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What did it mean to be a hero in 1944? What does it mean today? On the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, these are the questions we ask ourselves as the world faces resurgent nativism, deep social divisions, and rising xenophobia. It’s no exaggeration to say that the gravity of our crises today echoes back to the crossroads of 1944. Finding St. Lo presents us with two distinct voices from the past.

Shawn Brandt was simply trying to get a cup of coffee when the beautiful Jessica Earnest makes an abrupt introduction into his life. What would be the perfect date now becomes a struggle as Shawn must balance the memories of Afghanistan with the present.

This book contains many amazing adventures and wondrous takes on a deal with the devil. This deal can go in several different ways. Fight the devil, play along, or sell your soul. It’s up to you to choose.

Radio Spirits brings you classic tales of mystery, crime, and suspense featuring everyday individuals caught in a web of their own making and tripped up by a twist of fate in the end. And heard throughout each radio play, as the events become a tangled web of crime, is that shadowy voice-of-fate, your host, The Whistler! Dripping with sarcasm, The Whistler follows the murderers’ slow descent into destruction while cautioning listeners about the futility of the criminal act they just heard.

For his entire life, 22-year-old Chance Lee has been dreaming of greatness - something far beyond getting high in his mother's old farmhouse, and much more prestigious than playing in a West Virginia country band on the weekends. Unlike many other small-town boys with lofty dreams, Chance see his future of musical greatness, with his best friend, Tollie, by his side, as an undeniable fact. And when a reading from a local fortune-teller seems to affirm his unstoppable luck, it's not long before he's ready to break out of Falling Waters and put his plans in motion.

Switching Dead City for the crystal arks of the 13 corporate colonies, Jack comes face to face with the full extremity of D'Alessandro's master plan. Awakening as godking in the fantasy realms of Forevermore, effectively trapped within the pages of his own faerie tale book, he realizes his only chance at redemption is to reform the A-Men for one last amazing adventure.

Four years have passed since the destruction of the Phoenix Tower and with it the infamous A-Men. The once-great Dead City is now a no-go zone; abandoned and forgotten. Living in this nightmarish underworld Jack is a twisted shadow of his former self, a lone survivor in a world of warring gang lords and their crazed disciples. Yet something is stirring in the sanctuary of the near-space starstations; a realization that its governing sentience is dying and the one thing that can save civilization fell to earth a long, long time ago.

Inspired by Ross Elder's real investigation into Russian Active Measures directed at the Patriot Movement, Patriot Deception takes the listener on a suspenseful trek inside the fractured mind of Mason McCall. Investigating the effects of fake news, conspiracy theories, and Russian propaganda on the voting public, McCall finds himself embroiled in a search for the truth and a race to protect his own life.

Santa's Christmas schedule has run into a major problem - all his reindeer, even the heroic Rudolph, are too ill to fly. However, a promising solution to Santa's dilemma is offered from an unlikely source - the eccentric elf Melvin.

A Christmas story to warm the heart. Sgt. Evans recounts his most infamous case about a stolen Christmas tree.

It's happening everywhere we look: the industrial, the synthetic, and the mass-produced are making way for the artisanal, the organic, and the small-batch. We care about how things are made. We want to invest in our neighbor, not a distant executive. We choose to spend more for responsibly produced, locally sold, higher quality chocolate than for the Hershey bar we enjoyed a few years ago.

Join a crew of rough spice traders aboard a Spanish ship supposedly bound for the legendary Spice Islands of the Far East in the year 1519. As their supplies run low, the crew is concerned and angry and, fearing death, wants to return to Spain. Yet their mad captain refuses to retreat, sparking unrest. Little does the crew know, the captain has discovered and is pursuing his true hidden desire: a mysterious island, revealed to him through the shimmering stars.

When Talin, a bullied outcast, unexpectedly plunges into the portal and is chosen to fill the long-vacant role of island Healer, the reluctant teen must make a difficult decision: accept his destiny, or let the power that comes with it fall into the evil hands of his rival, who believes he is the next Healer.

Struggling to balance his new role as Healer, with fending off his rival bully, Talin uncovers a twisted family secret. But, distractions in his personal relationships above ground, and physical challenges below, push him to his limits as he prepares for the most important fight of his life.

What happens when the God of Thunder dies? You blame his Orisha comrade, of course. Thor of Asgard is dead. And Shango of the Orishas is to blame. A cosmic war has been waged for countless ages between the deities of Earth and a strange force of shadows known as the God Eaters. Many of Earth’s greatest heroes have fallen to this mysterious enemy, but Thor and Shango stood firm where other champions had failed.

Journey with children, fae creatures, and gods alike as they navigate the joy of friendship, the struggles of finding identity, and the unclear pathways of strange new worlds. From best sellers to rising voices, 11 terrifically talented authors explore the many faces of whimsy and wonder, mischief and misdoings.

Sarah Carter avoids attachments at all costs. Leaving behind her small-town Alaskan home after the presumed-fatal disappearance of her boyfriend, she keeps people at a distance in fear of reliving the pain. So when her mom needs assistance running the lodge after an injury, she's less than thrilled to return to the Land of the Midnight Sun—even if the hired help catches her eye.