This volume offers a comprehensive, research-based analysis of gang transformation in the context of globalization, technological change, and shifting socio-political environments. Taking the group as the core unit of analysis, it traces the evolution of gangs from loosely affiliated youth collectives engaged in local conflict to complex, network-oriented criminal organizations operating across national and transnational boundaries. It identifies three key facilitators of modern gang netwo...

Bestselling author Robert Ryan brings one of the greatest epic journeys of all time to life in this captivating story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition.January 18, 1912: Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition reaches the South Pole. Just a few weeks later, trapped in one of the worst blizzards Antarctica has ever known, Scott and his four companions perish in subzero temperatures. How did the icy conditions overwhelm Scott, Captain Oates and their party on the fateful ...

In the flamboyant Twenties, Englishman William Grover-Williams and Frenchman Robert Benoist were fierce rivals racing their elegant Bugattis on the glittering European race circuits. Not only is the World Championship in their sights, but they have both fallen for the sensuous charms of the extravagantly beautiful Eve Aubicq. But when war breaks out, everything changes. Paris is in the iron-grip of German occupation and Robert and William join the Special Operations Executive to help the F...

A legendary warrior protects a young woman who may be his daughter as destiny draws them into a perilous quest against a ruthless tyrant and forbidden magic in this action-packed epic fantasy of sorcery, redemption, and a kingdom on the brink of ruin.Is she my daughter? I protect her against steel and sorcery as though she is, and maybe it will give meaning to my life…I may never learn the truth. Perhaps I don’t deserve to. All I need to kn...

In this action-packed epic fantasy adventure, Drom and his companions must awaken a dead god and defeat the forces of darkness—even if the final battle demands the ultimate sacrifice.I am the evil that destroys worlds. And yet I would die to protect her…Our last quest lies before us, and we now run the final race against the forces of darkness. We dare to try to waken a dead god, but my heart misgives me.The shade of the long-dead druid we summoned ...

They killed him. They stole his power. They split his empire into chiefdoms. But he foretold a day when his descendant would rise against their sorcery…Shar was no ordinary girl. Her clan was the Fen Wolves, a poor tribe that dwelt in the marshes. Yet she meant to bring them glory.She was a young warrior, but few men could stand against her. If they were strong, she was fast. If they were skilled, she was more adept. If they sought to intimidate her, she defied them. But no...

The inspiration behind BBC One's thrilling new drama, The Great Train Robbery.Sunday Times bestseller Robert Ryan brings the most ambitious heist of the twentieth century to gripping and vivid life.1963: an unarmed gang led by the dapper Bruce Reynolds holds up a Royal Mail train at a remote bridge in Buckinghamshire, escaping with millions. The group lay low in a nearby farm but, panicked by the police closing in they cle...

A disgraced former arena champion must reclaim his fading strength and forbidden magic to protect the daughter who does not know him from an ancient evil and a ruthless god in this action-packed epic fantasy of gladiators, betrayal, redemption, and found family.Regret is a burden. I should know. And magic makes it worse…Once, the crowd adored me. I was young and the world was small. I fought in the arena, and I was good. The best. Warriors ...

The Search takes you on two journeys. The first, to discover your own relationship to God and how to insure your own place in eternity. It will have you reflect on your own life and how you have lived it. Show you how to build a strong foundation for yor journey to the place Robert called Home, which we all must go to. The second journey takes you back to the beginning of time. To show how a God filled with immense luve, could only have created this vast Universe. The Search shows ...

“I have waited a thousand years for this moment. I have loved you and waited for you every second of every day.”Fragments of Silk is a tale a thousand years in the making. It is a story of good and evil, forgiveness and redemption as two worlds unite. Ria, the enigmatic fairy queen of Skye legend, has waited a thousand years for the last of her line to come and, through love, release her from the half-life to which others had condemned her. Alfur,...

Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, and leading planner of the "Final Solution," Heydrich played a central role in Hitler's Germany. He shouldered a major share of responsibility for some of the worst Nazi atrocities, and up to ...

In the tranquil embrace of dawn, where nature awakens and secrets whisper, "At Sunrise" unfolds a captivating tale. Join Bliss Carman on a lyrical journey as he paints a vivid tapestry of love, loss, and the enduring power of the human spirit. Through the eyes of a young woman named Una, we witness the transformative journey of a heart torn between duty and desire. As the sun rises, casting its golden rays upon her path, Una must confront the choices that will shape her destiny. With each ...