"What is the price of magic? Not the magic of tricks and illusions, but the kind that heats cities, powers armies, and transforms continents. Magic that forges empires. The Brannic Empire owes its existence to this magic and for those in power, no price is too great. Even when that price is their own children. For it is the ashes of those with magical abilities that the Church of Alchemy harvests to fuel this machine of empire. So the furnaces burn,...

"On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scientific importance--a colossal celestial entity. As massive as an aircraft carrier and towering as high as the iconic Empire State Building, this cosmic titan was later named Bennu. Remarkable for much more than its size, Bennu belonged to a rare breed of asteroids capable of revealing the essence of life itself. But...

"A sweeping new history of the American origins of modern money. Economists debate endlessly the nature of fiat monetary systems-coins and bills whose value is guaranteed by a government or other authority. But the actual origins of these fiat currencies have received little attention. With Easy Money, economic historian Dror Goldberg tells the origin story for fiat currency in North America (and maybe beyond): the little-known example of the Massachusetts...