In the West, a fragile peace has held the bickering provinces of Adjuria together for the past twenty years. In the East, the Empire of Jonguria has been bound together for generations by force.But now both countries are losing their grip. Will an Adjurian Royal Council offer up a solution, or will politics prevail? Can two ancient enemies bind their wounds, or is war on the horizon?In the West, a fragile peace has held the bickering provinces of Adjuria together for the past twenty years. In the East, the Empire of Jonguria has been bound together for generations by force.But now both countries are losing their grip. Will an Adjurian Royal Council offer up a solution, or will politics prevail? Can two ancient enemies bind their wounds, or is their hope for reconciliation, the Jongurian Mission, doomed from the start?Join a motley group of war veterans tasked with opening up a reclusive country. But when their mission of peace suddenly turns deadly, all bets are off, and the Jongurian Mission takes on a whole new meaning: survival.

Sanders McGee is a man on the edge. When a lightning storm hits San Diego and his kids are threatened he pulls himself together. As Sanders tragically finds out, however, lightning doesn’t have feelings…or does it?With the death of Yoshika Funakoshi, Jamie Raleigh now lives his greatest fear . . . standing before the elders of the Funakoshi clan to petition for leadership. But telling his clan the truth about her death—that she was killed by a mutated wizard on an alien world—prompts a challenge against his leadership by an old rival. What is the leader of Adventure willing to do to keep the leadership of the Funakoshi within its founding family?This short story takes place after Gateway to Thera.

It’s the winter of 1807-8 on the Upper Missouri.Mountain man John Colter is moving south, into the unknown lands that will one day become Yellowstone National Park.Businessman Manuel Lisa is hunkered down at Fort Raymond, waiting out the winter, hoping for trade…and no Indian attacks.Blackfoot brave Wolf Calf is looking for honor, and he knows that by killing the yellow-haired white he’ll find it.River Crow Arapoosh is on a vision quest, one that his tribe doesn’t care about, for they don’t care about him.Trapper and trader Francois Antoine Larocque is trying to figure out how to escape the Cree and get back to Montreal.What none of them realize is that their paths are about to cross in the wild lands in the dead of winter.Welcome to Colter’s Hell.

It’s 1806 and mountain man John Colter is ready to leave the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When two fur trappers come up the Missouri River, he has his chance. Heading up into the upper reaches of the Yellowstone River, the men seek their fortune trapping beaver. What Colter doesn’t know, however, is that his two companions harbor a dark secret.