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When the line between crime and justice blurs… Her trust in her protectors shattered, Taylor Jones strikes out on her own to find out why someone powerful enough to circumvent the Witness Security Programme wants her dead. She was almost enjoying her quiet new life with a nice, normal guy courtesy of a new identity.Then her next-door neighbour turned up dead, a stray bullet barely missed her, and a former FBI agent knew she was right in the line of fire. Soon Taylor discovers a chilling connection between the South American cocaine trade, terrorism and a secretive cabal that began with the fall of Nazi Germany…whose influence reaches all the way to the White House. But even more frightening, she suspects her nice, normal guy may be at the centre of it all…A rare and potent mixture of adventure, mystery and passion that shouldn’t be missed. Romantic Times BOOK reviews on Touching Midnight

The men and women of the covert defence team Stony Man were handpicked because they believe in a cause, driven by a passion that sends them into daily battle against impossible odds. The computer wizardry of the agency's cybernetics team enables the two action units to strike multiple blows for justice against the world's predators.But now, even the cloak of secrecy around Stony Man isn't enough protection from the notorious cybercriminal KA55ANDRA….She claims to be prophetess of a new age, but her agenda of destruction is aimed directly and very personally at one powerful man inside one of America's highest offi ces. Her reign of terror is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of lawmen, soldiers and intelligence operatives and shows no sign of stopping. Her destructive genius is fuelled by white-hot vengeance, and she's not above spreading mass murder across the globe to achieve it. For Stony Man, it's a showdown of blood and justice that's as personal as it gets.

The end of the world arrived in a nuclear rush, forging the agonized remains of past and present into a new reality known as Deathlands. Now life is a simple series of rules of survival, where having is better than not having–and anything is worth killing for.But in a world that has seemingly turned against mankind, the possibility of miracles can exist….Of all the resources Ryan Cawdor and his group struggle to recoup, hope for escaping the grim daily life-and-death struggle has suffered most. But now reports of a ville holding the mythical waters of rejuvenation, a fountain of youth, appear to be true, luring Doc and the others on a journey inspired by promise, tainted by mistrust. Hiring on as sec men with a convoy headed to the healing waters of Babyville, the survivors discover the deadly price of immortality.In the Deathlands the future looks like hell–and delivers far worse…