During World War III, the New Allied Powers were trying to discover a way to create peace with the New Axis Powers. In 2057, the american company of Wendigo created a brand new technology known as the Peacemaker. This technology allows you to create your own universe from within your mind. For whatever reason, the New Axis was so impressed that the war immediately ceased, and to this day, nobody knows why until they are able to create a universe themselves. This is what I had to learn in every classroom, from every teacher, every family member. I, Roxy Light, wanted to create my own universe. But I learned very quickly that we had been trusting the wrong people.

Being a teenage slave on a starship means Asher isn't exactly thinking romance when she runs into one of her masters late at night. She's afraid. But what if the gorgeous Samuai is different? What if he sees her as a person and not a thing? It could be magical. How can they consider a forbidden love when the punishment for being together is death? Read the LIFER prequel for free now! TEMPER, Book 2 in the Upheaval Saga is out now!

"Gifts in the Dark" is a Day of the Dead tale set in the far future. It's the fifth story in Vonnie Winslow Crist's 2014 collection of science fiction, fantasy, and ghost stories, "Owl Light."

The journal that was left behind by the father of Zachary Taylor stated that "The Gates of Haven are not a myth". Now an adult, his mother cannot stop him from going to Toronto to search for his father. Like Alice down the rabbit hole, Zach is thrown into a world filled with mystery and danger and is turned upside down by an unexpected love interest. The true test of his humanity is questioned as Zach must ask himself if he is willing to sacrifice everything that he holds true in order to choose between his father and this new life that he has been ensnared by.

A lawless city controlled by teenaged hoverboard crews, a bad boy addicted to strawberry milk and a group of misfits who band together to conquer an area formally known as unconquerable. These are just a few of the discombobulating situations Sahara faces when she's accidentally transported to a world not her own. While this shy teenager would rather curl up with a book, she finds herself with no choice but to lead a hoverboarding crew of her own and aim for the top. Failure is not an option. That is if she ever wants to find a way to return home.

Adalie is a princess of the aviation industry who grew up in the lap of luxury thanks to her parents' company, but when she loses both of her parents in an accident, she inherits the position of CEO to what used to be an industry-leading company she barely understands. Pressures from the board and the prospect of soon shutting down the family airline don't make Adalie's adjustment to CEO any easier. At a loss for how she will save the business, she searches her father's office for an answer, finding only an old business card from a General Electric scientist in Munich with a note written on the top: "Call if you ever want to push the limits of technology to improve your airline." Pushing the limits is exactly what Adalie needs, so she travels to Munich to seek help from the scientists at General Electric's Global Research Center, unaware of how drastically this trip would not only change her company, but her life forever.

Nick and Amy have a great life - they live together, play together, and have just planned their European trip for the summer. On the first leg of their trip, they set off to Bucharest, Romania. On one of their guided tours, they break off from the pack and soon discover that everyone has mysteriously vanished without explanation and without a trace - not just the people in their tour, but everyone in the world. Confused and deeply saddened by this strange turn of events, the young couple try to make the most of the situation. The internet still works, but isn't getting updated, the town's fuel supply will likely last them a lifetime, and there's enough food so they will never go hungry. They have no choice but to adapt to this new life they have been thrust into, but all the while there is something unsettling about the unexplained disappearance of every person on the planet. They wanted adventure, and they found it. But this is just the beginning... *** Adventure, dystopian, mystery, technology, scifi, Romania, travel