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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A young technology executive found the lost Inca treasure that was hidden in the Ecuadorian jungle for over 1500 years. After his remarkable discovery he became world famous, and he was recruited by the CIA who wanted to use his fame as a cover for covert operations. Upon finishing his tough CIA training, he is assigned to infiltrate an international terrorist cabal. To maintain his treasure-hunting reputation he is also committed to finding the largest hidden treasure in North America whi...

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...

***** Music for Work, Study & Flow (Updated 2026 Edition) ***** Meet your new go-to environment for deep work: Deep Focus Collection blends binaural beats with non-distracting concentration music to help you stay locked in—whether you're writing, coding, studying, reading, designing, or entering a long flow session. This is the updated 2026 version of a collection that already proved its reach: the 2023 edition achieved 1,000,000 monthly listeners worldwide. The 2026 update keeps the same ...

Between 1835 and the 1850s, railway mania blossomed around Britain. Crime emerged as the railways developed, at first opportunistic crimes such as fare evasion and robberies, but gradually more inventive forms evolved, notably the minor clerk Redpath in the 1850s, whose shameless cooking of the books to live the high life exposed the lack of any kind of accountancy across the railway industry. The first train murder was not until the 1840s, and sparked great fear of foreig...