In a city full of unsavory businessmen, desperate refugees, and hard-boiled spies, almost everyone is a suspect.Detective Amir Omar Duran was just a boy when the British invaded his beloved Granada. Now—after two decades of colonial rule—the ancient city of winding alleys and iconic architecture is a smoldering cauldron of corruption, poverty and strife.On the eve of a political summit between the city’s wrangling factions, Amir is dispatched to Granada’s t...

In a city full of unsavory businessmen, desperate refugees, and hard-boiled spies, almost everyone is a suspect.Detective Amir Omar Duran was just a boy when the British invaded his beloved Granada. Now—after two decades of colonial rule—the ancient city of winding alleys and iconic architecture is a smoldering cauldron of corruption, poverty and strife.On the eve of a political summit between the city’s wrangling factions, Amir is dispatched to Granada’s t...

The narrative focuses on the British forces' time in Siberia, where they were tasked with assisting the White Russian army against the Bolsheviks. Ward, a participant in this mission, provides detailed accounts of the harsh conditions, the terrain, and the local populations. He describes the camaraderie between the soldiers, the brutal cold of the Siberian winter, and the complex political and military situation of the time. Throughout, he emphasizes the "Die-Hards"—a nickname for the Brit...

What had been a rescue mission has become a hit job.Special Agent Amir Duran can’t wrap his head around any of it. First, his boss tells him about the boy down in Zanzibar. He’s immune, she says—immune to the Red Death. A potential cure for the most catastrophic disease in human history? If that weren’t enough to blow Amir’s mind, she lets him know who the brass back in London have chosen to chase the kid down. And, quick—the Russians and Japanese...

""Originally written for the private use of my sons in case I did not return, this narrative of events connected with the expedition to Siberia must of necessity lack many of the necessary elements which go to make a history. I wrote of things as they occurred, and recorded the reasons and motives which prompted the participants. Many things have happened since which seem to show that we were not always right in our estimate of the forces at work around us. Things are not always what they ...

After a bloody stint abroad, onetime spy Amir Duran, has returned home to the British colony of Granada, Spain, to do what he does best: police work.But it’s a bad time to be a cop in Granada. Climate change has ravaged the colony’s all-powerful agricultural industry and its unscrupulous plantation owners have resorted to farming the most lucrative—and addictive—crop their hothouses can produce.With half the city hooked on plantation dope, crime is abundant...

Faith and Luke Carraway have it all. Faith is a beautiful singer turned socialite while Luke is an up-and-coming successful businessman. After taking his inheritance from his father’s stable, lucrative business to invest in a successful hedge fund with the Michov Brothers, he’s on the fast track as a rising young executive, and Faith is settling comfortably into her role as his wife.When rumors of the Michovs’ involvement in a Ponzi scheme reach Faith, she turns to Luke for confirm...

A curated story collection featuring fifty terrifying and disturbing dark fiction drabbles.

What had been a rescue mission has become a hit job.Special Agent Amir Duran can’t wrap his head around any of it. First, his boss tells him about the boy down in Zanzibar. He’s immune, she says—immune to the Red Death. A potential cure for the most catastrophic disease in human history? If that weren’t enough to blow Amir’s mind, she lets him know who the brass back in London have chosen to chase the kid down. And, quick—the Russians and Japanese...

After a bloody stint abroad, onetime spy Amir Duran, has returned home to the British colony of Granada, Spain, to do what he does best: police work.But it’s a bad time to be a cop in Granada. Climate change has ravaged the colony’s all-powerful agricultural industry and its unscrupulous plantation owners have resorted to farming the most lucrative—and addictive—crop their hothouses can produce.With half the city hooked on plantation dope, crime is abundant...

Children of the SpindleAwakening and DiscoveryWhen the colony ship Eos wakes, nothing is as it should be. Mechanical whispers become fractures, clocks slide out of sync, and life-support margins thin to a brittle edge. Captain Lyra is revived into a ship that is literally unraveling—its diagnostic AI, Pygmalion, insists on protocols and audit trails even as hidden conduits bleed power into a sealed archive of bioluminescent pods: the Spindle.Forced to make impossible...

This stocktaking of what the global low-carbon transition may mean for fossil fuel-dependent countries (FFDCs) and how they can manage its risks and harness emerging opportunities.