Shot in the head and recovering from brain surgery, Delta Force soldier Thomas Nelson wakes up in a military hospital unable to remember who he is. Faced with going through recovery alone, with no family that he's aware of, he is recruited by a top secret government agency. Project Specter is tasked with eliminating targets they deem to be a threat to the United States. Their goal is to turn Nelson into a super assassin named Matthew Cain.Cain's first mission is supposed to be a pi...

The professional development team that brought you two editions of Objective-C for the Absolute Beginners and have taught thousands of developers around the world to write some of the most popular iPhone apps in their categories on the app store, have now leveraged their instruction for Swift.Swift for Absolute Beginners is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some programming experience but no object-oriented experience, or those that have...

Gary Bennett, Brad Lees, and Stefan Kaczmarek, the team behind Swift 2 for Absolute Beginners, brings you a hands-on “Swift” introduction to the new tvOS SDK with a collection of app projects to try out.You’ll learn how to create a BookStore app for the TV, including using Stack Views for book details, how to create a photo gallery app, and how to use collection view and split view controllers with a music collection app. Finally, you’ll also learn how to store Apple TV ap...

Learn Objective-C and its latest release, and learn how to mix Swift with it. You have a great idea for an app, but how do you bring it to fruition? With Objective-C, the universal language of iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps.Using a hands-on approach, you'll learn how to think in programming terms, how to use Objective-C to construct program logic, and how to synthesize it all into working apps. Gary Bennett, an experienced app developer and trainer, will guide you on your journey to be...

A lethal assassin seeks peace, but first, he must confront the ghosts of his past and the man who shattered his world.Adrian Hell, a hitman haunted by tragedy, believes his time in the underworld is coming to an end. But before he can find solace, he must embark on a bloody crusade against Wilson Trent—a powerful crime boss responsible for the deaths of Adrian's wife and daughter.With his loyal friend, Josh Winters, by his side, Adrian tears through the cri...

Being a bouncer at a Heavy Metal/Goth bar sounds pretty exciting . . . unless you're one of Odin's Chosen Warriors hiding out from Valhalla and your past. So Magnus a.k.a. Mouse is less than thrilled when Fate drops a supernatural murder at his feet. Is there any way he can stop the killer without tripping over his own secrets? Or will the cops, the feds, or his Valkyrie find him first? And can someone explain how his pet raven is learning to speak Norse?

Breaking curses. Battling witchcraft. Revenge.All in a day's work for Ozzy Turner, folk wizard.Is a witch throwing curses your way? Something scary scratching at your window in the night? Then I've got just the charm for you.Mostly, though, I find things. Lost treasures, missing loved ones—if you need something found, I'm your guy.So when a grieving father hired me to track down a family heirloom stolen by a sticky-fingered ...

In the bleak, not-too-distant future, most people who could fled to the virtual reality OVR World Online.Zachary "Zee" Jones will never be able to afford to become a player of the game. After committing a crime in order to save his mother's life, he was arrested and included in the Inmate Player Program. Even without perception filters to limit his pain, it was better than the alternative. He has the opportunity to earn more money in a five-year sentence then he co...

Nukes ended most of society. Now all that's left is taxes.Arthur McDowell works for the most indestructible employer left in post-apocalyptic America: the IRS. Safe and sound inside a government bunker, Arthur is proud to be just another drone. But for an ambitious man (and excellent typist) such as Arthur, a promotion to supervisor is just around the corner.Arthur's world flips when instead of a becoming supervisor, the brass makes him a census-taker. His ...

In this follow-up to The Cain Conspiracy, Matthew Cain finds himself on the wrong side of a hit man. After he is sent on an assassination mission in Russia, The Specter Project learns of a man seeking revenge for Cain's actions. After Cain hears of the man's intentions, he sets out on a frenetic search to find the killer before he makes good on his plans to kill both Cain and his girlfriend.Along the way, Cain finds more questions than answers about the mysterious assassin, who see...

Stay motivated and overcome obstacles while learning to use Swift Playgrounds and Xcode 10.2 to become a great iOS developer. This book, fully updated for Swift 5, is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some programming experience but no object-oriented experience, or those that have a great idea for an app but haven’t programmed since school.Many people have a difficult time believing they can learn to write iOS apps. Swift 5 for Absolute Beginners

Stay motivated and overcome obstacles while learning to use Swift Playgrounds to be a great iOS developer. This book is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some programming experience but no object-oriented experience, or those that have a great idea for an app but haven’t programmed since school, and it is now updated for Swift 3.Many people have a difficult time believing they can learn to write iOS apps. Swift 3 for Absolute Beginners, along wit...