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From the old days of mobsters in smoky barrooms plotting to gun down their rivals, to the new age of ordinary people hiring contract killers through the Dark Web, this book depicts the history of assassins and how they work. While movies portray assassins as glamorous, wealthy, and full of mystery, the sober truth is often quite different.

Teri Jendusa never dreamed she would marry a violent, malignant narcissist like David Larsen. But she did. Why? Simple. Larsen cleverly concealed his true nature until the marriage vows were final. David, an eventual church council president and model citizen, rapidly began to morph into a monster and sociopath, telling Teri on their wedding day, "Now, I own you."

Nick McCarty's new boss opens the keys to the kingdom for the coldest-blooded killer he's ever met. When fighting psychopathic murderers and terrorist cells hell bent on America's destruction, there is one old football cliché that fits: Winning isn't everything...it's the only thing. Nick's book tour turns into a bloody rampage, leaving little doubt he embraces his boss's new management style. Returning to his Pacific Grove refuge with family and friends, Nick decides to bring his deadly business more into the open...and business is good.

Today's radical Islamist terrorist could be just a breath away from you now: a fellow student, a fellow employee or even the soldier in the next bunk. Americans today are facing an alarming new terrorist threat: "self-radicalized" terrorists. Unlike previous "sleepers" like the 9/11 hijackers who infiltrated the United States from abroad, this new breed of "self-radicalized" terrorists come from within. Many are natural-born Americans or immigrants to the US who over time radicalized themselves.

It's only natural for Benny Jones to want to know more about the father he never met. He's turning 18 and his doting mother, Eve, can no longer put off answering his questions with the excuse that he is too young to understand. Discovering whose genes he carries, Benny grasps why he has behaved the way he has in recent times. He has many questions, and his grandmother Lily Green, once known as the notorious killer The Phantom, lives on in a mental hospital not far from home and she could supply the answers.

Small Northern California town is shaken up when a paranormal force invades the community. It is an unseen force that can and does kill its victims, but first it has to find a host. The story is centered around a town where everyone kind of knows each other.

INSIGHTS grants you access to some of Yale's leading entrepreneurs and the key learnings they've collected on their own entrepreneurial journeys. From founders of Fortune 500 companies such as FedEx, to the next generation of entrepreneurs like Thiel Fellows, to early investors in Apple, Cisco, Facebook, and other billion dollar startups, INSIGHTS is a collection of the best advice offered by a diverse group of leaders and innovators.

Serial Killers are hunters that prey upon fellow people. It is not uncommon for them to torture and rape their victims. They are sex offenders, rapists, child molesters, and some are even cannibals. They thrive on their victim's showing of fear which makes them feel the power of dominance and control. This is the second book in the Notorious Serial Killers series that features three male and three female serial killers.

A collection of the twisted and bizarre. From a murderous game designer to a deadly poet, here are a dozen dark stories to feed your horrific side.

Legion of the Moonlight is a unpredictable interwoven plot of a normal life turned into an intense horrifying story that could almost be true. Guaranteed! A small Northern California town is shaken up when a paranormal force invades the community. It is an unseen force that can and does kill its victims but first it has to find a host. The story is centered around a town where everyone kind of knows each other. When the mysterious deaths start to happen people are running scared and have find out what or who is doing all the gruesome attacks.

Detective Inspector Summers hates dealing with drug addicts, thieves, violent men and women, rapists, child molesters, and murderers. She wants to be a doctor in a surgery, saving the lives of the sick. Instead she deals with the sick and twisted. Finally she gets handed the case she wants, the reason she joined the force.

Peter Manuel killed repeatedly, both random and targeted victims, including men, women, and children, because he enjoyed the rush. As a lifelong criminal, Manuel mainly committed property crime. That all changed when his heart was broken. The woman he'd been engaged to called off the wedding and left him, causing Peter to snap. His violence escalated then, and Peter terrorized various communities for almost two years. His cockiness had no end, and he went as far as giving a police inspector a ride.

Ted Bundy was a burglar, rapist, kidnapper, necrophiliac (sexual intercourse with a corpse) and serial killer in the 1970s. It's believed he killed 30 plus women. Jeffrey Dahmer (the Milwaukee Monster), was a rapist, killer, necrophiliac, and cannibal who killed 17 young boys and men between 1978 and 1991. Albert Fish was a child rapist, cannibal, and serial killer who operated between 1924 and 1932. It's believed that he killed at least nine children and possibly more.

What would your hero do? Martin Day is at breaking point. The loner, ignored and ridiculed for as long as he can remember, looks to his hero for inspiration. Sadly, for those in the near vicinity, the person Martin looks up to most is notorious killer The Phantom.

Between 1989 and 2006, there were 5,226 homicides in Australia. Serial homicides account for 1% of this astonishing number of murders that were committed by 13 known offenders.

Ben Green is a troubled young man, losing his mind and hearing voices. Worse than that, his nightmare is just beginning. Detective Inspector Summers hates dealing with drug addicts, thieves, violent men and women, rapists, child molesters, and murderers. She wants to be a doctor in a surgery, saving the lives of the sick. Instead, she deals with the sick and twisted. Finally, she gets handed the case she wants - the reason she joined the force. Her investigations lead Summers closer to Ben, and his involvement in the case slowly becomes clear.

The stolen payroll is out there, hidden somewhere in Arizona's fabled Superstition Mountains. The con said he'd buried it at The Dutchman. Did he mean the Lost Dutchman mine? No one knows where it is. Or did he mean somewhere else? Now ex-reporter Dan Brodie is in the town of Madrid, searching for the loot but he soon learns he's not alone. And that what started as a treasure hunt is instead a desperate fight to save his life!

Small Northern California town is shaken up when a paranormal force invades the community. It is an unseen force that can and does kill it's victims but first it has to find a host. The story is centered around a town where everyone kind of knows each other. When the mysterious deaths start to happen the people are running scared and have find out what or who is doing all the gruesome attacks. It is something paranormal that likes the night but it leaves a physical deadly footprint behind.

A Bulgarian arms dealer known as the Ghost moves into Harding's turf with sights on controlling the ports. Supplying terrorist cells with electromagnet pulse weapons capable of blacking out major cities, the Ghost puts a bounty on Harding's West Coast Avengers.

While names of victims and locales have been changed, with elements fictionalized, The Original Night Stalker is about a real-life serial killer who terrorized different parts of Southern California from December 30, 1979, to July 27, 1981, with one last known murder on May 4, 1986. He has never been caught and is possibly still on the loose to this day.