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Breaking Backbones: Information is Power

by Deb Radcliff

After GlobeCom takes over the world through human chip implants, hackers take down the GlobeCom backbones. In the process, a hacker with the handle CyAnthia (Cy for short) is shot in the back and must protect her hacker clan from retaliation while recovering from her injuries.

Mine

by James Russell

“Taking in the mesmerising vision before me, I raised my arms towards the ocean like an idiot king acknowledging his subjects. My own surfing realm. Every single wave that broke on this reef was mine.” Twenty-six-year-old Jimmy Brennan’s life has taken a turn for the worse, and he’s desperate to numb the pain. When his mother dies and his girlfriend betrays him, it’s the final straw; he boards a plane bound for Bali. But Jimmy’s demons chase him. Sickened by the tourists and the crowded sur... more

Wonder Rush

by Dan McKeon

Wendy Lockheart has been known by many names—none of them her own. With each new school, she is assigned a new identity and a new foster family, but the same mission—kill whoever she is told to kill. Most agents in her network of female teen assassins begin training at age ten, but for Wendy it has encompassed her entire life. Abducted at birth, she was engulfed in a world of psychological manipulation, brainwashing, and physical training. At seventeen years old, Wendy is the most highly... more

THE VISION EXPERIMENTS

by John P. Cardone

All speech pathologist, Dr. Melissa Speyer hoped for, was to help her pediatric patient Jason overcome his speech and language difficulties. Instead, she finds herself on a journey where seeing into the future brings new meaning to having a vision. All while her partner, Professor William Clarkson finds himself caught between his love for her and his career ambitions. Enter a wealthy real estate mogul whose desire for fame creates a race to uncover the secrets of history’s greats at the expense ... more

He Goes Out Weeping

by David Fiensy

Evil stalks John Book; violence tracks him. Can he escape his pursuer?

Someone has murdered the internationally famous professor of theology at Graf Divinity School. Who would want to kill a harmless, old theologian? Is it the same person that stalks one of the students and threatens harm to him and his fiancee? As layer after layer of mystery unfolds, as intriguing characters one after the other enter, and as more surprises rise up to frighten, readers confront evil--both in others and... more

The Magdalene Veil

by Gary McAvoy

An old World War II diary filled with cryptic clues launches two friends on an adventure around the world, but their path is fraught with danger and deception, for the treasure they seek can change everything for good—or evil.

State of Redemption

by Richard McKeown

State of Redemption tells the story of an unsolved murder occurring in a small Vermont town that goes cold after a few months. It remains unsolved for thirty years until a former resident returns to escape the twin traumas of a stillborn child and the death of his spouse some months later. As he gets reacquainted with his former hometown, the central character discovers an event he witnessed as a child was not merely an assault, but a brutal murder. That leads to his discovery of that the killer... more

The Eel And The Angel

by Rodger Carlyle

America and China are developing secret weapons that will forever change the balance of power. Young Navy analyst Chad Gritt discovers the Chinese are using an undetectable spying system, code named EEL, to monitor every American development, except for America’s most important secret: Arctic Angel. The CIA’s analysts and whiz kids apply every cyber technique in their arsenal and still know nothing about the Chinese technology. Realizing that the only chance to unmask the threat is old fashi... more

KILLING INNOCENCE

by Merit Clark

When Denver detective Jack Fariel’s homicide investigation uncovers a sex trafficking ring, Fariel realizes he’s not up against a single murderer, but a criminal network with ties to the Middle East. Vulnerable, undocumented immigrant girls think they’ve found safe harbor at a church not realizing they’ve landed in the grips of a corrupt minister willing to sell them into servitude or sex work for the right price. As girls start dying, it takes all of Jack’s skill and experience to stop the traf... more

Predator / Nomad a novel

by Daniel Micko

Dr. Jordan Roberts is a bit of a prodigy in her field of medicine, specifically genetics. Quick to bed the charismatic doctor, Saleh, a Saudi Princess and transgender security detail for her brother, must then deal with some emotional fallout. Has she actually been sleeping with the enemy? And if so, who is the enemy working for? When Saleh digs deeper, she uncovers more about Jordan’s work than anybody even knew was possible. Set around 9/11, Predator/Nomad is an enthralling and terrifying rea... more

The Fixer's Mess

by Orr Agam

Max Cedar is the personal lawyer, aka "fixer," for the bombastic and crude hotel mogul Duncan Thomas of San Francisco. Since working for Duncan, he has become estranged from his family in New York and lately is convinced he is on the verge of having a stroke. When Duncan orders Max to "fix" a newspaper story about an alleged affair between Duncan and a stripper named London, things begin to unravel. Max gets caught up in a murder scheme and is forced to go on the run. As he tries to get himself ... more

The Trophy Room

by Barry Litherland

What terrible secrets lie inside those doors?

It was to be an ordinary holiday by the sea for the Miller family, a chance to bond after difficult times; but when they meet a local family, the Trevelyans, they become embroiled in a dangerous and disturbing conflict with the unstable owner of Leybury Hall, and must face the terrifying truth of The Trophy Room.

Written in a mixture of second and third person, this novel about the evil doings of the disturbed and psychotic inhabitant ... more

Soul Man

by John Selby

As snow falls, a shadowy figure murders psychiatrist David Reynolds. As Reynolds approaches the light, he suddenly finds himself seeing through the eyes of his killer. His essence is imprisoned in his killer’s body who is unaware of his presence. David realizes he must be in this position for a reason. First he must solve the mystery of why he was killed, then figure out a way to prevent his killer from killing again. His host is a man on a mission, trained to push aside any emotions. Lea... more

Myface

by Kevin Landt

Catfishing can be a deadly business, especially when social media mega-influencer Angela Fox has you in her sights. When Angela Fox's Myface account is selected as Hottest User of the Month, there's only one problem: she isn't real. As the fake Angela takes the world by storm, a group of strangers struggle to escape a twisted web of narcissism, deceit, and revenge. L.A. hotshot Sebastian Shafer is so desperate to get a job, he creates an elaborate plan to convince his future employer that,... more

Carlotti

by David Dalrymple

Growing up the son of Philadelphia’s most notorious mob boss, Nick had two choices: Sell his soul or flee. It seemed like a lose-lose. Dr. Nick Carlotti, a self-centered but gifted plastic surgeon refused to follow in his father’s ruthless footsteps. For eighteen years he remains unscathed by his family’s dark legacy but when his mother dies in a suspicious fiery car crash, he has no choice but to confront the beast head on. An hour before the accident, witnesses observe Liza Carlotti conv... more

Came a Horseman: A Hard Ride in a Fierce World

by Paul McHugh

Ten years after Earth's electronics were fried by an immense solar flare, most human technology has turned useless; civilization has begun to fail. One thriving pocket is a valley on California's coast, where farmers in a religious cult dwell. A tribe of local hunters protect them. But this arrangement gets upended when a young refugee, Kyle Skander, wrecks his kayak there as he seeks to paddle north to his home. Kyle finds himself accused of murdering a young woman from the commune. To win free... more

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