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In the Shadow of the Towers compiles nearly 20 works of speculative fiction responding to and inspired by the events of 9/11, from writers seeking to confront, rebuild, and carry on, even in the face of overwhelming emotion.

The car accident was Hannah Price's fault - a few seconds of inattention that changed Gabe Holbrook's life forever, destroying everything he'd been or ever wanted to be. He was a man who'd had it all. Intelligent, handsome, talented, rich, he'd been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Now he's come home to Dundee, the small town where he was raised, but he's a stranger to the people who once knew him.

A race to unveil the secret of Laki, a volcano on the southern shores of Iceland, pits our heroes - a 16-year-old Viking girl from the tenth century, a German geologist from World War II, and a former Secret Service agent protecting a female volcanologist - against evil forces with a plan to cause an eruption using explosives, altering the global climate through the release and forcing the price of oil to skyrocket.

Traplines is extraordinary fiction that presents the menacing underside of family life. In crackling prose, Eden Robinson describes homes ruled by bullies, psychopaths, and delinquents; families whose conflict resolution techniques range from grand theft to homicide; and kids who just can't get a break.

Ian and Erika have a great friendship; one where status does not matter. When Erika is pursued by a high-status male, however, Ian's protective instincts flare and a gauntlet is thrown that he is not prepared to accept; but accept he must or lose the female he loves forever. Erika likes her new suitor. He is strong, confident, and carries the qualities of a leader. If he were Ian, he would be perfect. Does Ian have what it takes to win the female he loves, or will he relinquish his love to a man who comes from better blood?

Nellie Bly arrives at age 24 in Manhattan, lacking connections and money, but blessed with an abundance of courage and a skill for reportage. Within ten months she lands two front-page stories on the country’s most widely-read newspaper, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.

God does indeed speak to us through dreams and visions just as the Bible says. We in the Western world have not as a whole given much credence to our dreams. Some would suggest that this is some new doctrine that is sweeping the church, but this has happened from the very beginning of the recording of Scripture. We see Daniel as one who understood visions and dreams, and interpreted them.

When Julia Elaine Newton, a young, pretty Ohio girl, volunteered to go on a mission to the Belgian Congo, she knew it was going to be a huge change. But she never expected to wind up teaching at an all-girls boarding school that consisted mostly of runaway child brides!

Like Alexander McCall Smith's ever-popular No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels, The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots immerses listeners in a breathtaking African landscape they simply will not wish to leave. For the third time, author Tamar Myers carries listeners a world away from Charleston, South Carolina, and her Den of Antiquity cozy mysteries - circling the globe to the Belgian Congo in equatorial Africa in the 1950s.

Raised in the Congo herself, the child of missionaries, Myers uses her intimate knowledge of the people, the culture, and the landscape to add richness to this stunning story of an abandoned infant raised by a tribe of headhunters - a masterful mystery that fans of Alexander McCall Smith and The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency will adore.

No. 6 in The Kate Lawrence Mysteries. It's almost New Year's Eve, and Kate finds herself at her 35th high school reunion, where she is confronted by The Mean Girls, circa 1978. Worse yet, she's put on a little weight, and her high school steady is expected to show. Strutter's teenage son faces a personal dilemma, and one of Margo's clients is in big trouble. Should auld acquaintance be forgot? If only that were possible.

No pain compares to the loss of your soul. At least that's what Elle Alder believes until she meets Avel, the Spirit of her husband who died over 300 years ago. Avel questions why the Angels of the High Council have sent him back to Earth for a mission involving Elle, but there's no time to dwell on it. Vincent, a dangerous necromancer, is after a book in Elle's possession. Once he has the book, he intends to use it and Elle to invoke a terrible evil. Avel forms an alliance with the Spirians - an alliance that changes everything.

When she inherits her father's sprawling Texas ranch, the Reina, Lacey Garrett is determined to run it on her own. With a long line of men waiting to wrestle control of the land away from the willful young woman, many with dreams of winning her hand as well, Lacey has her work cut out for her. But of all the difficulties Lacey foresaw, never could she imagine a last minute change in her father's will that leaves part of the Reina to another heir.

Far in the future, an interplanetary civil conflict has ground to an uneasy halt, leaving its human victims bitter and desperate: Kithri, the daughter of a scientist, abandoned on a desolate mining planet with no hope to use her talents, and Eril, a shell-shocked pilot who finds adapting to peace more difficult than he dreamed. A freak accident sends them back to a time when their desert world was lush and green, when an alien civilization stands on the brink of a war of total destruction.

To test one's spirit, a soul must live through the unthinkable, survive the unbearable, and reach for the impossible. Being a legend is not something Skye ever wanted. The fact remains, however, and she must live up to the part; even when it means allowing the human in her to die. Skye does this and more, but not without the help of her mate, Khalen.

Skye is willing to give Khalen all the time he needs to make up his mind about their inevitable union. What she doesn't count on is his rash decision to give her away to his closest friend. Khalen knows he cannot protect her. His gift to Aidan, however, is not well received and Skye decides to leave the clan. This is something Khalen never considered. What started out as a sacrifice to save the female he loves, ends at the gateway of hell from which he may never escape.

When Kimberly landed the job at Bovines Boutiques in New York City, she packed up and left Knoxville, Tennessee in a rush, thinking her dreams had come true. After only a week, Michael came into her life. "We're destined to be together," she told her sister over the phone. Little did she know... after only one night in her bed, he'd disappear. When the Yarboroughs found out Kimberly was having Mike's baby, they lavished her with gifts, a new car, a new home, and a business of her own.

Prail Abraxis of Praxis has a boring job taking care of the three suns that orbit Earth 2.0, so she spends her time and energy writing games. President Gorlax, President For Life of planet Gortician, enlists the aid of mad poet Sherman Oakes to win her heart. Hilarity, romance and mayhem ensue.

It comforts me to know that Jesus promises us healing for the broken hearted. Even in the darkest of situations there is hope. I have walked through some dark days and difficult circumstances yet Christ has brought healing to my life. I have written this book to share with you the journey God has taken me on and some of the tools He used to bring healing and lasting freedom.

Have you been through difficult times in your life? If so, you are not alone. Jesus says in John 16:33, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Notice that He doesn't say that we might have trouble or that if we have enough faith we will escape it. He clearly states that on this side of heaven we will walk through difficult times in our lives. And yet we have reason to hope.