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Often deemed the most enigmatic New Testament book, the book of Revelation overflows with peculiar, intense, and occasionally violent imagery. In today's world of complex cinematic visuals, Revelation might seem like a natural fit, but it isn't. Despite its challenging nature, we must recognize its importance. This book provides a remarkably clear glimpse into God's ultimate design for the entire creation.

When a running battle brings the Fafnir home to Earth, it ends with the death of a trusted friend—and a new focus on what comes next for Van and his crew. The Guild is rotten. It must be changed. It must be healed. But to do that, Van will have to marshal resources on a scale he's never considered, and that means calling in favors from friends. With the Schegith fleet in training, and the Conoku itching to get back into the fight, Van has a clear plan for what he has to do—which is the one thing he doesn't want to do.

After surviving the deadly Anama Trials and bonding with her raven spirit, Sorrena Faelan is finally strong enough to claim what’s hers. But victory comes with a price. To secure her future and unify the fractured realm of Thornwythe, she must travel to Druimfar—a ruthless land of iron, wolves, and unbending tradition—and enter an arranged marriage with the enigmatic wolf prince, Drayce Valtair. Sorrena intends to rule, not bow. She’s counting on her fragile connection to Drayce to help her seize not only Druimfar’s throne, but Thornwythe’s as well. But Druimfar bows to no woman.

Dr. Erik Manheim needed a warrior. A Navy SEAL. Someone who could help him confront the threat he uncovered in ancient ruins—evidence that a rogue planet brings devastation every time it passes Earth. Instead, he got Jack Schafer, a hungover bush pilot in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now, Jack is swept into a mission he was never meant to survive—one that stretches from the Alaskan wilderness to the stars beyond. Humanity's future hangs in the balance… and its best hope may be a reluctant pilot who wasn't supposed to be here at all.

I spent years building an empire, proving I was just as ruthless and unstoppable as the men who came before me. The streets fear me, my cartel moves like a machine, and I finally got the one thing I never thought I’d have—the love of my life, Livia. She is the only woman who ever saw me beyond the blood and power. But just when I thought I had it all under control, he came back. My uncle was the ghost I never saw coming. And now, he’s back to take everything I’ve built—including her.

Van and his crew suspect there's more to the Equal Grasp than just a band of thieves, and they begin their campaign at Bopul Station, a lonely outpost where corruption rules and Peacemakers are feared. To continue the fight and the case, the crew and friends need more than just contacts. They need money. To that end, Van begins exploring an old mystery about his grandfather, which leads to the shocking discovery—the Earth is being stripped of its history, one object at a time, but that's not the main purpose of the criminals.

The mystery deepens when Ozzy and his growing crew aboard the Phoenix III arrive to find Earth has fallen from its former glory—and is now under the control of a secretive group known as the Axiom Guard. With help from a grizzled Recon Marine, Ozzy must fend off this mysterious order of scientists and Concord enforcers that will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Mythbreaker.

Ozzy thought the "star stories" Alvin told him were nothing more than the wild imaginings of an old man—until the Concord I-Bots attack his village to get to Alvin. In the midst of the attack, Ozzy discovers the Mythbreaker—an ancient staff of incredible power. And it talks to him. Ozzy must navigate a galaxy in freefall to track down the lost pieces of the Mythbreaker, and unlock the relic's full power—before the Concord completes their own ultimate weapon, the Heart of Darkness.

Like pilots navigating turbulence, CEOs must handle the invisible forces that want to drag their companies down and learn to take advantage of the ones that keep them soaring. Drawing from three decades as a growth advisor to CEOs around the world, Kevin Lawrence explains how even exceptional leaders can become victims of their own success and reveals what it takes to keep a company on course. Filled with examples from real CEOs, The 4 Forces of Growth offers a clear path to achieving real, consistent, and scalable growth by harnessing a few simple tools and avoiding common pitfalls.

On the worst birthday of my life, I come home to find my boyfriend in bed with another woman. Within hours, I’m drunk, homeless, and pledging to stay single forever. And that is when the dangerously sexy Seelie King rolls through town, looking for fae like me.

During a test flight for the world’s first warp engine, Major Noah Gantz is set to go down in the history books. Despite years of training, the mission goes sideways, and instead of a quick trip to the moon and back, Noah's ship is transported across the universe to stars unknown. Stranded in space and on the brink of death, Noah is rescued by a sentient starship and its captain. To save his life, the ship’s own biomatter must replace his failing cells. Now, Noah is different. Stronger, faster… and there’s a voice in his head.

Get ready to experience two more origin stories in the Backyard Starship universe.

In a single act of courage, the young American grunt saves an interstellar soldier from certain death at the hands of a vicious killer. Afterward, she promises to show him the stars. Mark will begin his new life far away from Earth—a life not so different from that of a humble soldier. Out among the asteroids, he learns of swords and honor, starships and empires. He learns what it means to be a Peacemaker. Along the way, he's joined by Perry, his combat AI companion who helps Mark learn how to survive—and earn a living—among the stars.

There I was, moving into the dorms at Franklin U and not into the shared party house I’d lived in my freshman year. Last year had been all about football and parties, not schoolwork. Which was why my grades tanked. Why I was one failed class away from being kicked off the team. Why I needed to live on campus and find myself a tutor. Funny that my new roommate just happened to be a tutor. Funny that he was oblivious to how hot he was. For a smart guy, he was pretty clueless.

Ozzy escaped the Concord, but the path to Eritol is fraught with new dangers. Space travel is not for the faint of heart. When an encounter with Captain Voidclaw and his pirates of the Rising Dawn damages Stormy's ship, the crew is forced to dock at Dilennia, a haven for criminals, pirates, and cyberthieves.

Dalton Thorne never asked to be the chosen one. He was just a cargo hauler trying to make a living. Now he's stuck saving humanity whether he likes it or not. Little Earth is finally free from the Consortium's iron grip, but the celebration is short-lived. A mysterious and powerful faction called the Chi Hunters has swept in to fill the void, and they've got grand designs for the galaxy—with Dalton as their unwilling pawn. When a long-hidden fragment of Earth is discovered, Dalton and the crew of the Iron Horse are dispatched on a mission to unite it with Little Earth.

Miss Sophia Hayward had carefully planned a future free of marriage, managing her reputation and dowry with precision. But when she overhears a scheme to force her into a hasty elopement, she realizes she must reconsider the earl's offer of courtship. He may not be the man she dreamed of—but he may be the only one willing to protect her from a most dangerous match.

Dr. Elaine Aron, world-renowned author of the groundbreaking, internationally bestselling classic The Highly Sensitive Person, gives listeners everything they need to find their path toward peace, equanimity, and simply feeling okay—no matter what’s happening in the world around them and how overwhelming it may be.

Nobody ever believed me. Not when I was five and told them about the boy with pointy ears who saved my life in the forest. Not during thirteen miserable years of bullying and being labeled the town weirdo. Until a guy with golden eyes and a royal guard escort shows up at my door to drop a bombshell. That little boy? Yeah, he's real. And he's a fae Prince. And he magically linked my life to his when he saved me. I know what you're thinking. Lucky girl, right? Wrong. Because now the Prince is sick and apparently, I'm the only one who can save him. How can I possibly say no?

After 20 years of marriage Katrina believes she knows her husband and the life they built together is solid. Larry has always been faithful, dependable and devoted. Cheating was never part of his story... until Ama'zen. Ama'zen is everything Larry didn't know he was missing. What starts as a harmless connection quickly becomes a dangerous entanglement affair, pulling Larry into a world of temptation he never imagined crossing. Ama'zen isn't just a distraction, she's a craven. What starts as an innocent conversation quickly ignites into late night calls, secret meetups and a passion Larry ...