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It is 1795. As war spreads across the globe, Harry Ludlow joins the struggle for the richest trade in the world. When half his crew is illegally pressed into the Royal Navy by the vicious Captain Toner, Harry sets off in pursuit. Toner's ship reaches the West Indies with Harry close behind, and they sail into a maelstrom of piracy, corruption, and murder, stirred up by a French privateer. Soon, the British officer in charge of the station calls upon each man to help as best he can.

Book 3. Unforgivable SinsWho is left to stand against evil?The sorceress Cessair is dead. But her cruel mentor, Shendjw—the last king of Predynastic Egypt—lives, having been made immortal by the power of the five ancient elements. He has dispatched his enemies, and now, after thousands of...

After the loss of his wife and child in a plane crash, former NYC firefighter Sebastian Martin is nearing alcoholic oblivion when his brother offers him a last-chance job opportunity as an insurance fraud investigator. Despite his reservations, he soon discovers he has an instinct for the job. A move to Dallas, where he learns it's okay to be alive, proves to be his salvation. Investigating fraudulent claims for a dead child and another for a missing husband, in Honduras, leads him to murders, international car thieves, and torture at the hands of a former KGB agent.

Even those closest to Ricky Crowe have no idea what she has suffered. The humiliating violations. The betrayals. Her sister’s murder. All have left crippling scars that will never heal. And only the Egyptian mystic, Luja Issa, knows that Ricky’s sacrifices saved the world. Her reward? More chaos. Ricky is now on the run, forced to leave behind forever her few friends, the tatters of a broken life, and a man she might love. Sinister groups pursue her, convinced she has the power to control the five ancient elements: earth, air, fire, water, and akash —the magical essence of all things!

The Book of Invasions is a globe-spanning adventure, a romp through history and mythology, a grudging love story, and an all-in battle against an evil hidden in plain sight. The world is stunned by the inexplicable murder of a dozen climate scientists at a remote research station in Greenland.

Die Extrembergsteigerin Gilda Hunt weiß, dass sie auch unter diesen Bedingungen ein zweites Mal den höchsten Berg der Welt besteigen muss. Ihrem Team schließen sich zwei verfeindete Wissenschaftler an, die in einem erbitterten Konkurrenzkampf stehen. Und im Hintergrund der Expedition sind skrupellose Drahtzieher aktiv, die über Leichen gehen.

Iris McTavish always wanted to follow in her father's footsteps. But when his sudden death leaves her household on the brink of ruin, she may have to choose an unwanted marriage over her passion of archaeology. To save her house and prove her worth, she embarks on a mysterious and dangerous expedition....