In a dark vision of the future, where some humans (alphas) have developed abilities, thirteen-year-old Sebastian's life is about to change. Sebastian thinks he is just an ordinary alpha off to join the Academy to refine his skills, but ‘the test’ shows something different. It turns out he is a Hybrid – a Quad-brid to be exact - and will grow up to be the most powerful alpha in more than two thousand years.Forced to join the Dark side of the Academy, Sebastian faces fear, rejection, and brutality. Making some unlikely friends and finding adventure, he strives to keep to the Light. However, in a final twist, unsure of who to trust, and what is real, Sebastian is faced with the ultimate decision of whether to embrace the Darkness …--For readers of: The Hunger Games – The Maze Runner – Divergent – older fans of Harry Potter

“As ambitious as it is unpredictable.” - Kirkus Reviews“A resolutely unclassifiable epic from Casamassina that blends genres into the wildest of elixirs.” — Publishers Weekly“Casamassina writes with boldness and brio.” - Publishers Weekly“Casamassina crafts a fictional world that feels both cinematic and intimate.” - Kirkus Reviews“A bold, genre-bending thriller of good friends facing an invasive shadow.” - Publishers Weekly The latest novel from Matt Casamassina, author of Sophistication, which Kirkus Reviews called "Ambitious. Well-paced. Riveting. [Casamassina] occasionally reaches moments of lyricism.”Mason Kowalski, a twenty-four year-old copywriter for a San Mateo startup, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown when he inexplicably suffers widespread vision loss in one eye. The doctors say it’s macular degeneration triggered by overwhelming stress, but he wonders if it’s something more, especially when the shadows in his peripheral vision begin to take shape and whisper wonderful and horrible things to him. Is it madness or destiny? The answer could destroy everything and everyone he holds dear.Journey into the absurd beating heart of Silicon Valley as Mason and his lovable friends scramble to stop a demented serial killer from murdering more children. Degenerate mashes horror and sci-fi into a twisted, dark, violent and funny pulp drowned in tentacled nightmares. Featuring infamous hijacker DB Cooper and more twists than you can imagine, the genre-breaking story is designed for fans of Stephen King, Blake Crouch, Peter Clines, Keith Rosson, Chuck Wendig and John Scalzi.

Million-copy bestseller M.R. Forbes presents the first four books in the best-selling Chaos of the Covenant series...When the Earth Republic is savagely attacked, they recruit the universe’s most dangerous minds to retrieve their stolen warships. But as this ragtag group of criminals embarks on a suicide mission to fight for their lives and freedom, an even bigger threat emerges…Includes:Hell’s RejectsFire and BrimstoneThe Devils DoKill the QueenFROM BOOK ONE:The most powerful starships ever constructed are taken. Thousands are dead. A fleet is in ruins...Lieutenant Abigail Cage never expected to find herself in Hell. There was a time when she was one of the most respected operatives in the military. Now she's doing hard labor on the most miserable planet in the universe.Not for long.The Republic is looking for the most dangerous individuals it can control. The best of the worst, and Abbey is one of them. Joined by the most ragtag collection of criminals the galaxy has to offer, she sets out to recover the ships and take down the traitors who stole them.There's only one problem...A new evil is rising in the galaxy. One with a power unlike anything anyone has ever seen. One that's been waiting for this moment for a very, very long time.And it wants Abbey too.Fans of Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars will love the series reviewers describe as “imaginative, pure fun in a great story with great characters, dialogue, action and emotions.”

He wants to escape. She wants him dead. But the giant flying cats want something else entirely...Fledgling pilot Jayden is one of the first generation to be born on the newly colonised planet of Osivirius. Now he’s determined to get his family out of ‘Wormsville’, the part of the colony where people are little more than numbers. So when Commander Tun offers a huge reward for finding the location of the rebel base, he jumps at the chance.Nettle hates everything to do with the colony—especially the military arm—and is fiercely protective of the simple, grounded ways of the rebels. So when she and her brother Flint discover Jayden after he crash-lands, she’s ready to slit his throat without a second thought. But as Flint nurses him back to health, Nettle’s antipathy turns to empathy, and then an unwanted attraction.Jayden, meanwhile, has made secret plans to escape on a Masu, one of the giant flying cats the rebels ride, but though his blood family still need him, the lure of the valley might just prove stronger.In this award-winning, action-packed, and visionary novella, the mystical connection to nature of Avatar, the romantic tension of Outlander, the dystopian political struggle of The Hunger Games, and the character evolution of Ender's Game all meet. It's a perfect read for teens and adults who enjoy spiritual elements and clean enemies-to-lovers romance in a high-stakes futuristic setting.Click ‘BUY NOW’ and dive into the world of Osivirius today!"A lushly imagined, and hopeful serving of adventure filled with heart, humanity and flying cats. I loved it!" — Trent Jamieson, award-winning author of Stone Road, Day Boy, the Death Works Series, and the Nightbound Land Duology"Delicious worldbuilding and characters that sparkle with agency. Son of Osivirius deftly highlights the importance of the natural world and humanity’s place within it. Cathryn DeVries weaves a brilliant tale.” — Pamela Jeffs, Aurealis Award winner and author of Wilder"I adored this story from start to finish. A gripping plot, believable characters, and a richly immersive world that overflows with imagination and compassion." –Kylie Chan, best-selling author of the Dark Heavens series and the Dragon Empire series.

Humanity Survived…Barely, and thanks to networks of gigantic Tower systems created to surround small villages with a protective barrier of lethal energy. It kept everything out. And everyone in.Sixteen years have passed, and a girl born the night the world fell apart learns that she has a strange talent.The Towers can speak.and she is the only one who can hear them…

No more deepfakes. No more misinformation. No more doubt. And every one of us is in danger.Fourteen years after the Verification Act reshaped American society, a biometric implant behind every ear broadcasts who you are, what you're worth, and whether you belong. The system was built to end an age of disinformation — and it worked. The deepfakes stopped. The conspiracy theories died. So did the freedoms no one thought to miss until they were gone.Maya Chen is a star journalist at the Washington Herald, winning awards inside a system designed to make her work harmless. When a classified document crosses her desk, she begins to see the architecture of the cage she's been decorating. Marcus Webb, a decorated FBI agent haunted by his father's role in building the Verification system, follows a thread of falsified data into its rotten foundations. And in the Red Zone — where the Unverified survive without status, without medicine, without names — a former federal prosecutor named Emma Brennan runs a pirate broadcast network, willing to sacrifice everything for the revolution. Everything except the daughter the state took from her three years ago.As their paths converge, Maya, Marcus, and Emma must decide what truth is worth when the system that defines it can erase you with a single scan. In a world divided into Green, Yellow, and Red — where your zone is your destiny and compliance is your currency — the most dangerous act left is to speak.Verified is a novel about surveillance and complicity, about the seductive comfort of certainty and the terrible cost of letting someone else define what's real. For readers of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Dave Eggers' The Circle, and Christina Dalcher's Vox.