King Alfred the Great has thwarted the Viking threat against his kingdom of Wessex. Signing a treaty with the formidable Danish King Guthrum, he succeeds in pushing the heathen army back to the rolling fens of East Anglia. An uneasy peace holds sway: The King establishes a standing army under Lord Richard, who takes command of the citadel at Wareham. Richard and his army are accompanied by his daughter, Gwyneth, an impetuous and reckless young woman - at once striking, intellectually gifted, but dangerously vain and imprudent. While Richard broods on the Viking threat, Gwyneth falls in love...

Remember the weird kid in grade school who picked at every part of his body except his nose? You know, the one witht he homemade clothes junior high? The weirdo who was into Star Trek? The guy who sat alone at lunch? The one who never went on a date? The first person you thought of when you saw that drawing of the Unabomber? Well, that kid grew up. He grew up, he convinced someone to marry him, purchased a home, wrote a few books, and even became a step-grandfather (if that's a thing). Goats Eat Cans is his story. In Volume 3, Steven Novak continues to recount the mostly woeful tales of his...

Two years have passed since Alfred the Great successfully defeated Guthrum, King of the Vikings. The fair land of England is at peace. That is, until the harmony is threatened by Guthrum's angry, vengeful, illegitimate son, Rigr, who is hell-bent on usurping his father's throne. Rigr demands his Birthright - an acknowledgement that he is the sole heir to the Danelaw, but his father refuses his claim. Rigr assembles his army; a motley, but formidable, cohort of disenchanted warriors. Fearsome Guthrum, ruler of everything from Kent to Northumbria, is made aware of the threat and conjures his...

With their backs to the wall the children of the Fillagrou prophecy are forced to fight against seemingly impossible odds. Questions will be answered and mysteries revealed. Lives will be lost, friendships will be tested and the bonds of family stretched to the limit. If the universe is to survive, the ultimate sacrifice must be made. Endings and Beginnings is the final installment in an epic trilogy that follows an unlikely group of children turned heroes and their adventures in a world that seems, on the surface, to have very little in common with their own. Pitted against a tyrant king...

Travel back in time to late Ninth Century Anglo-Saxon Britain where Alfred the Great rules with a benevolent hand while the Danish King rules peacefully within the boundaries of the Danelaw. Trade flourishes, and scholars from throughout the civilized world flock to Britannia's shores to study at the King's Court School at Winchester. Enter Concordia, a beautiful noble woman whose family is favored by the king. Vain, willful, and admired, but ambitious and cunning, Concordia is not willing to accept her fate. She is betrothed to the valiant warrior, Brantson, but sees herself as far too young...

After a psychopath tried to kill his friends, Josh Schuyler figured 'normal' was far off. The real problem: Josh's friends have all acquired supernatural abilities, while he's still the same average guy. Josh has always believed he was destined for greatness, but he's been out of college for two years without a clue of his purpose. After watching his friends and siblings develop superhuman traits, he wonders if he might be meant for something grand, too. Can Josh even hope for an extraordinary event in his own future? And how long must he wait for this transformation - if there is one? When...

Jade may be losing her mind. Or gaining a piece - she's not sure. Something she thought was dead inside her is waking up. Something she thought she'd lost years ago. Someone she thought she'd lost years ago. Lily. Each night, Jade dreams of her childhood, of a lake, of Lily, and of a strange, cloaked woman who will not show her face. Jade starts sleepwalking and losing control of her powers. Coven witches complain of abnormal magic in the Nature Preserve and Jade doesn't know if she's responsible for it or not. Her lizard familiar, Bruce, is showing signs of sickness - something that only...

Protecting the woman he loves just got more difficult than ever. On the tail end of two abductions, Logan has Jade back safe. But her desire for intimacy batters him with an onslaught of passions. The unfamiliar lack of control terrifies cool-headed Logan, especially when it channels his super-strength into a fit of destructive rage. Deadlier than ever, Ethan and Nicodemus close in on the woman who fled Ethan's clutches ten years ago. With the aid of their extraordinary abilities, Ethan will finally capture the one that got away. And with Nicodemus's help, he will destroy everyone who gets in...

Readers say: "Wow, what an adventure." Violet can make anyone obey her. And she wants revenge. After a series of abductions, Jade just wants to enjoy life with her boyfriend, Logan. But her empathic flaw has morphed into something even worse. Now her emotions are affecting everyone nearby, making her a dangerous force. Jade's volatile emotions and Logan's super-strength make a deadly mix. Meanwhile, Violet, a woman from Logan's past, has turned from infatuated colleague to jealous stalker. After recovering from an injury, she develops the power to control minds. Now Violet is finally able to...