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Unchosen Ones
After a lifetime of magic, monsters, and queenship, Ebony Morales takes her dying breath…only to end up back on earth. In college. Alongside Sebastian Cross, who is distractingly handsome and totally wants her dead.
Ebony Morales was chosen by the god Laumphet, taken from Michigan State University to the world of Arinor. There, she fought monsters and freed the people and fell in love and ruled as queen for many years. Then, at the end of her life as Arinor’s Ebon Queen, Laumphet returned her to Earth…right back into her 18-year-old body, at the very moment she’d left.
Ebony had been prepared for death, but instead, lost and alone, she finds herself grieving the family she left behind.
But Ebony isn’t as alone as she believes. Sebastian Cross, champion of the dark god Malugor, has also been returned. Sebastian has only two goals: one, find a way back to Arinor, and two, kill Ebony Morales.
When greater threats follow them from Arinor, Sebastian and Ebony must work together against everything from undead wasps to semi-intelligent carnivorous plants to Sebastian’s vindictive ex-husband, a stoneskin giant named Kabarus. The survival of both worlds—Arinor and Earth—hangs in the balance.
Sebastian is clever, dangerous, and the last person Ebony should fall for. But neither she nor Sebastian have ever done things the easy way…
Slayers of Old
Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous contemporary standalone fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time.
Three former Chosen Ones have joined together to spend their retirement in peace and quiet, running Second Life Books and Gifts in Salem, Massachusetts: a calm, tourist-filled oasis where they never have to worry about stopping the apocalypse-of-the-week. Jenny, Temple and Annette have had their fill of heroics and saving the world, and they’re ready to lean into a life where the most exciting thing is a new book from a local author.
Until someone starts messing about with ancient creatures best left alone…and a young would-be hero shows up on their front porch, ready to slay anything that moves…and also, their bookstore’s basement might be growing a portal to the underworld. These ex-heroes thought they were done, but if they want to finish their retirement in peace, they’ll have to save the world one last time.
Why leave saving the world to the young? Fun, funny, and heartwarming, this is a story about chosen family, second chances, and the healing power of chocolate-chip muffins.
Kitemaster
Award-winning author Jim C. Hines delivers a deeply personal epic in Kitemaster, a labor of love written over twenty years.
Nial Sarnin is twenty-one—far too young to have lost her beloved husband, Jika. One year after his death, Nial prepares to fly a kite sewn from his wedding shirt, believing it will carry Jika’s spirit to the stars.
But instead of drifting gently skyward, the spirit kite moves under Nial’s direct control, revealing her as a Kitemaster—a rare gift in a world forever ruled by winds and magic.
Her newfound powers attract Captain Wolf of the kiteship Midnight Rain. With runaway Prince Vikaan, Wolf seeks to thwart Queen Kavaya’s ruthless ambition to dominate the skies and conquer all neighboring kingdoms.
Nial may hold the key to stopping Kavaya’s brutal reign and saving countless lives—including those she loves most—but only if she learns to master her extraordinary gift in time.
Every gust of wind promises hope, renewal, and a chance to reshape a world teetering on the brink in this inspiring tale of loss, resilience, and transformation.