When a remote Arctic research station falls silent, the official explanation is equipment failure.The truth is far worse.A covert response team arrives at Facility NIGHTFALL expecting malfunctioning systems and frightened scientists. Instead, they find an intact station, warm lights, untouched personal belongings - and no people.As the team investigates, evidence reveals a chilling sequence: security cameras disabled with precision, communications deliberately cut, ...

If the good guys can't save you, call a bad guy.When viral video of an explosive terrorist attack on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge reveals that a Federal witness long thought dead is still alive, the organization he'd agreed to testify against will stop at nothing to put him in the ground.FBI Special Agent Charlie Thompson is determined to protect him, but her hands are tied; the FBI's sole priority is catching the terrorists before they strike again. So Charlie calls ...

Fear spreads faster than truth. And the algorithm is hungry.When investigative journalist Tess Calder stumbles onto a viral TikTok challenge called #FeedTheDark, she expects another pointless internet fad. What she finds instead is a pattern - whispers in abandoned places, impossible shadows appearing for exactly nine frames, and teenagers vanishing without a trace.The more Tess investigates, the more the darkness evolves. ...

A study of how Kazuo Ishiguro's novels respond to and represent the world through characters that are profoundly limited in their understanding of the systems that bind them.How has a writer known principally for his contained domestic novels come to represent the most dynamic elements of world literature? In Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, Chris Holmes expands our understanding of how world literature engages with the most pressing crises of the ...

Düstere Helden, knallharte Action, gnadenloses Tempo: ein actiongeladener Thriller um einen Bombenanschlag auf die Golden Gate BridgeChris Holm, der bereits für die renommiertesten US-Krimi-Preise nominiert war, legt mit ""Des Teufels Vollstrecker" einen Thriller vor, der so bombastisch wie ein hochspannender Hollywood-Blockbuster ist.Auftragskiller Michael Hendricks - ein Auftragskiller der ganz besonderen Art. Er tötet ausschließlich andere Auftragskiller. Aus Prinzip. Doch...

'Spiritually Green' includes a selection of articles and interviews from 'GreenSpirit Magazine', spanning a period of twelve years. This book presents a diversity of green wisdom and Earth-centred practices, such as the importance of stories, eco-therapeutic work in green relationships, herbal medicine, rewilding, problems of consumerism, and much more. All chapters are by people who know their subject well and have been included because of the quality of the content....

From molecular biologist turned Anthony Award-winning author of The Killing Kind comes a fact-based thriller about our species’ next great existential threat—perfect for fans of Michael Crichton**.**It began four years ago with a worldwide uptick of bacterial infections: meningitis in Frankfurt, cholera in Johannesburg, tuberculosis in New Delhi. Although the outbreaks spread aggressively and proved impervious to our drugs of last resort, ...

Michael Hendricks kills people for money. That aside, he's not so bad a guy.Once a covert operative for a false-flag unit of the US military, Hendricks was presumed dead after a mission in Afghanistan went sideways. He left behind his old life -- and beloved fiancée -- and set out on a path of redemption...or perhaps one of willful self-destruction.Now Hendricks makes his living as a hitman entrepreneur of sorts -- he only hits other hitmen. For ten times the price on your ...

Hitman with a heart of gold Michael Hendricks is back in this digital-exclusive short story.When a strip-club mogul puts out a hit on a dancer who won't give him off-the-clock attention, Hendricks takes a detour to Las Vegas to stop the job in its tracks. With tech genius Lester in his ear and a fake identity as cover, Hendricks has only one problem: he has no idea what the target looks like. Against the scorching heat of the city's desert outskirts, a case of mist...

Effective risk management in law firms has never been more important. Lawyers must contend with the long-standing risks associated with the practice of law, such as anti-money laundering and issues of client confidentiality, as well as new risk areas such as data protection and cybersecurity, and increased regulatory burdens. Poor handling of these risks can lead to reputational damage, diminished client relationships, and even regulatory action, and so it is critical for law firms to rema...

After a terrorist attack strikes San Francisco, FBI Special Agent Charlie Thompson calls in a former cover ops man and a young tech whiz to kickstart a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase.If the good guys can't save you, call a bad guy.When viral video of an explosive terrorist attack on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge reveals that a Federal witness long thought dead is still alive, the organization he'd agreed to testify against will stop at nothing ...

Two books, one anthology.The grift. The scam. The double-cross. Blackmail and burglary; murder and larceny. Blood Business tracks the underbelly of human nature as it drags itself through the muck of our lesser angels in twenty-seven crime stories set in this world... and beyond.