Words like "fate" and "destiny" sound hokey or cheap in every day conversation, but what if you were forced into a world where the rest of your life was controlled by them? What if you suddenly found out that you had been selected from before your birth to save the world? What if you the world you'd spent your life in really wasn't your world at all? This is what young Kayelae must deal with when she leaves the world she called home for the final time to save the world she left behind in infancy. It is in this world, Charis, that she meets the man chosen to be her partner long before his birth, a man who has absolutely no desire to help her. in fact, what he wants is the very opposite: to destroy the Prophesy that seeks to govern him. And when he has a sudden change of heart, can she trust him? Can she really trust anyone, especially the handsome assassin claiming to be her brother? And when even fate is destroyed, will any of them survive?

A Novella from the World of the King’s Riders! A runaway daughter, seeking escape from abusive hands. A journeyman tanner willing to risk safety to aid her. When Jarek steps into the alley to toss out the trash, he finds Erron and can’t look away. Even when her father roughly jostles her out of sight, claiming she’d made a wrong turn. He should leave well enough alone, but those desperate eyes haunt him. And he’s never been one to turn his back on someone in trouble, especially the most beautiful lass he’s ever seen. He just never imagined it’d be his life in jeopardy, and his heart that needs saving.

In this short volume, St. Albert the Great outlines and explores the meaning of human destiny. His draws upon sources from the classical world and tries to synthesize their perspectives through the process of medieval scholasticism.

Acid-spitting ghouls. Deadly visions. And a man and a dragon willing to sacrifice everything to keep a reluctant Fate alive…. When monsters attack Rysa Torres, her latent Fate abilities activate — and drop her headfirst into a world of future-seers, shifters, and dragons. Rysa’s escalating visions reveal a shattered future engulfed in flame. Other powerful Fates see the same ignited future — Fates who think the only way to stop the coming apocalypse is to kill the man and the dragon who might be the planet’s only salvation. The same Ladon and his companion Dragon who, when they find the newly-activated, terrified Rysa, quickly realize she’s not only the key to saving the world, but their own broken, lonely souls…. Readers say the depth and world building of the Dragonriders of Pern meets the heroic heart of Mercy Thompson in the explosive, genre-bending World on Fire universe. Dive into a world where Science Fiction blends with Urban Fantasy and immerse yourself with dragons, immortal warriors, family, love… and unknown science so advanced it’s indistinguishable from magic. NOTE: This newly re-edited and improved edition of Games of Fate contains new interior editing and formatting, plus story updates. Fate Fire Shifter Dragon World on Fire Series One Games of Fate Flux of Skin Fifth of Blood Bonds Broken & Silent All But Human Men and Beasts The Burning World

This book is the first full-length treatment of the philosophical problem of fatalism, the thesis that the laws of logic alone suffice to prove that no person ever acts freely. After a critical examination of the history of the problem, from Aristotle through Stoic and medieval thought, Cahn analyzes contemporary discussions of the issue, revealing how a belief in free will is logically connected to specific assumptions about the truth-value of propositions and the nature of time.