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When Hell was forged… Guadalcanal was the model! Death from the sky… death from the sea… or death from a savage horde of enraged Japanese… From the best-selling author of the USS Bull Shark series… Yamamoto and Hyakutake must retake Henderson Field at all costs… General Vandegrift and the Marines must hold it at any price… and the butcher’s bill keeps rising. Pouring on the pressure, the Japanese launch deadly aerial assaults by day and terrifying battleship bombardments by night.

After a series of failed assaults on Guadalcanal and Henderson Field, Japan is rallying for a major offensive. Ground troops, surface bombardment, and a carrier-supported invasion of the island looms darkly on the horizon. Now, Bull Shark must circle the nearby islands to discover and slow down this onslaught long enough for Allied forces to dig in.

Bull Shark and S-52 have just attacked a large bombardment fleet off the coast of Guadalcanal. And although they didn’t stop Henderson from being shelled, they might have at least curtailed it. Yet the Japanese are undaunted and more determined than ever…and the Empire has its sights set on some of its most deadly foes.

On Guadalcanal, the Marines are battered but unbroken. Across the Matanikau, Japanese forces are massing for another deadly assault—one that could finally crush the American perimeter. To stop it, Vandegrift must push forward. But first… he needs eyes inside enemy territory. Major Al Decker and his Raiders are sent on a dangerous mission deep behind Japanese lines: gather intelligence and establish a forward observation post before the next attack begins.

They call it "Antioquia"—the lost fortune of the Medellin Cartel, buried deep in the Texas dirt. A billion dollars in emeralds and cash that was supposed to stay lost forever. Jonathan Hunt moved to the High Lonesome ranch of West Texas to let his ghosts rest. An ex-CIA operative, he spends his days dodging memories of the Sandbox and keeping a low profile. But when he intervenes to save a local kid named Silas Blackwater from a professional hit squad, Hunt stumbles onto a conspiracy that makes his old life look simple.

Reality TV and pop superstardom are billion-dollar industries built on image, ego and ruthless ambition. When former chart-topping pop star Jillian Moore launches a hit reality show designed to create the next music sensation, the spotlight burns hotter than ever… and attracts dangerous attention. Threats begin to surface cryptic warnings, unexplained sabotage, and signs that someone wants Jillian’s comeback stopped permanently. With her newly reborn career hanging in the balance, she turns to Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis for protection.

The dirt under Jonathan’s fingernails used to be the dust of Kandahar and Caracas. As a former operator for the CIA’s Special Activities Division, Hunt was a "Gray Man"—a ghost trained to dismantle insurgencies and vanish without a trace. His specialty was asymmetrical warfare, until he faked his death two years ago. He thought he was out. He thought he could replace the violence with the silence of the vines. He was wrong.

As tensions between East and West erupt into open conflict on Earth, the race to control space accelerates. Military alliances harden, fleets mobilize, and governments struggle to contain a crisis that is spreading from the oceans and skies into low Earth orbit. But the true prize is no longer territory on Earth. It is the growing network of stations, habitats, manufacturing systems, and launch infrastructure taking shape above the planet.

There’s a super storm brewing out in the Pacific… one that will change the course of history forever… After three successful raids on Japanese outposts, the men and pilots of USS Enterprise are ready to get out there and hit Tojo once more. However, something dark and dangerous lies on the horizon… but before they face that storm, the U.S. Navy and Army has a delivery to make… right to Hirohito’s front porch!

Key West–known the world over as a vacation mecca. Amazing food, bars and music top off days filled with awesome fishing, diving and boating… yet beneath the sun worship and the cobalt blue skies lurks a growing danger with its sights set on Scott Jarvis. His vacation is cut short when Jarvis stumbles across a large yacht drifting off the island.

After winning the first clash with his ancient enemy Van Helsing, Vlad Dracula — known in the modern world as Vince Drake — hopes the fragile balance between humans and immortals can be preserved. But powerful forces are already moving in the shadows. Van Helsing has begun gathering allies, including the infamous Countess Elizabeth Báthory, whose centuries-long obsession with blood and youth has brought her into the search for the Philosopher’s Stone — a legendary force capable of granting mastery over life itself.

In this explosive third installment, the jungles roar with artillery, automatic weapons, and the screams of the wounded and dying! Decker, Edson, and Puller must use whatever means necessary to smash through Japanese lines and secure the freedom and safety of themselves and the people of the Solomons!

The sudden disappearance of Charles Conklin, a NASA engineer with access to classified military technology is dangerous enough. The Mafia hitman waiting inside his house makes it lethal. Orlando detective Scott Jarvis already struggles with a system that too often protects the powerful and buries the truth. But when a missing engineer's trail leads to the Florida Keys—and a brutal smuggling operation tied to stolen military secrets—Jarvis finds himself pulled into a case far bigger than a routine investigation.

No Addict Left Behind is Pagano’s unflinching personal account of battling addiction. When he was discharged from the military, he was actually left on the side of a highway. ER doctors and nurses begrudged reviving him from an overdose. Society showered him with stigma and shame. Still, some people never gave up on him. And he never gave up on himself.

Veronica Belle came to Potter's Neck to write horror stories—not to live one. When charismatic author Vince Drake arrives in town, strange events escalate. An unseen and terrifying force is moving through the shadows… and Vince and Veronica are in its sights. Monsters are real. And whatever is rising in Potter's Neck thirsts for something far greater than anyone imagines.

Podcast as Code is a show about the operations side of the Software Development Lifecycle. The hosts discuss things like DevOps, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, and GitOps.

The United States is reeling from the terrible shock of December 7, 1942. In one terrible day, the nation finds itself at war while tending to a horrific wound. While the Navy scrambles to piece together its shattered fleet, one man and his carrier burn with a desire to wreak a terrible vengeance on the Empire of Japan.

It started out innocently enough…. Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis was sitting in his office when a beautiful redhead appears and asks for his help. Yet her misgivings about her sister’s new lover quickly twist into a bizarre struggle of deadly proportions….

The Marine Raiders are licking their wounds after the successful battle at Tasimboko. But that battle was only the preview of the main event to come…and now the clock is ticking down to destruction!

On December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into the largest global conflict of all time. From adversity rose a generation of heroes both at home and abroad whose courage, valor and sacrifice would restore a world gone mad! Yet not all of WWII’s heroes were flesh and blood… they were also made of steel and forged in the fire of combat.