Nanny and Hank are back—and their undead retirement is anything but restful! What began as an ordinary golden age for two loving grandparents has twisted into a nightmare of blood, betrayal, and impossible choices. When a deadly secret from Hank’s time in Vietnam resurfaces, the couple’s past collides with their cursed present. The Vampire Council, furious at their unsanctioned transformation, hunts them relentlessly, while unseen forces manipulate events from the shadows. As Ann struggles...

Nanny and Hank are back—and their undead retirement is anything but restful! When a deadly secret from Hank’s time in Vietnam resurfaces, old wounds and new threats collide. Meanwhile, the Vampire Council, furious at their unsanctioned transformation, sets their sights on erasing the pair for good. As danger looms from all sides, Nanny and Hank must balance their supernatural survival with their human desire to host the perfect Christmas for their beloved grandchildren. Packed with heart, ...

The nightmare deepens. Two months have passed since Hank and Ann’s encounter with the wild hunt, but survival has come at a terrible cost. Hank struggles to keep his wife’s hunger at bay even as she seems to be losing herself to the dark. Meanwhile, unseen forces close in—dangerous vampires with a mysterious agenda and a monstrous entity lurking in the shadows. Ann is slipping further into the abyss as Hank fights to hold onto his humanity. How long can love withstand the hunger? Sink your...

Vampires. Ghosts. Betrayals. And a head in a jar that won’t shut up. Hank’s search for Nanny leads him straight into a vampire blood ritual, complete with chanting cultists, ancient gods, and a pit to Hell—because of course it does. With his dead war buddy giving cryptic directions and ninja vamps pulling the strings, Hank’s about to punch his way into the afterlife. Or at least fall into it. Stakes are high (literally), demons are restless, and Nanny’s running out of time. Horror and humo...

Hank must survive three trials to redeem the souls of the Virgin, the Mother, and the Crone… and confront the monstrous guilt that haunts him. Joined by a demon dog with a taste for trouble, Hank faces living memories, ancient betrayals, and a vampire god on the verge of rebirth. Meanwhile, the Ma Ca Rong tighten their grip on the vampire clans, threatening to unleash the Horned God upon the world. And when the smoke clears, Nanny makes a choice that will change everything. Love, death, an...

This book describes the fundamentals of cryptographic primitives based on quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes, with a special focus on the use of these codes in public-key cryptosystems derived from the McEliece and Niederreiter schemes. In the first part of the book, the main characteristics of QC-LDPC codes are reviewed, and several techniques for their design are presented, while tools for assessing the error correction performance of these codes are also described. So...

This book constitutes the refereed and revised post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Code-Based Cryptography, CBCrypto 2020, held in Zagreb, Croatia, in May 2020.*The seven papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. These contributions focus on various topics such as code-based cryptography, from design to implementation, security, new systems, and improved decoding algorithms.* T...

This book constitutes the refereed and revised post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Code-Based Cryptography, CBC 2019, held in Darmstadt, Germany, in May 2019.The eight papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. These contributions are divided into two groups: The first four papers deal with the design of code-based cryptosystems, while the following four papers are on cryptanalysis of code-based cryptos...

This book focuses on techniques that can be applied at the physical and data-link layers of communication systems in order to secure transmissions against eavesdroppers. Topics ranging from information theory-based security to coding for security and cryptography are discussed, with presentation of cutting-edge research and innovative results from leading researchers. The characteristic feature of all the contributions is their relevance for practical embodiments: detailed consideration is...

This book focuses on techniques that can be applied at the physical and data-link layers of communication systems in order to secure transmissions against eavesdroppers. It discusses topics ranging from information theory-based security to coding for security and cryptography, and presents cutting-edge research and innovative findings from leading researchers. The characteristic feature of all the contributions in this book is their relevance for the practical application of security princ...

Our cyber defenses are static and are governed by lengthy processes, e.g., for testing and security patch deployment. Adversaries could plan their attacks carefully over time and launch attacks at cyber speeds at any given moment. We need a new class of defensive strategies that would force adversaries to continually engage in reconnaissance and re-planning of their cyber operations. One such strategy is to present adversaries with a moving target where the attack surface of a system keeps...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Field, WAIFI 2014, held in Gebze, Turkey, in September 2014. The 9 revised full papers and 43 invited talks presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. This workshop is a forum of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and physicists performing research on finite field arithmetic, interested in communicating the advances in the theory, applications, a...