Dekker, Ted

The authors recount their journey through Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Beirut, Damascus, and Jerusalem, covering their personal conversations with leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas; sheikhs; ayatollahs; and Osama bin Laden's brothers, from whom they learned a great deal about the complexities of conflict in the Middle East.

Janeal agrees to help Salazar Sanso recover a vast sum of money from her father in exchange for freedom from her father's Gypsy culture, but when the plan takes a violent turn and Sanso burns the camp to the ground, Janeal is forced to make a decision that will haunt her forever.

Brad Raines, a special agent for the FBI who is trying to solve a serial killer case in which a bridal veil is left at each crime scene, approaches the Center for Wellness and Intelligence, a psychiatric institution with gifted clients, and when he enlists the help of Paradise, a young woman who can experience the final moments of a person's life when touching their dead body, he wonders if he can prevent the next murder.

The world faces devastation from an evil drug company tycoon, and wannabe novelist Thomas Hunter, living in two realities, becomes a reluctant hero, falling asleep in one reality to wake up in another, with each influencing the other and the fate of both at stake.

FBI behavioral psychologist Daniel Clark becomes the latest victim of a serial killer known as Eve, and the experience left him clinically dead for twenty minutes, leaving Daniel obsessed with rebuilding those twenty lost minutes, even if it means cheating death once more, in order to track down the killer before another victim suffers.

The four heroic young Forest Guard recruits embark on their last mission to recover the lost Books of History before the Dark One unleashes their power to enslave humanity.

As Johnis, Silvie, Billos, and Darsal continue their quest for the four missing Books of History, Billos makes a decision that has devastating consequences for himself and his companions, especially the devoted Darsal.

"Separated by time and space, our heroes finally return home. But five years have passed and they find a nightmarishly changed world. The despised Horde are now in control. The healing lakes of Elyon are now blood red. And mighty Thomas Hunter and his Forest Guard have disappeared. Then the world unravels further. Dive into a journey among the Horde whose sole mission is the destruction of the Circle. Come face-to-face with an enchantingly beautiful creature with unearthly powers--and questionable motives. Take a stand with the chosen but be wary, for not all is as it seems. Now the chosen themselves are questioning their very sanity. For the only way to win may be to lose. The only way to live may be to die. And the only one to lead may be a lunatic."--Amazon.com.

The Chosen Ones need Elyon's grace to face their greatest threat yet, but Darsal is torn between her new mission, trying to love the Horde as Elyon asked her to, and her original one, especially now that Johnis and Silvie no longer seem to be on her side.

As Johnis, Silvie, Billos, and Darsal continue their quest for the four still missing Books of History, Billos makes a decision that has devastating consequences for himself and his companions, especially the devoted Darsal.