In 1519, Pedro, a Franciscan priest, sets sail from Cuba with Hernan Cortes' brutal expedition to South America. Though filled with passion for adventure and converting native peoples to Catholicism, Pedro is unprepared for the shocking barbarity he is about to encounter. Accompanying Pedro is his friend Aguilar, who spent eight nightmarish years enslaved by natives after being shipwrecked. As the journey to Mexico City grows increasingly treacherous...

The decline of ancient gods marked significant shifts in human beliefs, cultures, and societies, signaling the end of an era and the dawn of new religious paradigms. Throughout history, various indicators emerged that foreshadowed the waning influence and eventual decline of once-revered deities. These indicators were often intertwined with broader historical, cultural, and social transformations that reshaped the religious landscape of ancient civilizations....

Once upon a time, philosophy was a dangerous business-and for no one more so than for Baruch Spinoza, the seventeenth-century philosopher vilified by theologians and political authorities everywhere as "the atheist Jew." As his inflammatory manuscripts circulated underground, Spinoza lived a humble existence in The Hague, grinding optical lenses to make ends meet. Meanwhile, in the glittering salons of Paris, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was climbing...

Surviving the worst day of her life was only the beginning...Caitlin was an ordinary woman living an ordinary life until Simon MacInnes took it all away. Now with the Order in pursuit, her only shot at freedom lies in locating an underground organization with ties to MacInnes. But when she and Ewen expose new truths, eluding the Order's assassins is the least of her worries.As they race to outwit a new mastermind, can Caitlin unravel the lies in time...