The righthand man to the lord of the Arkhysian Empire and a young woman training to be a powerful sorcerer work together to save their homeland from the poison that is eating farmlands and fouling drinking water.

Shares accounts from people who have lived through natural disasters, from following a tornado chaser into a storm or tracking the path taken by a hurricane to finding out which natural disaster is the world's worst killer.

"Derelictions are weird tales that tell of aftermaths and of new and liminal places. Each location has witnessed catastrophe, infernal visitations, or unearthly transformations. But across these landscapes of murder, genocide, and invasion, crucial evidence remains. And it is the task of the reader to sift through ruin and ponder the residual enigma, to behold and wonder at the full horror that was visited upon mankind"--Back cover.

Quaeryt's prestigious new rank and marriage to Vaelora are threatened by a devastating volcanic eruption in the old capital of Telaryn, where he is challenged to restore order in the face of chaos, corruption, and an invasion by a would-be conqueror.

"Milo Connolly has managed to survive most of high school without any major disasters...Even so, all he wants his senior year is to fly under the radar. Everything is going exactly as planned until the dreamy and charismatic Marcos Price saunters back into his life after a three-year absence...To make matters worse strange things have been happening around his sleepy Florida town ever since Marcos' return...Milo and Marcos find themselves faced with...

Four new harrowing true stories of real kids who have survived extreme challenges and disasters recount the experiences of the young survivors of the Shark Attacks of 1916, the Peshtigo fire of 1871, and a box jellyfish attack.

"To stop the world from burning, it's up to Sigma Force to uncover a secret buried at the heart of our planet. The Titan Project--an international research station off the coast of Australia--discovers a thriving zone of life in an otherwise dead sea. The area teems with a strange bioluminescent coral that defies science, yet holds great promise for the future. But the loss of a military submarine in the area triggers a brutal attack and sets in motion...