Terror Conspiracy

Deep in the abyss of Loch Ness, a forty-year-old secret is waking up. High school English teacher Isla McKenna knows the old rules of the loch: show respect, stay off the water after dark, and never mock the deep. But when billionaire Julian Croft builds Serenity Point Lodge—a modernist glass palace—directly over the water, he disturbs a territorial titan that has been studied, enhanced, and imprisoned for decades. Marine biologist Dr. Rowan Cade arrived chasing acoustic phantoms, but he found a biological nightmare. The "accident" that claimed an elite guest was no slip; it was a ...

610 AD. The Byzantine Empire is collapsing. Persian armies pour across the eastern frontier. The Balkans are ravaged by barbarian invasions. At the centre of the chaos sits Phocas, a half-mad soldier who has seized the throne and now rules Constantinople through spectacle and arbitrary torture. One province after another declares for Heraclius, the ambitious usurper advancing from Africa. The capital trembles on the brink of destruction. Into this inferno comes Aelric of England—scholar, rake, and reluctant agent of the Papacy. Blackmailed into abandoning a profitable life of lechery and ...

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify the military coup of 1936 and enabled the construction of a dictatorship built on violence...

Welcome to the Sereno Verde Resort, a masterpiece of glass and stone where impossibly wealthy guests indulge in curated luxury deep within the heart of the jungle. It’s a paradise built on an ancient, untamed land. A land with a memory. A land with a god. When the resort’s construction desecrated a sacred site, a pact was broken. Now, the guests’ blissful vacation is about to become a living nightmare. An ancient guardian of the river—a creature of myth and nightmare known as the Ahuizotl—has awoken, and it is hungry for a tribute that has long been denied. Trapped by a raging ...

""Darker Days reinforces that Olde Heuvelt is one of the most vital and exciting voices in modern horror”— Mike Flanagan, director of The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Dr. Sleep ""Darker Days is a remarkable and disturbing morality tale about the true cost of...

9/11 – Behind the Smoke What really happened on September 11, 2001? 9/11 – Behind the Smoke goes beyond surface headlines to explore the facts, controversies, and enduring mysteries of one of history’s most debated tragedies. This book separates evidence from speculation—presenting official findings, alternative theories, and the many questions that remain. If you crave honest inquiry without hype or agenda, this book offers a thoughtful, science-minded investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center, the attack on the Pentagon, and the aftermath that shaped a generation. ...

When John Wilkes Booth fired his Derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln's head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the story of a nation was changed. During the hours that followed, America's future would hinge on what happened in a cramped back bedroom at Petersen's Boardinghouse, directly across the street from Ford's Theatre.

An NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018! A stunning story about how power works in the modern age--the book the New York Times called "one helluva page-turner" and The Sunday Times of London celebrated as "riveting...an astonishing modern media conspiracy that is a fantastic read." Pick up the...

Michael Shermer presents an overarching review of conspiracy theories—who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them. Trust in conspiracy theories, he writes, cuts across gender, age, race, income, education level, occupational status—and even political affiliation. One reason that people believe these conspiracies, Shermer argues, is that enough of them are real that we should be constructively conspiratorial. But Shermer reveals that other factors are also in play: anxiety and a sense of loss of control, as well as certain personality traits.

The food supply is a weapon. The first shot has just been fired. When a photo of a mysteriously blighted Kansas wheat field goes viral, it’s just a strange, disturbing image to the world. But to a quiet, digital listening post within the Department of Homeland Security, it’s a terrifying signal: an act of biological warfare has begun. The blight is unnatural, spreading with impossible speed and uniformity, consuming entire fields overnight and leaving nothing but a sterile, gray dust. The student who got too close is now in a quarantine ward, his body being unraveled by an unknown ...

In the idyllic town of Autumn Creek, the annual Harvest Festival is a celebration of life. But as the leaves turn gold, a secret as old as the mountains awakens. Two people have vanished, and a prize steer has been ritualistically slaughtered, its entrails arranged in a perfect, horrifying spiral . The idyllic mask is slipping, and the town’s folklore is about to become its eulogy. They sent a weapon to handle it. Rebuilt from the wreckage of a past massacre, Commander Quinn Mallory is more monster than woman, her body a fusion of scarred flesh and cutting-edge prosthetics . She and her ...

The annual harvest festival is a time for celebration. But this year, something new is in the soil. Sheriff Wyatt Cole loves his quiet town of Waverly Ridge, where the biggest problem is usually a runaway tractor. But when the town’s biggest corporation, AgriGen, sponsors the annual festival, they bring more than just prize-winning pumpkins. They bring a genetically engineered nightmare. As a violent storm descends, the town is cut off from the world. Vicious, intelligent creatures, born from a corporate lab, emerge from the cornfields. They are fast, they are hungry, and they are hunting...

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They weren't supposed to exist. In the shadows of Area 51's clandestine labs, the unthinkable has been unleashed: creatures engineered to decimate armies now roam free. Driven by a scientist's ambition, these beasts defy the bounds of nature, but at what cost? When ethical lines blur into oblivion, one scientist's desperate flight for survival awakens the beasts' taste for freedom. As they veer toward Alamo, Nevada, carving a swathe of carnage, the military scrambles to contain an error too fatal to admit. Created to be unstoppable on the battlefield, these creatures are unbound by human ...

The best-selling author of The Liberator brings to life the incredible true story of an American doctor in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War II. The leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies...

High-tension, deeply human, and relentlessly plotted, UnSEALed is a modern action thriller about survival, loyalty, and the price of becoming the weapon others want you to be. Lucas Maine, a decorated Navy SEAL turned family man, thought he had left his violent past behind in the rugged mountains of Durango, Colorado. But his peace is shattered when he’s framed and targeted by Tony Martinetti, a vengeful U.S. Marshal with a score to settle. Forced to rely on his dormant survival instincts, Lucas embarks on a daring escape, plunging into a relentless nationwide manhunt. As the chase ...

Markham’s paranormal web series is failing. Desperate for a hit, he travels to the isolated towns bordering Pennsylvania's Chestnut Ridge to document a 50-year-old cryptid legend. He expects to find quirky local folklore. He finds a communal trauma, a wound that has never healed. The residents whisper stories of a hairy giant, of impossible strength and animal cunning. But they also speak of things that don't fit the myth: silent, orange lights that dance in the sky, of livestock slaughtered with surgical precision, and of tracks that lead to the middle of an open field and simply vanish....

They are known as the Black Order. Self-proclaimed patriots and survivalists, they refuse to surrender their values and beliefs to the left-leaning cultural and progressive forces threatening their nation. Military veterans and high-tech specialists, they’ve begun a savage war which includes public assassinations of politicians and celebrities and high-profile bombings, striking without warning or mercy. Only Op-Center’s Black Wasp, a skilled team of military operatives answerable to the president, can defeat these militant revolutionaries.

🔥 Collision of Tides: For fans of Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, and Thrillers with Bite. In the shadows of governments and corporations, a cyberattack sparks the perfect disaster. The year is 2035. Two massive ships collide in the North Sea—one an oil tanker captained by the fiercely controlled Harriet Caldwell, the other a container vessel hiding more than just cargo. But this isn’t just a maritime tragedy. It’s the ignition point for a global conspiracy. As rescue efforts begin, the truth starts to bleed through the cracks. Systems were tampered with. Identities erased. And someone ...

A remote camping trip was meant to save their family. Now, it will tear them apart. Ben Hollis promised his family the perfect escape: a secluded spot in a pristine forest, far from the crowds and the stress of their lives. But the idyllic clearing he discovered holds a horrifying secret. A foul, chemical stench taints the air, the creek is choked with dead fish, and an unnatural silence blankets the woods. They are not alone. The creature stalking them is no ordinary animal. Warped by an experimental growth hormone leaking from abandoned barrels, it is a monster of impossible size and ...