Ringing Thunder

Saul Cobb used to think he’d sell insurance like his Pa and stay married to his wife forever while running with a local biker gang in Topeka, Kansas. When his sexuality turned his life upside down, he washed up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where he found a new kind of family. He likes his bike, his dog Thunder, and the horses he takes care of. It shouldn’t matter that he still hasn’t quite figured himself out or found that special someone. Leaving his home in England looking for a new start, jockey turned horse trainer Liam Woods is delighted to discover something he wasn’t looking for at the racetrack: a man with raven hair, brooding eyes, and a soul that begs to be his. Saul might be all storm clouds to Liam’s sunshine, but when a real storm throws them together, they find out just how well-matched they are.

“Dray captures the genius and ingenuity of Franklin’s scientific thinking and then does something even more fascinating: He shows how science shaped his diplomacy, politics, and Enlightenment philosophy.” –Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Today we think of Benjamin Franklin as a founder of American independence who also dabbled in science. But in Franklin’s day, the era of Enlightenment, long before he was an eminent statesman, he was famous for his revolutionary scientific work. Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray uses the evolution of Franklin’s scientific curiosity and empirical thinking as a metaphor for America’s struggle to establish its fundamental values. He recounts how Franklin unlocked one of the greatest natural mysteries of his day, the seemingly unknowable powers of lightning and electricity. Rich in historical detail and based on numerous primary sources, Stealing God’s Thunder is a fascinating original look at one of our most beloved and complex founding fathers.

Jerry Mitchell returns in Fatal Thunder, a gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Larry Bond India and Pakistan are stalemated in a war that India launched to “remove the threat of terrorism, once and for all.” Without the knowledge of the rest of the Indian government, a small but powerful group of senior military officers and civilian security officials have decided to strike at China, Pakistan's backer and India's recent enemy in the Littoral Alliance War. The conspirators’ planned attack will leave Pakistan largely undefended, ensuring the success of India’s military campaign. To conceal the origins of the attack, the group has obtained Russian-made nuclear warheads and torpedos from a renegade Russian arms merchant, which will be delivered covertly by INS Chakra. Girish Samant, until recently the captain of Chakra, discovers hints of the far-reaching conspiracy and seeks aid from an old enemy, the only person he can trust: skipper of the USS North Dakota, Jerry Mitchell. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.