Portraits of Excellence reimagines cultural royalty and invites you to meet the Black creators behind our culture though this vibrant portrait collection. No other title blends recognizable portraiture, cultural history, and playful nostalgia to share the truth behind American culture.

COMING SUMMER 2026

Amateur detective Alina Katen teams up with the most unusual partner: Merlin, a robot. Well, okay, not technically a robot—he will be the first to tell you he is a Mechanized Recursive Learning Instrument—but, yeah, a robot. With Merlin on her side—despite his incurable child-like outlook on life—it feels like they can solve any mystery...

For twenty years, my job was helping folks by putting right what was wrong, until the influential corporation got me outlawed. So, what was I thinking when I agreed to help a stranded 10-year-old girl who is hunted because of her special gift? With the full might of the well-funded corporation unleashed, space pirates in my way, armored mercenary commandos at every turn, and bounty hunters on my trail, I'd swear the galaxy itself is out to get me.

Dean is an operative for the Overlord. Tara is the agent hunting him. In second period physics, they're lab partners.

When Daxia dreamed of questing beyond The Wall, she’d never imagined her sister’s life would be on the line.