Some betrayals detonate in code. Others explode at ground zero.Blackout operative Maverick Adams's surf session on Lantern Beach is cut short when an FBI agent blasts into his world, arresting him for crimes he didn't commit. When he learns that his digital fingerprints implicate him in a recent terror attack, he knows someone in his inner circle has set him up.FBI Special Agent Sheridan Mendez has never failed to bring down a target, and Maverick Adams won...

Behold the Void includes the story "Altar"—Now a Major Motion Picture from A24Behold the Void includes the story "Fail-Safe"—Now a Major Motion Picture from Sony PicturesThis new edition includes the bonus story "The Fate of Nero," a sequel to the "Altar" story and A24 film.SHORT STORY COLLECTION OF THE YEAR (This Is Horror and Strange Aeons)...

The Story of the YMCA is the Story of AmericaFor 175 years, the YMCA has been woven into the fabric of American life. From crowded nineteenth-century cities to small towns, college campuses, military bases, immigrant neighborhoods, suburban communities, and places of national crisis, the Y has continually adapted to meet the changing needs of the people it serves. Since its inauspicious beginnings in Boston in 1851, the Young Men's Christian Association of the Unit...

If you want to learn about one of history’s most fascinating minds and uncover some of his secrets of imagination—secrets that enabled him to invent machines light years ahead of his time and literally bring light to the world—then you want to read this book.Imagination amplifies and colors every other element of genius, and unlocks our potential for understanding and ability.It’s no coincidence that geniuses not only dare to dream of the impossible for the...

If you want to learn about one of history’s greatest military commanders and uncover some of his secrets of drive—drive that enabled him and his small army to first subdue all of Greece and then the mighty Persian Empire—then you want to read this book.Some people like to think that geniuses are so inherently extraordinary that they navigate their journeys with clairvoyant ease.This simply isn’t true.Greatness does not come lightly. It requires that...

W E I R D O"A Weird Kind of Insect" PJJ Reviews.A Gripping and Intense Psychological short story.“If you like to give yourself the creeps – this is for you” Deborah Cocking“The protagonist is definitely an odd, weird person” Patrick JordanWhen the man living in Flat 5a , wakes up one morning and discovers there has been a murder , Carlos, the slimy and secretive man next door raises his suspicions. Yet, for some reason the police know nothing of Carl...

When Declan Keenan begins to clean out his family’s house after his father’s death, he makes an unexpected discovery. His father, a former RCMP Security Service agent, left a videotape message that drops responsibility for resolving an old case into his son’s lap. Unable to refuse his father’s dying wish, Declan begins his search for answers in an attempt to satisfy justice. In the process, the motive, means, and opportunities that led to the 1973 bombing of BOAC Flight 281 are revealed; b...

A riveting look behind the mask of an NHL goalie, The Save of My Life offers understanding and hope to anyone living with mental illnessBy the time he was twenty-two years old, goaltender Corey Hirsch had realized his childhood dream of playing in the NHL, won an Olympic medal and drunk from the Stanley Cup. While he excelled on the ice, out of the net Hirsch was plagued by persistent dark thoughts and ceaseless anxiety. On days when he could barely get ou...

One commander chose to disobey. When a catastrophic chain reaction threatens civilization, a battle-hardened commander leads his rogue battalion and their families into exile. Cities go dark. Order collapses. On the first night, it becomes clear the old stories were never myths, but warnings. Epic military science fiction where ancient gods reclaim the battlefield and humanity must decide what it believes in to survive. "A masterful blend of mythology and futuristic warfare, packed with vi...

**“Gripping . . . A potent account of the crime and its aftermath, placing its story of heartbreaking violence and injustice in a larger portrait of a rural American town.”—The Wall Street JournalThe harrowing true story of a cold-blooded murder and the campaign to bring justice to a suffering Midwestern town**On a November night in 1990, Cathy Robertson is murdered in her home outside Chillicothe, Missouri. After law enforcement conduct a haphazard investigation, ...

In June 2007, the FBI informed the NBA that one of its referees, Tim Donaghy, was the subject of a probe into illegal gambling. Within months, the public knew the broad outlines of a scheme involving Donaghy betting on games he officiated with a coconspirator, longtime Donaghy acquaintance and professional gambler Jimmy "Baba" Battista. They were joined in the scandal by a mutual childhood friend, Tommy Martino. By November 2008, each man had pleaded guilty to charges relating to the consp...

A riveting look behind the mask of an NHL goalie, The Save of My Life offers understanding and hope to anyone living with mental illnessBy the time he was twenty-two years old, goaltender Corey Hirsch had realized his childhood dream of playing in the NHL, won an Olympic medal and drunk from the Stanley Cup. While he excelled on the ice, out of the net Hirsch was plagued by persistent dark thoughts and ceaseless anxiety. On days when he could barely get ou...