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Art thief and smuggler Cantor Gold's latest underworld caper begins when she arrives at big-time bookie Nick Fortunato's apartment to celebrate his birthday, a ritual the two friends have enjoyed for years. But Nick is missing, and there's blood on the living room carpet. It's not Nick's blood, though. Nick's death still awaits him. Despite crime lord Sig Loreale's best plans to protect Nick, with whom Sig has financial dealings, a killer finds Nick hidden away in a cheap hotel owned by Loreale.

In 2168, a mysterious five-sided pyramid is discovered on the ocean floor of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. Commander Mac O'Bryant and her team of astronauts are among the first to enter the pyramid's central chamber. They find the body of a missing World War II pilot, whose hands clutch a journal detailing what happened to him after he and his crew were abducted by aliens and taken to a place with no recognizable stars.

Data scientists, data analysts, and fraud analysts will learn how to identify and quickly respond to attacks. You'll get a comprehensive view of typical incursions as well as recommended detection methods. Online fraud is constantly evolving. This book helps experienced researchers safely guide and protect their organizations in this ever-changing fraud landscape.

In the distant future, humanity is still alone among the stars. War ravages the superpowers of the planet in a seemingly never-ending conflict. Technological advancements to aid both sides of the war has pushed humans into the stars, in an effort for resources and colonization. The United Federation of Nations chose four planets for colonization, three were successful. During colonization, they discovered an ancient technology: the hyper-drive. Humanity had instant and unlimited access to its colonies, but the war continued to ravage.

Dan Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business - they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own. The only fly in their ointment? The neighboring Blythe brood of ninja bunnies who steal their jobs and show them up on the regular.

Watch out for the Assassin’s Claws...Nash Moreno is a paid killer, just like his four brothers. It’s the family business -they fight together, they die together. Whether they’re working as a group or alone, they are a tight unit who protect their own. A live transmission from a rebel group known as Open Eyes is intercepted before it can be broadcast around the world. Had humans seen the video of a man shifting into a wolf, it would have blown the lid off the secret existence of magical creatures everywhere.

A daring koala named Ranger experiences an exciting life in his youth. His adventures return him to his beloved Dallas Zoo. His fame makes him the star attraction until his prowess fades. Time flies in his enclosure as he ages. No longer a bold spry hero, the bitter old koala becomes tired and bored. His handler, Barbra, takes him out of the zoo to help her daughter, Tiffany, connect with reality. Tiffany is addicted to a virtual life, preferring to live her life inside her gaming pod.

Tim and Susannah have ordinary lives on the surface. He's a mortician for whom death is a serious business, and she's a chef who really knows her way around a knife. And if the neighbors in their small Midwestern town knew of her dark hobby, they'd run for the hills. Raised by an apathetic mother and a cruel father, Susannah was bullied and pushed to her breaking point long before she met mild-mannered Tim, and learned to channel her murderous impulses into a strange form of art, which keeps her clueless husband safe...for now.

What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the difference between the past and future? Until the work of Newton, these questions were purely topics of philosophical speculation. Since then we've learned a great deal about time, and its study has moved from a subject of philosophical reflection to instead became part of the subject matter of physics.

Sam James has spent years carefully crafting her reputation as the best psychologist at Typhlos, Manhattan's most challenging psychiatric institution. She believes if she can't save herself, she'll save someone else. It's this savior complex that serves her well in helping patients battle their inner demons, though it leads Sam down some dark paths and opens her eyes to her own mental turmoil. When Richard, a mysterious patient no other therapist wants to treat, is admitted to Typhlos, Sam is determined to unlock his secrets and his psyche.

Griffin’s luck may have finally run out—for good. After escaping their imprisonment on Plum Island, Griffin and Jarrod return to the mainland only to find that a second outbreak of the virus is ravaging the entire country. Only this time, help isn’t on the way. Their only chance of survival is to get back to Dr. Oswald’s lab in Florida, where a unique Altered child could hold the key to a cure. Except, even if Griffin can find his way home, it may be too late to save mankind from its extinction event.

Great engineers don't necessarily make great leaders—at least, not without a lot of work. Finding your path to becoming a strong leader is often fraught with challenges. It's not easy to figure out how to be strategic, successful, and considerate while also being firm. Whether you're on the management or individual contributor track, you need to develop strong leadership skills. This practical book shows you how to become a well-rounded and resilient engineering leader.

Olivia Blackmore is unprepared for the pressures of the marriage mart, and when the weight of expectations becomes too much, she devises a clever plan—a fake engagement with her cousin’s friend, Thomas Corley. Thomas, amused and intrigued by the idea, agrees, seeing it as a convenient way to keep his overbearing father at bay. But as their staged romance begins to feel real, Olivia and Thomas must decide if they will turn their ruse into something more.

Emily Blackmore has loved Philip Sinclair since she was fourteen, but life and war have kept them apart for years. When Philip returns to England, he is shocked to find Emily betrothed to another man. As their childhood love is tested by duty, family expectations, and the passage of time, Emily and Philip must fight to reclaim the love they once shared. Can they defy their families and society to make a love match, or will they be separated forever? Missing The Lady is a heartfelt, clean Regency romance about second chances and enduring love against all odds.

When Americans created civilization from wilderness, there were those who followed the rules, and those who created their own—an enduring conflict between liberty and virtue that formed a new land.

In the final volume of the Blood Magick Trilogy, the last Blood Mage unravels The Master’s unspeakably evil plan, joins forces with an unlikely ally, and witnesses the bravest act of personal sacrifice in the history of the magical world.

Harbour Grids is a long poem in four parts that investigates ideas of community and belonging. Beginning as a meditation on the surface of New York Harbor, the poem radiates outward through issues of labor, location, history, belonging, and subjectivity. How do we experience our complex relations to the world we live in?

With reports of an imminent terrorist attack in Chicago during a speech by the Vice President, Zeta Division is on high alert. Working with the FBI and the Secret Service, headquarters sends Alex Morgan to lead a tactical team. But when they barely escape the explosion of a large bomb, the danger only amps up, along with the death toll. Now a primary suspect, Alex gets a simple message from Zeta: RUN.

Ares, an insidious challenger to the Zeta group, is sowing conflict around the world, orchestrating an explosive endgame. Identifying the next target as a cruise ship on the Coral Sea, Zeta sends undercover operatives Alex Morgan and Alicia Schmitt to avert catastrophe. Infiltrating the crew and passengers is easy for the skilled agents—but also for the fortified and highly trained extremists, who topple security and gain control of the ship.

In a matter of months, he went from being the boy next door to the Last Blood Mage, and chaos now seems to be at its peak. Between attacks on his home, his family, and his friends, Tom must face the internal war raging inside him.