Available Darkness

From the bestselling authors of Yesterday’s Gone, No Justice, and The Karma Police series comes Available Darkness: Book Two, a character-driven reinvention of the vampire story. Darkness is Falling When a portal opens to the magickal and monstrous Otherworld, the vampire John is forced to work with the very organization that has hunted him for years — a secret government agency charged with protecting the world from supernatural threats just like John. His job: to stop Jacob from finding the vessels and seizing the power he needs to unleash hell on Earth. John must betray his own kind to protect the world and also his love, Hope, and Abigail, the child who has become like a daughter to him. But nothing can save him, or those he loves, from fate or the evil from his past that will stop at nothing to destroy them all. The portal is open. Time is running out. Darkness waits for no one. ★★★★★ "It had everything I wanted and more. Platt and Wright excel at writing fast, character driven stories that know how to put you on the edge of your seat, couch, or bed (depending on where you're reading from)." -- Christian Burch ★★★★★ "This is the fourth Platt & Wright collaboration I've read and I am 100% addicted." -- JoniJ ★★★★★ "I told my self I would not just read it all in one sitting. Well I lied to myself. I devoured the book in a few hours, and now I need more. I love to hate cliff hangers. But seriously now I have to wait." -- John R Niven ★★★★★ "These guys write in a way that keeps you turning pages (too late at night) and wanting more of each story they do." -- Dave Horton ★★★★★ "This second season rocks! Even if you didn't read the 1st season (what's wrong with you?)...you can pick this up and know what's going on. The characters have grown (figuratively) into ones that you sympathize with, love to hate, hate to love, scream at, run from, chase after, want to kill, cheer on, cry with, cry over and generally want to grow old with." -- jkaustin02 Available Darkness: Book Two is the second book in the 3-Book Available Darkness series, a paranoid, page-turner populated by characters you won’t want to stop spending time with. It's a cat and mouse cop story, between a cop on the hunt for a supernatural serial killer, and an amnesiac vampire. Read the entire completed series today.

From the bestselling authors of Yesterday’s Gone, No Justice, and The Karma Police series comes Available Darkness: Book Three, a character-driven reinvention of the vampire story. Darkness is Spreading. In the conclusion to the Available Darkness trilogy, the paths of vampire brothers John, Jacob, and Caleb converge in an epic battle for two worlds. The vampiric Valkoer have been exiled to the Forgotten Kingdom on Otherworld in the Great Purge. The technologically advanced North, with help from The Hand of the Seven Gods, control their magick and keep the population of deviants, monsters, and slave traders contained. Jacob’s father, the Valkoer King, refuses to fight for their freedom. But Jacob has collected the six crystals, and he threatens to unleash the power of the Last Great Wizard, triggering a war that will destroy Otherworld and enslave the humans remaining on Earth. Caleb has reluctantly partnered with The Hand of the Seven Gods to destroy Jacob, while 11-year-old Abigail is searching for freedom from her violent past. When John returns in search of Abigail, he joins the forces fighting to save Otherworld. Will the unlikely allies have the power to keep Otherworld safe from Jacob and the Valkoer? ★★★★★ "Personally, I thought it was well worth the wait. I loved the first two books and was getting anxious waiting for the conclusion. Abigail, John, Hope, Caleb, Jacob and Larry have one heck of a story." -- Christian Burch ★★★★★ "Great series. I read the whole series over a weekend. I couldn't put it down till I finished it. These guys do not write a bad book." -- dina garza ★★★★★ "Available darkness three........best one of the whole series!! Loved it! The characters are just so brilliant and you get really invested in them and their backstories." -- paulaamy ★★★★★ "Well worth the wait although I was impatient for it!! I look for everything these guys put out knowing it will be a great read full of unique twists and turns. They take a story line and make it so new and intriguing that you can't help but become a Fan!" -- Mary C Mattison ★★★★★ "Sean and David are the best writers since Stephen King.....loved this book!!" -- Barb Kimpel Available Darkness: Book Three is the final book in the 3-Book Available Darkness series, a paranoid, page-turner populated by characters you won’t want to stop spending time with. It's a cat and mouse cop story, between a cop on the hunt for a supernatural serial killer, and an amnesiac vampire. Read the entire completed series today.

The Irish Times Top 10 Bestseller! From war to revolution, famine to emigration, The Darkness Echoing travels around Ireland bringing its dark past to life It's no secret that the Irish are obsessed with misery, suffering and death. And no wonder, for there is darkness everywhere you look: in cemeteries and castles, monuments and museums, stories and songs. In The Darkness Echoing, Gillian O'Brien tours Ireland's most deliciously dark heritage sites, delving into the stories behind them and asking what they reveal about the Irish. Energetic, illuminating and surprisingly funny, The Darkness Echoing challenges old, accepted narratives about Ireland, and asks intriguing questions about Ireland's past, present and future. 'My history book of the year' Ryan Tubridy 'As thought-provoking as it is informative and entertaining' Irish Times 'Hugely enjoyable, thought-provoking and informative ... An essential read' History Ireland

“A luminous, moving and visual record of fleeting moments of connection.” —New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice A visionary work of radical empathy. Known for immersion journalism that is more immersed than most people are willing to go, and for a prose style that is somehow both fierce and soulful, Jeff Sharlet dives deep into the darkness around us and awaiting us. This work began when his father had a heart attack; two years later, Jeff, still in his forties, had a heart attack of his own. In the grip of writerly self-doubt, Jeff turned to images, taking snapshots and posting them on Instagram, writing short, true stories that bloomed into documentary. During those two years, he spent a lot of time on the road: meeting strangers working night shifts as he drove through the mountains to see his father; exploring the life and death of Charley Keunang, a once-aspiring actor shot by the police on LA’s Skid Row; documenting gay pride amidst the violent homophobia of Putin’s Russia; passing time with homeless teen addicts in Dublin; and accompanying a lonely woman, whose only friend was a houseplant, on shopping trips. Early readers have called this book “incantatory,” the voice “prophetic,” in “James Agee’s tradition of looking at the reality of American lives.” Defined by insomnia and late-night driving and the companionship of other darkness-dwellers—night bakers and last-call drinkers, frightened people and frightening people, the homeless, the lost (or merely disoriented), and other people on the margins—This Brilliant Darkness erases the boundaries between author, subject, and reader to ask: how do people live with suffering?

A Neon Darkness, the second Bright Sessions novel from creator Lauren Shippen, features villain Damien, who can make anyone want what he wants. Robert Gorham always gets what he wants. But the power of persuasion is as potent a blessing as it is a curse. Robert is alone until a group of strangers who can do impossible things—produce flames without flint, conduct electricity with their hands, and see visions of the past—welcome him. They call themselves Unusuals and they give Robert a new name too: DAMIEN. Finally, finally he belongs. As long as he can keep his power under control. But control is a sacrifice he might not be willing to make. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

As an artist, David Bowie was widely considered a “chameleon,” shedding one persona to create another and thus staying popular, relevant and compelling. In reality, Bowie was able to work with the resources around him to create something new, causing many to see him as a sort of lone artist rather than a collaborator in the creation of his own celebrity. Mid-career, Bowie began presenting himself as a figure in darkness, progressively more hidden. He required an audience for his continued celebrity but worked against that audience in the creation—or rather the destruction—of his star image. This tension is made clear in his 1995 album 1. Outside, which has him performing for an audience while simultaneously shunning them. This book explores Bowie’s negotiation of his celebrity during his later career, with particular focus on 1. Outside, an album symptomatic of deep-seated societal and personal anxiety.

The host of a late night, call-in radio show, Paris Gibson joins with police psychologist Dean Malloy to identify a mysterious caller known only as "Valentino" before he kills a woman whom he feels has wronged him

Introduction to Cyber-Warfare: A Multidisciplinary Approach, written by experts on the front lines, gives you an insider's look into the world of cyber-warfare through the use of recent case studies. The book examines the issues related to cyber warfare not only from a computer science perspective but from military, sociological, and scientific perspectives as well. You'll learn how cyber-warfare has been performed in the past as well as why various actors rely on this new means of warfare and what steps can be taken to prevent it. Provides a multi-disciplinary approach to cyber-warfare, analyzing the information technology, military, policy, social, and scientific issues that are in play Presents detailed case studies of cyber-attack including inter-state cyber-conflict (Russia-Estonia), cyber-attack as an element of an information operations strategy (Israel-Hezbollah,) and cyber-attack as a tool against dissidents within a state (Russia, Iran) Explores cyber-attack conducted by large, powerful, non-state hacking organizations such as Anonymous and LulzSec Covers cyber-attacks directed against infrastructure, such as water treatment plants and power-grids, with a detailed account of Stuxent