Book Design
Written or edited by Dan Letchworth unless noted
Phoenix Dawn: All These Worlds Are Yours
A sci-fi adventure novel with 59 full-color illustrations
In the endless skies of a planet with no surface, 16-year-old Coda sails alone. Her mother is addicted to psychedelic fire and her best friend has vanished. Just when all seems lost, the sun god appears to Coda in a storm, granting her the power to see the entire electromagnetic spectrum—and visions of other worlds.
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She sees her star system on the brink of war: One army has a spacecraft carrier that can bend the laws of the universe; the other a mysterious bioweapon that mutates everyone it touches. And stuck in the middle, she sees an orphaned farm boy who dreams of flying. Coda must warn her people to prepare for alien invasion—but who could possibly believe her?
Phoenix Dawn is an illustrated novel of first contact, forbidden love, and the history-altering crisis of meeting one’s gods firsthand.
We Flew Out and Walked Back: Letters from a California Boy Who Escaped Nazi-Occupied Italy
A World War II memoir in letters and recollections
In November 1942, a 19-year-old son of an olive grower in California’s Central Valley left home to prepare for war. From Florida to Houston to Salt Lake City, he wrote to his parents every week about his experiences training to become an officer, learning every detail of the B-24 Liberator—and romancing the ladies in town.
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Then, two months after he was sent overseas, the letters stopped. His plane had been shot down over the German Reich.
This is his firsthand account of daily life in the Army Air Forces, and the incredible true story of his survival, alone and evading capture in a desperate journey to find the Yugoslav Partisan underground—his only hope to make it back home.
Now This Ain’t No Shit: Sea Stories from a Naval Aviator
US Navy rescue pilot memoir
The difference between a fairy tale and a sea story is: A fairy tale begins with “Once upon a time,” while a sea story begins with “Now this ain’t no shit.” In this career memoir, search-and-rescue pilot Steve Letchworth recounts the fine details of his training in Pensacola, his tours in Sicily and the Western Pacific, his experience flying the H-46 Sea Knight helicopter.
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Stories include:
Day One Dropout
Sir Isaac Newton Bites Me in the Ass
How I Almost Got Killed...The First Time
Catching Our Wings in Our Teeth
The Great Cosmic Cat Caper
Man Overboard at Night
“Counting Cubans for Carter”
Searching for Paddlers on the Blackwater River
The Aircraft Says It’s On Fire
How I Almost Got Killed...The Third Time
Telegraph Canyon: Stories
Eleven short stories and a novelette in realism and fantasy
Telegraph Canyon explores the complexities of adolescence, creativity, and family dysfunction. At its heart are interconnected stories of Richie, Mark, Sean, Carolyn, and Teisha—teenagers navigating the mortifying landscape of high school in Southern California at the turn of Y2K—that capture the raw, absurd, and deeply felt moments of growing up.
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In "The Adventures of Klack vs. Swift: The Movie," Richie and Mark's childhood sci-fi characters come to life in an ambitious hand-drawn animation project; “One at a Time, Letters Fall Out of Place” charts a doomed romance from meet-cute to car wreck; while "Rick Smyer Devours His Friends" follows the tangled drama of comic misunderstandings and jealousies against the backdrop of a school musical.
Interspersed are three tales from the universe of Phoenix Dawn, where anthropomorphic aliens grapple with secret love, unimaginable loss, and the search for meaning on mysterious new worlds.
Survival Mode: Video Game Skills in the Real World
Themed young adult nature guide
Level up your survival skills with this epic guide that turns video game strategies into real-world know-how! Whether you’re battling hostile mobs (like bears or mosquitoes), crafting tools from scratch, or building a shelter to reset your spawn point, Survival Mode equips you with the knowledge to conquer the wilderness.
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From mastering fire-making like a true pyromancer to navigating with a map and compass, this book is packed with practical tips, clever humor, and pixel-perfect illustrations. Learn how to forage for food, find water, and even make soap to keep your HP full.
We promise* you will learn how to:
Make fire
Eat everything
Restart civilization singlehandedly
Written for teens and adventurers of all ages, Survival Mode proves that the skills you’ve honed in the digital world can help you thrive in the wild. Ready to press start? The ultimate survival adventure awaits!
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