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Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli had finally found the life she’d yearned for. A family, a home and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all she and her community hold dear, Elsa’s world is shattered to the winds. Fearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search of a better life. Will it be the land of milk and honey?

Following the fall of a beloved prince, division brews across the north. Elyon Daecar, freed of the Warrior King’s cells, rides to Dragon’s Bane to defend the border of Vandar against an incoming Agarathi horde. He must become a prince, and a champion, to his people. But will it be enough? Having finally arrived in Aram, Saska finds herself a captive yet again, this time by the sinister Sunlord Elio Krator, the man once betrothed to her mother. When a Tukoran army arrives to siege the great fortress of Eagle’s Perch, Krator marches to defend it, taking Saska with him.

1950s Liverpool. In the tight-knit community of the Four Streets, two girls are growing up. One is motherless and hated by the cold woman determined to take her dead mother's place. The other is hiding a dreadful secret which she dare not tell to anyone. The people of Four Streets laugh, grieve and hope together. But what can they do when a betrayal at the heart of their world comes to light?

Long before civilization, there were the gods. And before the gods, there was the earth, the celestial bodies, and air given flesh. They are the Anemoi—the Four Winds—and they have been banished to the four corners of the world. Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. Her parents are gone. Survival is all she knows. For three hundred years, the land known as the Gray has been encased in ice, surrounded by a great barrier called the Shade, which protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond. But day by day, the Shade weakens.

Once a detective, all he wants now is to run his café in peace. Sunder City is still recovering from the sudden and violent end of magic, and if one man can't solve all its problems, he can at least stop some people going hungry. But when a kid on the run shelters in Fetch's café, and a chain of gruesome murders begins among Sunder's high and mighty, trouble is brought to Fetch's door. There's a word whispered on the wind, and that word is revolution...

Every town has a ghost legend. But within the borders of Wraith County, all the legends are true. No one knows why the spirits of the dead remain. Did centuries of evil deeds bring a curse upon the land? Or does the cursed land have a way of preserving that evil? A team of first-rate warriors and third-rate investigators called Four Winds-One Storm intend to find out. Standing in their way is a drug-running death cult biker gang, spiteful spastic spirits, and a power mad wraith.

The dangerous, fanatical Imperial Order, under the leadership of the power-mad Emperor Jagang and his multitude of demonic underlings, unleashes a deadly plague. To find a cure, Richard Cypher and his beloved Kahlan Amnell must seek out the legendary Temple of the Winds, a fortress of evil sealed away for three thousand years. But the path of the Seeker of Truth is never an easy one - even if he can reach the Temple at all, there is no guarantee he'll ever return.

Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer. For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind.

Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated her life to the abbey. She spends her days forging iron and her evenings studying the Text, all in preparation of becoming an acolyte. Twenty-one years on this earth and she has never touched a man. And she never will. But when she finds an injured stranger in the forest, Brielle can’t resist the urge to help him. The encounter leads her to the realm of Under, where the air breathes rot, and the fair folk dance and whisper. Where she discovers that the man she helped is actually a god: Zephyrus, the West Wind, Bringer of Spring.

Melanie Marie Shifflett Ridner is a Native American writer and poet. The Four Winds is a collection of over 100 Native American poems. Through these verses, she pours out her emotions about growing up Native American, nature, ceremonies, and various rites of passage.

When Kellen’s best friend is thrown from his alicorn, Kellen races through the night sky only to find Alistair crumpled on a street corner, a slender woman with lavender hair and combat boots bent over his broken body. His loss shatters Kellen, and he buys the woman’s silence before returning to fight a battle the Air Fae just might now lose. Yet the woman with the lavender hair and witchy eyes haunts his thoughts. Inextricably drawn to her, he finds himself returning to Galway to find her cornered in an alley by the Dark Fae.

The Four Winds Chap Book is a poetry book that tells of my love for my people, Shawnee, Cherokee. It contains poetry and words from my soul about being Indian and proud to be family with my tribe. An audiobook for all ages to enjoy, with more in the series to follow soon.

The Four Winds Chap Book is a poetry book that tells of my love for my people, Shawnee, Cherokee. It contains poetry and words from my soul about being Indian and proud to be family with my tribe. An audiobook for all ages to enjoy, with more in the series to follow soon.

The Four Winds Chap Book is a poetry book expressing my love for my people, Shawnee, Cherokee. It is poetry and words from my soul about being Indian, and being proud to be connected with my tribe. A book for all ages to enjoy!

The Four Winds Chap Book is a poetry book of my love for my people, Shawnee, Cherokee. It is poetry and words from my soul being Indian and proud to be family with my tribe. A book for all ages to enjoy with more in the series to follow soon.

Aleksey doesn't like helpful sayings. He particularly doesn't like Ben Rider-Mikkelsen pointing out that paranoid men can't see the wood for the trees. There's a truth to these wise words, however, that applies directly to him when you're paranoid that everyone is out to kill you, those who actually are can be easily overlooked. But for once, Aleksey ignores his instincts that something is threatening the family.

What if home became a place of dread? Maliha Anderson returns to her family in French-owned Pondicherry, and it's worse than she expects. Her grandmother is trying to marry her off but that's nothing compared the suicide of an unknown woman in front of a family wedding party. Or that her rejected lover has returned unexpectedly. Maliha refuses to allow the woman's death to be brushed under the carpet but her investigations bring her to a very dark place. Slavery, sexual violence and taboo relationships guide her to a devastating revelation that might destroy her family.

Titus Crow and his faithful companion and record-keeper fight the gathering forces of darkness - the infamous and deadly Elder Gods of the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Cthulhu and his dark minions are bent on ruling the earth. A few puny humans cannot possibly stand against these otherworldly evil gods, yet time after time, Titus Crow drives the monsters back into the dark from whence they came. Spawn of the Winds is the fourth book in the Titus Crow series.

The Four Winds ChapBook is a poetry book chronicling my love for my people, Shawnee Cherokee. It contains poetry and words from my soul about being Indian and proud to be family with my tribe. A book for all ages to enjoy, with more in the series to follow soon.

The Four Winds ChapBook is a Poetry book of my love for my people, Shawneee, Cherokee. It is poetry and words from my soul being Indian and proud to be family with my tribe. A book for all ages to enjoy with more in the series to follow soon.