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Finished in 2003, this fictional memoir is written from the point
of view of an Al-Qaeda fighter and details his personal involvement
in a jihad, holy war, against the western powers. The story is told
in 2007, as the narrator remembers his 20 years of conflict. Osama
bin Laden is involved throughout the story and, while the period
from mid-2003 to 2007 is entirely speculative, chapters detailing
the formation and development of Al-Qaeda are accurate and based on
extensive research. Quotations from The Qur'an are sourced from
'The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an', an explanatory translation by
Mohammad Marmaduke Pickthall, published by the Islamic Cultural
Centre, London NW8 7RG. Proclamations and declarations by Al-Qaeda
leaders in quotation marks are real. For clarity, dates are given
in the western calendar.
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller CRISIS OF
CHARACTER comes an explosive new expose of the Secret Service. The
United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our
Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and
work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the
shoulders of its agents. In his new book, former Secret Service
officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand
the agency's history and today's security failings that he believes
put Americans at risk The American public knows the stories of
Secret Service heroism, but they don't know about the hidden legacy
of problems that have plagued the agency ever since its creation.
Gary Byrne says that decades of catastrophic public failures, near
misses, and bureaucratic and cultural rot threaten to erode this
critical organization from the inside out. Today, as it works to
protect President Trump, the Secret Service stands at a crossroads,
and the time needed to choose the right course is running out.
Agents and officers are leaving the Secret Service in droves, or
they're being overworked to the point where they lose focus on the
job. Management makes decisions based on politics, not the welfare
of their employees. Byrne believes that this means danger for the
men and women of the Secret Service, danger for the President they
protect, and danger for the nation. In this book, he shares what he
has witnessed and learned about the Secret Service with the hope
that the problems of this most important agency can be fixed before
it's too late.
Come on a mindblowing journey. From a feast in imperial Rome whose
ripples will be felt across the ages, to a desperate space mission
that hopes to find salvation for a broken human race. From a
meeting in bleak 1930s Ireland that plots the plunder of an entire
nation, to the first-hand experience of a New Yorker during the
horror of September 11, 2001. From a lonely and confused seeker of
the Holy Grail, to a detached society that feeds its troubled
youngsters to the wolves. This thrilling collection of stunning
short fiction will force you to challenge every assumption, to
question everything, to conclude that your influence on the
development of human civilisation is as critical as anybody else's.
Ever. Human society has always been controlled and manipulated by
the few, but can the many fight back? Sometimes an idea gets into
my head and it just won't go away until I write it down. Sometimes
it becomes a novel, sometimes a tweet or a blog post, sometimes a
short story. This is my first complete collection of all the short
stories I've created since I started writing fiction in 2002. The
stories are arranged chronologically by setting, as opposed to by
when I wrote them. I want to discover if a thread, however tenuous,
unites them over the thousands of years that they span. And what is
that thread? You read. You decide. You tell me. In my opinion,
humans are easily-led, easily-manipulated, easily-fooled.
Religions, dictatorships and con artists have thrived because of
this unfortunate reality. But we're smarter than that. Will it
require a great event to shake us from our slumber or will it
require just one great person? All the stories, including those
that have been widely-read as part of 9/11 Trilogy and Ireland
Trilogy, have been improved as no story I write is ever truly
finished. Most of these stories are published here for the very
first time. I hope that they give you as much pleasure in the
reading as they gave to me in the writing. Gary J Byrnes, Epic
Fiction
From the Amazon #1 Bestselling Author Cocaine, sex, guns and black
magic. Russian and Irish mobsters. Imagine everything converging in
Limerick. That's when private detective Charlie Doyle is hired to
get proof of adultery. What starts off as an typical job leads
Charlie into a maelstrom of gang warfare, drug running, dangerous
sex, child murder, muti and madness, and forces him to become a
vigilante, someone who will stand against the barbarians at the
gate. This book is essential reading for all lovers of noir crime
thrillers. Also for anyone who wants to experience a real Ireland,
one they won't let you see in the tourist brochures. The Author's
Cut features restored scenes, a new cover and a stunning twist
ending that makes the story rattle and buzz. Pure Mad was nominated
for the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award.
Emily's witch grannies have whisked her away in the night, to the
village of Castleconnell in the west of Ireland. The River Shannon
is home to a banshee and she's collecting souls, including Emily's
witch sister, Edna. The witches must race against time to find the
banshee's lair and free the trapped souls. But there is an even
bigger threat to the river and all her inhabitants. Can the Salmon
of Knowledge guide the witches to the nasty trio who plan to use
deadly poison in their search for gold? Can they save the river?
WITCH GRANNIES A STORY FOR ALL AGES
Nominated for a Crime Writers' Association award, Pure Mad has been
described as the best Irish crime novel ever written. Meet Charlie
Doyle. He's a jaded private detective in Limerick, Ireland who
assumes that his latest adultery case is just more easy money. But
when he learns that his client is one of the city's most-feared
gangsters, he senses trouble, figures that things can't get much
worse. His journey towards the truth accelerates into madness and
terror as he stumbles across the trail of the most cunning killer
who's ever stalked the city. How will Charlie react when faced with
evil of unspeakable magnitude? Will he handle it? Or will he go
Pure Mad? An edgy maelstrom of sex, drugs and murder. Not for the
fainthearted. Pure Mad is a complex thriller that works on many
levels. If you like a whodunnit, but 21st Century-style, you need
to read this book. It's a page-turner that will keep you up all
night and leave you breathless. Pure Mad also contains a map of
modern Limerick, a glossary of Limerick slang and a bonus short
story by Anton Chekhov, which is somehow connected to Pure Mad.
Read it, work it out. Find out more at www.scribd.com/garyjbyrnes
A thrilling children's novel, set in Ireland and perfect for anyone
aged 8 or older. Meet Emily and Malcolm who've been sent to stay
with their Grannies. Bo-ring But their rickety train journey to
sleepy Castleconnell in Ireland takes a decidedly nasty turn and
they find themselves up to their necks in trouble. See, there's an
evil presence on the train, a mysterious character who's been
making trouble for the local youngsters. And now he needs another
kid for his schemes. Emily and Malcolm are in the wrong place at
the wrong time. Thankfully, their grannies are on hand to sort
things out. Oh, and their grannies are witches... WITCH GRANNIES A
PERFECTLY BEWITCHING STORY FOR ALL AGES Easy to read, a genuine
page-turner. Highly-descriptive, with characters that jump from the
page and a plot that makes your heart go faster with every chapter.
Choo-choo
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