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The Zero is a groundbreaking novel, a darkly comic snapshot of our times that is already being compared to the works of Franz Kafka and Joseph Heller. From its opening pages-when hero cop Brian Remy wakes up to find he's shot himself in the head-novelist Jess Walter takes us on a harrowing tour of a city and a country shuddering through the aftershocks of a devastating terrorist attack. As the smoke slowly clears, Remy finds that his memory is skipping,...
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[2017]
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English
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After one of the most contentious and divisive elections in American history, the new president is finally settling into the West Wing. But when his chief of staff discovers evidence that voting machines in key counties in swing states were tampered with, the whole administration is in danger of unraveling. Did someone steal the election? Are America's enemies involved? Were the tampered-with machines actually rigged to swing the election the other...
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Outland Entertainment
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2022.
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English
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WHEN THE MOTHER CLOCK SINGS
THE DRAGON TAKES WING...
The worst of her nightmares has finally come to pass: Raggy Maggy is thrown into the depths of the Pits, an underground labyrinth of caves filled with Rotters, lost Meridians, and forgotten Moon Children. Her allies promised they would come for her, but once the darkness closes in, it's hard to believe she will ever see a brighter future. Injured and desperate, Maggy follows the plan to uncover...
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Scholar of the occult and secret histories, John Michael Greer shines a light on 100 mysterious conspiracies and hidden societies throughout history, from Ancient Greece to the modern era. The Freemasons. The Satanic Hell-Fire Club. The Illuminati. This fascinating book delves into 100 mysterious conspiracies across time, ranging from secret societies that planned revolutions to underground groups with sometimes-nefarious agendas. Illustrated with...
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Mira
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"In an unthinkable flash, Emmy Fisher's fifteen-year-old daughter, Leah, seemingly drowns close to shore one summer night--at least that is what the police report says. In deep grief, Emmy needs time and courage before she can enter Leah's bedroom. But when she does, she finds something at first bewildering, then unspeakable, as she begins to understand the full implications... She uncovers evidence that Leah had been secretly involved with someone,...
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Vesuvian Books
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[2020]
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English
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"IT HAS BEEN SEVENTEEN YEARS since the Nine Veils abducted half of the Nenets children and their bonded Huahuqui from Antarctica. Despite years of searching by Jonathan Teller and the NSA, no one has heard from the clandestine organization, or the abductees. KJ Nilsson, the remaining children, and their Huahuqui-collectively known as the Stratum-have grown up in relative safety at Alpha Base in Antarctica. Thanks to the work of Lucy Taylor, now President...
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Open Road Media
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[2015]
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English
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With a foreword by Rex Bradford and a preface by Bill Simpich: From deep within American society emerged the plot that killed a president Beneath the orderly façade of the American government lies a complex network, only partly structural, linking Wall Street influence, corrupt bureaucracy, and the military-industrial complex. Here lies the true power of the American empire: This behind-the-scenes web is unelected, unaccountable, and immune to popular...
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Dreamland volume 16
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Harper
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[2015]
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English
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"Is there a traitor at Dreamland? When Muslim extremists are found with a mysterious UAV in the Malaysian part of Borneo, Colonel Danny Freah and his Whiplash team are sent to investigate. They discover that Dreamland's drone technology has been stolen. Who has betrayed them? China is rumored to be involved, as is Russia. But finding out who's really bankrolling the guerrillas means finding someone who knows combat UAVs inside and out. Someone with...
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HarperCollins
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[2010]
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English
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" Absolute Risk is the work of a talented writer who knows how to hook his readers from the opening line.---Richard North Patterson, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Witness A new star in the thriller firmament, Steven Gore brings back investigator Graham Gage for a second assignment (after Final Target) -- as Gage and his wife are caught up in the lethal machinations of a w orldwide financial plot rooted in China. Absolute Risk, like its...
10) Badger Games
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Grove Press
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[2007]
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English
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A criminal couple joins a nefarious underground organization in this novel full of "sharp characterization, vivid scenes, and offbeat humor" ( The Oregonian ). When anyone in the Detroit underworld hears the names Joe Service and Helen Sedlacek, they know lots of trouble -- and bullet-riddled bodies -- are sure to follow. That's why Joe and Helen are perfect recruits for the Lucani -- a group of rogue operatives, covert intelligence, and cold-blooded...
11) Burn factor
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Vince Flynn
Bright, young, and ambitious, Quinn Barry desperately wants to be an FBI agent, even as she programs databases in the basement of the J. Edgar Hoover Building. But Quinn's career -- and her life -- are about to change wildly. Testing a new program, Quinn's computer savvy turns up a mysterious DNA link among five gruesome murders. A link that the old FBI system had been carefully programmed...
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Open Road Media Teen & Tween
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[2015]
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English
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A young journalist uncovers what might be the world's biggest conspiracy-if only he can prove it For years, Chi Sandwith has written about things like alien abductions, puppet masters, and brainwashing. He's not a "conspiracy theorist" though-he's a serious journalist and a seeker of the Truth. When Chi meets a man who claims to be a former secret agent, it looks like evidence of a huge conspiracy has landed right in the reporter's lap. But can...
13) Julius Caesar
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Shakespeare's tragic tale of power, politics, friendship, and betrayal in ancient Rome. Julius Caesar is basking in the glow of military triumph -- but his friend Brutus has fallen in with a band of conspirators who argue that Caesar's ambitions may soon cast a pall of tyranny over Rome's people. Torn, Brutus finally agrees to pick up a knife and join in assassinating Caesar on the Ides of March. His act is driven by a fear of dictatorship and a desire...
14) Custom Built
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Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando brings you the thrilling first book in the Fast & Fury series, fully loaded with intense emotions and edge-of-your-seat suspense. After losing her job, saying goodbye to a lifelong dream and having an all-around cruddy year, Bronte Pierce needs a break. A job at Fast & Fury might be just the thing to reset her life, even though she knows nothing about custom motorcycles. But taking a job isn't the...
15) The Fallen
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
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2022.
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English
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From bastions of freedom... to fallen saints.
DSV, the elite secret service tasked with fighting Daedalus, the descendants of the Nazis, are winning. They have captured more of their agents and assets in the past six months than the last twenty years, and the plans for a Fourth Reich appear to be crumbling.
But all is not as it seems. A whistleblower has identified a mole high up in the DSV hierarchy. But more worrying still is the identity of that...
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HQN Books
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[2018]
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English
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From the author of Edge of Truth. "Packed with fast-paced action, treachery, deceit as well as redemptive love, this book never slows down." -RT Book Reviews
He can't outrun himself . . .
Legionnaire Jamie Armstrong lives in the shadows. A medic haunted by his mistakes, he knows better than to hope for redemption. But his latest mission brings a threat he doesn't see coming-an attraction as irresistible as it is dangerous. Hacker Samira Desta...
17) Falsely Accused
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"Discover an edge-of-your-seat read from New York Times bestselling author Shirlee McCoy, part of the FBI: Special Crimes Unit series. Proving her innocence means running for her life. Framed for her foster brother's murder, FBI special agent Wren Santino must clear her name--but someone's dead set on stopping her from finding the truth. Her estranged childhood friend, Titus Anderson, comes to her aid...but standing by her puts him in the killer's...
18) Hide and Seek
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Pelican Book Group
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[2013]
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English
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A computer security breach within a US defense contractor's firewalls leads investigators, Lee Brandt and beautiful, brilliant Jennifer Akihara, onto the cyber-turf of terrorists, where they are detected and targeted for elimination. Lee leads them on a desperate and prayer-filled flight for survival into the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Will Jennifer's pursuit of truth about the conspiracy, and the deepest issues of life, lead her into the...
19) Necrotech
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JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
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[2022]
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English
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K. C. Alexander begins their SINless duology with a novel hailed by New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig as "sci-fi that's slick, sharp and snarky…"
A filthy city, overpopulated and underregulated, with even less mercy than a rusted pipe to the eye.
For the saints that run it, it's called home.
Anybody with the right cred can score an upgrade, it's just a matter of who, what and how much. Good tech, bad tech, big tech, micro tech,...
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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""What is truth?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. -Francis Bacon Although Christians are followers of the Truth, many find themselves tempted by the alternate "truths" offered by conspiracy theories. Christianity and conspiracy theories have had a long, complicated relationshipages But today conspiracy theories are bringing our already polarized society to the brink of chaos. QAnon, the Big Lie, and anti-vaccination theories...
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