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Mosaic by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe world is losing hope. Political and social infighting threaten to destroy the world. Rancor and hatred only grow stronger, engulfing entire nations. And each day moral and economic strife brings embroiled countries ever closer to war. But hope is not dead. Everywhere, pockets of honor and compassion continue to persevere. Where human lives are cherished and valor endures...Categorized as:
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Black Autumn by Jeff Kirkham, Jason Ross
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen it finally happened, even elite soldiers could scarcely keep their families alive...An already weakened U.S. economy crumbles after a rogue nation detonates a small nuclear bomb in a Los Angeles port...Categorized as:
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Against All Odds by Richard Bard
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated series finale to the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Publishers Weekly called “a terrifically entertaining thriller!”In this conclusion to Richard Bard’s popular Brainrush series, Jake Bronson’s family and friends face their biggest threat ever...Categorized as:
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One Decision Too Late by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHuman greed conspires with bizarre coincidences to unleash a Zoo nightmare of epic proportions.Disgruntled ex-employees seize a lab and resort to blackmail. The cryptids they study are their ultimate weapon.A super-spy has Desk in his sights.An unsuspecting world hangs in the balance.The Zoo is ready to expand. This time, it could be impossible to stop it... -
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No Time For Fear by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou mess with DESK, you mess with McFadden and BanksThe DOD and others want DESK. Taylor doesn’t want to give her up.The whole team gets behind the effort to save one of their own from a few in the government who are determined to bring DESK onto their team.Who is going to win?Is the Zoo sentient? Only time will tell.However, the Zoo has achieved a level of sneakiness that would make one think so...Categorized as:
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Learn to Live by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNiki Banks and her team from the DOD need Taylor's help, but he isn't at home.He is in New Orleans with her cousin, which has Niki more than a little curious.She needs to stop a potentially catastrophic release of cryptids into the Louisiana biome...Categorized as:
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Shoot Like a Girl by L.L. Akers, Kevin Pierce
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWould your neighborhood work together to survive if the s--t hit the fan?More chaos erupts in book two of the SHTF series when the lights don't come back on and there's still no word - or help - from the government. Tullymore is divided, and on the brink of an internal war...Categorized as:
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Wormwood by Mark Goodwin
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEverett and Courtney Carroll have survived the Seven Seal Judgments which devastated the planet through a global earthquake and a massive bombardment of meteors. The cities of the earth lie in ruin, and much of the globe’s forests have been destroyed by widespread forest fires...Categorized as:
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The Sins of Our Fathers by James S.A. Corey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThrough one of the gates, a colony stands alone. Their supplies are low. Their defenses, weak. The leadership is uncertain, and the community fragile. Huge alien beasts threaten the little they have left.But the worst monsters are human, and the greatest dangers are the past they brought... -
Leap by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsONE OF MANKIND'S GREATEST LEGENDS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.SOMETHING EVERY CIVILIZATION HAS SEARCHED FOR...BUT NOT WHAT ANYONE WAS EXPECTING.Facing the cold, clear glass, Alison Shaw stared nervously into the giant seawater tank.It was just one year ago that she and her team of marine biologists had stunned the world with their incredible breakthrough.And now...they were about to do it again...Categorized as:
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Punching Tickets by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn his last mission, Conor Maguire was called back into action by his handler, Ricardo, to go after a man who helped facilitate the terror attacks that devastated America. The intelligence garnered in that operation exposed a network of traitors within the American government—officials who had advance warning of the attacks and did nothing to alert the American people...Categorized as:
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Cave 13 by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoe Ledger and Rogue Team International plunge into mortal peril as this new and deadly arms race threatens to ignite new wars throughout the Middle East.After years of searching, a new cave filled with Dead Sea Scrolls is found, and among them are bizarre books of actual magic... -
Allies by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven Clan Korval needs friends, and the kinds of friends they often need aren't simply buddies and pals, but allies. As Cantra so succinctly put it:"In the matter of allies only two things are important...Categorized as:
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Sacrificial Weapon by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Do you think he doesn't care about the hours he's putting in?" Vickie asked. "I get it," Bobby responded, clearly annoyed. "And I'm not saying Taylor doesn't care about the work. I'm only saying that…well, it's not like him to be late."Vickie shrugged and returned to her work. "The chances are he went to that breakfast place the two of you love so much...Categorized as:
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The Bride Spy by Tracey Jane Jackson, Piper Davenport
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHannah Nelson, a native New Zealander, is drawn to a painting of a handsome man from 1865, and as she looks into his emerald green eyes, her world goes black. Christopher Butler is in Lincoln's War Cabinet and working to keep President Lincoln safe... -
In Black We Trust by J.C. Andrijeski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“This strike you as a particularly wise idea, brother?” Manny asked under his breath. “Striking a deal with vampires?”Black gave him a look. “No. But all my other ideas were worse.” * *A coup is underway.That coup threatens the entire United States––possibly the whole of the human race.Psychic detective, Quentin Black, has no idea who’s behind it, what their goal is, or what they want with him...Categorized as:
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Monster In Me by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's time. The gloves are coming off.The mob has disrespected Taylor's people, and he won't stand for it.However, DESK is more than willing to help everyone bet their bank account on the outcome...Categorized as:
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This is B.S. by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaylor McFadden is willing to go against any monster thrown at him.But something Niki threw at him has got him off his game.Niki must build a consultant team to figure out if she has a problem with another company.But, will Dr...Categorized as:
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Mc’Mercs by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNiki is willing to do anything to protect her family. This time, she might have gone too far.In Italy, she got the job done, or did she? Her boss is asking pointed questions.Taylor has a new challenge with someone looking into his business, and this time it's a feisty reporter from a Cryptid-Inquirer magazine...Categorized as:
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Diplomatic Immunity by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the biggest monsters use their mouths for more than ripping and tearing.They use them to beguile their fellow humans.Taylor and Niki need to find out who is importing a dangerous alien serum and looking to mix it into the drug trade.The consequences might be more dire than humanity could possibly know...Categorized as:
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Cloud Invasion by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIlya The rest of us woke after a few days, when it became apparent we'd survived the drug. Even Corinne woke faster the first time. This time, three weeks had passed. I was grateful for the scans and other tests Dr. Farrell ran, indicating she was alive. Still, I was terrified for her. And for me. I spoke to her often and lately, I begged her to open her eyes... -
Smoke & Mirrors by Richard Bard
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe exciting conclusion to Brainchild, Book-4 of the Brainrush series.The first three books in #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Richard Bard’s Brainrush series garnered over 2,000 Amazon 5-Star reviews, setting the stage for the continuing story spanning three continents and two more books...Categorized as:
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Virus Hunters 1 by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world is grappling with an issue of enormous scale and human impact.In the arms race with deadly pathogens, there can be no final peace.The only question is whether we fight well or poorly.Defeat means massive disruptions to our daily lives, huge losses economically, and death...Categorized as:
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Angel of the Abyss by Mark Goodwin
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverett and Courtney Carroll have endured to the midpoint of the Great Tribulation. The previous Seal and Trumpet Judgments have left the planet in shambles, and the western hemisphere is nearly uninhabitable. Elijah the prophet gives Everett a special mission which will give him a unique role in fulfilling end-times prophecy, but he’ll have to survive the coming cataclysms first...Categorized as:
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The Third Temple by Christopher Cartwright
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA mystery wrapped in a myth about the origins of humanity. A race to find an ancient pyramid hidden in plain sight. A secret so dangerous its guardians will kill to protect it. And an ancient covenant that might save the world, or destroy it completely...Categorized as:
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Unto the Breach by John Ringo
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSequel to Ghost, Kildar and Choosers of the Slain.Michael Harmon has been there and done that. Rescued co-eds, killed major terrorists, stopped nuclear assaults. Now he'd just like to kick back and relax with his harem of lovelies. Unfortunately, the world keeps turning...Categorized as:
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Bunker: Lock and Load by Jay J. Falconer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the insurgents take control, Jack Bunker must rally all his skills and training in an explosive battle for survival. Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, Bunker vows to never stop fighting to protect those he cares about, not until the threat is neutralized or he draws his last breath...Categorized as:
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An Assassin's Accord by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, the biggest monsters don’t have claws and look just like humans.Because they are!The world is different. An alien ‘infection’ of flora and fauna is contained by massive walls and substantial firepower over in the middle of Africa. It holds the promise of immortality, and infinite wealth.Now, when a country needs help finding and taking down the worst they have a new company to call...Categorized as:
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Cyber by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B01ABIZEXI The Game is Life - Book 7Deceived by a trusted colleague, Loredana Cyber, heir to the world’s largest entertainment company, walks away from big business and vows never to return... -
Cosega Sphere by Brandt Legg
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe found proof of the impossible, Now . . . he must do the impossible. Seven years after their “deaths,” Gale and Rip have just three days to find the Cosegans inside the Eysen-Sphere, solve the five Cosega mysteries, stop the final Divinations, and save their daughter. Three days with everyone after them, three days to unlock the past, survive the present, and change the future...Categorized as:
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Primordial Threat by M.A. Rothman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 2066 and the world is oblivious to the threat it faces.The fate of humanity lies on the shoulders of Burt Radcliffe, the new head of NASA's Near Earth Object program.He's been rushing the completion of DefenseNet, a ring of satellites that are both part of an early-warning system as well as the means to eliminate incoming threats...Categorized as:
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Reaping The Harvest by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJack Dawson awakens from the terrifying nightmare of the events in BITTER HARVEST to find his world under siege. Millions of people have died while he's lain in a coma in a Norwegian hospital, and the threat of humanity's total annihilation looms closer with every passing day...Categorized as:
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The Matrix: The Shooting Script by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIncludes detailed scene notes by Paul Oosterhouse, assistant to the Wachowskis throughout the making of the movie...Categorized as:
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Bitter Harvest by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA year has passed since the Sutter Buttes incident. Jack Dawson and Naomi Perrault, having failed to find the elusive bag of lethal New Horizons seed, are fired, and their secret agency shut down. In Los Angeles, Naomi is recruited by a self-made billionaire in the pharmaceuticals industry. Her colleagues have made such progress, they must have New Horizons seed...Categorized as:
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Out of Time by Dave Sinclair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAtticus Wolfe is a man out of time.November 1963As an MI6 spy in 1963, Atticus Wolfe should be enjoying everything the swinging sixties has to offer.But he’s not.That’s because Atticus Wolfe is from the 21st century.Accidentally torn from present day and flung into 1960s London in the midst of a cultural revolution, Atticus must acclimatise to a time not his own...Categorized as:
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Chasing Shadows by Tom DeLonge, A.J. Hartley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPraised as "an exhilarating thrill ride" that may never have you looking at the night sky the same way again, Chasing Shadows is the first book in the multimedia Sekret Machines franchise that will reveal fascinating secrets surrounding the true, well-documented events of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon... -
The 97th Step by Steve Perry
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBorn on a desolate planet, Mwili dreamed of the stars. Ferret was a thief and a smuggler on exotic worlds. Pen was trained by master warriors, learning skills that would forge a legend. He was a man who lived three lives--the mentor and inspiration for The Man Who Never Missed. Reissue...Categorized as:
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A Deeper Blue by John Ringo
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSequel to Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain and Unto the Breach.Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his Keldara followers, and one in particular, former SEAL Mike Harmon, hero of Ghost, Kildar and Choosers of the Slain, decides to sit this one out. WMDs headed for the US no longer matter to the Kildar...Categorized as:
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Dead Wrong by Richard Phillips
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAfter the riveting events of Once Dead, Jack “Ripper” Gregory remains host to a homicidal alien bound to his soul. Now Jack has been hired for a suicide mission: journey to South America and rescue an imprisoned shaman. One problem...both the National Security Agency and a gang of neo-fascists are hot on his trail.Neither group plans to let Jack live...Categorized as:
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The Desert of Glass by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne of mankind's greatest secrets... has been hiding in plain sight for three thousand years.Half a century ago, an aberration was spotted by one of our earliest satellites, and summarily dismissed as a hardware malfunction. But it was no aberration. And no malfunction. It was an accidental glimpse of something extraordinary, and very old...Categorized as:
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The Storm by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA deadly storm of violence sweeps across the United States in the thrilling third installment of the bestselling Trackers saga.One month after the North Korean attack, the United States continues to fall into anarchy. In Estes Park, Colorado, Police Chief Marcus Colton and tracker Sam ‘Raven’ Spears work tirelessly to defend their hometown...Categorized as:
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Tsunami Storm by D.F. Capps, David F. Capps
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Bronze medal winner in the 2017 Reader's Favorite Book Awards for fiction - thriller - general. *The US has launched secret weapons of mass destruction on other countries. And awaits what might be cataclysmic retaliation…China is devastated by an 8.0M earthquake that leaves 70,000 people dead with hundreds of thousands injured and untold property destroyed...Categorized as:
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The Shadow Constant by A.J. Scudiere
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomeone is keeping watch over the machine. Should it ever have been built? The lure of the find behind the loose hearthstone at Hazleton House was too great. The schematic excited Evan, Reenie and Ivy for different reasons but it is Kayla who actually begins building it. Her ability to focus to the exclusion of all else is just one of the effects of her Asperger's. The scribbled initials E.W...Categorized as:
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Raising Hell by Patty Jansen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOTE: Alternate cover edition for ASIN B00I0RC8HI.THE SECOND-QUICKEST way to get yourself killed when dealing with Coldi people of the planet Asto is to look a superior in the eye. The Coldi people possess an instinct that demands the formation of hierarchical networks in which every person has a prescribed place. These networks provide stability. They also place one person at the top... -
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Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Pure energy in print form, whether the characters are being pursued or simply talking; Fleming has proven himself a craftsman.” KIRKUS REVIEWS“As with all of Preston Fleming's previous books, EXILE HUNTER weaves together the harsh realities of personal betrayal, physical torment, emotional pain, and a spiritual quest with astute intelligence.” BOOKPLEASURES...Categorized as:
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Interface: Technology will change us by Tony Batton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTechnology will change usWhen Tom Faraday joined internationally renowned CERUS Biotech, he thought he’d landed his dream job. A chance to work with their famous CEO, William Bern, perhaps to change the world. But Tom has found himself in an organisation in crisis. The company bet the house on a radical neural interface project, only to be blocked by a government with reasons of its own... -
Earth Song by Nick Cook
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if there really is a conspiracy of silence around UFOs? What if five per cent of UFO sightings are actually real? What if the countdown to the annihilation of humans has already begun?Lauren’s life was turned upside down when she discovered that a fast radio burst captured by Jodrell Bank contained the code for an artificial intelligence called Sentinel...Categorized as:
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The Oracle Code by Charles Brokaw
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was the most renowned and respected shrine in the Roman Empire, the object of veneration by Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Octavian, and a host of other luminaries. It stood for centuries within a sacred precinct the size of a large town at the heart of the greatest Greek city in the world. Yet it disappeared without a trace, creating the greatest archaeological enigma of the ancient world...Categorized as:
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Beyond Judgment by Richard Bard
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeyond Judgment, the third in the series, sees hero Jake Bronson at the mercy of his hidden past. After waking up with amnesia from a six-year coma, Jake Bronson’s past is lost to him. But that doesn’t mean the past hasn’t been looking for him—or that it will let him live when it finally catches up...Categorized as:
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Flip by David Estes
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a scared and broken world where someone must die before another can be born, one family has been torn apart by fate and a ruthless government, only to find themselves suddenly thrust back together with one chance to save their struggling nation...Categorized as:
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