Kirjahaku

They stole my life, so I stole one right back. My name is William Alexander Armstrong. I come from a long, honorable, military family. My grandparents were heroes back home... but not me. Kidnapped by pirates, I've had to fight to survive on the streets of an alien world. Only now, I've got a way out. The only trouble is, my way out is to serve in the enemy's military, hidden under a stolen identity. I've got to hide who I am, build alliances, and hope to keep my head down at a military institute where one in three trainees don't survive. But hiding isn't in my blood. I'm an Armstrong, I'm born to fight, born to lead... and in this case, that might be the only thing that saves me. Because something is rotten at the Heart of Drakkus Prime, and stolen identity or not, valor may be the only thing to save the day.

Civilization is dying. The lands of the Five Duchies are in chaos. They are leaderless and each land stands alone. Besieged by barbarians, savages, fell beasts, and infighting, few doubt that the end times are upon them.Yet all is not lost. In the East, Lady Katarina Emberhill has begun an uprising against the Usurper and those who follow her carry relics from the time of the High Kings. In Boir, Lord Admiral Christoffer Tarken forges alliances and defends his lands. And in the Eastwood, powers that have been silent for eons are stirring and turning their eyes to the outside world. But the key is the Usurper Duke, a man drawn to savagery and battle. His victories in his personal war against the Armen have swelled the ranks of his army. Who will draw the wrath of the Usurper: will he turn it against his own rebellious people or levy his forces against the threats to all civilized men?

The Tyrant's time has come.Winter has come to the Five Duchies, a time of bitter cold when noblemen scheme and commoners wonder how to feed themselves through the long, dark months.In the far north, the Warlord Tarjak Rusk stirs his forces, guided by the wizard Xavien, Herald to the dark spirit Andoral Elhonas. Xavien knows that the time has come when the Five Duchies are vulnerable... and with the might of his master behind him, Xavien could conquer the civilized lands as an undisputed tyrant. In the Duchy of Masov, Duke Hector the Usurper faces a civil war, brought on by the survival of Lady Katarina. If he doesn't squash this rebellion with the coming spring, he'll face a war on two fronts. Yet even if he wins victory, it will be a hard fought one against his own people, leaving scars that might never heal or even shattering the Duchy into splinters. The fate of the Five Duchies might well be decided in Masov, but if Hector and Katarina cannot resolve their differences, then they'll only be the first to fall to the raiders from the north. Only if they can unite against him can they seal the fate of the tyrant.

Duty is heavier than a mountain; death is lighter than a feather. Jiden's life at the Century Military Academy is forever changed when she is asked to volunteer for a special program. They want to implant her and other cadets with a special, prototype neural computer. It will make them smarter, more capable, and able to split their attention between dozens of activities. Her friends jump at the opportunity... but Jiden isn't so certain. She sees it as her duty to volunteer. Despite all of her doubts, it's a duty she owes to her world and to her friends. But as things begin to go wrong, as her life is put in danger once again, Jiden quickly realizes that she may have shouldered a duty that she can't bear. The implants might be driving her fellow cadets violently insane... and Jiden may be next. She will need to muster every ounce of courage, every bit of intelligence, in order to save her friends. Even then, her own survival might be too much to ask. But Jiden doesn't know how to back down, and she'll do her duty no matter the cost

Lieutenant Commander Forrest Perkins is haunted by ghosts. He's lost his ship and most of his crew, he's been accused of being an enemy agent, and the woman he has come to love has been officially declared dead. He's a man with nothing left to lose... which is why he's about to do the unthinkable. His plan is simple: steal a prototype warship, assemble a crew, and hunt down the man behind all this: Marius Giovanni. To do that, he's going to have to find a place whose location is shrouded in mystery. It's a star system that has been erased from the star charts, a star system of ancient alien ruins, rumored to be haunted and cursed, and a place where death and misery befalls all who venture there. Forrest will have to go to the Ghost Star. Where better to bring the woman he loves back from the dead?

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

Thief. Orphan. Beggar. Spy. KillerThey say that without the dark, we would never see the stars, without losing the light, we can never truly see it. Well, I've lost the light, I'm in a dark place, a planet where the sun never shines. My name is William Alexander Armstrong. Pirates took everything from me: the lives of my friends and family, my freedom, and even my honor. But I'm not going to let them take my drive. I'm going to escape, I'm not going to stay trapped, working as their slave. I'll work with the cast-offs of society: thieves, beggars, and murderers. I'll work with genetically engineered critters and mad doctors. I'll lie, I'll cheat, I'll steal, and I will kill. I will do everything I can to escape. I might be lost, I may be forsaken, but I will find my way to freedom, and when I do, I will bring fire and destruction on those who took everything from me.

The past calls you back. Jiden made the decision to join the Century Military Academy after her attempt at a normal school ended in disaster. She's embraced this new chapter in her life and she's ready to do her best. But this new start isn't all that she expected. Her relationships with her friends have changed since she's been away, her classes are harder than she expected, and things aren't quite what they seem. Jiden learns that she made enemies when she chose to return to the Academy, and those enemies will settle for nothing less than her death. Jiden is going to have to dig deep, she's going to have to fight with everything she has, not just to succeed, but to stay alive. Jiden isn't afraid of the challenge, because the military life isn't just a simple decision, it's her calling in life.

How do you know right from wrong if every memory, every thought in your head was put there by your enemies? In a near-future, humanity has begun to spread throughout the stars. In the process, they've awakened abilities hidden within their own DNA. Psychics have begun to appear at ever-increasing rates with abilities that range from mental manipulation to mass destruction and beyond. Empowered by public hysteria and fear of psychics, Amalgamated Worlds has taken over. Their powerful combination of military and security forces, control of media and communications, and manipulation of internal threats has created a police state that spans all of human space. Shaden Kirroy is a product of that police state. Designed to be a weapon for use against his fellow psychics as well as any civilians who step out of line, he is an artificially enhanced psychic. He is a blank slate, his past erased and replaced with engineered loyalty to Amalgamated Worlds. Yet Shaden realizes that something is terribly wrong. As his world begins to unravel, as he realizes the horrors of what was done to him, Shaden must find a way to free himself, to unlock the prison of his own mind.