In the wake of the 2001 September eleventh terrorist attacks, the New York Times reported that the New York CIA station, headed by a woman, was located in a building of the World Trade Center complex. When the Trade Towers came down, the adjacent CIA office was destroyed as well. Business people and students going overseas were recruited by this CIA station to gather intelligence information while abroad. This is the story of one such person, the challenges he faced, and the affect of his longstanding relationship with the CIA Station Chief.

"The Pachinko Connection" takes the reader into a world of espionage, extortion and perversion, as CIA operative Adam Carver and pachinko parlor owner Noriko Kaneda attempt to follow the trail of money extorted from gambling halls in Japan and sent to North Korea, where, it is suspected, it is being used to help fund the development and sale of weapons of mass destruction.

James Pharmaceutical Company (JPC) is on the verge of a colossal breakthrough in the world of pharmaceuticals: a cure for Alzheimer's disease. JPC has developed the formula, but cannot perfect the product due to side effects as well as a cash shortage.

When the president of JPC discovers that an unknown yet trusted key employee has made a copy of a secret document outlining the cure, he calls in a favor from his old friend, Jean Paul Koenig, PhD. Jean Paul, or J. P., an expert in herbal pharmaceuticals, reluctantly agrees to get involved. Along the way, J. P. befriends a Japanese intelligence officer who has been trying to find a new product for a small innovative Japanese pharmaceutical company in Bandai, Japan. Together they evaluate the situation and work through deceit and violence as major international pharmaceutical companies fight for the highly coveted pharmaceutical, its raw material, and the rights to market it.

It is mere months after Tom's capture of the Serbian ex-president. He and his unit built a strong bond over the course of their mission, but it is time for them to part ways since the job is done. The reward money helps, and Tom is prepared to nally retire in style. But the Serbian under-world that assisted in the president's capture now feels a need for revenge. They want payback for the violence Tom's unit brought to their country.

Suddenly, Tom's unit is on the chopping block. An international manhunt is launched to nd Tom and the rest of his team. The ma a doesn't want them in a court of law, however; they want them dead. Tom's own country is of no help, as he is now considered a war criminal of a di erent kind-a guilty bounty hunter. Now, the team must get back together in order to save their lives and clear their names.

Things are quite di erent now for the whole unit. For the rst time in his long, proud career, Tom now nds himself on the wrong side of the law-and it will take a lot more than friendly conversation to get out of Europe alive.

It seems like an ordinary night inside the Alexandria Fitness Center-that is, until a gym patron suddenly discovers Cardiff Shapiro lying next to a treadmill in a pool of his own blood. Someone has just assassinated of the State Department's Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. The nation is stunned. Worse yet, it appears a cold-blooded killer has just gotten away with murder. As Alexandria police department detectives immerse themselves in an investigation into Shapiro's murder, they find themselves taken off the case by the FBI.

Meanwhile, David Pearl, owner and CEO of a new security company, prides himself on his integrity, even in the face of both a career and a love first won, then lost. When Pearl receives an offer to provide temporary security for a Greek diplomat whose life has been repeatedly threatened, Pearl enthusiastically accepts, not realizing that in a matter of days, another murder will propel him onto a dangerous journey through death, lies, and treachery. With national security at stake, Pearl must overcome adversity and the ultimate betrayal in order to determine whom he can trust, before an assassin strikes again.

"Spies and Lies: The Paradox" is a gripping story about espionage, politics, deceit, and romance as one man risks everything to defend his country-and his reputation-from evil forces.

From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor, four deadly women from the top-secret Athena Project join Delta Force as they undertake one of the nation's most dangerous assignments. The world's most elite counterterrorism unit has just taken its game to an entirely new level. And not a moment too soon... From behind the rows of razor wire, a new breed of counterterrorism operator has emerged. Just as skilled, just as fearsome, and just as deadly as their colleagues, Delta Force's newest members have only one thing setting them apart-their gender. Part of a top-secret, all-female program codenamed The Athena Project, four of Delta's best and brightest women are about to undertake one of the nation's deadliest assignments. When a terrorist attack in Rome kills more than twenty Americans, Athena Team members Gretchen Casey, Julie Ericsson, Megan Rhodes, and Alex Cooper are tasked with hunting down the Venetian arms dealer responsible for providing the explosives. But there is more to the story than anyone knows. In the jungles of South America, a young US intelligence officer has made a grisly discovery. Surrounded by monoliths covered with Runic symbols, one of America's greatest fears appears to have come true. Simultaneously in Colorado, a foreign spy is close to penetrating the mysterious secret the US government has hidden beneath Denver International Airport. As Casey, Ericsson, Rhodes, and Cooper close in on their target, they will soon learn that another attack-one of unimaginable proportions-has already been set in motion, and the greatest threat they face may be the secrets kept by their own government.

Geologist David Hastings and his partner make a significant oil discovery in the Venezuelan rainforest. The discovery is adjacent to Angel Falls, the world's most pristine waterfalls. Although David's company, OilQuest International, publicly proclaimed that every effort was being undertaken to minimize the environmental impact of the project, David finds another unit within OilQuest is working on a covert development plan known as the Angel Falls Option. David's early jubilation over the oil discovery is further dampened by the sudden death of his partner under highly mysterious circumstances in Caracas.

While probing both the death of his partner and the secretive details of the Option, David and his family become the targets of unknown assassins. The first attempt on their lives occurs in Plano, Texas. Fearing for their safety, he bundles his family off to Weekapaug, Rhode Island and then flies to Venezuela where the truth about the Option and the death of his partner are ultimately revealed. David takes on unusual enemies and allies as the action unfolds, commencing with a fierce struggle in the rainforest and ultimately the final confrontation in Dallas.

During the process of acquiring foreign direct investment for infrastructure development and resource extraction projects in a less developed country, a trade representative of consular stature discovers an ocean of bureaucratic corruption and international fraud. The depth of the bureaucratic involvement thwarts all attempts by the consular officer to provide a safe haven for foreign investors. Faced with the reality of the situation and its macabre consequences for the less developed country s future development, the consular officer is forced into a moment of decision. Does he overlook what he has unearthed and continue to bask in the privileges afforded to his consular status, as it appears many of his peers and superiors have done? Or, does he uphold that to which he has been commissioned? The grandeur of authority and privilege weigh heavily against the burden of responsibility. Either choice ends his ability to continue the effectiveness of his commissioned status. The decision eventually topples the government of the less developed country and unseats over 85% of the elected officials.

Dr. Victor Mark Silverstein is a Jewish African-American whose background is as unusual as his personality. He lives a privileged life as the Naval Research Laboratory's preeminent meteorologist and scientist. But beneath the facade of a self-centered, arrogant personality lies a seething, vulnerable man whose secrets have plagued his sleep since 1982. That's when he discovered the truth about what happened to his girlfriend, Sylvia.

In the year 2007, his nightmares become a reality when weather satellites detect an environmental aberration. Memories from college at Penn State--and their accompanying heartbreak--push their way back into Silverstein's life. Only he knows the root cause of the phenomenon and its scientific basis--and the mastermind behind it all.

This fast-paced thriller spans the globe: from the Suez Canal and Christmas Island to Istanbul, Turkey; to Monterey, California and Washington, DC; and finally to Bermuda. Silverstein and his feisty female assistant, Dr. Linda Kipling, begin a desperate and harrowing pursuit for the truth and for those responsible. With time running out and the environmental catastrophe unfolding, they must survive a terrifying ride through the eyewall of a hurricane. The final showdown pits good against evil and intellect against loyalty. Along the way, Silverstein finds peace and becomes reacquainted with a faith he abandoned long ago.

The world's most ruthlessly efficient assassin, Jason Bourne, has carved a bloody swathe through all his opponents but now he's facing the one force he can't defeat - his own past - in the latest thrilling entry in Robert Ludlum's New York Times bestselling series. Three years ago, Jason Bourne embarked on a mission in Estonia with his partner and lover, a fiery UK-based Treadstone agent codenamed Nova. Their job was to rescue a Russian scientist and activist, the leader of an anti-Putin protest movement, who'd recently been smuggled out of St. Petersburg in the midst of an FSB manhunt. They failed. Now, three years later, everything has changed for Bourne. Nova is gone, killed in a mass shooting in Las Vegas. Bourne is a lone operative working in the shadows for Treadstone. He's ready for a new mission when his handler bring him shocking news. The Estonian mission was a set up. Their target had not been killed. She is still in hiding in Russia and the Russian State Intelligence Agency is desperately seeking her. Bourne must find her first, but his race to correct the errors of the past will lead him to one inevitable conclusion: Some secrets should stay buried.

Zack McGregor and his wife, Julie, find themselves thrust into the throes of a government sting operation--not once, but twice. A task force sanctioned by the President of the United States has intentionally involved the young couple in its clandestine operation. President Richard Nixon had just resigned the office of the President.

Contributing to the suspense is a charismatic character named Charles Devro, with the Los Angeles Federal Marshal's office, who has fallen ill and may or may not be a federal agent. Depending on whom Mr. Devro is talking to at the time, he's either an escaped convict now working for the government, or someone who had deep ties to President Nixon, during Watergate.

Zack McGregor, military trained, expert in the martial arts, and using his favorite hobbies including driving fast cars and flying, turns the tables on the government. McGregor seizes control of the operation when a rogue Secret Service agent takes several people hostage, including Julie.

When someone threatens or causes harm to his Julie, it's time to watch out for Zachary McGregor. With the mood he is suddenly in, there's a "Bad Moon on the Rise " "Just like Clive Cussler on the high seas, Glenn Cannon's debut novel takes you on a thrill ride through the sky and deep into the 1970's covert world of espionage and intrigue. His protagonist Zack McGregor makes Jack Ryan look like a Boy Scout "
--Cory Cannon, screenwriter/author of "Life Changes Everything and Spy Switch."

It's one of the greatest mysteries of our time. Where is he? Where did he go after Afghanistan? How did the world's most wanted man vanish without a trace? Despite the reward of twenty-five million dollars and an exhaustive global manhunt, he has remained in hiding ever since the terrifying events of 9/11 ... at least until now.

Written in the style of the great Cold War spy novels, the adventure starts with a tip-off by a Yemeni government official. Two MI6 agents embark on a dramatic chase across the Arabian Peninsula. Hot on the heels of their high profile target, they quickly discover that nothing is what it seems. The CIA, the Yemenis, the Cubans, the Israelis and Iranian intelligence all pursue competing interests.

The suspense is heightened, as treacherous alliances lead to innocent lives being threatened. The hunters become the hunted. The plot follows their escapes through the deserts of Arabia, the warm waters of the Caribbean and the steamy Amazon jungle.

This fast-paced, entertaining read is full of spectacular settings, an assortment of carefully crafted characters and many unexpected twists and turns. It will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last word.

AUTHOR BIO
Mark McHugh is a British businessman. During his extensive international career, he worked in seventy countries and lived on four continents. He and his Brazilian wife, Ivone, and their family, live in a fishing village in northeast Brazil.

What if the U.S. Congress considered legalizing drugs? A prominent surgeon, DR. TONY RYAN, finds himself at the helm of the country's first experimental drug distribution program, which has been set up in Santa Barbara. Two months into its uneventful operation, Ryan returns from a brief holiday to find not only the program suddenly on the brink of disaster, but himself perilously pitched into a high-stakes life-threatening attack. On one hand, Substance of Abuse is a "Crichtonesque beach-reader" novel -- an intriguing adventure from Santa Barbara to Rome. And, on the other hand, it has an original high-concept premise whose highly charged controversial nature will surely leave the reader much to think about long after the last page is turned.