A secretive organ‑trafficking syndicate turns human bodies into currency. One survivor escapes their table—and their control. Hunted across borders and haunted by loss, they choose revenge over safety, targeting the network from the inside out. As bodies disappear and the truth surfaces, the fight for justice becomes a brutal war for the last intact soul. SOMA: Vessels of Vengeance is a dark thriller about exploitation, rage, and the cost of taking vengeance into your own hands.

From the New York Times bestselling author and MWA Grandmaster Max Allan Collins and the iconic master of noir Mickey Spillane comes the next book in the Mike Hammer series.It should be a mellow time for America's toughest PI, Mike Hammer. He and Velda are planning their overdue nuptials, and his friend Captain of Homicide Pat Chambers is nearing retirement. Then an assassin's bullet almost brings him down on his office doorstep. Could the attempted hit have anythi...

Mike Hammer, the iconic PI created by the master of noir Mickey Spillane and written by New York Times bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Max Allan Collins, takes on the mob in the first of two gripping final novels for the deadly private eye.Winter 1964. After a hit-and-run accident nearly kills her mother, Mike Hammer's partner (both in life and the PI business), Velda Sterling, learns her father is not who she thought he is. Seeking to uncover her true, troubling he...

From the New York Times bestselling author and MWA Grandmaster Max Allan Collins and the iconic master of noir Mickey Spillane comes the next book in the Mike Hammer series.Hammer and Velda go on vacation to a small beach town on Long Island after wrapping up the Williams case (I, the Jury). Walking romantically along the boardwalk, they witness a brutal beating at the hands of some vicious local cops—Hammer wades in to defend the victim.When a woman turns ...

Seven years of hitting the hard stuff have taken it out of PI Mike Hammer. That's how long it's been since he gave his beloved secretary the job from which she never returned.Now he's back with a vengeance. Velda is alive, if only he can reach her in time. But New York's toughest investigator still has friends in the right places. And his long-neglected .45 is definitely one of those.Piecing together the puzzling deaths of a senator, a newsagent and an FBI man, Hammer finds...

Our societies have come to the end of the road. We need a fundamental reconstruction of the systems and institutions that now govern us and redefine the roles of all the players with a stronger focus on making things work by respecting the human dimension. This is not a choice between socialism, and capitalism or any other -ism. There is no future for any pure -ism.Life is too complex and interdependent for that. We need organic institutions with a clear view of purpose and values....

BOYS WILL BE BOYS - THEIR FIRST TIME edited by MICKEY ERLACH is the latest anthology from STARbooks Press. With hot stories of first time experiences written by veteran authors of gay erotica mixed in with equally hot stories by first-time STARbooks Press contributors BOYS WILL BE BOYS - THEIR FIRST TIME is guaranteed to keep you up at night and wanting for more. MICKEY ERLACH's first anthology for STARbooks Press opens with "Granddad's Woodshed" by JAY STARRE author of Erotic Tales of the...

As times change and our children continue to expand their knowledge, along with their activities, how can we not embrace the challenges of uniting one common goal or even better a cause more impressive, by allowing the opportunity for our youth to become as one under an organization that in the past, only allowed one gender to become a member. I believe that the ethics and spirit of scouting can still be taught and shed a light on every youth member whether they are female or male. Having ...

ON MICKEY SPILLANE'S 100TH BIRTHDAY – A BRAND-NEW NOVEL FROM THE MASTERWhen legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane died in 2006, he left behind the manuscript of one last novel he'd just completed: THE LAST STAND. He asked his friend and colleague (and fellow Mystery Writers of America Grand Master) Max Allan Collins to take responsibility for finding the right time and place to publish this final book. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of Spillane's birth, his millions of fans will at l...

It starts with a few near-accidents: A car almost swipes Mike Hammer when he's crossing the street. A junkie robs the notoriously hardboiled detective at knifepoint. A fight on a subway platform comes close to pushing him in front of a train. While any one of these could be a coincidence, together they make a conspiracy—one that Hammer will have to end in order to survive. And when it comes to finishing something—or someone—nobody does it better than Hammer. One of the twentieth century's ...

How to survive that pivotal moment when admiration turns to attraction?Hélène Dupont, a scientific translator in Brussels, Belgium, cherishes two things: flowers and her cat. She writes bad poetry to help her survive her painful existence with her husband, until she is forced to undergo a radical lifestyle change. Sylvie Routard, a young Greek photographer, enters Hélène’s world as her new private swim coach. During their daily lessons, Hélène’s admiration toward Sylvie turns to at...

THE FINAL CRIME NOVEL FROM THE KING OF PULP FICTION! For 20 years, former NYPD cop Jack Stang has lived with the memory of his girlfriend's death in an attempted abduction. But what if she didn't actually die? What if she somehow secretly survived, but lost her sight, her memory, and everything else she had...except her enemies? Now Jack has a second chance to save the only woman he ever loved - or to lose her for good.