Sebastiane Bassett's life in the French Foreign Legion is exactly what he needs to be in order to cope with what he is. Things change when a mission in Africa goes horribly wrong, and he loses his mentor and the anchor to his present reality. Unable to cope with another loss in his life, he seeks clarity from his grandfather, Maurice Renault. Understanding what he is and why, and how the Demon within, which overshadows the Renault family with its tyrannical quid pro quo, the answer Maurice...

Two immortal brothers crisscross the American Southwest to elude a murderous biker gang and protect a young woman in this “utter triumph and delight” from award-winning author Richard Lange (Jonathan Ames, author of A Man Named Doll).Summer, 1976. Jesse and his brother, Edgar, are on the road in search of victims. They’re rovers, nearly indestructible nocturnal beings who must consume human blood in order to survive. For seventy years they’ve lurked on the...

This definitive guide to America's present-day racial reckoning examines the forces that pushed our unjust system to its breaking point after the death of George Floyd.For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on camera, and it ended with the sweeping federal, state, and intrapersonal changes that followed. It is a simple story...

Brought to you by Penguin.With the country in chaos and corruption on all sides, there's only one person to turn to.When a series of military-style attacks erupt across the United States, Detective John Sampson is called in to investigate. The attacks are untraceable, with patterns too random to decipher, leaving Sampson struggling to find a link amongst the carnage.As Sampson discovers a lead through an ex-military contact, his par...

**Brought to you by Penguin.The thirty-second instalment in James Patterson's globally bestselling Alex Cross series._____________________________________________It’s time to put the guns down, Detective Cross. Even if you knew the way out of this place, we would catch you.**A serial killer is taking out America’s finest legals minds, and Alex Cross is called to investigate their brutal murders.But during a dangerous mission to track down the killer,...

Brought to you by Penguin.They strike under cover of darkness, trigger no alarms, and leave no evidence behind.Detective Alex Cross is hunting a killer who targets families around Washington, DC. But Cross isn't the only one investigating.A charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the actions of 'The Family Man' that others have missed.It's up to Cross to determine whether the writer's theories are fact or ficti...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Capturing an ever-changing San Francisco, 25 acclaimed writers tell their stories of living in one of the most mesmerizing cities in the world.Over the last few decades, San Francisco has experienced radical changes with the influence of Silicon Valley, tech companies, and more. Countless articles, blogs, and even movies have tried to capture the complex nature of what San Francisco has become, a place millions of people have l...

Across America, universities have become big businesses—and our cities their company towns. But there is a cost to those who live in their shadow.Urban universities play an outsized role in America’s cities. They bring diverse ideas and people together and they generate new innovations. But they also gentrify neighborhoods and exacerbate housing inequality in an effort to enrich their campuses and attract students. They maintain private police forces that target th...

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year 2022An “electrifying” biography of Walter White, a little-remembered Black civil rights leader who passed for white in order to investigate racist murders, help put the NAACP on the map, and change the racial identity of America forever (Chicago Review of Books).Walter F. White led two lives: one as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP in the early twentieth c...

Brought to you by Penguin.Ali Cross is back in the New York Times No. 1 sequel to James Patterson's bestselling mystery for young readers featuring the son of Detective Alex Cross, the lead character in James Patterson's biggest-selling series___________________ALEX CROSS is a genius detective.ALI CROSS is following in his fa...

**Brought to you by Penguin.The thirty-first instalment in James Patterson's globally bestselling series.**When an American Airlines plane explodes in the sky, detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson are first on the scene. They don't hear the gunfire. At first.The weapon that took down the plane is a remote-controlled Vietnam-War-era machine gun. The list of those who possess the training and expertise to operate the stolen, .50-caliber weapon is short. And time run...

Brought to you by Penguin.The latest novel in the globally bestselling Alex Cross series.Alex Cross ventures into the rugged Montana wilderness - where he will be the prey.He's not on the job, but on a personal mission.Until he's attacked by two rival teams of assassins, controlled by the same mastermind who has stalked Alex and his family for years.Darkness falls. The river churns ...