The Calm Before the Storm by Joe Lawson

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It has been nine hundred years since the Jyniae were besieged by the Human and Aanian armies, forced into the rugged northlands and imprisoned there.

Alyxandr Jeffries and Jhonia are both half-human. Jhonia is part Jyniae, and because of that he is able to touch the Source, able to use the magic of his people. Alyx is part Rydi and with his Rydi blood comes the grace and skill that are attributed to that race.

Alyx and Jhonia soon discover their worst fears have come to pass, the Jyniae plan to seize the lands and cities that once belonged to them. War is on the horizon. As Alyx and Jhonia begin a journey that will take them from the Nomadic Rydi tribes of the Southlands to the far Northern reaches of Jhonia’s forsaken Jyniaen homeland, their loyalty and trust will be tested.

Disturbing choices must be made to prevent a war of the races, to save the world from this cataclysmic event. Amid friends, there is now deceit and betrayal and the outcome of the world isn’t so clear...

A mysterious and dangerous alien presence, the Cluster, threatens a peaceful star ship. Captain John Mark Ellis is called to the rescue, but the ship is destroyed. Disgraced, Ellis is booted out of the service. He joins an alien warrior and an evangelist -- who believes that the Cluster is God incarnate -- to solve the mystery of the Cluster.

Children of the Old Stars is the second book of the Old Star Trilogy. The first book is The Pirates of Sufiro. Heirs of the New Earth completes the trilogy.

"Children of the Old Stars is an engrossing vision of the future... David Lee Summers has created a fascinating, imaginative, and very entertaining cast of characters and worlds." The Las Cruces Sun-News

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Now, alliances will be formed and battle lines drawn across the plane of Vaalüna. Aerinas, a rebellious Krayn elf, continues to discover the power of the magic inside him, but after finding an ancient text penned by a long-dead wizard it becomes clear that he must grow up and face his worst fears, or perish.

There is something alive beyond the boundaries of their world. Something old, forgotten, evil, and angry for revenge. Ripples in time, bleeding trees, and unwelcome visitors are growing common. Questions are surfacing in Aerinas' mind about his parents, and the tension between him and his father, Tristandor, is increasing. Can they keep their alliance intact long enough to make a stand against the hidden evil?

Return to the world of the Planeswalkers, where pirates roam the raging Arthean Ocean, power can be ignited with the speed of thought, and death awaits the wary explorer at every turn.

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Chances are, this year, you will catch one of those strains. You will cough, sneeze, and your body will ache. Without a second thought, you’ll take a double dose of green liquid, go to bed, and swear you’ll feel better in the morning.

Not this time.

In 1918 forty-million people succumbed to a particular strain of swine flu. It appeared out of nowhere, and just as quickly as it surfaced, the Spanish Flu vanished. Gone for good. Or so we thought. Though mankind has anticipated its resurfacing for some time, mankind is ill prepared. Mutated and with a vengeance, the Spanish Flu returns.

In a world blackened with plague, a glimmer of light exists in the small town of Lodi, Ohio. They shine as a sanctuary because they ... are 'flu-free'. In the wake of the reality that they are spared, the spirit and strength of Lodi is tested. It becomes a fight against what is morally right or wrong in an increasingly difficult battle to stay healthy and alive until the flu has run its course.

The Earth has gone silent. John Mark Ellis and the crew of the Sanson are sent to investigate. When they arrive, they find vast alien machines known as Clusters in orbit. Fearing the worst, they land and discover that the once overcrowded, polluted Earth has become a paradise of sorts. The problem is over half the population is dead or missing and the planet’s leaders don’t seem to care. As Ellis works to unravel the mystery, sudden gravitational shifts from the galaxy’s center indicate something even worse is in the offing. Can Ellis save the galaxy from the heirs of the new Earth?

Heirs of the New Earth is the third book of the Old Star Trilogy. The first book is The Pirates of Sufiro. Children of the Old Stars is the second book.

"Every is an inventive writer and this chapbook encapsulates the bittersweet truth: Life is a thing of dualities, where the only constant is change." Kane S. Latranz writing for the Albuquerque Alibi.

Moondust by Cleveland W. Gibson

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Other Names and Places by Janette Patterson Schafer

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The Pirates of Sufiro tells the story of Pirate Captain Ellison Firebrandt who raided star ships until his past caught up with him and he was exiled to a planet called Sufiro. The planet was a virtual paradise housing great riches. Sufiro became a haven for those who had lost all hope. Soon, entrepreneurs arrived and fought for control of the planet. Elsewhere in the galaxy, a vast alien power appeared threatening humanity's very existence. Firebrandt, along with his daughter and grandson must fight for the freedom of Sufiro and the galaxy.

The Pirates of Sufiro is the first book of the Old Star Trilogy. The second book is Children of the Old Stars and Heirs of the New Earth completes the trilogy.

Return to Zandria by Christine Norris

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"The reader is transported into beautiful imagery that is quite magical as Ivy and Lori race to help the people of Zandria. Christine Norris sketches a tale that young and old will enjoy." Cherokee, Coffee Time Romance

When Ivy Peterson sees the most extraordinary thing in her own backyard - a fairy - she dismisses it as a daydream, but she quickly realizes that it was, in fact, the real thing. She goes in search of the mythical creature, and accidentally falls into Zandria, a magical world that exists just outside her own. Unfortunately, she finds that she's trapped there. Someone has stolen the Talisman, a magical amulet that controls the five gates between Zandria and her own world. Ivy and her new friends, the wizard Arden, his young apprentice Connor, and a pair of fairies set off on a quest to reclaim the Talisman of Zandria.

The Two Devils is a romp through the Old West with Miles O'Malley and his horse, Paul. Miles has an uncanny knack for running into everything from ghosts looking for a shoot-out to monsters from Mars in this hilarious and entertaining adventure.

We've been running stories about Miles and Paul in Hadrosaur Tales for some time and now we're pleased to team up with LBF Books to present the first novel to feature these engaging characters.

"I found The Two Devils as irresistable as a bowl of popcorn." Fred Cleaver, The Denver Post

Through the centuries, an elite cadre of vampire mercenaries called the scarlet order has operated as pinpoint assassins. Now, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, vampires are too expensive, too untrustworthy, and frankly, too passe for governments to hire any longer. Using nanotechnology, scientists can engineer more reliable super soldiers. What's a vampire got to do for job security?

"A novel with bite. An amalgam of Blade and The Name of the Rose with a touch of X-Files thrown in for good measure." Neal Asher, author of Gridlinked and The Skinner

"David Lee Summers offers vampire lovers an inventive and conspiricy laden story about a band of vampiric mercenaries known as the Scarlet Order...From the dungeon strongholds of medieval Europe to the untamed desert plains of the early American Southwest, the storyline follows several members of the order and their 'fall from grace'...he does an excellent job of bringing it all together with a thrilling endgame." Dark Realms Magazine

In this volume of stories by Wayne James, you will find creatures of the night, people of the stars, and individuals who dare to live in those dark places that few have the audacity to tread.

There's Lieutenant Lawry, an ordinary soldier who must fight to keep an unknown, violent creature from killing his men. Sergeant Frank Blacklin strives to keep children alive against insurmountable odds on a hostile planet. A man named Robert lives in a United States gone mad; where the enemies of the State are so numerous, their bodies are pushed into a gaping trench.

Other characters in James' stories follow more violent paths. A respectable business man falls for a woman turned on by crime. A lonely man deals with the odd neighbors down the street by buying an assault rifle.

You are invited on a voyage that occurs when only the moon rages!