What you don't know can kill you.Indigo -- 19 and Japanese -- doesn't know how she came to be on the street in New York City, rolled up in a rug and left to die. And she doesn't know how her memory was erased or why her body is carpeted in tattoos. All she knows for certain is that assassins are after her and that no place is safe.And then her tattoos begin coming to life.In the opening book of the Ring of Fire series, a young girl has escaped from a secretive cult ...

In the hierarchal structure that pervaded a stately home in England in the 1930s, a poverty-stricken maid, Jane Hennessey, extorts money from her employer, Lady Caroline Melchester. Carolines affair with her employee, Ashley Brownlow, has consequences that changes lives forever. Charlottes last words implore her brother Ashley to reconcile with Lady Caroline. His grief obscures her words because his lovers apathy hastened his beloved sisters death. At the outbreak of World War Two, with hi...

From the people that brought you Flying Saucers Vs. the Earth comes a brand new adventure! Ret Romanne is from the Off World Base of Utopia, a world of surveillance cameras, monitoring, and investigation under the eyes of "Destinies Designed Corporation." Pat Riot, Operations Manager at the Corporation may have something to do with Ret's demise as a successful test pilot and his being the partner of Glenda. At least, Ret thinks so. Once Glenda was a starlet in the making, but now she works...

Excavating at ancient Corinth in Greece, American archaeologist Zack Devlin and his team discover a dead Italian soldier from World War II. This discovery leads to the unraveling of a plot that was conceived decades ago and if realized would alter the balance of power in Europe and throw the world into a perilous state of danger and instability. As the impending coup launches, a team of criminals set out to hunt Devlin down and kill him. Devlin, determined to stop the plotters, flees from ...

China controls 90 percent of the rare earth elements that make modern life possible for missile guidance systems, F-35 jets, drones, smartphones, electric cars, and more. When Beijing finally weaponizes that leverage, the modern world discovers how fragile its technology really is. Dr. James Peterson of MIT has been warning about this moment for years. Now the Pentagon wants his help to turn untested ideas and scattered investments into a real supply chain before America’s arsenals and fac...

This novel promises to captivate readers with its blend of suspense, intrigue, and rich cultural heritage. Prepare yourself for a riveting journey, set in diverse locations, including North Carolina and the Everglades National Park in Florida. The story features key characters like the world-famous treasure hunter, Billy Hartwell and CIA agent, Anne Larsen. Their adventures range from fishing for tarpon in Florida to discovering Civil War-era treasures and spies in North Carolina, while de...

Three separate stories explore deceit, revenge, relationships, and retribution. In the “Five Hundred Acre Ranch,” a lonely man buys a ranch in Central Florida to share with a beautiful young woman, and they encounter love, hate, and revenge. “A Family Tale” follows the divergence of two Cuban brothers born in the mid-1800s. One immigrates to Key West, Florida, and the other to Manaus, Brazil. More than a century later, their descendants confront drugs, deceit, revenge, and murder. “We Can ...

In this book, author Alan Brooke highlights the historic gates of the City of London: Cripplegate, Aldgate, Aldersgate, Bishopsgate, Ludgate, Newgate and Moorgate. Originating in Roman times, they remained until they were all demolished between 1760 and 1767. Blue plaques mark six of their sites, and a bishop's mitre on a building shows where Bishopsgate once stood. This book examines the history of the gates, with chapters devoted to each one. A shorter section offers a summary of some of...

This book presents up-to-date information on the origins of the Ashkenazic Jewish people from central and eastern Europe based on genetic research on modern and pre-modern populations. It focuses on the 129 maternal haplogroups that the author confirmed that Ashkenazim have acquired from distinct female ancestors who were indigenous to diverse lands that include Israel, Italy, Poland, Germany, North Africa, and China, revealing both their Israelite inheritance and the lasting legacy of con...

Thirteen stand-alone short stories that take place in Florida which contain both country yarns and city tales. They include a delightful array of interesting characters; both good people and unsavory scoundrels from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. Many have a surprise ending with a twist that often changes the readers early opinion of the main participants. The yarns and tales illuminate the diversity of people and places that reach from the Florida panhandle to the keys. The aut...

Mention Fleet Street and people will think of newspapers. However this masks an equally rich history. It was one of the most important thoroughfares in London, linking the city with Westminster. For centuries Fleet Street has been famous for its association with newspapers, printers, stationers, booksellers, taverns, coffee houses, banking houses, the legal profession, places of worship, exhibitions and processions. The history of Fleet Street is diverse, fascinating, turbulent and full of...

This key text addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful guide and reference resource.Written by well-known specialists in the field, this fourth edition of an established text has been revised throughout to incorporate the latest environmental issues, the use of wood and terracotta in cladding, and use of new materials, particularly the new moulded materials. Two new chapters cover wood and terracotta in cladding. The main types of cladding systems a...