Dr. Angel Stuart is a young veterinarian with a research specialty in Zoonoses, diseases transmitted from animals to humans. Born in Russia, and adopted by a couple from Atlanta, she speaks Russian and English because her parents thought she should learn her native tongue. She loves ballet and life is great ... until she gets an interesting invitation from the President of the United States. When information about the location of an old Soviet-era bio-warfare dump full of anthrax spores is uncovered, the US and British governments want it checked for leakage or tampering. But the dump is no longer part of Russia, but in Kazakhstan, a former Soviet territory north of Afghanistan. They need an expert to investigate and find a way to secure the site before it leaks or is tampered with by Al Qaeda or the Taliban, either of which would prove disastrous to the region and possibly the world. Asked to be that expert, Angel goes to Moscow on a research grant to discover what she can and find a way to get to the burial site to check it out.

Before Mimi Voor can get used to the feel of her Miss Indiana crown, a call from the White House offers her a challenge ... use her expertise in marine biology and her excellent problem solving skills to help save a vital link in the Pacific Ocean food chain. Something, or someone, is killing krill in massive numbers off the Oregon coast. During the research voyage she confronts the mysterious marine parasite, faces kidnapping, and death threats from the crew of a trawler shadowing the research vessel. Can they reverse the killing process and help US and Canadian law enforcement stop the terrorists who may be responsible?

Robert Gazda-called Hokey Puck by some-has a problem. He's an All-American Ice Hockey jock who's had three surgeries on his knee. While he rehabs the knee, and waits to see if he will get a chance to try out for the Detroit Red Wings-his dream-he studies engineering, following in his father's footsteps. In the end he's going to have to choose, though-the NHL or engineering. On a dare, he enters an out-of-the-box design contest and wins. The innovation of the design prompts an unusual invitation to design and build a bridge that will open up a remote region of Colombia to farming a cash crop ... coffee, not coca. Gazda accepts, and soon finds himself the target of drug lords who don't want the bridge built, and a flashflood with enough power and debris to take the bridge out. This is a Young Adult career-interest adventure novel.

Charlie Williams is a gifted football player with dreams of playing for Notre Dame University. But as his first season on the St. Joseph High School football team begins, his hopes are threatened by a sinister stranger. A man calling himself Papa runs a gambling ring that wants to corrupt high school sports in Charlie's home state. Papa will stop at nothing to get what he wants, even threatening to harm Charlie's sister Mimi. When a state police lieutenant gives Charlie a chance to stop Papa, this young man of grit and integrity knows he has to take that chance. Charlie must appear to cooperate with the gamblers, putting his future football career on the line to collect information and even appear to accept bribes. And he can tell no one what he's up to

Taco, 6, loves adventure. Join him as he leads his older sisters, Kat and Jen, in a merry chase at a parade, a day at the beach, a trip to Grandpa's, a fishing trip, a visit to the hospital, and a bank caper.