When ex-priest Tom Shaman, jaded from years in the Los Angeles ghetto, decides on a last-minute trip to Venice, he gets much more than he expected. A brutal killer is on the loose and Tom finds himself in the midst of a series of ritualistic killings unlike anything Venice has ever seen. Enlisted by the Italian police, Tom teams up with young investigator Valentina Morassi to dig deep into the city's darkest history, stretching from an ancient civilization...

A woman has been arrested in the streets of Rome. She's young. She's beautiful. She's covered in blood. And she claims to be an ancient prophet in search of a mystical amulet hidden somewhere within the city. Ex-priest Tom Shaman teams up with a headstrong policewoman to unravel the mystery. But within Rome's churches and corridors of power, stealthy enemies are conspiring against them. And soon, the woman's deadly visions begin to come true. Tightly...

What if King Arthur was more than a myth? On a starlit summer's night in the Welsh mountains, an old man is torn from sleep as an ancient prophecy unfolds. On the other side of the Atlantic, an American antiques dealer lies dying on the floor of his shop, blood ebbing from a fatal stab wound. In San Francisco, Mitzi Fallon begins her new job as lead investigator for the FBI's Historical, Religious and Unsolved Crimes Unit. When it emerges that...

Five years have passed, and each survivors copes with the knowledge that zombies nearly ruined their graduation. A covert team investigates the dead, silencing outbreaks around the United States. Intel suggests the next outbreak is only miles from Boxford High at the King David Mall. The suburban town of Boxford remains oblivious to the heroics of the small group that prevented the zombie apocalypse. Now, the school is rebuilt, and the auditorium...

In a galaxy on the edge of cosmic oblivion, one girl must embrace a power she never summoned and fulfill a destiny she never chose. Five Rings... On the ravaged world of Hesaurun resides an ancient species of sentient mechanoids, The Preservers. Burgeoning with power and determined to cleanse the cosmos of evil, their world-bending potential remains dormant in the absence of a worthy, organic vassal. An Extraterrestrial Menace... The Boecki, a vicious...

HR Like a Boss offers HR professionals all the tools they need to help employees feel more connected to their organization and ensure the organization' s success. Written by a creative entrepreneur who has devoted his career to the HR community, this book combines real-life stories of HR professionals who embody the characteristics of a " boss"-meaning a skilled business leader-with actionable insights for making an impact on their people, organization,...

An enemy they never anticipated. A brutal attack that tears them apart. A chain of immutable events that will forever alter the future. Discover the destiny that was always theirs to claim. Four years after Lucas Soul is reunited with the last of his remarkable kin, the man who was once the most hunted individual in the Immortal societies is finally at peace with his life and his fate. But when a shocking confrontation robs him of the people he...

The perfect immortal warrior. A set of stolen, priceless artifacts. An ancient sect determined to bring about the downfall of human civilization. When a team of scientists unearth scriptures older than the Dead Sea Scrolls in a cave in Egypt, a mystery lost to the tides of time is uncovered. Heading the expedition is Dimitri Reznak, the Head of the Crovir Immortal Culture & History Section. But the monumental discovery is spoiled by evidence of looting...

Join Lucas Soul in his quest to become a warrior. • Edo period. Japan. When hunted half-breed immortal Lucas Soul hears tales of legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto during his travels in the Far East, he sails to Japan to meet the great man and convince him to take him on as an apprentice. Musashi refuses to agree to his request, leaving Soul with no option but to shadow the samurai and repeatedly challenge him to duel, in the hope of proving...

The Hunter who should have been king. The Elemental who fears love. The Seer who is yet to embrace her powers. Three immortals whose fates are entwined with that of the oldest and most formidable enemy the world has ever faced. 1599. While hunting a deadly adversary who has eluded him for two hundred years, Asgard Godard falls into an icy tomb that leaves him frozen in time. 1969. After more than a century on the run, Ethan Storm finds himself at...