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After thousands of years, the Fifth Axis—the primal force of Creation and Beginnings—has been Forged. But now Aron, the newly minted Adherent of the Fifth, goes on a spree of destructive and dangerous...

Collecting the first three books of stories of witchkind: Daniel Scratch, Master of the Tower, and The Fifth Axis. The world's greatest powers are collected into six Axes: Sky, Earth, Flame, Sea, Beginnings,...

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Three years ago, Daniel Scratch ascended to become Adherent of the Sixth Axis, the primary, magical forces of Endings in the world. Since then, he's tried to use that power for the betterment of all witchkind—despite...

Frank and his crew have truly made it: after unleashing version 2 of Endless Sky, a fully immersive sci-fi role-playing game, they're richer than their wildest dreams. They've built a kick-butt new ship...

It's been a year since Clara's magic manifested itself and she was accepted into Linginbaum's School for Magic Users ("witch" is such a dated term). She's made friends, learned new spells, and most importantly...

Doctor Tim Templar, a misfit in his academic department, finds himself exiled to an academic dumping ground.  In that unique environment, by a process of serendipedy, he makes an astounding discovery...

A closed-in community isolated from an outside world with which it long ago lost all contact.  Everything, even the air that they breathe, is self-contained but all is not well.  The people of Refuge...

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This thoughtful reinterpretation of Peter Pan through myth and folklore will appeal to fans of darker adult takes on children's literature. - BookLifeWhen the ancient Under Hill home of the Fae is infected...

Ever feel like you're not all that good at troubleshooting things that go wrong? Maybe you're a computer person troubleshooting systems or code, a mechanic troubleshooting machines, or something else...

Taryn has come a long way in just a few months, and now everything is coming to a head. With the rogue AI Tremayne offline, Taryn and his fellow Servants of the Tower, along with their former enemies...

You know how it is for superheroes. You get your powers from a radioactive critter, a mysterious meteorite, or you just build them using your fabulous wealth and technical ingenuity. You don't worry about...

Taryn wasn't expecting his younger brother's Test Day to be an ordinary day, but he had no idea it would turn out as it did. Rather than beginning a humble apprenticeship to a master instrument maker,...

I've been teaching technical topics to adults for more than two decades, and I've been writing and designing instructional materials for almost that long. Throughout the time, I always tried to learn...

Taryn is mastering the ancient machines that made Achillios livable for human beings. But now he's traveled far from his home city of Alabaster. He and a team of other operators, trained to interface...

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