In a world where color is the basis of all magic, Kip has yet to realize his powers, but he soon begins to learn the truth behind the great rift between his father--Gavin Guile, the current Prism--and his uncle, Javen, and discovers that time is running out for the world.

As a young girl, Nona Grey was saved from the noose by the Abbess of Sweet Mercy. But behind the convent's walls, she learned not a life of prayer and isolation, but one of the blade and the fist. Now she will serve as the convent's fiercest protector as the emperor moves to destroy the last bastion that stands against him.

Gurgeh, a champion game player, travels a hundred thousand light years to the Empire of Azad, where the winner of their complex game becomes emperor.

"Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of the Phoenix Empire hangs in the balance--and Lin is dangerously short of allies. As her own governors plot treason, the Shardless Few renew hostilities. Worse still, Lin discovers her old nemesis Nisong has joined forces with the rogue Alanga, Ragan. Both seek her death. Yet hope lies in history. Legend tells of seven mythic swords, forged in centuries past. If Lin can find them before...

In the year 470 A.D., a young emperor must find a group of fighters to join him in protecting the Roman Empire.

Teens Oksana and Pran, stolen from their families and forced into the army, dream of a life together after tearing down the tyrannical empire but their radically different methods strain their relationship.

Julius Caesar leads his legions across the Rubicon River to confront his last rival for supreme power, a victory that will split Rome in a destructive civil war, test the bonds of long-time friendship, and lead to the betrayal of his closest ally.

The Emperor Caligula has gone mad. Murdering his sister's husband for conspiracy, he exiles her and takes her son Lucius, who begins his historical legacy as Nero. Revenge, bloodlust and deception haunt Nero's rule.