Life is discovery, and this book is a journey of discovery to learn to grow, to recognize the opportunities: to be aware. It asks the big question, "Why am I here?" and leads the reader to examine the most significant questions of a lifetime.

Life is discovery, and this book is a journey of discovery to learn to grow, to recognize the opportunities: to be aware. It asks the big question, "Why am I here?" and leads the reader to examine the most significant questions of a lifetime.

Everyone wants me dead: a demon, a lamia vampire lord, even a dragon. But now an unknown enemy wants even more... From former army officer William Stacey comes Firestorm, the third book in an exciting new blend of urban fantasy and military adventure. The war we feared has come, and leading the invading army is the only remaining dragon, the "Black Death." If it's not stopped, the dragon will slaughter thousands. I'm Angie Ritter, former army mage and the first source mage to be born in centuries. I might be able to stop the dragon. If I can learn to control my new magic. If I can master the ancient entity possessing me. If I can act like a grownup and stop fantasizing about the sexy were-jaguar I'm traveling with. Oh, and if I can avoid getting my heart cut out, or drained of my blood, or burned to death... or, well, any of the countless other grisly deaths that await me. Now something haunts my dreams. Something hungry. FML. Warning: Contains scenes of sexual situations, realistic violence, and soldiers talking like soldiers. If you like Myke Cole, Michael Anderle, K.F. Breene, and Shayne Silvers, you'll love this exciting new series.

A talking sword, an Academy for Mages, and terrifying demons everywhere? This term is going to be intense. I grew up scavenging for discarded mage tech my uncle could sell, while trying to avoid the monsters in the Scraps. Not the best upbringing, but at least I had my little brother Briar and my best friend Sterling. At night we'd lift our eyes to the magnificent floating city of mages, watch the sparkling lights and dream of magic and wonder. Then one day the unthinkable happens: my uncle sells me to a nobleman with a death wish, who wants me to infiltrate the prestigious academy of magic pretending to be a mage, and more alarmingly, a lady. The first would be difficult enough, without any real magic, the second seems even more impossible. I've never worn a dress in my life. But nobody asked my opinion. I get in, thanks to a clever piece of mage-tech, but it's only a matter of time before someone uncovers that I'm a fraud and exposes the charade. My professor, Markus Du Lac, is already suspicious, and the impossibly handsome prince, sixth in line for the throne, seems strangely fascinated with me - more than enough to make me the sworn enemy of the girl who's courting him. Thrust into a world of magic, I must fool the Academy's faculty and students into proving I'm one of them. But not all is as it seems in the shining kingdom of mages. Secret dangers hide around every corner, which threaten to change my life forever. As I search the school's library for valuable treasure and forbidden archives, I'm shocked to discover I have more magical talent than I realized. Even if I succeed my mission and escape with my life, things will never be the same. The Source of Magic is a young adult fantasy adventure suitable for ages 13 and up. Fans who enjoyed Rachel Carter's Black Mage series and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy will love this sprawling magical academy setting full of monsters, mages, murder and romantic intrigue.

In London with their family, telepathic twelve-year-old twins Liberty and July receive strange emanations from an early residence of Arthur Conan Doyle and discover a literary ghost.