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I bound the void to save the world, and in doing so, opened up the gateway for the forgotten gods to return. I was named the Chosen One, Astraea, a Fallen Star. I was none of those things. I was a nameless goddess, formed by earth and by fire to do exactly what I did and bind the void. Because of me, though, the world I had grown to love was in peril from ancient and hungry gods. I needed an army, one willing to stand against primal forces ...

Astraea woke to a world on fire. They told her she was the Chosen One. That she bore the legacy of a Fallen Star to push back the greedy void and the creatures that lived there. That it was her destiny. They told her she had influence and power, that people would listen when she spoke, that they would do as she asked. That royalty wanted to marry her and that the world would be at her feet. They told her that she had magic bright enough to ...

Astraea woke to a world on fire.They told her she was the Chosen One. That she bore the legacy of a Fallen Star to push back the greedy void and the creatures that lived there. That it was her destiny.They told her she had influence and power, that people would listen when she spoke, that they would do as she asked. That royalty wanted to marry her and that the world would be at her feet.They told her that she had magic bright enough to slay m...

If the world thought one of me was bad enough, try three... My name is Cal Thorpe, and I am on a quest to find my missing soul. Death gave me his still-beating heart as a beacon to help find his mother, Fate. She is apparently the only person who can find my wayward soul, but getting her to cooperate is proving to be more difficult than I anticipated. Namely, because my friends were kidnapped by unknown magical forces while helping me on my q...

My name is Bailey Duane, and I have the best-and strangest-job ever. I am a professional gofer, which means if you need someone to release chickens in an airport terminal to stop your beloved from getting on a plane, I'm your girl. Fetching drycleaning? Check. Game night buddy? Check. Giving everyone ridiculous nicknames? Double check. Only, when I get hired by a guy I call Fred and his stick-in-the-mud colleague Gawain to retrieve a documen...

Apparently, when I crash a party, I crash it in singular style...My name is Cal Thorpe, and I am a Grim Reaper. When I receive an invitation for the coronation of the new ruler for the former tribe of my assistant, Yolanda, I accept with the intention of showing them how wrong they were to throw her aside. Literally. Upon arrival, though, I am met with Yolanda's half-sister Katrina, a tiny griffin named Tempest, and the news that the new ruler...

Acting as relationship counselor for Life and Death was not in my job description. Then, I got sent back in time to fix the problems before their relationship fractured apart...My name is Cal Thorpe, and I work for Death as his marketing agent. Mediating between Death and Life's marriage was never in my job description. I did my best until we met up with Death's cousin, Time, at the theatre. Time decided I should try and fix the problems betwe...

A Russian tale: A frog falls into a pail of cream. Instead of giving up, she swims and swims until the cream is churned into butter, and the frog can hop right out of the pail.

Death has jury duty, so he's left me in charge of his pets.My name is Cal Thorpe, and after running to Life in some desperate attempt to prevent my becoming a Reaper, things have only gotten worse. While I'm trying to figure out how to come to terms with my abilities, Death has me petsitting his fur babies: two half-Fae dogs named Mischief and Mayhem, and a grimalkin Faerie cat named Shakespeare.When the dogs accidentally get out, I have to ve...

I met Death in the park. And then he offered me a job...My name is Cal Thorpe and I worked for the premier marketing firm as a marketing and public relations agent. Then, I met Death. He gave me two options: go back to the moment when I'd been shot or work for him as his marketing agent. Obviously, I took the job.The only thing is, working for Death was absolutely nothing like I expected. For one, my assistant is a rock troll named Yolanda who...

When Death hired me to be his marketing agent, I never thought I'd see my family again. Turns out, I was wrong... My name is Cal Thorpe, and I am a Reaper. After the debacle with the Fae, things slowed down enough for me to actually focus on my real job. Marketing. Only, right in the middle of a photoshoot for the best coffee ever, Life and Death appear and tell me that there's a problem with my cousin, Baz, and I need to go home immediately....

My name is Cal Thorpe. I can't die. And now I have to stand in for Death while he takes his vacation.After the disaster involving me, Al Capone, Chicago and The Taxman (don't ask), I am now experiencing phantom soul syndrome. My emotions are haywire and I have an obsession with coffee. Then, my boss Death informs me that he's going on vacation and I have to stand in for him.Almost as soon as he's gone, Life asks for my help collecting a soul. ...

My name is Cal Thorpe. Death lost my soul. Now I have to borrow a new one...After losing my soul, I won the temporary use of Al Capone's soul in a poker game. Then, I could finally get back to normal, doing things like my marketing job, planning Death's family reunion, and throwing a stuffed pepper into the face of The Taxman. As reparation, I-with Al Capone as a ride along-have to do a job for the Taxman as reparation.That job? Getting a Faer...

Crow is a blacksmith apprentice without a master. A chance meeting on the side of the road leads Crow to Jek, the royal blacksmith, and everything changes. For the first time in a long time, Crow has a place to belong, and a friend in the form of Crown Prince Alexander. The two make an unlikely pair, a man destined for the throne and a slim youth happy to work with fire.There are secrets that Crow is hiding though, including a shadowed past th...

The Stormbringers are flying to war. But are they prepared for what the aftermath might bring? Ravenna has spent the last moons preparing her people for war, and now it is time to fly. She knows that this is right, but facing Davorin has consequences that not even she could predict. Reunited with Miska, with Lenore, Ravenna realises that things are not the same s they were in the time she was away, and they may never be again. Was bringing the...

The Stormbringers are flying to war. But are they prepared for what the aftermath might bring? Ravenna has spent the last moons preparing her people for war, and now it is time to fly. She knows that this is right, but facing Davorin has consequences that not even she could predict. Reunited with Miska, with Lenore, Ravenna realises that things are not the same s they were in the time she was away, and they may never be again. Was bringing the...

War is inevitable. But who will win and who will fall depends on what happens next... Ravenna has returned to her people in order to save them from Davorin's impending attack. But what she did not understand is that training a society of peaceful sylphs into the warrior Stormbringers from their distant past will ask more of her than she knew. She must make amends with her sister, the new Chosen Queen. She must play games of politics and tactic...

War is inevitable. But who will win and who will fall depends on what happens next... Ravenna has returned to her people in order to save them from Davorin's impending attack. But what she did not understand is that training a society of peaceful sylphs into the warrior Stormbringers from their distant past will ask more of her than she knew. She must make amends with her sister, the new Chosen Queen. She must play games of politics and tactic...

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The world is broken…Inspector Maddox Dawes of Kyper Central has one more month until retirement. One more month, that is, until a group of rebellious dissidents to the Republic start painting a mysterious message across the screens:Nehrun tai hanenNo one knows what it means, and the computers have been hacked by the rebels, erasing any trace of their doings. Dawes must work with the only language expert in the Republic to determine just what t...