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What if myth was a lot more mundane? In a story where it's not uncommon to find yourself living next to a werewolf or a vampire at the same time, we take a closer look at how these men and women would interact with each other. Under high and low stress, what would society look like when fantasy has always been reality? Blood, Silver, and Unity explores the interpersonal relationships between a highly skilled team of military operatives given a momentous task that could change the landscape of the future.

Frannie Rose backs her walker into the ladies' room at the Wolf Creek Senior Center. "It's a bitch," she says to herself, wincing as she bangs into the door. When she turns around, she confronts the bloody body of Elyse Crane protruding from the floor of a stall. As it turns out, Frannie could just have easily been referring to Elyse.

The Deadly Social Security Lottery begins with a driver experiencing a heart attack, which causes a terrible accident involving three of his friends; his truck has a boat and trailer attached to it. The accident is observed by a Texas State Trooper, and he is the first responder to the accident location. The State Trooper counts four individuals still in their seats whom he believed were killed immediately. One individual on the driver's passenger side starts to move and moan. He is immediately sent to the hospital as soon as the EMTs arrive.

Becky Rogers is a young woman with strong beliefs about how to make the world a better place to live. Many claim she uses scare tactics to raise awareness about environmental issues and they dismiss her as a troublemaker. When she discovers a catastrophic event about to happen, she finds herself in the middle of what could prove to be the end of life ‘as we know it’. Will linguist Mickey DeRosa and ancient history professor Doc Wiggins be able to help Becky convince the world to change their destructive ways? Can they stop a dangerous military leader from destroying the world?

There is only one speck of land in the entire world where activities literally take place in the shadow of tomorrow. It is a remote island in the Arctic Circle, beyond the northwestern tip of the Aleutian Island chain, and located just east of the international date line. Beyond the west shore of the Bering Strait, on the other side of the date line, stands the mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula. When the sun sets on a rare clear day, that mountain range, towering in the domain of tomorrow, casts a shadow over the small and remote island of today.

Charlie Cooper is a simple man. A few beers, an occasional day at the track, and time with his family are all it takes to keep him happy. But when Charlie goes to pay his income tax at the Milwaukee Federal Building and comes face-to-face with terrorists trying to annihilate his Midwestern lakefront city, his only concern is how to keep them from executing their diabolical plan. As he is thrown into combat with the men who have infiltrated the government building, he learns that the attack is only a small part of a nationwide terrorist plot.

Detective Jock Mitchell, after serving eight years in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department (DCPD), left DCPD to pursue a career as a homicide detective. He landed in the historic city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, with his wife, Latisha. After being named the sheriff department's only homicide detective, his work was largely relegated to solving B&Es and robberies. Detective Mitchell hadn't found the fulfillment he sought. On a cold winter morning in December, Detective Mitchell found himself at the center of a brutal and terrifying killing.

The Block In the year 2050, the world has experienced a near total economic collapse, destroying the global monetary system. After years of struggle, a new form of exchange arose: cryptocurrencies called scripts, digital IOUs centrally managed through programs called blockchains. And the ambitious Proctors, who control the blocks, restlessly seek to expand their power. Milt Bruckner investigates blocks to counter fraud and is struggling to keep his script-chasing business afloat when a mysterious woman enters his establishment in need of his help.

Paige had always envisioned what her last couple of years of high school would be like when her parents finally would allow her to date. She already had the most amazing friends, and now she needed her dream lover. She had her eyes set on one quarterback at school, but as luck would have it, he would be the typical school jerk who had a darkness inside. Paige thought she would never find love until she met Declan, who showed her the meaning of love; he treated her like a queen. Declan was the prince in her fairy tale--until her fairy tale turned into a nightmare.

Of course, Harvard is one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world. Its imposing faculty has won far more Nobel Prizes than any other university, now approaching 170. However, a small minority of the people associated with Harvard have taken a wrong turn in life. A few of them have become felons, major pranksters, research fabricators, or powerful advocates of obnoxious ideas. This groundbreaking book takes a look at them. Many of the people described in it are like their more upright counterparts; they truly excel in their endeavors.

This story points to human nature; its seeming repetitive side relative to the use of violence and bad behavior. Change appears through centuries out of reach despite the presence of good people. In this story, a solid navy father-daughter family crime war is the path taken often.

Being an outlaw for many years, I took fact and fiction and mixed it up...and here you go.

In 1997, Chicago’s street gangs were highly organized, and the Ida B. Wells housing projects were one of the most dangerous in the nation. Two brothers, Carl and Tommy, were born into a world of hell and chaos, fighting every day to survive living with drugs - addicted parents. A child’s innocence was a small price to pay in order to secure the next fix. Abandoned by their mother after their father’s incarceration, they turned to their friend Lucky and joined the Gangster Disciples.

When Harrison and One-Arm Nettles set out to investigate a missing woman, they have no idea they’ll stumble upon a conspiracy that could shake Mussolini’s regime. Hidden tunnels and restless ghosts point the way—but can Davenport and Nettles decode the clues before it’s too late?

Ryan Andrews' life was on the American road to success. A successful marriage to his college sweetheart and the thought of moving the family forward by having a child is on the horizon. When a night of fun and celebration turns into chaos, Ryan's life seems to take a major stall. His actions put a strain on the marriage, and when you include a sporadic haunting, that continues to get worse. His life is seemingly spiraling out of control.

Jessica Anderson is a former army military police and CID agent. After ten years of serving her country to the best of her ability, she gets out, hoping for a slower pace. She joins the Buffalo Police Force and tries to get on with her life as she fights to keep the weight of her former service from bringing her down. Then one autumn day, one call will change her life forever. From that day forward, she gets caught up in a mix of confusion and fear as she tries to solve a mystery that threatens to take her life. A mystery that brings up a part of the past that she thought was long closed.

Nicole had gone through what could have been described as hell in her life: her parents were involved in an accident that killed them when she was only ten years old, her husband was shot and killed less than a year ago, and now someone had kidnapped her baby daughter.

On April 19, 1973, Rosemarie D'Alessandro's daughter, Joan, said "Goodbye, Mommy," as she ran out the door. Joan was a Brownie Scout, and she was excited about delivering the last two boxes of Girl Scout cookies to a neighbor. Her mother didn't know it would be the last time that she would see her seven-year-old child alive. Her neighbor sexually assaulted and brutally murdered her joyful little girl.

In the heart of Alaska's untamed wilderness, Asher seeks refuge from his troubles only to be entangled in a life-threatening ordeal. By a twist of fate, he disrupts a dangerous plot against an older couple to steal their hidden riches and leave them for dead. Now, alongside their courageous daughter, Mia, Asher is thrown into a harrowing escape from relentless pursuers as treacherous wildlife lurks in the shadows.

This is the second of a three-part series of Jacob Gunn: Reserved Trust. Jacob grew into adulthood detesting the word "trust." During his personal relationships and always within his investigations, Jacob consistently questioned if his sources of information were trustworthy. He grappled with the possibility his trust given today might become a maybe trust situation later. He believes trust is frequently and carelessly based upon unverified information. Both truth and trust can be significantly impacted by fear.