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They promised to only use his lethal skills for good. But in the Syrian desert, doing good requires doing something very, very bad. Ex-CIA ghost Jonathan Hunt has made a pact with his wife, Rosa: his days as a government weapon are over. From now on, they operate by a new code—stepping in as off-books samaritans for those who have nowhere else to turn. Rosa even wants Jonathan to train her so she can fight by his side in the shadows. But Jonathan knows the toll the darkness takes, and he’s deeply hesitant, desperate to protect her from the blood-soaked life he barely survived.

USS Bull Shark is running for Pearl Harbor after leaving New London and her victory over the Nazi Q-ship, but all is not well aboard the boat. The Japanese are planning a major offensive and the clock is rapidly ticking – with what will become one of the most decisive battles of the war looming on the horizon, the Navy still doesn’t know exactly where or when it’s going to happen. Can Bull Shark play her part in the Battle of Midway? Or will she meet with Yamamoto’s secret weapon and be swept aside in Japan’s quest for power?

While Art Turner and the men of USS Bull Shark struggle in the Pacific against the Japanese and against their own inner demons, Captain Pat Jarvis and the men of USs Megalodon have a German tiger by the tail in the Caribbean… and it’s only a matter of time before he rips them to pieces.

Whoever controls the Solomon Islands controls the vital sea lanes between the United States and Australia. When Imperial Japan seizes Tulagi and begins constructing a strategic airfield on Guadalcanal, the balance of the Pacific War hangs in the balance. America must strike first—or risk losing the entire theater. As a massive invasion force prepares for the first major U.S. offensive of the war, Lieutenant Commander Art Turner and the decorated crew of USS Bull Shark are assigned a dangerous covert mission deep behind enemy lines.

Veronica Bradford, recently widowed and recently placed in command of a large and rapidly growing aerospace company, is nearly killed when her yacht suddenly bursts into flame and explodes…. If not for the quick thinking of Orlando Private detective Scott Jarvis, it would’ve ended right there…but who’s behind the attempted murder? Who wants Veronica dead so badly they’d blow her up right in front of everyone in downtown Saint Petersburg?

What starts with two seemingly random and odd small cases quickly explodes into one of the most confusing, twisted and deadly investigations Orlando Private Investigators Scott Jarvis and Lisa Gonzalez have ever tackled. One that tears open the secrets of their friend Lieutenant Sharon Nolen’s family history and threatens to tear her world apart. After discovering an odd secret about Sharon’s father, her pseudo uncle Rick Eagle Feather is kidnapped in a bloody gun battle that leaves half a dozen men dead.

When the world grows quiet… something begins to stir. A sound where no sound should be...... A shadow that moves when nothing is there. A truth that refuses to remain buried. In this novel-length collection of horror and dark suspense, Scott W. Cook presents six unsettling tales that explore the thin boundary between the familiar and the unknown — where curiosity leads to terror, and answers often raise even darker questions.

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.

Japan’s landed some heavy blows… but it’s time for the next round and this time… America is hitting first! At pearl harbor, the men and pilots of Enterprise stepped into a nightmare. At the Marshals, Wake and Marcus, they let the Japanese know that the U.S. was not afraid to fight. At Midway, they deflected a massive attack and altered the course of the war… and now it’s time to truly get some payback. The navy and Marines are going to do what Japan failed to do at Midway – break down the door and get their foot in Japanese territory.

Reeling from her last knock-down, drag-out with Japan’s mighty combined fleet – the Kido Butai – USS Enterprise limps back to Pearl Harbor for repairs and refitting. And like the battle-hardened warriors who live and work inside her, this gallant lady will return to the fight even stronger… but it can’t happen too soon.

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.

What makes a fantasy fantastic? Magic, of course! Whether it’s unearthly beasts, scheming sorcerers, legendary swords, or locales that defy logic and physics, a compelling fantasy story needs magical elements. The tricky part is that in order for the story to work, you have to get your reader or player to believe the unbelievable. The Kobold Guide to Magic takes you behind the scenes to learn the secrets of designing and writing about magic from 20 top fantasy authors and game designers.

They extinguished the only light left in his life. Now, he’s bringing the dark. Ex-CIA ghost Jonathan Hunt spent years burying his violent past, hoping to finally live in peace. But when a brutal, targeted strike shatters his world and strips away the one person who anchored his humanity, the man he tried to leave behind is resurrected. And this time, he has absolutely nothing left to lose. The trail of blood leads straight to the heart of Washington D.C., turning the nation's capital into a hunting ground.

Biting cold, thick fog and frigid, torrential rain…The perfect recipe for misery. The perfect cocktail for a deadly battle of wits. Near the end of the bitter Aleutian winter, a Soviet weather aircraft is shot down over the Japanese-held island of Attu. What few realize is that the five crewmembers aboard are not ordinary airmen, but members of a crack Soviet intelligence team carrying information vital to the coming Allied offensive. The Japanese know something is different… and they're determined to find the survivors before anyone else.

In the lawless shadows of the Louisiana bayou, blood is thicker than swamp water —and someone is spilling it by the gallon. When former sniper Deacon McCray reaches out to his old battle buddy, Jonathan knows immediately that it isn’t a social call. Down in the murky depths of the Louisiana swamp, Deacon’s father has barely survived a boat bombing. It’s the opening shot in a brutal war against the McCrays, a powerful local family that commands a private militia and dominates the bayou.

The Coat & Scope Podcast examines and diagnoses the stories behind remarkable people. Hosted by physician, entrepreneur, author, and international speaker Dr. Scott Cook (The Travel Doctor), each episode goes beyond the résumé to uncover the experiences, decisions, failures, risks, and defining moments that shaped extraordinary lives. Through candid conversations with entrepreneurs, physicians, business leaders, innovators, and other fascinating people, Dr. Cook explores success, resilience, leadership, career growth, business, wealth, health, and the lessons learned along the way. Using a ...

Jonathan Hunt has forty-eight hours to rob the Vatican, stop a biological apocalypse, and make it to the altar on time—assuming the super-soldiers don't kill him first. Jonathan Hunt thought the hardest part of his week in Rome would be choosing a font for the wedding invitations. He was wrong. In the Eternal City to marry the love of his life, the former CIA operative is dragged back into the shadows by an old ally with a desperate plea. A ghost from the past, Abraham Pale, has resurfaced. Known in the underworld as "The Plague," Pale isn't just selling weapons anymore; he’s creating them.

A former wet-work operative just wanted to get married, but the Italian mob had other plans for his Sunday morning. Jonathan Hunt is done with war. After years as a black-ops cleaner for a government agency that doesn't exist, he’s retired to the Amalfi Coast with a simple mission: marry the woman he loves and raise their children in peace. But his fiancée, Rosa, has one non-negotiable condition for the wedding—Jonathan must make a full confession.

A murdered groom. A killer who steps out of the shadows. And a deadly game that only one man can survive. Scott Jarvis and Crystal are enjoying early summer in Boston. In just a few days, Crystal's college friend Paige Masterson will be walking down the aisle.

They think they’ve cornered a fugitive, but they’re about to discover they’ve unleashed a man trained to dismantle empires. In the frozen dead-end of Nome, Alaska, Jonathan Hunt just wanted to be left alone. Two years ago, he was a CIA "architect of collapse" who broke nations for a living; now, he’s a scarred giant dredging gold in the Bering Sea, keeping a promise to a woman named Rosa: no more violence. But the silence of the frontier is shattered when a local girl vanishes, and a serial killer begins carving a path through the ice.