Chris Jackson

Who is showing us the way? In ancient Palestine, when Jesus Christ asked people who they thought he was, one of their top guesses was the Old Testament prophet, Jeremiah. "Who do people say that I am?" "Some say Jeremiah or one of the prophets." There was something about Jesus that reminded people of Jeremiah. In our moment in history, when we desperately need leaders and role models to show us a better way, Jeremiah stands as a human cornerstone,...

Albuquerque's commercial brewing scene dates back to 1888, when the Southwestern Brewery & Ice Company was launched. It later churned out thirty thousand barrels of beer per year and distributed throughout the region. Nearly thirty years later, Prohibition halted brewing save for a brief comeback in the late 1930s. In 1993, the modern era emerged with a handful of breweries opening across the city. However, Marble Brewery's 2008 opening revived Albuquerque's...

Azreal was the most dreadful necromancer the world had ever known, but even he had to eventually, succumb to death. Or, did he? All that remained of his vile works was a beautiful mask, his death mask. Within the mask, Azreal's black soul waited patiently... Polianna always wished that she was a more powerful sorceress. Be careful what you wish for. Little did she know, when she donned the mask that it harbored, more than just magic. Azreal had been,...

FUN-AND FEAR-IN THE SUN…Everything's Irie in the Caribbean. What could be better than a week of sun, fun, and parties at the bi-annual Caribbean League political conference in Havana, with every shadowrunner, pirate, and low-life in attendance looking for work? What could possibly go wrong? And when the Rastafarian troll shaman T'ing and his crew are approached by an official from Haiti to investigate rumors involving their old enemies, the dark...

A weapon forged for an emperor. A paladin's soul. A girl trying to save her mother by any means possible. These things have nothing in common except in the city of Tsing, where life and death are as simple as the edge of a knife, or as complex as imperial politics. To maintain his tenuous hold on the hearts of the people, Emperor Tynean Tsing III needs a symbol of his just reign, his impartial judgment, and his swift hand against opposition. What...

Nothing is darker than oblivion. The war is on. A ragtag fleet of pirate ships, one lone necromancer, and a few dragonlords face the might of the Toki Empire. The Blood Sea forces are vastly outnumbered in both ships and soldiers, beset by relentless sieges, and attacked by assassins on land and at sea. However, sly tactics, the revelations of a Truthsayer, and secret information from Hashi's new ally, the spymaster Bea Galt, might just tip the balance....

As a little girl my doll was my bestfriend. Her name was Crissy. My rat was named Sam. I was always looking for friends, but they were not looking for me. Hi my name is Lyza. I am Five years old. I have a doll name Crissy and a friend name millie. I talk to my doll and make her clothes. I play with her and she loves me. When Millie comes over we play with her together. At dark Millie has to go home. Millies mom ask her what did you do at Lyzas house...

A weapon is forged from flesh and magic. Tattooed with magical runes to enhance his skills and suppress his emotions, Lad is raised from birth to be the most lethal assassin the world has ever known. He is the pinnacle of his master's magical and martial arts, a true weapon of flesh, all according to plan. Until the plan goes awry... The Master is gone and the weapon is free. And in a dangerous world, a weapon does what a weapon is made to do. Or...

Zellohar Keep is lost... Once the ancestral home of a glorious dwarven kingdom-a masterpiece of architecture, secure, secretive, and impregnable-Zellohar is now prison to a dark evil. The dwarves used the might of the cornerstones, conduits to the power of the elemental spheres, to forever seal the keep. But the minions of the Dark Gods are not so easily imprisoned. The squires of the Nekdukarr Lord Iveron Darkmist, a paladin of the death god,...

The pursuit of the cornerstones has begun. The companions have stolen two of the four precious cornerstones, artifacts of unbelievable power, from the Nekdukarr Iveron Darkmist. Furious at this interruption of his plans to use the cornerstones to wage war, the Nekdukarr will stop at nothing to get them back. So while the companions pursue the last two stones, Darkmist and his assassins pursue them. But Iveron is not the only ambitious member of...