Lorenzo was a quiet Michigan town, known for its beautiful lake and resorts. Summer has arrived and water activities are abundant. It was one of the reasons Officer Royce Dashnaw took the job in the small town. Being a single dad, he wanted to live a quiet life where his daughter could enjoy the beauty of nature.Unfortunately, nature also has a dark side.The peaceful serenity of Lorenzo has been disrupted by a series of strange events. A woman flees from the water with stra...

Some things are meant to remain in the past.Dr. Hugh Meyer believed he had created the ultimate miracle. Using the DNA of ancient creatures preserved in the Arctic, he had genetically engineered one of the most remarkable species of sea creature to ever exist: Serpentem Vectem Cel—Serpent Eel. Believed to possess the cure for countless diseases, the creature holds great promise for the medical community.All goes awry when the beast escapes containment. With...

When Faith Lorrell came across the stopped train in the middle of the San Zechariah Valley, she assumed it was there for maintenance purposes. Then she discovered the wrecked boxcar and the mutilated corpse, and realized something terrible had happened. Next thing she knew, she was running for her life. As the evening rages on, the body count rapidly climbs while prehistoric creatures, freed from their transport, set out to wreak havoc in the valley. The tension mounts when the head of the...

Lieutenant Austin Naray hoped he would never have to set foot on the frozen lands of Aguret ever again. But fate has other plans for him.It is the dawn of a new galactic war. The NAC, seeking to claim Legacy territory, strikes hard and fast with a campaign that puts several planets on the border at risk.One of those planets is Aguret.After the success of a risky mission to disable an enemy warship, Lieutenant Naray and several other members of his strike team are fo...

A series of bizarre occurrences suddenly plague the island of Cielo Nublado. A dead whale washes ashore riddled with enormous bite marks. A fishing charter is reported missing, jet skiers vanish, and a yacht is found mysteriously ravaged after some kind of enormous impact.Chief of Police Nico Medrano tries to investigate the matter. His search for answers puts him on a collision course with an eighty-foot predator, long thought extinct. Violent and merciless, it has risen to the su...

Ember Hemming stands tall as the only female Alpha, ruling her pack with fierce determination and unwavering loyalty.Her journey from a vulnerable young girl to a fearless warrior has been marked by tragedy and loss, fueling her unrelenting quest for vengeance against those who destroyed her family.Love is the last thing on her mind, a distraction she cannot afford. That is, until she crosses paths with the notorious Sebastian Knight, a ruthless and feared Alpha with a reput...

Against the backdrop of the polluted Salton Sea, Investigative Reporter Jonathan Bruckheimer is challenged to prove the existence of an old, land-locked Spanish galleon that many believe is the ghost ship of the desert. It is rumored to contain a large treasure trove of rare black pearls.Things become complicated when Looney, a Native American Indian, who is instrumental to this quest, is murdered. Although the desert town of Brawley is small, the hunger for riches is great. This m...

Due to a freakish anomaly that takes place in the far reaches ofspace, astronaut Rory Colt ends up back on Earth five hundred yearsinto the future.But the world as he knew it no longer exists. In itsplace are two dissimilar civilizations. In one society a cyber worldof self-gratification provides its occupants with electromechanicalenhancements, while the other is comprised of people who emulate lifeas it was lived in the nineteenth century...

When a terrorist organization take control of an island research facility, Rob Cashen and his band of mercenaries are recruited to eliminate the terrorists and rescue the hostages. Upon arrival, they realize something has gone horribly wrong. Terrorist outposts are in ruins, guns and equipment are left abandoned, but no bodies can be found. In the ensuing investigation, Rob discovers the horrific consequences of genetic tampering.Hordes of giant scorpions have taken over the island...

This volume contains a sample of articles on developmental psychology that have appeared in Soviet psychology over the past 15 years. The articles represent a much great time span of developmental psychology in the Soviet Union, beginning wth classic papers by Denisova and Figurin published in the mid-1920s.

Alexis Brooke, an expert at identifying Mesoamerican structures, is called upon to head up an expedition to the Yucatan Peninsula to investigate a half-buried Mayan ruin and a metallic anomaly that purportedly lies beneath it.With the help of three other scientists, she soon discovers that not only is the ruin hollow, but that it also emits strange sounds, sounds that can only be heard at night. When a member of her team discovers a way to open it, she lowers herself into the ancie...

They were expecting boredom. They got a bloodbath.Outpost Four was supposed to be a quiet rotation—babysit a radar dish in the frozen mountains and count the days. But when Bravo Team arrives, they find the base in ruins. No signs of life.No signs of Alpha Team. Only wreckage . . . and something watching.A monstrous predator has awakened beneath the ice—an ancient terror shaken loose by a recent earthquake. Towering at eighteen feet, possessed by mu...