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Brought to China by a Syrian monk, the Scrolls contain a timeless wisdom for humanity. For hundreds of years, they have remained in the East. Now, a Chinese master gives Captain Jacob van Horn a sacred mission—find the one in the West destined to receive the Scrolls’ wisdom.

Hunter Cooper was made to be a veterinarian, to heal animals of every kind, far and wide. But when his first patient dies—by his hand—his confidence shatters and his dream dies.

Archibald Cloyd was an ubergeek and as pedantic as it is possible to be. Hollywood hired him at thousands of dollars a week as the technical director on a movie about Napoleon. Wilson Page, Archibald's secretary, figured he didn't deserve anything better than being nursemaid to a strutting egomaniac.

A fallout shelter could be in a church, school, or city hall. But an abandoned fallout shelter in the basement of a Bronx apartment building became a refuge for three best friends, where they could plan their dreams and their schemes throughout their lives.

A 15-year-old girl lies dead in a park. Two detectives, Logan Decker and Mike Harris, begin a routine investigation of what appears to be another death by overdose, but soon turns into a first-degree murder case. What could a 15-year-old girl possibly know that would make her a target for murder? An unexpected personal connection leads the detectives on a search for her killer in the underbelly of drugs in America. Their search takes them from the back allies of Cincinnati to the halls of Congress. Everywhere they turn, they find ruthless killers trying to protect the guilty.

This autobiography, The Wooden Bazooka, is a story of manifold drama too vivid, improbable, and intensely personal to have been conjured up by a novelist. From orphanage to battlefront to prison camp to board room and beyond, Karl Heinz Johannsmeier spins a fast-paced narrative of incredible span and trajectory, a testimony to the power of optimism and tenacity to outwit death, overcome defeat, and engineer triumph. Few individuals have proven so dramatically that the American Dream of success is indeed alive and well.

Clayton Cooper is a bona fide daredevil. Always has been. Always will be. At first, he uses his talents for thrills and payouts on the rodeo circuit. Success seems to greet him at every turn. So when he marries his high school sweetheart, he assumes she’ll follow him anywhere. But after a year and a half, she calls off the marriage and turns Clay’s heart to rubble. He sees only one way to survive: lose himself in the rigors of Alaskan smoke-jumping.

What happens to a man when he counts his own worth as loss? What happens to a woman when unseen wounds destroy her ability to speak? They invest in one another. From that moment on, both Jake and Suzannah’s inner pain heals bit by bit. By gentle degrees, their true natures entwine. They even dare to dream of a future together - until Jake’s past twists back into their lives and threatens to steal him away.

When Johnnie Williams returns from Montana to orderly city life, he finds his job as a Pinkerton detective no longer sparks his passion like it used to...until Rose Marie crosses his path, knee deep in criminal activity. As Johnnie investigates her, a different kind of passion ignites - along with a slew of threats he never saw coming.

Every shadow holds a secret, every moment a destiny. In the heart of modern London, an ancient darkness stirs, and only The Raven stands in its path. John Smith, an idealistic Victorian constable, was murdered by Jack The Ripper but given a chance at vengeance and redemption. Recruited by Death, John becomes a forgotten sentinel, protecting humanity from evil. Lost and isolated in the present day, his purpose reignites when he encounters Kimberley Mansfield, an innocent yet brave young woman who is dragged into a world beyond her academic beliefs.