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Left to die on a volcanic world by the Skrull, McGill and his mercenaries face waves of missile attacks with nowhere to hide. When the Skrull seal themselves inside an impenetrable energy dome, McGill knows he has to get creative. Even if that means sabotaging alien power plants, blackmailing his superior officers, and using his own troops as bait in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

For warehouse supervisor Mark Jenkins, scoring a reservation at The Gilded Fork was supposed to be the ultimate anniversary gift. It Is the city’s most exclusive dining experience—a place of velvet banquettes, crystal chandeliers, and a waitlist a year long. But beneath the culinary mystery lies a secret far darker than a ruined meal.

In the 2030s, the era of Putin and Xi ended, not with a bang, but in a poisoned whisper. In their place, new leaders emerged—charismatic, technocratic, and unflinchingly bold. As Russia and China purged their past, crushing the oligarchy, an alliance for future control emerged. Rare earth minerals had become the currency of the 21st century—whoever controlled them would dominate the future. From energy to data centers, microchips to autonomous weapons, all the world powers raced to see who would come out on top.

Cha Joon, an astute NEO expert, uncovers a web of corruption that threatens the safety of the vulnerable at a FEMA camp, only to discover that saving those he cares about could cost him everything. Nick Alvarez fights against the suffocating confines of a detention camp, desperate to escape with Riley and reunite with his estranged family as he battles both internal conflict and external threats.

Humans’ ignorance carries no sin. But the Humerians’ sin unleashes destructive forces, unpredictable chaos, and consequences that ripple outward, unseen and unforgiving. Alex’s activation process has already begun. His past no longer exists the way he once knew it. After finally accepting his fate, he leaves home for college in a different district, where his trust in the Humerians is tested in ways he never imagined. With only fragments of reality guiding him, every choice becomes a trial. Every misstep delays his activation. Every correct move accelerates it. It is a game he must ...

A solar flare wipes out power across the Arctic outpost where Jenna and her team are stationed. Cut off from the world, with the cold closing in and something stalking the perimeter, survival means more than just staying warm. It means facing what's out there.

Christopher Snow is different from all the other residents of Moonlight Bay, different from anyone you’ve ever met. For Christopher Snow has made his peace with a very rare genetic disorder that leaves him dangerously vulnerable to light. His life is filled with the fascinating rituals of one who must embrace the dark. Then he witnesses a series of disturbing incidents that sweep him into a violent mystery only he can solve, a mystery that will force him to rise above all fears and confront the many-layered secrets of Moonlight Bay and its strange inhabitants.

Freeman is a genius with an uncommon mixture of memory, intelligence and creativity. He lives in a worldwide utopia, but it was not always so. There was a time known as the Grind—when Freeman’s people lived as slaves to another race referred to simply as “Master.” They were property. But a civil rights movement emerged. Change seemed near, but the Masters refused to bend. Instead, they declared war. And lost. Now, the freed world is threatened by a virus, spread through bites, sweeping through the population.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like Upgrade.”—The New York Times Book Review “You don’t so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.”—DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author...

From New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield comes this exceptional thriller and "exciting journey" into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race (Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary).1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. Three...

The Campus has been discovered. And whoever knows they exist knows they can be destroyed. Meanwhile, President Jack Ryan has been swept back into the Oval Office - and his wisdom and courage are needed more desperately than ever. Internal political and economic strife has pushed the leadership of China to the edge of disaster. And those who wish to consolidate their power are using the opportunity to strike at long-desired Taiwan, as well as the Americans who have protected the tiny nation.

In an age of political unrest, one man aims to bring the government to its knees—and there's only one agent who can stop him. Wealthy political radical John Wright has taken aim at the US government, believing that only he can make things right. State Department Agent John Graves has been watching Wright for months, studying him, gathering intel, trying to determine his next move before he makes it. Now, after hacking a government computer for secret files and stealing a shipment of VZ nerve gas, a binary agent, Wright has gathered everything he needs to unleash mass destruction.

Indiana Jones meets The X-Files in this thrilling, globe-spanning adventure about the greatest treasure hunt of all time—where ancient secrets collide with cutting-edge technology. In the high-stakes world of ancient artifacts and clandestine organizations, a trio of unlikely misfits are drafted into a desperate race to prevent the assembly of a long lost device.

Beneath the calm hum of America’s power grids, a new kind of weapon is awakening. When a self-learning piece of code—Phantom—is planted deep inside the nation’s critical infrastructure, it lies dormant, invisible, and patient. Until the day it is called to life. Max Shaw, a brilliant but battle-worn cybersecurity leader at the National Infrastructure Protection Agency, has spent years defending systems most people never see. But when the grid flickers and a single word appears across his screen—PHANTOM: AWAKE—he and his team realize the enemy is already inside.

Caught up in a series of hideous headline-generating crimes, Will Stewart questions whether to reveal himself or allow innocent lives to be lost. An old enemy surfaces. A vile night stalker poses a threat. And helping Andy determine the fate of a missing Essex police officer while testing the side effects of "the other thing" pushes Will to the edge...until he's accused of a crime he DID commit.

What would you do if you watched your mother burn alive—believing it was an accident—only to discover years later it was murder? Haunted by that night, nineteen-year-old Dylan Kar has never stopped searching for answers. When he uncovers a hidden piece of technology called Eagle Eye—a secret surveillance weapon capable of exposing anyone—it turns his search for truth into a war against the world’s most powerful killers. But the deeper he goes, the more it opens a doorway into a nightmare he can’t escape.

Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So violent that he often blacks out when they take hold. Shortly after severely beating two men during an episode, the police escort Benson to a Los Angeles hospital for treatment. There, Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, is convinced he can cure Benson with an experimental procedure that would place electrodes deep in his brain's pleasure centers.

In 1992, at the dawn of the age of technology, disgraced ex-game show host Manny di Martini schemes for a comeback with a deep-sea television special in the South Pacific. He quickly finds himself in over his head, attracting the attention of a cosmic being who will lead Manny to a television broadcast event much bigger than the entire planet bargained for: evidence of a slumbering alien in a ruined city at the bottom of the ocean. One look at the monster on TV, and humans collectively freak out.

Dive into the electrifying conclusion of The Long Night Saga with The Long Dawn, Book 3 by Alex Bueno. Following the harrowing events of The Long Night and The Long Way Home, the fight for survival intensifies as John Winter, his family, their community, and the entire country face unprecedented threats in a world irrevocably changed. John and his son, Jack Winter, are on the verge of reaching home, eager to reunite with John’s wife, Emily, and their daughter, Sarah. Their long journey from Orlando, where they were when the EMP struck, to their home in Tampa has been fraught with peril, ...

Who really pulls the trigger in war? The Third World War: A Terrifying Novel of Global Ruin is a relentless military thriller that plunges readers into a chillingly plausible scenario of global warfare. With flashpoints erupting across Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific, author Humphrey Hawksley crafts a terrifying mosaic of espionage, military brinkmanship, and diplomatic collapse. From the devastated ruins of Delhi to the tense war rooms of Washington, Pyongyang, and Tokyo, world leaders navigate a tightening noose of chaos as alliances fracture and rivalries ignite. At the heart of ...