Nearly two million soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen have been deployed in recent conflicts. When the Warrior Returns addresses the practical and psychological needs of the families of these transitioning service members and provides a convenient list of key resources. Combining the knowledge of fifty experts, the book provides answers to questions about the post-deployment transition process, how it affects families, and how family members can help their service members and themselves navigate the transition successfully as a family. These experts provide straightforward answers to questions about the transition process and how it impacts the warrior and their children. A one-stop source of information filled with useful advice, this book is unequalled. The book features a foreword by Patty Shinseki and is published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army.

"Rali Emilie Antero, legendary warrior and sorceress extraordinaire, was no longer content to retire to her native Orissa after the grand adventures that had made her a hero. And so she set sail for distant lands and fresh challenges... until a spying mission brought her face-to-face with dread evil - a primitive but powerful force backed by the Ice Bear's army and fed by the souls of captured wizards. Even drawing on every last vestige of her considerable magic, Rali almost didn't make it out alive. Sorely wounded in body and spirit, she was left entombed in ice to dream for eternity. All Orissa thought her lost at sea and mourned her passing. Then she was awakened by a goddess and asked to undertake one more quest..." "Fifty years had gone by while Rali slept. And in that time, the entire Antero clan had been assassinated - save one: a golden child named Emilie who carried the magic of the Anteros in her blood and the hopes of all Orissa on her tiny shoulders. The enemy was one Rali knew all too well: Novari, the beautiful succubus who once had taken Rali's eye and hand... and nearly her life. Now the siren succubus had used her own deadly combination of sorcery, murder, and seduction to seize Orissa. All that remained in her quest for ultimate power was to seize little Emilie as well." "She never counted on the return of Rali Antero..."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

This is the story of a young Métis woman's quest to solve a family mystery over 150 years old. Rejecting her Métis culture, she thought her home was in the Marine Corps until she was forced to leave. Now her journey will take her across North Dakota in search of a long-forgotten battlefield and the site of a desperate Métis stand against overwhelming hostile forces. Will a hidden gravesite here help her find peace and save her brother? This novel is based on actual events that occurred near North Dakota's Dog Den Butte.

When kittypet Tiny crosses paths with some wild forest cats defending their territory, he is left with scars—and a bitter, deep-seated grudge. As his reputation grows among the strays and loners that live in the dirty brick alleyways of Twolegplace, he changes his name to Scourge and puts everything about his old life behind him—except his deadly desire for revenge.

Word in the Royal Court has spread that the wild Scottish borders are too unruly. Upon the King's command, John Brunson must return home… Once part of a powerful border clan, John has not set eyes on the Brunson stone tower in years. With failure never an option, he must persuade his family to honor the king's call for peace. To succeed, John knows winning over Cate Gilnock, the daughter of an allied family, holds the key. But this intriguing beauty is beyond the powers of flattery and seduction. Instead, the painful vulnerability hidden behind her spirited eyes calls out to John as he is inexorably drawn back into the warrior Brunson clan….

Kara Olofdottar thanked the gods when she married her childhood hero Ash Hringson. But this fearless raider has been gone so long, hhis proud arrogance is the only memory she retqains of him. Now she must remarry to protect her lands for her son. But then, on her weddng day, the conquering warrior returns to gasps of horror and surprise! After all, Ash was supposed to be dead, though to Kara's starved gaze he seems very much flesh and blood ... and less than impressed to find his beautiful wife intent on marrying someone else!