Steven Harper

A Novel of the Silent Empire

Dreamers

Danr the half-troll is a farmer and reluctant hero fighting evil in a world full of giants, merfolk, wicked elves, and valiant orcs in this thrilling epic fantasy series. From their sacred Garden, the three fates control all life and maintain balance in the world. But one of the fates has been captured by the evil elf queen, placing the future of every being, including Death herself, in jeopardy. And only one hero can defeat the elf queen: Danr the half-troll. In order to rescue the missing fate, Danr must first acquire the fabled Bone Sword.

Bone War

Resigned to a life of hard labor due to his half-human, half-troll lineage, Danr, after strange creatures come down from the mountains to attack his village, is asked by Death to find the Iron Axe, an ancient weapon that could save the world or destroy it, which leads him on the adventure of a lifetime. By the author of The Havoc Machine. Original.

Iron Axe

Weltenspalter

Peter David

Craig Shaw Gardner

"Battlestar Galactica" earned its status as a classic American drama series after its very first, Peabody Award-winning season. For the first time, all three original "Battlestar Galactica" novels--"The Cylons' Secret, Sagittarius Is Bleeding," and "Unity"--are collected in one volume.

Battlestar Galactica Trilogy

Ages ago, those who had the ability to change their shape lost it, leading to endless, Even though Danr the half troll ended centuries of fighting, he still is not living the quiet life he longs for. Rumors have arisen that certain people are once again wielding the power of the shape. If Danr could learn to use it, he could become fully human and spend his life with his beloved, Aisa. But he is not the only one who craves the gift of changing form.

Blood Storm

Explores how the legal profession has reached the point where an alarmingly low percentage of law graduates can land jobs in the field, citing such problems as the oversupply of lawyers and the implosions of prestigious law firms.

A Profession in Crisis

The Lawyer Bubble

Two men become friends in a graveyard in this moving novel of love, loss, and redemption. Arthur Tor steals the dead for a living. As a resurrection man, he creeps around graveyards with his shovel, hoping to dig up corpses so he can sell them to the local medical college and pay his tuition there. He also holds a strange position in underground society. If someone is dying a slow, painful death, the family members come to Arthur and beg him to end their loved one's pain. Arthur can never refuse, and he helps the dying painlessly cross the threshold in a process he calls the Black Rounds. Unfortunately, a local judge has gotten wind of Arthur's activities and has sworn to send him to prison—or the hangman's noose. Jesse Fair has fled his corrupt family in Baltimore and landed in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he becomes the town gravedigger and undertaker, and he works hard to help grieving families through their pain with warmth and compassion. Some families make odd requests for their dearly departed, and Jesse discovers that the undertaker must often deal with the absurd side of death. But his venomous family is still searching for him. Relentlessly. And once they find him, Jesse will have to make a terrible choice. When Jesse catches Arthur in the act of robbing a grave, the two of them form a strange friendship and even stranger partnership that digs deep into social taboos—and into their own souls. In his first book since the critically acclaimed novel The Importance of Being Kevin, Steven Harper spins a heartfelt, uplifting story of suspense, life, and love against the backdrop of a Michigan town at the edge of the frontier.

Resurrection Men

Rescued from slavery by the Children of Irfan, Kendi Weaver, a Silent with an innate gift for dream communication, journeys with his rescuers to their planet, Bellerophon, only to find a world tormented by a vicious serial killer who is stalking Silents like Kendi in their telepathic dreams. Original.

Nightmare

When Bellerophon, a beautiful forest planet rife with psychics known as the Silent, comes under attack by its political enemies, Kendi Weaver, along with a small group of the Silent, must save the Dream from being destroyed. Original.

Offspring

While searching for their loved ones after the destruction of "The Dream," a telepathic communications net, Father Kendi Weaver and the crew of the Poltergeist are taken hostage by a strange group whose hidden agenda places all of their lives in great danger. Original.

Trickster

Kevin must keep his relationship with Peter secret, since Peter’s wealthy family won’t accept a gay son or a boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks. Still, they have the play they’re putting on and each other...until a brutal attack shatters their lives.

The Importance of Being Kevin

Ian Tregillis

Gini Koch

James Enge

Esther Friesner

Patrick Hurley

Jacey Bedford

Jaime Lee Moyer

Andrija Popovic

Violette Malan

F. Brett Cox

Kate Hall

John Linwood Grant

Juliet Kemp

Jason Palmatier

PORTALS: What mysteries...or horrors...await you on the other side? The lure of an open doorway is hard to resist. What lies beyond? Where will it take you—and how will you be transformed? Will it lead to paradise...or a living hell? You’ll never know, unless you have the courage to take that first step. In this anthology you will find sixteen stories of portals to exotic destinations, whether it’s a doorway in the desert that appears out of thin air, a fairy ring of mushrooms in the backyard, a crack in the road, or a train headed straight to Hell. Science fiction and fantasy authors Nancy Holzner, Esther Friesner, Ian Tregillis, Jacey Bedford, John Linwood Grant, Kate Hall, Gini Koch, Violette Malan, Juliet Kemp, James Enge, Steven Harper, F. Brett Cox, Jaime Lee Moyer, Jason Palmatier, Andrija Popovic, and Patrick Hurley invite you to step through a host of doorways to other realities with infinite possibilities, some horrible, some comic, and some just plain weird. So take my hand—not too tight!—and let’s journey into another world. The door is open. The portal awaits.

Portals

Patrick F. Flaherty

This book is a collection of advice and wisdom from a couple of average American dads who shared with their sons their thoughts on family, education, business, religion, and service to their communities. These dads, shaped by events from The Great Depression to World War II, heped create the great American dream - one child at a time.

Quotes for Life Book Series

Life's Lessons from Dad

In a clockwork Brittania, Alice's prospects are slim. At 21, her age and her unladylike interest in automatons have sealed her fate as an undesirable marriage prospect. But a devastating plague sends Alice off in a direction beyond the pale-towards a clandestine organization, mad inventors, life-altering secrets, and into the arms of an intrepid fiddle-playing airship pilot.

A Novel of the Clockwork Empire

The Doomsday Vault

In a world riddled with the destruction of men and machines alike, Thaddeus Sharpe takes to the streets of St. Petersburg, geared toward the hunt of his life…. Thaddeus Sharpe’s life is dedicated to the hunting and killing of clockworkers. When a mysterious young woman named Sofiya Ekk approaches him with a proposition from a powerful employer, he cannot refuse. A man who calls himself Mr. Griffin seeks Thad’s help with mad clockwork scientist Lord Havoc, who has molded a dangerous machine. Mr. Griffin cares little if the evil Lord lives or dies; all he desires is Havoc’s invention. Upon Thad’s arrival at Havoc’s laboratory, he is met with a chilling discovery. Havoc is not only concealing his precious machine; he has been using a young child by the name of Nikolai for cruel experiments. Locked into a clockwork web of intrigue, Thad must decipher the dangerous truth surrounding Nikolai and the chaos contraption before havoc reigns….

The Havoc Machine

Stephen Leigh

Nancy Holzner

Howard Andrew Jones

Alan Smale

Gary Kloster

Louis Evans

S.C. Butler

Christopher Leapock

Peter S. Drang

Auston Habershaw

Jordan Chase-Young

What could possibly happen when two cultures meet for the first time? In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, anything. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE presents fourteen original stories where two different societies intersect and deal with the aftermath of that meeting. Will the conflicting cultures merge and adapt and find peace? Or will they clash, unable to either accept their differences or acknowledge their commonalities? Who will survive when the last of the Fae battles a world-killing AI? What happens when a being who is part of a vast collective-consciousness is forced to face their own individuality? Can a werewolf ever break free of the unholy pact its fae creator has made with humanity? Will Earth really manage to commit the biggest and most egregious faux pas in history when it’s on the cusp of joining the Galactic Union? And why is it that two very different kinds of elves are angrily facing off at a simple dinner party? Whether your taste runs to humor, horror, science fiction, or fantasy, the stories collected in this latest anthology from Zombies Need Brains and written by some of today’s hottest SF&F authors will delight, thrill, and terrify you. Join Christopher Leapock, Howard Andrew Jones, Gary Kloster, Louis Evans, Peter S. Drang, Esther Friesner, S.C. Butler, Nancy Holzner, Auston Habershaw, Violette Malan, Stephen Leigh, Alan Smale, Steven Harper, and Jordan Chase-Young as they delve into what may happen...WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE.

When Worlds Collide

Kevin Devereaux's life can't get worse. He's on probation. He's stuck with an unemployed ex-convict dad. And he lives in a run-down trailer on the crappy east side of town. To keep his probation officer happy, Kevin joins a theater program for teenagers and falls hard for Peter Finn, the lead actor in the show--and the son of the town's leading family. Despite their differences, Peter returns Kevin's feelings, and for the first time, Kevin learns what it means to be in love. But Peter's family won't accept a gay son--let alone a boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks--and in their conservative town, they must keep the romance secret. Still, they have the play, and they have each other, so they'll get by-- Until a brutal attack shatters Kevin's life and puts Peter in danger of going to jail for murder.

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