New Release Books by Matt Ryan

This fabulous Coloring book is the greatest gift for your children in this Halloween All pages are full of draw designs especially made for Kids from 2 to 12 years old. Thick lines and simple patterns set little hands up for coloring success! Discover The Amazing Benefits Of This Coloring Book: Kids can develop good motor skills by coloring inside this coloring book. Can be an amazing gift for kids and their friends! Kids can also relax and enjoy a activity such as coloring these pages Kids can use their imagination to make wonderful images. Use different colored pencils, markers, and pens to color these pages. Grab one and let your children''s creative run wild!

This collection of sea stories is a fictional work based on actual events in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War. The setting is the fictitious heavy cruiser Beaverton, based in Long Beach, California. It''s the summer of 1956 - a time, unlike today. For example, today a single DUI will end a naval officer''s career.The book has an understated timelessness that opens the book''s potential audience; anyone interested in fiction exploring military seafaring life will enjoy this book without ever feeling removed from its experience because of the time period. Ryan brings these settings to life without allowing the locales to dominate their respective appearances and adds layers of flavor to the work. This is a book that holds up under multiple readers rather than a one and done work. Joe Xylos, One Hell of a Shipmate runs over five hundred pages in its digital addition and some will think it can stand some cutting, but others will undoubtedly find the book full of riches well worth revisiting and appreciate its wide and expansive storytelling canvas.Matt Ryan''s skill for depicting setting is outstanding quality. The book hops from one far-flung locale to another and does an excellent job of capturing a time and place in global history without ever seeming dated.

The magi of the Order of Hermes are not the only scholars and artists in Mythic Europe. In the Greek and Muslim lands, traditions of learning stretch back unbroken over centuries, while scholarship has emerged from long centuries of neglect in the Latin West with great vigor. From parish schools to the new universities, learning and creativity are everywhere.Nor is this learning entirely theoretical. Doctors can cure many illnesses, and preserve the health of their charges. Natural philosophers can manipulate substances in a way that appears magical to the ill-informed, and gain some hints as to the future from the positions of the stars. The natural laws of Mythic Europe are very different from those of our world, and many strange things can be achieved by those who understand their secrets. Artists create the great cathedrals, but also more humble paintings, songs, and sculptures. The greatest of them draw the attention of the supernatural, and become part of the legends of the land.Art & Academe provides background on the academic life of Mythic Europe, and rules for activities reaching from the astrology and alchemy of the natural philosopher to the regimens and treatments of the medic, from university disputations to the creation of masterpieces of art. Art & Academe takes your saga to the very limits of medieval scientific knowledge.

You are an Hermetic magus, one of the greatest wielders of magic Mythic Europe has ever seen. You can control the winds with a word, the beasts with a gesture. You can create a forest in a matter of moments, and destroy castles with a thought. No secret of mortal man is safe from your investigation.So, what do you do with all that power?Build a covenant inside a volcano, or a tower that touches the sky. Construct enchanted ships to sail any ocean, or even on the clouds. Collect magical beasts from across Mythic Europe and beyond, or become the most deadly opponent in Wizard''s War that the Order has ever seen. You could even cheat death itself.

Loved ones lost. Families separated. Earth is on the brink of total annihilation. The Six must rise once again, in a final battle against a new and terrifying adversary. All of the worlds depend on their victory.

Allie is done with being a special. But the world of alchemy still needs her to dig up a four-hundred-year-old man for a mother she may not totally trust, then create the stone to end all stones. After that, she''s free. Sounds simple enough . . . that is, if she''s not used up or dead by the end of the process.

Unions have formed. A new life is born. An old enemy is renewed. Reeling from their great losses, the Preston Six vow to end it all against Marcus.

The True Lineages are the backbone of the Order of Hermes. In these four Hermetic Houses, each magus was taught by a magus of the House, and that master-apprentice relationship goes back to the founders. This sourcebook details the four True Lineages, including rules for original research, unique forms of magic, and new Virtues and Flaws.House Bonisagus descends from the two magi who created the Order, and continues to supply knowledge and leadership. They explore the theoretical applications of magic, delving deeper into its arcane secrets. And they advocate peace and cooperation among the Houses, searching for other wizards who might contribute to the community of magi.House Guernicus upholds and enforces the Code of Hermes as the official judges and investigators of the Order. Its Quaesitores believe they stand against the wheel of fate, slowing it as best they can. By the efforts of its magi, the basic structures of Hermetic society have remained intact for over four hundred years.House Mercere holds the magi of Mythic Europe together by facilitating communication, encouraging trade, and aiding their sodales. Its heralds, heroes, mercenaries, and merchants reflect the contractictions of their House: it is exotic, but traditional; loyal, but self-centered; proud, but humble.House Tremere provides the strength of the Order. It controls events and prepares for coming battles, gathering influence and resources to respond to crises as they draw near. Tremere are pragmatic, dutiful, and courageous magi who know that Mythic Europe is a chaotic and dangerous place.These are the True Lineages. Without them all, the Order of Hermes would surely fall.

Joey Foust has no idea he''s a wanted man and his parents aim to keep it that way. They raised him as a normal boy in a small American town, hoping he and his friends don''t discover what lies beyond. And for eighteen years, they succeed. Joey and his friends, the Preston Six, were all born on the same day, but soon come to find they have much more in common than a simple birthdate. Details of their past are suspicious, and they are determined to figure out what their parents are hiding. Small threads of new information are discovered, leading the Preston Six to venture in search for the truth. What they find pushes the boundaries of their beliefs. Now, they''re forced to leave behind everything to face an unknown adversary who''s been hunting for them since the day they were born. They must rise as one, or fall to enemy hands.

Matt Ryan is so madly creative that it is downright intimidating. A master of wordplay... utterly unpredictable. -Joey Goebel, author of Torture the Artist and The Anomalies

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In the thirteenth century towns and cities are growing all over Mythic Europe. Covenants that were once in remote forests find themselves within sight of city walls, and regions that were once cut off from the world are now visited by traders from distant parts. For many covenants, cities are a great opportunity; craftsmen and merchants can provide anything that the covenant needs, and buy its surplus. Some covenants are even established within towns, or as small towns.This supplement for Ars Magica Fifth Edition provides background on the facts of life in the towns of medieval Europe, and rules for craftsmen and traders. Clever magi could become the greatest merchant princes of Europe, or gain renown as suppliers of the most valuable tapestries. Less clever magi could find themselves manipulated by existing merchant princes, or tricked into buying shoddy goods. With an emphasis on stories rather than accountancy, this book opens a new stage for your Ars Magica saga.

Six short stories from employees of the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, recording their time working from home during the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic. Staff were encouraged to record ''a day in the life'' of flexible working practices in their own time. These stories highlight the resilience and adaptability shown by many people experiencing working from home for the first time, as well as showing some of the positives of flexible work practices.

Gaming is more than a way of life, it''s my job.Josh Dailey has spent the last two years on the dark side of the gaming world, as a gold farmer. He doesn''t do it to cheat; he does it to survive. And with the launch of a mysterious new game, Avarice Online, his hopes for a better life finally seem within reach. Living in a Slab City trailer with his foster family is not the end of the line for him; he will see to it, if it''s the last thing he does. The day the game launches, his life turns to shambles, leaving him desperate and at a new low. He must now put everything he has into dominating this new RPG. Too bad the makers of Avarice Online have other plans for their players--blurring the line between virtual and reality. Join Josh and his new in-game friends, Gor and KILLian, as they immerse themselves in this new world, filled with NPCs who are almost too real, and where the challenges and rewards are greater than any of them could have imagined.