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  Iraq + 100 - The First Anthology...

  Hassan Blasim

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  "Peter Ganim was just the right choice to narrate this audiobook" — AudioFile MagazineA groundbreaking audiobook anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be “The Other.”This collection of short stories is masterfully edited by Hassan Blasim and features the following authors:Hassan Blasim (translated by Jonathan Wright)Ali Bader (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette)Diaa Jubaili (translated by Andrew Leber)Mortada Gzar (translated by Katharine Halls)Zhraa Alhaboby (translated by Emre Bennett)Khalid Kaki (translated by Adam Talib)Jalal Hasan (translated by Max Weiss)Anoud (translated by herself)Hassan Abdulrazzak (translated by himself)Ibrahim al-Marashi (translated by himself)“History is a hostage, but it will bite through the gag you tie around its mouth, bite through and still be heard.”—Operation DanielIn a calm and serene world, one has the luxury of imagining what the future might look like.Now try to imagine that future when your way of life has been devastated by forces beyond your control.Iraq + 100 poses a question to Iraqi authors (those who still live in that nation, and those who have joined the worldwide diaspora): What might your home country look like in the year 2103, a century after a disastrous foreign invasion?Using science fiction, allegory, and magical realism to challenge the perception of what it means to be “The Other,” this groundbreaking anthology contains stories that are heartbreakingly surreal, and yet utterly recognizable to the human experience. Though born out of exhaustion, fear, and despair, Iraq + 100 is also fueled by themes of love, family, and endurance, and woven through with a delicate thread of hope for the future.

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  The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu -...

  Mindy Wu

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  A seemingly inexplicable magic takes over the lives of three generations of women in this gripping and romantic novel sure to captivate readers of At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities and The Change.Leeann Wu’s hands have started glowing at the most inconvenient times, and the single mother and midwife doesn’t know why. Could it be perimenopause? A hallucination brought on by a lack of sleep? On top of that concerning development, her daughter is off to university in a few months, her tenuous relationship with her ob-gyn mother is in peril of cracking, and she’s attracted the attention of a younger man who sees far more than she’s comfortable with. Her hands, glowing or not, are already full.But as widespread insomnia plagues the town and life-threatening accidents begin to pile up, Leeann discovers the glow is not an anomaly at all—rather, she’s part of a long line of women who possess a power unlike anything Leeann’s ever known. Yet, even with the cryptic clues left by her great aunt before her untimely death, Leeann has no idea how to use her new skills.With her town in imminent danger, Leeann doesn’t have time to waste. She’ll need to make peace with her magical heritage and do whatever it takes to find out if her glow means something more—before it’s too late.Readers who loved Practical Magic will find lots to love in The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu.

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  From Chef to Crafter to...

  Gabriel Rathweg

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  Ryo was a chef, an extremely good one at that. That was until the entire universe as he knew it changed. 
   
   
   
  After his spaceship is attacked and destroyed by an enemy armada, he finds himself in a situation he never could have imagined. 
   
   
   
  Sent back in time and to an alternate reality, he has quite a few choices to make. Especially considering that the ruthless Kublai Khan and his Mongol Horde are just a few years away. 
   
   
   
  Accompanied by an extremely advanced Artificial Intelligence, a medieval noble, and his samurai retainers, Ryo sets out to change the known world. At least this dimension's version of it! 
   
   
   
  With his knowledge of history and the help of his companions can he stop the unstoppable tide of the greatest war machine the East Asian continent has ever known? 
   
   
   
  Well, the defenses have been laid and the Mongols have come with their horde of war junks. Can Lord So, Saito, Jiro, Princess Xie, Dan Po, and all the others survive? 
   
   
   
  Join Ryo as he tries to change history with a little bit of luck, a lot of technical know-how, and some fantastic food!

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  Edge of the Darkness

  Brenda K. Davies

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  BaleDreams of the darkness have haunted me since childhood. I always assumed one day I would uncover the answer to what the darkness hid... and that those answers would destroy me. 
  However, after learning who my mate is, I know it won’t be the darkness that kills me… it will be him. 
  No matter what happens, I plan to take Wrath with me when I die.WrathI wasn’t prepared to discover my Chosen in the tempting, red-haired paliton, but now that I’ve found her, I’m not letting her go… even if she’d prefer to see me dead. 
  Determined to make Bale bow to my will, I wasn’t expecting the turn of events that thrusts us into a situation far deadlier than any I’ve ever encountered. Nor was I expecting to fall for the infuriating beauty. 
  She may want to kill me, but she will be mine… unless the answers to what lay within the darkness destroy us both first.Find out if Bale and Wrath turn from enemies to lovers in the action-packed conclusion to the Hell on Earth series.

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  The Collision

  CK Westbrook

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  As the world continues to reel from the shooting, Kate must race to save humanity from more horrific violence. 
  After escaping an angry, dangerous mob, Kate Stellute and her neighbor Sinclair set out on a journey to stop Rex––and his kind—from unleashing more pain on the remaining population. The sinister otherworldly being has already made hundreds of millions of people turn their guns on themselves, and, amidst the suffering and death, no one can predict what he will do next. 
  Kate knows she and Sinclair are up against an impossible deadline to stop Rex's mission before it's too late. Relying on the biophysicist's late wife’s mysterious research to determine what caused the alien's wrath, Kate and Sinclair join forces with NASA, a rogue Space Force agent, and two billionaire space bros. Together, they'll attempt to implement an improbable and risky plan. The unlikely team may just be the planet's last chance to save life as they know it.

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  Young King The (Unabridged)

  Oscar Wilde

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  "The Young King" is a short historical fiction story for children by the Irish author Oscar Wilde. It was first published in 1891 as part of the anthology House of Pomegranates, which also includes "The Birthday of the Infanta", "The Fisherman and his Soul" and "The Star-Child".
  The action of "The Young King" takes place in an unnamed kingdom at an unspecified point in the past. The story's title character and protagonist is a 16-year-old boy. Although he has grown up in poverty, after he becomes king, he thinks only of rare and beautiful objects. His attitude towards those objects changes radically after he has three bad dreams. In the dreams, he sees how other people suffer and even die in order to obtain and create the objects for him. The story has strong moralistic and religious overtones.

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