New York Times bestselling author David Hagberg's acclaimed Kirk McGarvey series continues with another compelling and timely thriller in Face Off. Kirk McGarvey is lunching in the Eiffel Tower when terrorists attempt to bring the Paris icon down. He springs into action to stop the attack, only to find there's a much larger plot at stake. One that aims to force the incompetent US President out by pitting him against Russia. But Putin himself is eager to avoid World War III. When a Russian nuclear weapon goes missing and is found heading to the US, Putin enlists McGarvey's help in stopping it.The stakes couldn't be higher, and the outcome couldn't be more in doubt. Only McGarvey stands a chance of intervening before it's too late, in a race against time across Paris, Istanbul, Moscow, and Washington, D.C.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Views: 34
Annie's broken up with Tyler and is nursing a broken heart. It doesn't help that he's now going out with snooty Kelsey. That's not all that's going on—Annie's roller derby coach has announced she will be selecting the best roller girls to form an all-star team. Annie really wants to be on it—but she knows her chances are slim. Coach organises a boot camp to help the girls prepare. Tensions run high as the Liberty Belles compete with each other for an all-star position. Views: 34
Crime Does Pay: Book One: Sex,Lies and Mobile Homes is an unvarnished record of how to avoid the pitfalls of becoming a victim by your crime-ridden employer, Nazi Judges, a de facto State and last but not least, your assigned assassins! This shocking true crime story is an unvarnished and riveting account that exposes ... All The Dirt! Its the first book of its kind, read and live another day! Views: 34
Private investigator Lexi Graves is on cloud nine. She's just got engaged to her boyfriend-slash-boss Solomon, got her old job back, and her best friend is about to give birth to a baby. Nothing could make life better... but a blast from her past could make everything a whole lot worse.Anthony Simon Steadman isn't a man Lexi ever thought she'd see again. For a start, he's her ex-fiance. Then, there's the small problem of their shock break-up that left her with some crazy life decisions to live down. So when he calls, desperate for her help, she's not sure she's ready to forgive-and-forget. Does she really want to get involved in her ex's shady life when her own life is going so well? But when he's murdered after claiming someone is out to kill him, the stakes are raised and Lexi is left no choice but to find out who wanted her ex dead... asides from her.With the jerk's murder to solve, and unwillingly entering into a battle with her competitive sister to throw the perfect... Views: 34
Rousing fantasy adventure with a butt-kicking heroine.Young height-obsessed monster hunter Meg has a problem. As humanity seeks to make peace with the monsters that share their world, she and her companions find themselves in danger of losing their livelihood. When they meet an officer from a local fort who offers them work, Meg and fellow hunter Patrick decide to give the military a try. As they settle into their new environment and start to make friends, little do they know the discovery of a mysterious giant sword will subject them to peril beyond even what they are accustomed to.A full length novel. Views: 34
Colonel Frank Kowalski served as the Chief of Staff of the American military advisory group that helped establish the National Police Reserve, the predecessor to the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and provided daily guidance to it during its first two years of existence. In this book, Kowalski provides, with great care, a detailed account of the manning, logistics, and personalities involved in standing up, on short notice, of a force of approximately 75,000, while sharing insights about the diplomatic, political, legal, and constitutional challenges his headquarters and his Japanese counterparts faced in navigating this new course for Japan in the wake of the sudden outbreak of war on the Korean Peninsula in June 1950. In light of these limitations, the path for rearmament had to be slow and inoffensive" while psychologically and materially contributing to Japan's defense. His account is balanced, a blend of both criticism and praise, of all of those involved, including... Views: 34
This novella starts with a seven year old boy who has been admitted to hospital in a coma. He is alone; his mother is detained on charges of child abuse.The book then follows the events in reverse order, from the circumstances surrounding the abuse to the initial incident that caused the series of emotional reactions that lead to the abuse.The story is told through the eyes of five point of view characters - the attending nurse, the mother, a reporter, an eleven year old school girl and a neighbor - but many more characters have a hand in the tragic outcome.Today it takes only one anonymous phone call to ruin somebody's life and in a society where everybody has their hand on their cell phone, ready to dob in their neighbors, parents, teachers or partners, the results are disastrous, not only for the families, but for the next generation. The inquisition is back - but this time they're after parents. Views: 34
Janny Wurts’s epic tale of two half-brothers cursed to life-long enmity continues in this spectacular second volume. The half-brothers Arithon, Master of Shadow, and Lysaer, Lord of Light, have defeated the Mistwraith and dispersed the fogs that smothered Athera’s skies. But their victory comes at a high price: the Mistwraith has set them at odds under a powerful curse of vengeance. The two princes are locked in deadly enmity, with the fates of nations and the balance of the world’s mystical powers entangled in their feud. Arithon, forced out of hiding, finds himself hounded by Lysaer and his mighty army. He must take to his natural element – the seas – in order to evade pursuit and steal the initiative. However, his efforts are impeded by outside magical factions, not to mention a drunken prophet sent to safeguard his life, but who seems determined to wreck his cause by misadventure. Views: 34
The riveting memoir of a life lived at the right-hand edge of the speedometer.Alex Roy's father, while on his deathbed, hints about the notorious, utterly illegal cross-country drive from Los Angeles to New York of the 1970s, which then inspired his young son to enter the mysterious world of underground road rallies. Tantalized by the legend of the Driver--the anonymous, possibly nonexistent organizer of the world's ultimate secret race--Roy set out to become a force to be reckoned with. At speeds approaching 200 mph, he sped from London to Morocco, from Budapest to Rome, from San Francisco to Miami, in his highly modified BMW M5, culminating in a new record for the infamous Los Angeles to New York run: 32:07.Sexy, funny, and shocking, The Driver is a never-before-told insider's look at an unbelievably fast and dangerous society that has long been off-limits to ordinary mortals. Views: 34
