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When Free Agent Malbane of the Interstellar Trade Commonwealth is summoned to the galaxy's largest space station to quell racial strife she encounters sinister forces willing to destroy civilization to fight forces they believe to be from Hell itself. Whether dealing with terrorists, a homicidal priest, race riots, or invading aliens, it's just another day in the life of a Free Agent. The Human and Narath races have been at peace for over 300 years but horrific killings could spark a new race war. If Malbane can't defuse the situation it could mean the end of the Commonwealth. But life is ...

WANTING TO BE A SPY IS ONE THING: ACTING LIKE ONE IS QUITE ANOTHER When stand-in teacher, Calum Ross, first locks eyes with Natalia, he can’t believe his luck. Nor can the UK security agencies. They’ve been looking for a way to recruit Natalia’s husband, Oleg Usmanov, a Russian spymaster and friend of the Russian President, for years. Ross might just be their man. Except nothing about Usmanov is quite what it seems. When Natalia is attacked, Ross finds the finger of blame being pointed squarely at him. With Russians out for his blood and his SIS 'minders' squabbling amongst themselves...

Johnny and Kimi are two young lovers who witness a brutal gangland-style double murder. From a secluded spot in the woods, they watch the killers weigh the bodies down and dump them in the deep part of a Colorado lake. Johnny recognizes one of the killers as the Chief of Staff of a local member of Congress. Two nights later, Johnny and Kimi are running from the burning wreckage of the Safe House the FBI had put them in. All they have are their wits and the clothes on their backs. Kimi's computer hacking skills and Johnny's ingenuity are key to taking down the killers. To stay alive, they ...

A lawyer’s passion for justice unleashes a flaming torrent of death. How many people must die for his justice to be served? Steven Maxwell acts, lives, and breathes as one of America’s top criminal lawyers. Though high priced, he often takes cases pro bono, including murder, in his desire to serve the Lady of Justice; after all, she is why he studied law. Recently he got a not guilty verdict for Guepardo, one of the world’s best professional hit men under contract hire by the Hoffman gang. How? The key witness, Mary, didn’t show up so no evidence, no case, “not guilty.” What ...

In the second book of the Pixie Pearson series, Pixie and Harley are happy in their warehouse, but boys on bikes and royal greyhounds cause trouble. Then Jaco, Harley's father, tries to shake their house down.

Two strangers meet while seated together on a long distance air flight. The more seasoned of the two creates a game to pass the time. They choose seven passengers and proceed to guess their names, age, occupation, marital status, and personality. Later, they are informed of severe mechanical problems disabling the plane, leading to a crash into the sea. They survive along with only seven other passengers, incredibly the seven people from their game. The subsequent prolonged and horrifying adventure in a raft presents many obstacles to their survival including sharks, severe weather, death, ...

After his parents died in 1938, Timmy Farnsworth, 10, from Santa Monica, California, was sent to live with his Uncle Malcolm and Aunt Agnes in a village 25 miles north of London called Trucksbury He was living in an upstairs bedroom with his cousin Will when the war broke out. The boys soon named their room Trucksbury Fighter Command and, later joined by an East London orphan named Jack, began their own battle against the enemy.

Are you feeling overwhelmed with your present life situation? Are you in need of a quick retreat into the mountains or a dense forest ? Do you need to recharge your life’s batteries? Then this book of inspirational stories is just for for you. The night may be long, the days might be clouded but nothing lasts forever. Sooner or later, the situation changes for change is the law of life. Those who keep the lamp of hope alive in their heart, see the lamp burning bright and eventually filling their lives with glow and warmth. But all this does not happen on its own. It demands constant ...

Garret Cooper continues his search for Conrad Bishop and Jackie Ming throughout Central America in this, the second book in the Garret Cooper Series. While Garret and Fonda attempt to establish a new life on Maui, the threats posed by the dangerous fugitives continue to threaten their existence. Conrad finds himself embroiled in a feud and Jackie battles demons that continue to haunt him. Friends, both new and old, lend assistance to the manhunt as well as the efforts of many men to find a better path in life...their personal road to redemption.

Damian, a vampire hybrid who commands the seductive shadows of his father’s nightclub, Mezzanine, has never lacked for female attention. But when intrepid journalist Naomi Sutton brazenly breaks into the club’s office during a masquerade ball, investigating allegations of blood rituals at the club, a primal hunger ignites within Damian—a craving unlike any he’s ever known. Naomi’s relentless pursuit of truth threatens to expose Damian’s deepest secrets, yet he’s inexplicably drawn to her, desperate to keep her close. But how can Damian stop Naomi from unraveling his world when...

Oliver was always a jerk. Now that he’s dead, he’s downright terrifying. Augie Doyle eats, sleeps, and breathes horror. Vampires? Real. Werewolves? Absolutely. Zombies? Don’t get him started. His best friend, Ethan, thinks it’s all nonsense—until Oliver Hackl shows up to school. Five days ago, Oliver fell off the Old Mill Bridge and broke his neck. The paramedics pronounced him dead. Now he’s back. Pale. Slow. Wrong. Augie’s convinced it’s the zombie apocalypse. Ethan’s sure there’s a logical explanation. Then Oliver’s friends start dropping like flies. One vanishes, ...

The Art of Change Leadership represents a major milestone in the study of change leadership. An approachable yet thorough guide for leaders and team members that illustrates how to increase speed and agility during times of intense technological innovation and fast change, this resource focuses on the ways in which you, as an individual, can harness your unique abilities to lead cultural change and personal leadership in a positive and proactive way.

"John Stamp’s second novel featuring NCIS agent Tyrone Benhoff will leave you hooked. A mystery wrapped in a thriller—taking you from a seedy Bangkok nightclub to an attack on a US Navy combat ship just for openers—Overmatch is a solid, fast-moving page-turner that keeps you wanting more.” — Jerome Preisler, NY Times bestselling author “A gritty thrill ride through the seedy underbelly of Third World back alleys, along with American techno-traitors, Chinese assassins, and desperate investigators out to solve a terror assault on a US Navy ship. Stamp skips the slick haircuts and ...

"COLD OPEN is red hot when it comes to action. A terrific book with plenty of inventive twists and turns. And who could write it better than this? A real reporter, Greg Clarkin sums up the electricity and crackle of a newsroom with a deadly twist. COLD OPEN is great entertainment." -Kitty Pilgrim, former CNN correspondent and author of The Stolen Chalice and The Explorer's Code "Check out COLD OPEN...a thrilling mystery." -Ali Velshi, CNN anchor When the nation’s number one cable news anchor, turns up floating in the East River, the cops label it a suicide. But his gorgeous widow is ...

FLANKER SERIES TO PROJECT MOLKA! Kang traps his greatest enemy! But can he finish him off? What Readers Are Saying… “A GREAT NEW SERIES TO DIVE INTO AND ENJOY!” Based on Molka’s bad-ass, covert operative colleague Kang from the PROJECT MOLKA Series! Kang is a former top covert operative for North Korean intelligence who flips sides with an eye on righting many wrongs! More Readers Speak… “This series just keeps getting better and better!” “GREAT escapism in today’s tough times!” “I both laughed and cried and that never happens for me in action-adventure novels!” “...

Do you ever feel stuck? You’re doing everything possible to move forward and experience growth, but breakthrough you’re looking for is just not happening? In these situations, we have the tendency to get impatient, distracted, discouraged. Sometimes we even quit. But what if we changed the narrative?

END OF EXISTENCE, the second instalment of the Kirkland Finn military thriller series, tells the story of a female environmentalist who has grown tired of humankind. Written in a cinematic style with relentless action from Hereford in the UK to the wastelands of Russia, Forrest of Finland and Lapland of Sweden, Andy Munro’s END OF EXISTENCE is action-packed fiction from start to end. Follow the adventures of SAS Captain Kirkland Finn and his squad of highly skilled covert operative soldiers as they fight to eliminate a terrorist biological warfare threat with the potential to wipe out ...

If you like the short stories of Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury, you will love this book! Curl up and get ready for a wild ride with twelve tantalising tales that will leave you breathless and wanting more. In SHORT STORIES AND STRANGE ENDINGS, master storyteller, RAYMOND M HALL, takes you on a journey through a variety of settings, from the gritty streets of an old Australian gold mining town to the depths of a dreamscape. Each story contains a unique set of characters, from a mysterious old man to a daring feline adventurer, and each one ends with an unexpected twist. This collection will ...

A disillusioned god of love who’s sworn off his own magic. A vibrant mortal florist who might just bloom in his cynical heart. Eros, the God of Love, is heartbroken and has abandoned his bow, refusing to unleash his arrows upon the mortal realm. As a result, the world has fallen out of love, and Zeus’s thunderous wrath is echoing through Olympus. Turning to Eros’s closest friends – Triton, Dionysus, and Hermes – Zeus tasks them with rekindling the god of love’s belief in his own power. Their plan? To make Eros fall in love himself. Enter Psyche, an enchanting human florist as ...

The world is unraveling. John Caul is the last thread. In the explosive sequel to Rakehell, secret agent John Caul faces a brutal new reality: orchestrated violence is tearing down governments, and an unseen hand is shaping the future. The rules have changed—and survival means rewriting them. Pitted against Angel, a lethal assassin who matches him move for move, Caul must uncover a global conspiracy before it’s too late. Allies are scarce. Enemies are everywhere. And with winter closing in, every decision could be fatal. The wolves are hunting. Caul is running out of time. Praise for ...