New Releases by Brian Andrews

An international incident may fracture the Ryan family in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. Even in a family of strong individualists like the Ryans, Kyle has stood out as a lone wolf. For years he''s gone his own way, joining the DIA rather than the CIA, and disagreeing with his father''s politics. Now he''s missing in an African country on the brink of a coup. His last message to his handlers, "We''re on the wrong side of history." His father, the President of the United States, is about to discover which is more important to him: the interests of his country or the life of his son?

New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson bring readers another heart-stopping thriller in Sons of Valor IV: False Flag. From the authors of the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan series and the #1 bestselling Tier One Series (now in development for television), comes the fourth installment of their Tier One spin-off series, the bestselling Sons of Valor series. Ripped from the headlines, False Flag will bring the much loved Sons of Valor team back into the fight, this time to stop a war that will change the balance of power in the Middle East forever.

In this fourth installment of the Shepherds Series, good and evil collide in a battle that has raged for thousands of years, and Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson and his team are at the tip of the spear--fighting for humanity''s future and the ones they love. Victor is dead. But out of the chaos, a new dark power rises ... Only weeks ago, former Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson, head of Joshua Bravo team at the Shepherds, helped to defeat Victor, the leader of the devil''s Dark Ones. Now, his boss, Ben Morvant, has tasked him with an even harder mission: take a vacation. But before Jed has even managed to hit the beach in the Dominican Republic, he comes face-to-face with a new evil: Orphans are being abducted right off the streets of Santo Domingo. Are these disappearances just an unfortunate crime in an unfamiliar country, or do they hint at something bigger--a new threat emerging out of the power vacuum Victor left behind? When Jed needs help after a violent encounter, he finds himself with an unexpected new ally: CIA liaison Gayle James. Together, the two of them must follow the trail of the missing orphans before it runs cold. Soon, they find themselves immersed in a dangerous world of murder, betrayal, and voodoo. Jed will need Gayle, the Watchers Sarah Beth and Corbin, his old friend Ben Morvant, and the entire team of Shepherds at his side to expose the new threat--and to prevent a new dark power from rising ...

Four Minutes is the latest brilliant techno-thriller from the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling duo behind the Sons of Valor series. It is said that no plan survives first contact with the enemy, but what if you remove the one thing no one can control: uncertainty about the future? Special Operations Chief Tyler Brooks might not know quantum mechanics, or have an eidetic memory, but he is the very best in the world at one thing: leading covert ops. When an unpredictable enemy causes the catastrophic loss of his entire SEAL team, Brooks is recruited by Pat Moody to lead a new elite squad, Task Force Omega. Moody''s promise--access to mind-bending tech that grants a glimpse of the future. Together with Navy Intelligence Specialist Zee Williams, Brooks leads a new kind of counterterrorism task force, one that collects intel from the future to stop attacks in the present. But there''s a catch. Each mission can only last FOUR MINUTES. Stakes quickly escalate when Omega discovers an unprecedented future attack against America threatening the lives of millions--including Tyler''s daughter. Despite their prescient advantage, Brooks and Williams find themselves thwarted at every turn as they try to stop the plot. To make matters worse, they have somehow gone from hunter to hunted, targeted by an unknown enemy hidden in the shadows. With the country on the brink of nuclear war, Tyler''s daughter in mortal danger, and a commanding officer they''re not sure they can trust, Omega Team faces a terrible dilemma: Even if you know the future, is FOUR MINUTES enough time to change it?

The stakes are sky-high when a power-mad Chinese president threatens Taiwan in the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan series. For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. An independent nation to the rest of the world, it is considered a rogue province by the PRC. Previous governments have tried to conquer the island using economic force and diplomatic pressure, but new Chinese President Li Jian Jun is done fooling around. He’s devised a secret military operation to take the island. Only one man knows how to stop Li’s mad and bloody plan for reunification and that’s Minister of Defense Qin Haiyu. Fearing for his life and the safety of his family, Qin covertly makes contact with the CIA in Beijing and signals his desire to defect to the West. To get Qin out, John Clark creates an international task force reminiscent of Rainbow Six and goes undercover in mainland China. Meanwhile, Lt. Commander Katie Ryan is deployed to the tip of the spear on the destroyer USS Jason Dunham to defend Taiwan. Threatened by an encircling Chinese armada, she’s under pressure to find a flaw in the invaders’ plan for her father to exploit. For his part, President Jack Ryan may have the power of the entire US military at his disposal, but what he really needs are Li’s secret plans from Defense Minister Qin so he can stave off a war. Because America’s Defense Protocol could lead to a game of mutual destruction that could cost the lives of thousands of young soldiers, sailors, special operators as well as his daughter.

John Dempsey is back in the next installment in the Tier One series by #1 internationally bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson. The world is chaotic and unpredictable with Russia on the verge of collapse or civil war. The geopolitical order is uncertain and nation states and non-state power brokers are scrambling to fill the power vacuum left by Russia''s military and clandestine retreat from the European theater, the Middle East, and Africa. John Dempsey is home in Florida with his Ember teammates recovering from his mission and incarceration in Russia. On the outside, he''s back; he''s fine, he''s the same old Dempsey ... but on the inside, he''s changed. As India-Pakistani relations take a turn for the worse, word comes of attempts to stoke fresh conflict in the Kashmir region. Ember is dispatched to Islamabad to investigate, where Dempsey is unexpectedly reunited with someone he believed to be dead ...

It''s strike--and counterstrike--as John Dempsey takes the fight to the Russians in a riveting Tier One thriller by #1 internationally bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson. When shadow warrior and former Tier One Navy SEAL John Dempsey goes undercover to meet with a Vory arms dealer, he thinks he''s laying the groundwork to penetrate the Russian criminal underground. Instead, he walks into a trap orchestrated by Zeta, the secret Russian task force behind a recent assassination attempt on the US President. For Dempsey and his team, the only way out is to lay waste to the Russians, putting a target on Ember''s back. With Ember pitted against Zeta, a deadly back and forth ensues--sanctioned in the halls of the Kremlin and the White House but disavowed to the world. As the lines between espionage, counterterrorism, and spec ops blur, Ember is ordered to eliminate their ultimate adversary--which means taking the fight to Russian soil. But like a phoenix risen from the Cold War ashes, Zeta is more capable than anyone imagines, and the Russians retaliate with an operation that will find Dempsey and task force Ember battling for their very survival ...

An explosive, high-stakes thriller of espionage and counterterrorism by the #1 internationally bestselling authors of Tier One A shocking attack in Ankara leaves the US Ambassador to Turkey dead and his chief of staff, Amanda Allen, in the hands of brutal terrorists. But Allen is no ordinary diplomat. She''s undercover CIA. The DNI and the President turn to Ember--America''s premier black-ops task force--and its deadliest weapon, former Tier One Navy SEAL John Dempsey. To find Allen, Ember gets dropped into the most dangerous battlefield on Earth: Syria. But when all communications are disabled by an attack in Turkey, Dempsey finds himself with no backup--a lone warrior racing against time to rescue Allen before she reaches her breaking point. But what Dempsey doesn''t realize is that Allen is just a pawn in a much larger game--and a new player has already been unleashed: a legendary mercenary who matches the American Operator in skill, tactical prowess, and killer instinct. Now there is far more at stake than a kidnapped CIA agent. Dempsey and his team better get this one right, because the balance of power for the entire Middle East hangs in the balance. And this new threat is far more dangerous than any Dempsey has encountered. Game on.

From New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson Will a soldier turned spy choose duty or revenge? In a world violated by terror, the old lines have blurred. Meet the next generation of covert ops. John Dempsey''s life--as an elite Tier One Navy SEAL named Jack Kemper--is over. A devastating terrorist action catapults him from a world of moral certainty and decisive orders into the shadowy realm of espionage, where ambiguity is the only rule. His new mission: hunt down those responsible for the greatest tragedy in the history of the US Special Ops and bring them to justice. But how does a man torn between duty and revenge walk the line and preserve his soul? As Dempsey struggles with the games of spies, the case propels him across the globe in a desperate effort to prevent a new, horrifying attack on American soil. Once, John Dempsey followed orders blindly. Now he sees behind the curtain, and the security of the civilized world rests on one question: Can a Tier One Navy SEAL adapt and become the world''s most lethal spy?

Band 2 der US-Bestseller-Serie The Shepherds. Der ehemalige Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson beginnt in Nashville seine Ausbildung bei den Elitekämpfern der Shepherds. Schon als er in der hochmodernen Einrichtung ankommt, hat Jed Visionen von einem drohenden Angriff. Und er hört Gerüchte über Nicholas Woland. Ein Name, der in der Organisation Angst und Wut auslöst. Woland hat die Shepherds und alles, wofür sie stehen, verraten. Nach Jahren im Gefängnis ist Woland begierig darauf, wieder Chaos und Tod zu verbreiten. Er will nicht weniger als einen weltweiten Religionskrieg auslösen ... Die neue Serie des brillanten Autorenteams über die Shepherds, eine Kampftruppe, die seit Jahrhunderten existiert. Vollgepackt mit Action und übernatürlichen Elementen. Als hätte Stephen King Militär-Thriller geschrieben. MARK GREANEY: »Niemand in diesem Genre schreibt härtere und authentischere Action als diese beiden Autoren.« DON BENTLEY: »Eine ebenso fesselnde wie einfallsreiche Geschichte über spirituelle und reale Kriege.« Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson haben als Autorenduo bereits mehrere Action-Bestsellerserien verfasst: TIER ONE, SONS OF VALOR und THE SHEPHERDS. Brian Andrews ist Veteran der U.S. Navy und ehemaliger U-Boot-Offizier mit einem Abschluss in Psychologie und einem Master in Business.

Band 1 der US-Bestseller-Serie The Shepherds. Kurz vor seiner Pensionierung erhält Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson einen verzweifelten Anruf. Die Tochter seines Freundes David wurde gekidnappt. Außer der Leiche eines Priesters, die am Tatort zurückgelassen wurde, gibt es keine Spuren. Natürlich will Jed helfen. Doch schon kurz nach seiner Ankunft wird ein Mordanschlag auf ihn verübt. Und dann erwachen sie wieder: die Stimmen in seinem Kopf, die seltsamen Visionen, die Albträume. Er hatte geglaubt, all das hinter sich gelassen zu haben, als er mit 18 Jahren in die Navy floh. Jed erkennt, dass er die Fähigkeiten annehmen muss, die er all die Jahre lang verleugnet hat - es ist Zeit sich dem Kampf in dem geheimen Krieg anzuschließen, der um ihn herum tobt. Denn die Welt ist nicht der Ort, für den er sie immer hielt ... Die neue Serie des brillanten Autorenteams über die Shepherds, eine Kampftruppe, die seit Jahrhunderten existiert. Vollgepackt mit Action und übernatürlichen Elementen. Als hätte Stephen King einen Militär-Thriller geschrieben. MARK GREANEY: »Niemand in diesem Genre schreibt härtere und authentischere Action als diese beiden Autoren. Dieser Roman behandelt aber auch faszinierende Fragen der Spiritualität und des menschlichen Geistes, was ihn zu einem fesselnden Pageturner macht, der die Leser sowohl begeistern als auch bereichern wird.« DON BENTLEY: »Eine ebenso fesselnde wie einfallsreiche Geschichte über spirituelle und reale Kriege.« Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson haben als Autorenduo bereits mehrere Action-Bestsellerserien verfasst: TIER ONE, SONS OF VALOR und THE SHEPHERDS. Brian Andrews ist Veteran der U. S. Navy und ehemaliger U-Boot-Offizier mit einem Abschluss in Psychologie und einem Master in Business.

Band 2 der US-Bestseller-Serie mit John Dempsey. John Dempsey und sein Ember-Team müssen den islamischen Extremisten Al-Mahadscher aufspüren. Der Terrorist will dem Großen Satan (den Amerikanern) durch eine Serie von hinterhältigen Anschlägen zeigen, dass man in diesem Land nirgendwo mehr sicher ist. Von den Wüsten des Iraks über den Dschungel Guatemalas bis in die US-Vorstädte kämpft das Team gegen die Zeit. Doch für John geht es um mehr als die Rettung von Menschenleben: In einer der bedrohten Städte leben seine Frau und sein Sohn. Jon Land: »Ein unerbittlicher Ritt mit vielen mentalen und physischen Fallstricken. Eine unvergessliche Militärserie.« Don Bentley: »Dempsey trifft dich wie ein Vorschlaghammer!« Simon Gervais: »Die beste Militär-Thriller-Serie auf dem Markt.« Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson haben als Autorenduo bereits mehrere Action-Bestsellerserien verfasst: TIER ONE, SONS OF VALOR und THE SHEPHERDS. Brian Andrews ist Veteran der U.S. Navy und ehemaliger U-Boot-Offizier mit einem Abschluss in Psychologie und einem Master in Business.

From New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson, Sons of Valor III: War Machine sees Chunk and Whitney forced into a deadly match of wits with a terrorist mastermind and a horrifying weapon unlike anything they’ve ever encountered. After a shootout in Dubai left Hamza al-Saud dead and elevated brilliant aeronautical engineer Qasim Nadar to hero status in England, everyone assumes the terrorist threat from al Qadar has been eliminated. Everyone except JSOC counterterrorism analyst Whitney Watts. But when she decides to help MI6 penetrate Nadar’s secret network, Watts gets a little too close to the truth and finds herself in a deadly situation not even her teammates from Tier One can save her from. As Lieutenant Commander Keith “Chunk” Redman and the rest of Tier One fan out across London in search of Watts, Nadar prepares to unleash his most dangerous weapon yet—an advanced drone with artificial intelligence and stealth technology. To stop a horrifying attack on London, Chunk and his Navy SEAL brethren must seek help from an unexpected ally and find a way to stop a war machine that was designed to be unstoppable.

An activist entrepreneur, a maligned AI, and a newly minted homicide detective with a haunted past catastrophically intersect in The Sandbox. Silence of the Lambs meets Ex Machina in this groundbreaking techno-thriller that redefines the meaning of murder in the twenty-first century. When the CEO of the world''s leading artificial intelligence company is found murdered in his home, former Army CID officer Valerie Marks is thrust into her first case as a homicide detective. Valerie has a gift for reading people, a gift that has never failed her before. But that gift is put to the test when her instincts point her to an impossible suspect--an AI born from a secret venture with the Pentagon known as Project Nomad. To learn the truth, Valerie must team up with two men she doesn''t trust--a Green Beret turned government spook from the Pentagon, and the victim''s former partner and leading suspect in the case. But nothing can prepare the trio for the dangers that await them and the existential threat to humanity if the Project Nomad AI has somehow escaped its sandbox.

The world is more volatile, unpredictable, and dangerous than ever before. To stop the architect of this chaos, Dempsey is given the most dangerous tasking of his career ... a mission only he can complete against an adversary he must face alone. After Task Force Ember''s successful intervention in Ukraine, John Dempsey disappears without a trace--with no notice or explanation given to his teammates. Spotty intelligence eventually places him in Russia where he is rumored to have been captured by the Russian FSB and is now presumed dead. Mourning his loss, Ember is forced to pick up the pieces, restructure, and continue their mission of keeping America safe. As the president''s "go-to" black ops asset, Ember is directed to find and finish off the Russian spymaster Arkady Zhukov and any last remnants of Zeta cell. Unbeknownst to his teammates, Dempsey is very much alive and on mission. At behest of Vice President Jarvis, he is deep undercover--in the heart of Russia''s nexus of organized crime and politics. For his mission to succeed, he will have to team up with a man who has been his adversary--the one man in all the world he most wants dead. The risks are higher than ever, as Dempsey pursues a high-stakes plot of Russian regime change. And if he fails, the Kremlin''s retribution will be swift and terrible and certain to drag the world into World War III.

This collection features the first three thrillers in The Shepherds series by Andrews & Wilson. Dark Intercept On the eve of his medical retirement, Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson receives a frantic call from his estranged childhood best friend David Yarnell, whose daughter has been kidnapped. Police have no suspects and no leads. Jed reluctantly agrees to help, but soon dark memories and strange abilities he thought he’d put behind him resurface. To save the missing girl, he must take a leap of faith and embrace gifts he’s denied for years. Dark Angel When former Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson begins training with the Shepherds, he hears whispers of a name raising fear and anger among them. After years in prison, Nicholas Woland, who betrayed the Shepherds and joined their enemies, has been freed to execute a sinister plot causing hundreds of deaths and inciting worldwide religious warfare. As Woland and the Shepherds race toward a collision, Jed must rely on his untested team, never realizing a secret servant of the enemy is growing closer to him. Dark Fall As a new Shepherds team leader, Jedidiah Johnson’s tracking rumors of an energy-based weapon able to incinerate a human target without warning. With help from the Watchers, Jed discovers the Dark Ones’ leader plans to use the weapon to wreak untold damage and destabilize the faith of millions. While Jed and his team race to find and disable the weapon, secret plans for another attack unfold . . . and this target is much closer to home.

The prevalence of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) in the eukaryotic genome, associated with both physiological function and diseases, provides motivation to effectively characterize these systems. Experimental methods can be limited in their ability to characterize IDPs. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations can provide details of these systems with atomistic detail. However, the performance of MD simulations is always based on approximations and assumptions of some extent. The reliability of MD simulation results largely depends on the correctness and precision of these assumptions. There are known issues in MD regarding the simulation of IDPs and many of the force fields commonly used for MD simulations are not typically validated for many small, unfolded peptides or IDPs. To this end, Chapter 3 assesses multiple state-of-the-art MD force fields in their capacity to produce the intrinsic backbone dynamics, as characterized by Ramachandran distributions, of 14 of the 20 amino acids as the central amino acid resiude of GxG tripeptides with respect to a comprehensive set of experimental data. An additional study was performed for a select tetra- and pentapeptide, GRRG and GRRRG. Generally, MD force fields do not reproduce amino acid-specific conformational properties or nearest neighbor interactions. A model Ramachandran distribution, constructed using a linear combination of Gaussian subdistributions, were shown to produce experimental results better than MD by at least an order of magnitude. Errors of the dynamics of amino acid residues in short peptides likely proliferates in larger IDPs, effectively limiting the effectiveness of MD for studying disease-related IDPs. Chapter 4 extends the assessment of Chapter 3 to protein-protein interactions. First, the effect of mixed solvent of ethanol and water on GAG peptide aggregates, which surpringly form gels in experiments, is investigated. Then, the ability for MD force fields to capture the solubility of a short, natively folded protein is assessed. Finally, based on the analyses throughout the thesis, the potential physiological function of an IDP associated with Alzheimer''s Disease is explored via protein-soluble lipid interactions.

From New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson They train to be the toughest, the smartest, the most covert operators in the world—they are the Tier One Navy SEALs, led by Lieutenant Commander Keith “Chunk” Redman. When a former teammate of Chunk’s is killed in a shocking ambush, rumors begin to fly that the Lion of Ramadi, the infamous Iraq War sniper who racked up dozens of American kills, has returned with a mission to target American SEALs. Chunk and his core team—Saw, a skilled and lethal sniper; Riker, who has an uncanny ability to escape death; and Whitney Watts, a former CIA analyst who sees patterns everyone else seems to miss—are mobilized to prosecute the threat. But this is no ordinary counterattack, because someone posts the details of the hit all over social media, taunting the American SEALs. Worse, the enemy seems prepared to counter all the Tier One’s moves, a dangerous new stage in the war on terror and a troubling sign that whoever is behind the attack is planning something bigger. Fearing they may have been duped into chasing the wrong target, Chunk and his team embark on a high-stakes cat-and-mouse mission where nothing—and no one—is what they expect. And when their enemy finds a way to strike at the heart of what’s nearest and dearest to them, it will test not only their bonds but also the personal sacrifices they’ve made to keep America safe.

"When a remote Peruvian village is reduced to ash in seconds, the Shepherds face a horrific question: Is this the work of a man-made weapon of unthinkable power, or is God raining down judgment from above, as some believe? As the recently installed leader of the Joshua Bravo team, Jedidiah Johnson shifts into covert operation mode to follow rumors of a new energy-based weapon able to incinerate a target -- even a human target -- with no warning. With the assistance of the CIA, Jed''s team deploys to Hong Kong to extract the Chinese scientist who helped develop the weapon. What the Shepherds learn from Dr. Zhao confirms their worst fears: The weapon is real and has disappeared from the testing facility where it was held. With help from the Watchers, Jed discovers that Victor, the leader of the Dark Ones, has the weapon and intends to use it to wreak untold damage and destabilize the faith of millions. But as Jed and his team race the clock to find and disable the weapon, Victor begins to unfold secret plans for another attack . . ."--

"Former Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson returns to Nashville ready to begin his training with the elite warriors known as the Shepherds. He thinks he knows what to expect when he arrives on the sprawling, state-of-the-art facility but quickly realizes he''ll have to find his place as the rookie leader of a new team. Then he starts having visions of an imminent attack overseas, and with the clock ticking, Jed and his team are dispatched to neutralize the threat. All the while, Jed hears whispers of another threat ... a name that raises unexplained fear and anger throughout the Shepherds organization. Once a military man, Nicholas Woland betrayed the Shepherds and all they stood for when he joined their enemies. After years in prison, Woland is eager to get back in action spreading chaos and death. And he has been freed for a purpose: a sinister plot that will result in hundreds of casualties and incite worldwide religious warfare for years to come. As Woland and the Shepherds race toward a collision, Jed must rely on his gifts, his training, and his untested team to make critical decisions on a global stage--never realizing that a secret servant of the enemy is growing closer and closer to him"--Page 4 of cover.

The secretary of state has been kidnapped by Islamic extremists and his only hope for survival is a reconstituted Presidential Agent team in this revival of W. E. B. Griffin''s New York Times bestselling series. Secretary of State Frank Malone has been kidnapped from his Cairo hotel—his security detail wiped out. President Natalie Cohen is left with several unacceptable options. It''s time to think outside the box, and that can only mean one thing: the revival of the Presidential Agent program. Cohen calls for Charley Castillo to come out of retirement to direct a new Presidential Agent, one Captain P. K. "Pick" McCoy, USMC. Charley may be too old to kick down doors and take names, but Killer McCoy is just the man to get the job done. Together, they will track the kidnapped secretary from Cairo to sub-Saharan Africa. The only problem is that one man can''t hope to win against an army of terrorists...good thing there are two of them.

Karl Marx: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works covers all aspects of his life and works. Marx was a philosopher, a crusading journalist, as well as a political organizer and activist advocating democratic reforms, working-class political organizations, and the establishment of a socialist political order. Includes a comprehensive historical timeline of major events involving or related to Marx The A to Z section includes the major events, works, and concepts related to Marx Bibliography of major works by and about Marx and events surrounding his life and works The index thoroughly cross-references the chronological and encyclopedic entries

After a surprise assault on Task Force Ember''s secret compound in Virginia by Russian covert operators, John Dempsey and his teammates are mourning their dead and trying to put the pieces back together. But in the ever-evolving world of shadow warfare, there is no respite for heroes or victims. Russian spymaster Arkady Zhukov, the mind behind the attack on Ember, has a new and devastating agenda-directing false flag missions to destabilize Ukraine and enable Russia to seize control of the Black Sea.Dempsey and his Ember teammates are tasked to systematically eliminate each and every Zeta agent around the globe. But when American and Russian covert operations collide in Kiev, the "new Cold War" goes from a simmer to a boil. Escalation ensues, bringing America and her allies to the brink of world war. Unless Dempsey and Task Force Ember can derail Russia''s secret plans, the collateral damage could bring the world to its knees.

From the Wall Street Journal bestselling coauthor of the Tier One series comes a page-turning sci-fi thriller about the ultimate battlefield: the human mind. Deep in the Afghan mountains, Sergeant Michael Pitcher discovers an object with powers that defy explanation. After interacting with it, he suffers a traumatic seizure and is flown home for evaluation. Cleared by the doctors, Michael goes home to his relieved wife, Josie. But he''s a changed man. The once-loving husband is now coldly withdrawn. After emptying the couple''s bank account, he disappears into the night. When a team of scientists connected to Sergeant Pitcher vanishes without a trace, CIA agent Dean Ninemeyer comes to him for insight--only to find that the recovering soldier has also disappeared. Dean and Josie must now join forces in a desperate race against time, searching for answers in an ever-twisting mystery. What they uncover is a chilling conspiracy that already has the fate of the world in its grip.

Microscopic properties of materials are nearly impossible to probe directly by experimental means in environments where sample integrity is required. The problem is prevalent in a medical setting, where not only the integrity of the sample, but the health of the patient could be in jeopardy. With continually increasing computing power, computational approaches can be utilized and applied in clinical settings to both improve tests and minimize the need for invasive techniques to predict results. This thesis will explore the current landscape and problems associated with ophthalmology and refractive surgery and how these problems could explain the decrease in the number of annual refractive surgeries performed. A computational solution is compared to other in vivo methods and new surgical procedures which are all designed with the goal of minimizing postoperative complications. Recommendations for using the computational tool to both improve outcomes and attract new patients for refractive surgery are discussed.

A Wall Street Journal bestseller. John Dempsey, former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator, is back. Only a few months into his new life as an operative for Ember, the United States'' most covert counterterrorism entity, he must stop an old nemesis who''s resurfaced after ten years of operating in the shadows. From the deserts of Iraq, through the jungles of Guatemala, to the streets of suburbia, Dempsey and his Ember team race against time to stop a series of horrific and devious attacks against the homeland. In this second installment of the Tier One series, John Dempsey faces his greatest challenge as he continues to evolve from a decorated Navy SEAL into the country''s most lethal protector.

When prominent CEOs of Fortune 500 companies begin dying in a series of freak accidents, The Think Tank is tasked to investigate. Junior analyst Sloane Keller soon connects the CEOs to Chinese venture capitalist Michael Sun-a brilliant businessman with a shadowy past. With each new discovery, Sloane becomes convinced that the deaths are by design and all part of an international conspiracy. But to what end, she does not know...The investigation soon takes a turn for the worse, when Sloane discovers that her father''s company has had business dealings with Sun. Afraid that her CEO father may be next on the hit list, Sloane and the Think Tank must unravel a hidden agenda that stretches from Washington to Beijing and unmask the world''s most devious assassin before it''s too late in THE INFILTRATION GAME.

Rock fishing is often claimed to be the most dangerous sport in the world. The author, despite several close shaves (described in the book), survived over 40 years of the sport, including highly risky solitary night fishing. When seas were simply too treacherous, big fish were sought from beaches instead. This book describes the author''s often colourful and amusing introduction to the sport at a young age and follows his fishing adventures to the age of 63 (and still going strong) in both South Africa and Australia. Boasts of the longest fishing trips without washing, how to avoid the use of soap if you must wash, dealing with diarrhoea in the bush, enemas and poop-eating bush pigs, as well as numerous stories of hooks-in-the-body help to make up the humorous side of the book. Suggestions on how to stay alive while rock fishing and how to land big fish conclude the book. So sit back in a comfortable armchair, beer in hand, and allow In Search of Big Fish to take you away to the roar and salty spray of the sea, the bite of a big fish, the fight that follows, and the joy of landing the prey...or the horror of losing it.

My Fixed Landscape series represents an attempt to define the line between what is and what''s perceived. The pieces strive to provide a map of human experience, tracing the relationship of man to nature.When we look at nature, we see what we want to see, finding evidence of our primacy with a sort of collective solipsism. Humans are natural pattern-seekers. We try to impose an order, externalizing our collective systems onto the world in order to draw order from chaos. This explanatory framework is a starting point from which we build a collaborative worldview, and it permeates every aspect of human culture. We are what we know and what we do.The Fixed Landscape series explores real and imagined landscapes, combining traditional ornamental styles with topographical symbols to create a new language of terrain and our place within it.