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From the safety of the Deep Hole Sanctuary, two are sent to the surface for the first time in nine years. Rumors, tales, and expectations for the world above are that they will find a desolate wasteland filled with mutated animals and bands of roving hoards of starving people.

Raymer, a member of the Raging Mountain family, has been locked in King Ember's Summer Palace dungeon for a year. His only crime is being born of the Dragon Clan. The cell next to him holds an emissary of a rival kingdom, an irreverent giant of a man named Quint. Together they plan a daring escape, but once free they find that only the two of them can prevent a war and save innocent lives.

A post-apocalyptic pandemic novel set in the Pacific Northwest that is unlike any other. The main character is an introverted recluse who tries to survive. He is computer-smart, but the internet and computers have died. He must change.

Book two of the "Dragon" Series. After 30 years of peaceful living on Bitters Island Gareth is struck down, his mind attacked, and he is nearly killed. His father is also attacked and found dead but he managed to send Gareth one last message of warning. Gareth and his black dragon sail to the mainland and find what has happened. There they discover a warped mind every bit as powerful as Gareth and the foe who is after Gareth - and everyone else. He must go after the very source of all mental powers, to the head of the Brotherhood.

A orphan named Camilla has the birthmark of the Dragon Clan - an intricate design of a dragon flowing from her hip to the ugly head peering over her shoulder. She knows enough to conceal it from all, but not why. When dragons fly nearby the design on her back tingles and stings. She's told that one day she will call down dragons - whatever that means, but first she must avoid the assassins sent by the king. He has already murdered her family and she must escape and find sanctuary.

All Gareth must do is steal a dragon's egg and live to tell about it. He is warned by night whispers to flee from his tiny mountain village of Dun Mare. The stolen egg of a dragon will pay his way, if he manages to live long enough to sell it. However, there are forces against him far beyond his understanding. All he believes he knows about his life and home is false, but the egg of the black dragon is the key.

Five years after the bombs fell and the privileged descended into secretly constructed sanctuaries, five people want out. The problem is that there has been no contact with the world outside and what they find may be a desolate landscape filled with radiation and deadly creatures. Or worse. However, after five years of living in a small underground sanctuary, perhaps that is preferable to the dull existence below. Pen, short for Penelope, is not your usual heroine. Her mouth is her worst enemy and she does not back down.

Her finger can ignite a magical flame. But only male mages deal with elemental magic such as fire, and all mages are men. Hannah is a young woman. The mage who is whispered to be her father is returning, and she intends to display her flame where he can see it so he will know she is his daughter.

Hannah and her new friend, Sage, escape to the port city of Indore where they attempt to escape the pursuers—but the young mage follows. Hannah must elude him and others, as well as learn more of her craft so she can return to the Kingdom of Wren and claim her rightful inheritance—and seek revenge.

Young Mica Silverthorne is dragged from his home to fight in the Three Border Wars for his king. Mica is not like the others recruits. He is not the son of nobility or a wealthy merchant, but from a small village where they raise pigs. It's soon said he's a willing killer that wields a knife like an assassin.

In a time when dragons are thought to be a myth, Damon finds that there may be one remaining, one last great secret. The answers lie at the other end of the kingdom of Dire. However, there is more than distance and the faint possibility of a dragon, there is also a king who cannot rule, people who are hiding the truth, and others who use their powers for personal gain. The story twists and turns, never taking the listener where expected, and it does so with a touch of sharp wit and compassion.

This book begins in Denver. Planes fall from the sky, volcanic ash fills the air, and three people are stuck on the side of a mountain. How they survive the first few days and the steps they take can kill them, or not. Mistakes are made. Relationships tested. Unexpected twists and turns keep the listener engaged.

A heavy equipment operator discovers an artificial cave while cutting blocks from a limestone quarry. He plans to investigate alone, but an archaeology student bullies him into letting her join his underground foray. The two declare an uneasy truce when an ancient installation that predates humans unexpectedly sends them through a wormhole to another planet—one with creatures from Earth’s past.