Future Military

Adam awakened after decades of suspended animation with a genetically enhanced body and an implanted A.I. named Nan. He was now endowed with boundless potential but unrealized potential is of little benefit. With Nan's help he overcame many challenges but his greatest and most dangerous challenge was fighting and defeating a gang of slavers. He realized that one victory was not the end of the issue and his goal became permanently ending this evil organization that threatened the very survival of the fragile remnants of humanity. In order to accomplish this he would have to fully realize his...

A genocidal psychopath resurrects an ancient, powerful space fleet to dominate the Solar System. And the crew of the Sea Rover are humanity’s last hope... they just don’t know it yet. Captain Calin Aku and his crew specialize in smuggling across the new Martian colonies. It was a simple job with a paycheck, until they find themselves caught in the clandestine war of a secret advanced civilization hidden for a millennium. Can Calin and his crew transcend their roles as mere smugglers and outlaws to become true heroes? Corsair of Mars is the riveting second installment in a Solar System-...

Eldenworld; a world of ruins built on top of ruins back to the dawn of time. Eldenworld; a realm of dragons, shapeshifters and terrors out of nightmares. Eldenworld; a doomed world with one slim chance for survival resting on the shoulders of a former Marine. Against impossible odds Gareth Köhler has reached the famed Eye of Zuebrihn, and has learned certain truths; including the fact that he and his companions will all die unless he blows up Eldenworld’s single distant moon, in order to save the world and everyone on it. To get there he will have to travel Eldenworld again, in search of...

From Silicon Valley boardrooms to rural communes to academic philosophy departments, a seemingly inconceivable idea is being seriously discussed: that the end of humanity’s reign on earth is imminent, and that we should welcome it. Anthropocene antihumanism has been inspired by revulsion at humanity’s destruction of the natural environment, and transhumanism, by contrast, glorifies some of the very things that antihumanism decries—scientific and technological progress, the supremacy of reason.

Rise of the Gender Clones in a World With Only Men Jon Berringer is your typical male in the year 2240 – smart, comfortable, and very confused by the sudden announcement that females will be returning. After females stopped being born in 2042, the world quickly became dominated by the male population. At some point, someone realized no new women were being born, and that's when the New World Order Initiative began. After the last female on the planet died in 2173 at the age of 131, the program to fix the problem took off in earnest as it was realized that with no women on the planet, the ...

An untrusting vigilante. An unpredictable survivalist. An untraceable killer. When trust-fund-baby-turned-vigilante Mira Proskouriakova hires jobless former soldier Briscoe Hall to assassinate her mother’s killer, targeting her own father is the last thing she expects. Zero Trust is book 4 in USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Binary Hackers series of near-future romantic technothrillers. We first met Mira and her father as side characters in Zero Sum (Binary Hackers Book 1). Publisher's Note: This expanded novel debuted as an abridged novella in the now-expired Winter ...

F ormer marine sergeant Gareth Köhler has a problem; actually, he has several problems, and all of them are lethal. With a blast of radiation from a supernova rapidly approaching, all life on the world will be extinguished if he can’t evacuate a million people from the planet they call Eldenworld. Unfortunately, the prior residents, who created the lie that blowing up the moon would save the planet, ran off with all the starships and shut down the planetary power systems, leaving those less fortunate to a grizzly, inescapable fate. With only the slimmest of chances of saving anyone at ...

NOMADS 13 - To new shores For a long time, unrest and fear have smoldered aboard the Durana. The Akkato's cruelty and their desire to maintain the strength of their empire by any means, no matter how terrible, have finally prompted Dominic Porter to act. An ancient alien spaceship plays a crucial role in his plans. But to carry out his plan, he must risk his life and the lives of his friends....

At last, mankind has found a way to shake off the yoke of the Akkato. Some seek their fortune on a new, alien world. Others see an opportunity to reclaim the Earth and the entire solar system by force of arms.

The need for security expressed by various actors has resulted in both the private military companies and private security companies. I consider those actors being very important in the overall design of the security, taking into account their capabilities, and the ability to act in contexts ranging from high-level to the individual level. The totality of private security actors, from a private military company that produces next-generation weapons to be used by a national army, to a private detective, influences the global security, regional security, national, local and individual security.

NOMADS 12 - Hour of Destiny The events are coming to a head. On the Durana there is unrest again. This time, everything is at stake for the people. Apparently the Akkato are planning the extermination of their warriors. Events also come to a head on Earth after the Rakara Temple is taken over by Zira Odana. Opportunities are finally opening up for Admiral Blake to teach the Akkato a lesson. An endeavor that will surely lead to war with the aliens. For Dominic, it is clear that it is now a matter of survival. For him and his comrades it is the hour of destiny...

With American dominance no more, war sweeps across the world. Has World War III begun? In North America, the stakes have never been higher. In the former United States, President Mitchell Spector and the United Constitutional States of America are feeling pressure on all sides and will stop at nothing to ensure a Red Faction victory. To the north, Canadian democracy struggles under the weight of war. Can Canada’s politicians, its military and its intelligence services stave off the authoritarian threat that is now stalking the land of the true North strong and free? In the Pacific, an ...

Today's militaries are increasingly reliant on highly networked autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced weapons that were previously the domain of sci-fi writers. In such a world, what can we do to decrease the chances of war? In Future Peace, Robert H. Latiff questions our overreliance on technology and examines the pressure-cooker scenario created by the growing animosity between the US and its adversaries, our thinly stretched global military, the capacity for technology to catalyze violence, and the American public's lack of familiarity with these topics.

Everyone alive has a story to tell. Not everyone wants to tell their story. Father Nathan Jackson is one such man. He's a tough as nails priest, beloved by his parishioners and friends. But nobody dares ask about his past. 500 years in the future, life in Capital City on the frozen planet of Beta Prime is hard. It takes an even harder man to live there. Find out what brought Father Nathan to Capital City. Get a copy of Incident on Damascus II! Incident on Damascus II is the 5th episode in the Capital City Character's series. Other episodes include: Episode I: Friends in Low Places Episode ...

A fallen U.S. government. A city verging on collapse. Can a lone cop stop an insane crime lord from destroying the home she’s vowed to protect? NYPD cop Alice Yu trusts no one. And with newfound fame making her a reluctant figurehead, there’s no way she’s telling anybody that her reprinted body is failing and she’s dying. But when she hosts a city-saving truce between gang bosses and the police, a bloody confrontation leads to an enraged standoff. With negotiations stalled, Yu partners with a secretive UN special agent to track down the power-hungry monster intent on destroying the ...

The history of the American gun is intricately entwined with the history of America itself, and the potential future developments in gun technology could change the world. However, the radical anti-gun lobby stands between innovation and the American people. Bestselling author Frank Miniter describes amazing breakthroughs waiting to happen in gun technology - and how gun grabbers threaten to stop progress in its tracks.

The world of the near future. Dictatorships still exist. One such place is America. The America of the past is not the America of the future. Fear and uncertainty has led to a leader for life who has taken control of everything. Every business, private organization and even religion is under his control. The common apathy has led to austerity. Control is tenuous at best, but it will be maintained, at any and all costs. Taylor Scott, scientist desires to turn his experience creating military technology into an ambitious humanitarian project that will alleviate the shortages and improve life ...

A near-future Earth has shaken off the devastating colonization by alien Lokaran invaders and totalitarian rule by the alien's puppets, the Earth First party. But now Earth is flung into galactic intrigue and war. The Lokaron empire teeters on the edge of a fratricidal meltdown, and a cabal of ancient enemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy the empire and rule over a new Galactic dark age.

The alien Rift get ready for their summer offensive against the humans at the New Hope Colony. Another Rift airship takes a close look at the crashed transport Cairo; it’s a tempting target. Commander Rick Cassidy and Gunnery Sergeant Molly Pickford know time is running out and must do all they can to prepare for the inevitable attack. Those school girls they’ve been training have some ideas of their own on how to defend their valley against the aliens. The Marco Polo makes its jump into the Tau Ceti system. Among the 2000 Rangers on the Polo is LT Bridget O’Brien, Rick Cassidy’s ...

Zero Point Four is a groundbreaking book written by six world-leading maritime, ocean, and security experts, and spearheaded by retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson. This audiobook explores how the U.S. - a maritime nation - finds itself on a dangerous precipice today. After World War II over half the world’s ocean-going commercial ships flew the U.S. flag. Today, it is less than 0.4%. This meticulously researched work scrutinizes the U.S. maritime industry’s significance to America through five ‘Principles’: National, Economic, Energy and Food, Climate, and Workforce Security.