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In novels such as Extreme Instinct and Darkest Instinct, Robert W. Walker has probed the deepest recesses of the criminal mind, bringing us face to face with killers as brilliant as they are vicious. Now Walker returns to the gritty streets of Houston he first explored in Cutting Edge, where Detective Lucas Stonecoat and police psychiatrist Meredyth Sanger face a new predator: The Snatcher.

As Rashnir and his friends look for way to escape from Grinden, the demonic prophet Absinthium crowns the warlord Rutheir as king and ratchets up pressure against his enemies. When their travel plans suddenly go awry as they wait for the return of one of the First Elves, the ranger and all of his friends find themselves trapped at the center of an old quarry and facing the unified armies of their enemies - even an army of the dead. Meanwhile, acolytes of the Order unlock the mystic fetters binding an ancient evil that once very nearly toppled even the Gathering.

Pub owner and ex-fence Mike Bishop has a problem. Drug dealer Ned Davies and wannabe gangster Ash Jones want to run the county line from Liverpool to Aberystwyth. Hot head Ash assaults rival Ned in The Anchor, the pub Mike owns. The assault of Ned leads to retaliation and more violence. Mike is loyal to Ned, his best customer, and also to an old mate Louis Beaumont, the father-in-law of Ash Jones. Louis is married to Ruth. Because of what happens to Ash, an emotional Ruth Beaumont swears vengeance.

The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favor. When Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select Madeline Curtis (Maddie), a detective sergeant who speaks fluent French and meets their criteria.

During Mardi Gras 1973, Stewart Butler (1930–2020) fell in love with Alfred Doolittle—a wealthy socialite and schizophrenic from San Francisco. Their relationship was an improbable love story that changed the course of LGBTQ+ history. With Doolittle's money, Butler was able to retire and devote his life to political activism in the cause of queer liberation.

Have you ever wondered if there is life on other planets? The answer is affirmative. They are among us, and we share a single Creator. GForce returns in this third installment of Portal Code RHN-G3 to fight against the Dark to defend the universe, and on the way, Georky knows what is his true lineage and his purpose, receives prophetic messages encrypted in a number of dreams-visions with those who will travel to the past and the future, discover the nature of the chupacabra hybrid and receive a relic with powers, divine hands.

In a difficult era, a man named Sam discovers a secret in the mansion that was his dream. All the course of his life he wished to have his own destiny, a property, and a family of his own, but he became a hermit who put a family on the brink of danger and thus everything around him, without knowing that his destiny and his future would be bigger than a man can believe. An unexpected event causes him to hide his whole life in the bowels of a bunker. There he created the vault of time that would change his life and become User 111-1, a time traveler to an uncertain future.

Texas Cherokee Detective Lucas Stonecoat is back, and with help from FBI profilers and police shrink Meredyth Sanger, now Lucas' wife, he is on the trail of a serial killer the press calls The Baby Slayer. It is a grisly if apt name given the killer. Lucas and his task force are soon on the track of the pedophile murdering monster, possibly the worst excuse for humanity that Lucas has ever come across. But all the systems of law enforcement have become obstacles to catching and keeping this particular suspect behind bars.

When Hani, an Egyptian diplomat under Akhenaten, is sent to investigate the murder of a useful bandit leader in Syria, he encounters corruption, tangled relationships, and yet more murder. His investigation is complicated by the new king’s religious reforms, which have struck Hani’s own family to the core.

Deep in an Ozarks holler lurks an ancient source of power called the Fountain. It drives men and women mad and leads them to do strange and terrible things. It is growing in strength. Only an invisible Wall, held in place by centuries of sacrificial magic, protects an unwitting mountain community from a descent into bloodshed and madness. Now, the Wall fades and its last defender, Abe, an old man steeped in ritual and secrets, fights frantically to shore it up. His powers are waning and his fears are rising.

While working the streets in New York one night, Tracy is approached and harassed by two on duty officers. After being provoked, she discovers hidden strengths as she temporarily disables one of the officers. She is immediately rushed to a nearby precinct where her troubles begins. Forced to leave the state of New York, she heads west to California in search of her father, a doctor, to seek refuge. On her journey, she gets caught up in a chain of events which unveil a violent part of her which she quickly learns to use to her advantage.

Finally, someone is going to try to do something about it. Can a modern-day Illuminati-like secret society form almost overnight to stop 50 years of media devolution? Whereas, Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals is the liberal media playbook, The Media Transformation Foundation wrote the counter-playbook. Punch/counterpunch. The pendulum may finally swing back. But murder was not supposed to be part of the plan.

This second installment of the After: The New Earth series, Journey to the Jungle City, finds our characters bound for Green Hell; a land of impenetrable jungles and endless grasslands. Here they will again face the Bishop; a mysterious, malevolent figure, yearning for world domination under the guise of protection, order, and love. Here you will travel with Kel, Lyria and young Raven along unexpected paths, searching for mysteries hidden since the dawn of time.

Devastated by finding his beloved wife and daughter brutally raped and murdered in their own home, Paul Stone seeks revenge! Frustrated by the police lack of evidence and failure to bring those responsible to justice, he embarks on a quest to unleash his Tebori hoards, to exact their own form of terrifying punishment!

A story of love, crime and being deceived, by people hiding their true identities for different reasons. This happens in all walks of life sometimes destroying people’s true characters sometimes making them weaker or stronger, because what does not kill you makes you stronger. It’s called character-building, but in which way?

"The Chicago Druid and the Ugly Princess" is a story that moves from a time of Irish folklore to modern-day Chicago. It follows the adventures of Fionnuala, a beautiful princess transformed into the ugliest women imaginable by the druid Lochlain, before being sent into the future.

George wants his teenage stepdaughter. She plans her escape. Ivan wants vunerable girls. Megan wants to escape life as a gypsy. Robbo wants a job. Sonia wants out of the sex industry. Samuel wants to start again after cancer. Frank has fallen for a lap-dancer. Peter wants peace with his wife....

The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favor. When Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select Madeline Curtis (Maddie), a detective sergeant who speaks fluent French and who meets their criteria.

Espionage and passionate erotic romance in a mysterious far away land. Aletta has returned and she’s going to rock Martin’s world. Her relationship with Peter in turmoil, Aletta needs to make some space to get her life back together and find the strength to fight for her love. Out of the blue, she decides to visit her ex-boyfriend. He has always been there for her, even after she’d left him he’d remained her best friend and soul partner.

An archaeological dig has turned up an artefact in the shape of a granite circle. Unknown to those on the dig, it is a wishing stone of ancient provenance. Wishes have unforeseen consequences, and the magic ability of the Granite Circle is discovered more by accident than design. Emma and Pauly find themselves trapped in the Arabian desert in the power of people traders. Pauly falls in love with Emma.