The Eighth Realm

This is a paranormal love story spanning eternity. Mike and Cindy, two young lovers, discover that they have literally been soul-mates forever. While weekending in Las Vegas, they have a life-altering paranormal experience which leads them to embark on a search to find and reunite with their eight other soul mates. These ten lovers have lived innumerable lifetimes together, both within this Realm and the seven other Realms that together make up the multiverse in which we all exist. After the ten soul mates are finally reunited, they set out to to uncover the hidden nature of the universe, and to learn their part in it. Their journey takes them from Earth to their eternal home in the Prime Realm. There they discover many bizarre and unorthodox truths about the meaning of life, death, love, and the underlying nature of reality. What they learn will shake their belief-system as they find they can defy all of the normal laws of nature and alter their bodies and even their sexes at will. Eventually the group participates in creating a new Big Bang that results in the beginning of the ninth Realm in our multiverse. As readers follow along in this journey of discovery, they may find themselves questioning and reexamining their fundamental beliefs about sex, love, religion, spirituality, and the true meaning and purpose of life. Whether you agree or disagree with the premise of this novel, you will find the book difficult to put down and even more difficult to forget.

The eighth realm, the unpassable realm. The eighth realm doesn't stand as a realm onto itself, but as a question. Why do you fight? Merely gaining levels, and having a higher cultivation isn't enough to pass the eighth realm's test into the ninth realm. Find your truth, understand your reason, only then can you pass the eighth realm. It might be Erik and Rugrat's hardest challenge yet.

The eighth realm, the unpassable realm. The eighth realm doesn't stand as a realm onto itself, but as a question. Why do you fight? Merely gaining levels, and having a higher cultivation isn't enough to pass the eighth realm's test into the ninth realm. Find your truth, understand your reason, only then can you pass the eighth realm. It might be Erik and Rugrat's hardest challenge yet.

"The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game."—The New York Times Book Review Baseball has always inspired rhapsodic elegies on the glory of man and golden memories of wonderful times. But what you see on the field is only half the game. In this fascinating, colorful chronicle—based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging—John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994. Witness zealous Judge Landis banish eight players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, after the infamous "Black Sox" scandal; the flamboyant A's owner Charlie Finley wheel and deal his star players, Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers, like a deck of cards; the hysterical bidding war of coveted free agent Catfish Hunter; the chain-smoking romantic, A. Bartlett Giamatti, locking horns with Pete Rose during his gambling days of summer; and much more. Praise for The Lords of the Realm "A must-read for baseball fans . . . reads like a suspense novel."—Kirkus Reviews "Refreshingly hard-headed . . . the only book you'll need to read on the subject."—Newsday "Lots of stories . . . well told, amusing . . . edifying."—The Washington Post

War has come to the Willful Institute. It has come to the first realm. For years Alva has trained, developed weapons and tactics never seen in the ten realms. Now Alva moves in the background, supporting the Adventurer's Guild. No band of fighters, no sect looking to gain individual honors. The armies of Alva were forged together in Alva dungeon. Tempered in body, in mind, in mana. Supported by Alvan traders, crafters, they reclaimed the lost floors of their home. They captured Vuzgal and defended it in the vicious battlefield realm. Now Alva is going to war. Their abilities, their skills tested head on. One individual is strong. A nation focused, a nation brought together for a single goal. It is something that could shake the very foundations of the ten realms. A beast stirs in the Beast Mountain Range, raising their eyes to the higher realms. It is time Erik and Rugrat stepped out of the shadows.

This is a paranormal love story spanning eternity. Mike and Cindy, two young lovers, discover that they have literally been soul-mates forever. While weekending in Las Vegas, they have a life-altering paranormal experience which leads them to embark on a search to find and reunite with their eight other soul mates. These ten lovers have lived innumerable lifetimes together, both within this Realm and the seven other Realms that together make up the multiverse in which we all exist. After the ten soul mates are finally reunited, they set out to to uncover the hidden nature of the universe, and to learn their part in it. Their journey takes them from Earth to their eternal home in the Prime Realm. There they discover many bizarre and unorthodox truths about the meaning of life, death, love, and the underlying nature of reality. What they learn will shake their belief-system as they find they can defy all of the normal laws of nature and alter their bodies and even their sexes at will. Eventually the group participates in creating a new Big Bang that results in the beginning of the ninth Realm in our multiverse. As readers follow along in this journey of discovery, they may find themselves questioning and reexamining their fundamental beliefs about sex, love, religion, spirituality, and the true meaning and purpose of life. Whether you agree or disagree with the premise of this novel, you will find the book difficult to put down and even more difficult to forget.

During her most recent visit to the Fairy Realm, Jessie inadvertently allows a baby fairy to be captured by water sprites who want to hold the child captive until their missing moonstone is returned.