Phoenix Ashes

When young Devon is forbidden from marrying his beloved by the Elders of the agrarian Cypress Corners community, he begins to question not only their authority, but why the sky is metal and the ground is not, and other troubling questions.

An illustrated Slice of Life novel. Three lives entwine because of a subtle coincidence. A girl on the edge of society, an extremely rich weird kid and one of the most popular pop stars of the planet.Fade lives a life left on her own, struggling constantly to survive in a society that swallows everyone who doesn’t keep up with its pace; her only company is a kitchen knife and a scar embedded in her leg that reminds her every day of who she is and why she is there. While she’s stealing in a supermarket, she meets Jag, a boy with a disturbing appearance who convinces her to join him in his weird plan: to become the main sponsor of one of the most successful bands of the moment, of which he’s a huge fan, and – apparently – he doesn’t lack the money to do so. She allows herself to be convinced to meet Nef, a typical playboy, who eventually will learn that the world isn’t all at his feet like he thought...

" When all the Hell fires have stopped burning and I stand in the wake of their ashes. What is the point of dragging myself through it all if in the end I live to die alone?" The warnings are all around us, if we fail to see the writing on the wall our demise is inevitable. The things that breed so much hate and misunderstandings. The hate that is fracturing our world and driving us apart. Humanity is breaking down. Paranoia and fear color our choices. If we don't change, if we don't come together again, I fear we are heading for the end. Let us strip away the rose colored glasses before it's too late. Without change World War Three is inevitable. The story follows the lives of a group of survivors trying to rebuild their lives in a dystopian war torn America. Everyone has their demons. Everyone is fighting their own battle. In order to survive the characters must set aside their differences and embrace each others flaws. A Phoenix must first burn before it can be reborn stronger, but can you survive the fire?

Caina Amalas is a Ghost nightfighter, one of the elite agents of the Emperor of Nighmar, and she has defeated both corrupt lords and mighty sorcerers. As the Padishah of Istarinmul prepares to make peace with the Emperor, the Ghosts must keep the Padishah’s ambassador safe from assassins. But when an escaped slave begs for Caina’s help, she finds dark plots stirring in the shadows. Plots that threaten to devour the Empire and unleash terrible horrors.

From the Hugo Award-winner comes a collection of six of her finest short works--"Psiren," " The Peddler's Apprentice," "Phoenix in the Ashes," "The Storm King," "Mother and Child," and "Voices from the Dust"

Even if she offended Yunying, even if Yunying's father is a lark, and it happens that now is an era of fighting for her father. But she, Xiaoli, is also the fourth killer under the agent Island Lark

Legend says a phoenix will rise again—but all that remains of the immortal bird are ashes and whispered fairy tales... Lyra Adams enjoys her job as a rare books dealer, but when an angry wizard barges into her store and demands she fork over a unique tome from the antiquities section, she's not about to let him get away with grand larceny without a fight. Except it's suddenly very difficult to defend her wares, seeing as the wizard turned her into some kind of weird red bird by flinging a handful of ashes in her face. Her only hope of returning to her normal, human self lies in the hands of the one man she never wanted to see again: her lying, stealing, sorcerous scumbag ex, James Pierce. The same light-fingered thief who tried to steal that very same tome from her a few days before. She knows she can’t trust James with her heart or her inventory. Can she trust him to turn her back?

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