Fairview is bleeding again, and this time, the enemy wears a smile.The Retaliator (Sam Carter) thought he had finally broken the Olympus Syndicate, but the city's corruption has only mutated. Now, a new killer known as Mr Smile is stalking the city, not with a knife or a gun, but with devastating psychological warfare. His victims are found dead by their own hand, leaving behind eerie black smiles and cryptic notes aimed directly at Sam.As Detective Fuller chases the escalati...

Arthur: A Gentleman's DisasterArthur Winterbourne is the spy who shouldn't exist: charming to a fault, allergic to caution, and somehow still alive. When a mission on the Riviera tangles him with "Red Lips," an assassin as elegant as she is lethal, Arthur finds himself trapped in a game of seduction, betrayal, and bullets that stretches from Monaco's casinos to Marrakech's back alleys.With his misfit team—sharp-eyed Jane, sardonic James, anxious genius Steven, and razor-edg...

Mayor Sam Carter is the last hope for a city teetering on the edge of collapse. But his polished public image hides a dangerous truth: he is also The Retaliator, a masked vigilante whose methods are as dark as the city's alleyways.His double life is shattered when two ghosts from his past resurface, not just to haunt him, but to burn Fairview to the ground.• The Burnt Man: A monstrous killer, forged by the shadowy Olympus organisation and tied to Sam's darkest secret, leaving...

Come on a journey through a collection of stories as varied as life itself.From heart-pounding thrillers and spine-chilling horrors to bittersweet family dramas and sharp witted comedies.These tales are bound together by their unforgettable twists and turns.Whether you're in the mood to shiver, laugh, or shed a tear, this collection offers something for everyone, with no story quite like the last.stories such as:The reflection-A man contemplating his li...

MY EVERYTHINGDaniel was an average man. He worried about deadlines, traffic, and missing his kids' football games.Then the world ended.When an outbreak shatters London, Daniel's only thought is his family. But that is a single, desperate walk to the coast. His wife and children are waiting, hoping to catch the final evacuation ferry.There will be no pause.This book has no chapters.It is a single, continuous stream of consciousness, fear, and e...

Max has never felt like he belonged anywhere. Not in school, not at home, not even in his own skin. But when a strange mark appears on his hand, he tumbles into a world he was never meant to remember.Beneath the city lies the Secret Underground — a forgotten world of magic, rebellion, and prophecy. There, ancient runes glow with his touch, strangers whisper his name like a warning, and a war-scarred boy wearing a mask waits in the shadows.His name is Kane.His past is...

Sam Carter had it all!He had wealth, influence, and a clear path to becoming Fairview's next mayor.The city, known for its charm but ruled by its crime, was ready for change.But when Sam's elderly mother and disabled sister are brutally murdered in a home invasion, everything shatters.The system fails him, The Evidence disappears, Witnesses go silent and the powerful turn a blind eye.Fuelled by grief and rage, Sam uses his fortune to disappear from publ...

Trig was built to obey. A memory-wiped enforcer for the elite, he collects debts in a poisoned city where sunlight is a luxury and children are currency. But when a mission leads him to a woman who claims to be his mother—and reveals the Towers' darkest secret—Trig must choose between the system that shaped him and the truth that could shatter it.From the smog-choked slums to the glass spires of power, Above the Smog is a relentless, emotionally charged dystopian thriller about ide...

U is for Unexplained is the twenty-first book in an epic series of twenty-six horror anthologies. Within these pages you will find a collection of thirteen bizarre tales from some of the most skilled independent horror authors writing today. From mysterious stalkers to geological anomalies, from carnival freakshows to otherworldly entities, U is for Unexplained will have you turning the pages in intrigue and teach you that not all mysteries can be solved.

ATLAS OF Small Animal Diagnostic ImagingComprehensive and up-to-date resource on the interpretation of diagnostic images in small animals using survey radiographs and other modalitiesAtlas of Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging provides a comprehensive, multimodality atlas of small animal diagnostic imaging, with high-quality images depicting radiography, scintigraphy, ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imagin...

You know the tired old tale—leave the big city to return to that sleepy hometown for the holidays, discover who you truly are, and find love where you least expected. But that’s the lastthing Mitch wants to do with his time off.Living in Hell’s Kitchen he’s happy with his life—great job, nice apartment, great friends. When his boss surprises the company with a full week’s vacation for the holidays, Mitch does theopposite of the hackneyed romcom fantasy. He doesn’t wan...

When States Take Rights Back draws on contributions by international experts in history, law, political science, and sociology, offering a rare interdisciplinary and comparative examination of citizenship revocation in five countries, revealing hidden government rationales and unintended consequences.Once considered outdated, citizenship revocation – also called deprivation or denationalization – has come back to the political center in many Western liberal states. Contrib...