Based on the true story of one man's rise through the cracks in the American empire.Mark Bertrand was a Navy fighter pilot turned aerospace engineer-brilliant, disciplined, loyal to the flag and the work until the system betrayed him.When a multi-million-dollar invention he designed is quietly stolen and buried by a defense contractor, Mark doesn't go to court. He disappears.In the 1990s America-an empire fraying under deregulation, techno-optimism, and vanishing ac...

He left everything behind to start over.A vineyard in southern Spain.A quiet life.Work that made sense again.Then the system followed him.Not the one he escaped.A deeper one.One that doesn't care about truth.Or effort.Or intention.Only this:Did the story hold?When his latest manuscript is taken from him, he is dragged into a courtroom that should not exist-where writers ...

In the sprawling expanse of the cosmos, Eulǝr a Syganoid holds a mundane but nevertheless sacred duty: safeguarding the Universe Code for Humanity.His world spirals into turmoil when a tear in the fabric of existence reveals missing data from the human file. Now, armed with determination and driven by impending doom, he undertakes a dangerous journey.His destination? The most perilous realm of all: Planet Earth.In a world where alliances are forged and ideologies cl...

When Dr. Laura Benton stands before the Last Woman Memorial, her conviction ignites into rage as she goes all in to stop Victor Lang's transhuman empire and reclaim Earth before humanity-and women-are erased.Reproduction no longer requires women, society has rendered them obsolete. Transhumans-bio-engineered beings devoid of emotion, gender, and biological reproduction-have risen to power, promising a future free from humanity's imperfections. But beneath this façade of progress li...

Amidst the tension of a true historical military escalation between the USA and Libya in 1986, a Navy fighter pilot navigates his haunted past and uncertain future, discovering that true battles lie within, while a determined detective in Denver unravels a web of deceit, murder, and stolen diamonds that threatens to destroy them both.Eight years after I ran away from home in a daring bid for freedom, I soared over the Mediterranean Sea in an F18, engaged in combat against the Sudan...

Amidst the tension of a true historical military escalation between the USA and Libya in 1986, a Navy fighter pilot navigates his haunted past and uncertain future, discovering that true battles lie within, while a determined detective in Denver unravels a web of deceit, murder, and stolen diamonds that threatens to destroy them both.Eight years after I ran away from home in a daring bid for freedom, I soared over the Mediterranean Sea in an F18, engaged in combat against the Sudan...

In the depths of a forgotten planet, Ziran, a dying colony teeters on the edge of oblivion.Radiation poisoning ravages their bodies, while society crumbles beneath the weight of despair. In their darkest hour, they turn to an ancient ritual, birthing a child with otherworldly powers.Zosimos, the chosen one, grows at an unnatural pace, his mind ablaze with extraordinary abilities. But an encounter with a mysterious plant unleashes a tempest of anger within him, and instead o...

In a distant binary star system on a planet colonized as an experiment, a group of four friends led by Maha embarks on a desperate quest for survival.Radiation poisoning, starvation, and the impending devastation caused by a pulsar emitting X-rays haunt their peaceful society of Buddhists and Doaists. As their civilization teeters on the brink of collapse, Maha and his friends face a challenging decision: embrace an ancient forbidden path that holds the key to surv...

In a distant binary star system on a planet colonized as an experiment, a group of four friends led by Maha embarks on a desperate quest for survival.Radiation poisoning, starvation, and the impending devastation caused by a pulsar emitting X-rays haunt their peaceful society of Buddhists and Doaists. As their civilization teeters on the brink of collapse, Maha and his friends face a challenging decision: embrace an ancient forbidden path that holds the key to survival or succumb t...

When novelists Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand first met in a Houston critique group, they never expected where friendship would take them. She wrote romance; he wrote crime novels. But growing respect for each other's work culminated in the decision to try blending their talents into this wonderfully engaging story merging romance and mystery.Rylee Monroe walks dogs in old-money Charleston, a part of the city recently targeted by a daring thief. Logan Woods works the crime beat ...

Christy Award-winning author Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand team up for a romantic crime mystery. Dogwalker Rylee Monroe believes she's being stalked by a serial thief who is targeting a wealthy Charleston community. Reporter Logan Woods covers the break-ins, hoping to pen a true-crime blockbuster. But as danger draws closer, will Logan chase the story, the villain, or the beguiling Rylee? "The impressive debut of this new writing partnership has just the right balance of interesting ch...

For Detective Roland March, his latest case has become personal. March doesn't know the young female who was stabbed to death, but he thinks he recognizes the crime scene. Nearly ten years ago, March gained national fame as the subject of a true-crime book. But now this crime scene bears eerie similarities to that one. And whispers begin to emerge that March may have put the wrong man behind bars.Worse, Houston may now have a serial killer on the loose. As more cases emerge that se...