Ses Lucani has never known her parents. Powerful leaders in the cold war left over after the gods' imprisonment, Ses's mother and father are now bitter rivals, each pretending their secret daughter doesn't exist. Raised by her grandfather, Ses now lives in the hollowed-out center of the planet and learns to forge wrightings, tools imbued with soul energy and used to maintain the prison of the gods.  When terrorists attack the prison on her sixteenth birthday, Ses is forced to flee after the ensuing investigation reveals the secret of her parentage. Suddenly, the very parents who abandoned her may be the only people she can trust. Running from government operatives and fanatic cultists, Ses meets Murien, a boy with fingers in a shadowy network that can lead her to her father.   But some secrets are darker than parentage. On her way to find her father, Ses will uncover truths about her family and herself that will shatter her understanding of the world and risk the return of the gods themselves.

Unwilling Souls

Literature & Fiction

Little, Gregory D.

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Artisan Guild is on the run, and it’s all Ses Lucani’s fault. While her newfound powers of possession helped her rescue her father and prevent the gods’ return, her trust in Murien Alaini meant she unknowingly revealed Guild headquarters. Traveling to their new base in the immense crab city of Ocypode, Ses arrives to find that her father’s Guild has vanished and that Ocypode’s citizens can’t remember what happens at night. Sent undercover to the Pit to infiltrate the apprentice smiths helping to maintain the prison of the gods, Murien is still wracked with guilt over his betrayal of Ses. When the Centrality government seizes direct control of the Pit and the first polistraat officer turns up dead, Murien doesn’t know who he can trust—or whether he might be next. The servants of the gods have dark plans for both Ocypode and the Pit, and Ses is forced into an unlikely team with a demon, a mysterious hellship pilot, and—if she can stomach it—Murien himself to uncover the truth.

Ungrateful God (Unwilling Souls)

Red. The color of blood, of war, of passion—and of a new unicorn herd. A Game of Horns: A Red Unicorn Anthology has gathered 21 original stories about red unicorns from famous and soon-to-be-famous authors, including New York Times best-selling authors Jody Lynn Nye and David Farland. Some stories feature physical unicorns; most do not. Some unicorns are kind; most are not.From a battlefield to a candy store, from zombie unicorns in rural America to telepathic unicorns on the dark side of Europa, from the fantastical past to the possible future, no creative avenue or conflict remains unexplored by these talented storytellers.Pick a story. Take a chance. And play A Game of Horns. All profits benefit the Don Hodge Memorial Scholarship Fund.

A Game of Horns: A Red Unicorn Anthology

Cross, Katie

Nye, Jody Lynn

Farland, David

McCarter, Robert J.

Mangum, Lisa

Pletsch, Mary

Jordan, Raphyel M.

Godhand, Emily

Bennett, J. S.

Short Stories & Anthologies

WordFire Press

Dragon Writers: An Anthology

Dragons are creatures of legend. Of magic. Of wisdom, nature, and the power of creation. They have been in every culture and mythology since the beginning of time.Writers are creatures of legend. With magic, wisdom, and the power of creation at their fingertips. They, too, are in every culture and have been creating their own mythologies since the beginning of time.Within each writer is the power of a dragon. . . . The power of creation.Gathered together are twenty-six stories from writers who dared to tame this power, including New York Times best-selling authors Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Todd McCaffrey, and David Farland. Through fantasy, sci-fi, romance, and poetry, this anthology celebrates the magic and majesty of dragons, writers, and creativity. Within these pages, you’ll find dragons who fly through space, who raise hatchlings, who carry the power of life and death. Some dragons are even featured as swords, planes, and origami creatures.Dragon Writers is a special collection where magic and myth combine to create something legendary.All profits benefit the Don Hodge Memorial Scholarship fund for the Superstars Writing Seminar.

SANDERSON, BRANDON

McCaffrey, Todd

Jones, Frog

Killan, Jace

DiMauro, Nancy

Brand, Tristan

Mayall, Adric

Misspelled: Magic Gone Awry (Legion of Dorks presents)

Collins, Christopher

Aman, Rebekah

Guernsey, Jessica

Ossio, Citlalin

Bair, Jen

Jordan, JM

Dare Adams, Stephanie

McKay, Sean

Cursed Dragon Ship Publishing, LLC

In humanity's last city, you're either consumed by a monster, or you become one. Sheltered in their fortress city, the last humans live in constant peril, assailed from without by alien invaders and from within by a deadly disease intent on mutating every citizen. After her best friend's grisly death at the segmented claws of the alien revenants, Ward Chief Iazmaena Delgassi vows to restore safety to her city by running for a magistrate position on the city council. For if the aliens ever truly penetrate the walls, humanity will lose itself to the jaws of the hungry beasts. On the night of her hard-fought victory, Iaz finds her boyfriend dead by his own hand, his last message to her a warning. Now alerted to the conspiracy orchestrated by Gene Sequencing, a tyrannical government agency with no accountability and a monopoly on the disease's deadly secrets, Iaz forms a conspiracy of her own: a secret team to steal and decipher their restricted files. For reasons Iaz doesn't understand, Gene Sequencing is determined to destroy her. Vowing to protect the city from threats both inside and out, Iaz must balance her duty with her desire for justice. If she fails at either task, humankind will be a thing of the past, just another extinct species.

The Last Humans (Mutagen Deception)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Abandoned places can be intriguing, creepy, and forsaken, but are they always empty? In this fourth anthology in the Legion of Dorks presents series, fifteen authors poke around in vacant places and let us see what turns up.&#8203;&#8203;&#8203;&#8203;&#8203;&#8203;&#8203;You'll discover: - the wreckage of an enormous, ancient, alien craft and what it hides- a young woman looking for a shopkeeper, but who runs into a genie instead- an old researcher who travels to a hidden island- an AI satellite that rebels against its programming- a dragonling that threatens the safety of a kingdom- and so much more. These books are put together with love and a generous heart as a way to give back. So, 50 percent of the profit goes to charity. Pick up your copy today and join the adventure while supporting children in need.

Abandoned: An Anthology of Vacant Spaces (Legion of Dorks presents)

Codair, Sara

Thor, Miriam

Calaby, Tara

Dunn, D.H.

Bridgwater, Dan

Bridgwater, L.R.

Which is more deadly: the secrets we keep from each other, or the ones we keep from ourselves? Stefani Palmieri is a woman on a mission. A long-hidden technology, the Bridge, consumes her every waking moment, a compulsion that seems to come from outside her. All she knows is she has to get it working as fast as possible, while ignoring the sense that she is not herself. Struggling to adjust to a life of school, a home, and a family, Marri Palmieri misses her time as a homeless orphan. At least then she didn't feel the inexplicable urge to kill her adoptive mother Stefani, nor did she have visions of a strange man following her, a man no one else can see. Karl Yonnel has lost the two things that mattered most: his life in the Lancer Corps and his relationship with Stefani. Dishonorably discharged for doing his duty, he ekes out a living ratting out criminals for money to police who'd just as soon see him dead as a traitor. But when Stefani approaches him with a new job, he'll be forced to infiltrate those same police to uncover a growing conspiracy that threatens the entire city. As Coldgarden's long-buried secrets come to light and the city begins eating itself from the inside out, Stefani, Marri, and Karl will have to contend with threats both human and alien in their desperate efforts to save their dying world.

The Dying World (Mutagen Deception)

For fans of The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells who wanted a bit more swearing and dereliction of duty. Bell's lifelong wish was to leave her colony world. She should have been more specific. In the face of an existential threat to her world-an impending alien invasion-Bell Beauregard does something unprecedented: her job. She's rewarded by being labeled a traitor, sentenced to indentured servitude, and shipped off-world on a half-built colony ship being used as an escape hatch for the rich and powerful. Bell is woken from cryosleep as part of an emergency maintenance crew, but before she even has a chance to shirk her duties or flirt with the enticing Tas, things go full "oh, f#*$ me!" when a fellow prisoner is brutally murdered and Bell is the most obvious suspect. To have any chance with Tas-and, like, clear her name and stuff-Bell must begrudgingly solve the murder. But false accusations, unrequited romance, and having to make an effort are the least of Bell's concerns. Because the killer isn't content to stop at one victim. And if Bell can't unravel the mystery, the only way to prove her innocence may be to turn up dead.

Murder on the Interstellar Express (Bell Begrudgingly Solves It)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

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