Deception Science

The forests of the Bloody Sunsets Valley are full of dangers: monsters, Reapers, strangers, and especially his comrades...the ones standing next to him. Cat has become stronger, but will it be enough to survive? Will he open the Mask? Will he understand who can be trusted, and who will trust him? Are real feelings even possible in the place where hypocrisy and deception reign supreme? The crusade to the big cities of the World of Karik is coming!

Wren Winters, a fierce air summoner, finds herself bound by duty and scars at the Academy of Ancients after surviving an attack that leaves her team dead. Determined to unearth the truth behind the ambush, Wren's relentless pursuit is complicated by her transfer—a move orchestrated by General Adam Pierce to protect and sideline her. Struggling with haunting visions and an emerging dark side, she seeks solace and strength in her new surroundings, uncertain whom to trust.

Nothing wrecks Captain Eva Innocente’s vacation plans quite like an anonymous threat to vaporize billions of people. Hundreds of monoliths have suddenly materialized in space, broadcasting the same looped message: surrender or be exterminated. Is the universe being epically spammed?

Something unimaginable occurred from 1764 to 1767 in the remote highlands of south-central France. For three years, a real-life monster, or monsters, ravaged the region, slaughtering by some accounts more than 100 people, mostly women and children, and inflicting severe injuries upon many others.

On the cut-throat streets of Tarkis, orphaned teens like Rath end up jailed...or dead. So when the shadowy Janus Group offers Rath a chance to earn riches beyond his wildest dreams, he seizes it. But the Janus Group is as ruthless as the elite assassins it controls. Rath will have to survive their grueling, off-world training, and fulfill all 50 kills in his contract before a single cent comes his way. And ending so many lives comes with a price Rath can't anticipate. It'll certainly cost him what's left of his innocence.

The wealthiest bachelor in the solar system is about to get the surprise of a lifetime from a woman he believes will be his next conquest. Sophie has a dark secret, and she’s traveled from Earth to Jupiter’s moon of Ganymede because of it. Guy Devereux's parties are considered legendary in the solar system. Just because you're rich doesn't mean you get invited. Sophie's secured an exclusive invitation to Guy’s latest soiree on Ganymede. She's not there to have a good time. She's there to meet the one-and-only Edmund James, a wealthy moonboy considered one of the most sought-after ...

Some things are best left unseen.... Heather Reiner has always felt like an outsider. And she doesn't have a normal afterschool job, either. That's because she's got amazing psychic abilities that help the police, well, mostly Detective Tanner, track down dangerous criminals. Heather has no choice but to embrace her gift of second sight when her visions take a dangerous turn by revealing a government corruption. And if that weren't bad enough, Heather learns that a local college student is missing, too.

In a post-apocalyptic world, Sloane Delaney struggles to keep her daughters safe. With all her neighbors gone and her abusive second husband dead, Sloane and her daughters, Mae and Wren, maintain a dangerous charade to keep looters at bay from their neighborhood. But when their home becomes unsafe, Sloane and her girls head for the woods and an abandoned old house Sloane is sure will be a safe haven for at least a few days. She doesn’t count on the handsome and helpful Dr. Kent having also taken refuge there.

Sucked into the deception by Diane Shawe is the second sequel to Scrolling Shadows both a rollercoaster of a novel that weaves together elements of science fiction, cyberpunk intrigue, and thrilling adventure. From the very first page, readers are thrust into a world where the boundaries of reality blur, and technology holds secrets that could alter the fate of the multiverse. The story follows Amy, a seemingly ordinary teenager, whose life takes an extraordinary turn when she stumbles upon a mysterious phone. This device, unlike any other, is linked to a time traveler and possesses mind-...

What are the consequences of cheating Death? Five months have gone by since her last encounter with Death, and in spite of having experienced the most intense period of happiness in her life at Evan's side, Gemma's instinct reminds her that the game is far from over. Evan, overconfident, lets his guard down, revealing an unmentionable secret - an error that can be paid for only with blood....

From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters, and snake-oil salesmen of the digital age - and why we can’t stop falling for them.

At first glance, the events in this book may seem equal parts science fiction and legal thriller. Unfortunately, this is a true story of blinding greed, cruel deceit, unfortunate circumstance, and powerful human tragedy. It has villains and heroes, but it does not yet have a good ending. It is the story of asbestos in America.

Private investigator Frank Harken’s worldwide fame has only made him more cynical. And living in a giant mall covering the entire USA only serves to drive him nuts on a daily basis. So, when a femme fatale barges in asking Harken to track down her sister, he knows when he’s heard an offer too good to be true.

Do you wish things were different? Do you ever pine for the days not long ago, before all this happened and things changed so quickly, so vastly across the world? Do you wonder when things will return to normal? If they will or can? If you’ve found yourself feeling different, odd, unaccustomed to the changes small and large over the past almost-two-years, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re surrounded by people just like you. They’re curious minds, normal everyday people, and profound, revolutionary thinkers. They come from all walks of life, have toiled in all jobs and careers, with ...

Dr. Thaddeus Green survived a werepanther attack long ago, leaving him immortal and a member of the I-Ops team. He’s dedicated his life to genetics and to serving his country. After his mutated DNA led to the death of his loved one, he vowed to never let anyone close to his heart again. Try as he might, Green is unable to stop the mystical pull to the tall, leggy blonde with a sharp tongue and an even worse bite.

All her life Cariad had one dream: to participate in humanity’s colonization of deep space. After topping her field as a geneticist, and then spending 184 years in cryonic suspension, she’s achieved her goal. But the new planet is not the paradise the scientists predicted. Alien predators come out at night, ready to feast on the new arrivals. What’s more, saboteurs have stowed away aboard the ship and are determined to destroy the new colony.

Jason Hutchinson's fertile mind strikes again! Scott thought he had enough trouble with the hurricane... ...but the aliens orbiting high above Earth are another breed entirely! Like thousands before him, Scott thought that working his way through night school would be the key to a shiny, new career. Unfortunately, he wasn't counting on his final exam being administered in the eye of a hurricane! After finally landing his gorgeous, yet unapproachable Goth/Emo crush Nat Scott is shocked to find she isn't who he thought she was! Now imprisoned far above campus, though, a dying race of gorgeous...

There is a new self-awareness taking place as people are starting to find their spiritual identities. As exciting as this sounds, and it really is wonderful, there are many pitfalls and cul-de-sacs along the 'New Age' path to be very wary of. This spiritual awakening is something that the 'powers that shouldn't be' have been aware of for many years, and the architects of the current system we live under know that if we figure this out then we are a lot more than just worker bees for the system than it threatens their own power.

After Kevin Corley’s military career came to an ill-fated end, he answered another call of duty, unaware that he was walking into a ruse orchestrated by one of the government’s most enterprising agents. John Leonard was posing online as an underworld figure to entrap those who were predisposed to crime. When he lured Lieutenant Corley into his scheme, he didn’t know how wrong it would go. And Corley had no idea he had so much left to lose.

A small number of people, motivated by an insatiable greed for power and wealth, and backed by a pinstripe army of enablers, have driven the world to the brink of destruction. Patrick Alley, co-founder of Global Witness and the author of Very Bad People, introduces us to some of the world's worst warlords, grifters and kleptocrats who can be found everywhere from presidential palaces to the board rooms of some of the world's best known companies. Pitted against them, the book also follows the people unravelling the deals, tracking the money and going undercover at great risk.