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 ...

The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. In London’s east end, Jude and Anna, two young lovers born in poverty, struggle to forge a worthwhile future. Jude Croaker’s mother had always told him that his father was a Lord, the Marquess of Melchester. Jude and Anna’s discovery of who his father is leads them both into dishonesty and deceit. Blackmail and death thwart their attempts to lift themselves out of poverty. Anna’s fate depends upon the actions o...

An extensively illustrated tour of relics and reminders of the city's WWI and WWII experiences.The two world wars of the twentieth century seem so distant from us now, yet in London the evidence of these conflicts can be found in the many relics and reminders that are scattered across the fabric of the modern city. And, as Alan Brooks demonstrates in this fascinating photographic record, they can be seen and visited today.Plaques and inscriptions, graves, c...

Tyburn is synonymous with the idea of execution - over 50,000 people died there between the twelfth century and 1783. Among those who met their end at Tyburn were William Wallace, the Scottish patriot, Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be one of the Princes in the Tower and the hated Jonathan Wild, perhaps London's first master criminal. Alan Brooke and David Brandon tell the story of how Tyburn came to be the place of execution and of the rituals and spectacle assoc...

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...

Billy Hartwell and Anne Larsen are again the protagonists in this tale of Mexican drug cartels against a backdrop of the ancient cultures and treasures that still exist in many countries throughout Mesoamerica, including Mexico. The explosion of meth and fentanyl into America is an outrageous evil that is growing every day because those drugs are easy to make, and do not require any soil and water to grow, like marijuana, heroin, or cocaine. Plus, the cartels can buy inexpensive pill makin...

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 ...

A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out. Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and vagabonds all went about their business with impunity. Crime took place on the streets, on public transport, in homes, pubs, prisons, asylums, workhouses and brothels - it was all part of everyday life. Naturally the punishments awarded varied considerably, depending upon the crimes committed. Mur...