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The Darkening: A post apocalyptic horror novel

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The Darkening: A post apocalyptic horror novel
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Don’t fear the dark. Fear the light.

The end came when light changed. It decimated humanity, leaving scattered bands of survivors stumbling in the dark.

Faced with saving himself or his family during the apocalypse, John Piscus made the wrong choice, and has been living with the guilt ever since.

When a glowing girl shows up at John’s shelter begging for help, his instincts tell him to kill her. After all, light kills.

But when masked troopers tasked with capturing survivors come after them, it’s up to John to protect himself and the girl. Not only may she hold the key to reversing the lethal effects of light, she could also be the one who can save his soul.

Through Stranger Eyes: a science fiction cyberpunk mystery thriller (Matriarchs – Silicon Gods Book 1)

Through Stranger Eyes: a science fiction cyberpunk mystery thriller (Matriarchs - Silicon Gods Book 1)
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Flesh comes cheap in a machine world.

Doctor Rick Stenslandt has always advocated against the fusion of man and machine. But after a near-fatal accident, he is forced to accept ocular implants or go blind, end up unemployed, and without social status.

But something goes wrong. Now he remembers people he has never met before—influential members of the corporate elite that governs the world. And they have all been murdered.

Worse, it seems he’s the next target.

On the run from the police and a pair of augmented assassins, Rick seeks refuge in the infamous alleys of the megacity. But to protect the ones he loves, he cannot hide forever. Now he must figure out his borrowed memories and his connection to the victims, before it’s too late.

If you love cyberpunk technothrillers with settings similar to Blade Runner, rich with corporations, conspiracies, murder, and mystery, with strong elements of biopunk and nanopunk, with hackers and AIs, then you will love the entire Matriarchs – Silicon Gods trilogy.

Mutagenesis: The New World

Mutagenesis: The New World
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Livelong. Once thought to be a miracle drug that enhanced human beings beyond imagination, in reality, it transformed them into feral monstrosities that tore the world asunder. With their enhanced durability and desire to consume, the mutants devoured millions and, one by one, the world powers fell

. The humans who survived fled the cities, hoping one day that they would rise again to reclaim their lost lands.

In the year 2115, sixty-five years after the fall of the Old World, Jason Cooper thought his idyllic lifestyle in the walled settlement of Shackford would last forever, but a mutant attack brings that to a swift end.

Jason embarks on a journey to find his missing family while fighting for survival against the horrors of the new world, from the chillingly deserted Texan wasteland to the reclaimed city of New Dallas ruled by the enigmatic King Mercer.

Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant Book 1)

Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant Book 1)
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“Pattern Recognition is William Gibson’s best book since he rewrote all the rules in Neuromancer.”—Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods

“One of the first authentic and vital novels of the 21st century.”—The Washington Post Book World

The accolades and acclaim are endless for William Gibson’s coast-to-coast bestseller. Set in the post-9/11 present, Pattern Recognition is the story of one woman’s never-ending search for the now…

Cayce Pollard is a new kind of prophet—a world-renowned “coolhunter” who predicts the hottest trends. While in London to evaluate the redesign of a famous corporate logo, she’s offered a different assignment: find the creator of the obscure, enigmatic video clips being uploaded to the internet—footage that is generating massive underground buzz worldwide.

Still haunted by the memory of her missing father—a Cold War security guru who disappeared in downtown Manhattan on the morning of September 11, 2001—Cayce is soon traveling through parallel universes of marketing, globalization, and terror, heading always for the still point where the three converge. From London to Tokyo to Moscow, she follows the implications of a secret as disturbing—and compelling—as the twenty-first century promises to be…

Hostile Contact: A First Contact Military Sci-Fi Thriller

Hostile Contact: A First Contact Military Sci-Fi Thriller
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A failed military training exercise. An alien incursion, desperate and on the hunt. Survival is just the beginning…

Finn had thought he’d seen it all…but no…he had to admit…

Not quite everything…

There was a big universe out there and it was about to land in his lap.

Just how bad could it be?

Insubordinate and on the edge, Finn is a troubled war hero racked by guilt, overseen by an unyielding Commanding Officer while dragging his ragtag group of rookies through basic training. Suddenly caught up in a major global crisis, he joins with Gunner Zuri Zuberi, leading Delta Squad in a desperate struggle for survival when an alien incursion lands slap bang in the middle of their training session – killing indiscriminately and pitting inexperienced soldiers against the power of alien technology.

With the modern-day world panicking after the small alien force penetrates Earth’s ineffective defences, a second incursion drops into the atmosphere, revealing more of the enemy’s capabilities. As losses mount, the world’s armed forces find themselves helpless to act when the aliens reveal a weapon that could change modern warfare forever.

This new alien tech breeds greed and mistrust amongst opposing countries. The need to be the first to acquire it, escalating beyond political conflict as governments circle, missiles at the ready.

Finding themselves alone in the fight for Earth’s future, Delta Squad discover the aliens are more than they seem, and that alien technology can be just as deadly in the hands of humanity when they unearth the Weapons of Choice.

Read Hostile Contact, an action-packed sci-fi survival novel – where ‘Predator’ meets ‘Full Metal Jacket’ in a pulse-pounding, non-stop thrill ride.

By Order of the President (A Presidential Agent Novel Book 1)

By Order of the President (A Presidential Agent Novel Book 1)
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When a leased Boeing 727 is violently hijacked from Angola and flown to parts unknown, the President turns to an outsider—Major Carlos Guillermo Castillo—for answers. A pilot, West Point graduate, and veteran of Desert Storm, Castillo has a sharp eye for the facts—and the truth behind them.

In Africa, he is helped and hindered by unexpected allies and ruthless enemies, and begins to untangle a plot of horrific dimensions—a plot that, unless Castillo acts quickly, will end very, very badly.

Semper Fi (The Corps series Book 1)

Semper Fi (The Corps series Book 1)
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The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Brotherhood of War saga brings to life the men of the Marine Corps in the first Novel of the Corps.

From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America’s first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, this elite group of courageous, honorable men steel themselves for battle, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice…

The Last Heroes: A Men at War Novel

The Last Heroes: A Men at War Novel
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June, 1941. Determined that the United States will be prepared for war, Franklin D. Roosevelt and “Wild Bill” Donovan orchestrate the most complex espionage organization in history, the Office of Strategic Services.

Young and daring, the OSS assemble under a thin camouflage of diplomacy and then disperse throughout the world to conduct their operations.

And no operation is more critical than the one being conducted by hotshot pilot Richard Canidy and his half-German friend Eric Fulmar: to secure the rare ore that will power a top-secret weapon coveted on both sides of the Atlantic–the atomic bomb.

Men in Blue (Badge of Honor Book 1)

Men in Blue (Badge of Honor Book 1)
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W.E.B. Griffin’s bestselling series, THE CORPS and BROTHERHOOD OF WAR, have captured the pride and glory of the military community. Now he reveals a city police force with the same unique blend of realism, drama, and action.

Here are the brave men and women behind the badge as you’ve never seen them before–their hopes and fears, their courage and heroism, sparked by a single, shocking event: the killing of a cop in the line of duty.

Top Secret (A Clandestine Operations Novel Book 1)

Top Secret (A Clandestine Operations Novel Book 1)
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From #1 New York Times bestselling authors W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV comes the first Clandestine Operations novel—featuring a new kind of threat and a different breed of warrior.

In the first weeks after World War II, James D. Cronley, Jr., is recruited for a new enterprise that will eventually be transformed into something called the CIA. For a new war has already begun against an enemy that is bigger, smarter, and more vicious: the Soviet Union.

The Soviets have hit the ground running, and Cronley’s job is to help frustrate them, harass them, and spy on them any way he can. But his first assignment might be his last. He’s got only seven days to extract a vital piece of information from a Soviet agent, and he’s already managed to rile up his superior officers. If he fails now, his intelligence career could be the shortest in history.

Because there are enemies everywhere—and, as Cronley is about to find out, some of them wear the same uniform he does…