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In Chilling Effect, R.J. Pineiro’s newest thriller, William Kiersted is committed to accelerating the effects of climate change through frightening acts of ecological terrorism. Global climatologists Doctors Natasha Shakhiva and Konrad Malone join forces with Rachel Daly from the CIA’s new global climate counterterrorist unit, as well as its Russian counterpart, in an attempt to spoil Kiersted’s plan to cripple humanity, if not outright destroy it.

In January 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev had agreed to enter a treaty agreement that would be labeled START II. The Russian SS-20 medium-range missile was to be removed from Eastern Europe...Nine 150 kt nuclear bombs were unaccounted for...This story is mostly fiction. Some of the characters are real, most are not. The year is 1987. This was the last year of the Reagan presidency. It would be nearly 30 years before we would see anything like it again.

This book is responsive to widespread individual and social concerns. The author assumes everyone wants to be better at building selected behaviors for themselves and others, and many of us want strategies for constructively dealing with political and social issues. We might want to exercise more or get our children, friends, coworkers, or leaders to learn or behave better.

Physically wounded and emotionally haunted by a harrowing overseas deployment for the Air Force, First Sergeant Parker Cotton returns home to face even more trouble. While she was overseas, her estranged husband, Alex Hamlin, has filed for divorce. He has gone from being remote and uncaring to violently paranoid - and Parker is now the target of all his rage. Master Sergeant Gray Townsend is fighting his own demons from the deployment. Gray feels he failed to protect Parker in the field, and he is determined not to fail her again.

Stockton Clay receives a mysterious invitation to the world premiere of a secret prototype supercar. At the gala event in Southern France, one of his colleagues is killed in a bizarre accident, and Clay is secretly led to CIA agents who tell him that he was the real target in the murder. Clay then discovers he suffers from a rare disease that can only be cured by the blood cells from a direct relative. Clay's search for his biological father leads him to Japan, where he is caught in the crossfire between the CIA and a mad Russian scientist trying to sway the balance of world power.

Thirty years ago, Sergeant Samantha Jane Elliott had just found the love of her life when her team was attacked. Seven people, including Jay “Cowboy” Evans were ripped from her life in only moments. She’s dreamed of a time when she would see Cowboy again, holding on to the romantic notion of heaven and a happily ever after. As Sam lies dying, the last thing she sees is Cowboy, looking just as he did the night of the attack. But when she awakes, Sam discovers there is no white light or angel wings - there are vampires in uniform and horrifying visions of Cowboy being ripped out of her life again.

Janice Bracken loves her career as a bodyguard providing Secret Service-level protection to corporate executives traveling abroad. After a grueling round of travel, she's looking forward to a few days off and relaxing with her oldest friends in Tucson. Her vacation goals are simple: a decent margarita, a little time by the pool, and finding out if Jim "Mac" MacPherson can live up to the fantasies she's always had about him. However, Janice's plans change when she spots Mac's willful daughter, Emily, in danger at a street fair.

With 12 years under his belt as a highly-regarded paramedic in Detroit, Bobbie Badger has seen it all. Despite a tragic loss that shattered his home life, he has remained a stoic guardian to the city, committed to saving lives. Until someone, or something, chose him as a target.

As ominous warnings surface, and those closest to him begin to turn up dead, Badger's only salvation could rest with his estranged wife, Holly - a combat veteran and sheriff's deputy.

Will skill, passion, and determination be enough to overcome what hunts him?

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong person. Now, he’s forced to assume an identity from his past. CIA covert operative Titus Ray always figured one day he might encounter someone who knew him as a different person from a previous operation. He just never expected it to happen on a family vacation. It was the wrong place, wrong time, and wrong person, but it was the right decision. The decision Titus made to resume his old identity could have had disastrous consequences.

When Titus learns Kalifa is looting Egypt's archaeological treasures in order to fund their organization, he visits a dig where he shows interest in acquiring certain artifacts, which he hopes will get him an invitation to meet with Khalifa's leadership.

CIA operative Titus Ray is supposed to be enjoying his time off after a grueling mission. His division head specifically told him to go home and have a good time with his family. But then, in the middle of his daughter's birthday party, when he receives disturbing news about an imminent threat to Americas heartland, he postpones having a good time with his family and agrees to lead a joint FBI/CIA operation to the southern border. How could he do otherwise?