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Saad Z. Hossain's Kundo Wakes Up is a companion to the Ignyte and Locus Award-Nominated novella The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday.Hundreds of miles away from the techno-utopia of Kathmandu, the all-powerful, all-seeing AI known as Karma has gone silent, leaving the dying city of Chittagong-along with all its remaining residents-to continue its inexorable fall into the sea.Kundo, once a famous artist with the Karma points to prove it, goes searching for his missing wife, only to uncover more inexplicable disappearances. And so Kundo and a group of motley companions embark on a tumultuous journey through an overwhelming maze made up of Chittagong's neighborhoods, the hidden backrooms of video game parlors, and the depths of cyberspace, culminating in the realm of the djinn themselves, in search of love, redemption, and a good meal.

Everything burns-even the truth¿¿ 2021 Romance Writers of America Vivian Award winner for Most Anticipated Romance! ¿¿A house fire leaves one man dead and a million-dollar painting destroyed. Before paying out, the insurance company enlists art claims specialist Samantha Caine to search for signs of fraud. All she needs are her skills and an expert to authenticate the painting's charred remains.Art Conservator Dr. Antonio Ferraro is immediately drawn to Samantha, but her sharp tongue and plans to never date again pose a challenge. As does the burned painting, which is little more than strips of blackened canvas. Not a man to back down, he's confident he can uncover the proof she needs and win her over in the process.As pressure to close the claim mounts, so do the lies. Everything is more complicated than it seems, and Antonio's keeping secrets of his own. When Samantha discovers the truth, will their chance at romance go up in smoke?Secrets, murder, and slow-burning passions ignite in this award-winning romantic suspense debut.BURNING CAINE is the first book in the Caine & Ferraro series and can be read as a standalone.

SS-Offizier Herbert Kappler, der letzte deutsche Kriegsgefangene, verschwindet im Sommer 1977 unter ungeklärten Umständen aus der Festungshaft in Italien. Die Suche nach den Hintergründen bleibt auch dreißig Jahre später für den Hobbyhistoriker Hermann Weber und seine Partnerin Rosa Cigara lebensgefährlich.Alles hängt mit allem zusammen.Die Geschichte basiert auf wahren Geschehnissen.

Bill is a conman with a taste for high-end cars, beautiful suits, and top-shelf liquor. But he's getting tired of the cons he needs to maintain that lifestyle-and he's sick of the violence that's sometimes part of the job.Bill's girlfriend Fiona doesn't have a problem with violence, though. She'll crush anyone who stands in her way-and some days, it seems like the whole world wants a piece of her. She loves Bill, but she's tired of cleaning up after him.When Bill decides to "borrow" a couple million from one of New York City's most vicious gangs and flee for the tropics, it puts their relationship to the test-and while they're working out their issues, they'll also need to fend off crooked cops, dimwitted bouncers, and an irate assassin in the midst of the world's weirdest midlife crisis."Love & Bullets" is the story of a 21st century Bonnie & Clyde, a wisecracking duo who'll blast their way from Brooklyn to Cuba and back in order to stay alive. It's a wild ride.Praise for Love & Bullets: Megabomb Edition"Nick Kolakowski takes us on another incredibly visceral and vivacious ride among the lowlife and the lovers that populate his unique imagination. Love and Bullets is vintage Nick . Funny , fast paced and just tinged with just enough darkness to make you afraid for his characters. Not to be missed!"-S.A. Cosby NYT's best selling author of Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland"This one's for die-hard Kolakowski fans"-Publishers Weekly

In this cozy mystery, MCU Captain Beauregard is frustrated and suffering at the loss of police control. Called to an assault, the Captain meets the intrusive Beryl Kent. She is now a witness and in her mind a victim.

The Ghost Train represents the journey of Every-man from darkness to light. Darkness being the realm of ego and of a fractured duality, Light being the Singularity or God: the Entire-Self man has separated him-self from because he wanted to experience being a human-being.