Dark Government

Did the “human” race just get stronger? He thought last summer was behind him for good, but when ex-astronaut Brock Finlander finds a secret code etched into a mutant crab shell, he calls a top marine biologist to make sense of it. His daughter. When she discovers that the animal was genetically bioengineered, Brock needs answers. But when he discovers that the secret code originated at NASA, he enlists the help of a renegade hacker to get inside and find the truth. When the truth you find is too powerful to understand, what do you do? They uncover a dark force so powerful it won’t be...

In the first book to critically assess the major consequences of space activities from their origins in the 1940s to the present and beyond, Daniel Deudney argues in Dark Skies that the major result of the "Space Age" has been to increase the likelihood of global nuclear war, a fact conveniently obscured by the failure of recognize that nuclear-armed ballistic missiles are inherently space weapons.

This riveting memoir follows a Lebanese Muslim American and 30-year US Marine veteran who suffered a six-month ordeal at the hands of a brutal regime in Yemen - and remained loyal to his country through it all.

It's a signal paradox of our times that we live in an information society but do not know how it works. And without understanding how our information is stored, used and protected, we are vulnerable to having it exploited. In Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, Scott Shapiro exposes the secrets of the digital age. With lucidity and wit, he establishes that cybercrime has less to do with defective programming than with the faulty wiring of our psyches and society. And because hacking is a human story, he tells the fascinating tales of perpetrators.

Magic fuels privilege. Robots enforce oppression. One young doctor will ignite a revolution. Doctor Aldrich Durante has everything—prestige, wealth, and the comfort of Upper Cairnisle. But when he meets Fia, an illegal mage orphaned in the slums of Dirt Town, his eyes are opened to the harsh realities of his society. Their chance encounter leads to a risky rescue mission, and Aldrich is faced with a choice—stay in his sheltered world or join forces with Fia to fight against the corrupt Magisters who use magic as a weapon. With injustice fueling their fire, Aldrich and Fia become a ...

When CIA undercover operative Barbara Lavelle is brutally murdered, Michael Riley is determined to find and punish her killers. But when the trail leads to our own Secretary of State, Riley soon discovers vengeance is more complicated than he ever imagined. Digging into the covert agent’s last murky assignment, Riley uncovers the dirty little secret our highest-ranking government official will go to any length to protect. Battling government spooks, the deep state, and private security company henchmen, Riley unravels Lavelle’s darkest secret and learns the true reason for the ...

"Hudgins is a Horror-Meister to reckon with!" VICTOR MILLER - Writer of Friday the 13th You wake up in the middle of nowhere. You have no memory. You don't know why you are overwhelmed with a ravenous craving...to kill. If you like quick reads, this is the author for you! Steve Hudgins uses a screenplay/novel hybrid writing style that keeps the descriptive portions of the story brief, allowing the narrative to push forward at a rapid pace. THE CRAVING Becky is about to be raped and likely murdered, but is rescued by a towering man dressed in black. Unbeknownst to her, the man had been ...

By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside. But two years ago, she began to feel she was only seeing half the picture; she needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. She decided to go undercover in her spare hours - late nights, holidays, weekends - adopting five different identities, and joining a dozen extremist groups from across the ideological spectrum.

Ever since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks have helped and hurt America at key moments in history. In this fascinating collection, Paul B. Janeczko probes such stories as that of Elizabeth Van Lew, an aristocrat whose hatred of slavery drove her to be one of the most successful spies in the Civil War; the "Choctaw code talkers," Native Americans who were instrumental in sending secret messages during World War I; and more.

The Restoration Initiative promised salvation, but beneath their pristine Safe Zones, they’re waging a war against humanity itself. For Dr. Geoffrey Belmont, a gifted surgeon forced into their deadly experiments, survival hinges on uncovering their darkest secrets—and keeping his own humanity intact. When Geoffrey is thrown into Site 5, a hospital twisted into a battlefield, he faces horrors beyond comprehension: the infected roam the halls, patients turned into mindless predators, and the Initiative's sinister T2 soldiers hiding in plain sight. To survive, he must form fragile ...

Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies. In the past three decades, the most advanced forms of illicit trade have broken with all historical precedents and, as Dark Commerce tells, now operate as if on steroids, tied to computers and social media. Author Louise Shelley examines how new technology, communications, and globalization fuel the exponential growth of dangerous forms of illegal trade and considers diverse ways of responding to this increasing challenge.

They Kidnapped His Sister. He’ll Get Her Back. FINN’S QUEST is a fast-paced military action fiction thriller featuring Captain Kirkland Finn of the British Army 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (SAS). Follow Finn on a high-octane adventure journey from Afghanistan to the USA and back as he battles to free his kidnapped sister from American ex-special forces mercenaries and a vengeful Afghan drug lord. A 390-page action-packed covert-ops fiction thriller with twists and turns that will keep you guessing to the end, including FBI investigation, undercover CIA black-ops, espionage, DEA ...

In this landmark work, investigative journalist David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany’s wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. Using a wealth of untapped sources, de Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave labourers and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler’s army as Europe burnt around them. Most shocking of all, de Jong exposes how the wider world’s political expediency enabled these billionaires to get away with their crimes.

Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud and the violence of the Capitol riot have made it unavoidably clear that the future of American democracy is in peril. Unseen political actors and untraceable dark money influence our elections, while anti-democratic rhetoric threatens a tilt towards authoritarianism. In Corporatocracy, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy reveals the role corporations play in this dire state of political affairs, and explains why and how they should be held accountable by the courts, their shareholders, and citizens themselves.

Investigations Of Agent Adams eBook series, episode 2. Join Agent Adams in the depths of the Pentagon, where the line between genius and madness blurs. Dr. Robins, an R&D Engineer for the Department Of Defense, introduces a groundbreaking experiment that could rewrite humanity's fate. Her "Living Eggs Project" delves into uncharted territories, challenging the boundaries of medical science and morality in the name of progress. But as the project unfolds, the ethical stakes rise, and the implications of her work spark intrigue, fear, and power struggles at the highest levels. Can humanity ...

Dangerous forces exist in Alaska’s Deadly Triangle where more disappearances have taken place than the Bermuda Triangle. It is one of the most mysterious regions on Earth. Since the 1950s, more than 16,000 people have vanished without a trace across Alaska’s remote wilderness including airplane passengers, hikers, locals, and tourists. Could Alaska’s Deadly Triangle be a dimensional Stargate portal responsible for the disappearances? Paranormal Investigator Betsey Lewis says Yes! Stargates exist worldwide and on other planets in our Solar System. In Alaska's Deadly Triangle, ...

MIND FORCE is a gripping action-adventure special forces thriller crammed full of twists, turns, espionage and military combat (411 pages). Join 22nd Special Air Service Regiment Captain Kirkland Finn as he battles an East German crime lord and his squad of ex-KSK mercenaries across multiple European countries. A fiction novel with covert military action, thrilling car and motorbike chases, helicopters, and fight scenes, written in a refreshing cinematic style without long-winded descriptions and meaningless dialogue. MIND FORCE is the third instalment of the Kirkland Finn military action-...

The term "shadow government" typically refers to a perceived hidden or behind-the-scenes power structure that exerts control over politics, society, and global events. It suggests the existence of a secret or elite group influencing or controlling political decisions, economy, media, and culture from behind the scenes, often without public accountability. In some Christian contexts, this idea aligns with interpretations of spiritual warfare—an unseen influence by powers and principalities mentioned in Scriptures like Ephesians 6:12. Many Christian authors argue that a "shadow government" ...

In the waning days of his Governorship, Simon Pack learns he did not leave the Upper Yaak Valley of Montana in sound health. The area is teeming with criminal enterprises and countercultural elements. Not wanting to dump problems he believes he’s responsible for onto the new Governor, Pack burrows into the unique Upper Yaak to identify and root out those complicated troubles. A crooked Sheriff pins a murder on Pack, and his release from charges involves a colossal legal confrontation. After his release from confinement, Pack returns to the cauldron of the Yaak, this time to be taken ...

In the waning days of his Governorship, Simon Pack learns he did not leave the Upper Yaak Valley of Montana in sound health. The area is teeming with criminal enterprises and countercultural elements. Not wanting to dump problems he believes he’s responsible for onto the new Governor, Pack burrows into the unique Upper Yaak to identify and root out those complicated troubles. A crooked Sheriff pins a murder on Pack, and his release from charges involves a colossal legal confrontation. After his release from confinement, Pack returns to the cauldron of the Yaak, this time to be taken ...