Download or read book Alpha written by Steven Konkoly and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALPHA: A Black Flagged Thriller (Book One in the Black Flagged series)Daniel Petrovich, the most lethal operative created by the Department of Defense's Black Flag Program, protects a secret buried in the deepest vaults of the Pentagon. Blackmailed into executing one final mission, Daniel's carefully constructed "life" rapidly disintegrates into a relentless federal manhunt--and a "24-style" race against the clock to suppress the shocking truth about his past. To survive, he'll release the darkest side of his concealed identity. A dark side with few boundaries--and even fewer loyalties. Black Flagged lays the foundation for a gritty, high-octane series exploring the serpentine link between covert operations and government agency politics.Fans of Ludlum and Thor alike will revel in this new Black Ops series.

Download or read book Alpha Status written by Nathan Ikon Crumpton and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-26 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If capitalism were a person, who would it be? Where would it live? Who, how, and what would it love? Dive into the salacious world of hedge funds, high finance, and penthouse sex dungeons. This raucous tale of a wildly successful New York fund manager and his globetrotting adventures reflects the stark new reality of contemporary uber-wealth, and the capitalist system which created it. Become enraptured with - or repulsed by - the heinously opulent world of the anonymous protagonist and his class of modern billionaires. But challenging the protagonist's high-flying escapades in finance and sexual conquest is his twin brother, a maudlin comparative literature professor and single father. With a life defined by tragedy, the brother becomes the countervailing voice of reason and social tranquility. Filled with equal parts fictitious plotline and broadly researched non-fiction sources, this book offers pointed analysis of the 21st century socio-economic landscape, and begs critical questions about how capitalism can try to reconcile its avaricious nature with a world demanding a more equitable division of resources. Enlightening yet critical. Serious yet absurd. Fictitious yet factual. This non-fiction novel provides graphic and unapologetic scrutiny from both extremes of the contemporary socio-economic spectrum.

Download or read book Alpha written by Rachel Vincent and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final novel of the New York Times–bestselling author’s paranormal series, a werecat warrior rises to lead her pride in its ultimate battle. The unscrupulous new Council chair has charged Jace, Marc and me with trespassing, kidnapping, murder, and treason. Yeah, we’ve been busy. But now it’s time to take justice into our own hands. We must avenge my brother’s death and carve out the rot at the heart of the Council. It’s not going to be easy, and loss seems unavoidable, but I have promised to protect my pride, no matter what. With a target on my back and Marc at my side, I’m heading for a final showdown that will change everything forever. A showdown I’m not sure I’m ready for. But life never waits until you’re ready.

Download or read book Black Flagged Alpha written by Steven Konkoly and published by Stribling Media. This book was released on 2011-11-20 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A promising start to a complex black-ops thriller series." - Kirkus Reviews Black Flagged: Prequel to the Black Flagged series Daniel Petrovich, the most lethal operative created by the Department of Defense's Black Flag Program, protects a secret buried in the deepest vaults of the Pentagon. Blackmailed into executing one final mission, Daniel's carefully constructed "life" rapidly disintegrates into a relentless federal manhunt--and a "24-style" race against the clock to suppress the shocking truth about his past. To survive, he'll release the darkest side of his concealed identity. A dark side with few boundaries--and even fewer loyalties. Black Flagged lays the foundation for a gritty, high-octane series exploring the serpentine link between covert operations and government agency politics. Fans of Robert Ludlum and Brad Thor alike will revel in this new Black Ops series. Limited time! Buy the Black Flagged Bundle (Books 2-4) for a major discount (THREE BOOKS FOR PRICE OF TWO)! Book 1: Black Flagged Book 2: Black Flagged Redux Book 3: Black Flagged Apex Book 4: Black Flagged Vektor Keywords: Free, freebie, free ebook, technothriller, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, covert operations, black ops, espionage, spy thriller, special operations, FBI, CIA, terrorism, counter terrorism, assassination, interrogation, special agent, task force, undercover, military thriller, political thriller, permafree, Frederick Forsyth, Jack Bauer, Muslim, terrorist, torture, international, Europe, Russia, Sweden, domestic terror, militia, biological warfare, bioterrorism, KGB, FSB, GRU, Spetsnaz, SEAL, U.S. Marine Corps, Marines.

Download or read book Alpha s Challenge written by Renee Rose and published by Midnight Romance, LLC. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Date a Werewolf: #1 Never call him ‘Good Doggie.’ I’ve got a problem. A big, hairy problem. An enforcer from the Werewolves Motorcycle Club broke into my house. He thinks I know the Werewolves’ secret, and the pack sent him to guard me. #2 During a full moon, be ready to get freaky By the time he decides I’m no threat, it’s too late. His wolf has claimed me for his mate. Too bad we can’t stand each other… # 3 Bad girls get eaten in the bedroom ...until instincts take over. Things get wild. Naked under the full moon, this wolfman has me howling for more. # 4 Break ups are hairy Not even a visit from the mob, my abusive ex, my crazy mother and a road trip across the state in a hippie VW bus can shake him. #5 Beware the mating bite Because there’s no running from a wolf when he decides you’re his mate.

Download or read book Spaced Out written by Stuart Gibbs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2041 twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson's a resident of Moon Base Alpha, and at the moment he's faced with a number of problems: coping with the nasty Sjoberg twins, finding out how the commander of the base has managed to disappear from a facility no bigger than a soccer field, and dealing with the alien Zan, who communicates with him telepathically from afar--and who's hiding a secret which may threaten the whole Earth.

Download or read book The Black Fives written by Claude Johnson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Fives is a groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazing players, teams, and impresarios who pioneered the sport. “For a game that has meant so much to the world, Claude Johnson somehow presents a definitive account for a part of basketball’s history that for so long was kept away from us. Claude is a superhero storyteller, and this book is a bona fide superpower.” —Justin Tinsley, author of It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him From the introduction of the game of basketball to Black communities on a wide scale in 1904 to the racial integration of the NBA in 1950, dozens of African American teams were founded and flourished. This period, known as the Black Fives Era (teams at the time were often called “fives”), was a time of pioneering players and managers. They battled discrimination and marginalization and created culturally rich, socially meaningful events. But despite headline-making rivalries between big-city clubs, barnstorming tours across the country, innovative business models, and undeniably talented players, this period is almost entirely unknown to basketball fans. Claude Johnson has made it his mission to change that. An advocate fiercely committed to our history, for more than two decades Johnson has conducted interviews, mined archives, collected artifacts, and helped to preserve this historically important African American experience that otherwise would have been lost. This essential book is the result of his work, a landmark narrative history that braids together the stories of these forgotten pioneers and rewrites our understanding of the story of basketball.

Download or read book Black Flags written by Joby Warrick and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • In a thrilling dramatic narrative, the award-winning reporter traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents. With a new Afterword Drawing on unique high-level access to CIA and Jordanian sources, Warrick weaves gripping, moment-by-moment operational details with the perspectives of diplomats and spies, generals and heads of state, many of whom foresaw a menace worse than al Qaeda and tried desperately to stop it. Black Flags is a brilliant and definitive history that reveals the long arc of today’s most dangerous extremist threat.

Download or read book Slow Steady written by Kendall Ryan and published by Kendall Ryan. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Greyson Archer tosses a twenty on the stage of a strip club, the last thing he expects to see are the haunted green eyes staring at him. Finley should be home raising her infant daughter and baking cookies, not tucking singles into her G-string and giving lap dances. Greyson can't deny that he'd like his own private show, but there's not a chance in hell of that happening. The last time the former Navy SEAL saw her she was dressed in black, holding a folded flag and sobbing that it was all his fault... and he agreed with every single word. He couldn't do anything to help her then, but he can now. Finley deserves better than this dingy club, and when an obsessed customer crosses the line, Greyson leads the rescue and will do whatever it takes to make amends for their broken past. He never expected to want to settle down, but with Finley, everything is different. For the first time ever, he can breathe. But Greyson will have to fight for what he wants in order to keep the woman with the green eyes he's dreamed about so often. SLOW & STEADY is the second in the Alphas Undone series, but can be read as a standalone novel.

Download or read book Apex written by Steven Konkoly and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Three in the Black Flagged Series A tense alliance between General Sanderson and the CIA narrowly averts an apocalyptic attack by Islamic fundamentalists in Europe, but ultimately fails to recover the virus canisters. With the biological weapons still missing, the specter of an attack against the United States looms dangerously closer. Desperate to stop Al Qaeda, Daniel Petrovich's "black ops" team is sent to investigate the last lead provided by Anatoly Reznikov, the twisted scientist responsible for designing the virus. What they uncover will shake U.S. authorities to the core. Every canister of the Zulu Virus has been shipped to the United States... Back in Washington D.C., this startling revelation is intensified by a grim discovery. Suspected Al Qaeda cells under FBI surveillance have been simultaneously massacred, targets of a shadowy domestic terror organization with ties to a rising political movement. When Special Agent in Charge Ryan Sharpe discovers that Al Qaeda lost possession of every virus canisters in the coordinated attack, he deploys Task Force Scorpion to hunt down a new breed of terrorist and recover the virus. As Sharpe's task force unravels the curious fabric of True America's plot, they start to assemble the chilling details of an impending domestic bioweapons attack--on an unimaginable scale. With time expiring, and his task force running out of options, Sharpe embraces the illicit help of a sworn enemy, whose questionable tactics may be their only chance of stopping an insidious plan to destabilize the United States. Black Flagged Apex propels the gritty, often unapologetic Black Flagged Series into new territory, where hidden agendas, startling betrayals and brutal action define the daily landscape navigated by the puppet masters and frontline operators in the war on terror. Black Flagged ALPHA (Book 1) Black Flagged REDUX (Book 2) Black Flagged APEX (Book 3) Black Flagged VEKTOR (Book 4) Black Flagged OMEGA (Book 5)

Download or read book Why Are There Stripes on the American Flag written by Martha E. H. Rustad and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know why the US flag has stars and stripes on it? What does the flag stand for, and why do we say the Pledge of Allegiance? Join Mr. Gomez's class as they study the flag to find out! They'll learn when the first American flag was made, what the Pledge of Allegiance means, and why we still honor the flag today.

Download or read book Redux written by Steven Konkoly and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New cover, same espionage intrigue and covert operations action! Black Flagged Redux: Book Two of the Black Flagged Series Two years after shocking Washington D.C. with a brutal betrayal, General Terrence Sanderson waits in the shadows for the right moment to demonstrate the grim necessity of his resurrected Black Flag program. His opportunity may arrive sooner than expected. At the CIA, Karl Berg makes a disturbing discovery. Russian Federation intelligence services are quietly scouring Europe to find Anatoly Reznikov, a rogue Russian scientist at the top of every nation's WMD watch list. Obsessed with reviving a bio-weapons program long banned by the Russian government, Reznikov has found partners willing to fund the project--with unimaginable consequences. Berg goes "off the books," sending one of Sanderson's Black Flag teams to track down Reznikov. Led by Daniel Petrovich, the team races to stay one step ahead of a twisted conspiracy aimed at crippling the West. In the end, nothing is what it seems in this gritty world of covert operatives and back room Washington agendas. Black Flagged ALPHA (Book 1) Black Flagged REDUX (Book 2) Black Flagged APEX (Book 3) Black Flagged VEKTOR (Book 4) Black Flagged OMEGA (Book 5)

Download or read book Black Flagged Vektor written by Steven Konkoly and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the most recent bioterrorism threat against the United States neutralized, and Dr. Anatoly Reznikov in secret custody; CIA Deputy Director Karl Berg proposes a more permanent solution to prevent future attacks. A covert raid by General Sanderson's Black Flag unit deep inside Russia ... to destroy a bioweapons program that should have ended with the Cold War. The United States isn't the only nation looking to tie up loose ends. The sudden abduction of a CIA officer in Stockholm exposes the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service's (SVR) ruthless campaign to discover the truth behind the massacre of an elite Spetsnaz team sent to eliminate Reznikov ... and permanently bury his knowledge of Vektor's sinister purpose. When the SVR investigation takes a turn that could threaten the mission against Vektor Labs, Berg goes "off the books" like never before to even the odds. Through an intricate web of unsavory alliances, deviously orchestrated political maneuvers and shockingly brutal black-ops sanctions, Karl Berg will set in motion an unstoppable chain of events with the potential to ignite a new Cold War. Black Flagged Vektor continues the series' tradition of gritty, unapologetic storytelling, plunging readers even deeper into the murky, shark infested waters navigated by covert operators and their puppet masters.

Download or read book Fractured State written by Steven Konkoly and published by Thomas & Mercer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2035. The United States is in ruin due to a drought. California is a state on the verge of secession. Nathan Fisher is a man on the run with his family after an accidental witness to a clandestine military-style operation. Fisher and his loved ones must somehow stay a step ahead of their relentless pursuers, navigating a ruined world in a desperate search for sanctuary.

Download or read book Baiting Him written by Aurora Rose Reynolds and published by Montlake Romance. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Aurora Rose Reynolds comes the second book in the steamy, witty, and hilarious How to Catch an Alpha series. Chrissie doesn't have time for guys, hot or otherwise; most days, she barely has time to sleep. With a thriving bakery that demands her attention and plenty of proof that relationships aren't worth the trouble, she's content to go it alone. Too bad she's unwittingly baited Mr. Tall, Dark, and Way Too Gorgeous--and he's just waiting for a chance to bite. Gaston is used to getting what he wants, but he also knows nothing good ever comes easy. From the moment he meets Chrissie, he realizes that this woman who makes him laugh, smells like cupcakes, and looks like a tasty snack is going to be his greatest challenge. And if he's lucky, she'll be his biggest reward. But someone else wants to catch Gaston at all costs--even if it means endangering the lives of the people he loves. Somehow Gaston must thwart danger and convince Chrissie that he's the perfect catch.

Download or read book Omega written by Steven Konkoly and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OMEGA: A Black Flagged Thriller (Book 5)A joint U.S.- Russian Special Forces raid against a hidden laboratory yields an alarming discovery. Anatoly Reznikov, the deranged bioweapons scientist stolen from U.S. custody a few years earlier, vanished minutes before the attack-taking his deadly work with him. In the United States, Beltway power brokers grapple withTrue America's surprise presidential win, finding the new administration to be anything but easy to work with. Karl Berg, demoted within the CIA due to the sudden shift in agency leadership, seeks to stay out of trouble, and retire quietly-a task he finds impossible when news of Reznikov's near-capture unofficially reaches his desk. Oblivious to the growing threats domestic and abroad, Daniel and Jessica Petrovich finalize their plan to abandon the "Black Flag" business for good, only to have it delayed by close-hitting news. A last minute trip to the United States drags them closer to an unfolding plot in the heart of Washington D.C.A plot connected to everyone and everything the Petrovich's have touched. A diabolical conspiracy none of them saw coming-AND ONLY ONE GROUP CAN STOP!

Download or read book Engineering the Alpha written by John Romaniello and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite what most guys think, hormones are just as important for them as they are for women. However, by the age of 30, the typical man’s testosterone levels start to drop 1 percent each year, which can result in less muscle, less energy, more fat, and a flagging sex drive. After a decade of research, health and fitness expert John Romaniello has discovered safe, natural, and highly effective ways to produce more testosterone and bring about remarkable changes in a man’s body. His program is based on cutting-edge science that counters the online “noise” about male hormones. In Engineering the Alpha, Romaniello and Adam Bornstein, editorial director of Livestrong.com, present a powerful way to improve physical, emotional, sexual, and psychological health for men. From research in Olympic labs to real-life results with their clients, they are reinventing masculinity and showing every man how to be who he wants to be.