Kevin McLaughlin

Killing Lord Boneclaw once wasn't enough. The deadly elder dragon has returned through a combination of human and dragon magic, and he'll stop at nothing to be avenged on those who wronged him in the past More than anything else, Boneclaw desires the powers Kylara Diamantine possesses. If he can steal her ability to learn new dragon powers, he'd be truly unstoppable. If Kylara is killed in the process, well, Boneclaw considers that a small price to pay...But Kylara isn't going to roll over and let him destroy her. Surrounded by allies both old and new, she'll face down the monstrous dracolich Boneclaw has become.She doesn't have a choice. It's time to win...or die.Scroll UP and click Read Now or Read for Free to continue the story of The Dragon's Daughter

Kylara and her friends are back at the Lumos School, but Cassandra still holds her mother prisoner, and Ky will stop at nothing to rescue her.The School's mission is to help dragons and mages train their magic and learn new powers. But when an experimental trip to the pixie realm goes awry, a student ends up with a new magic that's as powerful as it is disturbing.And when that student loses control, everything is at risk.But Kylara is growing stronger, too. She's gaining new powers and learning to use them better. But will that be enough to stem the tide rolling in against her family and friends?And beneath all of that, someone who has slumbered a very, very long time is waking up...Scroll UP and click Read Now or Read for Free to continue the story of The Dragon's Daughter

The mage uprising has been put down, but it wasn't enough. Dragons have become aware that humans can arm themselves with weapons deadly to even dragonkind.Dragons are living in fear of humans for the first time in living memory, and they hate it.The war has arrived. Lord Boneclaw will lead the armies of dragonkind to decimate humanity. Their aim is to slaughter billions, thus bringing the threat back under control.Only one thing stands in their path.Kristen Hall and her people haven't fought so hard and so long to stop this war only to allow it to happen anyway. She will stop this threat the same as she has the others - no matter the cost.Even if it means going toe to toe with the dragon she's most afraid of, the dragon who almost killed her in a dark cavern.Scroll UP and click Read Now or Read for Free to explore the amazing conclusion to the story of The Steel Dragon PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE BOOK. There are approximately 200,000 words in this Volume.

The mages push Earth closer to a war that no one can win. Kristen and her team are all that stands between them and the utter annihilation of everyone she loves.But the mages may not be the worst threat she has to face In the shadows, someone lurks, manipulating others for his own gain.The Mage assassins are no longer content to hide in the shadows. Their day has arrived, and they will rise to remake the world into a place without dragons.But before she can deal with the hidden adversary, Kristen has to stop the mages from kicking off a war. They are determined to bring humanity and dragon-kind into conflict, no matter the cost. She has the team. She has her dragon powers. Kristen even has the backing of the Council. But winning the battle to end the war will still take everything she can bring to bear, and then some And even that might not be enough.Old enemies turn into allies. New friends are discovered. And the secret behind the spider manipulating the web of intrigue around Kristen is finally unearthed in this epic fourth volume of the Steel Dragon series Scroll UP and click Read Now or Read for Free to read the story of The Steel Dragon PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE BOOK.There are approximately 200,000 words in this Volume.

Kristen has come fully into her dragon power. And just in time, because enemies are gathering.A war for control of the planet is brewing - one which would devastate dragon and human alike The Mage assassins are no longer content to hide in the shadows. Their day has arrived, and they will rise to remake the world into a place without dragons.First they will need to contend with the Steel Dragon, either by drawing her into their web - or killing her. Kristen has proven herself a hard target to take down, again and again. But when offered a choice between the survival of humanity and dragon kind, how will she choose? Blood, or family?Maybe she'll pick neither. Maybe Kristen will elect to forge her own path, to make her own destiny. But if she does, she will face opponents from both sides That's OK with her.But she'll need every ally and friend she's met, if she's going to unravel the centuries-old schemes finally coming to fruition and stop the war before it can kill everyone she's ever loved and destroy the world in the process.Scroll UP and click Read Now or Read for Free to learn the story of The Steel Dragon PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE BOOK.There are approximately 200,000 words in this Volume.We will release this as three mini-volumes sometime in the future.

Earth is in danger, and we have no 'planet b' to retreat toward if the enemy strikes at our home.But there is one planet so remote that even the Kkiktchikut might not be able to find it.Using their star-drives together, The Satori and Independence can reach the extra-galactic star that Beth accidentally discovered. Scans of the solar system showed a planet humans might be able to colonize.But space exploration is never without surprises.The team sets out on a mission of exploration - which quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival

When the alien Naga attacked Earth, they took everything from Owen McInness. His home was destroyed, his parents killed in front of him. He hated the invaders with every fiber of his being and dedicated his life to making them pay for what they'd done. But that anger was burning him up from the inside. Soon his Academy career was in tatters. Owen is offered one final chance to make a difference - if he can conquer the hate boiling inside him. But redemption is never easy, especially when one's heart is clad in steel.

The future was ashes.Desperate to avoid the same death as his father, Scott launched aboard an experimental relativistic starship. Only two years would pass for him, but two hundred would go by on Earth. He hoped to return to an advanced civilization capable of curing his fatal disease.Things went wrong.Instead of arriving on schedule, Scott's ship returned to Earth four hundred years after he'd departed, and the world he found was nothing like what he'd expected.A new planet orbited nearby. Earth had been devastated and civilization driven into caves with only primitive remnants of technology. Oh yes - there were also dragons.Massive, scaley, fire-breathing creatures out of legend ruled the skies of Earth.Crash-landing into this mess with only a robot dog as a companion, Scott must find his way in a world utterly different from what he left behind. Giving up isn't in his nature. But to prevail in this new Dragon Earth, he must become more than what he was. He will need to become The Quantum Dragonslayer.

Finding his way with only a deer as a companion, but he doesn't know that the deer is an alien. Or that he's part of their experiment. John's parents have passed away, leaving him alone in a strange world, where something doesn't feel right, but nothing feels wrong. Towering walls on one side and a steep canyon on the other. His only choice is to live in the small world in between. Day to day. Maybe find a way beyond, into the unknown. He's scared, but of what? He has nothing to lose.Only his life, but he wonders if it's worth living. What would you do?Craig Martelle joins with the talented Kevin McLaughlin in imagining this world and its trials in a standalone novel that will make us wonder about our own existence.

The fragile peace is shattered.Earth has a new weapon capable of blowing up virtually any ship or space station which opposes them.*** A USA Today bestselling author ***A surprise strike against the leaders of Mars wins the initiative for Choi's UN forces. Thomas and Nicholas Stein are helpless as blow after blow lands against everyone they hold dear.But Mars has a few last tricks up its sleeve.Thomas has never learned when to quit, and doesn't see any point in picking up the habit now. His armored marines fight back against the terran forces, turning the wastes of Venus into a battlefield.The stakes are enormous. Control of the entire system goes to the winner. But Choi's secrets go deeper than anyone could have guessed, and the truth could free or enslave humanity forever.

They say old warriors are always fighting the last war.But Admiral Nicholas Stein knows better, and he's throwing everything into a daring project he hopes will win the next war.*** A USA Today Bestselling author *** Conflict between Earth and Mars is inevitable. With the United Nations of Earth dependent on Mars for their energy supply, a free Mars isn't something they will let slide.Earth is building a fleet, supposedly for defense. But they're up to something else, too.The Admiral sends his son Thomas to investigate. As the opening blows of total war are struck and the political morass around Thomas thickens, Nicholas must prepare Mars for a war he never wanted to fight.But Admiral Stein lives by an old motto: "Si vis pacem, para bellum".If you want peace, prepare for war.

Since their first encounter with the crew of the Satori, the alien Naga have been hunting. The technology the Satori uses is a powerful remnant from a nightmare race the Naga believed had been extinguished eons ago. They will do anything to find the Satori's home, capture the ship, and enslave or destroy humanity. At long last their hunt has borne fruit. The Naga have found Earth. As a fleet of battle cruisers closes with the planet, humanity rises with the one weapon they can possibly use to defend themselves - the Satori. But this time the ship and her crew might not be enough to stop the enemy. It will require every weapon the Earth can bring to bear, and every sacrifice that humanity can make to win the day. The stakes have never been higher. This time, if they fail, the Earth burns.

Armed with a new weapon, the crew of the Satori risk the voyage to a new world - the home of the Cyanauts, a race of beings enslaved by the Naga for their ability to telepathically translate languages. They hope to free the slaves, depriving the Naga of a powerful tool in the process. But freedom is not so simple as flipping a switch. Trust is earned, and the crew find themselves embroiled in controversy and danger. The Naga are not about to give up their servants without a fight, and would like nothing better than to get their hands on the human starship. The crew of the Satori must decide for themselves the value of liberty - theirs, the Cyanauts, and that of all humanity lie in the balance.

Charline Foster was marooned on a desert planet during an alien attack. Taking command of the handful of people stranded with her, she struggles to survive a desolate and hostile world. But the predators stalking them are the least of their worries. The aliens who forced the Satori to flee return, seeking the survivors. Charline must forge her small band into an effective fighting force and engage the enemy. Together, they must strive to do the impossible if they want to ever see Earth again.

This book argues that the theory of force elaborated in Immanuel Kant's aesthetics (and in particular, his theorization of the dynamic sublime) is of decisive importance to poetry in the nineteenth century and to the connection between poetry and philosophy over the last two centuries. Inspired by his deep engagement with the critical theory of Walter Benjamin, who especially developed this Kantian strain of thinking, Kevin McLaughlin uses this theory of force to illuminate the work of three of the most influential nineteenth-century writers in their respective national traditions: Friedrich Hölderlin, Charles Baudelaire, and Matthew Arnold. The result is a fine elucidation of Kantian theory and a fresh account of poetic language and its aesthetic, ethical, and political possibilities.