A shot at glory and prestige for a budding corporate explorer descends into chaos as her inexperienced team, accompanied by morally ambiguous super-soldiers, is tested against the dangerous elements of nature and the murderous outcasts surviving off the land. Rising tensions threaten to pull the expedition apart as they make the dangerous trek in search of a secretive laboratory whose hidden prize could reshape the political landscape.

When a corporate executive is murdered by a mysterious drone, a newly promoted Talia Hellion is tasked with hunting down the culprit. Partnered with an old adversary, Talia is thrust into a seedy world of corporate intrigue, forged identities, and lies. As suspects turn up dead and clues dwindle, she realizes this mastermind is one step ahead of her. Soon she'll have to fight fire with fire, a new reality that might claim her very sanity.

She went to find adventure. She went to be a hero. She found a nightmare instead.When a string of brutal murders rocks a mountain village, the residents hire a group of mercenaries in a desperate attempt to bring the culprit to justice. All signs pointing to a mysterious super-soldier operating in the nearby wilderness. Determined to make a name for herself, a local girl accompanies the gunslingers, only to discover there are far worse things roaming the hills.And sometimes...

Mitchell's sole ambition was a mundane job where he could spin in a chair and collect a paycheck, a cozy position that would maximize his talents of napping and eating all day. Never in his wildest nightmares would he have to travel through hostile a backcountry in search of an ominous assassin. Partnered with an arrogant, yet awe-inspiring super-soldier who finds his presence clumsy and cowardly, together they'll uncover a dark and ancient secret that will challenge everything they believ...

Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry reviews the most current practices in both ophthalmology and optometry. A distinguished editorial board, headed by Dr. Myron Yanoff, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites expert ophthalmologists and optometrists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. Topics covered this volume include, but are not limited to, technology in the evolution of eye care, myopia, anti-VEGF medications in retinopathy of prematu...

Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry reviews the most current practices in both ophthalmology and optometry. A distinguished editorial board, headed by Dr. Myron Yanoff, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites expert ophthalmologists and Optometrists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care. Topics will cover all specialty areas, high...

Editor Orlando Ortiz and authors review important areas in Imaging of the Postoperative Spine. Articles will include: Post-operative spine imaging in cancer patients; Minimally invasive spine intervention; Post-vertebral augmentation spine imaging; Imaging of lumbar spine fusion; Motion sparing spine instrumentation; Imaging of spine surgery complications; Post-operative fluid collections; Emerging techniques of post-operative spine imaging, What the spine surgeon needs to know about post-...