by Philip Eliot | Nov 1, 2025 | Children & Middle Grade |
“Peters writes with elegance, penning descriptions that breathe life into the narrative.” – Publisher’s Weekly BooklifeThirteen-year-old Wren has never even heard of a griffin. She lives in a locked school attic that’s watched over by three overbearing caretakers dressed all in black. One day, while hanging precariously from a rooftop, Wren overhears some frightening news: she is the daughter of the evil Griffin King and is destined to wear his crown of dark magic. When a golden acorn is delivered into her hands by an anonymous benefactor, it comes with a note that simply says “For Wren”. That acorn is her magical key to a world she was never meant to visit—the place she was born. There, Wren’s forgotten castle awaits her, sleeping under a deep spell in a dark and twisted forest. But she has no plans to wear an evil crown. She wants to make friends, the friends she’s never had. She wants to eat delicious pastries and tell funny stories by the fireside. If only a dark power wasn’t waiting with its own plans… An incredible adventure is about to begin!Awarded the Reader’s Favorite SealFrom the bestselling author of the I Escaped Series comes a spellbinding new fantasy—perfect for fans of Harry Potter, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, and The Chronicles of Narnia—for readers who like their stories full of wonder… and their crowns with teeth.
by Philip Eliot | Nov 1, 2025 | General Nonfiction |
A retired FBI criminal profiler revisits some of his most notorious cases in this true crime memoir, “a riveting ride through the dark side of humanity” (John Walsh, author of Tears of Rage).”A book like no other I’ve read—one of the most important ever written. [Depue’s] intense recall of profiling America’s most infamous killers . . .is mesmerizing. . . . His search for meaning in his own soul and the souls of victims and those who destroyed them that brought me to tears.” —Anne Rule, author of Green River, Running RedHe was a pioneer in modern law enforcement, a trailblazing leader in the hunt for serial killers. But after decades of staring deep into the darkness, he entered a seminary to search for the good . . . Between Good and Evil.No one gets closer to evil than a criminal profiler, trained to penetrate the hearts and minds of society’s most vicious psychopaths. And no one is a more towering figure in the world of criminal profilers than Roger L. Depue. Chief of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit at a time when its innovative work first came to prominence, he headed a renowned team of mind hunters that included John Douglas, Robert Ressler, and Roy Hazelwood. In a subbasement sixty feet under the Academy gun vault in Quantico, he broke new ground with analytical techniques and training programs that are still used today.After retiring from the FBI, he founded an elite forensics group that consulted on high-profile cases, including the Martha Moxley and JonBenet Ramsey murders, and the Columbine school shootings. But coming face-to-face with the darkest deeds human beings are capable of took a horrific toll. After suffering a devastating personal loss, Depue, on the brink of despair, walked away from the outside world and joined a seminary. For three years this was his haven, a place where he exorcised personal demons and found refuge from terrifying memories of real-life monsters. And it was there, while counseling maximum security inmates, that he rediscovered the capacity for goodness in people, and made the decision to return to the world to resume his work. Here is Depue’s extraordinary personal account, from growing up as a police officer’s son to tracking down some of today’s most brutal murderers.With its harrowing descriptions of human depravity and passionate call to fight against evil, Between Good and Evil is both a riveting dispatch from the front lines of a war against human predators . . .and the powerful story of one man’s journey between darkness and redemption.
by Philip Eliot | Nov 1, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
Prague, 1945Eight year old Otto Braum is the sole survivor of the massacre that claimed his parents and left him sustaining himself as best he can in the ruined attic hideout above his childhood home.But Otto is not alone.His father had a secret—a creation, unfinished, that he left behind. A secret that is pitiless in nature, relentless in design. A secret with the heart of a steel machine.From the Amazon best selling author of Down Into the Sea and These Things Linger comes a horrifying reimagining of the story of the golem. Part I Am Legend and part Caging Skies, STEEL MACHINES is an unrelentingly tense tale of haunting, of vengeance… and of survival at any cost.”Both Intimate and epic, brutal but beautiful, unapologetic yet restrained… STEEL MACHINES is a perfect novel.”– Nick Roberts, bestselling author of The Exorcist’s House, Mean Spirited, and the upcoming Lyla, in the Flesh”A heartbreaking tale of survival amidst tragedy and horror, this is a beautifully written dark fantasy that will remain with you long after you’ve read the last word. Highly recommended!”– Tim Waggoner, internationally acclaimed author of The World Turns Red”This is the best kind of horror.”– Leigh Kenny, best selling author of Cursed, and Hush, My Darling”If this was made into a movie, it would be an international blockbuster.”– MJ Mars, best selling author of The Suffering and The Fovea Experiments
by Philip Eliot | Nov 1, 2025 | Science Fiction |
The first mission to Europa—Jupiter’s enigmatic moon—has landed, and humanity’s darkest fears are about to awaken.For years, mankind has speculated that this frozen world harbors a hidden ocean twice the size of all Earth’s oceans combined—an ocean potentially teeming with life.Driven by this tantalizing mystery, they venture forth to unlock its secrets. But what they discover in the abyssal depths is far beyond anything they could have imagined.Nearly four hundred million miles from Earth, their search for life has succeeded. But in their triumph, they overlook the most terrifying truth: what they have found is something far older and more horrifying than they ever could have conceived. Something has been trapped in the dark for eons—watching, and waiting, for them.Now, the crew stands at the threshold of unimaginable terror, realizing too late that Hell, in its purest form, is cold.EUROPA: A brutal, heart-stopping descent into deep space horror by international bestselling author Greig Beck.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 31, 2025 | Science Fiction |
A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant.GOLD MEDAL: Feathered Quill Book Award – 2016 – Science Fiction/FantasyWINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award – Summer 2015 – Best Science FictionWINNER: Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence~~~“But what are we without dreams?”The vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.Childhood friends, Orah, Nathaniel, and Thomas have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When they’re cast into the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath, as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”“The plot unfolds easily, swiftly, and never lets the readers’ attention wane… After reading this one, it will be a real hardship to have to wait to see what happens next.” ~ Feathered Quill Book Awards“A tightly executed first fantasy installment that champions the exploratory spirit.” ~ Kirkus ReviewsEVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the multiple award-winning first book in the extraordinary “The Seekers” series of dystopian sci-fi adventures, from the author of such award-winning greats as The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky, Along the Watchtower, and The Time That’s Given.
