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Luke and his son Gunner, taking a rare day off together, are walking a local mall - when Luke, against all odds, encounters an active shooter. Luke can’t believe this is happening to him - yet he realizes he must act quickly, must let his instincts kick in and jump into action if he has any chance of saving himself, his son - and the hundreds of civilians who stand no chance without him.

Robert Klayman, former Los Angeles private investigator, is out of prison after doing time for gunplay on his last PI job. Blacklisted and broke, he falls in with a gangster who hires him to move a stolen Rembrandt out of Ukraine. Sought out by thugs on both sides of the world, Klayman takes on the laws of the jungle when he finds himself a pawn in his employer's murderous scheme.

A wild and cosmic ride across the planet Earth. It sounds like an epic dream, but these events are based on real journeys that continue to build around the amazing Krystal Kelley. Get up to speed with her and the powerful forces around her as they seem to be the center of humanity's new post-Corona circle.

Jason Lex and Sadie Callahan are together again in their hometown of Salton, recovering from personal tragedies and bearing the burden of new secrets. Both are wishing for nothing but normalcy, but when Skyfish swarm and a rogue Bigfoot attacks, Jason and Sadie know looming danger can't be ignored. Their friendship is challenged when a vanquished enemy returns from the dead, bringing imminent threat to the lives of their friends and family.

Eleven years ago, Marcus lost everything. His daughter was kidnapped, and his wife was murdered. Now, he spends his days pretending to be paralyzed and touring the country, raising money for missing children. He hopes that if he helps enough people find their missing child, someday, he will find his own. Just as he's about to give up hope, he finds one of the kidnappers. He attacks her, but she refuses to give him back his daughter. In his rage, he kills her, but not before she signals an accomplice. For the second time, Marcus watches his daughter disappear into the night.

Sadie Callahan's life is as normal as it can be after helping her friend, Jason Lex, save the world, and learning cryptids like Skyfish and Bigfoot are real. Things go bad when Sadie comes home after school and finds a strange man with his hands on her grandmother's neck. Trained in Tae Kwon Do, Sadie strikes and forces the man from their house. Soon after the clash, people around her start behaving oddly. Is she somehow triggering their weird behavior?

Jason Lex just saved the world. Now he's immersed in training as a new Rampart Guard to protect the shield that enables humans and cryptids like Skyfish, Bigfoot, and the Black Shuck, to live side-by-side and danger-free. A summons from the League of Governors, the clandestine organization that presides over the human-cryptid treaty, takes a suspicious turn when Jason's dad and sister disappear on their way to League headquarters. Jason must find them before things go bad, so he follows their trail to London.

When Greg Lockland returns to California for his parents' funeral, he discovers letters that suggest an affair between his ex-lover Lian and Greg's late father. Suspicion, anger, and jealousy take Greg on a transpacific journey to find the truth. One by one, people from the past return to his life, including elusive and perfect Lian. Uncovering deep-rooted deceptions creates more twists and turns to the past than an old Chinese alleyway.

His name is Roarke. His history is a swath of blood and violence. Released from prison after another man died under his fists, he's found some semblance of peace as a private investigator. Sometimes he's hired to solve a problem. Sometimes he's hired to do something mean. He prefers the one, but he isn't above the other. When he's hired to locate a gorgeous banking executive's missing niece, Roarke suspects the case might be just another ugly custody fight between the girl's parents.

A conspiracy against humanity. A breathtakingly beautiful cyborg. A battle like no other. An adventure you won't forget! The lives of four space drifters intersect on a planet of hope as the most powerful war machine in the galaxy approaches, threatening to consume them all in a storm of metal and fire.

No Mama. An abusive father. A hound dog for a best friend. Jake escapes from the remote Appalachian cabin - the only home he has ever known. And Father hunts him down with the very rifle he used to kill Sam and Mama. Led by unseen forces. Protected by his dog. Will he find a new life - one filled with acceptance, love, and hope for the future?

Four hundred years after The Secrets of Jin-shei, the Syai Empire is on the brink of civil war. A new voice preaching equality promises hope for the downtrodden, but the ensuing people's revolution brings terror, reeducation camps, and death to anyone embracing the old ways. An outsider and a child of two worlds, Amais searches for the magical bond of jin-shei, the women's oath, in her ancestral home of Syai, unaware that her quest will bring her to the very person who may destroy her and her family.

Fourteen-year-old Jason Lex would like nothing more than to play basketball and hang with his friends. But when his mother disappears, leaving behind blood-soaked belongings, his world turns upside down. After being dragged to a boring town by his father, Jason’s forced fresh start instead finds him afraid he’s losing it after he’s ambushed by bizarre flying creatures.

My poetry captures one moment, one slice in time, one flicker of emotion. Writing for me is not about describing a landscape or telling you what I think you should see. My poetry sculpts emotion and lets the listener absorb what they want from the poems. Poetry is boring, something your teacher made you read; my poetry is like breathing in a moment and tasting it for yourself.

Saul - a former prince - and his allies plot to steal the crown of Ubrain from the emperor's vault. In the crown, he sees the means to unify his enslaved people and bring them to freedom. But their road is not a straight one, and they soon find themselves caught in the middle of an unseen war as older powers work to twist the world to their own design. Saul has never been one to set easy tasks for himself, but he is determined to break the Empire's grip on his people, no matter how much blood must be spilled along the way.

Most Americans consider a free press essential to democratic society - either as an independent watchdog against governmental abuse of power or as a wide-open marketplace of ideas. But few understand that far-reaching public policies have shaped the news citizens receive. In an age when mass communication ranges from independent cable channels to the Internet, it is essential to assess these policies and their effects if we want the media to continue fulfilling their role.

Lieutenant Josh Williams is back in this latest thriller from Joe Broadmeadow, Silenced Justice... When his former boss, retired Lieutenant Chris Hamlin, asks him to reopen an old case, Josh uncovers the shocking truth behind an innocent man's death in prison. In 1972, Darnell Grey, accused of a series of rapes and a homicide, is beaten to death in the prison while awaiting trial.

Saudi-trained Al-Qaeda launches an attack on Camp Delta, the terrorist prison facility at US Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The assault mirrors not only the brutality and sophistication of the assault that killed his father but mimics the SEAL’s own tactics. Lieutenant Commander Grant Chisolm must outsmart the head of the fanatical movement, Shakir Amir.

Robert Klayman, former Los Angeles private investigator, is out of prison after doing time for gunplay on his last PI job. Blacklisted and broke, he falls in with a gangster who hires him to move a stolen Rembrandt out of Ukraine. Sought out by thugs on both sides of the world, Klayman takes on the laws of the jungle when he finds himself a pawn in his employer's murderous scheme.

What happens when the love of your life begins to slip away, and the ghosts of your past return to haunt you? For nearly forty years, Harry and Kathy have shared a life filled with laughter, hardship, and unwavering devotion. Now, Kathy’s strength wanes, and as she lies in their home, surrounded by memories, Harry clings to the past—the moments that built their love and the hardships that shaped them. Told through dual timelines, this story alternates between the youthful days of Harry and Kathy as newlyweds in the 1930s to the bittersweet 1960s, where love must face its ultimate test.