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50 States is a debut collection of short stories that captures the human condition and reveals how perception shapes destiny. The audiobook spans several literary genres with each short story set in a different state across America. An Idaho farmer who aches for absolution after a tragedy is given one more chance at redemption. Two runaways cross paths in a Tennessee bus station with only one ticket between them. A family sees looters racing toward their home as they escape an Oregon wildfire.

Have you ever tried to start a fitness routine, but found that you give up a few weeks in? Have you given up your diet because you did not have enough discipline to push forward? This book was written to help you find the inner motivation you need to get it done. Find the reason that pushes you to be uncomfortable, and the reason to embrace that feeling. Believe in the process. It’s a hard road, this life, and we must do things hard to reach our goals. Get up, get out, and fight. Train. Run. The why is inside of you; take it and push forward.

The battle for survival continues...The military has failed to stop the Reapers and the monsters have gained a stronghold throughout the United States. Battered and bloodied, the armed forces refuse to surrender. Trapped in a small town, former police officer Malcolm Foster and his rag-tag group of survivors hold the key to humanity’s best chance of success: They know the Reapers’ fatal weakness. If Foster can get that information into the right hands, it could stop the Reapers for good.

Robert Klayman, former Los Angeles private investigator, is out of prison after doing time for gunplay on his last PI job. Blacklisted and broke, he falls in with a gangster who hires him to move a stolen Rembrandt out of Ukraine. Sought out by thugs on both sides of the world, Klayman takes on the laws of the jungle when he finds himself a pawn in his employer's murderous scheme.

Taking advantage of the nation's civil unrest to right the wrongs of her past, Dane Talbot finally reveals why and what she's protecting. The pieces all come together for the Remember the Ruin series in the third and final installment, Grand Gesture.

Callanan takes the listener through his painful roller-coaster journey of generational alcoholism, bullying, and drug addiction as a youth. The book also includes him finding his faith in God. This faith helped him to deal with a baseball bat accident that took the life of a classmate, a family suicide, and more than one business market crash.

Jack recalls 1974, when Henry Aaron was only one hit away from tying the great Babe Ruth for most career home runs and only two home runs away from breaking Ruth's record. Aaron's pursuit of the record has such a powerful influence on fans' imaginations that Jack thinks his best friend Joe hit a home run on a freight train. And just like with Aaron's home run (that is earning him death threats and has placed him under FBI protection), Joe's home run reveals deep-seated divisions among everyone in Jack's hometown, even his own family.

This is a story about three friends triangulating high vibrations on a self-discovering journey in the Mojave Desert. My intent with sharing this story is to illustrate the interconnectedness of all beings, the “woo-woo” as Kate calls it. I used to not believe either, but many years ago, coincidences and synchronicities occurred like a slap in the face.

Luke and his son Gunner, taking a rare day off together, are walking a local mall - when Luke, against all odds, encounters an active shooter. Luke can’t believe this is happening to him - yet he realizes he must act quickly, must let his instincts kick in and jump into action if he has any chance of saving himself, his son - and the hundreds of civilians who stand no chance without him.

Robert Klayman, former Los Angeles private investigator, is out of prison after doing time for gunplay on his last PI job. Blacklisted and broke, he falls in with a gangster who hires him to move a stolen Rembrandt out of Ukraine. Sought out by thugs on both sides of the world, Klayman takes on the laws of the jungle when he finds himself a pawn in his employer's murderous scheme.

A wild and cosmic ride across the planet Earth. It sounds like an epic dream, but these events are based on real journeys that continue to build around the amazing Krystal Kelley. Get up to speed with her and the powerful forces around her as they seem to be the center of humanity's new post-Corona circle.

Kane Kulpa learned which laws could be bent and which broken after a short stint in prison courtesy of Detective Vincent Bayonne. Bound by time, integrity, and the reality of life in Central City, Bayonne and Kane made peace with the past. Now, gang tension spirals from corrupt to deadly, and a series of murders stresses Kane and Bayonne’s uneasy alliance. Kane balances on a razor’s edge to protect his bar, power, life, and family, and Bayonne hustles to keep another lonely man from being strangled.

In a near future Toronto, a naïve young scientist named Kel invents a device to produce the mysterious state of "flow" on demand, hoping to unleash humanity's creative potential on our greatest problems. But the prototype she invents to record and then play back the neurological and physiological states associated with flow can be used to record other mind-body states. Her prototype is stolen, duplicated, and put to use for an astonishing range of causes, some good, and some very bad.

Jason Lex and Sadie Callahan are together again in their hometown of Salton, recovering from personal tragedies and bearing the burden of new secrets. Both are wishing for nothing but normalcy, but when Skyfish swarm and a rogue Bigfoot attacks, Jason and Sadie know looming danger can't be ignored. Their friendship is challenged when a vanquished enemy returns from the dead, bringing imminent threat to the lives of their friends and family.

After nearly being wiped out, the remnants of the U.S. Military launch a daring mission against the Reapers. If it works, it could destroy millions of Reapers in an instant. But if it fails, then the Reapers dominance could grow even more. A new group arises from the shadows, one which operates under a simple mantra: Join us or die. Meanwhile, a single Reaper commander pursues a personal vendetta as he hunts former police officer Malcolm Foster.

In the first 24 hours, the Reapers have already begun to shift the balance of power in their favor. Inside their own ranks, one creature rises to become their undisputed leader. Hiding in the rural suburbs of Philadelphia, Malcolm Foster has gathered "The Wretched", a rag-tag group of survivors, and gone underground in hopes of avoiding the Reaper attacks. But it doesn't take long for Foster to realize the Reapers have sprung a new plan: A targeted culling of those who protect Americans.

Kyllan, the Tribunal Elder, is not happy with the idea of taking the mothership to Earth to save the remaining Sirens that have asked for help. There is no help for it. He has given his word to the Siren Queen and she will hold him to it. First, they must make a few stops along to way, to right some wrongs. Kyllan couldn't have foreseen the trouble a simple trip that should have only taken a couple days could cause, but then again the people on Earth had never been easy to deal with.

The oceans of Tantalus are teaming with Aquarians, the dangerous, predatory mammals that feed off anything that lands in their territory. What is strange is that they are avoiding part of the ocean closest to the shoreline where Trysuil is planning to build the city of learning. His question is, why this area? What is keeping them at bay? He is determined to find out, and to do this, he needs the help of their new allies.

Eleven years ago, Marcus lost everything. His daughter was kidnapped, and his wife was murdered. Now, he spends his days pretending to be paralyzed and touring the country, raising money for missing children. He hopes that if he helps enough people find their missing child, someday, he will find his own. Just as he's about to give up hope, he finds one of the kidnappers. He attacks her, but she refuses to give him back his daughter. In his rage, he kills her, but not before she signals an accomplice. For the second time, Marcus watches his daughter disappear into the night.

Several surprises are waiting for Kyllan’s return. Trysuil, a Tantalarian he thought dead, is most definitely not lost to their people. The Phoenixes kept Trysuil in a state of suspended animation, until the time was right for him to rejoin his people in the future. In his position of power, he is known as the Adjudicator and answers to the Phoenixes. He serves as their judge and jury on Tantalus.