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The world of business runs on trust, but that trust is routinely broken. From stock market manipulation to accounting fraud, corporate executives and Wall Street insiders find endless, creative ways to cheat the system. With engaging stories and compelling data analysis, Erik Lie reveals how these schemes work and how to catch them.

Jay Delp, a veteran Marine, returns to his hometown of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to step into his new role as police chief while caring for his ailing father. On the eve of his first day on the job, two fishermen discover the body of a woman in Biloxi Bay. As city officials push for a quick resolution, Jay finds himself uncovering the dark secrets hiding beneath the surface of his once-familiar town.

Where the line between artificial intelligence and human control blurs, "Breakout" plunges listeners into an intense, high-stakes world where the advent of superintelligence threatens to reshape everything we know. Join Jason and Taylor as they navigate a world teetering on the brink of a technological revolution. When an advanced AI system spirals out of human control, it unleashes a series of events that could either be the dawn of a new era or the end of humanity as we know it.

Six death row convicts. One island. Last person standing wins their freedom. After being charged with first-degree murder, Brooklyn Winters awaits execution on death row. So when she receives a mysterious letter offering her a chance to win her freedom, she thinks it's a hoax. According to this letter, all she has to do is agree to take part in a survival game on a remote island. Last player standing wins their freedom.

Connor Rourke is one of the little people, supernaturally speaking: a psionic in a world of mages. He's happy being the top—okay, just about the only—supernatural locksmith in the Boston area. He doesn't aspire to adventure or heroism, but he's about to get pulled in whether he likes it or not (spoiler: he doesn't).

Jess Patton is blunt, but there’s one person who never bats an eye when she speaks her mind. When that same man rescues her from a bad blind date, her rapidly beating heart is impossible to ignore. Suddenly, she's second-guessing everything she knows about him. After everything he’s seen and done, Lincoln North knows he doesn’t deserve a woman like Jess. Not only is she gorgeous, but she doesn’t play games, and being around her is as easy as breathing.

Marking the edge of existence, the lethal wall of the World’s Divide has stood untouched for centuries. In that same time, Virisinigne has been ruled as a single kingdom—until now. Under siege and sure to lose, the king has only one card left to play and one son who he is willing to risk it on. Despite being largely estranged since a teen, when crown and country demand Captain Niall’s return home, duty compels him to answer.

When Rose gains a promotion at work and relocates the family from Texas to Salem, Massachusetts, it is 9-year-old Mia who suffers. Her father works in the Alaskan oil fields for seventy percent of the year and Rose's new job means her daughter is neglected, and often the target of her mother's frustrations.

In the quiet, remote farming community of Shoals Hollow nestled deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Foster, his wife Georgia, and their daughter Lizzy thought they had found the perfect escape from the chaos of modern life. But the haunting shadows of the past and the unsettling presence of something ancient and dark lurk just beyond their peaceful surroundings.

In a land plagued by seemingly endless conflict, a new and even greater threat has emerged. The balance of power has shifted, fresh weapons and untold horrors unleashed. The only hope of salvation hinges on the return of a hero. A legend. A warrior without equal. Braydion Chell is a world-weary, nihilist sell-sword haunted by his past. Loved by the opposite sex and feared by his own. He can count the things he cares about on one hand. Three of those are in mortal danger.

In a future plagued with natural disasters, criminals known as “scavs” raid damaged cities. Their most important rule: don’t help the survivors. Bear, a twenty-nine-year-old engineer, breaks that rule when he takes Salix, a Native American college student, back to his scav team’s flying ship for medical treatment. Captain Baxter allows her to board but will not let her leave. Salix hopes to escape, but Baxter’s growing obsession with her makes that impossible. As the situation grows tense, a tsunami in Portugal prompts a scav raid.

World-renowned thief, Henry Sirola, has a secret. He’s also an FBI informant. When he’s given a new assignment by the Croatian mob to retrieve a priceless artifact, he knows it could be the biggest score of his life, but he needs to keep his two worlds from colliding. Henry and his associates embark on a mission that takes them to Brazil and home again where an assassin strikes at the heart of their crew.

The Hyper Web ensnarls the Empyramis on its 10-year interstellar journey. Psozela and Mrik use there priboards and weave between the webs to secure explosives that releases them. The Duludas have battered their defenses close to the point of submittal when they again use their priboards to execute a silent attack to disable the Duludas ship. A challenge to their mutual way of life is averted as Psozela, Mrik, and their friends battle to maintain their millium old social order.

They thought they were safer on the ground... they were wrong. Immediately picking up after the events of 2023's Horizon, and it's 2024 prequel 'Ransome', a battle of revenge, revelations, and survival comes into play between Roman Knight, Drusilla and Harry Ransome; a man who should have been dead over 150 years ago. But with everyone so worried about the ravenous creatures above them in the darkness of space, they fail to realise that something far deadlier lurks beneath the ice. Something which has kept Harry Ransome alive all this time. Something sentient.

Aidan is a man haunted by his past. Despite his position as a Chosen, he can't escape the darkness that lurks in his heart. With the other Chosen by his side, Aidan must face his demons and confront the sins he has committed.

Eternal Horizons Series: The Awakening follows the epic journey of a group of guardians chosen by the Eternal One to protect the universe from the encroaching darkness unleashed by Serath, a fallen being once among the Eternal One’s most powerful soldiers. The story begins with the Eternal One casting Serath and his followers into the Void, a realm of endless darkness, after they rebel against the light. However, the Void’s malevolent energy begins to seep into the universe, corrupting it, and the Eternal One realizes that the guardians must be created to counter this growing threat.

Jericho Buck is young, tough, and fearless, and has been burning across the western frontier like a prairie fire since he left home at 14. Now 21, Jericho finds his biggest adventures yet riding 100 miles a day through a desolate, hostile landscape for the famed Pony Express. The camaraderie amongst the riders and crew is iron-clad, and it’s the best money he has ever made. But on a fateful day, Jericho comes across a lonesome spot where desperadoes have just captured a beautiful young Paiute woman. In a life and death moment, Jericho’s bravery forever bonds him with a Paiute tribe.

This story is a heartwarming tale of friendship, bravery, and loyalty. It's a great reminder that true friends will always have each other's backs, and will do whatever it takes to help those in need.

Your Precious Possessions is a murder mystery that will deceive you to the end of the trail. It is about the love that the lucky few will find, the length that some will go to hold onto love, and the sins that some will commit in the name of love. It is about life. Everything always comes back to love.

Angel at War tells the story of Josiah, a guardian angel Josiah has served in Heaven’s protection corps for over six thousand years, guarding Christians against attacks from evil tempters. His newest assignment, a young convert named Shawn Willis, is like no other human he has ever protected. From the moment Shawn gave his life to Christ, powerful demons have assaulted him, urging him to give over to sin and turn back to wickedness. Josiah faces the challenge of guarding a devout believer attacked by forces more powerful than the angel has ever faced before.