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Veronica Belle came to Potter's Neck to write horror stories—not to live one. When charismatic author Vince Drake arrives in town, strange events escalate. An unseen and terrifying force is moving through the shadows… and Vince and Veronica are in its sights. Monsters are real. And whatever is rising in Potter's Neck thirsts for something far greater than anyone imagines.

When a catastrophic disaster cripples the International Space Station, the balance of power shatters overnight. The United States and China race to seize control of orbit—because whoever dominates space controls the future of humanity. But the disaster wasn’t an accident. As governments mobilize and private space companies push dangerous new technology to the brink, a smoldering conspiracy for world domination ignites a war no one can stop.

We know more about distant galaxies than the deepest, darkest oceans… and what we don’t know absolutely can harm us… Doctor James Lockwood, Ph.D. is embarking on a new career – studying deep sea predators and their genes in order to find cures for terrible diseases… and to soothe his deepest, darkest inner demons. Alysen Kruger, CEO of an old and powerful corporation has big plans for the future and for Dr. Lockwood… but she, too, has demons to conquer.

When the world grows quiet… something begins to stir. A sound where no sound should be...... A shadow that moves when nothing is there. A truth that refuses to remain buried. In this novel-length collection of horror and dark suspense, Scott W. Cook presents six unsettling tales that explore the thin boundary between the familiar and the unknown — where curiosity leads to terror, and answers often raise even darker questions.

USS Bull Shark is running for Pearl Harbor after leaving New London and her victory over the Nazi Q-ship, but all is not well aboard the boat. The Japanese are planning a major offensive and the clock is rapidly ticking – with what will become one of the most decisive battles of the war looming on the horizon, the Navy still doesn’t know exactly where or when it’s going to happen. Can Bull Shark play her part in the Battle of Midway? Or will she meet with Yamamoto’s secret weapon and be swept aside in Japan’s quest for power?

Biting cold, thick fog and frigid, torrential rain…The perfect recipe for misery. The perfect cocktail for a deadly battle of wits. Near the end of the bitter Aleutian winter, a Soviet weather aircraft is shot down over the Japanese-held island of Attu. What few realize is that the five crewmembers aboard are not ordinary airmen, but members of a crack Soviet intelligence team carrying information vital to the coming Allied offensive. The Japanese know something is different… and they're determined to find the survivors before anyone else.

The fight for Henderson Field is on the verge of collapse. Cut off from supplies, ravaged by disease, and surrounded by a relentless enemy, the United States Marines cling to a narrow foothold in the jungle. Major Al Decker has already seen the worst of the Pacific war. One of only two Marines to escape the devastating fall of Wake Island, he has fought the Japanese from the first brutal hours of the conflict. Now he leads an elite Marine Raider unit trained for the most dangerous missions behind enemy lines.

December 7, 1941. America reels from the attack on Pearl Harbor. Battleships burn... Thousands dead... The United States Navy prepares for vengeance in the Pacific. But while the nation turns its eyes west…Germany strikes from the east. Hitler and Admiral Dönitz unleash their U-boats along America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts, targeting Allied shipping with ruthless precision. Merchant vessels vanish. Crews are lost. Panic spreads.

He has no rules of engagement. And absolutely nothing left to lose.Jonathan Hunt’s life didn’t just shatter when a shadow terror network abducted his wife—it was erased. Now, a ghost fueled by a singular, burning obsession, Hunt is willing to cross every legal and moral line to find the...

The marines have seized control of the Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal, but this isn’t the end of their troubles…it’s only the beginning. The Japanese bomb them by day, attack from the forbidding darkness of the jungles by night, and their ships, like hungry sharks, prowl just offshore after the sun goes down. Whoever controls the canal controls the war. The Japanese know this, so they concoct a plan to send men and equipment ashore using fast destroyers—ships that can come by night and leave before the Cactus Airforce or Admiral Fletcher’s carrier planes can stop them. 

Art Turner and the crew of USS Bull Shark are about to become the spearhead in a new offensive in the Pacific. As an island nation, the Empire of Japan depends on the sea to maintain its vital supply chain… and it’s into this jugular that Admiral Nimitz intends to plunge his knife. On the other side of the world, Pat Jarvis is given command of his brand new submarine – the Megalodon. And like her sister, this new shark is being sent on a special mission. To find and sink a rogue Nazi spy ship commanding U-boat forces in the Caribbean.

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.

After winning the first clash with his ancient enemy Van Helsing, Vlad Dracula — known in the modern world as Vince Drake — hopes the fragile balance between humans and immortals can be preserved. But powerful forces are already moving in the shadows. Van Helsing has begun gathering allies, including the infamous Countess Elizabeth Báthory, whose centuries-long obsession with blood and youth has brought her into the search for the Philosopher’s Stone — a legendary force capable of granting mastery over life itself.

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.

On December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into the largest global conflict of all time. From adversity rose a generation of heroes both at home and abroad whose courage, valor and sacrifice would restore a world gone mad! Yet not all of WWII’s heroes were flesh and blood… they were also made of steel and forged in the fire of combat.

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.

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.

AI is the trendy new tech of the 2020’s and holds the promise of power and fortunes yet untold… and where there is lust and greed, there is their old companion… murder. America’s got a new pet serial killer. A killer who travels the inland waterways from Chicago to Florida, leaving a wake of blood behind. But the Loop Strangler isn’t your ordinary psychopath – whoever he or she is they’ve set their sights on small software firms and their founders.

Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis is celebrating his birthday with friends and his new lover when one of Florida’s most powerful drug lords requests an audience. Apparently, a large shipment of cocaine was smuggled into the state resulting in a couple of murders… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently, the dope is poisoned and is headed for the streets where thousands of lives are at risk.

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.