New Releases by Kent Davis

"Action-packed and filled with great friendships, terrible villains, plot twists, and plenty of humor."— San Antonio Express-News In the gripping final book in the Riddle in Ruby trilogy, young thief Ruby Teach and her friends must save their city from an evil scientist with nefarious plans. The epic conclusion of the Riddle in Ruby trilogy is a hilarious and dastardly adventure perfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil and The Amulet of Samarkand. In the past year, Ruby Teach was kidnapped, taken to a remote fortress, and experimented on by an evil scientist working for the crown. And even though she''s finally been reunited with her friends, her trouble has not ended. The vile Dr. Swedenborg has created a machine that steals the life force out of the unsuspecting citizens of Philadelphi, and Ruby and her crew might be the only ones brave enough to stop him. With a mix of magic, science, friendship, peril, and one adorable mechanical otter, Kent Davis''s reimagining of colonial America is wholly original.

The Riddle in Ruby trilogy takes readers on a rip-roaring adventure through an alternate version of colonial America, where magic and science meet, and where one young thief carries a secret everyone wants. In this second volume, Ruby Teach has become the enemy''s prisoner. She bargained with her freedom to protect her friends—but her friends aren''t about to abandon her, either. That''s not what friends do. Ruby''s blood holds a secret, one that could turn the tides of the looming war for whomever unlocks it first. Ruby''s father, former pirate Captain Teach, and her friends—a motley crew made up of a young aristocrat, a servant, and an apprentice alchemist—must race against time to locate the hidden fortress where she''s being held. But the one person who could help them is Ruby''s mysterious and powerful mother, and no one has seen her since Ruby''s birth. Kent Davis sweeps our heroes through cities and the deepest wilderness with imagination, humor, and magic that fans of Jonathan Stroud and Terry Pratchett will devour.

a new historically set story for adults

"This comprehensive lesson collection gives children the knowledge, skills and motivation to achieve their personal best in life"--Cover.

The Atlas of Eslin is an imaginative and exciting fantasy setting for the Epic Role Playing game system, but contains none of the stock elements that have dulled the genre. You''ll find no elves, dwarves or orcs here This volume contains three complete, different and geographically huge realms for Epic RPG adventuring and campaigns. Rullaea is the home of high feudal societies, the godless Pentonite religion and the twin scientific forms of magic - alchemy and metaphysics. Rimenor is the land of the primitive Fosts, filled with icy fjords, unexplored wilds and death or triumph on quiet fields of snow. In Ursyos-Elkinon, humans are subjugated by dread overlords called the Buruk, who wield powerful mind-magic and deadly serrated swords. The Atlas is packed with culture and realm-specific professions for players. This book is one of four core rulebooks for use with the Epic Role Playing game system.

Epic Role Playing is a next generation RPG that contains intense, choice-filled combat, six innovative branches of magic, and culture-based character development. After an introductory chapter, the Epic Role Playing Rules Manual guides players through a wide-ranging and unique character creation process, which births culturally driven, diverse heroes unconstrained by classes or inflexible tracks of progress. Character professions (detailed in the Atlas of Eslin, Volume I) are culturally defined and growth within them is guided by role playing not a rigid set of rules. Following chapters include the faculty system, which offers opportunities to explore an inexhaustible array of skill options, specialties, masteries and grandmasteries. Instead of characters defined by an overall skill level, each skill level is independent and improves according to the character''s talent for that skill. This is followed by a detailed catalogue of equipment. In its chapters for the gamemaster, or "Guide," practical tools and storytelling advice are discussed for creating heroic adventures that will have players swooning with terror and scrambling for glory. The final chapters are a treasury chock-full of high-quality and imbued items and rules for large-scale battle and warfare. The Epic Rules Manual makes gaming easier with numerous quick reference boxes, a glossary, ready-to-use forms, and integration with www.epicrpg.com. This book is one of four core rulebooks for use with the Epic Role Playing game system.

This fascinating journey into the anomalies pervading our universe appeals to paranormal enthusiasts, scholars, or anyone interested in the meaning of life.

This handbook fills the need for a comprehensive, convenient reference to effective techniques for treating the full range of behavioral and emotional problems that adolescents experience. Stein and Davis outline numerous approaches that therapists will find useful in treating a variety of emotional and physical disorders that often occur during adolescence, such as depression, anxiety, obesity, and insomnia. They present strategies for helping adolescents control antisocial behavior and improve relationships with both peers and adults; recommend treatments for adolescents with sexual identity problems; and outline techniques for dealing with drug and alcohol abuse.