Bøger af Terry Maggert

Cities Fall. Dragons Rise. War Begins.The war for earth began in Hell. First came the earthquakes. Then came the floods. Finally, from the darkened mines, caves and pits, the creatures of our nightmares boiled forth to sweep across the planet in a wave of death.Mankind, on the run and unprepared, is not alone. We have dragons.Emerging from their slumber, giant dragons select riders to go to war. Their forces strike back at the legions of demons that attack on the night of every new moon. The Killing Moon, as it becomes known, is the proving ground for warriors of skill and heart. Among the riders is Saavin, a brave young woman from the shattered remains of Texas. Her dragon, Banshee, is swift and fearless, but they will need help to fight a trio of monstrous creatures that Hell is using to take cities one by one.With the help of French Heavener, a warrior of noble intent, Banshee and Saavin will launch a desperate defense of New Madrid, the last city standing. But first, they'll have to go into the very cave where demons bide their time until the sun fades and the moon is black.The hope of mankind rests on dragon's wings and the bravery of Saavin and French. They have the guts. They have the guns. They have dragons.

As Dash and his team begin expanding the Forge, they must focus on Dark Metal as the one thing that can give them an advantage in the coming war.Using drones and a map from an ancient library, Dash and Leira must seek out the source of a transmission coming from far away.That source, however, is something far more valuable than they could have hoped: a fleet of ancient Unseen ships, waiting to be salvaged.With the Golden forces closing in, Dash will need to enlist more help as he prepares to engage the enemy. He must choose his next battleground, all while the Forge works to arm his team with new weapons that could turn the tide once and for all.

Helem Gauss is gone, but his legacy lives on. Calamity, the digital plague, is spreading, and where it strikes is both ruthless and random. Fearful of the Earth being ravaged, Van and the crew go on high alert to keep his homeworld free of galactic influence. But that vision is shattered when Tony Burgess captures an alien ship. . . in Wisconsin. And the ship isn't just a stray workboat. It's the opening ploy of a group who sees humanity as a business opportunity too big to pass up. Advancing in rank, Van is faced torn between two duties-to his crew, and to his home. Since he isn't willing to give up the safety of either, he'll have to find a third way. Unfortunately for the forces against him, that path will include violence.

Carlie McEwan loves many things.She loves being a witch. She loves her town of Halfway, NY-a tourist destination nestled on the shores of an Adirondack lake. Carlie loves her enormous familiar, Gus, who is twenty-five pounds of judgmental Maine Coon cat, and she positively worships her Grandmother, a witch of incredible power and wisdom. Carlie spends her days cooking at the finest-and only-real diner in town, and her life is a balance between magic and the mundane, just as she likes it.When a blonde stranger sits at the diner counter and calls her by name, that balance is gone. Major Pickford asks Carlie to lead him into the deepest shadows of the forest to find a mythical circle of chestnut trees, thought lost to forever to mankind. There are ghosts in the forest, and one of them cries out to Carlie across the years. Come find me.Danger, like the shadowed pools of the forest, can run deep. The danger is real, but Carlie's magic is born of a pure spirit. With the help of Gus, and Gran, and a rugged cop who really does want to save the world, she'll fight to bring a ghost home, and deliver justice to a murderer who hides in the cool, mysterious green of a forest gone mad with magic.

Magic. Steel. Blood. Victory.The Earth's navy is left drifting among the stars as Nyctus ships swarm, their purpose unknown as they continue their advance, burning one system after another.Humanity's extinction seems inevitable.But on one of the forgotten worlds, a boy is left behind, and he holds a talent unlike anything the galaxy has ever known.Thorn Stellers is a mage, made to lead and fight. With a renegade division of warriors at his side, and with weapons far different from those of old Earth, Thorn stands a chance at standing up to humanity's enemies. For these mage-soldiers, armed with power that had once been thought the stuff of legend, the outcome is no longer certain.Each Starcaster has a talent-except for Thorn, who has many. With his childhood companion Kira Wixcombe, he'll confront a threat from beyond the stars, meeting them in the darkness with a light born of magic... and a lust for revenge.Is his power enough? Or is Earth a forgotten memory, lost forever to history?

Some Prey Bites Back. Welcome to Halfway; where the waffles are golden, the moon is silver, and magic is just around every corner. A century old curse is broken, releasing Exit Wainwright, an innocent man trapped alone in time. Lost and in danger, he enlists Carlie, Gran, and their magic to find the warlock who sentenced him to a hundred years of darkness. The hunter becomes the hunted when Carlie's spells awaken a cold-blooded killer intent on adding another pelt to their gruesome collection: hers. But the killer has never been to Halfway before, where there are three unbreakable rules: 1. Don't complain about the diner's waffles. 2. Don't break the laws of magic. 3. Never threaten a witch on her home turf. Can Carlie solve an ancient crime, defeat a ruthless killer and save the love of her life from a vampire's curse without burning the waffles? Come hunt with Carlie, and answer the call of the wild.

During a standard patrol, Thorn finds the scarred remains of a planet that has been reshaped by an unknown race. Massive machines were used to alter the landscape, and the only thing missing from the site is magic.Whoever is changing the galaxy, it isn't the Nyctus.On a distant planet, Morgan is under constant psionic re-education, as the Nyctus try to shape her lethal power into a force for their fleet. Resisting them each step of the way, she will be subjected to attacks by the most gifted enemy shamans-but it might not be enough, as the little girl is no longer a confused child. She's blooming into a being of such magical power that even Thorn might pale in comparison.With new allies in the galactic war, Thorn must use his gifts to convince one race after another that humans are their allies, not their enemies, and his unique brand of diplomacy just might work.But only if he and Kira can break through their grief and find a path back to Morgan, all while guiding an elite force on a desperate mission to save the girl who just might save them all.Experience the fifth entry in the bestselling Starcaster series by Terry Maggert and USA Today bestselling author JN Chaney. Buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life with this epic space fantasy adventure.

Her guardian angel was pushed.Keiron was never meant to be anything other than a hero. Born high above in a place of war and deception, he is Heartborn, a being of purity and goodness in a place where violence and deceit are just around every corner.His disappearance will spark a war he cannot see, for Keiron has pierced the light of days to save a girl he has never met, for reasons he cannot understand. Livvy Foster is seventeen, brave, and broken. With half a heart, she bears the scars of a lifetime of pain and little hope of survival.Until Keiron arrives.In the middle of a brewing war and Livvy's failing heart, Keiron will risk everything for Livvy, because a Heartborn's life can only end in one way: Sacrifice.Fall with Livvy and Keiron as they seek the truth about her heart, and his power, and what it means to love someone who will give their very life to save you.

The galaxy itself is under siege, and only the Messenger can save it.The Verity are in collapse. Clan Shirna is gone. And all along, the ships of the Cygnus Realm have been pushing back until only the Golden are left.Or so Dash thought.With the discovery of two new races and a sphere of stars embroiled in war, Dash hurls the Forge ever deeper into territory where no human can live free. The Golden are no longer merely advisors-now, they are present in the fights themselves, their silver ships gleaming with menace in a war that threatens to incinerate an entire arm of the galaxy.With mechs, and carriers, and a tough survivor named Jexin, Dash will strike at the first defensive line of an empire older than human history, and with it, set events in motion that can only end in victory for one side and the total destruction of the other.For Dash, the choice is clear. Only absolute victory will do, and he will spill his own blood to achieve it.One battle at a time.

The Messenger must prepare for war.With the Archetype damaged, Dash and his crew will need more than a quick fix to prepare for what's coming. A secret facility known only as the Forge lies in cold sleep, built by the Unseen for the greatest war in history. Dash has no idea what awaits him there, but he hopes to find some kind of advantage in the war that is to come. Meanwhile, on a distant world, an ancient order of monks protects a long buried secret. They have guarded it for centuries, all in the hope that someday the Messenger might come and relieve them of their task. Dash has answered that call...and he will not be denied.

The Forge is coming back online, weapons hot and searching known space for signs of the Golden. When Dash and Leira repair a powerful scanner, it finds something unusual in a distant system-the remains of an ancient battlefield. Custodian tells of a fight lost long ago, leaving drifting debris around the faraway star.But the battlefield isn't forgotten. A human colony has taken hold nearby, and on their world, a single, massive ship has crashed.And it is sending out a signal. In a race against the enemy, Dash and his team will try to salvage the secrets of a Golden ship, warn the colony of the oncoming war, and brace for impact as more enemies streak across the stars to hunt down the one person who can stop them.The Messenger.

The Messenger and his people continue their long fight against the Golden, but the war has just begun.When they discover reports of a missing colony ship, their search will uncover a crime so terrible that the battle lines will be drawn in blood. Following clues across the stars, Dash will bring the forces of his new navy to a cause that will only end in one of two ways: Total victory...or complete destruction. There's only room for one winner in this ever-expanding galaxy.And Dash aims for it to be him.Experience the fifth entry to the exciting and bestselling series from Terry Maggert and USA Today Bestselling author J.N. Chaney. If you're a fan of Gundam, Firefly, and Battlestar Galactica, you're sure to enjoy this epic space opera adventure

Dash and the Realm are done playing defense. Now, they'll take the war to the Golden.With new, more lethal weapons being added at every turn, the Forge goes into motion, advancing across the galactic arm in furious combat, leaving wreckage in the wake.But that wreckage has a purpose, and so does Dash. Until now, the war has been Golden allies throwing themselves in front of the Realm weapons, but that's all about to change.When the Realm captures an alien ship, the pilot is not an enemy- rather, it's an ally, if Dash can build a bond with the race, known as the Rin-ti. Ancient enemies of the Golden, the Rin-ti have only one favor to ask-free their people from Golden control, and reduce the local Golden fleets to rubble.If Dash can do that, he'll have everything he needs to build a fleet that can challenge the Golden in their own territory. But first, he'll need to win, and to do so, he'll need all hands on deck for a fight that will change history.

Dash never asked to be a mech pilot, but fate has other plans. On the run and out of chances, he guides his ship and crew into the heart of a relic older than the galaxy itself-and find himself on the edge of an eternal war he never knew existed.The relic is a mech, lost to history and forgotten by all who remain. Built by an ancient race to be the ultimate weapon, the machine is capable of unspeakable destruction, and its discovery could unhinge the balance of power throughout known space.Worse still, the A.I. inside the machine speaks of an ancient evil that will soon arrive--a race whose power far exceeds anything humanity has ever witnessed.Only the Messenger can stand against them, the A.I. tells its new pilot. Only you can do what must be done.

Gideon Frost is the last survivor of Ravenwood, an orphanage scheduled for destruction at the hands of a vicious politician. Over the past century, hundreds of children have vanished, lost forever to witches who use their souls as fuel for life everlasting.On the run and alone, he'll find help in an unlikely place, when the missing children reach out to him from the land of the dead, asking him for the one thing he can deliver.Justice. But Gideon won't fight alone. Samira Alexander is a sorceress who can bridge the worlds between life and death, and she'll stand beside him as they fight against the killers who want far more than just Gideon's silence.They want his power. They want his soul. But Gideon won't give up either without a fight, and the witches of Ravenwood are about to learn a painful lesson.

The Verity are attacking, and no one is safe.Now at home in the Aquarian system, Dash and his team receive news from a dying ship. With thirty systems under their inhuman control, the newest enemy to free life in the galaxy seeks to engage and destroy the Messenger by any means necessary.The skyhooks are only the beginning of a secret plan to hide Dark Metal, but Dash, the Gentle Friends, and the rest of the Messenger's growing forces will find a way to fight back.Plunging into the swirling deep, Dash discovers an ancient plot to use drones, Dark Metal, and a device so advanced it is only known by one word: the Shroud.Join the Messenger and his team as they battle the Verity, strike out into the galaxy for new resources, and come ever closer to the truth about what the Unseen had planned for humanity all those years ago.From Terry Maggert and USA Today Bestselling author J.N. Chaney comes the seventh entry in the international bestselling series The Messenger. Experience the continued saga of a young mech pilot destined to save humanity in this ever-expanding saga.

Deep below the waters of a world covered in ice, the key to Dark Metal awaits.Along with it, a new threat that brings the war ever closer.In order to stop it, the Messenger and his team must confront a familiar enemy in a new place, but now the stakes are higher, and the battle's results will echo across the galaxy for ages to come.To cap it all off, ships are being stolen from unSpace with no explanation as to why. The Messenger has his work cut out for him, here in this dangerous new galaxy.But that's exactly the way he likes it.

The war is heating up. Fresh off their first major victory against the Nyctus, the Orbital Navy is moving forward in confusion. Starcasters, led by Thorn Stellers, are not trusted-magic has not replaced the power of steel and naval might, and humanity is at a crossroads.As Thorn and Kira define their roles in the new navy, magic refuses to stay still. When Thorn discovers he has untapped power, Mol Wyant helps him use it.The results will change every rule, along with the known galaxy, for Thorn Stellers isn't just a magician of unknown power.He's a weapon of undiscovered fury.With Kira, Mol, and a salty captain, Thorn will push the edge of warfare into something new. Something wild and deadly-a threat the Nyctus could never have predicted. Using his power like a sword, Thorn carves open the first path to victory, using sorcery of such terrifying strength that it challenges the laws of physics.But at what cost? Can his crew trust him, knowing he can change the nature of space and time? Can he even trust himself?The battle for tomorrow begins today. Experience the second entry in the bestselling Starcaster series by Terry Maggert and USA Today bestselling author J.N. Chaney. If you're a fan of Mass Effect, Star Wars, and Old Man's War, you'll love this action packed scifi epic.

Something is wrong with Carlie.A magical storm. An ancient shipwreck. A hidden evil.All three are tied together as Carlie must defend Wulfric against his past, which emerges after a raging storm tears across Halfway Lake.When government agents descend on Halfway to investigate the mysterious shipwreck, Carlie discovers that all is not as it seems.A thousand years old, the Viking ship holds bones. And secrets.Not everyone went down with the ship. There were survivors, but they might be less than human. They cross paths with Carlie in a showdown that will bring her own secrets to light, for saving Wulfric came with a cost. Now, it's time for her to pay.Dive in with Carlie as she fights to save the one person she can't lose.Herself.

Dash never asked to be a mech pilot, but fate has other plans. On the run and out of chances, he guides his ship and crew into the heart of a relic older than the galaxy itself-and find himself on the edge of an eternal war he never knew existed. The relic is a mech, lost to history and forgotten by all who remain. Built by an ancient race to be the ultimate weapon, the machine is capable of unspeakable destruction, and its discovery could unhinge the balance of power throughout known space. Worse still, the A.I. inside the machine speaks of an ancient evil that will soon arrive--a race whose power far exceeds anything humanity has ever witnessed. Only the Messenger can stand against them, the A.I. tells its new pilot. Only you can do what must be done.