Government Conspiracy Thrillers

Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harbouring secrets - a man intent on killing her. Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings.

Sam Dryden, retired special forces, lives a quiet life in a small town on the coast of Southern California. While out on a run in the middle of the night, a young girl runs into him on the seaside boardwalk. Barefoot and terrified, she's running from a group of heavily armed men with one clear goal - to kill the fleeing child. After Dryden helps her evade her pursuers, he learns that the 11-year-old, for as long as she can remember, has been kept in a secret prison by forces within the government. But she doesn't know much beyond her own name, Rachel.

Michael Shermer presents an overarching review of conspiracy theories—who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them. Trust in conspiracy theories, he writes, cuts across gender, age, race, income, education level, occupational status—and even political affiliation. One reason that people believe these conspiracies, Shermer argues, is that enough of them are real that we should be constructively conspiratorial. But Shermer reveals that other factors are also in play: anxiety and a sense of loss of control, as well as certain personality traits.

Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery—abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of “strange magnetism.” It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life.

On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, is a little-known and never-visited psychiatric facility. There, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric states make them a danger to their own government, people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient. One of these employees, agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there's one difference between Hal and the other patients, Hal isn't crazy.

The legend is real, and it's watching. In Point Pleasant, a terrifying red-eyed creature stalks the night, heralding a dark conspiracy and an unthinkable disaster. When the infamous Mothman begins to terrorize the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, local deputy Joe Larkin and determined journalist Mary Kline are drawn into a deepening mystery. Their investigation into the red-eyed, winged creature uncovers a sinister government conspiracy stretching back decades, involving secret projects like Project Valkyrie and Project Chiron. They face chilling encounters with the enigmatic ...

Fans of Blake Crouch, Tananarive Due and Paul Tremblay won't want to miss this electrifying thriller, where family, power, and the relentless pursuit of justice collide in a world turned upside down. DHS Special Agent Ruth Baker's life spirals into chaos when a subway hijacking reveals a cryptic countdown and chilling disappearances. Teaming up with Detective Rafiq Husain, who shares her unnerving experiences, they unearth a sinister conspiracy tied to a quantum virus named Vinash, engineered by Ruth's late husband, Ashwin. Summoned to the White House, Ruth uncovers the horrifying truth: ...

It's a beautiful summer night in Portland, Oregon. Ami Vergano, a young attorney and single mother, arrives at her son Ryan's little league game with their tenant and new friend, Dan Morelli. When the assistant coach calls in sick, Morelli seems happy to help out. But then one player roughly blocks another and a fight erupts. Before the game ends, Ami witnesses violence that shocks and horrifies her and makes her question everything she thought she knew about Morelli.

The Glass Archive The key opened the door. Now, it unlocks something far worse. Still reeling from the revelations of her husband’s secret life and the conspiracy that led to his death, Elise Archer finds herself haunted by memories that don’t belong to her. The mysterious key that once unraveled his secrets now leads to something even darker—a hidden archive encoded with minds, lives, and identities rewritten by design. When a message from beyond the loop pulls her into a secret network of survivors, Elise must navigate a chilling reality: she was never the only subject. Each puzzle ...

Four years ago, a plane disappeared without a trace. Now someone is killing those who know what happened to it. As David Hudson investigates the murder of suspected CIA assassin Charles Harris, he finds that the killing might be connected to the mysterious disappearance of a passenger jet that occurred four years before. Harris had a hit list with five names in his wallet when his body was found. Days before he was murdered, he tried to warn the targets that a very powerful man wanted them dead. As David tries to figure out how the people on the hit list are connected, he comes to suspect ...

Your biggest threat is the one you can’t see. Retired ex-astronaut, Brock Finlander wants to enjoy the good life, get things back to normal, and forget the past. Despite the things that he had seen over the years, surely, not every legend was true. But a meteor storm over the waters of Claw Island would change all that when Brock captures one of the meteorites that tore through his boat. Now, he finds himself getting sucked back into a world that he desperately wanted to leave behind. And he may have been able to walk away, that is, until an examination of the extraterrestrial rock ...

The Restoration Initiative promised salvation, but beneath their pristine Safe Zones, they’re waging a war against humanity itself. For Dr. Geoffrey Belmont, a gifted surgeon forced into their deadly experiments, survival hinges on uncovering their darkest secrets—and keeping his own humanity intact. When Geoffrey is thrown into Site 5, a hospital twisted into a battlefield, he faces horrors beyond comprehension: the infected roam the halls, patients turned into mindless predators, and the Initiative's sinister T2 soldiers hiding in plain sight. To survive, he must form fragile ...

On an otherwise normal morning, former Special Forces operative Sam Dryden is the target of an unsuccessful attempted abduction. Using his attacker's cell phone, he learns that another person, a woman named Danica Ellis, is also being targeted. Dryden arrives just in time to save Danica from the assault team sent after her. But neither of them recognizes the other or has any idea why they are being targeted. The only clue is a heavily redacted, official-looking document given to Danica by her stepfather before he was killed.

2022 Winner - American Fiction Award for Medical Thrillers 2022 Finalist - American Fiction Award for Political Thrillers National Indie Excellence Award Finalist in two categories: Political Thrillers and Medical Thrillers “Since finishing Escaping Mercy I have been left with a feeling of emptiness that only brilliant novels succeed in achieving when they end. Polakoff has been undoubtedly successful in creating an immersive storyline with likeable characters, and placing me into a world I thoroughly enjoyed reading.” Leigh – Reedsy Discovery. "The book itself is a marvelous work ...

The United States isn’t the place it used to be. While a mysterious deadly fog imprisons people in their homes, a group of billionaire investors take over the country and run it as a private organization. All Eliza Daniels ever wanted was a simple life, but circumstances seem to conspire against her. As a member of the media before it was disbanded, she suddenly finds herself with information that could save the country. But, with her best friend missing, a complacent society, and people who can’t be trusted running the new United States Operation Divisions, she doesn’t have the ...

“So many twists and turns...I literally could not put it down.” “A real page-turner—suspenseful, exciting, a must-read.” “Can’t wait for the sequel!” Zeke Stanton is stranded on the moon with no food, no training, and no communication with Earth. His chances for survival are virtually zero. But just when Zeke thinks getting home is his biggest challenge, he makes a discovery that could change the course of human history. He’s now faced with an impossible choice: save humanity or save himself. As Zeke seeks a way to disclose his mind-numbing find, he becomes the target of a...

Arriving at his friend’s funeral, Bryce had in his pocket the envelope with a single key delivered to his office the day before, send by dead now James. A random act of violence; his friend was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Shot as he was driving across the Potomac. Bryce tries to understand what happened to James and his own role in this story. He finds more and more data about what his dead friend was involved in and clearly sees that his life is now in danger too. Unwillingly he pulling into this story his new girlfriend. This is the time to confront the situation. This is book...

Sam Dryden lives quietly in a small coastal town in Southern California, buying and fixing up old houses. It's good physical work that he's come to love. But his peaceful life is shattered when he gets a phone call from an old friend in trouble. A phone call that pulls Dryden into the middle of a situation that's as violent as it is baffling.

The discovery of a deadly virus being smuggled across the border pits FBI Special Agent James Mason and his strike force against an unknown adversary hell-bent on humanity’s destruction. In a desperate effort to contain the pathogen, they launch a predawn raid, only to find that their enemy knows they’re coming...and it’s not about to be taken alive. An explosion rips through the building, killing the majority of Mason’s team, including his partner and mentor.

Malcolm's analytical mind has to find his childhood friend Nova Wallace and help her decipher the Grey Book's riddles, revealing shocking truths and some of America's greatest secrets. As the clock ticks, Malcolm and Nova search worldwide to find the Grey Book and prevent its secrets from falling in the wrong hands...