Political Adventure

When a professional assassin is given the task of eliminating newspaper tycoon Giles Cranberry, it’s just another job that requires one single shot. Why, then, is an extra body lying on the ground? He quickly realizes that there are other forces at play, forces that want to destroy his reputation and ultimately his life. He has to use every ounce of his cunning to avoid the dangers that lie ahead and avoid being captured, either by his unseen foe, or the police.

In the heart of Iran, a dark family secret has been passed from father to son, mother to daughter, generation to generation–a line unbroken by time. And Dr. Shahzad Yavari, the professor of geopolitics at Tehran University, is destined to become the next recipient of this legacy.

The mutilated body of C.I.A Section Chief Ned Bakke has been discovered in the car trunk of a sitting Supreme Court Justice. Who put the body there? Was Bakke’s murder a warning? And if so, by whom? Jake Cleveland and Wolf Johannsen fear this may be the work of a powerful cabal of men who have infiltrated the United States government at the highest levels.

Imagínese a un par de jóvenes hacktivistas, ambos ex miembros del grupo de lucha por la libertad de Internet Anonymous, y uno de ellos ex oficial de operaciones encubiertas, separándose de Anonymous y creando un grupo militante de anarquistas comprometidos con el cambio social. Pero el cambio social es acelerado por actos de violencia contra los directores ejecutivos de las principales corporaciones responsables de crímenes de lesa humanidad.

Bombings in Copenhagen, Budapest, and Rome litter the streets of Europe with dozens of victims. The ensuing investigation into the attacks points the finger at a Saudi banker with close ties to the House of Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Royal Family. A group of US and Israeli operators is soon dispatched to Paris to ensure the banker pays for his crimes, but when things go horribly wrong in the City of Lights it becomes clear the team has been betrayed at the highest levels. The team will then have to find those responsible and make certain they atone for their sins.

The Dictator in Chief, President Alejandro Calderon, continues to make life miserable for any and all surviving Americans. A new ruling class has been anointed and is fully entrenched in enclaves across America. The administration's enslaved masses labor and toil and tend to their every need in exchange for the oxygen needed to stay alive. Unbeknownst to Calderon, Josh and his ragtag band of patriots are headed straight for him. They know when and where he'll be, but can they make it there in time?

After years of fighting terrorism all over the world, Dr. Gideon Ben Ari is finally ready for retirement. Now that his childhood friend-turned-arch-terrorist Nimer el-Haladi has secretly become a Mossad collaborator, Ben Ari contemplates finally putting his family life first. Then tragedy strikes. When news that Dr. Medani has taken over Iran’s cyberterrorism efforts, Gideon decides to join forces with his former nemesis. Brought together by a common threat, they unearth a plot that will take them from one holy land to another in an endeavor to stop the assassination of Pope Francis.

As a captive in their mountain palace in Switzerland, Matt List begins to understand the power of Midas and his Ewige (Eternal Ones) to manipulate gold markets and human history. Thus began the destiny of the Army aviation pioneer to undermine the Ewige and their hold over mankind. Now, he uses the power of the financial tycoons in America to create the beginnings of a world freed from the dominion of gold and the Ewige. But will his battle with the Ewige cost him the love of Helene, the beautiful daughter of Midas? Will the ultimatum lead to the end of the carnage of the Great War?

Alaska State Trooper Dan Patterson fears a serial killer is murdering women on Kodiak Island. A woman was found floating in the boat harbor in May. In October, an off-duty trooper stumbled upon the body of an 18-year-old girl in the woods, and later that month, two young boys discovered the bones of Deanna Kerr entwined in a pile of kelp on the beach. When a park ranger discovers the body of a fourth woman, Patterson calls the FBI for assistance, and FBI Special Agent Nick Morgan flies to Kodiak to aid in the investigation.

Still recovering from traumas both physical and emotional, Jad Bell is tasked with bringing in the Uzbek, principal organizer of the terrorist attack that nearly cost Bell his ex-wife and daughter. But the Uzbek's just the beginning: his employer, the Architect, has already set in motion another, even more devastating attack. At the center of it all are two women under deep cover. One, as beautiful as she is deadly, has just been dispatched on American soil to execute the Architect's deadly plans.

What Primary Colors by Anonymous did for the Clintons, Schopenhauer's Maxim by Formichella does for the politics of the religious right. Part political intrigue, part fairy tale, and all humor at its darkest and most noir.

Tierra Virgen aborda una de las obsesiones más presentes en la carrera literaria de Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa: el ecologismo. En ella seguiremos a un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam que decide dejar su vida de privilegios y unirse a los yubani en sus territorios de la tierra amazónica. Sin embargo, pronto la situación se torcerá con la aparición de ingenieros blancos que pretenden partir en dos las tierras yubani con la construcción de una carretera. La extinción amenaza al pueblo yubani, y quizá lo único que pueda salvarlos sea nuestro protagonista.

Stones of Temple David takes twists and turns across various places and cultures. The novel begins in pre-war Poland and then it leads the listener through the dark ages of communism, escape to the free world, love, betrayal, espionage, and the evils of bureaucracy in the US. It also includes hallucinating time-travel.

Those with the job of thinking the unthinkable face the greatest challenge of their lives. Old orders are failing - tired democracies falter in the face of violence in the streets. A storm of financial might and technological horror is gathering. Calvin November, a messianic figure, makes a presidential bid and an astonishing offer. Primitive animal fear drives a messenger through a winter night with a warning nobody wants to hear.

The island of Taiwan, long coveted by the Chinese, is separated from China by 100 miles of the Straits of Taiwan. For years, there have been tensions between the two countries, with China wanting unification but many in Taiwan preferring independence. The conflict has reached boiling point, and the USA has sworn to defend the island. Now, billions of lives are threatened in a nuclear exchange between America and its trade partner and foe across the Pacific, China.

A prime minister acting strangely and world peace in the balance. Following his return from Washington, the prime minister’s behavior has changed. Based on his previous relationship with the PM, Major Jim Wilson is called in to investigate. What he finds is shocking and threatens the peace of the world. But now he must find a way to put things right, and there is very little time to do it. His small team sets out on a dangerous quest that takes them from the hills of Cumbria to the Cayman Islands and Dubai, but others are watching and playing for high stakes.

When a car-jacking in Johannesburg leads to the death of her colleague and lover, Zoe du Plessis, a palaeontologist of Afrikaner origin, is confronted with her family’s secret. As she heads for the Kalahari Desert in search of early human fossils, Zoe embarks on an inner journey into the sense of guilt haunting her people. Meaningful encounters with a San Bushman shaman, a legendary but troubled writer, a Zulu Border War veteran, and her ancestors’ diaries will reshape Zoe's sense of identity.

Assassination in Santo Domingo is a combination of political satire and action/adventure taking place in the Dominican Republic, a banana republic with a blotchy history of dictators and military takeovers. It is the story of Raphael Trompero, a narcissistic dunce with autocratic ambitions and a corrupt mentality, who is elected president of the country in furtherance of a nefarious plan by Iran to gain influence in Central America.

Sometimes, good men have to do bad things. Ian Bragg returns to his roots while trying to lead from the top. Too much of one and not enough of the other. Change is constant and it comes harshest from those in charge. When their cover is blown, Ian and Jenny have to fend for themselves while trying to get the Archive’s contracts back on track. They fight an uphill battle against an establishment that both loathes them and needs them.

The wife of the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister is missing. The circumstantial evidence implicates her husband as a plausible suspect. The sordid details are complicated by the fact that they are on vacation in the South of France when the incident occurs. Following the clues and Weston’s unconventional insight ultimately lead the team to the epicenter of terrorism operations deep inside the borders of Yemen and to the sordid web of one of the most radical and influential terrorist networks.