Geona longed to join Papa at Shiel Lake Stables of Eltiria to get the yearlings ready for their buyers, but she was stuck doing a writing assignment. With a quill and a parchment, Geona writes the story of Anwen, who rescues a beautiful stallion, rides flying horses, and races to save Eltiria. As Geona’s story continues, will she ever get a horse of her own? Will she go on adventures of her own?Geona sat at the wooden kitchen table, gazing out the small window at the barns of Master Melchior's stables beside Shiel Lake, the prettiest place in all of Eltiria. The mares would soon have their foals, and Papa was bringing down the yearlings ready to train and sell today. She was stuck with a writing assignment for school. Maybe if she hurried, Mama would let her go to the barns earlier. With a quill and some parchment, Geona starts writing the story of Anwen, who rescues a beautiful wild stallion, rides flying horses, and races to save Eltiria. As Geona's own adventures continue, will she ever get her own horse? Will she have adventures like Anwen one day?

After a medical discharge from his duties in the Napoleonic War, Thomas Quincy Fitzbatten has returned home. Disoriented, burdened by guilt for his wealth, and disillusioned with life's injustices, Thomas longs for a chance to make a difference in the world. But he keeps himself a mystery to those around him, and another motive for his charity gnaws at the back of his mind: to seek redemption from the traumatic demons of war. Then everything changes at the arrival of Ruth Dawson, the niece of Thomas's butler, a stunning woman with a secret of her own. Thomas graciously offers to assist Ruth in her predicament, but a surprise instinct prompts Thomas to handle the case a little more personally—through marriage. As their love blossoms, it appears that all will be well—until Thomas receives a mysterious letter from an old friend in trouble, compelling him to the rescue. But what will Thomas do when nothing is as it seems? And why can't Ruth shake the feeling that her...

With the coldest season comes the warmest of second chances. At age seventy-three, Laura Kauffman knows she is closer to the end of life than the beginning. If God willed it, she would join her beloved late husband soon. Even so, Laura wonders what purpose God might have for her in this winter of her life—and why this season seems so lonely.Widower Zechariah Stutzman is facing his own barren season, despite the great-grandchildren swirling around him. With his Parkinson's worsening, he had no choice but to move in with his grandson's family, though now he feels adrift and useless.When Laura offers to help with Zechariah's five great-grandchildren after their mother has a difficult childbirth, Zechariah is unsure how he will adjust to the warm but tart demeanor of this woman he has known since grade school. But soon Laura and Zechariah learn they are asking God the same questions about loss and hope. And they begin to...

#5) On a desperate journey, two runaways meet and join forces. Though they are only looking to escape their harsh and narrow lives, they soon find themselves at the center of a terrible battle. It is a battle that will decide their fate and the fate of Narnia itself.

Sometimes you have to let go of the past, refuse what is expected of you and embrace your future as it was meant to be. With the help of her new friends, Alexis might just be able to get it right, if she could only look beyond her hurt. A Christian love story centered around faith, love and sacrifice and set on the beautiful, Caribbean island of Grenada.A biracial romance burns out after eight years, leaving young Alexis fatherless and angry at the mother she believes is responsible. Alex has a plan to escape it all but her world is turned upside down when things suddenly seem to be going right. Reuben Clark with his talk of faith and true love, somehow captures Alex’s heart, but can he love someone so messed up? More importantly, who is the stranger lurking in the shadows and what is the secret that he must tell? Can two strangers forge a lasting friendship and save young Alexis from the forces that threaten to destroy her? Or will she be forced to succumb to her mother’s legacy after all?Set in the beautiful tropical island of Grenada, Twist of Faith takes you on an inspirational journey of love, friendship, forgiveness and faith. Sometimes you have to let go of the past, refuse the future that is expected of you and embrace your future as it was meant to be...

Tales from a Second-Hand Wand Shoppe, Book 1: They were the Best of Gnomes, They were the Worst of Gnomes. Two Gnomes -Grimbledung and Drimblerod- are just trying to get along in life when their worlds collide. Drimblerod runs a moderately reputable second-hand wand shop that does pretty well at moving inventory. Grimbledung runs a disreputable second-hand wand wagon that he moves regularly to avoid the authorities. Drimblerod thinks he has found the perfect partner- someone he can trust (he's a fellow Gnome, after all) and one that will keep away pesky non-buying window shoppers. Little does he realize that his new-found partner suffers from Pixie Madness! Thanks to a ricochet to the head in the Great Pixie Uprising, Grimbledung experiences episodes of instability and uncontrolled fits of Pixie-sized anger! As Grimbledung gets used to his new life of respectable shop ownership, the pair end up befriending Nulu Bentknees the Trolless across the street, Pozzuoli Consigliore the Dwarf next door, and even the town constable- Akita Finnish (a Werewolf who would rather bask in the sun than do anything else). Along with Big Jule the headmistress of the school of magic down the road, this diverse group learns to deal with Grimbledung's antics as they try to refocus his outlandish get rich schemes and unpredictable outbursts into something more productive. Or at least more quiet! Things start to look up until Grimbledung manages to annoy the entire Great Halfling Empire. Well, at least the Halfling soldiers in town. It takes until late in Book 2 for the ENTIRE empire to get annoyed. He is just one Gnome, after all. With an impending invasion, everyone is on their toes. It doesn't help that Grimbledung is stepping on them! Books 2, 3, and 4 in the series are available now on Amazon as eBooks and traditional paperbacks. Book 5 "Grimbledung and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Mine" will be released on the unsuspecting public in early 2016. **

Augie Adams is a rambunctious first grader with a terrifying secret. Leef Undertree is the son of a shipbuilder on the planet Brindlestar. Rachel Katrachian is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. And John Blackthorne is a zombie.What do these people have in common?They are all eager to meet you through the pages of this collection of short stories.Augie Adams is a rambunctious first grader with a terrifying secret. Leef Undertree is the son of a shipbuilder on the planet Brindlestar. Rachel Katrachian is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. And John Blackthorne is a zombie.What do these people have in common?They are all eager to meet you through the pages of this collection of short stories. You will discover Brindlestar, the fascinating world that orbits three suns; the horrors of being an American in Spain during its civil war; a world in which everyone knows the exact day they will die; and a cruise ship porter with the curse of knowing of disasters that he is powerless to prevent. The adventures are varied, sometimes humorous and always thought provoking.This is Glen Robinson’s second collection of short stories.

This one-volume edition marks the 75th anniversary of Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy featuring the adventures of Dr. Ransom on Mars, Venus, and Earth. It includes an exclusive foreword compiled from letters by J.R.R. Tolkien, who inspired Lewis to write the first volume and on whom the main character of Ransom was largely based. The Space Trilogy is a remarkable work of fantasy, demonstrating the powerful imagination of C. S. Lewis.The Space Trilogy, Omnibus Edition includes:Out of the Silent PlanetDr. Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there.PerelandraHaving escaped from Mars, Dr. Ransom is called to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus. When his old enemy also arrives and is taken over by the forces...

“‘Of course,’ said Orfieu, ‘the sort of time-travelling you read about in books—time-travelling in the body—is absolutely impossible.’” So begins The Dark Tower, a captivating novella that continues the adventures of Dr. Elwin Ransom after the events of Out of the Silent Planet, the first novel is Lewis’s Space Trilogy. In Orfieu’s office at Cambridge University, five men gather to witness the breach of space-time through the chronoscope, a telescope that looks not just into another world, but into another time. Also included are "After Ten Years," Lewis’s retelling of Menelaus’s battle for Helen, "The Man Born Blind," the story of a man who after gaining sight for the first time in his life learns about the relative nature of reality, and three other short stories. A necessary anthology for fans of futuristic fiction, this collection cements Lewis’s place in the science fiction canon. Preface (The Dark Tower and Other Stories) • (1977) • essay by Walter Hooper The Dark Tower • (1977) • shortfictionA Note on The Dark Rower • (1977) • essay by Walter HooperThe Man Born Blind • (1977) • shortstoryThe Shoddy Lands • (1956) • shortstoryMinistering Angels • (1955) • shortstoryForms of Things Unknown • (1966) • shortstoryAfter Ten Years (excerpt) • (1966) • shortfictionNotes to After Ten Years • (1977) • essay by Roger Lancelyn GreenNotes to After Ten Years • (1966) • essay by Alastair Fowler

He’s the last person she wants reading her story, but will he be the first to awaken her heart?It’s 1868 in the settlement of Good Springs, and Hannah Vestal is passionate about writing fiction and keeping her stories to herself. By lantern light she slips into her story world and dreams the adventures she’ll never experience. When her father asks to read her work, she decides to have it printed secretly for his 50th birthday. Hannah tries to arrange the printing with the settlement’s pressman, but the witty and dapper Henry Roberts won’t make it easy for her to prove her writing is worthy of his ink.If Henry Roberts did nothing else for the rest of his life but print and bind books, he would die a satisfied man. In order to secure settlement support for his printing press, the elder council says Henry must print an error-free copy of the New Testament before the settlement’s 8th anniversary celebration. He is determined to meet their challenge, but when the enigmatic Hannah proves to be a beguiling distraction, Henry longs for something more than a life at the letterpress.

What if our quest to explore other worlds uncovers something that doesn't want to be found?Life has been seeded throughout the solar system and has evolved time and again only to be repeatedly snuffed out, sometimes by nature itself, sometimes by unnatural forces. Is it our destiny to explore the universe, or will the act of exploration lead to life’s demise… again?