A blackout cripples New York City two nights before Christmas. Stuck in the pitch black, the patrons of the Polo City Diner are about to meet Lester Velasquez, a prominent crime figure bent on finding millions of dollars worth of sapphires that he believes one of them is carrying. He will resort to any means necessary to find them.

Luis Hernandez is a teenage kid that attends school at Cardinal High. One day, Cardinal High gets attacked by some mystery people that results in the death of Luiss best friend. Holding his friends lifeless corpse in his arms pushes him on the path of revenge. Luis becomes a hero after saving his school and continues to get hunted down. After being hunted, Luis starts to search for answers about why he was highly trained in fighting and hacking. His search for answers leads him to find out about his superhuman gifts and a secret war that has been going on between superhumans and dark monsters from the corners of the earth.

Twenty-five years after Jesus’ Son, a haunting new collection of short stories on mortality and transcendence, from National Book Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Denis Johnson NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The New York Times • Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air • Chicago Tribune • Newsday • New York • AV Club • Publishers Weekly “Ranks with the best fiction published by any American writer during this short century.”—New York “A posthumous masterpiece.”—Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • NPR • The Boston Globe • New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Bloomberg The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson. Written in the luminous prose that made him one of the most beloved and important writers of his generation, this collection finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating the ghosts of the past and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves. Finished shortly before Johnson’s death, this collection is the last word from a writer whose work will live on for many years to come. Praise for The Largesse of the Sea Maiden “An instant classic.”—Newsday “Exceptional luminosity . . . hits a powerful vein.”—The New York Times Book Review “Grace and oblivion are inextricably yoked in these transcendent stories. . . . [Johnson’s] gift is to extract the beauty in all that brokenness.”—The Wall Street Journal “Nobody ever wrote like Denis Johnson. Nobody ever came close. . . . We’re just left with this miraculous book, these perfect stories, the last words from one of the world’s greatest writers.”—NPR

She’s a persisting optimist, even in the face of despair… He’s a lost soul, damaged and scarred, with the belief that he can never love again… Will she be enough to breathe the life back into him? Sophie’s life is already hectic enough, what with her father’s gambling problem spiralling dangerously out of control. She has to do her best to keep them afloat, and do so alone. But when she meets Declan, she thinks that she’s found her knight in shining armour. Except her knight is far more broken than she thought. Still reeling from the tragic death of his fiancé, Declan knows that he’s incapable of opening his heart to anyone. After all, he’s faced with an immense guilt that pulls him down, the guilt of knowing that he couldn’t save the woman he loved. So when he meets Sophie, a bright and cunning young woman, he makes it clear that things between them are strictly platonic. But that doesn’t stop Sophie from being attracted to him. And it doesn’t stop Declan from suddenly feeling things he thought were long gone. But will that be enough for him to move forward from his past? Or will his cold heart stay frozen? Author Izzy Williams offers a stunning and steamy romance that will enthral and captivate audiences. “Broken Hero” is a story of grief, love after loss, and redemption. With a realistic and gradual development of the main characters’ love story from friends to lovers, this book is a heart-wrenching must-read that will remain in the minds and hearts of its readers forever.

I don't have time for little Lucy Rhodes. I'm a former Marine, a ranch owner, and if my sister is to be believed, a hermit. Since I returned to my small home town, I've spent every waking moment turning my family's ranch into a resort. The absolute last thing I need is a blonde complication. But then Lucy comes to town for the summer. She's running from demons of her own, and somehow, she runs straight into me. She awakens something in me that I thought gone. She's young and beautiful, sure, but it's more than that. She doesn't look at me like I'm damaged. She listens when I speak, and when she opens up to me, I know I want to spend my life protecting her. But as we grow closer, one thing feels inevitable... I'm going to let her down somehow, just like I've let everyone in this town down. I don't know how to be the man she deserves. I'm not the man I once was. (Broken Hero is a slow-burn romance with swoon-worthy characters and tons of small-town charm. Stand-alone, no cheating and HEA-guaranteed!)

Hardcharging army lieutenant Bickham Deth's only desire is to lead soldiers in combat. In the bloody winter of 2006, he expects to finally earn his baptism by fire on the streets of Kabul or Baghdad. Instead, he finds himself trapped in Oklahoma on funeral detail. Deth is honored to pay tribute to the veterans of Vietnam and World War II, but his patience is pushed to the breaking point by incompetent morticians, squabbling family members, and a mishap with the color of his socks that threatens to derail his entire military career. As the "needs of the army" turn a three-day task into a never-ending odyssey, Deth finds solace from his grim work in the gallows humor of his partner, Sergeant Bela Packs. In his fifteen years of service Packs has seen it all, and his war stories are a welcome distraction from the painful task of burying the dead. As the honors team weaves its way through the American heartland, seeing both the sublime and ugly sides of small town life, Packs unravels the spellbinding tale of the worst Soldier who ever lived...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner opens up about faith, sexuality, parenthood, and a life shaped by music in “one of the great memoirs of our time” (Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND AUTOSTRADDLE • “The best-written, most engaging rock autobiography since her childhood hero, Elton John, published Me.”—Variety Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi contracted bacterial meningitis, which almost took her life, leaving an indelible mark on her formative years and altering her journey into young adulthood. As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music. In Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John’s “Honky Cat” in a bedazzled white polyester suit, to her first break opening for Dave Matthews Band, to many sleepless tours over fifteen years and six studio albums, all while raising two children with her wife, Catherine Shepherd. This hard-won success led her to collaborations with personal heroes like Elton John, Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Pearl Jam, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell, as well as her peers in the supergroup The Highwomen, and ultimately to the Grammy stage, where she converted millions of viewers into instant fans. Evocative and piercingly honest, Broken Horses is at once an examination of faith through the eyes of a person rejected by the church’s basic tenets and a meditation on the moments and lyrics that have shaped the life of a creative mind, a brilliant artist, and a genuine empath on a mission to give back.