This story picks up exactly where book one left off. The Talbot family is evacuating their home amidst a zombie apocalypse. Mankind is on the edge of extinction as a new dominant, mindless opponent scours the landscape in search of food, which just so happens to be non-infected humans. In these pages, are the journal entries of Michael Talbot, his wife Tracy, their three kids Nicole, Justin and Travis. With them are Brendon, Nicole's fiance and Tommy previously a Wal-Mart door greeter who may be more than he seems. Together they struggle against a ruthless, relentless enemy that has ...
The families Jensen and MacCallister are two of the most legendary clans in frontier fiction. Now, the bestselling authors of bring them together once more--in a gripping tale of tragedy, survival, love, betrayal, and maybe even a miracle...Three days before Christmas, Matt Jensen is traveling the Denver and Pacific railway when an avalanche slams down onto the train, trapping it in desolate Trout Creek Pass. But it wasn't an act of nature that caused the accident; it was a gang of outlaws attempting to rescue their leader, who is being taken to Red Cliff to be hanged. As ...
"He doesn't kill for thrills, for sex, or even for power.It's far more twisted than that.... "Cody McFadyen, acclaimed author of The Darker Side, The Face of Death," " and Shadow Man," "delivers this shocking new thriller that brings to light a psychopath unlike any we've ever seen--a killer who thrives in absolute darkness and doesn't derive pleasure from the kill. And only one woman has the ability to see him coming...even if it's already too late to stop her own murder. For FBI Special Agent Smoky Barrett, the wedding of one of their own was ...
. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness.""My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the ...
In Act of War, Dale Brown goes beyond anything he's done before, taking readers deep into the new world of intelligence-focused warfare, and introducing a cutting-edge new hero: thirty-two-year-old Army Major Jason Richter, designer of a whole array of futuristic infantry weapons and devices created to hunt down a new breed of enemy with unmatched speed and lethality. With all the thrilling battle scenes and expert military maneuvers that have become the hallmark of this New York Timesbestselling author, this is an intense, action-packed spectacle that combines geopolitics, terrorism, and warfare.Near Houston, ...
Praise for the Aim?e Leduc series: “The buzz . . . is partly about her heroine’s hip, next-generation, cutting-edge investigations and partly about Paris, a setting of unrivaled charm.”—Houston Chronicle “If the cobblestones could talk, they might tell a tale as haunting as the one Cara Black spins.” —The New York Times Book Review “Will have readers on pins and needles.”—San Francisco Chronicle “One of the best new writers in the field today.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Conveys vividly those layers of history that make the stones of Paris sing for so many ...
Praise for the Aim?e Leduc series:"If you've always wanted to visit Paris, skip the air fare and read Cara Black . . . instead."--Val McDermid"Fine characters, good suspense, but, best of all, they are transcendentally, seductively, irresistibly French. If you can't go, these will do fine. Or, better, go and bring them with you."--Alan Furst"She makes Paris come alive as no one else has since Georges Simenon."--Stuart Kaminsky"If you've never been to Paris, or you'd like to go back soon, let Cara Black transport you there."--Linda Fairstein"Charming. . . . Aim?e is one of those blithe spirits who can walk you through the city's historical streets and byways with their eyes closed."--Aim?e's childhood friend, Laure, is a policewoman. Her partner, Jacques, has set up a meeting in Montmartre with an informer. When Laure reluctantly goes along as backup, Jacques is lured...
Praise for the Aim?e Leduc series:"One of the best heroines in crime fiction."--Lee Child"The Parisienne Kinsey Millhone."--"One of the best new writers in the field today."--(starred review)"Haunting."--Aim?e is faced with a tight deadline on a computer security contract when a telephone call from a stranger leads her to an abandoned infant. She brings the baby to her home and names her Stella. She expects the mother to reclaim the child, but days pass as Aim?e tries in vain to discover her identity. Her partner, Ren?, urges her to turn the baby over to the authorities, but for Aim?e this is too close to her own abandonment by her mother.The search brings her among ecological protesters and oil company tycoons, newspapermen and would-be actresses, as demonstrators near her home on the Ile...
