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The Cardiff Giant Affair is set in 1869 Syracuse and features a happy mélange of medicine shows, con games, "brawling canawlers", high society, and murder, with two highly spirited women and incidental glimpses of P. T. Barnum. All this is interwoven with the splendid true story of the Cardiff Giant hoax.

The year is 1942. The world is at war. Almost every major nation has declared for the Allies or the Axis. Europe is occupied by the Third Reich, and the British Islands have been invaded and conquered by the Germans. Only one major power is still on the sideline. Imperial Japan, already busy in its war of conquest in China, dawns to the idea of conquering the Pacific and Southeast Asia, following German successes in Europe and the subsequent weakening of the resource-rich Franco-British and Dutch colonies.

It’s summer at Treemeadow College’s new Globe Theatre, where theatre professor Nicky Abbondanza is directing a musical production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream co-starring his spouse, theatre professor Noah Oliver, their son Taavi, and their best friend and department head, Martin Anderson.

Imperial Japan has conquered most of the Pacific in a blitzkrieg campaign that stunned the world. The Dutch East Indies, The Philippines, New Guinea, New Britain, Hawaii, the Fidji’s, and countless other territories have fallen.

1659. Maaval province. Shattered after the rape of the women in his family, the young, hardscrabble Hiroji searches for self-identity and burns to exact revenge for his loss. His journey throws him into the cauldron of rape, loot, slavery, and pillage that has been ongoing in the Deccan for the last 300 years. He pledges his sword to the charismatic leader of a native rebellion that is battling for independence against the tyranny of the foreign invading Islamic hordes who have created these conditions. What begins as a fight for survival turns into a holy quest.

Ivon was raised in a cold, unforgiving world of duty and obedience. Forged in violence and ruthlessness, his unique skill of detecting lies is abused by The Colonel's lust for power. It's the only world Ivon's ever known. Nothing else makes sense. Ivoire struggles with her own gift of sensing truth. Sent to a government-funded academy for "talented" children, she's pulled from her family and thrust into the world of espionage and intrigue.

Gunny (a retired Marine, now working for the CIA) is tasked by his bosses, to find out who and why covert operations are being leaked to The Washington Post. He needs someone outside the CIA, he needs a ghost—a person no one knows about, with the required skill set. His choice, his old boss, Ryan, from his Marine Corps days. Ryan starts down the path of discovery, and learns that Fation Gjoni is the key. Fation is a ruthless crime boss from Tirana, Albania who deals with terrorist and drug cartels.

To combat Satan's hordes, Christianity relies on its secret weapons: Paladins. Oliver has visions. He hears voices. When he meets a beautiful stranger who seems to know why, Oliver must choose to answer the call of Christianity's mysterious order or never know the truth he's been searching for. Dive into the world just beyond the edge of perception, a place where demons terrorize and crusaders wage war.

In The Legacy of Hisarlik, MIT freshman Peter Collins learns of his father's secret work on a device called the Dreamweaver, which can potentially control the human mind. Its possession has become the goal of the Crimson Cabal, led by Alexander Grey. When Dr. Collins disappears, Peter joins forces with friends and colleagues to unravel the mystery behind his father's work.