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Bruno Johnson, a young and inexperienced LA County deputy sheriff, is trying to balance his life as the single father of a four-year-old daughter and his responsibilities as a cop in the Violent Crimes Unit. When he and his impetuous partner, Ned Kiefer, are put on loan to the FBI to help out with a "special problem", Bruno finds himself in a real bind. The FBI hands Bruno and Ned a case that the Bureau prefers not to touch - a group of teenage criminals that are being run by a nefarious criminal known as the Darkman.

With the ink mostly dry on her journalism degree, Joni accepts the position of news reporter and photographer for The Ogallala Gazette. She's tasked with chronicling all of the goings-on of the quirky characters who inhabit this small Missouri town. While investigating the identity of the first murder victim, Joni makes an enemy of the local sheriff. Worse, she catches the attention of a violent stalker who promises to cure Joni of her curiosity.

Legendary war hero Spartan is back in the sixth thrilling adventure in the Mercenaries series. Only Spartan and his elite legions of mercenaries and robot soldiers can stop the Interstellar Empire and its warrior cults. War has come, and the while the Alliance is not ready for it, Spartan will not back down from a fight, no matter the odds. Empires at War is a futuristic military sci-fi adventure that continues to expand the violent struggles of humanity during a time of Galactic upheaval.

Imperial forces launch a brutal assault against the Terran leadership at Krysokeras, leaving behind a trail of bodies and devastation. The callous brutality stuns the Terrans and guarantees there can be no peace with the Empire. Even worse, there are rumours that the Imperial Satrap Tissaphernes is forming an alliance with numerous warlords. The alliance is massing a gigantic fleet of levied soldiers and mercenaries to wipe out the Terran forces of King Agesilaus.

Derek Anderson considers himself to be a devoted husband, father, and businessman. He loves his family and is happiest when he is with his wife and daughter. But when a young Psi-Tal places the blue plastic turtle in Derek's hand, his life is turned upside down, as he discovers that the turtle can transport him into a nightmarish realm that Derek comes to refer to as Dreamworld.

Legendary homicide detective Jack Dantzler has never failed to solve a murder. Thirty-three killers apprehended, tried, convicted. Perfect, like God's soul. But Dantzler's perfection ends when three college women are brutally murdered, victims of a serial killer who strangles his prey, decorates their bodies with a St. Jude medal and photo of Michelangelo's Pieta, then lacerates the jugular post-mortem. The series of murders reawaken Dantzler's memories of his own mother's murder when he was still a young boy.

The Squandered propels Bruno into an emotionally charged high-speed chase as he and Marie leave their rescued kids in Costa Rica and risk returning to the US at the request of Bruno’s terminally ill father. Bruno’s estranged and incarcerated brother needs Bruno to help rescue his abducted young grandchildren, children Bruno hadn’t known existed.

At first glance, Angel is a six-foot-six, powerful, menacing biker traveling the highways of the Southwest. Maggie Munoz, along with other characters in the story, see more than his intimidating demeanor; they see answers to their prayers. When 17-year-old Camden James runs from an abusive father in New Jersey, he falls right into the clutches of another vile beast. But as chance would have it, after a few of life’s tough lessons and a couple of brushes with death, Camden discovers his true identity.

In order to win a much-needed contract as physical therapist to one of the NHL's leading hockey teams, Sam must delay the recovery of their sniper Mac Wanowski. The trouble is, the more she gets to know the taciturn hockey player, the more she aches to help him. Mac "The Hammer" Wanowski chased the Stanley Cup dream for too many years. Last time he was close, it had cost him his wife.

Alex Payne would do anything to bring his wife back from the depths of her watery grave. But when a voodoo mambo offers her help, he soon realizes that turning back the tides of life comes not without repercussions. Somewhere between the living and the dead there lies a murky middle. Can he walk the tightrope between the two and bring her back, or will he lose everything, including his own life, trying?

One man's betrayal will seal another's fate. Ty Garrett fell in love with Katy Fowler from the moment they met. When her father’s betrayal yanks the young couple apart, Ty becomes bitter. After a decade away, Katy returns to Tidal Falls with plans to get married in her family's theatre. But she hadn't expected to run into Ty Garrett, the boy she'd never forgotten. When a series of sabotages wreak havoc on the theatre and danger threatens Katy's life, can Ty save her and win back her love, or is it too late for these star-crossed lovers?

Ex-cop, ex-con Bruno Johnson and his wife, Marie, hide in plain sight from the law in an upscale LA hotel as Bruno heals from a run-in with a brutal outlaw motorcycle gang - and the loss of his son, a son he didn't know he had until it was too late. Marie, now pregnant with her first child, fears Bruno may never fully recover. She knows that soon they must return to Costa Rica to rejoin their large family of rescued children - kids who owe their lives to Bruno and Marie's intervention.

Fires of Prometheus is the third book in the epic science fiction series that chronicles humanity’s first interstellar confederation, torn apart by religious strife and extremism. In this latest book of the Star Crusades Uprising series, the sector is entering a short period of calm. There is peace in Proxima Centauri but for how long? The religious insurgency has already exploded throughout the system and one by one the colonies have seceded from the Confederacy, lured to the offerings of the Church of Echidna.

The Guadalcanal Campaign, which ran from August 1942 to February 1943, was a bitter and protracted struggle that also happened to be a strange and transitional confrontation quite unlike any other in the long Pacific War. In conjunction with the American victory at the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal represented the crucial moment when the balance of power in the Pacific tipped in favor of the Allies, but the idea that Guadalcanal would be such a significant battle would have come as a surprise to military strategists and planners on both sides.

Legendary defense attorney Raquel Rematti represents a presidential candidate - and former first lady of an ISIS-assassinated president - Senator Angelina Baldesteri in the most watched and explosive trial of the 21st century. The senator, a Democrat, sees it as a vendetta show trial orchestrated by the current Republican US president, his Republican attorney general, and an ambitious Republican United States attorney in Manhattan.

Chances are, you've seen it happen with your own favorite time. They hire a coach that you know is bad but you can't turn away.... It's like watching a car wreck or a horror movie.... You know things are going to turn out bad but you watch, cross your fingers, and...things turn out even worse than you imagined. It is all because he is there, the worst coach in NFL history. In some cases, no one knows how or why he got the job. But he got it. And he is on your team...and oh, boy...bring out the beer, lots of it, 'cause it's going to be a looooong season.

As the lone survivor of the destruction brought on by Marie, James is left to question: Who am I? However, dark force have begun to arise that will try to answer that question for him and shape his destiny. As secrets are revealed, James' fight not only for survival but to discover his true identity will lead him down a path he can never come back from. Will he truly become Marie's son?

After suffering an injury from a dark angel, young Camden James rides to a Rocky Mountain cabin to meet White Dove, a spiritual healer. While Angel has healed the boy’s physical wound, only White Dove can hope to mend a wound to Camden’s soul. Isolated in a high mountain paradise, Camden embarks on a personal quest through physical training and spiritual healing.

It's him, the majestic man. He's searching for fate, yet he can't find it just yet. This is the life of an outcast, an anti-hero who wants to be free. He lives not in reality but somewhere else, where dark dreams might come true. His past chases him endlessly in hope of retribution. One day, it might just catch up, and then destiny unfolds. This is his life, one mistake at a time. One bad choice after the other.

Return to Devastation appeals to those who prepare for survival in the end of days. In this apocalyptic sequel to Devastation, the few folks who lived through the destruction east of the Rocky Mountains live in desperation. Jason Black, former special ops marine, is one of those survivors. After reaching civilization, Black returns to the barren States to fulfill a promise to his deceased brother and to those who had sent him west in search of civilization. In the east, cities and towns, homes and neighbors are gone. What canned food that remained is scarce.