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The 4th of July 1826. As Thomas Jefferson lies dying, he gives his part of his Jefferson Cipher to Edgar Allen Poe, with instructions to take the disks to West Point. In Massachusetts, John Adams entrusts his part of the Cipher to Colonel Thayer, the superintendent of the Military Academy. As Thayer rides away, Adams utters his final words: "Thomas Jefferson survives."

Grappling with the mysteries of the past while facing down a future hell-bent on their destruction, Harrison and the Mars team enter the final chapter of this thrilling scifi trilogy. Resuming directly after the dramatic conclusion of Waking Titan, Eye of the Apocalypse follows Harrison Raheem Assad and his fellow teammates as they frantically work to survive in the aftermath of the deadly solar pulses. With Earth plunged into chaos, they find themselves fully on their own, their destinies in their own hands.

Real-life thrillers, mysteries, and tales of cold-blooded murder from the Reader's Digest archives.

First published in 1944, The Building of Jalna is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada's Mazo de la Roche. In The Building of Jalna, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their new home. De la Roche chronicles their trials and tribulations during the building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humourous events that arise.

After four members of his family were brutally murdered, Charlie Otero went from honor student to paranoid outlaw. It took 31 years to catch the killer - and for Charlie to heal himself.

Chief Warrant Officer Dave Riley and his team of Green Berets are summoned to perform "damage control" at a laboratory in Tennessee where top-secret research is made possible through funds granted by the Pentagon's "Black Budget".

When Philip Cobb, former mob money launderer and current government informer, is murdered just as he is about the enter the Program, his wife, after calling an emergency Program number only to be nearly gunned down herself, turns for help to her brother, who contacts his old girlfriend, Donna Giannini, now a Chicago cop. Giannini (who appeared in SYNBAT) in turn asks her old pal Riley to keep Lisa alive while she finds out what went wrong. The rest of the narrative pits the warrior skills and state-of-the-art special-ops technology of Riley and his men against two groups of professional killers.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the near future, The Ruins of Mars opens on the discovery of an ancient city buried under the sands of the red planet. Images captured by twin sentient satellites show massive domes, imposing walls, and a grid work of buildings situated directly on the rim of Mars' Grand Canyon, the Valles Marineris. With the resources of Earth draining away under the weight of human expansion, a plan is hatched to reclaim Mars from the cold grasp of death.

The emergency medical crew that responded the night of November 6, 2000, had arrived too late. Greg de Villers, Kristin Rossum's husband of just 17 months, was dead - the result of an apparent suicide. Or was it?

They swore oaths, both personal and professional. They were fighting for country, for a way of life and for family. Classmates carried more than rifles and sabers into battle. They had friendships, memories, children and wives. They had innocence lost, promises broken and glory found. Duty, Honor, Country is history told both epic and personal so we can understand what happened, but more importantly feel the heart-wrenching clash of duty, honor, country and loyalty. And realize that sometimes, the people who changed history, weren’t recorded by it

Tammi Smith was at the register of a Cincinnati convenience store, holding a copy of The Shelbyville News, on a seemingly ordinary day in 2005 when a stocky man in a long-sleeved white shirt and jeans burst through the front door with a gun in his hand. "Everybody get out, or I'm going to kill you!" he shouted, marking the start of what would be a 20-hour hostage ordeal for the mother of five children and two stepchildren.

Three years ago, a little painting caused big trouble for undercover agent Bob Wittman. Here, for the first time, he tells all.

No one ever suspected that Dennis Rader, a seemingly ordinary man, could be a killer - let alone a cold-blooded serial killer. His infamous signature, "BTK", police would later discover, stood for "Bind, Torture, Kill".

Helen Dean was enjoying a smooth recovery from surgery at a New Jersey hospital in August 1993 when a thin, sharp-featured male nurse entered her room and told her son, Larry, to leave. When Larry returned a few minutes later, Helen angrily announced, "He stuck me!" Larry thought that was odd, as his mother wasn't scheduled to receive any medications. Strange, too, was the location of the shot - on her inner thigh, where it was very hard to see.

To the amazement of those who knew Sally Mercer only as a vital, healthy housewife, the cause of her 1968 death was ruled as polio. Forty years later, new evidence may finally solve the mystery.

Justin Barber said that he and his wife, April, were tipsy and amorous, having celebrated their third wedding anniversary with dinner and cocktails, as they strolled along the water's edge in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 17, 2002. That's when a strange man approached the couple in an attempted robbery that left April dead, according to Justin's testimony. But when police looked deeper into the case, the details didn't add up.

Mason Manor, tucked away in the forests of Oregon - historic, beautiful, and completely haunted. The estate, built in 1850, is now a bed and breakfast run by Pete and Sarah. Once a wonderful place to stay, now it’s got a real problem - guests aren't surviving the night, and word has gotten out: "Stay away! The place is dangerous!" Pete turns to an old friend, Roy, who has “the gift.” Sarah is skeptical of Roy's abilities, but Pete convinces Roy to help save their business.

Steven is anticipating a quiet sabbatical at a new home. Instead, knockings and grisly apparitions begin to haunt him, relentlessly tormenting him at night. With a recent divorce and a son in college, he is left alone to deal with the ghosts lurking in the shadows of his house. Steven is determined to find a rational explanation. His father Roy offers to help, and soon Steven discovers Roy has dormant supernatural skills. Steven's natural skepticism clashes with Roy's "gift", but soon Steven finds himself assisting Roy as he battles the forces inside his home.

In the wake of the 1995 Oslo Peace Accords, a wave of Palestinian terror hits Jewish targets. Israel responds with a clandestine war in Paris, Zurich, and Tel Aviv. When a beautiful Mossad agent is critically wounded in Amsterdam, master spy Jerusalem Gerster pursues the attackers back to Israel, where he uncovers a sinister conspiracy to perpetrate an unprecedented national catastrophe--the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin.

Too much fun wasn't a problem for good-looking Brent Wilson "Wil" Hicks and his athletic girlfriend, Alex Santini. In a case that has drawn comparisons to the infamous Bonnie and Clyde, the couple robbed $500,000 from a half dozen banks then lived the high life on the lam.