Viv is dying. Her mana, her strongest tool, is turning against her. She only has months left before it finishes devouring her, but not all is lost. The powerful resident archmage of the magical city of Helock promises her salvation. Viv merely needs to gather a few things and run a few errands. Simple, right? Yet the final price might be higher than she expected. Helock is a den of vipers. Forces move on the border while her paramour, Sidjin, is caught by his past. She will have to navigate those dangers if she wants to be reborn part elemental, the only way for her body to contain her magic.

From the best-selling author of the Jumbies series comes an Afro-Caribbean-inspired story about three cousins who discover they are mokos—protector spirits—during carnival season in BrooklynWeirdness and wonders abound in this colorful celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture by the author of the beloved Jumbies series.Twelve-year-old Misty and her mother have just moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, New York, in time for the annual carnival celebrations over Labor Day weekend. Misty has plenty to deal with getting used to living with her cousins Aiden and Brooke in her new surroundings. On top of that, her mom is too busy trying to find a job and her aunts and uncles are too preoccupied with carnival preparations to pay any attention to her.Then really strange things begin to happen. A ball of feathers in the basement turns into a creature that squeaks and rolls around. When Misty and her cousins eat pieces of mango anchar, flames shoot out of their mouths. Most...

Brinnah lives virtually a slave in her traditionalist pack. As an unmated female, she is expected to cook, clean, and follow orders. She thought she'd be in that role forever, until a mating bond strikes ... binding her to a mean, self-important sentinel wolf who drags her to the alpha, demanding to be set free.Brinnah learns that the only person who can break the mating bond is an enchantress, and told to go to Sheridan, Colorado to find her. Only, when she arrives, she meets Everett Brice, and he instantly declares they're mates.He's shocked when she says she already has one.The more time she spends with Everett, the deeper in love she falls. Could the High Luna have given her a false mate in order for her to find her true moon fated mate?

A shifter who can't shift. Small-town secrets exposed. A love that hangs in the balance.Kylie Quinn has a problem. She can't shift. If she doesn't call forth her kindred spirit wolf soon, she'll be exiled from her pack. The past holds the key to what's keeping her from shifting but digging into her memories could prove deadly. Someone doesn't want her to remember.Then her ex-boyfriend comes back to town and their attraction re-ignites in a big way. Will they have a second chance at finding love?There are no easy answers when an age-old battle between angels and demons gets added to their list of problems.*****Dive into this first book in the romantic fantasy series of The Night Academy and enter a world where shifters with angel blood face danger and dark magic! This series is suitable for 18+.

From a renowned computer scientist, this book seeks the distinctive human quality that will prevail against artificial intelligence. If artificial intelligence takes over decision-making what, then, is unique and irreplaceable about human intelligence? The Atomic Human is a journey of discovery to the core of what it is to be human, in search of the qualities that cannot be replaced by the machine. Neil Lawrence brings a timely, fresh perspective to this new era, recounting his personal journey to understand the riddle of intelligence.  By contrasting our own intelligence with the capabilities of machine intelligence through history, The Atomic Human reveals the technical origins, capabilities, and limitations of AI systems, and how they should be wielded–not just by the experts, but ordinary people.