Ten Stories Of Mystery Suspense Adventure Intrigue

TEN STORIES OF MYSTERY - SUSPENSE - ADVENTURE - INTRIGUE is a collection of imaginative and entertaining stories. This book of unique stories provides hours of reading pleasure.

Ted Shiskin's second book, Intrigue, Mystery, and Adventure, is comprised of twenty short stories and will keep you anxiously waiting to read the next tale. His stories whisk you across the country, from South Florida during a smuggling incident down to the Florida Keys, where several individuals vie to retrieve hidden Aztec treasure, and then out to a gas station in the Nevada desert. Then, read about an adventurous hike near the mountainous Canadian border. Watch an artist in the Minnesota lake country battle for his life against an unknown assailant. Take a ride with a young woman running from her estranged boyfriend. Sit back in a cross country bus and join a government security officer as he attempts to foil a terrorist. Each story is exciting, and all are completely unique.

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Silent Waters Cross Wired The Janus Effect Puppet Master Blind Eye Five Complete Novels That Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat! Silent Waters A nuclear submarine cuts silently through the waters of the North Atlantic, commandeered by two-dozen armed terrorists. The target: New York City Fighting for their lives aboard the hijacked submarine, Commander Darius McCann and Ship Superintendent Amy Russell have only one hope for survival. With the lives of millions at stake, they must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse where capture would mean certain death. On shore, two NCIS investigators are working feverishly to learn the details of the hijacking in time to stop the attack. As mass hysteria paralyzes New York City, they uncover a trail of secrets as dangerous as the silent weapon aimed at the heart of America. Can Darius and Amy stop these ruthless, undersea killers from wreaking havoc on the nation, or will they find themselves in a watery grave? 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And can they stop the killings before powerful corporate forces take them both down? The Janus Effect Peace and war, friend and foe, life and death… A perilous journey... WINNER – CONNECTICUT PRESS CLUB AWARD FOR BEST FICTION Unexplained deaths, marked by rapid decomposition, are cropping up in the US, and Homeland Security is willing to bend any rule to find the source of the deadly infection. And that includes resurrecting a ‘dead’ Iraqi biochemist, wrongly held in a CIA ‘black site’ for over five years. Now, the flesh-eating super-microbe is about to devastate the nation. Homeland Security Agent Austyn Newman was sent to gain the cooperation of the scientist who could hold the key to stopping the imminent catastrophe. Arriving in Afghanistan, he recognizes that the CIA has been holding the wrong person for all these years. They need her now to lead them to the antidote, but how will he gain her trust? With time running out in America, Austyn must help Fahimah find her way through war-ravaged Iraq and Kurdistan. The answer lies at the end of the dangerous journey home, and sudden death lurks around every corner. Puppet Master Four seemingly disparate lives are beginning to unravel... and one person is holding the strings. The Rocket Scientist On the eve of a new satellite launch, the fiancé of NASA project manager Alanna Mendes is apparently killed in a fishing accident...only to be spotted six months later in Silicon Valley. The Computer Genius Four years after being caught by Homeland Security hacking into NASA's mainframe computer, Jay Alexei is still blacklisted from the top colleges and computer companies. Now a changed man, he is desperate for a second chance. The Financial Wizard Once a successful international banking CFO, today David Collier is a broken man who can't afford the expensive treatment for his daughter's rare kidney disorder. 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"Mysteries Unveiled: Four Tales of Intrigue and Redemption" is a collection of suspenseful stories that explore the themes of mystery, redemption, and self-discovery. Each tale takes readers on a journey through captivating narratives filled with unexpected twists and turns. From the uncovering of secrets hidden in the shadows to the pursuit of justice and personal growth, these stories offer an immersive experience that will keep readers eagerly turning the pages until the very end. Through compelling characters and atmospheric settings, the book delves into the complexities of human nature while keeping readers engaged with its suspenseful plots. Overall, "Mysteries Unveiled" promises an enthralling read that leaves a lasting impression on its audience.

This carefully crafted ebook: "BULLDOG DRUMMOND SERIES - Complete Thriller Collection: 10 Novels in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Drummond is a First World War veteran, brutalized by his experiences in the trenches and bored with his post-war lifestyle. He publishes an advertisement looking for adventure, and soon finds himself embroiled in a series of exploits, many of which involve Carl Peterson—who becomes his nemesis—and Peterson's mistress, the femme fatale Irma. H. C. McNeile published the book "Bulldog Drummond" in 1920, whose eponymous hero became his best-known creation. The character was based on McNeile himself, on his friend Gerard Fairlie and on English gentlemen generally. Contents: Table of Contents: Bulldog Drummond The Black Gang The Third Round The Final Count The Female of the Species Temple Tower The Return of Bulldog Drummond Knock-Out Bulldog Drummond at Bay Challenge Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937) commonly known as H. C. McNeile or Sapper, was a British soldier and author. His stories are either directly about the war, or contain people whose lives have been shaped by it. His thrillers are a continuation of his war stories, with upper class Englishmen defending England from foreigners plotting against it.

Fasten your seatbelts. Mission Earth is approaching climax . . . And it will rock your world! Who will control Voltar? What is Earth’s ultimate fate? And what is the big mystery? The wait is over. Powerful forces are on the move. Entire planets hang in the balance. The moment of truth is finally at hand—and it’s a real blast! In the middle of it all stands Royal Officer of the Fleet, Jettero Heller, a man determined to save both Voltar and Earth from extinction. Together with an outlaw emperor and an army one hundred thousand strong, Heller lays siege to Palace City, which has fallen into the depraved and diabolical hands of Lombar Hisst. But the success of Heller’s great adventure is far from a sure thing. For in order to achieve victory, he will not only have to break the laws of Voltar—but defy the laws of physics. Here is your ticket to travel beyond the boundaries of space and time. Experience the unfolding mysteries, the violent pleasures and the biting, inescapable truths you can only find in the final reckoning of THE DOOMED PLANET. “Marvelous satire by a master of adventure.” —Anne McCaffrey

Hailed as a landmark in Canadian literary scholarship when it was originally published in 1965, the Literary History of Canada is now being reissued, revised and enlarged, in three volumes. This major effort of a large group of scholars working in the field of English-language Canadian literature provides a comprehensive, up-to-date reference work. It has already proven itself invaluable as a source of information on authors, genres, and literary trends and influences. It represents a positive attempt to give a history of Canada in terms of writings which deserve attention because of significant thought, form, and use of language. Volume I comprises Parts I to III of the original edition, and covers the years from the beginning of Canadian literature in English to about 1920. The contributors to this volume are David Galloway, Victor G. Hopwood, Alfred G. Bailey, Fred Cogswell, James and Ruth Talman, Carl F. Klinck, Edith Gordon Roper, Rupert Schieder, S. Ross Beharriell, Brandon Conron, Elizabeth Waterston, Alec Lucas, John A. Irving, A.H. Johnson, A. Vibert Douglas, and Frank W. Watt.