Séamus McElearney's early days on an FBI organized crime squad were full of grunt work.For months he was mired in administrative tasks, including the transcription of secret recordings of the DeCavalcante and Bonanno crime families. Eighteen months later, McElearney assisted in his squad's arrest of thirty-nine Mafia suspects; he led the team arresting Anthony Capo, a DeCavalcante soldier linked to stock fraud and conspiracy to commit murder.Barely a week a...

Nikolai: She came to my territory to spy on me. No one does that and lives. But this girl, she's a rare beauty. She's a temptation I have to conquer, and so I make her an offer. My mark, on her skin. The Volkov family insignia tattooed on her shoulder, to tell the world she's mine, and she earns my protection.It starts out as a game but becomes an obsession. Trouble is, I can't tell who is winning the game.Sienna: As a low-level street info...

Wild American ginseng, America's most famous medicinal plant, is in trouble. In plain prose, James McGraw explains why as he translates the latest in ecological and conservation science findings on this unassuming understory herb. As the world's foremost authority on wild ginseng, McGraw is uniquely poised to present this story based on more than twenty years of uninterrupted field research.McGraw traces the dramatic ecological history of ginseng in North America, documenting the g...

It's one thing to bring the woman you love back into your life. It's another to try and keep her there.For Dex Foray, convincing Perry Palomino to open herself to their burgeoning relationship has been more challenging than hunting ghosts, battling demons, and stalking Sasquatch combined. Add in the fact that the only way they can keep their Experiment in Terror show running is to take on a third partner in the form of the mysterious Maximus Jacobs—all while investigating a siniste...

He thought he was done with the killing. But old habits die hard.Kyle Payne thought he'd left his deadly past behind—until he is targeted by mysterious assassins posing as FBI agents.Forced into an uneasy alliance with Special Agent Carrie Walker, who is also being targeted, Payne sets out to find out who is after them and why.The trail leads to rogue CIA operative Michael Dresden who is on a vendetta against the highest levels of United States gove...

Once considered a fringe activity, climbing without a rope has entered the mainstream consciousness, largely because of the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo featuring professional climber Alex Honnold. Yet climbers have been free soloing all along—motivated by reasons as varied as the climbers themselves.All and Nothing delves into the cultural history of free soloing, ranging across the storied climbing cultures of the Alps, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Jos...

Three targets. Four days. Zero margin for error.Kansas City. When a kind-hearted mechanic is attacked by mob enforcers, Kyle Payne steps in—inadvertently killing the son-in-law of crime boss Avi Russo.Captured and fitted with a neural kill-chip that can be activated remotely, Payne is forced to become Russo's personal assassin. He has four days to eliminate key members of a rival crime organization. If he fails, he dies.As Payne navigates the lethal...

Kyle Payne came to Alaska looking for peace. And found himself in the middle of a war.Former CIA operative Kyle Payne came to Alaska's vast wilderness seeking peace and solitude. Instead, he finds himself in the crosshairs of a lethal conspiracy.When four campers are brutally murdered, Payne joins the investigation—and discovers that one teenager survived the massacre. Micah Brezny watched her friends die and barely escaped the professional killers who hunt...

Kyle Payne—the last face the bad guys will ever see.CIA black-ops veteran Kyle Payne is on leave after a brutal mission. But when he gets word that his mentor, John Heller, has been killed in a high-speed crash in Pineland, Arizona, Payne smells a setup. This was no accident—Heller was taken out.Unimpressed by local law enforcement, Payne launches his own investigation, crossing paths with beautiful DEA agent Lara Medina. Together, they unc...

A rockstar at the height of his fame. A wife on the edge. A secret that can't stay hidden. And a single night that will change everything.In the spring of 1997, Zane McCreight and his wife, Sienna, appear to have it all—sold-out stadiums, magazine covers, and the perfect family. But behind the image, their marriage is fracturing, and a scandal is quietly spiraling out of control.As Zane's band prepares for a massive tribute concert in the desert—under the e...

So . . . I didn't handle the zombie apocalypse well.I used to be a third-grade teacher, but since the Gorging, my life has been . . . kinda rotten. I lost my group to the undead, became indebted to one of the gangs, and now I've been sold as a blood-slave.My new owner is Atlan, one of the vampire warriors who guard Blue City's walls and defend us from the zombies. The vampires are like celebrities around here. It's my job to provide Atlan with a clean blood source and any o...

An incredible journey of traumatic near-death moments, day to day drudgery, amusing situations, and brushes with greatness in World War II.Life for a World War II paratrooper was grave and perilous; John H. Canfield's experience was no different. However, this young man found himself in so many crazy—sometimes humorous—situations that he almost forgot about how dangerous it was.Filled with pranksters and superiors full of bravado and an unfortunate brush wi...