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Branigan's New York City upbringing by middle class, immigrant parents starkly contrasts with Arsalan Fattal's Lebanese childhood. The son of an Israeli mother and Irish father, Branigan was raised to honor and protect American freedom and security; raised in Lebanon by his radicalized Muslim uncle who became his adoptive father, Arsalan's mission threatened everything Branigan revered.
Enter A'dab Alam a-Din. Her life was horrifically altered...
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This is what I know:
My name is Angel.
My age is fourteen (I think).
I have an X-shaped scar on my face, always have.
My hair color is blond, and my eyes are blue.
I have migraines, and they give me nightmares.
These are the facts, pure and simple. But nothing is simple in Angel's life when a student ends up dead. Now, more than ever, it is crucial for her to blend in. But when her every move is being watched and tested; will Angel make it through...
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The United States political climate is prime for attack from enemies outside and within.
Two of the world's most dangerous "Axis of Evil," Iran and North Korea, coordinate
a nuclear missile attack designed to drive the United States to its knees. Embedded
groups of coordinated and well-trained terrorist leaders lie waiting throughout the United
States. One group of radicals attacks Washington, DC with a truck bomb to start the war.
Orders sent...
4) Lesson Plan
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The clues to stopping a multiphase assassination plot against the president and his family are inside a high school lesson plan.
Renegade CIA operative Reid Mathews goes undercover in the unlikeliest place, a high school in the president's hometown. When his ex-fiancé and FBI Agent Kelly Casey's investigation of a US congressman leads her down the same dark path, they must work together to swiftly and tactfully untangle a political web of lies that...
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The third book in Ty Humburd's Macabre Universe Series, The Casket Maker, is a bone-chilling story that's sure to give you nightmares, including his combined story "The Slaughter of Ravens."
Seth Night is a young man who's planning for a better future in the city of Mors Falls. But when he arrives, he begins to notice a dark side to the city, including his employer Charles Phobos who owns a casket company. Seth's life continues to change dramatically...
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Riley Jacobson was a normal twentysomething, trying to get his life in order. However, he was haunted by a dream from his childhood. A dream with two crimson eyes peering into his soul telling him that he could "see." It felt too real, lingering with him throughout the years. Having squandered his youth on unimportant things, Riley decided to enroll in college and finally get a journalism degree. Upon arriving at college, he reconnected with his longtime...
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Being the product of heroin-addicted parents, Caron Tucker's childhood was far less than ideal. Her parents had a seemingly endless supply of drugs that left her on her own to fend for herself from an early age. Suffering violent, personal attacks for years causes Caron to take self-defense courses which later help her land her dream job.
Shelly Carson's story is a little different though equally incredulous. She was shuffled through foster homes...
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This story follows two young critical care nurses, their friends and family, their loves and the patients they care for. The self-described 'BFF's', although polar opposites, find themselves caring for their beautiful dance instructor (Eve) after she is violently assaulted and then become the obsession of her attacker. They must fight to save her life as well as their own.
Eve's attack brings back memories of a case from six years ago. A mother and...
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There is a war going on. A war between the dominant power, the undisputed victor of the Cold War and the richest country in the world, versus the ascending power, the most populous nation on the earth that wishes to claim a place in the world order. This war is not fought by their armed forces on the battlefields, with missiles in the air, or navies on the open seas. No, instead it is fought by nerds and wonks in research labs, in patent offices and...
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All Marlene ever wanted in life was to just blend in and be left the hell alone. Ambiguity was a jealous lover. The city of North Bank and the thing that creeps under the city had different plans for her. Take a ride through the historical dark side of her chosen city. A city that is both evil and beautiful. See the rise and fall of North Bank through the eyes of Marlene Bartnik as she realizes that survival is the goal of her never-ending life, and...
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Skye Maxwell is a prominent, savvy young scientist whose ingenuity is recognized and used for ill-gotten gains. Joined by those closest to her heart, they journey from the east coast to boldly trek through the fierce terrain of the Alaskan wilderness. International world destruction is set in motion by a psychopath, but as bonds deepen and love connections flourish, a family is willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice to save humanity and their loved...
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Ex-FBI special agent Ben Hawkins relentlessly tracks two killers wreaking havoc across the country but has to face off against the darkness roiling inside him. His compulsions drive him to the brink of losing his job as task force head before he barely has the chance to get going.
One of the killers he pursues, Sammy Gill, is on a hunt of his own to avenge the recent murder of his family. The pressing challenge to that mission is the small matter...
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What happens when the person you thought you were, the family you called your own, the cathedral across the street, and the house in which you now reside hold so many secrets it would take divine intervention to know what is a lie and what is truth? In the edge of his seat, behind every dark corner, under the floors, in the past, Robert Webber would find his reality! His very existence is largely because of St. Peter's. His childhood priest, Father...
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Two decaying bodies buried in shallow graves are uncovered while workers are excavating for a parking lot in DeKalb, Mississippi. Were these the murdered teenagers, whose deaths led an American president to reconsider his policies to reconstruct a war-torn nation, or were these the bodies of two teenagers running from a vengeful father because of an unwanted pregnancy? Would the answer lie in the dark recesses of an elderly woman's mind, which had...
15) Volition
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Rick and Darren are two brothers from Seat Pleasant, Maryland, who are both putting in their top efforts to do something major with what they have to offer. Rick (Hype), also the narrator, is a high school basketball star that has more than enough talent to go to the NBA. His older brother, Darren, who goes by the name Cash, is a street entrepreneur, to be politically correct. Intrigued by the money and respect that Cash had, Hype felt it was more...
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Explosive and riveting!
"The story moves at a steady clip thanks to brutal and concise confrontations. A riveting but grim and unflinching tale of two assassins."
--Kirkus Reviews
In this dark thriller, gifted but disgraced former FBI special agent Ben Hawkins has a chance to redeem himself when he takes over an organized crime task force. He soon faces two lethal killers unleashing a spree of terror across the country. One of his...
17) Blue Raven
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A Suspenseful Crime-Thriller
When nefarious, acts upon a young girl, start off a series of events while defining herself as a woman....
As she intersects with others, who have suffered similar circumstances, it sparks within her a new sense of hope and enlightenment, to make a change through justice.
18) No Goodbyes
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Michael Graman is a middle-aged attorney with a life that never lived up to his dreams. He has a struggling practice, a failing marriage, and his youth is gone. Against his better judgment, Michael accepts a mysterious new client who offers him a chance at fast money. But Michael soon finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, revenge, and murder that threatens to destroy him and everyone he loves.
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Synopsis for Five Stethoscopes, 6 Secrets by Rose Mary Stiffin, PhD
Six women's paths cross in medical school as five of them strive to become medical doctors, sometimes against all odds. Each one must succeed, and their mentor must ensure their success. But, each one of them carries a secret. Everyone has a secret. Some are innocuous; others are far-reaching and can cross both moral and ethical lines.
Meet six women living in Lincoln, Nebraska,...
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Were the four hoodlums at CAMP 2020 victims of accidental deaths, suicide, or were they murdered?
It's 1978 in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Captain John Goode has set up a strictly run camp for teenage criminals--societal rejects. Goode's program has had moderate successes with turning troubled boys around, until one kid after another are found dead on the strongly controlled grounds.
It soon becomes obvious...
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