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While Art Turner and the men of USS Bull Shark struggle in the Pacific against the Japanese and against their own inner demons, Captain Pat Jarvis and the men of USs Megalodon have a German tiger by the tail in the Caribbean… and it’s only a matter of time before he rips them to pieces.

After a series of failed assaults on Guadalcanal and Henderson Field, Japan is rallying for a major offensive. Ground troops, surface bombardment, and a carrier-supported invasion of the island looms darkly on the horizon. Now, Bull Shark must circle the nearby islands to discover and slow down this onslaught long enough for Allied forces to dig in.

Both Vince and Veronica have disappeared, taken by two different vampire factions in their bid for ultimate power. Now, without Dracula’s strength or guidance, his allies must scramble to locate their missing comrades and stop Van Helsing and his allies before all is lost. It’s a race to create the Philosopher’s Stone now… and whomever wins shall receive the trophy of complete world domination.

The roar of the crowds, the glittering lights and the adoration of fans everywhere! Millions of young women want their chance to shine upon the stage, and now, thanks to a new Reality TV show, a handful will get their shot! ....yet behind the glamour of celebrity lurks hidden danger.... Jillian Moore, one of the world’s hottest pop stars soared to stardom and crashed down into obscurity ten years ago. Now she’s making a comeback with her hit TV show Live Like a Pop Star. But things aren’t as rosy as they seem.

Bull Shark and S-52 have just attacked a large bombardment fleet off the coast of Guadalcanal. And although they didn’t stop Henderson from being shelled, they might have at least curtailed it. Yet the Japanese are undaunted and more determined than ever…and the Empire has its sights set on some of its most deadly foes.

Reeling from a bloody clash with the Japanese, the Marines on Guadalcanal must lick their wounds and push ahead. Imperial Japan wants the island back, and thousands of soldiers are pouring onto Guadalcanal’s shores. With new leaders ravenous for blood, another massive battle looms close over the horizon.

Scott and Lisa are enjoying their first cruise on the new sailboat when a call from a potential client interrupts their weekend in Saint Petersburg. Lionel Argus is the owner of Destiny Cruises, a successful Florida-based gambling cruise line. He’s been receiving racial threats against his life, and he needs private investigator Scott Jarvis to find out who’s behind it.

An idealist at heart, Scott Jarvis finds himself growing more and more disillusioned with police work. Assigned to what at first seems like a fairly mundane case to find a missing NASA engineer, he uncovers a plot that leads him into the dark underworld of organized crime and international intrigue. Just as he’s making real progress, Jarvis is pulled off the case and ordered to lay off or else....

Potter’s Neck has been quiet since Veronica and Vlad faced off with Dracula’s old enemy, Van Helsing. And although the battle was won… the war for ultimate power has only just begun. Yet the reprieve has ended and the tide of evil once again rushes in to coat the land in blood. Countess Elizabeth Báthory, history’s most notorious female serial killer has spent her life trying to preserve her youth and beauty. Along the way, she discovers the power of blood and the legends of those who consume it.

After a devastating attack by a downed Japanese aircraft, Art Turner and the men of Bull Shark try to forget and relax in the rustic Western Australian port of Fremantle. Yet war is never far away, and the battle cry once more draws the submarine into danger. Uncle Charlie Lockwood has a special side mission for Art Turner. A British commando needs to get to Timor and reunite with the Australian guerrilla fighters he’s trained… and who he was forced to leave behind when the Japanese invaded.

Catherine Cook, unclaimed granddaughter of the great explorer James, Cook is on her way to America to re-connect with her mother’s family when fate intervenes and thrusts her into ultimate peril. All of her life, Kate has yearned to go to sea and to command a sailing ship in the Royal navy…an impossible dream for a young woman in 1797.

On a sunny winter afternoon, Jarvis is doing nothing special when a new case walks into his life in the form of a beautiful blonde with flashing eyes. Jarvis doesn’t know it yet, but this new client is about to turn his life inside out. Audrey Lambert and her grandfather need Jarvis’ special brand of hardboiled help, and they need it fast.

Napoleon Bonaparte, ambitious young officer and military genius, realizes early that he’s destined for power and glory…and that quest will take him on a journey of conquest not just for territory, but for ultimate power as well!

Key West–known the world over as a vacation mecca. Amazing food, bars and music top off days filled with awesome fishing, diving and boating… yet beneath the sun worship and the cobalt blue skies lurks a growing danger with its sights set on Scott Jarvis. His vacation is cut short when Jarvis stumbles across a large yacht drifting off the island.

There’s a super storm brewing out in the Pacific… one that will change the course of history forever… After three successful raids on Japanese outposts, the men and pilots of USS Enterprise are ready to get out there and hit Tojo once more. However, something dark and dangerous lies on the horizon… but before they face that storm, the U.S. Navy and Army has a delivery to make… right to Hirohito’s front porch!

In this explosive third installment, the jungles roar with artillery, automatic weapons, and the screams of the wounded and dying! Decker, Edson, and Puller must use whatever means necessary to smash through Japanese lines and secure the freedom and safety of themselves and the people of the Solomons!

After enjoying two weeks of well-deserved R and R at Pearl Harbor, Art Turner, his crew, and his boat are once again asked to go out and do the impossible…and to make it snappy, already! Webster Clayton has uncovered a Japanese plan to send a major invasion force to Guadalcanal. In order to soften up the marines there, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto intends sending in a battleship to bombard Henderson Field and obliterate the Cactus Airforce.

The United States is reeling from the terrible shock of December 7, 1942. In one terrible day, the nation finds itself at war while tending to a horrific wound. While the Navy scrambles to piece together its shattered fleet, one man and his carrier burn with a desire to wreak a terrible vengeance on the Empire of Japan.

In this latest horror story collection, author Scott W. Cook brings to you nine tales of the supernatural, the macabre and the extraordinary. Lovingly crafted to engage, frighten and maybe even invoke a little thought, each tale draws you deeper into a netherworld where anything is possible.

When a new client interrupts Scott and Lisa’s Christmas vacation, a simple missing-persons case rapidly balloons into a global mystery fraught with deadly peril. Mike Arkadi, computer programmer, has dropped off the face of the earth, and it turns out that he may be part of an international conspiracy to blow the global financial markets wide open. Now Scott must contend with multiple foreign intelligence agents who will stop at nothing to seize control of a powerful piece of software that could provide their home countries with immense power.