In the electrifying third novel of the Empire of Shadows trilogy, Jack Mercer is drawn into a final, devastating confrontation with the hidden powers that have manipulated nations, financed covert wars, and trafficked in forbidden secrets since the ashes of World War II. What began as a hunt through ledgers, lies, and Cold War betrayals now leads to a chilling revelation: a clandestine brotherhood of elites seeking not merely power, but escape from death itself. Pursued across Europe's hau...

In the haunted aftermath of World War II, Jack Mercer—an ex-OSS operative rebuilt under a false identity—uncovers fragments of a ledger that tie Vatican financiers, Cold War intelligence services, and Ustaše war criminals to a hidden network born in the ashes of Jasenovac. His hunt for the truth drags him from the Dolomites to the fog-soaked alleys of Venice, across Adriatic monasteries, and deep beneath the Vatican itself, where a rogue cardinal and a dying intelligence service wage a sec...

Fascinating look at the highs, lows and riches that follow promotion to the Premier League, from the inaugural 1992/93 season to 2023/24 told with special insight from chairmen, managers, players and fans. From the author of the widely acclaimed Fields of Dreams and Broken Fences. Dubbed the most valuable single football match in the world, the Championship play-off final doesn't just secure a place in the illustrious Premier League. It offers lucrative financial rewards. This compelling b...

A Sprinkle of Magic tells the fascinating stories of non-league clubs who defied the odds and dared to dream big in the world's oldest cup competition.When August rolls in, so do the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup as non-league sides from across the land bid to make the first round proper and pick up a potential dream tie.Stretching back to the 2009/10 season, the stories include FA Cup runs from Bath City, Redbridge, Blyth Spartans, Chesham Unite...

Fields of Dreams and Broken Fences lifts the lid on the little-known world of non-league football. From being hours away from folding in the Essex Senior League and turning semi-professional because of YouTube to dropping out of the Football League and trying to find a way back, this book shines a vital spotlight on clubs from various levels of the National League System and shares their stories. The tales include the dramatic null-and-void decision of the 2019/20 season, Chichest...

Fields of Dreams and Broken Fences lifts the lid on the little-known world of non-league football. From being hours away from folding in the Essex Senior League and turning semi-professional because of YouTube to dropping out of the Football League and trying to find a way back, this book shines a vital spotlight on clubs from various levels of the National League System and shares their stories. The tales include the dramatic null-and-void decision of the 2019/20 season, Chichester City m...

Part lampoon, part satire, and part surreal comedy, A WEF of Cabbage is a razor-sharp send-up of current events and the figures who dominate them. Here, statesmen return from the grave to lecture tech billionaires, NATO generals are distracted by golf clubs shaped like vegetables, and the World Economic Forum's glossy promises collapse under the weight of absurd reality.At once a parody of geopolitics and a playful jab at the culture of control, this novel transforms recognizable h...

"Explores more of the seedy underside of the city that the tourist books don't tell you about . . . from a 13-year-old church arsonist to a lynching" ( Lost Charlotte).Today's Charlotte is a fast-growing and well-respected city. But the Charlotte of yesteryear is rife with tales of the macabre, tragic and simply unexplainable.Prepare to be surprised and unnerved as the dark side of Charlotte is brought to life by native and longtime writer David Aa...

Explore the Depths of Humanity in Modern Times: Vivid Poetic Expressions of Hope, Judgment, and Politicized Emotions. An Artistic Journey Inviting Personal Interpretation and Reflection.In The Raven and The Dove 2, the author invites readers on a profound journey through the complexities of the human experience in our contemporary world. This second collection of poems is a testament to the author's ability to articulate the intricacies of life, offering a...

The poems in this book touch on a whole universe of diverse elements, expressing everything from the horror and haunting thoughts of the author's mind to the gracious hope of God in life. Some have an echo of politicized feelings, some a trace of judgment and wrath. Each poem is a look at humanity and the modern world as if seen as an artist's painting, provoking its own interpretation and emotions in the reader.

Empires and their aftermaths were massive planning institutions; in the past two hundred years, the natural and social sciences emerged—at least in part—as modes of knowledge production for imperial planning. Yet these connections are frequently under-emphasized in the history of science and its corollary fields.The Planning Moment explores the myriad ways plans and planning practices pervade recent global history. The book is built around twenty-seven brief case studies t...

Each of us is whole, complete , nothing is broken, nothing in us needs fixing. We are dreamers in a dream, and we don't realize that we are dreamers…. but we are also the dream. We can wake up and dream a different dream… a dream of love, of peace, of a world for all. We can begin to transform our world and bring forth a world that works for all. It is time that we wake up and step away from all the guilt that we have been living with for the past 2000 years. It is time that we live as if ...