An Epic novel of exotic rituals and the lure of the Upper Amazon SHE TAKES... ...an ancient map uncovered in the bustling bazaars of Istanbul. HE TAKES... ...a million-dollar ransom to rescue a kidnapped heiress. THE TAKERS... ...are Josh Culhane and Mary Mulrooney. They launch an incredible journey into the Brazilian rain forest. Far upriver, the jungle yields its deepest secret-the lost city of the Amazon warrior-women. But this uncharted world of piranha-infested waters and tribal head-hunters conceals an even darker secret, so sinister it challenges the furthest reaches of the mind...

The Rourke saga continues now with Michael Rourke striving to lead America back from the precipice of a liberal agenda toward the formation of a responsible government, accountable to the people. However, he has been painted as a psychological maniac killer and his wife, Natalia, is viewed as an unsuitable First Lady because of her past as a KGB operative. An alien force, The Coalition, is trying to destroy the planet and yet still another alien group is staged, waiting for their chance to take control of Earth's human population. Traitors within the human race have aligned with both sides, and the Rourke family is once again thrust "into the breach." It seems that no matter how far into the future you travel, some things never change, there are just new faces being worn by evil. John Thomas Rourke knows, "It always pays to plan ahead." If he fails, Earth's population has only two futures-extinction or slavery. Which will it be?

John Thomas Rourke's world is now roughly one-third of what it was; everything above latitude 35 north and below latitude 35 south is encased in glacial ice. The geography drastically changed but little else did. Maniacs and evil had still tried to dominate those who wanted to be free. Days became weeks, weeks became months and months turned into years as he battled and vanquished the enemies of humanity in every form and shape damnation threw at him. His last victory, almost seventeen years ago, granted him peace-a peace he had courted, a peace he had sought-one he never believed he would find. That peace is about to end; Rourke's world is threatened again by forces he never conceived of. Are they so unpredictable-situations so dire-there is no way to "plan ahead?" Original artwork by Colin Regn and Faith Maltese; editorial assistance by Kim Kuri.

Compelling action in the spirit of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK The Pressure Builds... Josh Culhane, two-fisted adventurer who'll go anywhere, do anything, teams up with the sexy scholar Mary Mulrooney in a breathtaking pursuit of the satanic Steiglitz and his slinky, psychotic daughter. The boldhearted couple races to grab a power so great that world leaders would risk death to get it. Culhane and Mulrooney battle halfway across the globe, through all the labyrinths of human history and myth, to a last stand beneath the Antarctic ice cap, where they find an ancient starbase whose builders had never gotten home

The near future. Weak-kneed appeasers in Washington, D.C., have forged an alliance with the Soviet Union and created a police state within our own borders. The first victim of the new regime is the Bill of Rights. A daring band of freedom fighters in an armed resistance movement wages a deperate battle against the overwhelming forces of tyranny. But the crusade is crushed. Then unexpectedly, a young man emerges to lead the resistance in their impossible quest. Born to a legacy of liberty, educated by the architects of the new order, he knows the enemy first hand. And only he has the vision and courage to destroy the shackles of injustice-and create a new, stronger America.

Fanatics have the key to the ultimate Japanese attack. A Chicago cop is all that stands in their way... MULVANEY IS AFTER SOME PAYBACK, AND HE NEVER FORGETS A FACE... A priceless state-of-the-art computer chip lost in a South Carolina storm... A hunt for a terrorist in Brazil... A deep sea expedition off the coast of Japan. What they have in common is an international network of high-tech, high-stakes revolutionaries looking for the right moment, and the right weapon, to overturn the crucial balance of power in the Far East-and destabilize the entire world. Now their moment has come... Chicago cop and ex-Green Beret Ed Mulvaney is in over his head-and liking every minute of it. He witnessed the cold-blooded killing of an innocent woman, and now he's after the mercenary who did it. But every step takes Mulvaney deeper into a deadly maze of treachery and deception, a puzzle that reaches back to the final days of World War II and a catastrophic secret hidden beneath the sea...

THE EVIL GENIUS A student of the occult. Hitler knew that a properly trained werewolf would be the ultimate warrior. With their shredding fangs, gutting claws and uncanny regenerative powers, they are the ideal killing machines. Through a miracle of genetic engineering, the sadistic madman created the SS unit that would win the war. If they could be controlled. THE IMMORTAL BEASTS It was a special homecoming for Dannie and her father; they were both Highcliffe alumn and they hadn't seen each other for too long. The festivities were marred by reports of savage assaults by a wild beast loose in the city. Then there were more attacks; this time people died, their corpses never fully recovered. Huge, bear-like animals lurched along the streets, feeding on human limbs, smashing windows and dragging out mutilated bodies. Then, Dannie's father saw a face he last saw in Nazi Germany forty years ago. A face that hadn't aged a day. A face that seemed to command respect from the ghoulish beasts feeding on the town. Suddenly, it started to make horrific sense: his darkest fear had become a reality...

A CHICAGO COP. A JAPANESE MOB WAR. A FIGHT FOR HONOR-AND SURVIVAL. HIS NAME IS 1S MULVANEY, AND HIS WAY IS PAVED IN BLOOD. A top Chicago mobster is ready to come clean. The deal: rescue his grandson from the Yakusa-the Japanese mafia. Suddenly, streetwise cop and ex-Green Beret Ed Mulvaney is plunging into a world of ancient rituals and sleazy sex shops, drug trafficking and the most sophisticated killers in the world: the Ninja. When the Yakusa take a beautiful undercover cop hostage, Mulvaney has to fight his way into a storm of blood, flashing blades and screaming bullets. And then he has to fight his way out again.

IN ONE SWIFT, SAVAGE MOMENT, THE RUSSIANS HAVE SEIZED MIAMI BEACH Miami is in the iron grip of the Red Army, and Americans are fighting back The streets of Miami are a blazing battle zone. The President, caught on a secret lovers' tryst, is scrambling for his life. The Moral Majority is taking up arms-so is the Mob and the F.B.I. But somewhere in the heart of the inscrutable Kremlin, the truth behind the invasion is known-and a beautiful KGB agent joins a renegade CIA man on the most dangerous mission in history. While the world holds its breath, and annihilation is a moment away, Jonathan Forbes and Maritza Jurgenova must break the bloody state of siege-and save the world from total nuclear war