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To change the world, first they have to find each other.Like the Bible says, an eye for an eye... To prevent the world from descending into the chaos of terrorism, scientists and governments devised a foolproof deterrent: if you cause a death, you too will die when your NAC, your neuro-activated chip, bursts inside your skull. Quick, painless, and simple-it works. Every time. No one now dares risk taking a life. The politicians say they have saved the world, creating a perfect global society where everyone can feel safe and secure.Unless, that is, you're deemed a threat to this perfect order...Despite efforts to conform, Talon and Sofia are removed from high school and ripped from their lives in Ridge Crest. The lifelong friends find themselves alone and in separate and alien environments where they feel discarded, distrusted, and despised.Talon is enslaved in a labor camp where the warden wants him dead. And while Talon tries to figure out the source of this wrath, he also needs to survive the punishing work, the harsh sun, and the suicide-killer stalking him day and night if he's to keep the promise he made to Sofia-to stay alive. At the Technology Lab, Sofia is determined to find out the location of the remote center where Talon is interred and hopes the notorious "Shadow," whose mere proximity brings danger, really does want to help her escape and connect with the disconnects.Meanwhile, the head of the NAC Program, General Stafford, knows it's time to deal with the increasing threat of the disconnects, who have managed to escape the law of kill and be killed. He'll need the help of Sofia and Talon to achieve his goal. But that doesn't mean he needs them alive.A sci-fi thriller-adventure set in the near future, STUNG posits today's question of whether security or freedom is more important to society and how the next generation either bends to society's will or fights to sow the seeds of change. Suitable for young adults (16+ years) and adults who enjoy stories of enduring friendship and loyalty at their heart."A really interesting concept... The characters work really well and the concept is terrifying!" - 5-star NetGalley review"I found certain elements of this book quite unsettling!" - 5-star NetGalley reviewTrigger warnings: features elements of separation anxiety, loss of a loved one, bullying, and loss of life (non-graphic).

Would you give up your soul to the dragon to stop the next murder...? KO Bannon thinks he saw something bad, very bad that New Year's Eve on the shimmering waters of the Baltimore Harbor. Homeless, adrift, and cold, KO is paralyzed with fear, certain that if he tells, the dragon he saw will surely catch him and end him. Women are dying in Baltimore. A particular kind of young, blonde, innocent victim. And Detectives Mankiller and Ruiz's only lead is a washed-up, drunk ex-boxer who once went toe-to-toe with Sugar Ray Leonard. A man now talking about a dragon. How can they probe and interpret the memories of a drunkard? How far can they-should they-push the old man to find out what he thinks he saw while in the cocoon of a bottle? Marty Hightower knows what they say about keeping your enemies close. Afraid of what the street bum might have seen that night under the firework-lit sky, he recruits him into his company's new rehabilitation program. KO Bannon might have been clever in the ring back in the day, but he will surely be susceptible and let slip what Marty needs to know to control him. Like the estranged daughter and grandson, who will provide the perfect safety net to stop Bannon from helping the police. Marty will stay hidden, safe in the shadows, before he lures the next woman to him and experiences the ultimate high of watching the light of life leave her eyes... The paths of the witness, the cops, and the murderer will inevitably collide if what is right stands in the way of saving the next life. Set in the streets and around the waters of Baltimore and perfect for fans of James Patterson, Stuart MacBride, and Michael Connelly, this atmospheric police thriller posits how far the ends should justify the means. "The alleged dragon is the grandest mystery...Readers get a frighteningly careful murderer." - Kirkus Reviews

100% of profits from sales will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. "Roll up, roll up, folks! Hear ye, read ye ... these eight-yes eight-stupefying stories we have for you upon this year's yuletide. Come one, come all for tidings of Christmas hope! Savor these dainty dramas and delight in delicious darkness fantastical, with all sure to enchant readers aplenty this holiday season! "Come, good gentlefolk, as we alight gently on December 24th, the last sleep before Christmas! In Bradley Harper's The Bells of Christmas the midnight carols have echoed off into the night as Julius slumbers beneath his bleak blanket, nestled in the bowels of the homeless shelter. A visitor will arrive to make his Christmas wish come true in a most unexpected way ... "Beware, have a care! For Derek McFadden is back among the ghosts in The Last Christmas Gift, in which Travis is on the edge of despair while on a most unexpected boat ride. Look yonder, good gentlefolk, for there, just boarding ... surely not Pops, his beloved grandfather departed these twenty years hence ...? "Now, light ye all A Winter Candle as we partake of Bradley Harper's telling of Ben, newly retired from the military. What is an old soldier to do when he feels his family is lost to him? Why, folks, become a Santa Claus, of course! But who is it that detects the faintest flicker of hope in his heart? I tell you, someone up North is watching ... "But lo! Not all these gifts within are fiction. Oh, no, good folks! For within, there sit true-life encounters too. Hear Bradley Harper recount fact stranger than fiction! Hear ye what he's learned in What Santa Has Taught Me, an essay of experiences as a real-life Santa Claus. "Good people, come close ... let me whisper this to ye ... 'Who among us didn't love Christmases when we were all but wee wildlings?' Ah, then relive the magic of your childhood in Maria O'Rourke's Calling Us Home as she lovingly recalls the magic of Irish Christmases of yore, where enchantment and excitement were magic unto themselves! "Will Knight's The Bear's Last Word on the Matter fairly hales at the heartstrings in this final pull of Christmas crackers for one lad's special childhood friend at the "Bears Cares Home." With one last Christmas together, are their adventures truly concluded? "And now, I ask you all, fair folk: dare you encounter the bitter-sweetness of The Sugar Plum Redux? Lilla Glass gifts us a fantastical fae, a tenebrous telling of The Nutcracker from a very different point of view ... "Ah, but all good things ... Yet still one last journey, fair folk, where we must ask ourselves if Gus is not the hero in his own story, then who can it be? Andy, the 'real' and righteous writer? Or perhaps Daphne, the nonconformist neighbor? Before we reach journey's end, Erol Engin will show us how even the most selfish and insecure can provide a Christmas miracle in A Tintoretto of the Soul. "Bless you, one and all, for your forbearance! Click ye yonder buy now button and may your generous soul bequeath donations desired by that most worthy and hearty of hospitals, St Jude! For, above all, 'tis surely the season for children. For who among us deserves magic more than they?" Award-winning authors Bradley Harper, Derek McFadden, and Erol Engin lead this seasonal collection of magical storytelling, with 100% of profits from sales going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. *The Bells of Christmas II features Bradley Harper's flash fiction story and his essay previously published in The Bells of Christmas.