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Identity Theft, Second Edition is an update to the award-winning book that follows Stanford professor Debra Meyerson’s journey to recover from a severe stroke that initially left her physically incapacitated and unable to speak. In addition to providing realistic expectations for the hard work needed to regain everyday capabilities, Meyerson and Zuckerman focus on the less frequently documented–but equally critical–emotional journey as she and her family rebuild identity in recovery.

Harrow’s Bend was ready to celebrate its future—until a construction project became an exhumation. The discovery of multiple female remains turns a long-promised civic development into a crime scene and exposes a twenty-year pattern of disappearances no one wanted to track. When true-crime podcaster Kara Ellison digs into what the town buried, the past resurfaces with lethal consequences—and the old roadhouse where she records feels a little too attentive. In Harrow’s Bend, the dead don’t stay buried—and asking the wrong questions can get you killed.

THE PSYCHICS HIDING IN BANYON CREEK NEVER SAW IT COMING. Their safe haven didn't just burn—it was erased. Only two survived. She has the gift—He has yet to discover his. They tried to move on. They tried to forget. But some places don’t stay dead. Now the same hands that lit the match are back to finish the job — and the survivors are the loose ends. To stop them, they must return to the ashes and follow a trail of buried secrets and quiet lies to the truth… Before their luck runs out. Before the past finishes what it started. Ghosts of Banyon Creek is a dark small-town thriller ...

An ancient relic. A broke detective. A woman who isn’t entirely human. Private Investigator Mark Tonnick is on a dead-end surveillance job when a stranger hijacks his stakeout — and his future. Delinda Djinn is brilliant. Ageless. Dangerous. And she’s offering cash Tonnick desperately needs. All he has to do is find a missing man tied to a relic that traces back to King Solomon. Tonnick doesn’t believe in magic. But he’s about to. What begins as a routine missing-person case explodes into a supernatural conspiracy involving ancient mythology, modern killers, and a cursed artifact ...

MAD JACK: SPACE MARINE He’s been rebuilt, betrayed, shot, stabbed, and set on fire—and that was just last week. Mad Jack is the Accord’s worst-kept secret: a combat-tested operative with a bad habit of surviving missions that should’ve ended in body bags. When the galaxy’s first alien emissaries arrive claiming peace, Jack’s the only one who smells a setup—and the only one crazy enough to stop it. What follows is a trail of sabotage, clones, psychic warfare, and something called a Seedmother (trust us, you don’t want to know). And when a rift capable of swallowing entire ...

The Black Box A groundbreaking invention. A ruthless conspiracy. And the young genius caught in between. Theo Wexler is a brilliant young inventor who’s just created the impossible—a device that draws energy from carbon dioxide, offering limitless clean power and a chance to reverse climate collapse. But instead of changing the world, Theo becomes its most wanted fugitive. Refusing to sell his invention to Aeon Utilities—a mega-corporation entangled in political influence and dirty money—Theo becomes the target of a deadly campaign to seize the tech by force. On the run with Miri ...

Attention all readers! Get ready for an intense ride. When Nolan Powers and his classmates are relocated to a former army base in the middle of nowhere, the teens have no choice but to deal with their personal issues while their parents are recruited to solve a series of bizarre incidents. Giant reptiles, appearing more dead than alive, are wreaking havoc before disappearing without a trace. But just when the teens think they have enough drama, the unexpected happens, forcing Nolan and his classmates to work together in order to survive. If you loved "Jurassic Park," you won't want to miss ...

SOME ECHOES WILL KILL TO REMAIN UNHEARD Kara Ellison makes her living listening between the lines. As the meticulous producer of a hit true-crime podcast, she trusts room tone and paper trails more than ghost stories. But when her beloved Aunt Violet dies unexpectedly, leaving Kara an old mountain roadhouse, Kara heads back to the tiny town of Harrow’s Bend for what she thinks will be a quick visit—and a quick sale. When she finds a letter hinting that her mother’s fatal crash on Blackwitch Road wasn’t an accident, she turns on her microphones, only to find that some echoes will ...

Confrontation-Book six in the ALIEN ROADKILL series is the thrilling conclusion to the "first season." With time running out before Har-Kankar destroys Earth and its solar system, JB finds himself tested like never before. Now having learned that the Har's goals are more sinister than he could ever imagine, he has no choice but to put his fate into the hands of an alien ally–a being he neither trusts nor believes. From the forgotten tunnels under the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the vast reaches of space, JB's newest and most exciting adventures might prove to be his last. Find ...

Six Books. One Accident. A Transformation No One Saw Coming. JB Tucker wasn’t a hero. He was a heavy-drinking, pill-chasing wreck hiding out in a decaying trailer deep in the Great Dismal Swamp. Nights were spent tearing down old logging roads — drunk, reckless, and trying to outrun himself. Until he ran over something that shouldn’t have been there. The body wasn’t human. The technology inside it wasn’t dead. And it needed a host. By morning, JB was sober. He was healed. And he was no longer entirely alone inside his own body. The alien nanotech that bonded with him was never ...

Some clients knock on your door. Others leave encrypted voicemails. This one? It never showed up at all. Mark Tonnick thought he’d seen everything—until he’s hired to investigate a murder no one’s supposed to know about, by a witness who might not even exist. No name. No motive. No body on record. As Tonnick peels back the layers of the mystery, he’s joined by his unlikely partner: Delinda Djinn, an ageless, magical being—and the object of his affection. Together, they uncover a conspiracy that ties a powerful tech firm to a string of impossible deaths, and a haunted ...

Here we go again! Fortune has smiled on savvy private investigator Mark Tonnick. On retainer with the mega-telecommunication conglomerate AC&C, he is happily drawing a steady check doing background checks and other mundane chores. All that changes when he is suddenly tasked to solve an extraordinary case—one with supernatural overtones and a potentially deadly outcome. Tonnick, along with the object of his unrequited desire, Delinda Djinn, once again plunges into danger, attempting to unravel how an AC&C optical cable was discovered on sacred Native American land. In addition to being a ...

Book Five in the Djinn and Tonnick Mystery Series Private detective Mark Tonnick finds himself entangled in a web of complex mysteries and supernatural dangers. When Brent Todd, a figure from Tonnick's past, makes a startling reappearance from the afterlife, he issues a chilling ultimatum: Tonnick must unearth evidence to exonerate a man wrongfully convicted of murder or face being haunted for eternity. At the same time, Tonnick and his partner, Delinda Djinn, are thrust into what could be their most dangerous case yet—a fresh murder investigation that pulls them deep into the heart of an...

HE’S AT IT AGAIN! Private detective Mark Tonnick’s seemingly routine case turns into a double murder. Could they possibly be connected to the recent attempts on his life? Or what about the stolen Hollywood feature film he’s looking for? While he’s busy unraveling all that, an ancient and unspeakable evil emerges from its magical prison—intent on revenge. As the imminent danger converges on Tonnick and his associates, he discovers Delinda Djinn isn’t the last of her kind after all. Still, their choice is a simple one. Put the other genie back in the bottle, or become its latest ...

Homecoming–Book two in the ALIEN ROADKILL series. On the run, JB Tucker has learned that the alien tech inside his bloodstream has placed him squarely in the middle of an intergalactic conflict between two powerful and conflicting off-world factions. While he’s been approached by one of them to disrupt the other’s intentions on Earth, JB still has no idea what’s at stake other than his own survival. But, the more he discovers about the sub-molecular, autonomous robots inside him, the more dangerous he has become to the aliens who relentlessly seek his destruction. After another ...

Betrayal–Book five in the ALIEN ROADKILL series. After JB uncovers the true nature of Har-Kankar's mission on Earth, he continues his seemingly hopeless quest to stop them. But before he can do that, he has to cope with his rewired brain and survive the constant alien attempts on his life. As the FBI closes in, he finds himself in the Black Hills of North Carolina, where the aliens are staging their first attack on the small, rural community of Muntburg. To save them all, JB must use every advantage his Sawbonites—the tiny, autonomous alien tech in his body, can provide. More than ever ...

Hunted by aliens, a down-and-out country boy must rely on an unlikely ally to save himself and becomes entangled in an intergalactic conflict that could alter the fate of the entire universe. Accidentally infected with tiny, autonomous alien tech, JB Tucker flees the off-worlders ruthlessly intent on retrieving their stolen technology and his utter destruction. Soon he finds himself thrust into the center of an intergalactic conflict that he can neither comprehend nor escape. To save the planet, he’ll have to save himself first. On the run, barely one step ahead of his alien pursuers, ...

THE VINDICTIVE VINES Mark Tonnick and Delinda Djinn hunt for a killer with a taste for Wine and Homicide. A Napa Valley winery owned by Tonnick’s main client is about to go bust for reasons no one seems to understand. Between the dubious history of the vineyards, the mysterious wine caves and the picturesque tasting room built on the stones of a cursed castle, Djinn and Tonnick are about to uncork all the murder and mayhem they can handle.

Blowback–Book four in the ALIEN ROADKILL series. Guided by the tiny alien tech coursing through his body, JB continues his mission to strike back at the aliens who relentlessly pursue him. In the Black Mountains of North Carolina, he searches for hints of an alien base on Earth while struggling to survive attacks by the off-worlders and others attempting to stop him. What JB encounters is much more than what he bargained for—as he discovers that the stakes are not only incredibly high but far beyond what he could have ever imagined.

Realization–Book three in the ALIEN ROADKILL series. JB Tucker, infected with alien tech and desperate for answers, seeks out “Mad Marvin,” a reclusive old man who might have valuable information about the off-worlders who relentlessly seek JB’s destruction. With Marvin’s help, JB begins to unravel more alien mysteries, including the sub-molecular robots coursing through his body. Shockingly, JB discovers Marvin is hiding what could be the biggest secret of all. One that could bring JB closer than ever to uncovering the true extent of the alien threat. Meanwhile, the authorities ...