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A stolen nuke. A rogue AI. And one agent racing to stop the next world war. When an attack breaches a decommissioned Soviet nuclear facility, ICSS agent Robert Dart is sent to investigate. But what begins as a search for stolen uranium quickly spirals into a deadly game of deception, where nothing — and no one — can be trusted.

As Dart delves deeper, he uncovers a conspiracy that spans decades. Alliances blur, enemies become allies, and the line between reality and illusion fades. With time running out, Dart must confront the ghosts of his past and a future controlled by machines.

The Show Must Go On is a gripping techno-thriller that explores the lengths to which nations will go to maintain power and the human cost of secrets buried deep. Perfect for fans of espionage, artificial intelligence dilemmas, and high-stakes political intrigue.

Days after barely escaping 1889 with their lives, the Carsons, siblings from the present day, resume their search for their missing parents in 1918. While Adam and his pregnant wife, Bridget, settle in Minnesota, unaware of a wildfire that will kill hundreds, Greg seeks clues in his great-grandparents’ Mexico, where he finds love, danger, and enemies. At the same time, Natalie, the ambitious journalist, follows a trail to World War I France, and teen twins Cody and Caitlin rekindle a friendship with an old Pennsylvania friend haunted by her past. In THE MEMORY TREE, the sweeping sequel to RIVER RISING, several time travelers find answers and meaning as they continue the adventure of a lifetime in the age of doughboys, silent movies, and Model T’s.

He’s literally a one-man superhuman army — and his own worst enemy. College freshman Sverre Walker is just an ordinary guy trying not to screw up during his first semester. That all flies out the window the night he flirts with a girl that turns out to be a supernatural assassin named Jessica Luvkrafft. That’s when he discovers he’s inherited superhuman powers that let him go toe-to-toe with werewolves, vampires, and all kinds of nasty monsters. Now he’s got an army of supernatural creatures after him as he tries to learn how his powers work. If that wasn’t enough, the government wants to make a weapon out of him, which would really dampen his dating prospects. Thrust into a war between humans and the supernatural, he’s a wildcard that could tip the scales one way or the other – but he’s a bit more interested in the weretiger stripper giving him a lap dance at the club.

A high school senior, Jack Duncan dreams of playing college baseball and leaving the political turmoil of the agricultural town of Delano behind. Ever since his father, a grape grower, died ten years earlier, he’s suspected that his mother has been hiding the truth from him about the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

With his family’s property on the verge of a tax sale, Jack drives an old combine into town to sell it. On the road, an old friend of his father shows up with evidence that Jack’s father was murdered. Armed with this new information, Jack embarks on a mission to discover the entire truth, not just about his father but the corruption endemic in the Central Valley.

When Jack’s girlfriend warns him not to do anything to jeopardize their post-graduation plans and refuses to help him, Jack turns to his best friend, Adrian, the son of a boycotting fieldworker who works closely with Cesar Chavez. The boys’ dangerous plan to rescue the Duncan family farm leaves Adrian in a catastrophic situation. Jack must step up to the plate and rescue his family and his friend before he can escape from Delano.

The Road to Delano is the path Jack and Adrian must take to find their strength, duty, and destiny.

The job of a Federal marshal is a hard and often thankless one. Long days and lonely nights spent in the pursuit of dangerous fugitives takes a special kind of determination from a lawman and Deputy Isaac Bonds has just that kind of dedication. His duty is matched only by his dogged grit. Deputy Bonds will keep going even as the trail grows cold and lesser men turn back to seek the comforts of home. As the prospects of success look the most bleak, Bonds digs in his heels and gallops ahead.

Now Bonds is on the trail of his most vile fugitive, a man-burner. These grisly murders are the worst crimes Bonds can imagine, almost inhuman in their violence. Bonds follows his suspect’s trail even as he is repulsed by the string of fresh victims the man leaves in his wake. It won’t be easy to catch this killer, he’s cunning and has a head start, but catch him Bonds must if only to avert future atrocities.

As the days of frustrating chase and disturbing carnage mount, Bonds begins to worry he has met his match. Capturing this butcher and returning for swift justice may be a harder then any task Bonds has every faced before. Even as Bonds sets the final plans in place for a trap the man is ahead of him ready to wiggle out of the noose and kill again. Some bad men are just damned hard to hang.

Miranda’s Grandma revealed one wish right before she died.
It was up to Miranda to make it happen and she would need help from the most surprising source…

A fun urban fantasy short story for Dog Lovers.