Modern Thrillers

In the brutal digital trenches of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the most dangerous weapon is a line of code, and the deadliest battlefield is the one you cannot see. Lieutenant Anya "Kestrel" Kovalenko is a master of the new war. From a cramped command truck miles behind the front line, the brilliant but arrogant software-engineer-turned-soldier commands the Skystalkers, an elite Ukrainian drone unit. With her fleet of cheap, modified drones, she is the tip of the spear in the bloody 2023 counteroffensive, turning the tide of battle with every click. To her, the war is a complex real-time ...

Just when Agent Mendoza is settling into his new job with the shadowy paranormal law enforcement agency known as CERBERUS, he’s thrust into an investigation that has him questioning his career...and his sanity! The ghosts of Austin are angry—and some of them have gone stark raving mad. Now Agent Mendoza is following a trail of necromancy and grave-digging that’s leading him to the source of all this ectoplasmic trouble.

Bernard has known that he is not getting the full picture from London Central ever since discovering that his wife, Fiona, was a double agent. Werner Volkmann has been cast out by London Central as untrustworthy. Yet Werner still seems able to pick up information that Bernard should have been told.

Millions of pounds have gone missing, and the Department have sent agent Bernard Samson to Washington to track them down. But this mission is just the start of something far deeper and darker. It will take him from the English suburbs to Berlin, the South of France to Los Angeles and the heart of a maelstrom. In the first part of the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, friends become enemies, pursuer becomes victim and no one - not even Bernard himself - is above suspicion.

The newspaper headlines all asked the same question; is James Brennan the new Messiah? Roy Lindermann's, MP for a ruling Liberal Party in crisis, is left a Top Secret folder by his dead friend Dustin Hislop. Investigating the folder's contents, he begins to unravel the story of James Brennan, writer, philosopher and, some would say, Messiah, who the Government put on trial for Treason. Brennan has been under house arrest for years, his only communication with the outside world being a soundless, live broadcast on TV every night from his farm. Now the transmissions have suddenly stopped. Is ...

The odds are never in her favor. Good thing this mage doesn’t play by the rules. She once passed as an obedient servant. Now, Senior Investigator Ember Wright shines a light on corruption wherever she finds it. But the corrupt are hitting back. They’re hitting back hard. Her cover blown, they’ve branded her as public enemy number one. With a target painted on her back and on anyone who dares help her, Ember leads a global uprising. When her changeling friends get caught in the crossfire, she learns the true cost of freedom.

Tied to a derelict pier on Orkney, the bloated remains of a man bob in the waves, under the shadow of forbidding Sandisquoy House. The locals know him as William Spencer. But DCI Lukas Mahler identifies him as Alex Fleming - his former boss. Unable to step away from the case, Mahler tries to piece together why Fleming would retire to such a remote location. But the deeper he digs, the more disturbing the investigation becomes.

For an immortal, life is eternally complicated. Kellan Faolanni, half-wolf shapeshifter, is a member of a secret society called the Sankhain. When a man is killed by what appears to be a wolf pack, the Sankhain fear this murder may be directed at Kellan, the only shapeshifter in town. The killer is protected, though, someone high up in the faery court. Kellan is forbidden from killing him. But how can she make this dangerous man stop killing without taking his life? Avoiding a fight might cost her everything, including her sanity.

Another young, African-American man is shot and killed by local law enforcement. As rioters take to the streets in outrage, a group that has waited for this very moment moves and takes control, effectively shutting down an entire city. The demand is simple: "Give us what we have been promised for over a century...EQUALITY."

Long-suffering spy Bernard Samson has, against all the odds, enticed a Soviet agent to defect to London - but this proves to be the start of something even bigger. For he learns that there is treachery within his own Service, and no one is free from suspicion. To discover who really controls the game of spies, he must attempt a desperate gamble. As the Game, Set and Match trilogy reaches its shattering finale, who will make the winning move?

The Fountain of Youth is at Risk... A secret society of warriors has protected the Fountain of Youth for centuries. Its location is a closely guarded secret and the society itself is shrouded in mystery. They are invisible. They are unknown. They blend in with the urban environment. For all anyone knows, the woods near Madison, Wisconsin could be their home! On any given day, if you look hard enough, you might spot Kellan Faolanni, a single, lives-alone, drives-a-truck kind of woman. She's the girl-next-door type. Innocent looking and easy to get along with. You'd never know she's a battle-...

Adam is a psychology student doing research on lucid dreaming... ...but IS he dreaming?Adam Langston is a nobody college student who never garners more than a second look, or is he? While carrying a heavy load of journalism and psychology classes, Adam dives deep into the concept of lucid dreaming, teaching himself to become aware of his dream state. This amazing talent allows him to manipulate his mind and control the dreamscape to his heart's content. Fantasies from his ill-tempered but hot little coed roommate to his smoldering goddess of a psychology teacher, Professor Theodoropolous ...

GREAT LEADERS CANNOT AFFORD TO BE GOOD MEN. 1986: Old scores settled, U.S. President Temple must consolidate control over a volatile nation and a changing world. A nuclear explosion in far-off Russia, political shifts in Western Europe, the AIDS virus... amid the disarray, three former allies refuse to cede command over the oil sector. The Kingsleys, the Sheppards, and the Barronses have united under the woman Temple once thought of as his daughter. Neither she nor the decorated Navy SEAL who used to be her childhood sweetheart will concede. Then there’s the American aristocrat she’s ...

Two friends. One terrible night. A lifetime of pain.When fifteen-year-old Suzanne is kidnapped from a small Northern California town and thrown into the terrifying world of human trafficking, her high school friend Sandy and fired policeman Sgt. Dormer search for her. In the dark underworld of Los Angeles’ gangs and prostitution, they find Suzanne and launch a plan to rescue her...only to discover she doesn’t want to leave.And then Sgt. Dormer learns his own daughter has gone missing...

Bernard continues to chip away at the mystery of his sister-in-law Tessa Kosinski's death in Berlin on the crucial night when his wife, Fiona, was brought out of the East. Fighting to uncover the truth, he must also confront the key relationships in his own life: Fiona is still far from stable now that she has returned to work, and their children remain in the clutches of his wealthy and manipulative father-in-law. Meanwhile, Werner Volkmann, Bernard's friend since childhood, is reluctant to get involved in Bernard's crusade.

Modern Day Samurai continues The Consortium Series, as the action moves to Japan. It contains the ending to Somnolent Chameleon - Book 1: Sleepy, where her vengeance remains unsatisfied, as she continues to hunt for members of the U.S. Government sanctioned Wet Work team that killed a child of the Old Ones in the Amazon jungles. The Comfort Women story still remains unresolved today, as sexual atrocities common decades ago are filtered through history as one of the most demeaning and destructive uses of women's bodies during wartime. New information thought buried has emerged through time, ...

In the pulverized ruins of eastern Ukraine, the battle for Chasiv Yar is the focal point of the entire war. For the Ukrainian defenders, it is the last door protecting the country's heartland; for the relentless Russian army, it is the gateway to total victory. At the center of this inferno is Captain Ivan Tkachuk, a battle-weary officer tasked with holding the city’s most critical sector: the Kanal microdistrict. Haunted by past battles and carrying a tremor from a shell that landed too close , Ivan is given command of the last reinforcements—a handful of terrified new soldiers who ...

“Darkcliff is obviously a master storyteller, knowing how to keep the reader riveted the whole time.” - Jason P. Crawford, Amazon reviewer Mortals die easily. Gods must be killed twice. When he moves to Turkey, Braze prevents a suicide attempt and falls for a local girl - two mistakes with horrific consequences. As they plunge into a spiral of madness and depravity, Braze and the beautiful Mehpare understand why that man wanted to kill himself. A mysterious stranger stalks them during the day. At night, evil magic traps them in a temple that should have never been built. Their failing ...

"Rojo - Espías de Moscú" es un emocionante thriller de espionaje que te llevará al corazón de Rusia, donde el pasado y el presente chocan en una intrincada red de secretos, traiciones y poder. Cuando el legendario Diamante Rojo, un símbolo de la resistencia rusa, es robado del Kremlin, el gobierno ruso llama a Francisco Valiente Polillas, un detective español con métodos poco ortodoxos pero resultados impecables, para resolver el caso. Acompañado por el severo oficial Igor Volkov y la misteriosa exespía Svetlana Petrova, Francisco debe navegar por las gélidas calles de Moscú, ...

Stella’s mid-century modern listing was on track to be her easiest commission ever...until the buyers asked about the rumors of a girl who drowned nearby. As part of her due diligence, Stella starts searching for answers and finds a cold case that makes no sense...As the decades-old drowning case becomes clearer, Stella is shocked to find her own history entwined with that of the dead girl. With each new revelation about her mother, she starts to wonder if her family is right but she just can’t stop herself until she knows every secret.