Nick's a down-on-his-luck bow-for-hire, stripped of his lands and title by King Richard. Now he scours the crappy dukedom of Calomel for anyone who flips him a coin. But blackguards beware - he can't be bought. His honor may be tarnished, but his other knightly virtues are intact. Cross him, he'll spare no bolt, steel, or shoe leather to set things right, even if he has to turn his seedy medieval society of doddering dukes, corrupt churchmen and libidinous ladies upside down to do it

From the moment an explosion sends Bethany, Caesar and Paulo's small spaceship spinning away from their convoy, the trio must find a way to survive despite the requirements of the religion that drove them to the stars in search of freedom. Stranded and enslaved on an alien planet, they must question everything they were raised to beleive in order to fulfill their destiny to find the promised land, and lead their people home

Tristan, the anti-social new kid from Massachusetts, thinks Christmas in Arizona is a joke, especially working customer service at the mall. But to win the heart of Amy Killdeer, the Mall manager's hot, season-obsessed daughter, he's not above bringing out every trick in the New England playbook and pretending to be the Christmas-iest kid around. There's only one defensive line to contend with: his coworker Zeke - the high school football star who actually does like Christmas and wants Amy, too DASH AWAY MALL - an all ages Christmas comedy that's equal parts naughty and nice.

After a disastrous mission in Xinjiang, Cinese Intelligence officer Rhee Jianjun's career is the opposite of on track when he meets a young neurohacker named Xiaodan who changes his perspective. She needs his help to steal a top secret government prototype that threatens the security of the National Union. But they'll have to beat Cypro-Corp, CIEDA, and Grant Tennison's team to it. Dozens of lives intersect in this intricate thriller, brought together by the earth-shaking implications of a single invention: a society more connected than ever before, but still so far from united. In an environment controlled by quantum computers, the world really is what you make it Another epic, mind-bending tale of intrigue and adventure from the author of "Hell Bank Notes" and "Nick Gauntlet: Private Knight."

The National Union, a global federal government, is beset by treachery within and rebellion without. A coalition of member states blames China for the brutal murders of the Kazakh governing family. Grant Tennison, a former commander of the National Union's armed forces leads a select team of operatives - soldiers, rebels and mercenaries hired by Kazakhstan's vengeful new ruler to find those truly responsible, to expose the conspiracy, and preserve the illusion of global unity.