New Releases by Aaron Rosenberg

Eight days. No outside influence. And the fate of a nation, hanging in the balance. Hibikitsu, the young Rimbakan emperor, has reason to rejoice-the recent mystical threat has been defeated. His people still stagnate, however, using the Relicant Touch to tap the skills of their ancestors rather than developing talents themselves. To overcome this, he declares a Saisaihyu, an eight-day period of purification-during which, no aishone may be used. Hibikitsu hopes this will wean his people off the relic bones. But Kohori and Shizumi, as captain of his household guard and commander of his elite troops, fear their enemies could exploit this vulnerability. Meanwhile, Kagiri and Noniki are discovering the challenge of settling into their new roles. Seikoku is trying to determine where she stands-and facing strange new dangers. New councilors Takami, Futoba, and Kishin Narai work to learn their roles and cement their authority. And the beautiful but deadly Chimehara decides to finally put her plans in motion.

Intrigue. Honor. Magic. Murder. A young Emperor returns from battle to once again don the crown and apply all that he has learned. A powerful warrior marches toward conquest, battling ancient ghosts every step of the way. A new leader guides his followers toward what he hopes is a better life while struggling to control strange new abilities. A pair of warriors, one young and one old, investigate a series of grisly murders far too close to home. A lovely seductress kills her way into a safe haven and hatches plans for more mayhem. A young thief wonders what her life has become and where it will lead her next. And a pair of twins who gave themselves to a dark power lead it toward the kingdom''s heart, leaving chaos and despair in their wake. All these forces are converging on the capital city. Can the Relicant Empire survive the collision? Who will emerge intact? When the dust settles, who will stand atop the pile of broken bodies and crossed bones?

Ready for excitement? Welcome to PRISM, a new multi-author anthology of sci-fi secret agent tales set around the world! The meteor shower of 1908 brought the first shard to Earth. The final Apollo mission brought the most recent one, in 1972. Which is when all the pieces began waking up. Where are they from? What do they do? And what happens if they are brought together and begin assembling themselves into something powerful from beyond the stars? No one knows, but PRISM--the Program Responsible for Intelligently Saving Mankind--was formed to make sure the shards didn''t fall into the wrong hands. Throughout the 1980s, PRISM agents scour the globe seeking these mysterious shards, some of which demonstrate extraordinary capabilities, to bring back for safekeeping. These are their missions. If you enjoy classic secret agent capers like Mission: Impossible and Ian Fleming''s James Bond, you''ll love this new anthology of fast-paced, sci-fi action adventure stories from the authors of Crazy 8 Press.

There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They have been sighted by a lucky-or unlucky-few, some have even been photographed, but their existence remains unproven and unrecognized by the scientific community. These creatures, long thought gone, have somehow survived; creatures from our nightmares haunting the dark places. They swim in our lakes and bays, they soar the night skies, they hunt in the woods. Some are from our past, and some from other worlds, and others have always been with us-watching us, fearing us, hunting us. These are the cryptids, and Systema Paradoxa tells their tales. *** What''s a road trip without a little diversion? A group of friends set off across the country to deliver a car for a relative, but give in to temptation and decide to have a little fun. Detouring to check out a local cryptid festival, they find themselves in the midst of a full-blown sighting... ...Or have they? They begin to wonder as they knock around the local festivities and one of them meets the creature face to "face," ending up in a harrowing chase that leaves them questioning how much of the facts are fabricated. And who stands to gain...

An examination of how four industrial-age novelists confronted crises at new and unprecedented temporal, ecological and geographical scales.

Fourteen Tremendous Authors. Fourteen Extraordinary Stories. One Amazing Anthology.An ancient spear of legend warded by a torturer. Swords that define families, for good and ill. Magic too powerful not to use, but too dangerous to keep. It''s all here, along with dragons, ogres, and gods both old and new. These fourteen great stories continue universes you know and love, including Glen Cook''s Black Company, Jon R. Osborne''s Milesian Accords, and D.J. Butler''s Tales of Indrajit & Fix. And there are fresh new voices bringing worlds you''re going to love. Turn the page and read of valorous deeds and the keen edge of steel, shining in battle.

Hunters and prey. Knights and quests. Wizards and mysteries. Mix all that with creatures of legend and myth, and you get an anthology with fifteen great stories. What happens to a Manticore when he gets old and can no longer fulfill his responsibilities? What if the Goblins can''t pick up the trash in the City? Who will stay and guard the gates between worlds? But wait, there''s more! There are eight exciting stories from the Eldros Legacy, a new shared setting coming soon. Hunters will find more than they expected, kings are betrayed, and who will stand up to the Engraver of Bones?With stories by:Quincy J. AllenD.J. ButlerC.M. DeMottElowyn FahnestockTodd FahnestockC.A. FarrellMichael GantsRichard HaileyRob HowellJamie IbsonAaron RosenbergMark StallingsMel ToddMarie WhittakerSam Witt

The Tales of the Scattered Earth: Once, long ago, there was one Earth. It was said that many deities gazed down upon it protectively, and there was balance between them all. Then something went wrong. The balance shifted—toward darkness. Earth was shattered, her people destroyed, her remains scattered far and wide. But the gods survived the cataclysm. They scattered as well, each pursuing a fragment of their former domain. And, when they overtook those shards, the gods drew upon what power remained to them to restore their worshippers to life. These new followers rose from dust and imperfect memory, for the gods too had been injured. Each claimed a new home, and a new life, and each thought itself—at least at first—to be the only Earth. All memory of their former world was lost, except vague memories of the gods who gave them new life. Then, one day, a single great event drew all their eyes to the stars—and beyond. And each of them felt a yearning. Something in them desired to be whole again, or at least to understand. These are their stories. These are The Tales of the Scattered Earth. The Birth of the Dread Remora: Nathaniel Demming is a midshipman aboard the HMES Remora, the first ship to go beyond their world''s waters and out into the ether. He and the rest of the crew are ready for adventure, eager to explore the unknown and chart a new course for the rest of their world to follow. But what they found changed their lives, and their perspective, forever. The ether was not empty at all, but teeming with life--including vicious marauders waiting to prey upon the hapless Remora. Can Demming help his friends and fellow officers through the crises that await? Can they survive the dangers that surround them? And can he convince them to transform their ship and themselves into the antithesis of everything they trained for, while still holding true to everything they believe in? The Birth of the Dread Remora is the first tale of the epic Scattered Earth saga, and the first in a series of swashbuckling adventures about the space-pirate ship the Dread Remora!

The only magic left comes from consuming the dead Long ago, Ritakhou was a flourishing empire filled with light, life, and magic. Then came the Schism. Now the kingdom is called Rimbaku and is a pale shadow of its former self, a land stripped of its glory and its power. The only magic left comes from aitachi, the Relicant Touch the ability to absorb skills and memories by consuming the bones of the dead. Throughout the land, status and success are based on one s aitachi and theaishone or relic bones one can attain, and the so-called Relicant Empire has grown stale and stagnant as a result. The young emperor, Hibikitsu, recognizes this but feels powerless to change centuries of habit and reliance. His finest warrior, Misataki Shizumi, also feels stifled despite her prowess she is a commoner and can never rise above the rank of sergeant in the elite Honjofu, even though her commanding officer is a nobleborn fool. Seikoku, a koshitsu or graverobber, wrestles with the horror of what she does and the need to survive, while Chimehara, a beggar turned killer, has no compunctions against using every weapon at her disposal to attain her goals. And all the while Rimbaku s enemies are circling, testing the nation s borders. They know the empire is weak, and are determined to push it over the edge and then strip its bones as it has done to its dead for so long. Meanwhile, the brothers Kagiri and Noniki set out from their small village with a handful of aishone and a great deal of hope. They soon find the world a bigger, darker place than they imagined, and are forced to accept a dangerous proposal, one that will put both of them at risk for not only their lives but their very souls but that may change the Relicant Empire forever.

Lindsey''s life changed the night she saw her beloved grandfather in his superhero guise for the first time. It changed again the day she got caught in a strange storm, and she tookup her grandfather''s mantle as a protector. Diagnosed at a young age with a rare chronic illness, she must balance her family''s protectiveness against her desire to carry on their legacy and prevent a bitter genius from taking revenge on those who slighted him. Heightof the Storm is the first novel to explore Earth-Prime, the setting of the hit superhero RPG Mutants & Masterminds.

R.C. Hayes has settled into his job with the FBI, and put behind him the strange incident that ended his military career. But when he and his partner are sent to the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana to look into a murder, events take an unsettling and eerily familiar turn. R.C. struggles to solve the case as deaths pile up around him and as the situation takes a decidedly unnatural cast. With the help of a mysterious new ally, he may finally come to terms with what happened to him long ago¿and enter a strange new career he is uniquely suited for. Provided he can survive the incursion of supernatural elements into his supposedly safe and mundane world.This is the second full-length novel in the O.C.L.T. series. It joins the novellas "Brought to Light" by Aaron Rosenberg and "The Temple of Camazotz" by David Niall Wilson, and the novel "The Parting," also by David Niall Wilson, in setting the stage for further adventures. Each of these works introduces another facet of the O.C.L.T. team; "Incursion" draws the loose ends together, establishes a base, and determines leadership for the fledgling agency.

Skaters who have mastered beginning and intermediate skills, along with veteran skaters, can benefit from the simple yet effective instruction offered in this book. The book covers detailed instructions for tricks and techniques to ride quarter-pipes, half-pipes, bowls, and to excel in both street skating and skate park skating, progressing through skill levels from low advanced to high advanced. It will help readers interested in upping their game become experts in no time, executing flawless manuals, stalls, and slides and impressing their friends with grabs, ollies, flips, and other tricks.

DARKNESS EVERYWHERE... The Sixth World is a dangerous place, with deadly hazards lurking around every corner. Everywhere shadowrunners go, from the top of the world to the deepest, darkest Sprawl neighborhood, someone’s always looking to make their rep by taking you down. World of Shadows is the second anthology of original Shadowrun short stories, each one showcasing some of the most far-flung, treacherous locations around the world. From a scientific mission gone wrong in the snowy wilds of Russia to an AR nightclub in Morocco sheltering runners on the lam to a recovering runner drawn into a deadly web of intrigue in the darkest alleys of Hong Kong, these eighteen original short stories explore exotic settings far off the beaten path. Featuring stories by Michael A. Stackpole, Mel Odom, Jean Rabe, Aaron Rosenberg, Phaedra Weldon, Annie Bellet, Chris A. Jackson and many others, find out what happens when shadowrunners have to battle not only with the ever-present threat of the corps and Mr. Johnson, but also the dangers of the very land they stand on.

There are incidents and emergencies in the world that defy logical explanation, events that could be defined as supernatural, extraterrestrial, or simply otherworldly. Standard laws do not allow for such instances, nor are most officials or authorities trained to handle them. In recognition of these facts, one organization has been created that can. Assembled by a loose international coalition, their mission is to deal with these situations using diplomacy, guile, force, and strategy as necessary. They shield the rest of the world from their own actions, and clean up the messes left in their wake. They are our protection, our guide, our sword, and our voice, all rolled into one. They are O.C.L.T. BROUGHT TO LIGHT - by Aaron Rosenberg - When a world-renowned scientist with a high-level security clearance goes missing in Uppsala, Sweden, and then a trained CIA operative follows suit, the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) taps Reed Christopher Hayes ("R. C." to his friends and "Crease" to his teammates) and the rest of his Military Intelligence unit to investigate. What they find lurking in the shadows of that quiet little city defies belief. The real question, though, is can they take it down before more lives are lost—including their own? THE PARTING - by David Niall Wilson - A vision from ancient Egypt and a call from an old acquaintance send Rebecca York, mystic, occult expert, and adventurer to Arizona, and then Jerusalem and the Dead Sea to prevent a horrifying attack from the annals of history. Rebecca and computer expert Wendell "Mack" Macklemore team up with a renegade Vatican monk, a street urchin from Jerusalem, and an agent of the Mossad to prevent Amunet, an Egyptian sorceress, from exacting an ancient revenge and unleashing a terrorist attack that could plunge the Middle East into an era of darkness. THE TEMPLE OF CAMAZOTZ - Headless bodies are turning up along the Mexican border. The Mexican government blames overzealous US Border guards. The border guards blame drug runners. In a village just on the Mexican side of the border, they have other ideas. There are legends, older even than the Mayan civilization that has died away, of a God. A bat-headed vengeful demon. Someone is fanning the flames of that superstition, and the piles of bodies continue to grow. Geoffrey Bullfinch, folklorist, dabbler in the occult, and Wendell "Mack" Macklemore, computer genius and extreme sports enthusiast are called down to investigate. There are plenty of questions, but can they find the answers before the body count gets too high? Is it possible that they should have let sleeping gods lie? INCURSION - R.C. Hayes has settled into his job with the FBI, and put behind him the strange incident that ended his military career. But when he and his partner are sent to the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana to look into a murder, events take an unsettling and eerily familiar turn. R.C. struggles to solve the case as deaths pile up around him and as the situation takes a decidedly unnatural cast. With the help of a mysterious new ally, he may finally come to terms with what happened to him long ago—and enter a strange new career he is uniquely suited for. Provided he can survive the incursion of supernatural elements into his supposedly safe and mundane world.

When Rocky and CeCe arrive on the set of Shake It Up, Chicago!, they find that it has burned down! Not only are the girls out of a job, but CeCe may have caused the fire! Will CeCe take the blame? Then, with Shake It Up, Chicago! burned to the ground, Rocky and CeCe resort to getting their dance on with the dismal school Spirit Squad. Can the girls choreograph a show-stopping routine for the squad to perform at the big pep rally? Or will the whole student body laugh at a lackluster performance?As a bonus, test your knowledge of the Shake It Up crew with bonus trivia questions you can only find in this ebook!

Find out how the key players from yesterday and today influenced and interacted with each other during the world''s most important moments in this full-color biography series. One event. Six people. It takes more than one person to bring about change and innovation. So much more than just your typical biography, Profiles focuses on six of the most prominent figures during the Civil War. This book includes all of the biographical information kids need to know (background, family, education, accomplishments, etc.) about Abraham Lincoln, George McClellan, Matthew Brady, Clara Barton, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass. Find out why they were so important to the war and each other. Photographs, maps, and quotes are interwoven throughout the text.

In this sequel to the hilarious science fiction novel No Small Bills, the aptly named DuckBob Spinowitz is settling into his new job as Guardian of the Matrix and his new friendship with the Man in Black he dubbed Tall. But when a gift/bribe from Tall has an unexpected effect on the dour government agent, it''s up to DuckBob to figure out what''s going on and save his friend-and possible the entire human race! Again! And all without leaving his couch!

Pete and Penny live above Pizzarelli''s, the family pizza parlor, in the town of Redville. A bookstore opens next door and strange things start happening there - bookshelves collapse, the fire alarm goes off, books disappear! Is someone trying to sabotage the new bookstore? When a secret message appears in the wall between the two stores, Pete and Penny start to puzzle it out. They need your help!

The circus has come to town, and Pete and Penny can''t wait to go. But after a monkey shows up at the pizza parlor with a coded message, Pete and Penny uncover a circus crook! Can they save the circus before it''s too late? In this unique chapter book series, readers solve the puzzles right alongside the main characters and then those clues lead them to solve the mystery!

After a bookstore opens next door to their parents'' pizza shop, strange things begin to happen. Bookshelves collapse, the fire alarm goes off, and the books disappear. Is someone sabotaging the bookstore? And when a secret message appears in the wall between the two stores, can nine-year-old Pete and eleven-year-old Penny Pizzarelli crack the case?

Looks at the history and infamous reputation of the triangular area of ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle.

Nine-year-old Pete and eleven-year-old Penny Pizzarelli help their friends, toy shop owners Rupert and Eliott Jest, solve puzzles as part of a contest at the annual toy fair, but someone is trying to stop them.

When Pete and Penny''s parents leave them with their uncle in charge of the family pizza parlor, they must solve a mystery after their secret sauce recipe is lost.

Over the eons, an endless struggle between the forces of order and chaos has shaped the world of Azeroth and its inhabitants. The orcish Horde’s violent invasion of the Eastern Kingdoms stands as one of history’s most tumultuous periods. Through the Burning Legion’s demonic machinations, the once-noble orcs were transformed into a nearly unstoppable foe and let loose upon Azeroth’s unsuspecting denizens. Yet even in the face of the Horde’s unparalleled fury, brave heroes risked everything to rise up in defense of the . . . Rise of the Horde: Before the savage orcs began their rampage across Azeroth, they were a proud shamanic race native to the world of Draenor. The cunning demon Kil’jaeden saw lethal potential in the clan-based orcs, and thus he set about molding them into the Horde—a single, brutal force driven by an all-consuming thirst for destruction. But the foul demonic magic that granted the Horde its immense strength began consuming the orcs from within, ultimately threatening to destroy everything that they once were. The Last Guardian: Long ago a group of magi known as the Council of Tirisfal was formed to fight a secret war against the sinister demons of the Burning Legion. To this end, the council imbued a single champion with enormous power to act as the world’s guardian. Medivh was one such Guardian of Tirisfal, and he was expected to be the greatest who had ever lived. Yet he was destined to follow a much darker path. From birth a mysterious evil had tainted the core of his being, and his subsequent struggle against the darkness within himself would precipitate the orcish Horde’s invasion of Azeroth . . . and change the world forever. Tides of Darkness: During the First War, the orcish Horde laid waste to the once-great human kingdom of Stormwind. From the ashes of this terrible defeat, however, hope emerged. Anduin Lothar, Champion of Stormwind, rallied the survivors of his ruined homeland and valiantly led them to Lordaeron in the hopes of uniting the human nations into a mighty Alliance that could stand against the Horde and its ruthless new leader, Orgrim Doomhammer. Yet as formidable as Lothar believed the Alliance would be, many humans feared that no force would ever be capable of stopping the Horde’s merciless onslaught. Beyond the Dark Portal: In the aftermath of the Second War between orcs and humans, the Dark Portal, a gateway connecting Azeroth to Draenor, was destroyed. The orcs, however, did not abandon their lust for war. Led by the mysterious orc shaman Ner’zhul, a fresh wave of Horde fighters flooded into Azeroth. Even more unsettling was that small bands of orcs intent on something other than mere conquest began scouring Azeroth for powerful artifacts desired by their sinister leader. To counter the Horde’s dark schemes, only one option remained for the Alliance: a suicide mission into the orcs’ ruined homeworld of Draenor.

A guide to the massive mulitplayer online game includes information on character design, quests, monsters, minigames, and members-only permium content.

The truth hurts and there''s no use sugarcoating it. Ghosts are real. Demons, too, along with those bumps in the night and maybe even the monster under your bed. The world''s a scary place. If you''re lucky the nasties that creep around in the dark won''t get hold of you. ''Cept maybe you aren''t lucky. Maybe you''ve already lost something - or somebody - to the darkness. All the booze and therapy in the world can''t put your life back the way it was. And evil has a way of finding you again once it''s had a taste of blood. So you decide to fight back! In the Supernatural Role Playing Game you and your friends play hunters from the world of the hit CW television series. Play characters from the show or use the Cortex System rules to create your own hunter. You''ll also find gory details on ghosts, demons, and other nasties for the Game Master to throw your way. All you need to start the hunt is this book, some friends, some dice, and some time to kill...

The aging orc shaman Ner''zhul has seized control of the Horde and reopened the Dark Portal. His brutal warriors once again encroach upon Azeroth, laying siege to the newly constructed stronghold of Nethergarde Keep. There, the archmage Khadgar and the Alliance commander, Turalyon, lead humanity and its elven and dwarven allies in fighting this new invasion. Even so, disturbing questions arise. Khadgar learns of orcish incursions farther abroad: small groups of orcs who seem to pursue a goal other than simple conquest. Worse yet, black dragons have been sighted as well, and they appear to be aiding the orcs. To counter Ner''zhul''s dark schemes, the Alliance must now invade the orcs'' ruined homeworld of Draenor. Can Khadgar and his companions stop the nefarious shaman in time to stave off the destruction of two worlds?

Ogrim Schicksalshammer hat den korrupten Kriegshäuptling Blackhand vernichtet und die Führung über die Horde der Orcs übernommen. Jetzt gilt es den Rest Azeroths niederzuwerfen, damit sein Volk wieder über ein eigenes Reich herrscht Anduin Lothar, ehemaliger Champion Sturmwinds, hat die Überreste seiner zerstörten Heimat hinter sich gelassen und ist nun an den Gestaden Lordaerons gelandet. Dort will er, unterstützt von dem edlen König Terenas, eine mächtige Allianz mit den anderen Nationen der Menschen schmieden. Doch selbst das mag nicht ausreichen, den wütenden Ansturm der Horde zu stoppen. Elfen, Zwerge und Trollen werfen sich in den Kampf, als die beiden Heere aufeinanderprallen. Wird die Allianz den Sieg davon tragen oder wird die Horde alles in einen Strom der Dunkelheit reissen?