Military Violence

“Silenced No More: Voices of Comfort Women” weaves the unforgettable stories of the suffering voiceless with themes of forgiveness, conciliation, and unflagging hope, together with the author’s own investigative journey into a tapestry that will open your eyes to one of the largest human rights tragedies in the 20th century: hundreds of thousands of girls and women were trafficked into Imperial Japanese military sex slavery before and during World War II. History infects the present and determines our future. It is this untold history that the author explores. The author, S.J. (Sylvia...

Ben Robicheaux has made it his personal mission to work his way through the female population. He was doing just fine until he met a woman trying to get away from a wet t-shirt contest. Normally, he’d be pushing her onstage with the other women, but something about this one makes his heart stop, his head fuzzy, and his gut do the right thing. Even though he’s waved goodbye, he’s praying she’ll walk back into his life. He just never dreamed she’d walk back into his life needing help from him again. Only this time, it’s life or death. Harper Miller was warned about men like Ben ...

Griffin "Griff" James, Jr. is an elite, albeit retired, Navy SEAL. Leaving the SEALs was the most difficult decision he'd ever made. Joining the Steel Patriots MC was not difficult. When he walked into Club Steel and saw the gorgeous woman standing behind the bar, he knew he was in the right place. It didn't matter that he thought she belonged to another man; she was his. When Amanda disappeared, he thought his chance was gone until a trip to Daytona changed his world. Now she was in his arms to stay. All he had to do was get her healthy, let her heal, allow her to get all the sleep she ...

Patrick Fitch walked the matrimony aisle twice. And failed twice. He had no intentions of ever walking that long road again. When he was sent to rescue the granddaughter of one of Mama Irene's best friends, he thought it would be a simple extraction. But when is it ever simple with RP? Not only is she beautiful, but she's sexy as the day is long. When she kisses him inside an ancient Mayan temple, he can't believe she's the one he's supposed to rescue. It's never easy and this is no exception. He has to keep her safe and hopefully, not embarrass Mama Irene in the process. Easy. Not easy. ...

It has been a year since the initial outbreak of an infection resulting from a failed terrorist attack. No corner of the globe was spared. Millions simply died during the early days of the outbreak, many more survived with most of those survivors turned into permanently brain-damaged feral creatures. All forms of modern society had collapsed, governments no longer functioned, and electric lights and running water become a thing of the past. A handful of survivors with natural immunity to the virus are alone in a world that now belongs to the infected. Hunter Ashcroft, a wounded vet of the ...

In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century.

At the start of 1991, 11-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, went to war with 34 nations led by the United States. Over the next 43 days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid's view of life during war.

Tyran Eagle O'Neal, better known as Bone, is finally home with family and friends. Excited to begin his new life with RP, he's also a bit excited when he meets the new dentist. Londyn Vacarro is smoking hot, sexy, smart, and definitely hiding something. She might think she has the others fooled, but Bone is calling B.S. Just when he thinks he has her convinced to tell him the truth, she's attacked and left for dead. Thanks to Parker, she's alive, but for how long? Londyn Vacarro has never wanted anything except to be a dentist. Leaving her gang-leader father in Houston was the smartest ...

Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller, who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science-fiction and fantasy works. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near-future scenario: a new American Civil War. The American Empire has grown too fast, the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point, and the war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war.

Diego "Razor" Salcedo is in a dark pit of despair and struggling to find a way out from the sick, dark things he heard. With one horrible job behind him, the thoughts still staining his soul, now he was charged with protecting the sister of a man incarcerated for multiple counts of murder. He thought he could push the responsibility to someone else, let them handle this small detail. But when a killer makes an attempt on her life, he can't just let it go. He never expected Isabella Castro. Never expected to fall in love with her and he certainly never expected to have to fend off a deranged...

Mature readers only: intense combat, graphic violence, horror elements, some sex, some language. In future America, the downloaded consciousnesses in the Ten Sigma Program fight endless battles. The struggles span all possibilities: face-offs with knives and clubs, skirmishes as Roman legionaries, pitched WW1 trench warfare, duels with ultra-modern hypersonic weapons, and everything in between. The combatants who live are rewarded with another battle until they reach the unreachable score of ten sigmas. Those who die are expunged from the system, gone forever. The methods, so harsh they go ...

Brax Pechkin has been carrying a secret with him for all of his adult life. A secret that he can't bring himself to tell the only woman he's ever loved. But when her life is threatened, and she's nearly taken from him, he knows that he can't allow her to leave again. However, things are never what they seem. Just when they were all prepared to go on the war path and kill her attacker, something changes their plans. Compassion. Stephanie doesn't even have a last name. Why would she? She's different, she's odd, she's a damn clone. Nothing about her is original. Or at least that's what she ...

Alexander Lemons is a Marine Corps scout sniper who, after serving multiple tours during the Iraq War, returned home seriously and mysteriously ill. Joshua Howe is an environmental historian who met Lemons as a student in one of his classes. Together they have crafted a vital book that challenges us to think beyond warfare's acute violence of bullets and bombs to the "slow violence" of toxic exposure and lasting trauma.

A failed biological attack ravaged the population of the world. Millions dead, and millions more turned into feral creatures that spend their time hunting down survivors who are desperately trying to rebuild society and make a life for themselves. Several years have passed since the majority of the infected population suddenly dropped out of sight. With the threat seemingly abated, Hunter Ashcroft and other survivors begin to branch out in an effort to find other pockets of civilization. During an expedition to explore the remnants of Nashville, Tennessee, they are surprised to find a ...

As part of those with strange gifts, Nash has intentionally never taken a wife or life-partner. He couldn't deceive someone when he was in love with another. Seeing Jenna walk into the offices of Gray Wolf Security, was almost more than his heart could take. Finding out what happened to her, was far worse. Now, he has to rebuild their relationship, prove that he is trustworthy and help her to find herself again. That proves to be a greater task than he anticipated. Jenna Brooks isn't who she thought she was. How is she supposed to heal and find herself again when the someone she once was, ...

The stories of World War 2 will forever be imprinted in our collective human mind. Unrivaled in loss of life, boundless destruction, and decisions that changed the world as we knew it, these stories have gone down in history. From concentration camps to aerial strikes, the war waged in increasingly brutal ways as it progressed. But how much do you really know about what happened during those years? These are the stories you won’t read about in any textbook. The Wanton massacre of civilians and the torture of prisoners of war was only the beginning. It can be easy to forget the horrors ...

Losing a member of the family is never easy. When this loss hits so close to home, the men and women of Gray Wolf decide to take it head on and find the persons responsible. Except nothing makes sense at all. The animals are behaving strangely, the genius kids are acting odd, and everyone seems to act as if something big is going to happen. For Trak, it become personal when he saves the life of a young woman who brings back memories he didn't need or want. As with everything at Belle Fleur, there is magic in the air and this times, its genuine magic. Things are about to change for the ...

Luke O'Hara is struggling to overcome the guilt associated with the suicide of his teammate and friend, Garcia. Rory Baine, his fellow teammate with REAPER understands and is helping him to work through some of his emotions. When they're selected to take down the man responsible for Garcia's suicide, neither expects to meet the women that will change their lives. Lucia Salavado is a tiny dynamo of pure sex that sets O'Hara's heart racing. Piper Colley is the one mark on Rory's perfect record. Both women will change their lives forever...but can they survive the dark, seedy world of Aquinos?

Maverick Stanton and his friends are ready to plan their futures at home with friends and family. Just when he thought things would get easier, a woman's scream sends him to her rescue. He never guessed that she was already part of their greater family network. He also could have never guessed that what she was working on with G.R.I.P. could change the world in the worst possible ways. With his best friends by his side, Maverick will protect her and prevent others from getting to her discovery. Katelyn Smith has lived a strange life filled with private schools tucked away in the wilderness ...

Paxton Pechkin is finally home for good. After a stellar career as a Navy SEAL, he finds himself staring at a very familiar face. He'd always felt that Deanna was the one that got away, although he was responsible for letting her go. This time, he wasn't going to allow her to go anywhere without him. After suffering a horrible beating, Dee hides away in a place that Pax knows all too well. Finding her, loving her, is the easy part. Figuring out what the hell is happening off the coast of San Diego is something very different. Deanna Trehorn has loved Pax since they were children. She ...