New Releases by Jon Messenger

Magic is an abomination--one that has grown tired of being hunted. The Inquisitors have hunted magical creatures for a dozen years, striking fear into the monsters that dare to escape the Rift. In the swamps in Northern Ocker, however, a new evil arises--one that''s not afraid of Inquisitors. One that''s hunting Inquisitors. One that''s killing Inquisitors. Still reeling from the pain of recent events, Simon is more than willing to walk into danger. But now he and Luthor must hunt this new evil into the very house of madness: The Sanitarium. And the madness seems to be catching... Apatura Iris is the fourth book in the "Magic and Machinery" series by Jon Messenger.

Terra Secundus was a paradise. Only the second inhabitable planet found within space travel distance from Earth, it was a lush world of exotic jungles and long, gently rolling prairies. It represented a second chance for humanity, who had expanded beyond the means of their solar system. Unfortunately, Terra Secundus also held another secret: rare minerals, the type corporations would fight and kill to possess. Sergeant Jonas Vega, conscript and soldier, wanted nothing more than to serve his time on the front lines of Terra Secundus, then return home to his family. When exposed to the Rage Virus, he instead becomes an outcast, no longer fit for reintegration into civilized society. As he tries to become just another citizen, he''s constantly reminded of just how far he''s drifted from "civilized."

Take a deep breath before you start the now complete World Aflame Series. This action adventure series filled with cinematic science fiction action, end of the world apocalyptic events, and heart pounding thrills will leave you enthralled from beginning to end. Fans of The Maze Runner by James Dasher and I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore will love this teen fiction series. With over 400 five-star series reviews on Goodreads, this is definitely the series you should read next! THE EARTH GIVES WAY TO THE SEA, THE SEA BOWS BEFORE THE WIND, THE WIND FEEDS THE FLAME, THE FLAME BURNS THE WORLD OF MAN DOWN TO THE EARTH. Xander Sirocco now has the power of the Wind Elemental at his disposal, but it may be too little too late. The Fire Caste has begun its conquest of the planet, and many of the largest cities already burn. Xander, Sean, and Jessica know what needs to be done—they must find the Water and Earth Elementals to have any chance of defeating the Fire Elemental. The first to be located is the Water Elemental. With her power, they could at least slow the advance of the Fire Warriors. If she would only believe in their mission as much as they do… While Xander struggles to convince the Water Elemental that their mission is just, Sammy fights an unexpected battle of her own. With her body now possessed by the Fire Elemental, she’s little more than an observer as it uses her to destroy Los Angeles. Sammy can still exert her will on occasion, but it’s exhausting. When the Elemental sends the deadly General Abraxas after Xander, she wonders if she’ll be able to influence her body’s actions enough to save the life of the man she loves. Water Shaper is the third book in the World Aflame series by Jon Messenger. This series is complete and ready for binge reading. Young adult books free Teen and Young Adult Books young adult adventure books young adult adventure fantasy young adult science fiction Visionary & Metaphysical Myths and Legends Scary Stories Survival Stories Dystopian Books for Teen Boys young adult apocalypse fiction and adventure Boys and Men Issues Young Adult Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller Dystopian Survival Fiction Apocalyptic Survival Stories Young Adult Supernatural Mystery Young adult books for boys Science Fiction Super powers Apocalyptic Fiction YA books for teens Urban Fantasy young adult science fiction thriller Social Family Issues Friendship

Take a deep breath before you start the now complete World Aflame Series. This action adventure series filled with cinematic science fiction action, end of the world apocalyptic events, and heart pounding thrills will leave you enthralled from beginning to end. Fans of The Maze Runner by James Dasher and I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore will love this teen fiction series. With over 400 five-star series reviews on Goodreads, this is definitely the series you should read next! Wind Warrior is the READERS FAVORITE book award winner. When a man is miraculously saved from being hit by a bus, Xander’s life turns in to the living embodiment of the tornadoes he can suddenly create with a flick of his wrist. Whether he wants this gift or not, Xander must learn to use his new ‘super power’ quickly if he wants to survive. THE EARTH GIVES WAY TO THE SEA, THE SEA BOWS BEFORE THE WIND, THE WIND FEEDS THE FLAME, THE FLAME BURNS THE WORLD OF MAN DOWN TO THE EARTH. The sleepy town of White Halls harbors a dangerous secret. On a picturesque street, two houses down from a lovely little park, in a quaint little home with a wraparound porch, lives a family that seems rather normal. Sure, their twenty-year-old son, Xander, still lives at home, but he’s going to college and dating the leader of the school’s top sorority. It’s all very… normal. However, when a man is miraculously saved from being hit by a bus, Xander’s life turns in to the living embodiment of the tornadoes he can suddenly create with a flick of his wrist. Whether he wants this gift or not, Xander must learn to use his new ‘super power’ quickly if he wants to survive. For his kind is a dying race, and when this sleepy town has a sudden influx of new, blonde, fire wielders, no one is safe, especially Xander. It doesn’t help that one of these blondes happens to be the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Xander can’t deny the instant connection he feels to her so, when she tries to kill him, it certainly makes things complicated. Wind Warrior is the first book in the World Aflame series by Jon Messenger. This series is complete and ready for binge reading. Praise for Wind Warrior: "Yet another book to catch, "Wind Warrior" is a fascinating take on Armageddon, coming of age, self-discovery and a budding love story. And all of these elements are captured in a tale that will surely captivate young adults everywhere. Readers will surely be glued to the book until the last page, what with its non-stop sequence packed with a lot of action, topped off with a modern Romeo and Juliet romance in the background. Jon Messenger writes in a voice that youngsters will easily relate to, as the characters involved are the kind we can definitely root for, while they engage in battles and inner struggles. It is a light read, yet filled to the brim with excitement. This is a book that entertains as well as imparts a lesson or two. I highly recommend it to all readers, young and old alike." - Readers'' Favorite Young adult books free Teen and Young Adult Books young adult adventure books young adult adventure fantasy young adult science fiction Visionary & Metaphysical Scary Stories Survival Stories Dystopian Books for Teen Boys young adult apocalypse fiction and adventure Boys and Men Issues Young Adult Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller Dystopian Survival Fiction Apocalyptic Survival Stories Young Adult Supernatural Mystery Young adult books for boys Science Fiction Super powers Apocalyptic Fiction YA books for teens Urban Fantasy young adult science fiction thriller Social Family Issues Friendship

Take a deep breath before you start the now complete World Aflame Series. This action adventure series filled with cinematic science fiction action, end of the world apocalyptic events, and heart pounding thrills will leave you enthralled from beginning to end. Fans of The Maze Runner by James Dasher and I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore will love this teen fiction series. With over 400 five-star series reviews on Goodreads, this is definitely the series you should read next! Flame Caller is a RONE award winner. The Earth Gives Way to the Sea, The Sea Bows Before the Wind, The Wind Feeds the Flame, The Flame Burns the World of Man Down to the Earth. White Halls is no longer a sleepy little town. Its houses lie smoldering on their foundations. The residents take refuge in their homes, afraid to leave. And the town’s prodigal son and newest Wind Warrior, Xander Sirocco, has fled. Xander survived the first assault on his life by the Flame Caste, but it’s at a great personal cost. He and Sammy are left to bury his family and tend to his grandfather, who lies in a coma. With the weight of the world on his shoulders, he can’t help but feel the fight against the Fire Caste is hopeless. It seems hopeless, that is, until he learns of a secret race of Elementals, embodiments of the elemental powers that the different castes wield. With the power of the Elementals comes a chance to save not just the Wind Warriors and Sammy, but the world itself. Emboldened, he sets off to find the Wind Elemental and with it, the hope for his survival. Too bad no one has seen the Wind Elemental in generations and now thinks she’s just a myth. As he quickly learns, however, the Fire Elemental isn’t a myth. It’s real and it has a secret plan for his girlfriend. And it won’t stop until Xander is dead. Flame Caller is the second book in the World Aflame series by Jon Messenger. This series is complete and ready for binge reading. Young adult books free Teen and Young Adult Books young adult adventure books young adult adventure fantasy young adult science fiction Visionary & Metaphysical Myths and Legends Scary Stories Survival Stories Dystopian Books for Teen Boys young adult apocalypse fiction and adventure Boys and Men Issues Young Adult Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller Dystopian Survival Fiction Apocalyptic Survival Stories Young Adult Supernatural Mystery Young adult books for boys Science Fiction Super powers Apocalyptic Fiction YA books for teens Urban Fantasy young adult science fiction thriller Social Family Issues Friendship

Take a deep breath before you start the now complete World Aflame Series. This action adventure series filled with cinematic science fiction action, end of the world apocalyptic events, and heart pounding thrills will leave you enthralled from beginning to end. Fans of The Maze Runner by James Dasher and I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore will love this teen fiction series. With over 400 five-star series reviews on Goodreads, this is definitely the series you should read next! THE EARTH GIVES WAY TO THE SEA, THE SEA BOWS BEFORE THE WIND, THE WIND FEEDS THE FLAME, THE FLAME BURNS THE WORLD OF MAN DOWN TO THE EARTH. The Fire Elemental has risen and its followers, the Fire Caste, have destroyed the planet. Humanity hangs on the cusp of extinction; their only hope now lies with the troubled Wind Warrior, Xander Sirocco. Xander has absorbed the power of the Wind and Water Elementals but at great personal cost. Finding Sammy has been his anchor through the chaos around him, but now he finds himself wondering if saving her is enough. Sammy remains a prisoner of the Fire Elemental, her mind trapped, as the dragon possesses her body. Her love for Xander keeps her going, but will her passion be enough to stop the Elemental from killing Xander once and for all? Humanity''s last hope rests in Xander finding the Earth Elemental. Claiming the power of the Earth is the last step before he can confront the dragon holding Sammy hostage. Unfortunately, he''s not the only one who knows the location of the Earth Elemental. It''s a race against time between Xander and the dragon to claim the last of the Elemental power and bring an end to a war that''s spanned millennia. EARTH GOD is the exciting conclusion to the bestselling and award-winning World Aflame series. A series filled with Elementals, dystopian wrath, and more. EARTH GOD is the fourth and final book in the World Aflame series by Jon Messenger. This series is complete and ready for binge reading. Young adult books free Teen and Young Adult Books young adult adventure books young adult adventure fantasy young adult science fiction Visionary & Metaphysical Myths and Legends Scary Stories Survival Stories Dystopian Books for Teen Boys young adult apocalypse fiction and adventure Boys and Men Issues Young Adult Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller Dystopian Survival Fiction Apocalyptic Survival Stories Young Adult Supernatural Mystery Young adult books for boys Science Fiction Super powers Apocalyptic Fiction YA books for teens Urban Fantasy young adult science fiction thriller Social Family Issues Friendship

In a world of science, magic is an abomination, but not the vile creation Royal Inquisitor Simon Whitlock once believed it to be. Accompanied by his apothecary companion, Luthor Strong, and Matilda Hawke, a werewolf, they return to the capital of Callifax, eager to convalesce after their last adventure. Their peace is short-lived, however, as they are quickly sent on another mission. It seems the iron mines of Whitten Hall have ceased their production, no longer sending its ore to the crown. The Ministry of Trade has sent inquiries, but its representatives have all fled from the train ride to the distal outpost. It seems a vampire stalks the trains in and out of Whitten Hall, a vampire that will reveal the secret of the iron mine and the darkness that resides within. The Blood Thief of Whitten Hall is the second book in the Magic & Machinery Series by Jon Messenger.

From the imaginations of twenty authors of dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction comes PREP FOR DOOM - an integrated collection of short stories that tell the tale of a single catastrophe as experienced by many characters, some of whom will cross paths. What begins with a seemingly innocuous traffic accident soon spirals into a global pandemic. The release of Airborne Viral Hemorrhagic Fever upon New York City’s unsuspecting populace brings bloody suffering within hours, death within a day, and spreads worldwide within a month. An online community called Prep For Doom has risen to the top of a recent doomsday preparation movement. Some have written them off as crazy while others couldn’t be more serious about the safety the preppers could provide in a global disaster. But when AVHF strikes, their preparation may not be enough to save them. From authors Laura Albins, ER Arroyo, Amy Bartelloni, Brea Behn, Casey L. Bond, TK Carter, Kate Corcino, Harlow C. Fallon, Kelsey D. Garmendia, Caroline A. Gill, DelSheree Gladden, John Gregory Hancock, Casey Hays, Kate L. Mary, Jon Messenger, Monica Enderle Pierce, Cameo Renae, Hilary Thompson, Yvonne Ventresca, and Megan White.

Magic is an abomination. It spread from the Rift, a great chasm hundreds of miles long that nearly split the southern continent in two. The Rift was a portal, a gateway between their world of science and the mythological world of magic. On the northern continent of Ocker, King Godwin declared that no magical monstrosity would be allowed within their borders. The Royal Inquisitors were formed to investigate reports of mystical occurrences and, should they be found, to destroy them. Inquisitor Simon Whitlock knows his responsibilities all too well. Along with the apothecary, Luthor Strong, they''ve spent two years inquiring into such reports of magical abominations, though they''ve discovered far more charlatans than true magical creatures. When assigned to investigate Haversham and its reports of werewolves, Simon remains unconvinced that the rumors are true. What he discovers in the frozen little hamlet is that the werewolves are far more real than he believed; yet they''re hardly the most dangerous monster in the city. The Wolves of the Northern Rift is like Sherlock Holmes meets the world of magic. This is the first book in an all new Steampunk series.

The final confrontation between the Alien Alliance and the Terran Empire begins in this exciting conclusion to the Brink of Distinction trilogy. One-by-one, the brilliant suns of Alliance space are disappearing, left cold and lifeless after exposure to the Terran biological epidemic. Trapped on one of the sunless worlds, Keryn Riddell, the ruthless Wyndgaart warrior, fights against both a frozen landscape and her Terran captors. As Keryn fights for her life, the psychic Yen Xiao leads the Alliance fleet in pursuit of the Terran Destroyers threatening the Alliance homeworlds. Yearning for leadership of the fleet, Yen begins to wonder just how far he''ll go for the power he craves.

The Terran Empire has broken the Taisa Accord and invaded Alliance space in this exciting second novel in the Brink of Distinction series. Survivors of the Empire''s first assault, Yen Xiao and Adam Decker swore vengeance against the Terrans. Joining forces with the enigmatic Keryn Riddell, the three warriors must find a way to destroy the Terran fleet. But the Terrans have a secret weapon: a biological agent sold to them by an renegade smuggler. Now it''s a race against the clock to capture the smuggler before the Terrans decimate the Alliance homeworlds. When everything they do proves to be not enough to stop the Empire''s violent invasion, the Alliance takes the fight directly to the Empire by invading Earth! But Earth may not be the biggest threat to the safety of the Alliance. The biggest danger may be one of their own.

Between the alien Alliance and the Terran Empire, a neutral zone stretches between the galaxies, a demilitarized zone that was established 150 years previous, following the Great War. The peace accord granted a semblance of peace to the universe. The peace, however, is a facade, and it is the responsibility of Michael Vance and his covert operations team to maintain that illusion. Recently, the Alliance lost contact with one of their outposts near the neutral zone. Surveillance scans show an abandoned city and no signs of life. The Alliance does what it always does: send in the best. But an unexpected betrayal leaves Vance and his team stranded. Worse, the city that was supposed to be dead is quite alive. And the monsters that now roam its streets are slaughtering his team, one at a time.

Across the world, people begin disappearing. At first, religions claim it''s the Rapture, until they realize that everyone is disappearing, not just the faithful. The world population vanishes until just one man remains in the ghost town of Los Angeles. Finding a note on a manmade cairn outside L.A., Tommy harbors the hope that others survived the culling, and sets off on the long walk to the Grand Canyon to find out if he truly is alone in the world.