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The sudden disappearance of Charles Conklin, a NASA engineer with access to classified military technology is dangerous enough. The Mafia hitman waiting inside his house makes it lethal. Orlando detective Scott Jarvis already struggles with a system that too often protects the powerful and buries the truth. But when a missing engineer's trail leads to the Florida Keys—and a brutal smuggling operation tied to stolen military secrets—Jarvis finds himself pulled into a case far bigger than a routine investigation.

Whoever controls the Solomon Islands controls the vital sea lanes between the United States and Australia. When Imperial Japan seizes Tulagi and begins constructing a strategic airfield on Guadalcanal, the balance of the Pacific War hangs in the balance. America must strike first—or risk losing the entire theater. As a massive invasion force prepares for the first major U.S. offensive of the war, Lieutenant Commander Art Turner and the decorated crew of USS Bull Shark are assigned a dangerous covert mission deep behind enemy lines.

When the world grows quiet… something begins to stir. A sound where no sound should be...... A shadow that moves when nothing is there. A truth that refuses to remain buried. In this novel-length collection of horror and dark suspense, Scott W. Cook presents six unsettling tales that explore the thin boundary between the familiar and the unknown — where curiosity leads to terror, and answers often raise even darker questions.

Catherine Cook, unclaimed granddaughter of the great explorer James, Cook is on her way to America to re-connect with her mother’s family when fate intervenes and thrusts her into ultimate peril. All of her life, Kate has yearned to go to sea and to command a sailing ship in the Royal navy…an impossible dream for a young woman in 1797.

Key West–known the world over as a vacation mecca. Amazing food, bars and music top off days filled with awesome fishing, diving and boating… yet beneath the sun worship and the cobalt blue skies lurks a growing danger with its sights set on Scott Jarvis. His vacation is cut short when Jarvis stumbles across a large yacht drifting off the island.

With her commission in her coat and a well-found deck beneath her feet, Catherine Cook, granddaughter of the great explorer, prepares to set sail. With her new frigate and her master and commander’s warrant, Kate is ready to begin her career in the Royal Navy. Yet as every sailor knows, not all seas run smoothly. As Kate and her crew set out to defend British and American shipping from French and Spanish marauders, the young, improbable captain is sailing straight into deadly peril. For her old nemesis, Pierre Meraux, survived their last encounter and is out for vengeance.

A sexy new client needs Jarvis to track down her ex-boyfriend who’s left her in desperate financial straits.... A supermarket chain is being skimmed for thousands…and a billionaire has been robbed of millions in valuables including a personal journal that could tear open his empire and leave him in ruins. While Jarvis struggles to balance his time and solve all three cases at once, he soon realizes that this heavy workload isn’t a coincidence.

After a devastating attack by a downed Japanese aircraft, Art Turner and the men of Bull Shark try to forget and relax in the rustic Western Australian port of Fremantle. Yet war is never far away, and the battle cry once more draws the submarine into danger. Uncle Charlie Lockwood has a special side mission for Art Turner. A British commando needs to get to Timor and reunite with the Australian guerrilla fighters he’s trained… and who he was forced to leave behind when the Japanese invaded.

After a series of failed assaults on Guadalcanal and Henderson Field, Japan is rallying for a major offensive. Ground troops, surface bombardment, and a carrier-supported invasion of the island looms darkly on the horizon. Now, Bull Shark must circle the nearby islands to discover and slow down this onslaught long enough for Allied forces to dig in.

After enjoying two weeks of well-deserved R and R at Pearl Harbor, Art Turner, his crew, and his boat are once again asked to go out and do the impossible…and to make it snappy, already! Webster Clayton has uncovered a Japanese plan to send a major invasion force to Guadalcanal. In order to soften up the marines there, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto intends sending in a battleship to bombard Henderson Field and obliterate the Cactus Airforce.

They extinguished the only light left in his life. Now, he’s bringing the dark. Ex-CIA ghost Jonathan Hunt spent years burying his violent past, hoping to finally live in peace. But when a brutal, targeted strike shatters his world and strips away the one person who anchored his humanity, the man he tried to leave behind is resurrected. And this time, he has absolutely nothing left to lose. The trail of blood leads straight to the heart of Washington D.C., turning the nation's capital into a hunting ground.

In this explosive third installment, the jungles roar with artillery, automatic weapons, and the screams of the wounded and dying! Decker, Edson, and Puller must use whatever means necessary to smash through Japanese lines and secure the freedom and safety of themselves and the people of the Solomons!

We know more about distant galaxies than the deepest, darkest oceans… and what we don’t know absolutely can harm us… Doctor James Lockwood, Ph.D. is embarking on a new career – studying deep sea predators and their genes in order to find cures for terrible diseases… and to soothe his deepest, darkest inner demons. Alysen Kruger, CEO of an old and powerful corporation has big plans for the future and for Dr. Lockwood… but she, too, has demons to conquer.

A murdered groom. A killer who steps out of the shadows. And a deadly game that only one man can survive. Scott Jarvis and Crystal are enjoying early summer in Boston. In just a few days, Crystal's college friend Paige Masterson will be walking down the aisle.

Reality TV and pop superstardom are billion-dollar industries built on image, ego and ruthless ambition. When former chart-topping pop star Jillian Moore launches a hit reality show designed to create the next music sensation, the spotlight burns hotter than ever… and attracts dangerous attention. Threats begin to surface cryptic warnings, unexplained sabotage, and signs that someone wants Jillian’s comeback stopped permanently. With her newly reborn career hanging in the balance, she turns to Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis for protection.

They promised to only use his lethal skills for good. But in the Syrian desert, doing good requires doing something very, very bad. Ex-CIA ghost Jonathan Hunt has made a pact with his wife, Rosa: his days as a government weapon are over. From now on, they operate by a new code—stepping in as off-books samaritans for those who have nowhere else to turn. Rosa even wants Jonathan to train her so she can fight by his side in the shadows. But Jonathan knows the toll the darkness takes, and he’s deeply hesitant, desperate to protect her from the blood-soaked life he barely survived.

Napoleon Bonaparte, ambitious young officer and military genius, realizes early that he’s destined for power and glory…and that quest will take him on a journey of conquest not just for territory, but for ultimate power as well!

The United States is reeling from the terrible shock of December 7, 1942. In one terrible day, the nation finds itself at war while tending to a horrific wound. While the Navy scrambles to piece together its shattered fleet, one man and his carrier burn with a desire to wreak a terrible vengeance on the Empire of Japan.

When Hell was forged… Guadalcanal was the model! Death from the sky… death from the sea… or death from a savage horde of enraged Japanese… From the best-selling author of the USS Bull Shark series… Yamamoto and Hyakutake must retake Henderson Field at all costs… General Vandegrift and the Marines must hold it at any price… and the butcher’s bill keeps rising. Pouring on the pressure, the Japanese launch deadly aerial assaults by day and terrifying battleship bombardments by night.

Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis is celebrating his birthday with friends and his new lover when one of Florida’s most powerful drug lords requests an audience. Apparently, a large shipment of cocaine was smuggled into the state resulting in a couple of murders… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently, the dope is poisoned and is headed for the streets where thousands of lives are at risk.