In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and stay united after the father leaves. Wife and mother, Rose, has only a whore house and as her income dwindles, she finds she must work in the establishment she runs. Her children, Palmer, Victoria, Rob and Conner, all take on the dangerous job of being sand divers, hoping to help their mother with expenses.

"Set in Ancient Rome, Blood and Sand reimagines Spartacus as a seventeen-year-old girl. When Attia is sold as a slave to the House of Timeus, no one knows she's actually the warrior princess of Thrace, and the last of her people. She is given to Xanthus, a fellow slave and gladiator champion of Rome, as a gift from his master. Attia and Xanthus begin to build a trust through their shared skill in combat and a driving desire to seek revenge on the...

The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Their father was a sand diver, one of the elite few who could travel deep beneath the desert floor and bring up the relics and scraps that keep their people alive. But their father is gone. And the world he left behind might be next. Welcome to the world of Sand, a novel...

Something has gone terribly wrong in transit. Pioneers looking for a new start were selected to escape a dying earth, and travel to a far off colony in cryogenic sleep, but something has gone wrong.After the crash landing on a remote planet nearly kills the crew, Adam the pilot must work to save the survivors, among them Tricia the only woman he has ever cared for. Searching the sand-covered planet, it becomes clear that they are far from safe.If...

Captain Adam Hill barely survives when his spaceship is dragged far off course by a mysterious force and crash-lands on a remote desert planet. Injured and infected by an alien parasite native to the world, he must find other survivors.Somewhere across the blowing sands, dozens of the cryogenically frozen crew have been scattered. Each in danger of being prey to the violent inhabitants of the planet. Among them Tricia Young, the crew's doctor, and...

Pursued by malevolent forces, the survivors struggle to stay alive.Dying of thirst, and hunted by apex predators, the stranded pioneers need to work together. The darkness on the horizon may be more than just a sandstorm. It may be the cause of the disturbing transmissions and, likely, their doom.While Trica works to guide the group to a promised safety, others struggle for a position of power in the group. The carnivores close in, and a mysterious...

Danemark, 1985 : Deux jeunes filles disparaissent sans laisser de trace, à bord d'un ferry en direction de l'Angletterre. Une vingtaine d'années plus tard, une photo des deux jeunes danoises réapparait dans une valise que Nora Sand, journaliste danoise correspondante à Londres, chine en brocante. Entre le Danemark et l'Angleterre, Nora se retrouve inextricablement emmêlée dans dans cette affaire qui semble mystérieusement liée à un tueur...

Zohar, an ancient land of sand and splendor, rallies for its last stand. The genocidal Aelarian Empire sends its legions to destroy the small desert kingdom. King Epher and his band of rebels stand against a fire they cannot extinguish. And it is Claudia herself, once Epher's paramour, who leads the legions tasked with killing him.Across the sea, in the Empire's capital, a cruel new emperor has seized power. Atalia Sela, once the leader of a barbarian...

The sadistic Empress Porcia rules over a shattering empire. Enemies are everywhere. Risen from misty forests, a barbarian horde sweeps toward her capital. Across the southern sea, her brother builds an armada to slay her. In the cold north, young Princess Valentina seeks allies to destroy the Empire and rebuild the Republic. As the noose tightens around Porcia's neck, the empress musters her armies, willing to burn the world to protect her throne.Meanwhile,...

The Empire burns.The halls of power lie in ruins. The emperor's children, the sadistic Porcia and the cunning Seneca, battle for the throne.Around them, their world crumbles. In a southern savanna province, a young queen rises up against the Empire. In northern misty forests, barbarian tribes gather for war. In Zohar, the eastern desert, the hero Epher Sela joins a rebellion against the vicious Empire. Meanwhile, past deserts and mountains at the...