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Theo had been forced into a world gone mad. To the inhabitants of Regil, it was no surprise that the downfall of man came at the hand of men. A curse so foul that one shuddered to imagine the blackened heart that stood at its inception, a sinner who made the innocent pay in blood and flesh for his greed. Many have forgotten, but those old and wise enough to remember know that the curse will one day return with a vengeance.

The New Digital Age is the product of an unparalleled collaboration: full of the brilliant insights of one of Silicon Valley's great innovators - what Bill Gates was to Microsoft and Steve Jobs was to Apple, Schmidt (along with Larry Page and Sergey Brin) was to Google - and the Director of Google Ideas, Jared Cohen, formerly an advisor to both Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. Never before has the future been so vividly and transparently imagined. From

Russ Thornton is a hard-hitting journalist known for his ability to take on big targets in government and in business. An old flame, now a Capitol Hill staffer, contacts him out of the blue wanting to disclose some top-secret information. But she is gunned down in cold blood, right in front of him. Worse, the killers are concerned about what Thornton knows, and who he may tell. He finds himself in a game of cat-and-mouse, where the stakes are life and death and the surveillance technology is so sophisticated that he wouldn't believe it existed - if it weren't implanted in his own head.

Theo's purpose in this world has been revealed, and time can't be wasted anymore. Together with Stig, they've traveled to Rootdale, the largest city still standing on Vrasis. They hope to find allies but are thrown into the underground before they have a chance. Now faced with the option of fighting or dying, they have little choice but to take up arms once again.

In the shadow of the Pentagon, a secret DoD brain research experiment goes terribly wrong, and an ex-Special Ops soldier escapes, believing he is Viktor Dragunov, the Russian operative from the 80s thriller novel, Attack on America. To capture him, the Feds turn to the person uniquely qualified to predict his next moves, the man who created the fictional character, best-selling author Mathias King.

In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi.

The actual facts of Miguel de Cervantes' life seem to be snatched from an epic tale: An impoverished and talented young poet nearly kills a man in a duel and is forced into exile; later, he distinguishes himself in battle and is severely wounded, losing the use of his left hand; on his way back to Spain his ship is captured by pirates and he is sold into slavery in Algiers; after prolonged imprisonment and failed escape attempts, he makes his way back home, eventually settling in a remote village in La Mancha to create his masterpiece....

Grit and hard work are all Hugh Morris has ever known. Marriage and children are indulgences he can't afford. That is until city girl Edna Archer arrives at Aster Ridge Ranch and shakes Hugh's resolve. When peril strikes, Hugh realizes the stakes are higher than he ever could have dreamed and vows he will risk everything to keep Edna safe. Edna isn't afraid of hard work. She knows the true enemy is love. Away from Chicago and the heartbreak that still haunts her, Aster Ridge offers a new kind of life—one she's determined to live independently.

Three years ago, he destroyed her family. He's been wrestling with himself ever since. The war is over, but the battle has just begun. Fay Morris' life has taught her one thing: marry rich. Her plan is about to work until her family's one enemy decides to play the hero. Three years ago, soldier Garrick Hampton made a mistake. He's done running, but when he returns to Aster Ridge, nothing is as he expected. From the now-grown Fay to the unfamiliar feeling of home that makes his chest ache.

In a story that will blow your mind, a fugitive billionaire and a former spy must stop an insidious plot to control the population through high-tech mind reading. Chase and Wen are trapped in a maze of illusion, reality, and secrets, as they struggle to overcome an enemy so powerful, their very own thoughts are used against them.

They’ve manipulated the truth, buried every fact under layers of lies. You might survive if you follow two rules: Never trust what you see. Never believe what you hear. Caught in a web of deceit, a fugitive billionaire and a former spy must find the truth before it finds them. Facing their greatest challenge, they struggle to navigate a reality where everything is suddenly false. With no one left to trust and nowhere to go, Chase and Wen are forced to rely on their enemies to save them.

A fugitive billionaire and a former spy stumble onto an ominous program where everything about our modern lives is dissected, processed, and packaged. It's not to sell us things, but to sell us ideas; to control us, to make sure we don’t shatter the illusion.

A billionaire fugitive and a rogue spy uncover a secret scientific plot to manipulate human DNA, putting all of humanity at risk. A desperate race ensues to save life as we know it! Editing DNA...talk about life changing.

A scientist is missing, people are scared, and a storm is coming. Chase and Wen must find the man who has discovered a way to manipulate the weather before his invention falls into the wrong hands and makes Earth uninhabitable. But others may get there first. The Chinese, Russians and US intelligence agencies enter a global game of cat and mouse to obtain the secrets and win the ultimate advantage. Will there be enough time? As the body count climbs, it becomes clear that someone else is after the invention...after Chase and Wen. But who do they work for?

Chase has lost his fortune. Chase and Wen have lost each other. The world may have just lost its last chance. What's left to lose? Everything! To find the way out, you must first get lost.

Escaping was the easy part. Other than the high body count, the massive explosions, and the fortune lost, it was a piece of cake. Chase and Wen face their biggest challenge yet as everything closes in on them. Can they unravel the mystery and stop a horrendous calamity before they die, a promised slow and painful death?

Who is the real Sophie Stark? The Life and Death of Sophie Stark is the story of an enigmatic film director, told by the six people who loved her most. Brilliant, infuriating, all-seeing and unknowable, Sophie Stark makes films said to be more like life than life itself. But her genius comes at a terrible cost: to her husband, to the brother she left behind, and to an actress who knows too much.

After selling his company for millions, Colby Walker takes his family - and his son's friend Jess - on vacation, wanting nothing more than to unwind in the sun and surf. But he spots the alarming signs in short order: Jess' downcast eyes, a familiar passivity, and angry red welts marching across the boy's bare back. Walker understands what they mean because he'd been that boy, many years ago. He'd suffered in silence, too.

On an average September day, Stephen's world was shattered when a Rhode Island state trooper arrested him for the murder of a drug dealer named Joe Viscido, Jr., in Florida four years earlier. Though Stephen could prove that he was 1,500 miles away at the time of the murder, Peter Dallas admitted to the crime and named Stephen as his accomplice. Like something out of Kafka, Stephen found himself imprisoned for a non-bailable offense and was whisked away to a Rhode Island jail.

On a secret military base tucked in a remote desert mountain, a dangerous machine lies hidden from the American public. Known as the Actuator, this machine is capable of transforming entire communities into alternate realities. In theory, these often terrifying realities are reversible. The scientists in charge of this machine employ operatives called Machine Monks, who attune their minds to manifest single ideas from the realms of fantasy and science fiction.