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WHEN YOU ELIMINATE THE IMPOSSIBLE … Black Oak Security is a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic Ethan Proctor. He takes on cases that range from the normal to the unaccountably bizarre. Now one of his people, Sloan Delaney, has disappeared during a weekend getaway in the Cumberland Mountains. The last message he left—on Proctor’s answering machine—was a tortured scream for help. THE ONLY THING LEFT IS THE TRUTH. Soon Proctor is heading into the Kentucky wilderness, following in Sloan’s footsteps to a secluded backwoods motel where a dreadful mystery is buried. But the truth behind Sloan’s disappearance is only the beginning. For whatever is roaming the hills has left an entire town cowering in fear. Something unspeakable … and too close to home.

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Ethan Proctor reluctantly agrees to take a much-needed vacation in Atlantic City, but just as he is starting to relax, an old friend drops in and involves Ethan in a dangerous murder case.

'The game changing guitar legend gets the biography he deserves ... Diligently researched, perceptive and well-written.' 8/10, Classic Rock'An affectionate and unflinching portrait of metal guitar's Mount Everest.' MojoArriving in California as a young boy in the early 1960s, Edward Van Halen and his brother Alex were ripe for the coming musical revolution. The sons of a Dutch, saxophone-playing father, the brothers discovered the Beatles, Cream and others.From the moment their hugely influential 1978 debut landed, Van Halen set a high bar for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, creating an entirely new style of post-'60s hard rock and becoming the quintessential Californian band of the 1980s. But there was also an undercurrent of tragedy to their story, as Eddie's struggles played out in public, from his difficult relationship with the band's original singer, Dave Lee Roth, to substance abuse, divorce and his long-running battle with cancer.With unique insights, Paul Brannigan's Eruption reaches beyond the headlines to explore the cultural and social contexts that shaped this iconic guitarist, while also turning up the dial on a life lived at volume eleven.

From the bestselling author of "The X-Files" novels, this book opens a new unexplained case from the files of the Black Oak investigations. Private investigator Ethan Proctor delves into the dark secrets of a town cursed for generations by an evil that grants residents their heart's desire--in exchange for their souls.

Night—the carnival grounds are empty … Or are they? Laughter and screams float faintly on the wind. Echoes of the day's fairgoers—or cries of the damned, rising form Hell? At the carnival's core is the black carousel, whirling to a special rhythm that is almost a heartbeat. Its creatures seem alive in the flickering lights as they spin hypnotically past. And those who dare to ride are forever … changed.