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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?

Lead Council member, Christoph, is dead by Elyse's hand, and Descendants have begun to emerge, exposing their secret to the world. Some see this as the prophecy come to fruition, but the prophecy caries a heavy consequence. It was never meant to be as peaceful as most had hoped.Humans and Descendants struggle to live together in a world that isn't ready for such a change. America is divided. Those who glorify the supernatural race believe Descendants truly are the gods they claim relation to. Others see them as a threat.When Elyse gives birth to the next generation oracle, she sees one final vision-war. The destruction of the country's major cities, and the end of America as we know it.After her daughter is born, Elyse finds herself without the ability she needs to predict the future. Desperate to save the world from such conflict, she puts her faith in the hope that Descendants are the key to survival. After all, they have the power to supply a broken society with the means to survive.Only from the ashes can a new world be born.

Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than average people, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's well over eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal.For Elyse, these things don't make her special. They make life dangerous. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability.Or so she thinks.Elyse is not the only one keeping secrets. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her for a long time.Some are waiting for her to put an end to centuries of traditions that have oppressed their people under the guise of safeguarding them. Others are determined to keep her from doing just that. But for Elyse, the game is just beginning-and she's not entirely willing to play by their rules.

Angry after finding her boyfriend in a compromising situation with another woman, author London Calloway is finished.One day while browsing the LA Times, she is curiously captivated by a picture of a handsome soldier. Staring at the photo, she ponders the differences between her rich playboy boyfriend and the soldier, who looks like a hero. Looking for a new story idea, London has a vivid dream about being rescued by the man in the picture and realizes he's the inspiration she's been looking for. A book about a hero is just what she needs, and she puts her heart and soul into writing it. London wishes she could find a hero of her own.Fate steps in when a chance encounter brings London face to face with Justin Beckett. Will her wish come true? Or is a relationship with the hero nothing more than an unattainable dream?

Born of two kingdoms, in a place of peace and wonder, she will grow to possess great magic and power. But there will be one who will try to wrest that which is hers.With friends and loved ones at her side, they will stand in opposition against the evil born of her bloodline. And together with another of near equal power, they will make a final stand in the battle against this evil.

"The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in." ¿ Harold C. Goddard, The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 2Books, movies and popular media have eulogized the major role that British breaking of the Enigma Code played in the winning of World War II. During the Cold War, a more monumental effort was made by America and her allies to intercept and exploit Russian and communist countries communications. In the mid-1950s a tunnel was built by British MI-6 and the CIA which tapped into a buried communications cable in East Berlin. They successfully intercepted and exploited East European and Russian communist communications for over a year. Suddenly, in 1956 the tunnel was "discovered" by the Russians, denying the allies this exceptionally valuable intelligence source.This novel, The Berlin Tunnel is a fictional account of how a second tunnel might have been built between East and West Berlin. It is a thriller which takes the reader into the super-secret world that the author occupied fifty years ago. Every scene in The Berlin Tunnel could have happened. The time-1960-1961, and the place-the Divided City of Berlin have been faithfully recreated using extensive research and the author's personal experience.Young American Air Force Captain Robert Kerr arrives in a divided Berlin awash with spies who move freely between the East and West. His task-build a TOP SECRET tunnel under the River Spree into East Berlin-tap into highly classified communications links between civilian and military leaders in Russia and the Warsaw Pact countries. The knowledge gained from this source will help America's leaders to manage an imminent confrontation between the East and West over Berlin, perhaps even prevent World War III. At all costs, knowledge that the tunnel is being built must be hidden from the Russian KGB and the East German Stasi as well as our closest allies-the British and French. Only those involved in its construction can be allowed to know of the existence of the tunnel.Love couldn't have found him as a worse time.Soon after he arrives, Robert falls for a German girl, Anna Fischer. It is spy verses spy as the dreaded East German Secret Police-the Stasi use every means possible to determine what Robert and his construction crew are doing in Berlin. But it is Anna, who is often caught in the crossfire between the Americans and the Stasi.The conclusion of the novel centers around events that focuses the attention of the world on Berlin. First, the Wall is closed, trapping 19 million East Germans including Anna's entire family behind the Iron Curtain. A few months later, the world held its collective breath when the Berlin Crisis occurs-High Noon at Checkpoint Charlie-the only time in the Cold War when Russian and American tanks faced each other. Robert and Anna are caught up in these momentous events as they try to free her family and survive in a very dangerous city.

Jamie Whitehall Olivian has received a mysterious letter from her Uncle James. She is named after him, but she has never seen, met, or heard him mentioned in any way. Until now. And he has died and left her his entire estate. But it seems Uncle James wants her to investigate a murder. His, that is. It also seems the estate is contingent upon her acceptance of this commission. Jamie wants no part of the investigation or of the estate. She gets along perfectly well, thank you very much, a fact she emphasizes to his lawyer, who just happens to be gorgeous, making it a little harder to say no. Things take a strange turn when the victim himself asks her to reconsider. For reasons unknown, Uncle James has been unable to depart for the afterlife and is stuck in his Art Deco desk. Jamie decides to take on the job of niece and sleuth, with no experience at either, and she and Uncle James set out to find the killer. They are aided by the lawyer and a not-as-gorgeous and slightly rumpled homicide detective whose interest seems to be more than just finding a murderer.

Sixteen-year-old Rilla Marseas believes she has a calling to become a healer. Her soul yearns to help people and save lives. Why else would Heaven grant her a singing voice that can heal any ailment? But if the palace discovers her power, she'll be selected for the annual Showcase, where the most beautiful and magically gifted girls in Seracedar Kingdom compete for the chance to enter the emperor's harem. That's the last thing Rilla wants. To avoid such a fate, she hides her power. No matter how the other villagers ridicule her for being worthless and talentless, she suppresses the urge to reveal her powerful voice and prove them wrong. When a palace scout poisons Rilla's auntie and coerces her into revealing her power, she's thrown into the competition. The scout threatens to harm her family if she doesn't win. But Rilla learns there really is no winning. The emperor and empress keep girls with magical powers as pets. In cages. With some help from a handsome, but brooding prince and his mysterious bodyguard, Rilla must outsmart the palace and escape. If she fails, she'll spend the rest of her life as the royal couple's puppet, using her voice to grant them eternal youth.