Global Fiction

A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous Chinese pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel. Discovering that the sinking of the ship is just part of an intricate web of deception, they find themselves in the middle of a cyber-war between rival groups of hackers, both of whom want to control the flow of data around the world.

A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day. Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home.

A second chance at love. Betrayal disguised as friendship. Isaac Mast wants a wife to help manage two growing boys and a prosperous carpentry business. When a letter to a neighboring bishop introduces him to a woman almost to perfect to wed, he seizes the chance to end his bachelor life. She’s exactly what he needs—grace, beauty, and a quiet, feisty spirit. But, recently widowed, the scars on her heart leave the young mother hesitant to trust again. Mary Troyer loved once, and suffered betrayal. Slightly unconventional, she now lives for the happiness of her little girls. Pressed by her...

Infection has encased the planet in web of destruction, death and anarchy. Hordes of infected roam the cities seeking out those that were overlooked in the outbreak. The weak succumb while the strong fight back. With limited options, governments resort to last ditch efforts to stop the spread of the virus. ODA-141, the SEALs of Shark Platoon and a company of Rangers are stranded in Alaska after a series of events forces them off course and into the throes of a blizzard. On foot, with wounded, they must continue their mission no matter the cost. The Safeguard group, after the second violent ...

In 2040, advanced technology has transformed daily life, yet many social ills remain. At 40, Michael faces a choice: remain in Boston, tethered to uninspiring government programs, or forge a fresh path. Embracing the latter, he relocates to Berkeley to join his twin brother in his groundbreaking research into dark matter. Could this elusive, intangible substance, rumored to permeate the universe, also reside within the human brain, holding the key to the mysteries of consciousness? When an experiment goes awry, or perhaps ominously right, Michael undergoes an extraordinary transformation, ...

After the disastrous events in the Kingdom of Androthe, the powerful Fusionist has arrived in another part of the world. Not only is he alone and unsure of where exactly he is, but now he has to navigate the strange Sealance Empire, paying off his debt toward its people that he incurred just after arriving. However, if he can journey across its expanse, he can finally return to the Kingdom where his family and friends he left behind are located.

Ancient Mysteries, Deadly Secrets: Can Nicholas Foxe Crack the Code in Time?Nicholas Foxe is a brilliant yet restless cryptographer. He begins to question whether his thirst for adventure will ever be satisfied. Just when he resigns himself to a routine life, he’s drawn into an astonishing discovery deep within a hidden cavern. It is a futuristic artifact buried for millennia, its purpose shrouded in mystery. What secrets does it hold, and who else will stop at nothing to claim it? As Nicholas is thrust into a globe-spanning quest to decode the artifact. He discovers its implications ...

When Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala investigate a mass stranding of aquatic life in the Indian Ocean, they accidentally uncover a much deeper mystery. A strange figure soon steals NUMA’s findings, forcing a high-speed chase—someone really didn’t want them examining those dead whales. But who, and why? A cryptic text through the NUMA satellite network makes things still stranger: these odd phrases and numbers look like NUMA codes. But who could be tantalizing the crew with such specific knowledge of their tech?

From a secretive jungle-covered island in the Pacific to the sands of the Middle East. From the smog-filled alleyways of China to the passageways of a US Navy destroyer. The War Planners series follows different members of the military and intelligence community as they uncover a Chinese plot to begin the next world war, and attack America.

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy. An explorer returns to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth that his ancestors, and others among the planet’s finest, fled centuries ago. The mission comes with a warning: A graveyard world awaits him. But so do those left behind - hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out ages ago.

If, like Kane, you’re a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again—by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide—and when to shoot. But some places don’t play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane’s experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan meet are such a place—a place where violence is the only way to survive.

1549. Convinced he’s destined to fulfill a whispered prophecy, Friar Diego de Landa labors to convert the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula. Discovering a brutal Spanish landowner persecuting the native population, Friar Diego determines to protect them and punish the cruel man. 2010. Cortez Vuscar is convinced his father will return if he can grow their church’s congregation. Certain he’s found his true love, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy, unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the literature she’s reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness.

It has been over a year since the war began. A year since China launched its surprise attack on America. EMP and cyber weapons plunging much of the nation into a dark chaos. Thousands of anti-ship missiles gutting the US Pacific fleet. A Chinese-allied North Korea launching an all-out attack on South Korea. Chinese information warfare campaigns triggering America to launch a nuclear strike on China's own nuclear stockpile. And the international political consequences that followed.

When African jihadis attack a Nigerian regiment using American weapons, Cabrillo and the Oregon crew are on the case, investigating from Afghanistan to Kuala Lumpur to track a mysterious arms dealer—a genius, or perhaps a devil—known only as the Vendor. Cabrillo goes undercover to find the Vendor’s base, but his adversary isn’t just an arms smuggler. He’s an arms maker, and Cabrillo just walked into a lethal military game alongside the most dangerous mercenaries in the world, designed to test the Vendor’s cutting-edge AI arsenal.

Lancaster Amish teen, Waneta Graber has decided she is too damaged for love. But when a new Amish boy comes to their small Amish community, will Waneta have the strength to stick to her decision, or does God have another future for her? Lancaster Amish teen, Waneta Graber's life has fallen apart. Her mamm is in a coma, and Waneta herself is just beginning to recover from a mental breakdown that almost led her to take her own life. As she struggles to earn the trust of her daed, siblings, and friends, Waneta decides that she is far too damaged for love. But her resolve is challenged when her...

Enter the deadlands. The SEALs of Shark Platoon accompanied by cadets from Macon-Hill push towards Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. Their mission: recover watercraft from that installation. The secondary objective is to make contact with other survivors and gauge the state of the east coast. Encountering a survivor group requesting their assistance, the joint unit agrees to help retake and secure the Radford Arsenal. However, the installation is already occupied and those occupants aren’t eager to leave. After a costly battle, the SEALs discover they’ve been misled. In northern ...

Global warming has changed the world's geography and its politics. Wars are waged over water, and China rules Europe, including the Scandinavian Union, which is occupied by the power state of New Qian. In this far north place, 17-year-old Noria Kaitio is learning to become a tea master like her father, a position that holds great responsibility and great secrets. Tea masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria's father tends. But after her father's death the army starts watching their town - and Noria.

2080: At a remote site on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a group of scientists, engineers, and physicians gather to gamble humanity’s future on one last-ditch experiment. Their goal: to make a tiny alteration to the past, averting a global catastrophe while at the same time leaving recorded history intact. To make the experiment work, they just need one last recruit: an ageing schoolteacher whose late mother was the foremost expert on the mathematics of paradox. 2028: A young woman goes into surgery for routine brain surgery.

Can faith, family and new bonds withstand the weight of a heartbreaking lie? For Sarah Lambright, returning home to Lancaster from her teaching apprenticeship in Ephrata is as sweet and warm as her mamm's special Friendship Bread, but when a false friend threatens Sarah's fledgling love for Jebediah Stoltzfus, will faith, family and new bonds withstand the weight of a heartbreaking lie? Find out in Amish Friendship Bread, book one of Amish Grace by Amazon bestseller Ruth Price.

This is the way one world ends. The SEALs of Shark Platoon, having recovered President Wood and his wife from a black site, now face another task; get POTUS to safety. Hounded at every turn, the SEALs are engaged in a running battle against forces intent on reclaiming what was taken from them. ODA-141, the Outlaws, have reached their objective, the DHS communication facility, only to discover there’s more involved than just flipping a switch. Lines of corrupt code are preventing surviving military units from contacting each other. What’s worse, within those lines of code, someone is ...