Pierre Eggar is an insurance investigator for Alliance Insurance, which operates within Independent Worlds Alliance. He’s looking into a claim over the death of one Al Lund. But something about Lund’s death doesn’t quite make sense.Lund was a common mechanic living a quiet life. Yet he was murdered by a professional killer. Eggar suspects that Lund might have once been a criminal. He has to travel all over the Alliance and dig up the past to sort out why Lund met a violent end.

What Can I Trust? is a clear-eyed, case-led guide to making better decisions about information in an AI-saturated world. A confident AI summary may cite a source that does not say what it claims. A genuine photograph can be old, cropped, or attached to the wrong event. A video may have a traceable history and still make a misleading argument. A polished post can be wrong without being generated by AI at all. This book does not promise a magic detector or a single ideological answer key. It...

With stunning illustrations by Nico Delort, this keepsake edition is a definitive final volume for all Hunger Games fans."My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead."Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Though she's...

The perfect gift for anyone looking to explore the wonder of the Northern LightsDiscover the incomparable beauty of nature's lightshow the Aurora Borealis in this fascinating guide for aspiring and seasoned night sky observers and stargazers. Covers the essential equipment needed for observation and photography and is full of stunning photographs.The perfect gift for anyone looking to explore the wonder of the Northern Lights.Discover the incomparable beauty of natu...

Told from above and below the ocean's surface...Whalespeak follows Gaelic singer/long-distance swimmer Sloane Murphy into the underwater world of humpback whales. When forty-one whales wash ashore on the New Jersey coast, Sloane realizes one is attempting to communicate with her. The large scar above his eye brings her to her knees with memories of a tragic boat accident. She knows this whale. His fitful, fragmented message is urgent. Whatever he wants to tell her...

Waking Up Newlywed is a marriage of convenience, Greek billionaire romance by bestselling author Dani Collins.**Wedded to bedded...**by her temporary husband!Waking from a coma, Greek tycoon Spiro Mylonas discovers he’s married — to a complete stranger! The proxy marriage was arranged to protect his business empire, but his new wife Alia is a puzzle Spiro can’t resist unravelling. Especially when their chemistry is ground-shaking...

**Snowbound for the holidays...**and falling for a cowboy!Alessia Votova is fascinated by the world of rodeos and cowboys, which is nothing like her home in Portofino, Italy. Finally getting the chance to visit a real working ranch, she’s greeted by polished businessman Lane Tyler. Lane isn’t quite the cowboy she was expecting, though Alessia has learned the hard way that appearances can be deceiving. A massive snowstorm suddenly forces her to bunk down with Lane’s close-k...

Mills & Boon Modern — Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.Waking Up Newlywed - Dani Collins**Wedded to bedded...**by her temporary husband!Waking from a coma, Greek tycoon Spiro Mylonas discovers he’s married — to a complete stranger! The proxy marriage was arranged to protect his business empire, but his new wife Alia is a puzzle Spiro can’t resist unravelling. Especially when their chemistry is ground-shaking...

You’ve heard all the quippy reasons, I’m sure. The glib, hyperbolic, hollow, or snarky answers that people give when they are asked why they write.Because I’ve got a story burning inside, they might say. Or because I might be good at it someday.Because I want to change the world. Because I can’t not write.These things are all over the place. And as long as we’re not really paying attention, those answers are fun. They’re lofty. Or trut...

John Pare is a convicted thief serving time in prison somewhere in the Cassini Empire. His hope is to serve out his sentence then get back to his profession. Then a jailed rebel comes to him with an offer: lead a heist on another planet that will hurt the Empire.It all seems solid to Pare. It’s one high-paying job, and either he can retire or he’ll get a new boss. Will it be as solid as he thinks? What will he do if something goes wrong?

A brilliant, life-affirming and expansive meditation on mortality and the courage to imagine the unknown.Faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis, poet Lieke Marsman embarks on an intellectual expedition to challenge the limits of the rational, secular worldview she once trusted, in an urgent quest for hope. In essays, poems and diary entries, she traves deep both into – and wildly beyond – herself. From ancient Greek myths to quantum mechanics, from UFOs to Wittgens...

"Fresh, raw, and real…everything I want in a modern contemporary romance." —Bestselling author Zoe York, aka Ainsley BoothFreshly divorced and nearing forty, Meg regrets making all the safe choices. When her best friend needs surgery, Meg puts her accounting career on hold to run her friend’s racy adult toy shop—but her vanilla life never prepared her for this!At thirty-two, Zak leaves the tech world for his dad’s antique store, wanting tim...