Guest Editor John Campbell presents a comprehensive look at pathologic conditions. The issue will cover tumors of the tongue base and hypopharynx, keratocystic odontogenic tumors, third molar pathology, sinus grafting, oral cancer, burning tongue, parotid pathology, verrucous hyperkeratosis and verrucous carcinoma, osteonecrosis, fluorescent intraoperative angiography, neuropathic pain, and more.

Mallet Toes, Hammertoes / Claw toes - PIP correction, Hammertoes / Clawtoes - MTP correction, Flexor-to-Extensor Transfer, Metatarsalgia: Distal Metatarsal Osteotomies, Metatarsalgia: Proximal Metatarsal Osteotomies, Crossover and Valgus Toe Deformity, Revision Lesser Toe Surgery, Freiberg's Infraction, Fifth Toe Deformities, Congenital Toe Deformities, Bunionette Deformity - Etiology & Exostectomy, Bunionette deformity - Osteotomies, Postoperative Complications

This issue will explore a variety of topics concerning the hallux and first ray exclusive of hallux valgus. A large portion will focus on hallux rigidus, including etiology, pathomechanics, nonoperative management, and various surgical techniques. Other chapters will address iatrogenic problems, including osteonecrosis, malunion and shortening of the first metatarsal, and nerve disorders of the hallux. Additional topics include hallux varus, sesamoid disorders, and arthroscopy of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. The invited authors are international experts who will review the relevant pathophysiology, treatment options, and clinical outcomes in order to guide the surgeon to appropriately manage patients with these challenging problems.

"Campbell knows his stuff " says Larry Bond, author of Cold Choices, Day of Wrath and many others. Raid on Truman is A National Bestseller. Now newly revised and updated with the latest weaponry North Korean special forces attempt to hijack a U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier by using anesthetic gas to knock out the crew. They land helicopters on the flight deck and swarm onto the ship. After a ventilation failure allows some of the ship's engineers to remain awake, the engineers engage the North Koreans in a gut-wrenching battle for control of the ship. Lt. Paul Simmons leads the desperate crew in a chaotic defense of the ship against a fanatical enemy bent on stealing the ship, crew, and its nuclear weapons. Simmons is aided by a lone F/A-18 pilot who attempts to defend the ship from the air, and who had tried to kill Simmons in the past. Published also in Japan.

A Case of the Vapors is a collection of 14 short stories with the following titles: A Case of the Vapors - a story about methane, stock tips from drunks, and gas sex. Half of a Teleportation Machine - a unique use for the transmit half of a teleportation machine. The Other Half of a Teleportation Machine - the receive chamber of a teleportation machine receives some very strange things. The Iron Sergeant - A WWI sergeant tries to protect his men as they go over the top. The Battling Bastards of Bataan - those famous Battling Bastards get some help from an unusual source Himself - a man is confronted by his older self who has come back through time Trial By Chamber - a terrorist is sentenced to a very unusual punishment On the Shore - a sailor walks ashore after an apocalyptic war and meets a strange woman T Man - a man with unusual abilities takes on an organized crime figure Weapons Ultimate - alien beings try to eliminate life on Earth Hiding Place - a man and a woman run from invading aliens A Tooth For a Tooth - a young boy takes his revenge on an uncaring dentist Modern Vampires - a man looks to kill some vampires, but they are not so easy to dispose of Death Penalty - a bloodthirsty governor picks the wrong man to execute to prove how tough the governor is on crime

Hardliners have taken over the Russian government - democracy in Russia is dead and the Cold War has been restarted. In response Jon Vauclain and Kerry Enloe have invented the perfect missile defense system, knowing that if it is used, the system will stop everything entering U.S. airspace, including commercial aircraft. When Jon's family is killed in a plane crash caused by their missile defense, he and Kerry must confront that horror, as well as more nuclear threats, including a threat from inside the U.S. itself Jon and Kerry race against time to prevent the devastation of both Russia and the United States.

Who is the Telekinetic Man? Magician, healer, or . . . Jesus? A powerful paranormal entity sweeps through New York City leaving madness, suicide, and death in its wake. Five thousand people are killed, tens of thousands more are affected. The FBI, along with a prominent parapsychologist, journey to the lair of the best paranormal investigator in history, Preston Stoughton. Stoughton, who had retreated from the world after disastrous events twenty years ago, tells a tale of the greatest magician in the world, Mano the Great. Mano is the only one who could have created such a massive event as the one that overwhelmed New York. Stoughton's tale of Mano is one of undreamt of power, egomania, mob violence, religion run amok, immortality, and personal betrayal, with Mano eventually posing as Jesus as he cures people of illnesses using his telekinetic power. The tale ends with Stoughton's murder of his friend, Mano. Stoughton, Mano's ex-wife, and the FBI discover that Mano is still alive. They race to find Mano to discover the secret behind the killer paranormal entity, which is now threatening millions of people in Chicago. They confront Mano on his lonely isle and realize the tremendous price that Mano has paid for his power. Can they stop a man with such tremendous power? Millions of lives hang in the balance.

Colonel Neil Mattox and his love, Chon Li Su, are trapped in Pyongyang, North Korea, awaiting the destruction of the city by the United States. A B-2 bomber will deliver a nuclear weapon, which will vaporize the city and all who remain in it. The U.S. and South Korea have joined forces, developed and delivered a biological agent, which will lower crop yields in an attempt to starve North Korea into submission. The North Koreans have discovered this secret and in revenge have detonated a nuclear weapon on U.S. soil. The U.S. in turn has vowed to destroy Pyongyang the same way, with a nuclear weapon. When North Korea takes hostages to prevent the destruction of Pyongyang, Col. Neil Mattox leads a rescue team composed of Army Rangers, Recon Marines, Navy Seals, a CIA paramilitary group and the U.K.'s Special Air Service into Pyongyang to evacuate the hostages. In Pyongyang Mattox discovers a hospital full of people, including over five hundred children, too sick to move - the U.S. will vaporize them along with the city if the attack is carried out. He also discovers a long-lost love, Chon Li Su, once a Korean CIA agent sent into the North to distribute the biological agent causing famine, who had elected to stay in the North to somehow make up for what the U.S. and South Korea had done to cause the starvation in the North. Mattox also finds their son who he never knew existed. Mattox is determined to stay with his love and their son while they and the rest of the allied forces desperately struggle to evacuate the sick Koreans from the doomed city. The allied forces finally come up with a plan, which will sacrifice themselves to save their enemy's children.

Treasure hunter, Steve Hendrick dives on the sunken Japanese ship Awa Maru, which was sunk by mistake by the U.S. Navy in 1945. This was a real incident - the U.S. Navy submarine commander was court martialed, and the United States apologized for this terrible event. Steve's quest for sunken treasure has cost him dearly. His brother was murdered by other divers who were also diving on the wreck. Steve doggedly continues his search but is confronted by pirates, the Chinese Navy, Russian SVR agents, and a Japanese terrorist who thinks he's a reincarnated Samurai warrior. In the process he meets a mysterious woman, Maggie Ramsey, who was a captive of the pirates. Steve finds a mysterious cylinder on the wreck of the Awa Maru, containing a message from Joseph Stalin, the head of the Soviet Union at that time, to the Prime Minister of Japan urging the Japanese to remain in the war against the United States. Stalin promises nuclear weapons to use against the Americans even though the Soviet Union didn't have any such weapons at that time. What is the significance of the message and why are the terrorists, and especially Maggie, so interested in it? Who is she working for? This leads to the desperate confrontation with the Japanese terrorists who intend to obliterate Tokyo and kill the heads of state at a G8 economic conference, which are the heads of state of the United States, Japan. United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Russia, and the European Union. Steve and Maggie race to stop the Japanese terrorists from destroying Tokyo and plunging the world into a devastating crisis.

Russian sleeper agents left over from the Cold War take over an Alaskan radar station when they think a strategic nuclear attack from Russia has been launched at the United States. Frank Trask, an engineer at the site, and Ellen Gain, a covert CIA agent, race to stop the Russian agents while trying to survive the extreme elements on the Aleutian Island of Shemya. The two hook up with two other survivors of the Russian agents' vicious attack on the island personnel. Elverson, a security guard, and Vaughan, a personnel employee, join Trask and Gain in trying to figure out why their island has been taken over by hostile forces. Trask struggles with inner demons, his excessive drinking and is haunted by his past as a sniper in Vietnam. He comes to the sudden conclusion that one of their group is a traitor, waiting to betray them at any time. Meanwhile U.S. Marines are sent to Shemya when communications are broken between the island and NORAD. A U.S. attack submarine is also sent into the area and tracks a Russian submarine whose intent is unknown. The Russian sub deploys a Spetsnaz team onto the island. All these forces converge for one final battle at the top of the world.

The North Koreans are making a brazen grab for the United States' most important missile secrets, secrets which would render South Korea and Japan helpless before a North Korean missile attack. A heavily armed assault team from a North Korean Kilo class submarine is about to shift the balance of power in the Far East and leave the United States also vulnerable to a missile attack. The death ship known as "Master Three" must be prevented at all costs from returning to North Korea with its load of top secret documents and a kidnapped American engineer whose head is filled with missile secrets. On an isolated Pacific atoll, an undermanned, outgunned band of civilians, servicemen, and engineers is America's last line of defense . . . and her final hope. They must fight the ultimate battle - against an enemy few could have imagined.