Europe in the Cold War years was a dangerous place for Harold Bronson and his buddies, draftees commandeered into espionage and counterintelligence. Their low echelon escapades take them to Berlin, Ulm, the South of France, and Zurich. Bronson chooses this time of his life to explore a personal coming out, creating secrets within secrets in a disapproving military. In his off-time, Bronson paints portraits of the other denizens of Schloss Issel, earning money for trips and adventures to Paris and Nice. Always on the edge of life, he taunts the higher-ups with a light-hearted acceptance of life in the spy world of 1957. Real danger is further off from his circle at the Schloss, but it is an insistent melody they can always hear. Other books by DOUGLAS ATWILL, all from Sunstone Press, are “Imperial Yellow,” “The Galisteo Escarpment” and “Why I Won’t Be Going To Lunch Anymore.” Atwill lives in Santa Fe, painting New Mexico landscapes and gardens from his studio on the city’s Eastside.

Dialo and Pancho Mercias are brothers from Portsmouth, Virginia. Their father taught them the family businessdrug-dealingbut theyve taken it further than he ever imagined. The operation started small, just in their hometown, but soon it grew to include all the seven cities of the Tidewater area of Virginia. It became almost too much for them to handle. The boys do things they dont always like. For instance, they kill people in cold blood, all in the name of money. Dialo starts getting involved with some legit businesses in the hopes of someday leaving the drug trade behind. Meanwhile, his little brother looks forward to getting Dialo out of the way and maybe one day becoming a kingpin. Just as Dialo is ready to step aside, Pancho gets in big trouble with a rival drug-dealer, and things turn nasty. Blood covers the streets, and a full-blown war is underway. Dialo may have to give up on his dreams of being an honest businessman to save his brother. Old habits die hard as they enter the brawl, and someone may end up dead.

Tomonori had been running for about a year, one eye to the road, the other to his back. The martial arts expert and serial killer who killed his parents back in California hunt him for the information he has. He sends his men armed with their assault rifles and their willingness to eliminate anyone to get to him, Tomonori fights back with his sword and his ingenuity. Along the way, the FBI put him on the top of their Top Ten list for killing four of their agents, and he disappeared into Florida, assuming the name Jason, trying to get some normality back into his life by trying to finish his last year of high school. He never counted on meeting Brian and his Mom, a shattered family about to lose their home and what's left of their dignity. Brian is just your average teenager, trying to figure out how to survive in a life that is getting more out of control. As he is drawn into Jason's world, he discovers that things are not as they seem, and the monster that haunts his friend is now coming after him.

Barnaby Lorson has just been dumped by his girlfriend. All of his friends and family have advised him to move on. Barnaby does not want to move on.Barnaby want her back.

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STEP INSIDE THE DARK ACADEMIA NOVEL WHICH HAS EVERYONE TALKING THIS SPOOKY SEASON PERFECT FOR FANS OF LEIGH BARDUGO’S NINTH HOUSE AND NETFLIX'S WEDNESDAY An elite academy. A secret society. A sister who will stop at nothing to discover the truth. A deliciously dark and atmospheric read. I tore through this gothic tale of a sister's love and the monsters she will face to unearth the shocking truth - Frances White, Sunday Times bestselling author of Voyage of the Damned 'Eerie, intense, and mysterious with immersive world building and mythology. The fast pace kept me turning pages, and I’d follow Jae pretty much anywhere' Stacia Stark, bestselling author of the Kingdom of Lies series --- Hell is empty and all the devils are at Ravenswood Academy . . . Mourning the sudden death of her sister, Andy Emmerson knows she must come to terms with a life without Violet. But on the day of the funeral Andy is shocked to discover one thing: the person in that casket is not her sister. Is Violet alive? Convinced her sister's elite boarding school is covering up the truth, Andy enrols at Ravenswood Academy to discover what really happened and find Violet. The school is as beautiful and haunting as the students within it and Andy learns that it's not just good grades that drives these pupils. Something much darker is at play. After discovering a cryptic note from her sister, Andy must follow a set of clues to unlock the truth. This will bring her into contact with secret societies, ancient magic, demons and monsters. And a charming senior named Jae Han who has his own reasons for finding out what happened to Violet . . . Soon Andy realizes the price she must pay to bring her sister home is darker and more dangerous than she ever could have imagined. --- Readers are loving All The Devils 'Wow, wow, wowwwww!!! I did not expect how this book was going to play out, I couldn’t put the book down' 5 ***** Reader Review ‘I have read almost every dark academia or dark academia adjacent book and All The Devils was SOOO refreshing. The romance, the storyline, the plot. I practically devoured it!’ 5 ***** Reader Review ‘Dark academic? Witchy vibes? Art history? Sprinkle of romance? All a recipe for a 5* read in my opinion. The characters and the scenery were all exquisitely, especially when we went to the Underworld. The twists just kept coming when it came to Jae and I spent a good deal of time picking my jaw up off the floor' 5 ***** Reader Review 'If you love dark academia, secret societies and the supernatural then this book is perfect for you. I adored this book and won’t be forgetting it anytime soon' 5 ***** Reader Review

This multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear. To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would “provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights very bright and play music or seek the company of others to dispel the fear.” Mission accomplished. The resulting collection draws together some of the most powerful voices in the field: Pat Cadigan, Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Glen Hirshberg, K. W. Jeter, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lucius Shepard, to name a few. Each author approaches fear in a different way, but all of the stories’ characters toil within their own hell. Winner of the 2008 World Fantasy Award, International Horror Guild Award, and Shirley Jackson Award for Best Anthology.

Shooting competition with a hair trigger .357 and skeet as a teenager, she rarely missed. Taking martial arts classes since she was in her early twenties. Doing brutal work outs at the gym and taking kickboxing. These are only a few reasons why Alexis Sinclair, RN, was recruited to protect the babies that are being slaughtered and that could be responsible for our future world peace. God does not give do overs; you only have this one life to live and she wants to make it count. Alexis Sinclair left her broken family behind to find her purpose in life. She felt she was wasting the life He had graced her with and that He had a plan for her. She thought it was going to be a simple life working in the pediatric unit as an RN. She never dreamed that her life, up until now, was preparing her for this new life of danger and sacrifice. She had no idea how this new life would change her. On blind faith she has accepted the recruitment as a \protector\" of the special babies. Being best friends with her kickboxing instructor/ER doctor is making it difficult to keep her current missions and her past a secret from him.