Things of Little Consequence is an unapologetic exploration of sentiment, circumstance, and thought that poetically suggests the human condition is less complex than it is complicated--that life is not as enigmatic or indecipherable as we prefer to believe.
Release Date: 2023
LOU EARLE
A Mac Sisco Novel
Book three of the Mac Sisco Trilogy
Pandemics have taken a toll on humanity, but by the end of 2021, the world was recovering. Innovation had ultimately won the day as medical breakthroughs in virus research delivered lifesaving vaccines in record time. One year after Typhon was vanquished by Mac Sisco and Team Apogee, an even more daunting, invisible force is at work exploiting new realities of human dependency on big tech as they tighten their grip on life’s most essential needs, with sinister consequences for mankind.
Release Date: 1 September 2023
RYAN KOVACS
Award-Winning Author
PHASE II
Book two of The Destruction Series
Destroy Creation continues the Destruction Series story with Thomas learning to survive in a world that does not know of his existence. Through tragic loss and an unlikely love bound by fate, Thomas follows a path that eventually leads to the one thing he never had control of—his destiny.
Release Date: 2023
12 Dec 2022
RYAN KOVACS
Award-Winning Author
PHASE I
Book one of The Destruction Series
WINNER: 2022 LITERARY TITAN BOOK AWARD!
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Doctor Larson is a maniacal genius bent on harnessing the parapsychic powers of Thomas, a 12-year-old boy. Using a "thought terminating process," Larson employs trigger words that catalyze Thomas' abilities so he can use them for his own evil purposes. But as those powers grow, Thomas finds himself slowly stripped of choice and all self-control while treading a path of total annihilation. Will Larson succeed, or will he be forced to watch as the boy is fully consumed by his own conflagration?
Release Date: 31 March 2023
Paperback ISBN: 9798986745220
eBook ISBN: 9798986745237
Pages: 162
LOU EARLE
A Mac Sisco Novel
Book two of the Mac Sisco Trilogy
NSA Director Admiral James Clausen wakes to an urgent call. His worst nightmare has become reality, that the Typhon cabal is still operational. Intelligence agent Mac Sisco and Team Apogee are again called upon to save an unwitting world from global domination, and the final countdown has already begun. With a cryptic text from a questionable source as their only lead, Sisco and Apogee embark on a desperate, global mission to bring down an evil empire intent on nothing less than subjugation of the entire planet.
Release Date: 31 March 2023
Paperback ISBN: 9798986745244
eBook ISBN: 9798986745251
Pages: 258
Book three of The Devolution Trilogy
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Michael Dolan is now leading the CIA black operations team formerly known as SCALPEL, his fortunes buoyed by unparalleled success in thwarting numerous terrorist attacks. After uncovering a sinister network of organizations planning a cyber attack with global financial and geopolitical implications, he must risk putting the world at war if he is to save it.
“This book is one of the best international spy thrillers you’ll read this year, or frankly, in any year.”
—U.S. AMBASSADOR LUIS MORENO
"Revelation is a high-concept black ops thriller masterfully interwoven with international finance, crypto tech, and theological subplots—an explosive and chilling postmodern spy novel that highlights the emergence of cyber as a new front in both traditional and asymmetric warfare."
—WILL HURD, Former TX Congressman, CIA Clandestine Officer, and Cybersecurity Executive
“A superbly written, spellbinding spy thriller that deftly conjoins the threat of global cyberterrorism with a nuanced, yet apocalyptic storyline. Revelation grips and does not let go."
—DAN SCHLUETER, DMin, Spiritual Formation; MA, Theological Studies; Author of In The Crucible
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Release Date: 1 December 2022
Paperback ISBN: 9781736908167
Hardcover ISBN: 9781736908174
eBook ISBN: 9781737062707
Pages: 268
LOU EARLE
A Mac Sisco Novel
Book one of the Mac Sisco Trilogy
An insidious conspiracy threatens the governance of nations worldwide. The evidence is subtle at first. As the layers are peeled back, however, a picture of politico-economic and social manipulation on an unimaginable scale begins to take shape. Ex-Navy Seal and NSA intelligence agent Mac Sisco is given limited resources and a seemingly impossible task: to strike a crippling blow before it’s too late. Can Team Apogee stem a tide of evil set in motion by a shadowy cabal that has been planning and executing its strategy for over half a century?
Release Date: 31 October 2022
Paperback ISBN: 9798986745206
eBook ISBN: 9798986745213
Pages: 282
JIM METZNER
Second Edition
FINALIST: 2022 SCREENCRAFT CINEMATIC BOOK COMPETITION
Cyclonic hordes of insects, a telepathic despot, body-swapping sex—just a few of the surprises Salvador Samuels encounters when he finds himself swept back to pre-colonial times walking in the moccasins of a blind Indian who in turn, has been transported into Salvador's body in present day America. Four hundred years apart, they're bound by a common mission to rescue our world, aided by two remarkable women and the mysterious presence of the mounds. Thousands of these ancient earthworks once dotted the landscape of North America. We still don't know why they were created. Sacred Mounds suggests they are as important today as when they were made over a thousand years ago.
Publication Date: 30 April 2022
Paperback ISBN: 9781737062738
eBook ISBN: 9781737062745
Pages: 336
RYAN A. KOVACS
Award-Winning Author
Second Edition
The N.M.E. is a novel in verse set in the 1960's, an eye-opening tale of love, hate, and revenge that submerges the reader into the mind of a true killer. Hell bent on committing patricide, Michael has to escape from prison in order to fulfill this one malevolent desire. Much like a game of chess, he must think several moves ahead and choose his actions carefully in order to succeed. Accompanied by a fellow inmate, Bruno, there is nothing and no one that will stop him from killing his father.
Publication Date: 31 March 2022
Paperback ISBN: 9781737062752
Hardcover ISBN: 9781737062769
eBook ISBN: 9781737062776
Pages: 310
Book one of The Devolution Trilogy
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Michael Dolan is a stoic perfectionist and former special operations pilot working a staff job at the Pentagon. After accepting an improbable CIA offer to help prevent impending terrorist attacks in Europe, Dolan finds that of the demons he must prevail against, the most terrible are those from within.
Nominated for the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award.
Publication Date: 31 March 2021
Paperback ISBN: 9781736908105
Hardcover ISBN: 9781736908112
eBook ISBN: 9781736908181
Audiobook ISBN: 9781669643869
Pages: 314
Book two of The Devolution Trilogy
DEVOLUTION TRILOGY VIDEO TRAILER
Two years have passed since the dramatic conclusion of Operation EXCISE. Dolan has moved home to Boston to mend when once again, the Agency comes knocking. Terrorists have launched a bioweapon in the Middle East, thousands are dying of a horrifying virus with no cure, and Dolan is the key to preventing more attacks. Only this time, everything will be done on his terms…
READERS' FAVORITE: 5 STARS
Publication Date: 13 May 2021
Paperback ISBN: 9781736908129
Hardcover ISBN: 9781736908136
eBook ISBN: 9781736908198
Audiobook ISBN: 9781669645727
Pages: 326
A Mindful Fusion of Poetic and Photographic Art
Book one of The Raw Thoughts Series
Second Edition
National Book Award and Griffin Poetry Prize Nominee. Select poetry from RAW THΦUGHTS was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Each successive poem-photo pairing (each 'raw thought') builds on an underlying philosophy that compels us to assess and adjust what and how we think with the aim of improving our lives and by extension, the lives of those around us. Photography by Scott Hussey.
“A splendid journey of pain and passion, light, discovery and flight, beautifully told in poetic and photographic imagery.”
—DAVID WOOD, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist and Author
“In RAW THΦUGHTS, John Casey gives us a glimpse into the heart and mind, melding both in a search for hope. His poems furnish the words, and the photography of Scott Hussey shows us the magic of the combination. Together, the poem-photo fusion delivers an ethereal duet of meaning worth exploring.”
—SHERYL NELMS, author of 21 Books of Poetry and Four-time Pushcart Prize Nominee
Publication Date: 26 April 2021
Paperback ISBN: 9781737062714
eBook ISBN: 9798986745268
Hardcover ISBN: 9781736908143
Pages: 120
A Raw Thoughts Book
Book two of The Raw Thoughts Series
Meridian was artfully crafted with compelling and visceral snapshots of the heart, mind, and soul in accordance with an underlying philosophy that suggests positive change is possible if certain steps are taken. If and as they relate to each step along that path, the reader can attempt to analyze, understand, and revise not just their thoughts, but the way that they think. Knowledge gained from the resultant awakening can free the mind to interpret the world more accurately. Photography by Scott Hussey.
Publication Date: 14 June 2021
Paperback ISBN: 9781737062714
Ebook ISBN: 9798986745275
Hardcover ISBN: 9781736908143
Pages: 122
DOUG CAMPBELL & JOHN CASEY
A Novella Mystery
At the behest of his brother John, Keith Conway returns home to New England after a long absence. Their mother's health is in decline, and she may not have much time left. A cryptic message from her leaves them wondering if their grandfather's death decades ago was in fact a freak accident, or if there may have been foul play. Though John puts up with Keith's attempt to discover the truth, he ultimately sours on it. Keith presses on, all the time unsure if he's helping or hurting his family. He wonders as well if the truth is as sinister as it seems, and whether it might be best for all involved to leave it buried...
Release Date: 28 February 2022
Paperback ISBN: 9781737062783
eBook ISBN: 9781737062790
Pages: 70
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