From the national bestselling author."Masterful." —EXTRAPOLATIONSIn the Planet Patrol, Costa was the best. The smartest, toughest, most ambitious officer in the ranks. Until the day the Omcri—a deadly alien force of faceless assassins—kidnapped the Kublai of Drugh, killing Costa's patrol but leaving her alive.The brass think Costa has sold out. And now she's on the run, desperately trying to clear her name. Her search for the truth will lead her from the back alleys of her own planet to the savage dangers of unknown worlds—and finally, into the dark heart of the Omcri Matrix. Views: 24
The first three books in the Lincoln Hawk series in one volume: Ambush in Dust Creek - When Marshal Lincoln Hawk rode into the lawless town of Dust Creek, his mission was to clean out its trigger-happy outlaws. In a wave of rightful vengeance, Lincoln's deadly Peacemaker did just that. But some of the outlaws escaped the marshal's justice. Years later, when Lincoln rides into Dust Creek again, the town seems to have been abandoned. But it hasn't. Mason Black and his ruthless outlaw band are waiting for him. From behind every broken window of the tumbledown ghost town, Mason's guns are aimed at Lincoln's head. To see another dawn, Lincoln must face a desperate battle for survival in a world where he can trust nobody and the only law that matters is the law of the gun. Golden Sundown - When Marshal Lincoln Hawk headed to the quiet town of Sweetwater with wealthy rancher Truman Garner, he wasn't expecting trouble. But he didn't know that the Calhoun gang were on Truman's trail, believing he knew the location of a stolen stash of gold. When the Calhoun gang capture Truman and deliver their ultimatum - hand over the gold by sundown or die - Lincoln must face a desperate life-or-death struggle to ensure they don't deliver on their threat. And then there's a mysterious band of raiders who plan to wrest the gold from the Calhoun gang the first chance they get. Lincoln knows there'll be one hell of a showdown come that golden sundown. The Man They Couldn't Hang - Marshal Lincoln Hawk rode into Independence hell-bent on finding the man who had gunned down his old friend Sheriff Ben Pringle. But within hours of arriving in town the saloon burns down, a businessman loses everything in a crooked poker game, and Lincoln is fighting to save his own life against an unknown assailant. Lincoln suspects that one man may be responsible for all these incidents and that an old photograph might just hold the key to uncovering who he is. The trouble is all the evidence points to the culprit being a man who was hanged ten years ago! As yet more bullet-ridden bodies turn up, can Lincoln uncover the truth before he becomes the next victim?** Views: 24
Simulated war games morph into the real thing when a crime wave hits a Greek island in this fast-paced mystery by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson The West Indies island of Hog's Cay is soon to open for tourism, but the money behind the deal comes from the Mafia, which is ready to turn the island into the next Vegas. And the politicos in charge have given Greek tycoon Thanassi Thanatos the contract. That's where James Pibble comes in. The former Scotland Yard superintendent has come to Thanatos's hideaway on the Ionian island of Hyos to protect the Greek tycoon from the Mob, which doesn't like anyone muscling in on its territory. Rumor has it the crooks are eyeing Hyos for their booming drug-smuggling trade. Throw in British intelligence and a clandestine American operation, and you've got an international free-for-all. The mystery deepens when Pibble uncovers a monastery led by Fathers Polydore and Chrysostom, who may be the richest men on the... Views: 24
In the tradition of The Glass Castle and Angela's Ashes comes the most unforgettable memoir you'll read this year!"What did it mean to be the Tank Man's son? To grow up overwhelmed by my father's presence and personality? It was as if I didn't exist, as if I was just something else for my father to crush."So begins the haunting memoir of Mark Bouman as he recounts the events of his childhood at the hands of his larger-than-life, Neo-Nazi father in brilliant, startling detail. From adventure-filled days complete with real-life war games, artillery fire, and tank races to terror-filled nights marked by vicious tirades, brutal beatings, and psychological torture, Mark paints a chilling portrait of family life that is at once whimsical and horrific—all building to a shocking climax that challenges even the broadest boundaries of love and forgiveness.An epic tale of redemption and reconciliation, The Tank Man's Son is a literary tour... Views: 24
Think. Think back to the exact moment when you fell in love for the first time. That split second. That precise moment. Can you remember it? I can remember the day as if it were yesterday: from the light blue dress she wore, to her golden locks curved along her shoulders, down to the shocking tingle when our fingers touched. It was the happiest day of my life, and yet she didn’t even know I existed. What if you had the chance to relive those moments? Would you take it? I’ve waited almost ten years for her and my time has finally come. This split second, this precise moment will change her life forever. Views: 24
That one single moment in life when you find that special someone, everything stops. Nothing else matters in life but them. You. Us together. That one single look. That one single touch. Night after night of pleasure, unexplainable raw, dirty and mind-blowing pleasure. A pleasure when you forget everything in this world around you exists but the both of you. Every single moment spent together is cherished as if it was your last time together. Nothing in this world mattered more than us. That’s what I thought. In one single moment, it all comes crashing down around me. I thought I had it all: love, trust, honesty. What a lie that was.Secrets, deceit, pain, a whole lot of that. Everything was a lie. Our whole time together, nothing was real. My heart was torn from my chest, piece by piece, until nothing was left.The day my life ended, when the world came crashing around my feet, was the day I said goodbye to Dante Davenport. He ruined everything. He destroyed me completely and obliterated my heart in the process. Life will never be the same again. Views: 24
I’ve always known she was too good for me, but that never stopped me from wanting her. And then I finally had her for one night. A night I don’t remember. I figured I’d blown my shot. But now she’s walked back into my life, and this time, I have the upper hand. I want my second chance. Will she be able to see the man beneath this ink? Views: 24
Rachel Gold blames it on her mother, Sarah, who convinced her to file what seemed like a simple age-discrimination case on behalf of Ruth Alpert, her mother;s best friend. Ruth had been fired just shy of her sixty-third birthday by Beckmann Engineering, a corporate powerhouse known in St. Louis, both for its charitable contributions and vicious lawyers.The first hint that the case might not be so simple comes when a key witness is gunned down in a parking lot before Rachel;s eyes. The second comes when Rachel learns that Ruth has knowledge of confidential information that could transform her simple age claim into a massive, multi-million-dollar conspiracy case spanning decades.With the help of her best friend, Benny Goldberg"the grossest (and funniest) law professor in America"the savvy and beautiful Rachel Gold struggles to make sense of a dark scheme hatched more than a fifty years ago, a conspiracy with a bloody trail of murder, mayhem, and treachery that implicates some of... Views: 24
Emma I RAN. I packed my things up, and I ran. Away from LA. Away from Jai Carter. But that's the thing about running... your past always catches up to you eventually. Question is, what do I do when my past finally catches me? JAI SHE'S GONE. She's gone, and I never got to tell her how I really felt. How I really feel. I have to find Emma, before it's too late. But maybe it already is...** Views: 24
