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Aethel’s Myst is dying. Its planet-wide forcefield—an ancient piece of banned technology—is failing. If it collapses, the result is an extinction-level event. A child’s poem foretold of the disaster . . . When the red-hued sky shows patches of blue, And angry lightning rips the vista’s view, It is a dire warning that you must heed The sands of time have picked up speed An extinction event takes its first breath Extinguishing life, the bringer of death Lyra, a transvolated outcast, is racing home with the computer key that will allow an orderly shutdown of the field. It won’t ...

Darken Voss was the spare heir: insurance for the dynasty, but a wastrel to his father. His father wasn’t entirely wrong. As fate would have it, his ceremonial post — Commander of Planetary Defenses — gives his life meaning. But the cost will be high . . . for the planet, for him personally. When a pirate assault tears across the planet, Voss does exactly what he was trained to do—lead from the front and protect the people under his command. It was a war he should have lost. A planet that had known peace for generations wasn’t prepared for the savagery of battle. Outdated ...

A thousand years after the Hameggattic Sisterhood vanished, its founder briefly returned to help defeat a modern-day threat. Before she departed for good, she left her descendants one final charge: Her grandchildren must one day bring the Sisterhood back. Those grandchildren—now five young women—are determined to fulfill that promise. They were raised on those stories from childhood, carry the bloodline of the original Sisters, and they certainly don’t lack passion. What they do lack is experience. But not confidence. Enthusiastic and absolutely convinced they can restore a legendary ...

Give your young reader a story to cherish. Join Takara and her beloved Grandpa Yoshi as they build a magical koi pond. When Grandpa must leave, he promises a special "wisdom fish" named Kiku will keep his spirit and help guide Takara whenever she most needs it. Through sweet letters and a heartfelt quest, Takara discovers enduring love and the wonder of imagination. This tender tale, perfect for a cozy read-aloud, gently explores how we keep loved ones close, even across distances, reminding us that magic blossoms in the most unexpected places. A heartwarming journey about family, belief, ...

Darken Voss and his Vipers are heroes for hire, but their professional code is constantly tested, and sometimes it’s forced to bend. When a run-of-the-mill rescue mission takes a dark turn, the Vipers take refuge on a derelict, semi-sentient starship carrying a mysterious alien life form. This discovery will pull the crew directly into a struggle with two ruthless enemies. A tyrannical queen who is planning genocide to secure her immortality. And a mining concern who will stop at nothing to make a profit. Voss is forced into a dilemma with no good resolution. To save the innocent will ...

“Kessa, my love, I am so sorry.” It was past time to end the curse that had plagued him since his youth. Voss finally understood what the gods demanded. But Dain — the arrogant prince who should have died years ago — was now king. And killing a king is never simple. But justice for one isn’t justice for all. His father is dead. Reconciliation is no longer possible. His brother, heir to the throne, has been kidnapped. This is a family matter and only the Vipers can be trusted. And Kessa, dearest Kessa, has been buried. The Vipers, finally able to move on from the past, take a new ...

Mother, the sentient cyborg created by the survivors of Planet Z to run their world, has gone rogue. She no longer treats each of the crypts containing the floating brains of the citizenry equally. This inequality is breeding fear and suspicion. That in turn is creating hostility and ever-increasing conflict. That’s not even the worst of it. The Sisterhood is now infected with nanobots that will, in short order, turn their brains to mush. They have a week before they feel the first effects. Then, another three weeks before they die. What to do, what to do? For the Hameggattic Sisterhood, ...

The sisterhood is off to the planet Spell 'Bound. The girls received a message from someone who called herself the Librarian. She is begging for help. Her world is ruled by the evil Divine Ones, individuals who command enormous power. They believe their power is magic. Not quite. The sisters will come to learn that it's actually the power of M.A.G.E.K. The Myst Tree has provided the girls with his usual cryptic help . . . Underneath the celestial lair, Lies a chamber that holds the sphere Suspended by a train of thought, Perpetual motion stopped by naught Heart and Hex must combine as one, ...

The Sisterhood's Third Adventure Was Never Meant to Be One... Egg and her sisters were ready for a well-deserved break—no heroics, no daring rescues, just pure fun at Laff'Alott, the galaxy's premier amusement world. But when has anything ever gone smoothly for the Sisterhood? Their vacation takes a thrilling turn the moment they arrive in the city of Fair 'Giggle, where cutting-edge technology lets them swap bodies for the ultimate immersive experience. Egg becomes a mighty dragon, BreeZee a sleek sea serpent—what could possibly go wrong? Pretty much everything. An unexpected and ...

The Ministry of Superheroes and Scamps is a stand-alone, girl-empowering fantasy adventure set in the wider world first introduced in Egg and the Hameggattic Sisterhood. The twin daughters of the Queen of Aerianna finally have permission for their first solo adventure—but nothing goes the way they expect. Their simple sightseeing trip leads them to a bizarre research outpost where failed scientific inventions get a second chance. The facility is run by a friendly but unpredictable robot… and visited by a class of brilliant young students, including a sharp-minded, elfin girl named ...

Egg has passed the challenge laid down by Dazzle when her thousand-year-old planned was first conceived. In truth, our heroine was a bit lucky with the whole thing, but it doesn’t matter. She did what no one else could. Now she finds out what all this is about . . . the flying suit, the jewelry and of course the ethereal Dazzle. Turns out a villain named Mobius has taken over Aerianna, Dazzle’s home world. To rid her people of this madman’s tyranny, she would like Egg to travel a trillion miles to her home world and defeat the guy. Oh, by the way, he has an artifact that gives him ...

A millennium has passed since the reign of Eloise, the Last Queen of Aerianna. For centuries after her death, the world stayed true to her vision—fair, unified, and mostly at peace. But in the last few generations, that stability has begun to slip. Inequality is widening, power is quietly concentrating at the top, and most people are too distracted—or too comfortable—to see the danger coming. Those with wealth and power are on the cusp of creating a technology so enticing that no one would be able to resist. Once ensnared, the people of Aerianna, indeed of the entire Coven of Worlds, ...

This is the story of an ordinary girl who will one day become a legendary inter-galactic heroine. Her name is Eloise Grace Graystone, but everyone calls her by her initials—Egg. A thousand years before she was born, on a distant world called Aerianna, a villain with unimaginable power conquered an entire planet. Overnight, its people lost their freedom, their hope, and their future. But one Princess refused to surrender. She set in motion a wildly improbable plan—one so ridiculous it should never have worked. Except… a thousand years later, it did. And it all begins here, with two ...

Having completed all that they had set out to do on Spell'Bound, the Sisterhood heads for home for well-deserved rest and relaxation. But on the way, they receive a call from Soar'elle, Aeri'elle's father. A team of his archeologists, while exploring a planetoid for signs of a legendary intergalactic spaceship, encountered what they believe to be a ghost. Egg agrees to check it out . . . and so begins their next adventure. As it turns out, it's not a ghost but something far more dangerous. And while they're at it, the girls encounter the passengers from the Ark of Forever - a prison ship ...

As the Sisterhood's story comes to an end, they most assuredly don't go quietly into the night. Let's chalk it up to the Law of Unintended Consequences. Egg's honeymoon leads the Sisterhood to discover the long-lost civilization called the Sky'lords. But they're trapped in time . . . and as the hours tick by, their demise seems inevitable. While Egg is busy with saving an entire species from extinction, her Sister, the Queen, has decided it's time to step aside. The weight of her crown has become too much to bear. But before she can abdicate, she must find a way to have Egg replace her. ...

The sisterhood is assembled. The fight for Aerianna begins. It’s time to execute the plan . . . if only they had one. Without Dazzle to guide them, their chance of success is all but hopeless. To bring her back, they must go to the Crystal Mountain to retrieve her body. Once they have done that, they can take her and the flying suit to the Myst Tree at Sighing Whorl and he can reunite her life force from the suit, transferring it back into her body. But getting to the Crystal Mountain is not for the faint of heart. The path rambles through the seven lands that guard that mysterious place....

This is Tryst, First Royal and heir to the throne on Concordia. He's in a bit of trouble and his fiancée, Tyrra, has asked the Awesome Foursome to lend a helping hand. She thinks he has only one problem - a civil war which is about to break out. What she and her man don't know is that Tryst's cousin is going to frame him for treason. But war and treason are the least of their problems. When the last of the Shadow Reapers are gone, his world, and eventually the rest of the Pinwheel Galaxy, will be destroyed by an uncontrollable rift between our universe and a parallel one. The Ministry of ...

Welcome to Zynn-Zaz'zia, the second adventure of Egg and the Hameggattic Sisterhood. Two years have passed since Egg and her sisters defeated Mobius and restored Queen Rose'Alynnia to the throne. In that time, neither she nor her best friend Sylvia has returned to Aerianna where they are revered for their heroic exploits. Now once again, the Queen is desperate for help. Her husband and three others on a diplomatic mission to the planet Zynn-Zaz'zia have been taken hostage. Egg and the Sisterhood answer the call. And what they find on this strange world is beyond imagination . . . winged ...

In this two-part episode #4 of the Ministry of Superheroes and Scamps, a girl-empowering fantasy adventure series, our heroines have the opportunity to visit a parallel universe - an adventure they can't pass up. Besides, what could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, evil is universal - in this case, multi-universal. Fortunately, so is good. For the bad guys, they have a carnival run by a disfigured clown, an infamous inter-galactic thief and an oppressive government. Tough odds. But for the good guys, they have our Ministry of Super Scamps, a Ghoo'll, a droid and an Abba. That's a lot of ...

It's the finale of the series and the final showdown between the Ministry and Mobius. There will be terrible losses on both sides. But there can be only one winner.