Metaphysical Thriller

In the heart of the Australian desert, aging geneticist Joaquim Moreau discovers an extraordinary molecule. Instant healing. Cellular rejuvenation. The disappearance of once-incurable diseases. The miracle cure of the century. And the key to unimaginable wealth. But the molecule hides two secrets. The first: an absolute dependency. Those who take it stop wanting, working, hoping. Its victims sink into a peace so perfect it becomes lethal. The Indigenous peoples of Australia knew this substance and had forbidden it for millennia. The second is even more unsettling: in rare carriers of a ...

A British special agent is murdered for an unusual artifact. On any given day, the experts at Atlanta’s International Archaeological Agency crisscross the globe to rescue ancient relics long feared lost to time, war, or thieves. IAA agents have recovered billions’ worth of missing antiquities, have wiped out entire networks of smugglers, and have even solved a murder at the Vatican. Their successes have made headlines from Tokyo to Turin to Tulsa. But some mysteries require deeper investigation—enigmas so puzzling that they’ve defied the explanations of history, science, and faith ...

Wilson has blended H. P. Lovecraft's dark vision with his own revolutionary philosophy and unique narrative powers to produce a stunning, high-tension story of vaulting imagination. A professor makes a horrifying discovery while excavating a sinister archaeological site. For over 200 years, mind parasites have been lurking in the deepest layers of human consciousness, feeding on human life force and steadily gaining a foothold on the planet. Now they threaten humanity's extinction.

From the bestselling author of the Noah Hunter series, and Grim Measures, comes a novel that spans centuries as a farmer from the 1700s and an FBI agent travel through time to stop a black hole from destroying the world. "Darling has crafted a truly fantastic time-travel novel. Riveting, page-turning, and mind-bending from end to beginning..." - James Downe, author of Sisters of Jade. FBI Special Agent Bradley Holman has been hand-picked to investigate the mother of all cover-ups: a three-hundred-year-old meteorite fragment, sealed away in Fort Knox, was stolen from under the government’s...

In the underground world of crime, Jet Rusco clashes with gangsters and space thugs. He’s a man who lives on the edge, turned to hustling to survive. A heist gone bad centering on alien tech leads him on a dodgy adventure, forces him to find allies. Who can he trust? Rough-boy Marty, headstrong Deidra, the tech-savvy TK, the kickbutt Wren? Wracked with self doubts and with bounty hunters on his tail, Rusco finds his choices bringing him face to face with a mystical despot who if left unchecked, will subjugate the human-populated free colonies. The question is, can Rusco outwit his enemies...

Every family has its own little secrets, but none are as big as mine. Ever since my mother was murdered by vampires, my life has been turned upside down. After spending the better part of the school year in an asylum, I finally get to go back home. But with my mother now gone, and only a step father who would rather climb into a bottle than pretend that he cares for me, who could ever call this place home? And to top it all off, now I’m being shipped off to go live with an aunt who I never met, on some strange island no one ever heard of. What a weird place. I hate it here. That is, until...

In the heart of New Orleans, where the echoes of jazz and ancient magic fill the air, Detective Jason Chalk thought he had a firm grasp on the city's shadows. But his world begins to unravel when a routine investigation leads him into a realm where faith and mysticism blur into something much darker. Aida Devine, a captivating dancer at one of the city's leading gentlemen's clubs, has always intrigued him. As their connection deepens, Jason discovers that she holds secrets far beyond what he imagined. Can Jason and Aida navigate New Orleans’ hidden spiritual landscape, where Catholic ...

When novice monk Tenzin Dorje is told by his lama that the Red Army is invading Tibet, his country's darkest moment paradoxically gives him a sense of purpose like no other. He accepts a mission to carry two ancient, secret texts across the Himalayas to safety. Half a century later, in a paradox of similarly troubling circumstances, Matt Lester is called upon to convey his own particular wisdom as a scientist, when Matt's nanotech project is mysteriously moved from London to a research incubator in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Gillan McArdle’s academic career is ending because of one stupid lapse of judgement. Offered a short-term contract, he lands on the Hebridean island of Harris to investigate obscure animal bones. Quickly dismissing the unicorn skull as a thinly disguised fake, he can’t deny there’s something unusual about these bones. Baited by rumors of a majestic tusked horse roaming the uplands, Gill begins to suspect someone is manipulating him. As he gradually unravels the mystery of the skull, he grasps a disturbing conclusion: If this creature does exist, the evidence suggests it’s a killer.

From the #1 bestselling author of the Noah Hunter series, and Grim Measures, comes the sequel to Edge of Time. Where a former FBI agent and time traveler Brad Sheppard is once again thrust into the quantum realm so there will be a future worth returning to. Former FBI agent and time traveler Brad Sheppard witnesses an impossible murder in the Late Middle Ages, but upon returning to the present, his family has vanished. History has been rewritten. With nothing left to lose, Brad tears through the quantum realm and the centuries, desperate to restore his wife and daughter. But he must do so ...

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room - haunting and mysterious tales that move at the breathless pace of a thriller.

When starship shaman Jaya Romanov and her new mate partner, galactic bounty hunter and robot wolf shifter, Vulf Trent, saved the galaxy from the deadly actions of a determined geriatric terrorist, they forgot that old Earth truism: no good deed goes unpunished. Now, the galaxy is exploding with unexpected aliens, greedy politicians—well, that’s normal enough, it’s what the politicians will attempt that is worrying—and a radically new aspect to sha energy that has the potential to change everything. And then there’s the mystery of Jaya’s father…who is he? Some big secrets are ...

The scum of the galaxy are using Earth as a nuclear winter death camp. It outrages pirate captain Kohia Jekyll’s sense of justice. No one deserves to die agonizingly of radiation poisoning, especially not on the planet humanity had to evacuate seven generations ago. So Kohia intends to close the prison camp down. She didn’t count on an infuriating shaman healer hitching a ride aboard her starship. Nairo Bloodstone isn’t going to Earth to be a hero. He learned the hard way that when you’re a healer, doing your best for people is never enough. One miracle leads them to demand another ...

[This is book 2 in a four book series entitled The Vampire Chronicles. The books should be read in order. "Vampire Island of Nightfall" is book 1). The Binding Ceremony failed. Mia was taken deep into the living heart of the island before the covenant could be completed — leaving the ancient magic unstable, the Council shaken, and Jude desperate to reach her. Inside the mountain, Mia awakens to a presence that watches, listens… and wants. The island itself is alive, aware of her in ways no one expected — and deeply intrigued by her bond with Jude. As Mia and Jude fight to stay ...

The President of the United States is dying. Save him and the world will discover you can cure the sick. Would you do it knowing you would be hounded, dissected, and turned into some government science project if the word got out? Step into Jason Marino’s life and witness the reality of being an Empath. – From the jungles of North Korea to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean inside the secret nuclear submarine USS Hydra Delta. Experience every moment of the mission to prevent the worst disaster in American history. – Michael Agliolo’s gripping 3rd novel takes you from the inner sanctum...

Trapped in the clutches of a Zombie apocalypse, the City of Chicago, the murder capital of the U.S., unleashes the ultimate weapon, capitalism, by paying $1,000 for every Re-Killed Zombie brought to city hall, ushering in "The Great Zombie Gold Rush". Zombies never have a chance in a world where people realize 75 Zombies pays off their student loans, 40 Zombies buys them a Tesla, 5 Zombies wipes out their Visa debt...

When dreams are engineered, who controls reality? It’s 2021 and Paul Freeman just landed a job with Asteria Pharmaceuticals, a world leader in revolutionary drug development. Paul knows the company’s future is riding on the success of their latest product—a sleeping pill designed to interact with the human genome to deliver the perfect eight-hour sleep cycle. Just a few blocks from Asteria’s Atlanta headquarters, troubled self-help guru Donny Ford is selling a different kind of drug, empowering followers to take control of their lives using a sacred meditation technique skeptics ...

History forgot them. Your soul did not. When ancient-language scholar Dr. Caelan Vey is called to examine a buried chamber beneath a controversial excavation site, he expects dead language, broken stone, and another historical mystery inflated by rumor. What he finds instead is impossible. An unknown script that seems to move. A radiant presence no rational mind should survive. And a hidden pattern connecting ancient sites, buried memory, and the disappearance of his mother years before. As long-sealed chambers begin to awaken across the world, Caelan is pulled into a conflict older than ...

They knew us before we began to walk upright. Shamans called them guardians, mythmakers called them tricksters, pagans called them gods, churchmen called them demons, folklorists called them shape-shifters. They've obligingly taken any role we've assigned them, and, while needing nothing from us, have accepted whatever we thought was their due?

In a world stripped of imagination, one woman holds the spark that could burn it all down. The year is 2157. The "Great Silence" has descended, stripping humanity of its ability to dream. Earth is a graveyard of "Hollow Souls"—billions of people who work, eat, and sleep without purpose, passion, or hope. Lin Yue is a Dream Collector. Her job is to scavenge the ruins for the last flickers of neural activity to fill the Memory Ark, a probe designed to carry humanity’s legacy into the void. With the launch countdown ticking and the archive 99.7% complete, she is desperate to find the final...