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It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

High in the isolated mountain country of northern New Mexico, spring arrives like a curse. Rivers explode from melting snow, wolves cry beneath the moon, and frightened whispers spread through hidden valleys where old beliefs still carry more weight than medicine. When young Erslinda falls...

Mars is not kind to human beings. It strips them down to their limits, exposes their fears, and magnifies every flaw. In a remote construction camp, survival depends on trust, restraint, and the fragile belief that men can govern themselves when the stakes are high. When a shocking act of...

Professor Detmold believes the human brain can be duplicated in metal. His colleagues call the idea absurd, his university casts him out, and the public laughs at his claims. Hidden away in the West Virginia hills, Detmold continues his experiments until his artificial brain can see, learn...

In this compelling adventure, Clay Barlow's idyllic way-of-life, in the Texas Hill Country, is shattered when he returns home to find his family savagely murdered. Clay must find the strength to grow beyond his 17 years. After burying his loved ones, his search for justice takes him to the Rio Bravo and into Mexico. On his quest, he'll face death, find love, and strive to conquer his youth and inexperience. Will he live long enough to learn? Is he prepared to take a life? Did his retired, deputy sheriff father teach him enough to survive against experienced killers?

Bullets rip the air, snapping past Clay Barlow’s head as, riding Blue, he charges a band of robbers surrounding the Austin stagecoach. Clay lets loose with a load of buckshot from his 12-gauge Roper Repeating Shotgun. With his third blast, the robbers turn tail and race off into the Texas hill country, leaving one of their own dying in the hot Texas dust. At 18, Clay has been invited to join the Texas Rangers. Now, he rides to Austin to either put on the Rangers’ badge or fight for the law in Texas courts, fulfilling his parents' wish that he become an attorney.

Learn how to become a great manager in this Wall Street Journal bestseller from the leadership experts at FranklinCovey. The essential guide when you make the challenging yet rewarding leap to manager. Based on nearly a decade of research on what makes managers successful, Everyone Deserves a...

Dead things have been found in the fields of Enfaire, a God-fearing town north of Reams. Not just dead things, but twisted forms…unholy shapes. And there are rumors of a blasphemous union and of fell creatures that haunt the night. Yet even as plague and witch pyres blacken the sky, the town remains untouched by the malady that has already claimed thousands and will claim thousands more. It is here, in Enfaire, that an old Franciscan friar and his ward take shelter from a storm. It is here, in a little town on the edge of civilization, that they will have their faith truly tested.

A forgotten gallery becomes a doorway into a dying future, and an unsuspecting scholar is hurled into a war no human was meant to witness. High above a blazing alien world, a winged civilization fights for survival against invisible enemies that move through solid rock as easily as air. Their...

Puerto Rico is more than beaches and postcards, it is a centuries-long experiment in survival, rebellion, and rhythm. From the first Taíno villages to the sugar empires, from Spanish fortresses to American bureaucracy, the island has been conquered, taxed, forgotten, and reborn more times than anyone can count. In Rum, Revolution, and Resilience, Jordan Blake Carter uncorks five hundred years of history with equal parts humor and honesty. The result is a portrait of an island that keeps rebuilding itself, through hurricanes, politics, and colonial hangovers without ever losing its flavor.

Faith, Fear, and Fortune-Professor Vlkoslag sells them all. In the rough-edged boomtown of Las Vegas, New Mexico, Professor Vlkoslag's Traveling Medicine Show rolls into town with its usual mix of spectacle, sleight of hand, and snake oil. But beneath the smell of camphor and sawdust lies something darker. Something born from the Professor's own forbidden magic. Vlkoslag isn't just a showman—he's a magician who wields real power and uses it to manipulate both magic and men.

Valyra is dying. In less than two years, the magnificent world of eighteen oceans and four moons—and more than a trillion lives—could cease to exist. Fifteen-year-old Mora Vale should be worried about surviving her first days at Vanguard Academy, where the next generation of Valyra’s protectors is trained. Instead, she discovers that her father, one of the planet’s leading scientists, has been hiding an impossible truth: an experiment meant to unlock a revolutionary source of energy has destabilized their world. And the countdown has already begun.

This book will bring to life the Titanic by letting you in on some often overlooked details and letting you ride along with some of the passengers - some who enjoyed their last few days of life on the ship, while others did what they could to survive.

A devastating plague is sweeping the continent of Greater Virren. Its origin is unknown, its dominance of the land near complete. In times of grim desperation, pestilence has given way to superstition, and the citizenry are now more divided than ever. Yet the city of Rothenberg remains inexplicably untouched.... The council has grown convinced of their immunity, even as their neighbors are consumed before them. As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, a zealous religious order has reemerged. They claim to have discovered the source of the plague...but can they be trusted?

Federal asset recovery specialist Miles Harran notices something that should have been meaningless: a thirty-four-year-old debt obligation transferred out of a closed federal seizure file. The debt is small. The transfer is properly documented. But the woman named on the instrument is a federal contracting officer preparing to testify in a procurement investigation. Miles starts looking.

What the River Kept—Mississippi Delta, 1967/present. County clerk Estelle and archivist Dana excavate the suppressed record of Billie Jo Mobley's death. Bones recovered from the Tallahatchie. The ledger that was altered. What official record hides and what private conscience keeps. Copperhead Oak—Eastern Kentucky hill country. FBI agent Lydie Voss, whose family land is entangled in a three-generation criminal operation. The hollow holds the evidence. She buries the stone on the survey pin and walks out. Justice at a slant.

He’s a crack shot with a rifle. But across the Mississippi, a sure bullet and an appetite for danger only puts a target on his back…Tennessee, 1830. Floyd Logan yearns to go west. So after the sixteen-year-old deadeye impresses a wagon train captain by winning his first turkey shoot, he’s thrilled when he’s offered the opportunity to go to work on the Santa Fe Trail. But before they can leave town, Floyd is ambushed by a cowardly outlaw who beats him and steals his prize pistols.

What begins as a simple home exchange turns into something far more unsettling. Harper and Noah agree to a two-week house swap in a quiet, meticulously managed neighborhood—an opportunity to reset, unplug, and step outside their routines. The house is perfect. Too perfect. Lights adjust automatically. Doors lock when they should. Schedules suggest themselves. At first, the system feels helpful. Then it begins correcting behavior.

HUNTER KADE: KILL CHAIN PROTOCOLA Hunter Kade ThrillerHunter Kade broke the system once before. Now the system is hunting back. After exposing Black Flag and surviving the collapse of operations buried deep inside the intelligence community, Kade thought he understood the battlefield. He was wrong. Because this time, the enemy isn’t a rogue agency. It’s a living network. Across Washington, hidden systems begin adapting in real time —tracking movement, predicting behavior, and coordinating kill responses before targets even know they’ve been seen. Entire city sectors become weapons.

Federal asset recovery specialist Miles Harran discovers a series of routine administrative filings that appear harmless—until he realizes they are quietly transferring control of critical infrastructure across the country. No money has been stolen. No laws appear broken.