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It is an Age of Monsters and all that remains of humanity are scattered encampments of ragged refugees. Mark Bakker has survived the prehistoric wilderness alone... until now. After unwittingly plundering a tyrannosaur-nest, he finds himself relentlessly hunted by the wrathful mother. But it is not salvation he finds when he stumbles across a young woman and her mysterious band of sisters living in the mountains. Even in the Age of Monsters, humans are always the most dangerous animals. And the female is always the deadliest of the species.

"Major Tom" Corbett has come home–but it is a very different world than he left behind. His life-pod has touched-down into the middle of a nautical war, as massive mega-tooth sharks clash with gigantic reptilian sea-monsters–a conflict that spreads as giant prehistoric alpha-predators struggle for ultimate dominance on both land and sea.

Great White sharks lurk off popular beaches – killer crocodiles and man-eating pythons prowl the Everglades. But for Abigail O'Neil, raised on the swamp, the most terrifying monster was her own father – a black-market croc-farmer notorious for feeding unwary victims to his jagged-toothed pets. Growing-up privy to unspeakable horror, when Abigail finally fled home, she thought she'd left it all behind. But now someone is stalking her – and they know all her deepest, darkest secrets.

Twenty miles off the coast of San Francisco, this small chain of islands hosts a yearly migration of seals... and during this time of year, the sharks are here too – the biggest, hungriest Great Whites in the world. Attempting to swim off these shores is attempted suicide. Colin Mason – wealthy, connected – with one leg bitten off by a white shark in these very same waters – now hosts his own yearly event – a marathon swim through the Great White-infested Farallons.

Once upon a time, Dinosaurs ruled the Earth. But the Mesozoic era – the Age of Reptiles – came to its cataclysmic end sixty-five million years ago. The Age of Monsters begins tonight. And the world of humankind will crumble. Some will call it Judgment. Some will attempt to fight. Others will simply run. Most will just try and survive. But no one will escape. In the mountains. In the oceans. In the cities and towns. Even up in space.

When the ragged group of castaways stagger ashore, they think they are saved. Instead, they find themselves prey. But they are not alone in this lost world – and dragons are not the only predators. Reptilian savagery gives way to human nature – primal instinct becomes betrayal and murder – and they will all soon learn that sins of the past are never truly buried. But the lost world knows no judgment – and survival knows no sin. The dragons wait for them all. And they're hungry.

The world's most successful startups all share one quality: Their journey to becoming known by many people started with being known by a passionate few. In this book you'll learn how to recognize and grow your startup culture, when to take the steps you need to grow your community, what engagement tools and techniques build community, and how to combine your culture and community into an engine to attract and retain users.

As an entrepreneur, your success depends on business communication skills. Whenever you make a powerful business presentation, deliver a winning pitch, or ace your business meeting, you have the potential to deliver a shot of financial adrenaline to your passion project. You can get the money you need to launch a startup, develop a business idea, or put investment capital to work and make investors happy. But what do you do when the rules of the game change?

Crocodiles are born man-eaters. Given the opportunity, it is the one big predator that will go for you every single time. Two people have been killed inside a month, and now a monster croc has been captured – a hybrid – grown huge with 'hybrid-vigor' – and in the Everglades, a new and deadly invasive species – the most aggressive predator on the planet.

Before the Age of Monsters, there was Monster Island. Top-secret habitat for genetically-resurrected dinosaurs. But something has gone terribly wrong. Somehow, the beasts have escaped – first there were scattered sightings worldwide – then people went missing. But now a pleasure-cruise shipwrecked on a tropical beach has discovered an entire savage prehistoric jungle.

For centuries, legends have told of the Kraken - nightmarish, tentacled beasts, attacking ships, and devouring sailors. Now, they have arrived off the shores of Beach City. Researcher Travis Prescott has been hunting these elusive beasts for years. For reporter Ashley Wells, it is the story of a lifetime. For Professor Clyde Spencer, it is the culmination of a lifetime's search. And for the wealthy and connected Colin Mason, it is a new and deadly obsession. But for Beach City, it is the beginning of a nightmare. Sometimes legends are real.

A science fiction audio drama with a cast of human actors and synthetic voices. Your Performance Review takes place in 2036.

What if we simply stopped trying to predict the future, based on various passive indicators, and simply seized the future as ours, and shaped it into what we need it to be? Upcoming seasons of the podcast will cover how to envision cities in the future so that they, and we, evolve and thrive. Past seasons of the podcast have covered indie publishing and book marketing. The episodes are an open conversation about how to create online communities that are diverse, welcoming, and safe. In each episode, Lee Schneider interviews a platform creator, an author, or publisher about their projects and ...

Man-eating crocodiles have invaded the Everglades. In a desperate effort to save lives, Ranger Daniel Reid has partnered with Gator Glades reptile park to trap and remove the invasive hybrids. But crocs breed in high numbers, and park director Jen Summers predicts an ecological disaster. Abigail O'Neil has returned home, just ahead of a past come back to haunt her. A man named Colin Mason is coming to settle a score, and he is privy to the darkest secrets of Abigail's life—her crocodile-infested home has now been invaded by a monster more cold-blooded than any reptile. 

Many opportunities and challenges are at the intersection of technology and financial services. And FinTech itself is rapidly evolving as businesses continuously innovate and new ideas come from unexpected places. At the same time, government regulators are trying to keep pace. Troy A. Paredes and Lee A. Schneider explore this disruption by engaging the leaders who are changing what FinTech is and how we think about it. In this biweekly podcast, Troy, former SEC Commissioner and founder of Paredes Strategies LLC, and Lee, general counsel at Block.one and co-founder of Genesis Block, LLC, ...

Commander Rae Field is resourceful, with thousands of mission hours of experience. Then something happens to her on the Moon during a mining mission. It will change her forever.

The piranha–razor-toothed terror of the Amazon–attacking in swarms, stripping flesh off the bones of helpless victims in seconds. Piranha have never been successfully introduced into American waters...until now.