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In 1960's Brooklyn, NY, troubled teen Billy Delaney's life takes a drastic turn. After Billy and his high school friends get arrested during an attempted armed robbery, their lives are torn asunder. Billy struggles with unresolved issues of guilt over his friends' misfortunes. Obsessed to help them get back on track, he continues to seek "the break" that can redeem their lives. But the easy money along the criminal path is enticing, and soon Billy finds himself consumed by the moral struggle between good and evil.

Bridgette Celine is a private investigator hired by a Mafia boss to keep tabs on his daughter, who has recently been lured into an East Harlem clairvoyants' society.

Los detectives Tommy Jackson y Orrin Rampersad se encuentran en una carrera contra el tiempo para desarrollar el caso del fiscal antes de la fecha del juicio. Los doctores locos alegan que un misterioso Dr. Cíclope es el autor intelectual de la operación. Todas las pruebas apuntan a que el líder de la banda, Django Tamsulosin, secuestró a las víctimas para los trasplantes de órganos y miembros biónicos. Sin embargo, ni los sospechosos ni las víctimas aportan ningún testimonio sustancial, lo que lleva a los detectives a creer que existe una conspiración de encubrimiento.

Sabrina Brooks remains in a coma at Bellevue Hospital, surrounded by government agents. Meanwhile, another Nightcrawler has surfaced, continuing the struggle against the Russian mob and the Tryzub terror gang. Hoyt Wexford is now in charge of the NYPD's Nightcrawler Squad, ordered to apprehend the rogue crime fighter. Time is of the essence as a new terror cell under the mysterious Apollyon arises. Their demand: a $100 million ransom, or they unleash a mutated Ebola strain upon the populace of NYC.

It's 1969 in South Vietnam: Richard McCain is a Special Forces operative stationed at the Dong Ha combat base. The culture clash with indigenous tribes amidst mountainous terrain cloaked by feral jungles creates a high-tension atmosphere where only the strong survive. Soon, the brutal military conflict mixes with drug-fueled episodes, supernatural events and powers beyond human comprehensions, as the tale of McCain and the Green Berets takes the listener on an unforgettable journey of epic proportions.

The collapse of the Russian Mob and Tryzub has created a power vacuum in the underworld. Mafia capo Al Piedmont joins forces with a European cyber-criminal known as the Thinker, who has strong ties with the Jerusalem Mob and the Russian Mafia. Together, they devise a scheme to bring a $500 million shipment of heroin into New York City.

Great Britain is called upon by the American president to help neutralize an international terrorist threat. Escalating tensions within the Russian Federation lead experts to believe there is a conspiracy to destabilize its Western rivals: A mysterious arms smuggling gang is suspected of bringing weapons into the US for a series of terror attacks.

While researching the atrocities committed during the Apache Wars, university graduate Moneen Murphy learns of her great-great grandmother's key role in the conflict. Tracing the relationship between her grandmother and the natives, Moneen begins a journey into the unknown. As she slowly discovers the truth, dark secrets and ghosts of the past are brought into the modern era with catastrophic force.

The second book in John Reinhard Dizon's Generations series tells the story of Teodulfo Dizon: a teenager from Bical, the San Pedro District of the Philippine Islands. Son of a decommissioned Spanish officer, Teodulfo works as a house boy in the US military sector and makes connections that change his future. He and his friends seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to America, where they eventually find themselves in San Antonio, Texas. Soon, Teodulfo becomes a dynamic figure within the Filipino community as well as with the Mexicans. But will his dreams become legend?

Photojournalist Steve Lurgan returns from the war in Kosovo and falls in love with a Serbian national in modern-day NYC. Meanwhile, Jana Dragana’s career is being compromised by her drug addiction, but her exploiters end up as victims of a mysterious attack. NYPD detective Darko Lucic suspects the murders are part of a larger conspiracy. But is it an underground network of criminals that is behind the killings, or something even more sinister?

A series of gruesome murders haunt a small Irish village. After a mysterious woman arrives to the town, the villagers find a young girl tortured and mutilated at the bottom of Devil’s Drop. Who is "The Lady on the Hill"? A prosperous, self-absorbed couple uncharacteristically offer shelter to two beggars. But then both claim to be reincarnated souls from a long-forgotten past, hell bent on possessing their saviors to be reunited in flesh. Who are the "Kids in the Park"? Listen to find the answers to these questions and other stories in this horror collection.

Detective Veronika Heydrich has one mission to complete before she lands her coveted promotion: uncovering the truth behind the "King of the Hoboes" - a man who prides himself on helping the homeless people of New York. Convinced he is more dangerous than helpful, Veronika goes undercover and learns first-hand of the trials and tribulations the poverty-stricken must endure. The further underground she goes, the more danger Veronika encounters. The King of the Hoboes turns out to be more vicious and powerful than she ever realized.

The Princess of Edinburgh has been kidnapped, and peace talks in Northern Ireland are in danger of falling apart. Princess Jennifer's fate attracts the attention of several international organizations, including the IRA, MI6, and the CIA. While Jennifer finds herself the mistreated prize in an age-old war, no one can expect what happens when the Irish assassin, only known as the Golden Terror, takes an interest in her. With the future of a nation hanging in the balance, the two cross paths and enter a deadly race against time, and some of the most dangerous men in the world.

Based on the life of West Texas pioneer J.D. "Big John" Sanders, Generations is a celebration of Irish heritage, a story of indomitable spirit and unfailing vision, and of relentless pursuit of the American dream. After a whirlwind romance with the formidable Nora Brooks, Big John forges a cattle town in the rugged West Texas frontier during World War I. Thirty years later, Marion Kidd Sanders journeys to New York in pursuit of fame and fortune and brings the family name to new heights.

Defence attorney Celeste Maher has seen her share of gruesome cases, but nothing as disturbing as the crime her client, Velimir Radojka, is accused of. After Celeste is unexpectedly arrested for her client’s murder, his boyfriend, Detective Shea Tyrone, gets on the case. Soon, Shea has several problems to deal with: bloodless corpses, street gangs, and rumors of human sacrifice.

Katia Wynter is a teenage girl living in a commune in New Mexico, ruled by motorcycle gangs who exchange protection for tribute. One of the many kids who left their poverty-stricken homes in the town of Truth Or Consequences, Katia is searching for a better future outside the world their parents destroyed.

After her father's death, Sabrina Brooks - heir to the Brooks Chemical Company - is putting her life back together. When she gains access to top-secret government archives, Sabrina uses her knowledge of chemistry to become a vigilante known as the "Nightcrawler" and wages war against the ruthless drug gangs of New York.

An international coalition is planning a return to the gold standard. Meanwhile, a network of drug cartels and financial speculators are preparing to launch Operation Blackout: an attack against gold depositories that would give them control over the global economy. With both US and UK pitted against a worldwide criminal enterprise, MI-6 assigns William Shanahan to disrupt Operation Blackout with the help of Jack Gawain, of the Ulster Defense Association