Okay, I can do this. One problem at a time. That's how this is going to work. Do the thing in front of me, then move on to the next. I'll figure it out, like I always do. I have to, or Dad's life is over.I mean, turning drugs into cash isn't exactly new to me. I've done this hundreds of times. But all I've got to work with is pressed luck and borrowed time. San Antonio is smelling out my weakness, a city-sized predator toying with prey. The cops are raking the earth to find me, and...

Caleb Allard is dying. The banality of his legacy haunts him: a pointless career and two dysfunctional children estranged from one another.Then a voice arrives. Immense. Debilitating. It fills Caleb's skull, promising the one thing Caleb wants more than anything else—a purpose for his miserable life. It tells him of a young boy with miraculous abilities living in the Texas hill country.Find the boy, find your purpose.The boy is hundreds of miles away, but i...

The DAFT Institute has crunched the numbers.An apocalypse is coming.And apocalypse is great for business.Min and Max escape certain death, crashing into this doomed reality where local versions of themselves are already living their lives.Their minds and mettle could save this universe from mayhem.Can they out-think the pedantic AI driving the cataclysm?Possibly.Defeat an endless army of automatons?Add it to the li...

For two years, Irene has scoured the deteriorating Texas hill country for her fugitive brother, seeking to save him before law enforcement kills him on sight.Something is out here with her. A pervasive voice that haunts her at night, plaguing her with terrorizing sleep walks that leave her adrift in her most sordid memories.Come to me, Irene.To cope with the present, Irene will confront her past.And before she can find her brother, Irene must learn ...

Hawk's life is a secret. Wanted for murder, he hides from the law on a marijuana plantation in the Texas hill country. The violence of his past pales against the depravities he endures on the farm: dangerous and miraculous secrets he must protect if he wants to survive.Then a cunning stranger arrives bearing a grudge from Hawk's past. The outsider unleashes his sinister preternatural ability in a frantic lunge for the farm's most innocent soul. As the bloody standoff erupts between...

Hawk’s life is a secret. Wanted for murder, he hides from the law on a marijuana plantation in the Texas hill country. The violence of his past pales against the depravities he endures on the farm: dangerous and miraculous secrets he must protect if he wants to survive.Then a cunning stranger arrives bearing a grudge from Hawk’s past. The outsider unleashes his sinister preternatural ability in a frantic lunge for the farm’s most innocent soul. As the bloody standoff erupts between ...

“You got a better bad idea?”Save the Dog. Save the Earth. Save the Future.Min and Max broke physics to resurrect a dog. Now the Earth is doomed. Middle management lays the blame on their shoulders, and those passive-aggressive emails are escalating to active-aggressive weapons.They'll rescue the Earth if they can. Secure the future of humanity if there's time.Saving the dog? Non-negotiable!“Bad bad idea it is. Let’s roll.”

Caleb Allard is dying. His legacy haunts him: a pointless career and two dysfunctional children estranged from one another.Then a voice arrives. Immense. Debilitating. It fills Caleb’s skull, promising the one thing Caleb wants more than anything else—a purpose for his miserable life. It tells him of a young boy with miraculous abilities living in the Texas hill country.Find the boy, find your purpose.The boy is hundreds of miles away, but it may as well be millions. In pain, racing death,...

During the winter of 2017 as I watched the lumbering start to the Trump Era in American government, I was struck by how many "rookie mistakes" in leadership were being played out to a global audience on an almost daily basis. While marvelling at the impending train wreck that was emerging as the Trump style in management and governance, I was struck by the fact that it clearly had no equal as a highly public example of what not to do when taking over a new position of leadership. Over the ...

Many independent schools are poorly, or at least erratically, governed. No matter which direction people point the finger of blame, a failed or failing school has usually fallen victim to ineffective school leadership and that is invariably a product of poor governance. This practical guide goes beyond the textbook definitions of governance to explore the realities of how Boards actually work.

In Transparency, the authors–a powerhouse trio in the field of leadership–look at what conspires against "a culture of candor" in organizations to create disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy and honest openness. They explore the lightning-rod concept of "transparency"–which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector as well.Together Bennis, Goleman, and O'Toole explore wh...