The third instalment in the Magic Crystals series, following the events of 'The Seventh Sorcererâ and 'Rock Haulterâ.<br><br>With great power may come great responsibility, but in the case of our heroic Chopville teens, it also comes with a great big target. As they are to discover, having the Magic Crystals does not ensure their safety—in fact, quite the opposite.<br><br>A dark force is gathering around Chopville, far more...
HELIOS Corporation, the nation's most powerful gas and energy conglomerate has done something technologically amazing to continue its strangle hold on the oil market. Its engineers have built a vessel that can reach the 1.8 trillion barrels of oil and unlimited natural gas reserves discovered at the base of the Marianas Trench, more than six miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. <br><br>The deep-sea mining submarine "Goliath" is a monstrous behemoth...
In their latest assignment, Steve Church and Kella Hastings, members of a CIA out-of-the-box unit called the Red Cell, find themselves in the crosshairs of the Quds Force, Iran's elite commando group, as payback for a recent operation against the Tehran regime. In a series of thrusts and counter-thrusts, Steve and Kella battle General Ghassem Yosemani, the Quds Force commander, in operations and escapes that take them across Brussels, Paris, New York, and finally San Francisco, as...
It is a murder/mystery novel.<br><br>Nicholas Blick, a highly skilled twenty-year-old volleyball player, was "just snooping around" when he came across the corpse of a person who had been brutally murdered. The police have arrested another young volleyball player but Nick, thinking the wrong person has been locked up, begins his own investigation into the matter. In working on the case, the young athlete meets FBI Special Agent Tom Davis and eventually joins with...
Vincent Vankelis has no family, none. He visits families but is never seen doing so. It is a solution to loneliness. It all changes when his "visit" is ruined by a meeting of criminals nearby.<br><br>And again it happens when he is seen by a Sgt. Teresa Keely of the Burbank police "visiting" another of his families. <br><br>Vincent and Teresa, diametrically opposite, become entangled, both by their interest in each other and an evil man...
Commander Kristina Torres, the U.S. Navy's preeminent weapons designer, once had a dream of commanding her own ship. But her father's over-protective demeanor, and a horrifying experience when she was a teenager have all but ended any realization of that dream.<br><br>Her father, Admiral Ramon Torres, is the commanding officer of the Pacific Fleet, a force that faces a shortage of ships and captains on the eve of war with North Korea and China. He must enforce the...
A group of powerful industrialists control key members of government agencies who disburse funds . <br><br>They handle any dissent through a network of psychiatric clinics around the country. Their solutions end in death.<br><br>Mrs. Hariett Piers, an older woman and a financial investigator catches on. She is incarcerated and killed in one of the clinics.<br><br>Her son, Gilbert Piers investigates and finding no legal solution provides his own. Two of the...
This is a novel about people who find themselves in the middle of a horrific conflict and how they survive. Their choices affect their families, the people they love, and the course of their lives. Their stories start before the events in Sudan touch them, following them through challenges and triumphs, as they rebuild their lives. What they have in common with the rest of us is that their journeys are about finding out what kind of people they are: Should they try to draw strength from their...
A no-face Government informant infiltrates Bricks' tight knit circle on a mission to stop him from selling drugs in his urban communities. Now Brick must find him before it's too late. When a trail of dead bodies and millions of dollars—in drug proceeds—leads him back to his own crew—Brick is forced to make the ultimate decision: Give up the Game or Die Fighting!<br><br>The Nature of Betrayal! The Grip of Fate! And The Lure of the Game...
In the Town of Lasting, summer is typically a time to relax and enjoy the warm weather with family and friends. That was before the arrival of Dale Hawks. He has it all: good looks, great body and a killer smile.<br><br>Unknown to the mayor's overachieving son Jeremy Atkins, the amicable hitchhiker he gives a ride to has a horrifying past. His ability to blend in with total strangers is almost supernatural. Jeremy's girlfriend Susan soon finds that out, as does his...
In the small logging town of Lesker, Anne Pratt is raising her only grandchild, 17-year-old Evan, orphaned by a terrorist attack in Bali. It's a dry summer, the forest fire season is coming early, and people already on edge are edgier.<br><br>Another boy, marked more directly by violence, heads towards Lesker, burning like sulphuric acid through every life he touches, changing names has he change his towns.<br><br>The meeting of the two boys is volatile, as each...