Terror City

Detroit, mid-1930s: In a city abuzz over its unrivaled sports success, gun-loving baseball fan Dayton Dean became ensnared in the nefarious and deadly Black Legion. The secretive, Klan-like group was executing a wicked plan of terror, murdering enemies, flogging associates, and contemplating armed rebellion. The Legion boasted tens of thousands of members across the Midwest, among them politicians and prominent citizens - even, possibly, a beloved athlete.

Former NYPD detective Thomas Austin is enjoying a rare date at a monday night football game in Seattle when the evening takes a horrifying turn. A team of merciless terrorists has taken over the stadium by force, blocking cellphone signals and sealing the exits. The terrorists have a single demand: release a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative from a US supermax prison. And they have a simple threat: do so in the next 24 hours or they will blow up the stadium, killing themselves along with tens of thousands of innocent victims.

Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world. The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. But by the early 1970s, San Francisco’s ecstatic experiment came crashing down from its starry heights. The city was rocked by savage murder sprees, mysterious terror campaigns, political assassinations, street riots, and finally a terrifying sexual epidemic.

Lady Amelia Swift is convinced that the Lost City of Z is real. And she’s going to find it. Assembling a team of the best and brightest, including river boat captain Willy Rivers, a WWII veteran struggling to escape his past, they venture into the impenetrable Brazilian jungle in search of it. But a hunt for fame and fortune soon becomes a desperate fight for their very lives. Something has turned the creatures of the Amazon into grotesque monstrosities. And they are all hungry for human flesh. 

In 1903, the world marches toward modernity. The first World Series of baseball has been held, and everyday technology changes with each sunrise. The natural world is encroached upon, and offered new protection under dramatic steps of bold Theodore Roosevelt. Yet, Chicago Tribune reporter Roger Merrick has been charged with investigating a curious piece of the older world: the grand Fountain Spring House of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Wandering amidst whispers of folklore, threat, and mounting dread, Roger seeks to uncover the truth, while preserving his very livelihood. 

In September 1943, following wave upon wave of Allied bombing, Italy announced an armistice with the Allies. Shortly afterwards, the German army disarmed Italian forces and, despite military and partisan resistance, quickly overran Rome. Rome - City in Terror is a comprehensive history of the nine-month-long German occupation of the city that followed.