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Key has no past.Shio has no future.And they both just made the short list of Galivaria's Most Wanted.In a city divided between freaks and normies, predators and prey, there's only one rule. Stay in your lane. On the right side of the wall, the glittering towers of the rich pierce the endless rain clouds. On the other, outcast Sundowners rule the night-hustling, hacking code, and deep-diving into the bliss of the virtual world.Shio is just a cog in the corporate machine, sleepwalking through his tech-support job until the day he crosses paths with Key and ends up on the wrong side of the wall. Now, agents from the feared Med-Sec police are gunning for them both. It has something to do with Key's true identity-if only he had a clue who he really is.Left for dead three years ago, he woke up with a cybernetic spine and a head full of horrific dreams. Forced into an unlikely alliance, Key and Shio must dig out the truth before time runs out.And it might be far worse than they ever imagined. . .

Andrea found herself at a spiritual breaking point, having been through the fire more times than Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. While she'd known God her entire life, she hadn't ever really walked the walk... until that walk was her only choice.Conflicting theories and definitions had offered no real proof to her that real love was attainable. She was angry and frustrated, she wanted answers straight from the source. Not from a pastor or from books, but from God Himself. Then, the pieces started to fit together.I Want the Truth answers Andrea's primary questions: What the heck is love? And why is it so hard to get it right?

In 2019, Wendy Bashant, a burned-out college dean, quits her job to teach two hundred students in the ancient, walled city of Xi'an, China. The year turns extraordinary when tensions between China and the U.S. escalate: first tit-for-tat tariffs. Then a worldwide pandemic. Finally lockdowns, closed consulates, and expelled journalists. All the while, accusations are lobbed back and forth like flaming arrows launched over the Pacific. Against this background of aggression, Wendy tries to teach a class in American culture. Instead, her students illustrate the realities of growing up in an emerging global power. Through their experiences and compelling perspectives, the students debate various issues, such as environmentalism, gender, healthcare and political conflict. The Same Bright Moon is a collaborative memoir highlighting the stories of these students through their assignments, discussions and poetry at the height of Covid-19.

Research indicates that only about thirty percent of Americans consider themselves to be financially healthy. In The Quest, Darren Key offers readers the good news that financial health is not some mythical entity always searched for but never found. It is real, it exists, and it can be achieved without winning a sweepstakes or the lottery. Achieving financial success requires leaving faulty thinking and bad choices behind and embarking on a better path. Using epic stories like The Wizard of Oz and The Hobbit, The Quest takes readers on a fun, life-changing journey to a place where financial health that honors God is not just a fairy tale but a blessed reality.

In the picture-perfect town of Scheggino, Italy miracles do happen... Handsome and easy going, Agostino Urbino, has a life most would envy. He spends his days serving up delicious meals, coordinating weddings, and romancing women at his villa-turned-hotel high in the Umbrian hills. When he meets Anna Wilson, the American who has just bought an apartment in her grandfather's hometown, his comfortable little world turns upside down. Despite her slew of buried relatives in the local cemetery, Agostino sees a woman who sticks out like a sore thumb and has an annoying habit of stirring up trouble. Though they come from two different worlds-she is an independent city girl and he comes from a long line of farmers-Agostino decides to help Anna connect with her local relatives. During the journey, startling discoveries about his own past make him question everything. As he and Anna dig deeper into the history of their beloved region and their families, they stumble upon long- hidden secrets, including the story of an abandoned monastery from one of Italy's darkest moments. Unwrapping shocking answers, they find themselves drawn together despite their differences, making them believe anything is possible.

When Hollis Timewire and her friends are miraculously rescued from execution at the hands of President Camille, they discover there are other Diseased Ones in hiding-and their vast, clandestine society is more extensive than Hollis ever could have imagined. They are led by Arthur Evandrum, a fellow Diseased One who has big plans for Hollis.As she acclimates to a new way of life, Hollis is charged with seizing the Area 19 Testing Center and assassinating President Camille. But she pushes back. She fears killing the president will send a message that the Diseased Ones are just as dangerous as history says they are. Working with Jonah and her friends, both old and new, Hollis is under the wire to take over the government with as little bloodshed as possible.Questions and doubts arise as she formulates a plan, and a disturbing revelation thwarts her strategy, leading to a series of unspeakable tragedies that change her world forever.

¿It is time for Lana's birthday! She's turning five years old, and she is super excited about the many gifts she received from family and friends. Lana's favorite gifts are colorful cards with crisp dollar bills and shiny coins inside. Ready to spend, spend, spend, Lana knows what she wants to buy, but her mom has other ideas for how she could celebrate.

Straddling Black and White follows the story of brave, fourteen-year-old Azmera, who takes part in the mass immigration of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel in the 1980s. Azmera embarks on the treacherous journey to join her father in Israel, leaving her pregnant mother and four younger siblings behind in war-torn Ethiopia. Upon arrival in Israel, Azmera struggles to assimilate into a country where the language, the land, and the people are both foreign and familiar. As she begins to fulfill her dream of living in the Jewish homeland, her father develops a growing dependency on alcohol in his attempt to numb the daily humiliation he faces as a new immigrant. Azmera is confronted with shocking secrets from her parents' past, making her doubt everything she once knew. With each passing day, Azmera learns that the world she once took for granted as black and white is much more nuanced and complex than she ever could have imagined. Straddling Black and White is a timely novel from Kim Salzman, whose experience working with Ethiopian Jewish immigrants illuminates a fresh, moving perspective on the deeply layered issues surrounding immigration, racism, and identity.Praise for Straddling Black and White:"Salzman's deep interest in the Ethiopian Jewish experience, and her extensive knowledge of the difficulties undergone by so many who participated in the mass aliyahs of the 1980s and 1990s, imbue the novel with a sense of reality. She has her story unfold against a background of events and experiences that ring true...Straddling Black and White is an absorbing story in itself, but it also rewards the reader by shining a light on an aspect of Israel's history that deserves to be better known and understood-the immigration of so many of the Ethiopian Jewish community." -Neville Teller, The Jerusalem Post"Straddling Black and White takes on a tricky narrative, full of contradictions and conflicting ideas about home and belonging. This would be a tall order for anyone to deliver on; for a debut novelist, it's downright impressive. I hope this is the first of many books from Salzman, and that her work inspires other writers to tell this important, heroic, and fascinating story." -Mikhal Weiner, TCJewFolk.com

After a harrowing escape from Cedar Palace, Rilla and her faithful friend, Aiden, must locate the Sacred Cedar Scepter. This icon is the key to securing the throne for Prince Carrick, who has remained behind to fight his wicked brother for power. Without the scepter, no one can claim the right to rule, and the kingdom will collapse from the ensuing chaos.Now, Rilla and Aiden must venture to Emberwood Kingdom, where they believe they will find the mysterious thief who stole the scepter. If only things were that easy.First, they must cross the enemy forests of the shapeshifting Yao, sail across Miyu-infested seas, and remain vigilant of the face-changing Androgy Haming, who is close on their tail. It's a race to see who can locate the scepter first. All the while, Rilla's struggle to control her magical tin-chai makes her doubt herself as she may have lost her healing ability forever. She fears that her power to kill will hurt someone she loves. And as Aiden and Rilla grow closer during their journey, Rilla begins to question her developing feelings toward her friend and the love she thought she had for Carrick.Despite their determination, one main uncertainty lingers. Even if they do retrieve the scepter, will Carrick be deemed worthy enough to receive the right to rule? Or does Old Grandfather Heaven have other plans?