Living among humans in a post- apocalyptic ice age, neomage Thorn St. Croix is a source of both fear and fascination for the people of Mineral City?and now she faces her ultimate test. Deep under the snow-covered mountains beyond the village, an imprisoned fallen seraph desperately needs her help. There, hidden in the hellhole, the armies of Darkness assemble to ensure this subterranean rescue will be Thorn?s final descent?

Cole Vontera - pilot, smuggler, and connoisseur of fine alien girls - has spent his entire life on the Far Rim isolated from the rest of humanity. But after he helps a genetically-engineered concubine escape from her master, he finds himself ensnared in a vast conspiracy that will challenge everything he thought he believed in. With the aid of a harem of beautiful, exotic, and deadly women, Cole will shape the fate of the galaxy - or at least die a happy, exhausted man. Join the space opera harem fantasy praised for its lovable characters, explosive action, witty dialogue, and hot alien sex. This anthology includes all five volumes of Sarah Hawke's WINGS OF THE SERAPH series (197,000 words).

Flight has always fascinated human minds, but until a century ago it remained a dream - the exclusive domain of birds, gods, and mythological heroes. From the myths of the ancients to the poetry of Pindar and Yeats, Winged Words traces the imprint of the human impulse to fly from premodern times to the age of terrorism in both literature and his...