For a man of war, peacetime is the ultimate challenge.Leaving behind them a Europe still taking stock after the definitive battle of Waterloo, Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin set sail for Chile. But even with the newly minted peace, life at sea remains beset with danger and imminent disaster, and the political turmoil of the South American continent is equal to any threat they have yet faced.Out of loss – of purpose, of love – can the two friends rescue w...

Painted in browns and grays and sparked by sudden fires, Spaceman Blues is a literary retro-pulp science-fiction-mystery-superhero novel, the debut of a true voice of the future, and a cult classic in the making.When Manuel Rodrigo de Guzmán González disappears, Wendell Apogee decides to find out where he has gone and why. But in order to figure out what happened to Manuel, Wendell must contend with parties, cockfights, and chases; an underground city whose...

"The old master has us again in the palm of his hand." —Los Angeles TimesNapoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America—where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain—the delay occasioned b...

“I can’t stand the thought that I make her unsafe, that my very existence somehow puts her at risk. I need to make her safe. I need to keep her with me forever.”Mina, my dark phoenix rising from the ashes, the goddess returning from her descent into the underworld.I will kill anyone who dares to threaten her.But what if I’m the one who breaks her this time? What if I become her angel of death?NOTE: This is book 2 in Brian an...

“Be honest with me, Brian. Are we going on a cross-country killing spree?”“I’d hardly call it a spree.”Brian Sloane is a pure psychopathic monster… to everyone but Mina.She was looking for a good man to scratch a particular itch but instead ended up bought by the violent enforcer of a submissive training house.Against all odds, the villain became her hero. She was the light to his dark until the lights went out, and the darkness inside her ...

A comprehensive history of the Nova Scotian nurses who served in World War I, from a leading historian and author of Nova Scotia at War, 1914–1919.Very little has been written about Canadian military nurses in the Great War largely because, more than a century later, historians still don't agree on how many Canadian military nurses served. What is generally agreed is that between a third and a half of all Canadian nurses served in uniform in the war.

With two street gangs on the brink of war, Detective Michael Kelly must solve a murder before the entire town goes up in flames.Boston Homicide Detective Michael Kelly just took his latest case. It seemed simple enough: a convenience store clerk gunned down in cold blood.There’s just one catch...the store was under the protection of the Irish mob.Now the city is a powder-keg, and Kelly must solve the murders before it explodes in further bloodshed.

Most people associate storms and other big weather with death—with the kind of force that makes each of us wonder about life, and time and the nature of our surroundings. Some people go out looking for bad weather or go to places where they’re likely to encounter it. Others have the misfortune of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Still, the stories in Storm have more to say than that. They tell us about what happens when people find that treacherous weather—or when it finds them—...

Discover the compelling journey of Brian Niccol, the visionary leader who transformed Chipotle from a brand in crisis to a powerhouse in the global food industry. This captivating biography takes you behind the scenes of Niccol’s rise from his beginnings at Taco Bell to his monumental impact at Chipotle, where he revitalized the company through innovative strategies, digital revolution, and a renewed focus on sustainability and ethical practices.As you delve into Niccol’s leadership philos...

Once upon a time, a girl was saved by a monster that lived in a dungeon.That girl was me. Now my monster's been taken by my worst nightmare.I should be scared. But all I want is revenge.Note: This is the first dark contemporary novella in a series of five episodic stand-alone stories about Brian and Mina, a couple from the Pleasure House world. This book can be listened to as a stand-alone; however, their origin story is Broken Dolls

This book offers a sweeping history of Mexican American interactions with law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the US Southwest. Looking primarily at Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, Brown and Blue tells a complex story: Violent, often racist acts committed by police against Mexican American people sparked protests demanding reform, and criminal justice authorities sometimes responded positively to these protests with measures such as recruiting Mexican Am...

A memoir of flying Hawker Hunters for the famed aerobatic display teams, and other adventures in aviation.Brian Mercer is one of the most outstanding postwar RAF fighter pilots and in this eminently readable autobiography he recaptures life as it was in the days of transition from flying piston-powered aircraft to jet power. His flying and leadership skills resulted in a long association with what was then considered the finest aerobatic display team in the world—T...