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It is 1954, but not the same way the history books would have it. Events and characters swirl in a vortex of fragments and chance connections. Brisbane celebrates the young Queen Elizabeth II's arrival on her first royal tour of the commonwealth. Meanwhile the future is being shaped behind closed doors, laying the foundations for the 21st century...

Ex-Special forces Hugo Xavier and his team are catapulted into action when a deadly robbery takes place in Denmark. The thieves escape with a next-generation drone and the hunt is on to prevent an even deadlier attack to take place. At the same time, the secret Shadow Council sees an opportunity to gain more power as Hugo hunts those responsible.

Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque countryside town. What Alex doesn't know is that in moving, Priya is running from her past—from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to Prakash have been successfully severed, decides it’s once more safe to establish an online presence. In no time, Prakash discovers Priya online and contacts her.

Eugénie Valier, héritière déclinante d'un grand groupe industriel, se résigne quant à elle à une mort prochaine. Et puisque l'humanité court à sa perte, elle décide de démanteler l'empire érigé par son père au lieu de le léguer à son fils. L'intégralité de sa fortune ira à une fondation destinée à nettoyer les “trash vortex”, ces vastes tourbillons marins qui charrient tous les déchets dérivant à la surface des océans. Mais cette mission, a priori vertueuse, sert en fait un projet de liquidation générale, auquel se mêle un inavouable règlement de comptes familial.

Polar Vortex is a seductive and tension-filled novel about Priya and Alex, a lesbian couple who left the big city to relocate to a bucolic countryside community. It seemed like a good way to leave their past behind and cement their newish, later-in-life relationship. But there's leaving the past behind - and then there's running away from awkward histories.

After the cataclysm known as The Last Stand, humanity fled to the stars. Earth has now been lost to the Gimfa, giant alien creatures bent on destruction and chaos. The benevolent Galactic Alliance gave humanity a colony world—Lewa—to call our own, but they have given humanity one condition: our Guardians must remain unarmed as they aren’t allowed to join the elite Alliance Corps military force.

An orphaned teen with the ability to transform into a vicious whirlwind latches on to Ryan and the companions as they travel through former North Dakota. Her deadly power seems like a boon at first, until it starts to control her. When threatened, she destroys everything in her path...including those she loves. Then a group of outcast fighters kidnaps the young woman and manipulates her — and her terrifying mutation — for their own destructive agenda. With the vortex unleashed, the companions face a tough decision: chill the orphan or perish in her violent wake.

Gregor Buckingham, a young man scarred from a childhood fire, has little going for him - no family, a heartbreaking job, and an existence untouched by intimacy. Now, Sedona is calling to him. In the Northern Arizona town celebrated for mysterious energy vortexes, UFO sightings, and other paranormal activity, Gregor discovers a lost ancient power, his first requited love, and a zealous enemy he must fight to save them both.