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Prince Barodane could not hold back the darkness. Not even in himself. He laid an innocent city in its grave and then died a hero.In his absence, war whispers across the land.Power-hungry Highborn dispatch spies and assassins to the shadows as they maneuver for the throne, while an even greater threat rises in the South. Monsters and cultists flock to the banners of a mad prophet determined to control reality...and then shatter it.Destiny stalks three to the brink of oblivion.A dead prince that isn't actually dead. Barodane buried his shameful past in a stupor of drugs, drink, and crime, and now, he'd rather watch the world fall apart than wear a crown again.An orphan with hero's blood who is forced to make a harrowing choice: betray her country or sacrifice her first love.And a powerful seer who has no choice at all-her grandson must die.If any of them fails to pay the price...The cost will be the world's complete annihilation.

This sequel to "Duke Sucks" picks up where the original left off, exploring the latest reasons to despise the Blue Devils. The phony "Brotherhood" slogan, Coach K's nausea-inducing retirement tour, Grayson freakin' Allen, the Zion Williamson scandal - the authors dissect it all in a series of irreverent essays, laying waste to Duke and continuing their mission to re-educate anyone who thinks the Blue Devils are what's great about college basketball.

America has the highest levels of poverty, child mortality and inequality of any developed country.

Independence brings self-determination, but also threats from without and withinThe city of Marek rests on newly-independent laurels. Their ties to Teren, the land-locked nation for which they served as sole trade link to the world, are cut; Teren's Lieutenant, Selene, has been expelled, and her seat rests empty in the Marekhill Council chambers. But Selene, fresh from her political defeat, threatened to return - next time, not with honeyed words or veiled threats, but with armed soldiers and war sorcerers. Last year, the sorcerers of Marek narrowly defeated a single Teren-summoned demon; how might they fare against a dozen or more? Twisting the already fraying cord of a city under siege, the common people of Marek grow increasingly fervent in their own demands for representation - for a say in how the city is run, and for whom it is run. Marcia, Fereno-Heir, agrees with the Lower City; they deserve a better say. But much of the Council won't hear of it - and, of course, there's Selene's threat of an army of sorcerers at the city's magical border. Sorcerers that half the Marekhill Council wouldn't even accept as real. She must work with the sorcerer Reb, her lover, to force the Council to recognise the truth of magic, whilst her sorcerer brother, Cato, rushes to build some sort of defence. Because if Teren's demons can pass the Cityangel's wards, it'll be the end of them all.Book 4 of the Marek seriesCover artwork by Tony Allcock

England in the sixteenth century is a country in turmoil.King Henry VIII's Reformation has left England divided between Catholics and Protestants. Most of the those who cling to the Old Faith are content to conform to the laws of the land. But there are some Catholics who wonder where their allegiance lies - to England's heretic queen or to the Pope? Francis Walsingham has no such doubts. As French ambassador, he witnesses the savagery of the St Bartholomew's Eve massacre, when Catholics slaughtered Protestants in their thousands, and he is determined England will never suffer the same fate. He begins to create an elaborate network of spies who will keep him informed of Catholic plots against Elizabeth, especially those that have Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots at their heart.Walsingham's mission is clear: to protect Elizabeth I from her enemies by whatever means necessary!

A Fable of Liberty Lost and Found is a short parable offering insights for the hard choices our world faces today. The satiric cautionary tale tells what happens in any society when people lose a sense of our natural oneness.The allegory is inspired by the fable that opens Thomas's Paine's Common Sense. To show the design and purpose of government, Paine imagines a remote community trying to govern itself, showing how the different forms of government arise. His pivotal writings convinced most 18th century colonial Americans to reject monarchy and establish the world's first modern democracy.Today in the early 21st century, award-winning author and seasoned journalist Judah Freed builds on Paine's fable to warn about our nations' corrupt slide into tyranny and collapse. The ending offers hope for reviving democracy. The author's imagination and satire are informed by recent trends and events in the USA and around the world.Synopsis: The short story is told in two parts with 10 sections. Part I tells a tale of conscious people who land on a remote island to escape dystopia. Over the generations, their society goes from utopian anarchy to open democracy, then they choose a republic, which gets corrupted, leading to tyranny and collapse. Part II offers an optimistic alternative ending, a vision of the people instead emerging into an enlightened society. We need all the hope we can get these days. (Reading time: 30 minutes.)Book Backstory: This two-part work of fiction originated as the preamble and epilogue that frame Judah' Freed's nonfiction book, Making Global Sense: Grounded hope for democracy and the earth inspired by Thomas Paine's Common Sense. The parable brackets Freed's reasoning on the power of a billion globally aware people to build our world anew. Because the story stands up on its own, here's the full tale told in a single volume for readers who care about our future on earth.

Eva Abrams fled France to what could be an even more dangerous place-Germany. The last thing she expected was to be pulled into the Berlin underground.While the small resistance struggles to fight against the might of Germany, Eva learns the harsh realities of what that means and helps with an attack...that involves none other than SS Obersturmbannführer Bauer, but that act will alter her life and what she thought she knew. She saves Bauer and is forced to see him as something other than only an enemy soldier. Eva learns to see through her blind prejudices when she finds herself in a situation only he can help her out of.As she navigates through this uncertain situation and the dangers of being in the resistance, Eva struggles to stay true to herself and to the love she feels for Gerhardt von Schults...Caught between two opposing forces, Eva must decide who is more of a threat, the resistance she thought was her ally or the German she was certain was her enemy.

This heart-touching children's book can be used to his strengthen the bond between child and father figure to guide him or her through the moments he may be absent from their home. The father's circumstances could be, such as: working away from home, deployment, separation, divorce, illness or death. "I'll Always Be Right Here" engages the child to understand that he or she has not permanently lost the father, for he lives in his/her dreams, thoughts and heart. The illustrations are detailed to involve the reader in the book and give a positive outlook to an often difficult situation. This emotionally touching book helps the inner child heal, cope and find hope.¿Este conmovedor libro para niños puede usarse para fortalecer el vínculo entre el niño y la figura paterna para guiarlo a través de los momentos en que puede estar ausente de su hogar. Las circunstancias del padre pueden ser, por ejemplo: trabajo fuera del hogar, despliegue, separación, divorcio, enfermedad o muerte. "Siempre estaré aquí" involucra al niño para que comprenda que él o ella no ha perdido permanentemente al padre, ya que vive en sus sueños, pensamientos y corazón. Las ilustraciones están detalladas para involucrar al lector en el libro y darle una perspectiva positiva a una situación a menudo difícil. Este libro emocionalmente conmovedor ayuda al niño interior a sanar, hacer frente y encontrar esperanza. Para notificaciones de servivio a la comunidad, porfavor visite: www.theartistwithinfoundation.com. Gracias

Should we be afraid of UFOs? In June 2021, the head of NASA admits that "pilots of military aircraft have seen something, and their radars have locked onto it. But they don't know what it is.