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An Ember in the Ashes
Part #1 of "An Ember in the Ashes" series by Sabaa Tahir
Fantasy / Young Adult / Romance
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.
A Torch Against the Night
Part #2 of "An Ember in the Ashes" series by Sabaa Tahir
Fantasy / Young Adult / Romance
Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.
Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom.
But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene—Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike.
Bound to Marcus’s will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own—one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape…and kill them both.
City of Ashes
Part #2 of "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father. To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings — and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?
A Reaper at the Gates
Part #3 of "An Ember in the Ashes" series by Sabaa Tahir
Fantasy / Young Adult / Romance
**The highly anticipated third book in Sabaa Tahir's *New York Times* bestselling EMBER QUARTET.**
Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.
The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for a way to hold back the approaching darkness, her sister's life and the lives of all those in the Empire hang in the balance.
Far to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the machinations of the Martial court, but in stopping the Nightbringer. But while hunting for a way to bring him down, Laia faces unexpected threats from those she hoped would aid her, and is drawn into a battle she never thought she'd have to fight.
And in the land between the living and the dead, Elias Veturius has given up his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher. But in doing so, he has vowed himself to an ancient power that will stop at nothing to ensure Elias's devotion--even at the cost of his humanity.
Out of the Ashes
Michael Morpurgo
Children's Books / Poetry / Historical Fiction
This story is not a story at all. It all happened. On New Year's Day Becky Morley begins to write her diary. By March, her world has changed for ever. Foot-and-mouth disease breaks out on a pig farm hundreds of miles from the Morleys' Devon home, but soon the nightmare is a few fields away. Local sheep are infected and every animal is destroyed. Will the Morleys' flock be next? Will their pedigree dairy herd, the sows with their piglets, and Little Josh, Becky's hand-reared lamb, survive? Or will they be slaughtered too? The waiting and hoping is the most agonizing experience of Becky's life . . .
The Beautiful Ashes
Part #1 of "Broken Destiny" series by Jeaniene Frost
Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Paranormal
In a world of shadows, anything is possible. Except escaping your fate.
Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been gripped by visions of strange realms just beyond her own. But when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers the truth is far worse—her hallucinations are real, and her sister is trapped in a parallel realm. And the one person who believes her is the dangerously attractive guy who's bound by an ancient legacy to betray her.
Adrian might have turned his back on those who raised him, but that doesn't mean he can change his fate…no matter how strong a pull he feels toward Ivy. Together they search for the powerful relic that can save her sister, but Adrian knows what Ivy doesn't: that every step brings Ivy closer to the truth about her own destiny, and a war that could doom the world. Sooner or later, it will be Ivy on one side and Adrian on the other. And nothing but ashes in between…
Ashes of the Sun
A. Meredith Walters
Romance / Young Adult / Chick Lit
I was raised to believe in things you can't see.
It is the foundation of everything. I am taught to accept the unacceptable. To embrace the terrifying.
To give everything to my family.
To my church.
To my god.
Because I have a purpose. I have been trained for my calling for as long as I can remember. As an acolyte for the Gathering of the Sun, I am taught that my life isn't my own. I worship. I serve. And when the time comes, I will greet my fate with open arms and a sin free heart.
People call us a cult.
We are judged. We are ridiculed and reviled. Pastor Carter tells me they will be lost when the end comes. So we hide ourselves away from their sick and dangerous world. And my soul is safe because I follow the path.
I am the perfect disciple. I am confident in my devotion.
Until doubt arrives wearing the face of a boy I never expected to love.
Bastian doesn't follow the path. His destiny is his own. He paints me a picture of a beautiful world. His words contradict everything I have been told.
He invites me to live when I have been prepared to die.
He gives me something new to believe in.
Love becomes the ultimate crisis of faith and now I am torn between two futures.
One that saves my soul.
And one that saves my heart.
Out of the Ashes
L. A. Casey
Contemporary / Romance / Fiction
For Nova, a twenty-three-year-old survivalist, wandering a barren wasteland was a lonely existence. But her day-to-day life was about to drastically change forever. Gone were the days when her only worries were rabid animals, augmented humans, the unforgiving scorching sun, and rogue watchmen. Now, Nova found herself faced with a new threat, and he was tall, grey, and horribly stubborn.
For Kol, a two-hundred-year-old daredevil, sailing the never-ending waves of deep space was a vast and thrilling life to lead. He had one objective on Earth—rescue as many human females as possible and return them to his home planet. It was supposed to be simple, but no one told Kol that a human female’s tongue could slice a male like a blade. His charge was short, strikingly attractive, and she talked way too much.
Nova wasn’t going to be kidnapped without putting up a fight, but Kol was more than ready to go toe to toe with her. These two species set out on a collision course that would redefine the phrase "The Big Bang" forever.
From the Ashes
Mark Tufo
Horror / Science Fiction / Young Adult
It has been three years since the Progerians left their mark of devastation upon Earth. The remaining humans are in a desperate race against time as they do their best to reverse engineer the alien technology they captured, in an effort to bolster their beleaguered defenses against the oncoming onslaught of Progerians hell-bent on revenge. Revenge against the humans that thwarted their take-over and revenge against the subordinate Genogerians that helped.
Michael Talbot once again finds himself at the forefront to protect all that is sacred to him. He will receive help from some unexpected allies but will it be enough?
From the Ashes
Jesse Thistle
In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.If I can just make it to the next minute...then I might have a chance to live; I might have a chance to be something more than just a struggling crackhead. From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, whose tough-love attitudes quickly resulted in conflicts. Throughout it all, the ghost of Jesse's drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of...
D-Day In the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
"We don't fool around with two-bit warlords, punks, and thugs. If they oppose us, they're dead." --Ben Raines Target: EuropeFirst the Liberals took all the guns. Then they took away the people's freedom. Now, Ben Raines and his patriot army are driving a weakened United States government into full-fledged retreat. Emerging as an unstoppable force, the Southern States are winning over one strategic ally after another, from the states in the American Northwest to the Canadian provinces--all wanting to be a part of a society based on law, justice, and old-fashioned values enforced by the barrel of a gun.But to be recognized by the world community, the Southern States of America must pay a price. The U.N. wants Ben Raines's warriors to play cops in a world overrun by criminals, gangs, and cannibalistic punks. Now, Raines and his army must engage in an all-out war of liberation across a crime-ravaged Europe, one bloody mile at a time. . .
Enemy in the Ashes
Part #33 of "Ashes" series by William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
The tide of battle turns when the war is fought on the enemy's home ground. Victory demands the total destruction of the foe's ability to make war. A just peace is achieved only when the last redoubt is taken, the last enemy soldier slain.' In a shattered world struggling to rebuild, oil is the lifeblood of industry--what remains of it. Now, poised with a nuclear dagger reaky to cut that vital lifeline, stands El Farrar, barbaric warlord of the Near East. Leagued in global conspiracy with Claire Osterman, poer-grasping President of the recently defeated northern USA, he's threatening to contaminate the vast oil reserves with centuries-long lethal radioactivity, throwing civilization back into a new Dark Age. Backed by the still-free Southern United States of America, betrayed by unholy UN treachery, Ben Raines and his army of battle-hardened raiders call on their own raw courage and determination to attack terror-master Farrar where he lives--and set the region ablaze from Baghdad to Tehran!
Battle in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
"I'm not looking for a fight, but damned if I'll run from one."--Ben RainesOur Land Is Not Your LandChilling rumors of a new Nazi movement reach the rebel camp of Ben Raines and his freedom fighters. Led by descendents of Hitler's Third Reich, Commanding General Jesus Mendoza Hoffman has assembled a massive army in the mountains of South America. Estimated at more than 200,000 strong, Hoffman and his New Army of Liberation terrorists will stop at nothing to spread their doctrine of evil across the free world. Striking northward, they march into Mexico, where the Mexican army--under the command of General Payon--is no match for Hoffman's invaders. And now, as the doomsday forces turn Texas into a beleaguered battleground, Raines and his troops must fight to prevent America from erupting in a holocaustic bloodbath of atrocity and death.
The Stardust in the Ashes
Amber D. Lewis
Ehren struggles to come to terms with all his recent losses. Grief and depression threaten to take even more from him, until he receives promising word from the kingdom of Ascaria. Fighting darkness and doubts, he comes up with a plan that just might save his kingdom. If only there was someone who could save him.Astra stays behind to wait for correspondence from allies, searching the library for answers with help from Ronan and Kai. But the deeper they dive into research, the more they realize nothing is going to come easy.Alak pairs up with an unlikely partner to hunt down a possible army of refugee soldiers so they can build an army of magic and non-magic working together. If they can survive each other, they may be able to survive the war.Jessalynn thought Callenia and all it stood for was solidly in her past, but when Princess Cadewynn shows up on her doorstep asking for help to raise an army, Jess has a big decision to make. Will she aid her half-brother and...
Ashes (Book 2 The Kindred Series)
Erica Stevens
Young Adult / Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy
With the revelation of Devon’s true nature she must come to terms with the fact that not everything she knows is right, especially when the true source of her Hunter powers is revealed. Cassie is not prepared for the devastating blow that leaves the world she knows nothing but a pile of rubble and ashes. Book 2 of The Kindred Series.
Ashes on the Moor Collector's Edition
Sarah M. Eden
Historical Fiction / Romance
This beautiful hardback collector's edition includes a new, never-before-published chapter in the romance of Evangeline and Dermot. The life of an impoverished schoolteacher is not one Evangeline Blake would have chosen for herself. Torn from her home and her beloved sister and sent to work in the gritty factory town of Smeatley, Evangeline must prove herself to her grandfather, a man who values self-reliance above all else, before he will grant her access to her inheritance. Raised to be a lady of refinement, she hasn't any of the skills necessary to manage on her own nor does she have the first idea how to be a teacher. Yet, failure means never being with her sister again. Alone and overwhelmed, she turns to the one person in town who seems to know how she feels—Dermot McCormick, an Irish brick mason who is as far from home and as out of place as she is. Despite the difference in their classes and backgrounds, Evangeline and Dermot's tentative friendship...
The Ashes of Humanity
David Adams
Literature & Fiction / Poetry
Humans thought that they could stand amongst the older races. They believed, in their hubris, that the perils of interstellar travel could be mastered within a single generation. That they would be spared the wrath of the Toralii.Now humanity lies in ashes. The cradle of our civilization, Earth, is nothing more than a charred husk, a dead world in an empty solar system in an unremarkable corner of the galaxy.The war is over.We lost.Captain Melissa Liao and the remaining band of Humans, numbering barely in the tens of thousands, hold the future of their entire species in their hands. They must settle a new world, encounter friends and enemies new and old, and plant the seeds of hope in the ashes of humanity.Book four of the Lacuna series.- Lacuna- Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi- Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion- Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!)- Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming 2014!)Don't miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe:- Magnet- Magnet: Special...
Zombie Fallout | Book 15 | Sifting Through The Ashes
Part #15 of "Zombie Fallout" series by Tufo, Mark
Survival in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
"We have to shift our base of operations and secure the rest of the world, country by country. We cannot permit our ideals and goals to die." --Ben RainesHell On Three SidesBen Raines and his freedom-fighting guerrillas are camped along the banks of what was once the Mississippi River, plotting strategy and readying weapons. A massive pack of heavily armed troops looms on the horizon, marching straight for the Rebels. They are the insidious mercenaries of Kenny Par and Lan Viller, and by midday only the Mississippi separates Raines from the ten thousand blood-hungry warriors all sworn to turn the Rebels' dream into a hellish nightmare. Just as Ben formulates a brilliant battle plan, a Rebel scout reports that the fanatical assassins of Sister Volenta's Ninth Order are approaching from Ben's back. The Rebels will soon be surrounded by freedom's deadliest foes, and a defeat for Raines would mean the end of the Rebel dream. But victory, if he can pull it...
From The Ashes
Part #0.50 of "The Magelands Epic" series by Christopher Mitchell
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From the Ashes of War
Part #3 of "The War Trilogy" series by Diane Moody
Christian / Nonfiction / Fiction
Trapped in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
"History might show us to be the only force standing between total collapse and anarchy. . .Whatever comes our way, we'll handle it. We always have, we always will." --Ben RainesStand And DeliverTrapped in the smoking rubble of what was once New York City, Ben Raines and his ragged band of followers are up against their biggest challenge. The terrorist Khasmin is marching north to join the cannibalistic Night People, with the final annihilation of Ben's hold-out army as their goal. Defeat seems a certainty. But Ben Raines has made some hard decisions in the face of overwhelming odds before. Now, he must gather what forces he has to strike one hard, crushing blow. . .or American will die--and with it the nation's last hope of freedom.
Heart of Ashes (Hearts of the Highlands Book 1)
Paula Quinn
Heart of Ashes: Hearts of the Highlands, Book One
Out of the Ashes
Anne Galbraith
He was framed for murder...Now can he convince her of his innocence?Sheriff Sarah Winfrey has seen her share of men claiming not to be guilty. Yet something in Lanford Davies's haunted gray eyes convinces Sarah to investigate the fire that killed Lanford's family—and sent him to prison for eighteen years. But if Lanford is innocent, that means a killer is still out there. Can they sift through the ashes of a long-ago past to find the truth...without getting burned?
Valor in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
"I've been at war for years. And we will continue to fight until the scum and the warlords and the human filth and those who prey on the weak are gone from the face of this land that we still call America." --Ben RainesBack From The BrinkA decade has passed since the nuclear nightmare of the Great War brought America to the brink of destruction. Out of the smoldering ashes, Ben Raines has emerged to build a new society in this once proud land. But in this hellish new world there is evil lurking, evil that will stop at nothing to destroy the dream of a new America. Leaving a small rear-guard detachment at their home base in Louisiana, Ben Raines and his rebel army begin an overload expedition to New York City--the armed Hell on Earth of the cannibalistic mutants known as the Night People. For Raines and his rebels, it means clearing skyscrapers floor by floor and stalking an endless labyrinth of underground tunnels--a perilous search-and-destroy...
Sweep Out the Ashes
Mary Clearman Blew
Diana Karnov came to Versailles to uncover secrets. Teaching college history in remote northern Montana offers the opportunity to put distance between herself and her overbearing great-aunts and to uncover information about her parents, especially the father she can't even remember. At first overwhelmed by the brutal winter, Diana throws herself into exploring mysteries her aunts refuse to explain. Eventually, she befriends several locals, including a student, Cheryl Le Tellier, and her brother, Jake. As Diana's relationship with Jake deepens, he discusses his Métis heritage and culture, exposing the enormous gaps in her historical knowledge. Astounded, Diana begins to understand that American narratives, what she learns about her father, and the capacity for women to work and learn is not as set and certain as she was taught. Mary Clearman Blew deftly balances these 1970s pressure points with multifaceted characters and a layered romance to deliver an instant Western...
We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire
Joy McCullough
Historical / Historical Fiction / Poetry
From the author of the acclaimed Blood Water Paint, a new contemporary YA novel in prose and verse about a girl struggling with guilt and a desire for revenge after her sister's rapist escapes with no prison time.Em Morales's older sister was raped by another student after a frat party. A jury eventually found the rapist guilty on all counts—a remarkable verdict that Em felt more than a little responsible for, since she was her sister's strongest advocate on social media during the trial. Her passion and outspokenness helped dissuade the DA from settling for a plea deal. Em's family would have real justice. But the victory is short-lived. In a matter of minutes, justice vanishes as the judge turns the Morales family's world upside down again by sentencing the rapist to no prison time. While her family is stunned, Em is literally sick with rage and guilt. To make matters worse, a news clip of her saying that the sentence "makes me want to use a fucking...
From the Ashes of Victory: The Complete Series
Part #0 of "From the Ashes of Victory" series by Cameron Darrow
Everything the Great War took, a group of extraordinary witches will remake for themselves.
The First World War is over, the old world shattered and overturned. But one didn't need to be anywhere near the fighting to have everything stripped away. Families, homes, identities lost, the witches of the clandestine group EVE were left at war's end with only two things: their magical gifts and each other. From the ashes of Allied victory and the Russian revolution, this group of survivors will forge for themselves something altogether new in a time when women aren't even allowed to vote, let alone openly practice magic in public. Or love one another.
But not all threats to their budding coven come from without. Secrets, lies and the lingering trauma they've suffered could tear them apart as easily as the war tried to do, and they will have to overcome--and embrace--all that they are to ensure the peace is a lasting one, and that the horrors of a world war are never repeated.
But what could they do?
Stop bullets. Heal the sick.
Bring magic back to a world that had known only the steady march of technology to the industrialisation of death, and show the world of men what happens when you take everything from a witch and leave her with nothing but a choice and fill her with the resolve to make it.
No, in that moment, became a promise to the world.
- Remember, November
This box set includes all six novels in the From the Ashes of Victory series: Remember, November; The Fires of Winter; Hall of Mirrors; Colours of Dawn; The Raven and the Firebird, and Pax Victoria. Also included is the short story A Christmas in Paris, set between the two trilogies. Over 700,000 words of historical fantasy growing into an alternate universe, found family, two lesbian romances and a cast of unforgettable women who redefine what it means to be a witch.
Triumph's Ashes (The Cassidy Chronicles Volume 5)
Adam Gaffen
Viva la revolucion!The Primus, Vasilia Newling, is facing her worst nightmares:A revolution on LunaTitan and the Asteroids abandoning the Solarian Union.Defections from within her own government.All because of those damned Cassidys!But she's still as ruthless as ever.And if Aiyana and Kendra thought she was playing dirty before? They're going to see how filthy she really can get.There isn't room for both the Terran Federation and the Union.This time, one is going down.For good.Return to the future for the fifth installment of The Cassidy Chronicles: Triumph's Ashes.
Blood in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
"Blame the mothers and fathers and lawmakers and politicians and judges and TV programmers and sports heroes if you want to know why the young aren't civilized."--BEN RAINESThrough Darkest AmericaAfter nuclear apocalypse brought civilization to its knees, one man rose up to lead a once-great nation out of the ashes. When everything fell apart, it was Ben Raines, heroic soldier and survival expert, who became the leader that freedom-loving, law-abiding people everywhere could rally around.Now a bloodthirsty religious cult called the Ninth Order is spreading a doctrine of hate across the land. Soulless and sadistic, they're sending their fanatical armies against Raines and his Rebels, plotting treachery within his own ranks. If their terrible plan succeeds, Ben Raines will die. . .and so will all his dreams for the future of America.
Honor The Fallen: Out of the Ashes of Grenada (SEAL Brotherhood: Legacy Book 2)
Sharon Hamilton
Honor The Fallen (SEAL Brotherhood: Legacy Series, Book 2)
Warriors from the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
Under the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States of America have defeated all comers--and carved out a stronghold in the Southwest desert. But Now, two powerful forces are crashing in against teh rebels from the North and the South. a cataclysmic war on two fronts has begun...The glorified thugs of the New World Order have seized Mexico City, and Bruno Bottger's mercenary army has joined forces with the Nicaraguan and Honduran troops of former Sandinista Perro Loco. Meanwhile, U.S. President Claire Osterman is attacking by land and air from the North. Now, Ben Raines has no choice but to strike back with everything he's got. In a firestorm of bullets, bombs, and a new generation of horrifying tactical weapons, one small army must stand against two enemies...and the odds ar just about even.
Escape From The Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
Under the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States of America rose up and crushed a corrupt federal government-and then beat back enemy assaults from all corners of the world. But while some leaders surround themselves with lackeys and bodyguards, Raines lives the way he always has. And so, when his small plane crashes in Canada's Northwest Territory, Raines is on his own, with the advantage of a survivalist's skills and a couple of disadvantages, including the fact that he doesn't remember his name. Raines had come to Canada on a hunt for a vicious terrorist organization. Now, they have found him. Without a memory, without an ally, and without a gun, he must fight off the men who shot down his plane-and then face the army behind them. On his own private ground zero, Ben Raines is going to learn fast: that only way out is to make his enemies die first...
Treason in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
"Anybody who wants to take our freedoms must face our weapons first." --Ben RainesRise And FightSocial decay buckled America and the Great War brought her to her knees. Out of the ashes, two would-be nation states rise. One is built on values of hard work and justice, under the leadership of the outlaw general, Ben Raines. The other would return all power to the federal government and to the very politicians who plunged the USA into destruction once before. . .Now, the federals have lined up their forces north of the border for a sweep down into the lower forty-eight. Against three powerful divisions, Raines has thrown up nine battalions of outgunned Rebel fighters. But when the shooting begins, a new battle erupts. This time, Raines faces an enemy from behind his own lines as legions of Rebels
Flames from the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
"Whether I live or die, the Rebel cause will go on." --Ben RainesEvil Will TriumphThe evil Jesus Mendoza Hoffman, descendent of one of the most infamous Nazis of all time, and his fanatical New Army of Liberation pose a dire threat to the new world--and Ben Raines' rebel forces. With his massive army crushing everything in its path, Hoffman is spreading his chilling doctrine of death and destruction from Mexico to the Canadian border. Outnumbered and out-armed, Raines and his men are no match against the black-shirt guerrilla forces. And when Raines is captured, the Nazi exterminator gives the rebels an ultimatum: surrender or Raines dies. Against impossible odds, Raines' followers must infiltrate Hoffman's troops and put an end to his brutal reign of terror before Ben Raines and his dream of freedom are annihilated forever!
A Promise of Ashes (The Thornheart Trials, Book #5)
Sherilee Gray
Contemporary / Romance / Paranormal
JasmineDeath wants his missing souls back—and he's ordered me to find them.If I fail, Limbo will descend into chaos, trapping his reluctant consort, my sister, with him forever...If that wasn't bad enough, vengeful spirits are targeting the male I'm hopelessly in love with. Ren's already been through hell and I won't let the self-destructive fox shifter get hurt again, even if being near him is pure torture.Ren insists on returning the favor. He'll help with my task while I use my powers to soothe his scarred soul. I know the explosive chemistry between us is just a cruel side effect of my magic, but I can't resist him.Now all I want to do is retreat, but healing Ren is more important than my wounded heart—leaving me with only one choice.Stop loving him.By any means necessary...
The House of Ashes
Stuart Neville
For fans of Gillian Flynn and Tana French, a chilling story of a Northern Irish murder sixty years buried Sara Keane’s husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara, who knows no one in Northern Ireland, is jobless, carless, friendless—all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over their shared traumas, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser, and Mary—silent for six decades—is finally ready to tell her story . . . Through the counterpoint voices—one modern Englishwoman, one Northern Irish farmgirl speaking from half a century...
Ashes in the Wind
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Romance / Historical Fiction
Disguised as a boy, lovely Alaina MacGaren flees the Yankee troops ravaging her Virginia plantation. When the young orphan is accosted by a group of soldiers, Yankee surgeon Cole Latimer rescues the "lad"--never guessing that love for the rebel beauty will set duty against desire, ultimately testing his loyalties, his trust and his honor.
Out of the Ashes
Part #4 of "Almonds and Raisins" series by Maisie Mosco
In Out of the Ashes a modern matriarch takes over from her dead grandmother, determined to maintain the family loyalty and simple values she fears that the younger generation has lost. Still coming to terms with widowhood, Marianne, a successful author, has to balance the demands of her career against the age-old tradition impelling her to hold the family together, a task beset by contemporary influences her immigrant grandmother could not have envisaged. There is the tragedy that befalls her actor nephew, the havoc wreaked by a disturbed child, the seemingly insoluble problem eroding her son's marriage, and the far-reaching consequences of one of the family's marrying a German girl. Marianne's own life takes an unexpected turn when she meets a man whose love threatens her family involvement and her independence. Out of the Ashes, with its rich cast of characters, is a moving family saga of the eighties in which the shadow of neo-Nazism lives side...
From the Ashes: Heroes Never Die
Rener, Rachel
When the swords are sheathed, the dead are counted, and the head is crowned, heroes step back into the shadows. Their destinies fulfilled, some may rest in the accolades of their fame while others drink their nightmares into silence.
But when a hero retires and their purpose is lost, how will they find their way forward? Will their lives end in the glorious triumph of battle? In the gutter with the rats? Or can old legends learn new tricks and embrace a different destiny?
With stories that span the spectrum of lighthearted and humorous to the depths of decay and despair, this anthology explores what happens when a hero must once more rise from the ashes...
From the Ashes is an anthology of fourteen heroic stories brought to you by the authors of Indie Fantasy Addicts.
Forged from the Ashes (Wings of War Book 1)
J. Kearston
It takes more than blood to be a dragon.You have to fight for everything you want in this world, then fight to keep it because there will always be someone that tries to take it away from you. In a world of nothing but predators, the only way to the top is to claw your way there.You have to be the monster other monsters fear.Ezra's spent her life in hiding, but that all comes crashing down when three men fleeing for their lives bring the very trouble her family has protected her from to her door. Fight or flight, it all comes down to one very important question.Why settle for something as mundane as simply existing when you have the potential to be so much more?This is a humorous, standalone, 18+ Reverse Harem dragon shifter romance. While the book contains copious amounts of humor, it does allude to a few situations that people may find triggering, so please read the note in the beginning of the book if you are concerned before reading.Contains: *Overprotective brothers *A fmc that knows her worth *Men that adore and always put the fmc first *Multi POV
From the Ashes
Part #3 of "The Fallen World" series by Chris Kennedy
Science Fiction / Fantasy / Thriller
Standoff in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
Ben Raines has been to hell before and made it out alive every time. But Ben hasn't come face-to-face with a fury like Claire Osterman, fanatical new president (for life) of the United States of America. Now she's handed down the first order of business: terminate the Southern United States of America--and Ben Raines.With what promises to be the bloodiest civil war the world has ever seen looming on the horizon, Raines must not only command his Rebel army to prevent sure-fire disaster, but also outrun every cash-hungry mercenary eager for a pound of his flesh. One Million dollars is the reward. The takers are a thousand strong. But when it comes to life and death battles, no one can match Ben Raines. Especially when he's out for blood, too--and has to wipe his enemy off the face of teh earth to get it.
