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While America sleeps, while homegrown terrorists are unwittingly manipulated by an unknown master, a hyper-weapon approaches San Francisco Bay. And only one man has any chance of stopping it. Trained to kill with any weapon - from his hands to a silenced pistol - the man called Lake has the green light to penetrate domestic militia cells and make his own calls, anywhere, any time.

Section 8: The men and women called upon by The Organization to do the impossible. They are the soldiers with nothing to lose, making up a top-secret unit tasked with what others call suicide missions. Long before the United States existed, The Organization pulled strings...Dating back to the destruction of the Knights Templar, possibly even further in history. Captain Jim Vaughn is an officer in disgrace. Commanding a Special Forces mission to rescue hostages in the Philippines, Vaughn's team is destroyed, and when the smoke clears, he becomes the scapegoat.

In 10,000 BC, the Shadow approaches and destroys the mighty empire of Atlantis, leaving not trace of it other than vague legend. Only a handful of survivors, priestesses and warriors survive, knowing they must pass their legacy down, so that the next time the Shadow comes, mankind will be better prepared. Now it has come back. But it wants the entire planet. Across parallel dimensions, the Shadow has consumed Earth after Earth, but one Earth has repeatedly stopped it: ours.

First, his Medal-of-Honor winner father who died in Vietnam without ever meeting his son. And left him the legacy of an automatic appointment to the Military Academy at West Point which shaped the next thirty-five years of Chase's life. Then, the ghost of his mother, who died while he was at war in Afghanistan and wounded, causing him to resign his commission and return to the United States, a lost soul. Now working as a detective with Boulder PD he chases another death, this one the apparent rape/murder of Rachel Stevens....

Every disaster has seven warning signs. Learn to spot them before it's too late. From the sinking of the Titanic to the Challenger explosion, from Pearl Harbor to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill—disasters don't just happen. They build, step by catastrophic step. Former Green Beret and NY Times bestselling author Bob Mayer reveals the shocking truth: No disaster involving humans happens in isolation. Every tragedy requires a minimum of seven things to go wrong, and human error is always among them. That means disasters can be predicted, prevented, and survived—if you know what to look ...

Six Time Patrol agents are sent to the same day, February 14, in six different years to keep our history and our time line from being destroyed. The mission, as always for the Time Patrol, seems straightforward: keep history intact, no matter the cost.

“We cannot be conscious of what we are not conscious of." Julian Jaynes. The Origin of Consciousness in The Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. From the NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Atlantis, Nightstalker, Area 51 and Green Beret series. "Before there was just me now, there was a bunch of other stuff that I don't remember. People keep telling me I should remember, but maybe if you can't remember there is a reason." Thus begins Lara’s story as she escapes from an apparent mental institution. Who is she? What reality should she believe? And did she escape in reality or ...

Writing a novel and getting it published: That's your goal. And nothing will keep you from making it happen. Such a goal, of course, presents a number of challenges. Make sure you have the tools you need to overcome them and succeed. In The Novel Writer's Toolkit, New York Times bestselling author Bob Mayer shares a veteran writer's hard-won advice with a style that's straight from the hip. He lays out the nuts and bolts of novel writing, along with guidelines for starting, finishing and revising your work.

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

What if Judas is still alive, hidden away in the jungles of the Amazon, waiting for the Second Coming? As a massive object appears in space heading directly toward Earth, the Brotherhood heralds it as Wormwood, one of the signs the Rapture and it's just three days away. They have been preparing to implement the Great Commission as designated by Jesus - where everyone on the planet must hear the word of God before the end in order to be saved. They will use advanced technology to send that message....

Discover the Secrets Behind the World's Most Iconic City Think you know New York City? Think again. New York City's Little Black Book 1 takes you beyond the tourist attractions and surface-level history to reveal the fascinating, often surprising stories that shaped the five boroughs into the metropolis we know today. From the geology that made Manhattan possible to the forgotten disasters that changed the city forever, author Bob Mayer—a New York Times bestselling author and Bronx native—delivers bite-sized chapters packed with intriguing facts, hidden history, and insider knowledge. ...

Horace Chase arrives on Hilton Head Island to pay his last respects at the Intracoastal Waterway where his late mother's ashes were spread and to inspect the home his mother left him in her will. What could possibly go wrong? Chase and his team need to remember a basic tenet from their days in covert operations: Nothing is ever as it appears

Former covert operative Horace Chase has just discovered he has a son; a son who fled the Military Institute of South Carolina a year and a half ago after being accused of murder. The victim is the grandson of the most powerful woman in Charleston, South Carolina, who has sworn vengeance. Chase teams up with another former covert operative Dave Riley and one of Riley's old CIA friends, Kate Westland to find his son and uncover the truth. Barely into their investigation they become caught up in a land development deal for Daufuskie Island worth hundreds of millions.

When ancient enemies awaken, only those who can fight on the virtual plane stand between humanity and chaos. Sergeant Major Jimmy Dalton thought his most dangerous mission was behind him. After destroying a rogue Russian Psychic Warrior who threatened the world with nuclear annihilation, the veteran Special Forces soldier seeks solace scattering his wife's ashes in the Colorado mountains. But when Marie's spirit touches his mind with a warning—treachery—Dalton realizes the war is far from over. The Bright Gate Project created warriors who can leave their bodies behind and fight on the ...

NEW YORK CITY, DECEMBER 1978. SOME DEBTS CAN ONLY BE PAID IN BLOOD. Former Green Beret Will Kane has just executed the architect of New York City's roads and bridges, and architect of something far darker. Minos orchestrated a labyrinth beneath the Bronx where the elite hunted human prey for sport. Kane shut it down, rescued two young survivors, and gave Minos the death he deserved: drowned in a swimming pool, pulled under and held there. But Kane's problems are just beginning. Six hunters participated in Minos's games, all captured on film committing murder. Five are dead. One remains and ...

The most frightening weapon ever invented can be unleashed by a single person. And now, they have chosen her. On the border between Croatia and Bosnia, a killer practices his art on UN Peacekeeping troops, leaving handless bodies on display on crosses. In a trailer near Fort Bragg, a hitman targets a computer genius who has uncovered information more explosive than he could ever guess. And in an ancient, abandoned castle in Germany, a teenage girl is plunged into living hell-one that will take her into the heart of a murderous Middle Eastern plot.

“Rogue politicians, a maniac scientist and the doomsday weapon—The Omega Missile comes screaming down on target. A great action reader!” Stephen Coonts. By the New York Times bestselling author and Special Operations Veteran. The Omega Missile is an exciting, fast-paced on-the-edge look at a problematic vestige of the nuclear age—broken back global warfare.” PT Deutermann A nuclear holocaust is just a button away—and someone’s about to push it. The secret—the ultimate weapon, a missile that carries no warhead, just a doomsday system that can will launch every nuclear device ...

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."

From the #1 science fiction bestselling author of Area 51, Atlantis, Time Patrol and Nightstalkers. It is now 30 days until Grace’s Deathday That is the fate on the red card Grace was dealt at age six on Dealing Day. A burner. Her twin sister, Millay, was dealt a white card. A People. No Deathday. For twenty years, the sisters have lived different lives. In different places. Then there’s the wild card, Ryker, a burner, who has no memories of his own past. In what was left of the world after the Chaos, mankind surrendered control to Dealer, a powerful computer that has kept society ...

What does it take to change history and destroy our reality? The same date, October 31, six different years: Hallows Eve, when the line between the worlds of the living and the dead is the thinnest. The Time Patrol must send an agent back to each day, with just 24 hours for each to defeat the Shadow's plan to disrupt our time line, creating a time tsunami and wiping our present out.