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In the year 2069 the Apocalypse came and went, but Jesus didn’t show up, as some expected. Instead, a cataclysmic war, natural disasters and pandemics eradicated 90 percent of earth’s population. Now, in 2131, a totalitarian government rules the world from the majestic, opulent capitol of Carthage, Tunisia. Blamed for igniting the war, religion and religious books are banned. Citizens who will not renounce their religion are sent to work camps. Grant Cochrin, imprisoned in a bleak petroleum camp in what was once North Dakota, leads his family and friends to escape and embark on a long, ...

It is the early 22nd Century, and Susan Bachman has achieved her goal. She is a CTN - clone tank nurse - a good-paying position matching the needs of people requiring body parts that are harvested from clones grown in tanks. But her world is disturbed when one of the clones opens its eyes and looks at her. She is told that this is a common event and means nothing, but it begins a series of events she cannot control and results in an end she cannot predict. This book combines the novelette "With Whom I Had Been Speaking" and the novella "Knowing with Whom I Had Been Speaking."

Once a top-producing real estate agent with a successful business and a beautiful home, Kris Mitchell is a victim of the economic downturn. She has lost her home to foreclosure, and her long-time boyfriend has married someone else. Just when she has almost given up hope for a better future, an opportunity presents itself for her to become a Level 1 Planner for a newly created federal agency that will implement the Retire America Act.. After persuading her own aging parents to sign over all of their assets, Kris learns that the government’s plan to confiscate the wealth and property of ...

As the hidden motives of her estranged father emerge, Faith's loyalty is tested, torn between her father and the neighbor who sheltered her. In a community on the brink, secrets blur the lines between trust and betrayal, challenging Faith's understanding of family, friendship, and self.

In the wake of her encounters with a mysterious neighbor...Haunted by her past and the belief she once held, Faith embarks on a quest for redemption in "Forget the Wolves." This gripping sequel to "Don't Feed the Wolves" dives deeper into Faith's journey in a world where she's learning that the truth may not be what she thought. As she uncovers the gentle nature of her neighbor and reevaluates her preconceived beliefs, Faith grapples with a profound realization.

In the unforgiving wilderness, Faith, a young widow, carries the weight of her past sins. Haunted by a dark secret—her husband's life taken; her child stillborn—her faith has waned. As she endures the daily grind of survival, her heart heavy with regret, a mysterious neighbor offers an unexpected glimmer of hope.

World War III and the Uncivil War have left the city of Richmond devastated, and the United States is not much better. Homeland Security is the only entity left between order and chaos, and Christopher Owens holds a coveted position as a Homeland Security agent with all the perks that accompany government service. But Chris’s chosen life is soon to be upset in ways he would never have expected: he is assigned to a mission that has little chance of success with a partner he does not trust – a mission that will force him to leave the only life he knows. It could not get much worse than ...

Plagues that ravaged the world’s population are over. Civilization is dying, and brutality is a survival trait. A year after fleeing her home in search of peace and safety, Lena and her friends face a violent enemy who wants to control their small part of the world. They won’t survive alone, but they have nothing to offer to make alliances. Can an old enemy help? Can the past be forgotten to ensure a future?

Ten years ago, Briar's body rejected a government mandated vaccine known as SAP (Serum to Advance Progressivism), formulated to erase God from the mind. She's been on house arrest ever since. Along with her rapidly approaching 18th birthday looms a grim reality: by order of the Commandment, adulthood means institutionalization for those resistant to SAP. Her only alternative is to accept a last minute ultimatum to become a laboratory test subject for a new God-dissolving serum. With a decade of solitude behind her and a lifetime of confinement before her, what does she have to lose?

“Aubrey clenched her hand over Alice’s mouth to muffle the cries of pain being caused by the pressure she was putting on her stomach wound. In the distance, she could hear their pursuers talking. Deacon was barking orders. Looking around at the abandoned warehouse, she saw ways to get out, but not for both of them, and she wasn’t leaving her twin behind. Certainly not for Deacon to find.” Ex-FBI agent Elijah Turk and twins, Aubrey and Alice Raydon, along with Cousin Evan Raydon, have opened a thrift store in St. Louis in the new America. They thought they could finally live a ...

Aerie and Exton are still at war with the Revolutionary States, but there is much to celebrate. Now that they are together again, Aerie finally has what she's always wanted: a loving home. But her past, and her parents, are far from letting her move on with her new life. When Merra escalates the war with her treachery, Aerie is faced with an impossible choice: save her mother or betray Exton. With the fate of the planet on the line, Aerie and Exton know their decisions could mean the difference between victory and defeat. Can they pay the price that war—and true love—demands?

Mild-mannered janitor and superhero fanboy Dave Johnson gets all his wishes at once when an alien symbiote gives him supernatural powers. But what's he to do with them? Follow the zany adventures of the clueless custodian as he fights crime and corruption while trying to keep his family together and avoid being sued for copyright infringement....

The unknown enemy destroyed his old life, along with his ship and family leaving Kalin, to the mercy of his old foes. The new life he’s offered must be a lie. Kalin is conditioned to follow orders. So when the captain offers him the leadership of the team, searching for a way to survive, he can’t say no. Kalin enlists the help of old friends to save the fleet from destruction. Will they find the answer before the enemy attacks? Follow Kalin’s struggles to save the last remnants of humanity.

Chris Mathews puts his life on hold in the eighth millennium and leaves behind his beloved wife, Leanne, to join Professor Andrew Reichstein and Hailey Missentra on a ride to a slipstream, at the edge of a black hole. They plan on exiting the stream a few seconds into the future, to prove that time "emergence" is possible. However, they emerge into a time beyond their reckoning, and they find their worlds changed forever.

Serena witnesses one callous act too many, one indignity on top of a thousand indignities. She won’t bow down so readily any longer. The Meta are not invincible, and their influence does not extend to the hearts and minds of the people. The whispers become a rallying call: rebellion! Twenty-five years of subjugation under the Meta leaves the human colonists of Free Faith fearful and wary. Their overlord’s brutal and capricious ways have pushed them too far. Serena vows to stop the Meta, no matter how much it costs her.

Natural free spirit Irving Breen can remember being born - the thrill of returning to the land of the living after a long absence - and of cracking the code of life after death. Not bad for a lad with only one A-level in computer science. Life takes a downward lurch with the arrival of a ravishing redhead and tilts into trauma when his son dies at birth while Irving is with her. Overwhelmed by remorse, he desperately seeks another miracle in the form of quantum intervention - a key to unlock alternative universes where the boy may have survived.

After Janet’s proposal for increasing teleporter efficiency to an all-time high is rejected by the King, she sets in motion a plan of revenge that has devastating consequences far greater than she ever imagined. A co-worker puts Janet on the path to a prophecy that supposedly states the King will one day be deposed by a coming Overtaker who will bring true freedom to everyone. She puts her efforts, and those of her family, into the fulfillment of this prophecy.

Hi, I'm Paul. I'm not sure what happened, but I woke up, and everything in my world was different. I don't quite know what to make of it. Everyone else is acting like this is normal. Like this is the way it has always been. I seem to be the only one who knows that it's not. I just don't know what to do about it. It's all a bit weird.

An incurable disease kills millions around the world. A selfish father is about to be its next victim. See what he wishes for in his last hour. Gene Carlotta is on his deathbed and won’t live long enough to see the next sunrise. As his life flashes in his mind’s eye he comes to realize the one thing he never gave his son and the heartbreaking remorse that consumes his last moments.

Theo and Eden have spent their whole lives living for God. They have been serving him in the mission field, living in the backwoods with tribes people. Unfortunately, this lifestyle has caught up with Eden. She has contracted a disease from the local river. Theo tries to stay focused on his call to the mission while preparing for his wife's death. Eden gives Theo a parting wish that puts wind in his sales.