Blood has always flown easily for Ian Kelly.He's spent a double life as part of a secret government program. Plucked from the foster care system at a young age for exhibiting a rare personality profile, he was trained to kill and then set loose on enemies of the free world.These days, blood is thicker.With two grown kids old enough to be asking too many questions, Ian travels the globe on official murder business.But Ian tells himself just o...

Secrets lie at the bottom of North Tenmile Lake, Oregon.Ian Kelly rents a cottage on the water to pull him and Samantha away from the heat. Now, he's hearing rumors that his landlord, Walter Ponce, may have chained a man to the riverbed.That's alright because Ian is sure Walter Ponce has heard some rumors too about a mysterious family involved in a gangland shootout only months ago.Still, Oregon should have been a nice place for Ian to retire if the...

A killer leaves a deadly wake in Sacramento.Ian's son Brandon, the city's newest homicide recruit, believes the murders follow a pattern: the perpetrator prefers blunt force to bullets. The results are chillingly familiar to his father's methods.Ian thinks the tally belongs to a young assassin he helped train. If he's right, Brandon doesn't stand a chance.The third installment of this bestselling series asks if blood truly does rise above all else.

Every light casts a shadow. Ronan Renzo is that shadow.Ronan Renzo lives a somewhat pampered life as the son of a merchant, but all that changes when his family home is visited by a strange, black-clad man. This man's clothing is so dark that it seems to swallow light, and he bears the symbol of the crescent moon upon his breast.He is, according to Ronan, a member of the Night Guild. A guild of thieves and assassins, who commit dark deeds in homage to the o...

"It begins in a small Southwestern town. Then it spreads. Across the country a series of strange deaths have overtaken the living. And a stranger compulsion has overtaken the dead. In a travesty of life, they drift with bizarre purpose toward an unknown destination. The walkers have become an obsession for investigator Miles Huerdeen. His father is one of them. Now, lured into the shadow of the restless dead, Miles is a step closer to a secret as old as time. . . to a reality as dark as He...

The intergalactic barbarian has started establishing himself in this new future.But with a growing reputation comes the need to accomplish more complex feats.The Komran are happy to oblige, though they may not know it.They have taken a valuable Vale-sanctioned mine, trapping all the residents within and forcing them to work night and day. Curiously, the hostage-takers are not searching for the ore within.Fearful that a large-scale assault co...

Considering she had just attended her mother's funeral, Gloria Jaymes never expected to see the woman again, but then her dead mom shows up at her house.Gloria's mom is... different. She's younger than when she died, dressed in clothes from the 1980s. And nobody else in Gloria's family seems to recognize her.As Gloria tries to figure out the reason for her mother's reappearance and the odd behaviors the woman begins to exhibit other bizarre events occur. The changes to Gloria's world are s...

"We know who you are! Can your current bank say that? We pride ourselves on providing unparalled service to all of our customers. We're looking forward to banking with YOU!" In the small town of Montgomery, Arizona, Kyle Decker's book shop is barely breaking even. When a bank opens in the empty storefront next door, he hopes the new establishment will bring in more foot traffic. Trouble is, nobody has ever heard of The First People's Bank, and the local branch has appeared mysteriously ove...

“It took us three thousand years to find an intelligent species among the stars and only three months to pick a fight with them.”After the United Nations of Terra (UNT) Fleet Frigate Nelson reported an encounter with an alien spaceship, she disappeared without a trace. An alien race called the Maltaani have made their presence known by landing a mass of troops on Balfan-48, a desert planet located far too close to Terra Earth for comfort. Tensions are risi...

Extrajudicial–adj.–done in contravention of due process of law.The Warlock. He is unseen and anonymous. A covert agent in charge of a program designed to disrupt one of the most dangerous alliances in the history of the world. Although the black budgets fund his work, no American authority has issued his orders or given him permission to act. He simply does what he must.With Russia and China pulling the strings for the rest of their partners in Iran, Turkey...

Aldo Cassidy, formerly a low-born freelancer, finds himself at the heart of a desperate operation to save humanity.With the threat of a seemingly mindless alien force looming at the borders of the human empire, a brave group of military personnel works to form an alliance that may give them a chance against an invasion. Heading to a beleaguered outpost, Aldo and his team must rescue an alien delegation. Success gives a union a chance, while failure could lead to wa...

After his wife is murdered in Chicago, by-the-book agent Blake Jordan focuses on the one thing he’s always been good at: his job. But Blake is so consumed by grief, he doesn’t notice that someone is watching him from the shadows.When Senator Keller asks Blake to handle security the night he’s set to receive his party’s nomination for president, he accepts the assignment. But he didn’t expect the senator to disappear under his watch.If he wants to get him back, Blake must br...