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When Gren Moritz is elected head of the global government of Rivennia, he is ridiculed and isolated by others in power for his stance against the rise in genetic engineering. Following his inauguration, Gren is lured into the dark shadows of the Liffdom Lodges, a covert gambling syndicate that controls Rivennia. The Lodgers promise political backing, but it comes at a price – Gren must partake in a macabre wager. His fellow players are anxious analyst Samuel Rosendale and sharp-tongued supermodel Primula Zhang.

Robert Finlay is looking forward to returning to uniform policing and a less stressful life. But fate has other plans. Finlay's traumatic past is about to return to haunt him. A policeman is killed by a bomb blast, and a second is gunned down; both were former army colleagues from Finlay's own SAS regiment. And so begins a game of cat and mouse, a wicked game in which Finlay is in embroiled in a fight against a determined and unidentified enemy.

In The Puppet Master's Game, Thomas Rutledge, a brilliant lawyer with a dark secret, embarks on a ruthless journey to the pinnacle of power in Texas politics. With a pristine public image and an unseen hand that manipulates the shadows, he ascends to the governor's mansion, leaving a trail of broken lives in his wake. As the people celebrate their new leader, they remain blissfully unaware of the darkness that lurks behind his charismatic facade.

Time ran out on climate change. Super-storms. Government surveillance and breakdown. Tech whisperer Dee Baker seeks safety. Weather disasters spin out of control. Food prices skyrocket. Refugees spill everywhere, including Americans fleeing the dust bowl, floods, and hurricanes. Congress has a plan, the Calm Act. Its public face is martial law. The secret measures are worse. Dee's job provides her classified access to the truth. They promise her an ark berth, secure in a sealed biosphere. But she doesn't trust them to deliver....

The Day the World Tilted. The world did not end with a war. It ended with a broadcast. At exactly 08:00 GMT, every major network went silent for six seconds. No ads. No music. No anchors shuffling papers. Just a flat, digital pause that felt longer than it was. In those six seconds, markets froze, satellites recalibrated, and governments instinctively reached for phones that did not ring. Then the screens came back. Three flags filled the frame. Not the flags anyone expected.

As a political machine maneuvers California war hero, Scott McHale into running for political office, a frightening evil sets its sights on the American public. Treachery and mayhem unknowingly propel Scott and his lovely activist wife, Angie closer to higher office. The Oval Office appears firmly in the kingmaker’s sights. The Latino couple's success and independence grow until the nation plunges into chaos planned years before. When Scott suddenly goes off script, he vanishes into a smokescreen of sexual innuendo and scandal.