit weird.

One sneak attack on the very heart of the galaxy turns a space station full of families into ground zero for war. Veteran-turned-lawyer Helaman must make a stand to save his wife and kids, along with everyone else on the station. Invading soldiers want him dead. Local politicians are out to undermine him. Can he hold things off long enough for the fleet to arrive, or will his efforts just get more people killed?

In A.D. 2039, a prodigious 17-year-old, Elliott, is assigned to work on a global software initiative his deceased grandfather helped found. Project Alexandria is intended to provide the entire world secure and equal access to all accumulated human knowledge. All forms of print are destroyed in good faith, to ensure everyone has equal footing, and Elliott knows he must soon part with his final treasure: a book of Shakespeare's complete works gifted him by his grandfather.