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When fourteen-year-old Arisa, aided by Prince Edoran and Weasel, tries to find the long-lost sword, she faces betrayal of the worst kind.

Hugh and his men are faced with fighting creatures only thought to live in legend but which have been brought to Earth by evil bent on annihilating all the realms. That is Hugh's life-and he loves it. At least he did until he found himself staring into the angelic, innocent face of Lady Mina of Stone Crest. In all the time he has led, the Shields Hugh has trusted his instinct to keep his men alive, yet now he doesn't know what to believe. Everything...

Most would give all they had to be raised in the realm of the Fae. Cole had no choice. He was too young to remember anything of his own realm, save for snatches of memories that could be no more than his imagination. But if it hadn't been for the Fae who found him wandering between realms after his was destroyed, he would be dead now. It was the Fae who raised Cole and trained him in weaponry and battle skills until he became a warrior to be feared....

Roderick was born an immortal prince in the realm of Thales. Revered and respected, he lived a life of grandeur, but his one true love was fighting. He was given a special gift in his battle abilities and soon became known as Thales's finest warrior. But all that changed the day his brother died and an evil descended upon his realm. With Thales on the verge of ruin, he bound himself to the Shields to protect the realms from the evil that ravages them....

Joe Higgins and Bert have come to Washington, D.C. to look for something - ANYTHING - that can bring down General Higgins. That will have to wait, though - The Weapon has his sights set on Senator Beal, and he's ready to pull the trigger! Who is this mysterious hitman, and what does he know about Project: Shield?

When Joe Higgins starts having Shield-related nightmares, Lt. Devon Hall does some snooping on Higgins' project to help ease his friend's mind. What he finds is chilling - the Shield's next mission is a set-up!

The streets have been infested by a gang of street thugs that call themselves The Jewels - and The Shield is looking to do a little pest control. They've taken a liking to local kid Theo Carver - and they don't take rejection well. It's up to The Shield to protect Theo, put The Jewels in their place, and uncover the reason where these street punks got such state-of-the-art weapons.

The epic story of America's greatest hero begins here! In an effort to revive a vanished hero, the US Military has created the ultimate weapon: the SHIELD armor! A super-resilient, bulletproof suit worn by Sgt. Joe Higgins, Project: Shield seems like the perfect ace in the hole. Little do Joe and his father Gen. Marion Higgins know, there is someone - or someTHING - who wants the power of the suit!

While avoiding the desperate searching of General Higgins, Joe stumbles upon Dusty, former assistant to the original Shield! There's comfort in having an ally, but the streets are still dangerous, and Dusty has not been well in his old age. How long will the peace - and Dusty - last?

Klotz's attempt at killing both himself and The Shield proves futile as The Shield survives the explosion. He then discovers that the robots final instructions are to go to the White House and kill the President! Will The Shield be able to stop the mechanical mad men in time? And was Senator Casey really the inside man? Plus, what's to come of DELTA-3? All that and more in this thrilling story!