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Derek Phillips, a cutting edge programmer at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, is tasked to find out who is hacking into the lab’s secret files on “Harry”—one of the most advanced supercomputers in the world. His job is on the line. “Find the Intruder or seek a new career,” his demanding boss tells him. Derek is between a rock and a hard place when he meets a mysterious woman named Raven who is seeking a secret from the past. She is beautiful, and clever, and has serious computer skills. But who is she really and why does she turn up in his life just now? The answer ...

Eight year-old Fred gives up everything he has ever known when his family moves from Chicago to a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Culture shock ensues. When his father retires early, young Fred is forced to leave the ice cream shops, elevated trains, and bustling streets of suburban Chicago and move to a small farm in southwest Wisconsin. It is the beginning of a new life filled with adventure. There is a snake den under the back porch and the kitchen floor is covered with dead insects. There are snapping turtles to catch and farm animals to play with. There is also work to be done. Dad’s vision...

Modern Pirate Series A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. These are the stories of their days as smugglers and pirates working to make a living in the tough and dangerous sea going trades. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit. They also hunt for lost treasure in the Caribbean where so many ships have been lost over the centuries and their ...

Special Agent Alkiera 8 (Raven) of the Temporal Investigations Unit (TIU) is called back to the future date October 3, 3011 after a dastardly sneak attack on Earth colony installations. She is called to help in the secret reconnaissance of Luna military positions on the Moon. The Luna nation has begun an undeclared war to drive all earthlings from the Moon. Alkiera 8 must accompany a team of Special Forces to spy on Luna positions and learn what really happened during the attacks. They go back in time for spying missions. TIU special agent Derek 5 (Derek Phillips) travels forward in time to...

Dr. Grant Taylor leads a small contingent of Zona expedition survivors out of the forbidden land to St. Petersburg, Russia, where they undertake a new endeavor. They work with Boris Ustinov to create a protocol that will protect Zona from discovery by the outside world: Zona Foundation. They learn of a competing expedition that is determined to find Zona and exploit it for commercial purposes. Grant and Tamara Kostova, a soldier and friend, undertake the mission to infiltrate the opposing team and ensure that they do not find the secret land, by any means necessary. The mission is so ...

Set in the time of the Russian Revolution and the fall of an Empire, this is the epic story about how one man at the right place and the right time can change the course of history. A sweeping tale of human heroics and sacrifice as people make critical decisions under complex circumstances. Decisions that affect the trajectory of an empire and attempt to stave off the total collapse of a way of life. Will Russia and its people survive? Our protagonist Maxim Petrov rises to the challenge to secretly assist the tsar and his family. He gives his oath to take on the herculean task to preserve ...

It is 1971 and espionage is in the air in Soviet Russia. Lena Kristoff is a researcher in the economics department at Leningrad Technical Institute. While working on the highest priority project of the time, a computer model of the entire Soviet economic system, she is inadvertently recruited by the CIA. If she can smuggle a copy of top secret files to the West, she can help change her country’s totalitarian government and buy freedom for her family. Then she meets an American CIA courier named Eric Larson and they fall in love. Seizing an opportunity to copy the model files, she gives ...

A lost expedition. A mysterious woman. Rumors of exotic and deadly animals. A Russian spy. An unexplored region of Siberia. Direwolves. All these elements confront Dr. Grant Taylor when he is summoned to Saint Petersburg, Russia, to settle the estate of his explorer uncle, Randall Taylor, who has gone missing in Zona, a region of Siberia that doesn’t officially exist. Drawn into intrigue by his green-eyed lover, Grant finds himself on a recovery expedition to search for his uncle in a land of unknown dangers with people he cannot trust. Part adventure thriller, part speculative fiction, ...

“Baker’s (An Imperfect Crime, 2018, etc.) images are rich . . . The book’s pacing is superb, starting out strong with the gunfight . . . Timeliness of content stands out . . . A resonant, character-driven mystery.” — Kirkus Reviews A cop murdered, a sanctuary violated, a contract out on Sanchez’s head. . . . In this second novel in the Detective Sanchez/Father Montero Mystery series, a nighttime drug bust in Phoenix turns deadly. Police Captain Ronald Gurvy shoots it out with gang boss Roberto Gomez and both men are killed. Detective Lori Sanchez is first on the scene and hears ...

Modern Pirate Series of eBook shorts: A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit. Each story reveals more about the pirate, his crew, their adventures, and secret missions. Grenada Blood & Nazi Treasure Alex and Chen dive into a sunken Nazi submarine abandoned after the World War II and find ...

These are dangerous times in Zona as Grant Taylor leads the humans who survived the expedition to winter quarters deep in the core of the crater. Winter arrives as the sabertooth lions begin their campaign to overtake the entirety of Zona’s lands. They have a surprising new weapon that they use to defeat the dire wolf fighters in numerous pitched battles and skirmishes that threaten to drive the dire wolves from their high meadows and forests. King Warmdor asks the humans to join forces and protect the land they all love and to prevent the fall of the dire wolf Kingdom of Zona. No one can...

Seizing the Tiger It’s 1996 and Alex the Pirate hates having his smuggled goods ripped off on the high seas. Colonel Le, another pirate, got the drop on him and he is vastly outgunned in his wooden-hulled tongkang in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand. Le smirks as he steals Alex’s valuable cargo and powers away to leave Alex and crew drifting on their damaged craft at sea. Alex and his friend Diego know that vengeance is a dish best served cold. Le will pay for his treachery—the hard way. And maybe they will seize the cutthroat’s prize boat—the one they call the Tiger. The first ...

Roanoke Alex pursues Spanish gold sunken near the Lost Colony at Roanoke Island in North Carolina. He convinces his archeologist friend Sydney to help him track it down. They discover that early Spanish sailing routes may explain what happened to the settlers of the island. Alex and Sydney find they have more in common than work.

The Silver Knight Alex and crew capture a multimillion-dollar sailing yacht and hold it for ransom. The wife and daughter of well-known billionaire Victor Spartos are held as collateral while Alex negotiates the ransom. Spartos refuses to meet the demands and Alex resorts to other measures to make him comply. Mouth of the Dragon While smuggling humanitarian aid and medical supplies into Venezuela, Alex and Diego find a boat full of refugees trying to flee the horrors of Venezuela and sail to Trinidad for safety. The refugees are ill-prepared for the voyage as a storm threatens to overwhelm ...

Chachalaka Sunrise and The White Stone Alex and friends pursue the legend of the white stone that fell from the sky in ancient Yucatan. Chachalaka Sunrise tells the story of the stone coming to earth and how it served as the power behind a lost civilization. The stone was said to have strange powers that could corrupt anyone who possessed it. The White Stone tells the modern story of how Alex and company travel to Play del Carmen in search of the legendary object.

Modern Pirate Series A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and the freedom of the sea. These are the stories of their early days as smugglers and pirates working to make a living in the tough and dangerous sea going trades. From their home base in Malaysia during the treacherous 1990s, they smuggle high tech goods into Vietnam and Cambodia while carrying freedom seeking exiles from those lands to safer shores. Later, Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for...

The MMHP989 brings together every style of Michigan Music, its history and backstory with detail. Featuring Dr. J (Gary Johnson) and Sir Fred (Fred Reif), Archivist/Wingman Mike Beattie, along with host, musician/journalist Scott Baker

Born just before the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Con James Baker lived long enough to see men land on the moon. He saw firsthand the horrors of the First World War, thrived in Chicago during the Roaring Twenties, and in so doing, rubbed elbows with gangsters. Throughout those changing times, he maintained his desire for adventure and his sense of optimism about the future. This is his story.

A snowy mountain rescue, wild horse rustling, grizzly bear mischief, a liquor store robbery in a small town, the lighter side of mountain living, and lost cattle. Tales of the Modern West is a collection of ten stories set in the Rocky Mountain West. They feature memorable people who populate the western states today and in the recent past. Read how Sergeant Hardy Harris, US Marine Corps, now retired, and his faithful canine companion, Old Blue, a personable Basset hound, save a bus full of Cub Scouts one winter. The pair returns to help round up rustlers stealing wild Mustangs from ...

Secret meetings in the Desert…Corporations and Cartels. Detective Lori Sanchez killed the son of a Cartel kingpin during a police raid near Phoenix. Now the kingpin wants retribution against her. He sends a world-class assassin to carry out a sinister plan. Guillermo Montero is forced to give up his career as a prison counselor. He accepts his first consulting job to organize a high-tech conference in a remote desert location. The conference is a cover for secret meetings between four chip companies that will develop a cutting-edge computing technology. Sanchez is in charge of security ...